Sofia was cluster capital of Black Sea region

04/15/2014

Conference "Cooperation of ICT clusters in the Black Sea region for growth, prosperity and competitiveness" was held on 10 and 11 April 2014 in Grand Hotel Sofia.

The event was organized by the Foundation ICT Cluster and the Ministry of Transport and Communications in the Bulgarian Presidency of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. Major Sponsors of the event were VIVACOM, Sofia Tech Park and "Bulgarian Cluster Telecommunications".

The conference was attended by representatives of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications, Ministry of Economy of Romania, Ministry of Economy and Energy, representatives of business and clusters of the region.
The main topic of the event was the cooperation of the ICT cluster in the region to becoming a more attractive place to invest and a better place to live. The main focus of the conference topics were related to ICT technology in intermodal transport, the development of new-generation broadband, cyber security, etc.

Participants in the event supported the idea that the cluster approach is an essential tool to be applied in the BSEC countries in order to support SMEs and competitiveness and to promote innovation in the region.

Presentations from conference are available on the following links:

I PANEL - ICT Clusters as a driving engine for competetiveness and prosperity in the region

Mr. Peter Statev - ICT Cluster

Mrs. Genoveva Christova - Representative of European Commission

Mrs. Miryana Dragomirova - MIE

Mrs. Gabriela Pirvu - METEA of Romania

II PANEL : ICT for Intelligent transport systems

Mrs. Anita Angelova - MTITC

Mr. Artun Kumurlu - E-Kent

Mr. Alexandre Girardi - MultiTel

Mr. Thomas Kronawetter - TEXXA

Mr. Vasilis Mizaras - Swarco