Agenda - Powers Summit 2025

Powers Summit Agenda
9 December 2025, Tuesday

08:00 - 09:00

Registration and morning coffee

09:15

Closing the doors and starting the program

09:30 - 09:40

Opening Remarks

Aniela Russeva - Executive Director, Webit
Gergana Passy - President, Digital National Alliance Bulgaria

09:40 - 09:45 Keynote

Welcome Address

Yordanka Chobanova - Head of the European Commission's Representation in Bulgaria

09:48 - 09:58 Keynote

Trust – The Only Reliable Currency of the Future

Dr. Plamen Russev - Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation

Defence / Innovation and Cybersecurity

10:01 - 10:41 Panel Discussion

Session "The Industry Speaks"

Moderator:

Dr. Solomon Passy - President and Founder, Atlantic Club of Bulgaria

Participants:

Borislav Georgiev - Advisor, BDIA
Miglen Evlogiev - President, Bulgarian cybersecurity association
Dobroslav Dimitrov - Member of the Advisory Boards of the Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BASSCOM) and the Bulgarian Employers' Association Innovative Technologies (BRAIT)
Major General (ret.) Giora Eiland - Head of Israeli National Security Council (2004-2006)
Col. Nikolay Nikolov - National Armaments Director, Republic of Bulgaria

Session "Business Leaders Speaks"

10:44 - 10:54 Keynote

Michail Petrov - Chief Executive Officer, Schwarz IT Bulgaria

10:54 - 11:04 Keynote

Dimitar Naydenov - Corporate Affairs & Communication, Japan Tobacco International Bulgaria

The Energy Shield: Building Resilience in Times of Insecurity

11:14- 11:54 Panel Discussion

Session "The Industry Speaks"

Moderator:

Kremena Stoyanova - Founder, Elca.bg

Participants:

Meglena Rusenova - Chairperson, Bulgarian photovoltaic association
Valery Drenikov - Chairman, Association of traders with energy in Bulgaria
Petyo Ivanov - Executive Director, Kozloduy NPP - New Capacities PLC
Vladimir Malinov - Executive Director, Bulgartransgaz EAD
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Ivan Mitev - Executive Director, The Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology

11:57 - 12:07 Keynote

Session "Business Leaders Speaks"

Ivan Pironkov - Managing Director, Westinghouse Bulgaria

12:10 - 12:30

Session "Power Listens"

Delian Dobrev - Member, Committee on Energy
Radoslav Ribarski - Member of Parliament, Parliamentary party "We Continue the Change"
Stanislav Anastasov - Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Party "DPS – New Beginning"
Attending experts: Members of Parliament from DPS-New Beginning - Halil Letifov, Erbil Halim
Dragomir Stoynev - Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Party "BSP"

12:33 - 13:38

Session "The Executive Power Listens"

Krasimir Nenov - Deputy Minister of Energy, Republic of Bulgaria

12:38 - 13:38

Lunch Break

Safeguarding nations: Where Health meets Security

13:38 - 14:18 Panel Discussion

Session "The Industry Speaks"

Moderator:

Arkadi Sharkov - Health economist, Expert Club for Economics and Politics, Co-founder, Health Metrics

Participants:

MSc. Pharm. Dimitar Marinov, PhD - President, Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union
Deyan Denev - Executive Director, ARPharM Bulgaria
Andrei Markov - Deputy chairperson, Bulgarian Hospitals Association
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetoslav Tsenov - CEO, Astellas, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Greece, Member company of KRIB

14:21 - 15:01 Panel Discussion

Session "Business Leaders Speaks"

Moderator:

Dr. Slaveyko Djambazov - Founder & managing partner, HTA Ltd.

Participants:

Rabia Demet Özcan - General Manager, Novo Nordisk Pharma
Milena Organdzhieva - Managing Director, MSD Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Albania
Simon Duchateau - General Manager, Roche Bulgaria

15:04 - 15:14 Keynote

Session "Business Leaders Speaks"

Verginia Djevelekova - Head of Corporate Affairs, Philip Morris Bulgaria

15:17 - 15:47

Session "Power Listens"

Prof. Kostadin Angelov - Chairperson, Committee on Health
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vasil Pandov - Member of Parliament, Parliamentary party "We Continue the Change"
Yordan Tsonev - Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Party "DPS – New Beginning"
Attending experts: Members of Parliament from DPS-New Beginning - Nadya Petrova, Tsvetan Enchev
Dr. Alexander Simidchiev - Member of Parliament, "Democratic Bulgaria"

