Draft agenda

9:00 – 9:30  Registration

Chairmen:
Petar Karaboev, Deputy Editor-in-chief, Dnevnik
Kamen Kolchev, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Director, Elana Financial Holding

9:30 – 9:40   Official opening
Arch. Ivo Panteleev, Urban Planner and Architect

9:40 – 10:30
European instruments to support cities
Eugenio Leanza, Head of JESSICA and Investment Funds, EIB, Luxembourg
 
Greece’s experience with urban financial instruments
Apostolos Papadopoulos, Head of Government & Infrastructure Advisory Department, Partner Grant Thornton Greece
 
The challanges of the new programming period. Opportunities for realization of urban development initiatives via financial engineering instruments
Dimitar Cherkezov, Chief Expert Managing European Projects and Programs at DG Programming of Regional Development, Ministry of Regional Development

10:30 - 11:00 Discussion 

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
 
11:30 – 11:50
Successful cases. Siemnes and Vienna municipality
Peter Wandaller, Account Manager for Vienna City, Siemens
 
11:50 – 12:30
Projects, opportunities and problems
Nadia Dankinova, Executive Director, Fund for Sustainable Urban Development of Sofia
Martin Zaimov, Executive Director, Regional Fund for Urban Development
 
12:30 – 13:00 Discussion