Innovation Forum Agenda
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09:00 – 09:20 EET
Welcome note
Danube S3 Cluster project /brief presentation/
09:20 – 11:00 EET
Panel 1 The innovation landscape and the agro-food sector in the Danube region
• Innovative approaches to control the safety of agricultural products: Assis. Prof. Mariana Petkova, PhD, at the Department of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Plovdiv
• Precision beekeeping and sustainable agriculture: Assoc. Prof. PhD. Atanas Atanasov, Head Department of Agricultural machinery at "Angel Kanchev" University of Ruse
• Science and agriculture in the Institute of Agriculture and Seed – Ruse: Chief Assist. Prof. Evgenia Zhekova, PhD at the Institute of Agriculture and Seed
• Conscious living and strategic innovation – beyond zero emissions and sustainable development: Svetlodar Dimitrov, Blue Community Bulgaria Association
• BALKANET - Balkan Network of Ideas for Sustainable Innovation in the Agri-Food Sector - improvement of the innovation potential of small and medium agri-food sector: Maya Milova, Project coordinator at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vratsa
• Digitalization potential for mid-sized agro-business: Balázs Barta, Managing director of PBN and the coordinator of PA8 AI working group
11:00 - 11:15 EET
Break
11:15 - 13:00 EET
Panel 2 Policies for Clusters in the Danube region, in the field of Agro-food sector, as priority in RIS and European Funding Schemes
• Local area development by Local Action Group – Isperih: Emine Sadka
• Advisory support by NAAS for agriculture and rural development in Bulgaria: Milena Nalbantova-Mateeva, Head of ‘Information and training activities, innovations and international cooperation’ unit, General Directorate “Agricultural advices and Analytical laboratory”, National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAAS)
• Showcase for Entrepreneurial Discovery in the context of the Smart Spesialisation Strategy: Daniela Tchonkova, Programme Manager, Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund), BG EEN Coordinator
• The Bulgarian-Romanian business relations and SMEs cross-border opportunities: Ana Velkova-Todorova, Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Opportunities of cross-border cooperation through EU Projects: Mihaela Udristioiu, Ph.D., University of Craiova, Romania
• Danube S3 Cluster Strategy": Dr. Katrin Hochberg, Project Manager at Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum/Steinbeis 2i GmbH
13:00 – 13:10 EET
Closing remarks
