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The world as we know it may never be the same. As the Covid-19 outbreak accelerates, businesses are concerned about the uncertainty it brings, how their teams and clients will react. They need to be agile and resilient in order to withstand. In the age of uncertainty, collaboration in the Bulgarian start-up ecosystem is paramount to minimise economic risks. This panel will bring together the perspectives of established leaders across sectors to discuss the challenges and opportunities resulting from COVID-19 for companies in Bulgaria.

What are the differences and similarities between the current situation and previous economic downturns?

What are essential steps founders and business leaders should take to best prepare their companies and teams for a challenging time ahead?

What are the new opportunities, presented by behavior shifts resulting from the pandemic?

A moderated panel of speakers will address these questions and more.

Filip Genov, Founder and CEO, F27
Georgi Pavlov, Vice-Chairman, AG Capital
Iva Gumnishka, Founder and CEO, Humans in the Loop
Ned Dervenkov, Vice Chairman, BESCO
Stoyan Angelov, Founder, Evedo
Thibaut Taittinger, Founder, Puzl CowOrKing

The discussion will be moderated by Tzvete Doncheva

About Filip Genov:
Filip is the CEO and Founder of F27 and has over 25 years of experience in banking, innovations and technology. He has created and managed several 500+ million euro financial institutions. He is the Founder and MD of Sophia Lab, Chairman of the SEE’s Annual FinTech and InsurTech Summit. Filip is also a venture partner at NV3, an early stage Bulgarian venture capital fund

About Georgi Pavlov:
Georgi was the Executive Director of Address Real Estate (2011-2019) and the Vice-Chairman of AG Capital, the largest Bulgarian property business group and has been a board member of the group for more than 10 years. He was previously Development Director at Stara Planina Holding, a large industrial group that is listed on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. He is the founder of Proptech.bg, a community that aims to bring PropTech companies, start-ups, industry experts and investors together.

About Iva Gumnishka:
Iva is a social entrepreneur passionate about connecting vulnerable communities to the future of work. At Humans in the Loop, she employs refugees and conflict-affected people in Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq for providing image and data labeling for Artificial Intelligence. She is a Columbia University graduate and part of Forbes 30 under 30 Bulgaria for 2018

About Ned Dervenkov
Ned started his sales career in a large multinational outside Bulgaria but soon realized that he was meant for other things. Ned has been part of the Bulgarian startup ecosystem since the early days and has had started tech companies on his own. Currently one of the engines behind BESC - the Bulgarian startup association, chasing the dream for a better startup ecosystem in Bulgaria

About Stoyan Angelov:
He is the Founder and CEO of evedo.co - A world ecosystem and marketplace for the event & entertainment industry. Stoyan is a serial entrepreneur with a lot of experience in the events industry, startups, and blockchain technologies.

About Thibaut Taittinger:
Thibaut is a French serial Entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience in the property and startup space. Addicted to innovation and building communities, he founded Puzl CowOrKing in 2014, named the best IT Coworking space in the CEE region. Puzl fosters creativity and collaboration between its 600+ members.

💬 About Ecosystem by Tzvete Doncheva
Tzvete is an expert networker, working in London’s tech scene, who’s most recently helped develop the ecosystem and portfolio initiatives at London- based PropTech venture capital firm RHV. She’s transitioned from journalism (BTV and Euronews) to startup business development, advising companies on positioning, strategy and innovation management (Nitrous for London Connectory). A core activity of her work has been identifying innovative solutions (PropTech and Mobility) and connecting the key stakeholders in the public and private sectors (transport and real estate) to enable an open dialogue and future progress.

This is what this “Ecosystem” panel will aim to do, with a focus on exploring the opportunities stemming from COVID-19 for businesses in Bulgaria and beyond.

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