15:40- 15:45

Session "The Executive Power Listens"

Dobromira Kareva - Deputy Minister of Health, Republic of Bulgaria

Education and competitiveness as a priority for national security and the economy

15:55 - 16:35 Panel Discussion

Session "The Industry Speaks"

Moderator:

Ivan Nonchev - Editor in Chief, Manager News

Participants:

Dobromir Ivanov - CEO, BESCO
Evgeny Angelov - Chairman, The Bulgarian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Prof. Miglena Temelkova, PhD - Chairperson, The Council of Rectors in Bulgaria
Teodor Radonov - Head of the Representative Office for the European Investment Bank Group in Sofia

Session "Business Leaders Speaks"

16:38 - 16:48 Fireside Chat

Moderator:

Aniela Russeva - Executive Director, Webit

Participant:

Angelina Borisova - Founder & CEO, Anagami & Autsorsa

16:51 - 17:01 Fireside Chat

Moderator:

Gergana Passy - President, Digital National Alliance Bulgaria

Participant:

Seda Kuzucu - UNHCR Representative in Bulgaria

17:04 - 17:14

Session "Power Listens"

Iskra Mihaylova-Koparova - Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Party "DPS – New Beginning"
Attending experts: Members of Parliament from DPS-New Beginning - Ismail Osman, Fatima Yildiz
Acad. Nikolay Denkov - Member of Parliament, Parliamentary party "We Continue the Change"

17:17 - 17:22

Session "The Executive Power Listens"

Krasimir Valchev - Minister of Education and Science, Republic of Bulgaria

* Organizers reserve the right to change the program

Participants

Krasimir Valchev

Minister of Education and Science, Republic of Bulgaria

Col. Nikolay Nikolov

National Armaments Director, Republic of Bulgaria

Krasimir Nenov

Deputy Minister of Energy, Republic of Bulgaria

Dobromira Kareva

Deputy Minister of Health, Republic of Bulgaria

Atanas Zafirov

Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Bulgaria

Ivo Tsanev

Member of parliament, DPS – New Beginning

Nikolay Zlatarski

Member of parliament, DPS – New Beginning

Delian Dobrev

Member, Committee on Energy

Radoslav Ribarski

Member of Parliament, Parliamentary party "We Continue the Change"

Stanislav Anastasov

Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Party "DPS – New Beginning"

Halil Letifov

Member of parliament, DPS – New Beginning

Erbil Halim

Member of parliament, DPS – New Beginning

Dragomir Stoynev

Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Party "BSP"

Prof. Kostadin Angelov

Chairperson, Committee on Health

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vasil Pandov

Member of Parliament, Parliamentary party "We Continue the Change"

Yordan Tsonev

Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Party "DPS – New Beginning"

Nadya Petrova

Member of parliament, DPS – New Beginning

Tsvetan Enchev

Member of parliament, DPS – New Beginning

Dr. Alexander Simidchiev

Member of Parliament

Iskra Dimitrova Mihaylova-Koparova

Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Party "DPS – New Beginning"

Ismail Osman

Member of parliament, DPS – New Beginning

Fatima Yildiz

Member of parliament, DPS – New Beginning

Acad. Nikolay Denkov

Member of Parliament, Parliamentary party "We Continue the Change"

Yordanka Chobanova

Head of the European Commission's Representation in Bulgaria

Aniela Russeva

Executive Director, Webit

Dr. Solomon Passy

President and Founder, Atlantic Club of Bulgaria

Gergana Passy

President, Digital National Alliance Bulgaria

Dr Plamen Russev

Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation

Major General (ret.) Giora Eiland

Head of Israeli National Security Council (2004-2006)

Ivan Pironkov

Managing Director, Westinghouse Bulgaria

Rabia Demet Özcan

General Manager, Novo Nordisk Pharma

Simon Duchateau

General Manager, Roche Bulgaria

Petyo Ivanov

Executive Director, Kozloduy NPP - New Capacities PLC

Vladimir Malinov

Executive Director, Bulgartransgaz EAD

Borislav Georgiev

Advisor, BDIA

Miglen Evlogiev

President, Bulgarian Cybersecurфity Association

Dobroslav Dimitrov

Member of the Advisory Boards of the Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BASSCOM) and the Bulgarian Employers’ Association Innovative Technologies (BRAIT)