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NIKOLAY NANKOV (INVITED) MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

NIKOLAY NANKOV (INVITED) Nikolay Nankov was born in 1983 in Apriltsi. He holds a Master's degree in regional development and management from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. In May 2017 he was appointed as Minister of Regional Development and Public Works...

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NENO DIMOV (INVITED) МINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER

NENO DIMOV (INVITED) Born on September 20th, 1964 in Sofia. Graduated the French Language School in Sofia and the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics and PhD in Physics.   2002-2010: Research As..

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Goran Sugareski Minister of Transport and Communications, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Goran Sugareski Graduated from the Faculty of Law "Iustinianus Primus" at "St. Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje. He holds a master's degree in Political Science. He was a Member of Parliament in the Assembly of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the period 2008 to 2016...

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Damian Gjiknuri Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Republic of Albania

Damian Gjiknuri Mr. Damian Gjiknuri was born on 25 May 1972 in Tirana. He is graduated in law graduate in 1994, at the University of Tirana and holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Law issued by “NPS School” in Monterey, California, USA (2004) and London College of Law, in the UK (..

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Velik Zanchev Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria

Velik Zanchev

Zoran Kitanov Director of Public Enterprise for State Roads, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Irfan Asani General Director, Macedonian railways - Infrastructure

Irfan Asani Mr. Irfan Asani has been Director General of PEMRI since September 2011. Mr. Asani has been active in the Balkan region as a lobbyist for political associations and groupings for a number of years. Mr. Asani, a Macedonian citizen, studied political sciences at the SEEU University and holds a Mast..

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Prof. Maurizio Tira Expert at the Ministry of Transport of Italy, Rector of the University of Brescia, Italy

Prof. Maurizio Tira Maurizio Tira, environmental Engineer, graduated at the Politecnico in Milan, is Full Professor of Town and Regional Planning since 2002 and Rector at the University of Brescia (Italy) since 1st November 2016. He has headed up several EU-funded research programs on town planning and mobility. He ..

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Prof. Nikolay Mihaylov, PhD (Econ), Dipl. Eng. PHD IN ECONOMICS, CHAIRMAN OF BULGARIAN FORUM FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION

Prof. Nikolay Mihaylov, PhD (Econ), Dipl. Eng. Prof. Nikolay Mihaylov, PhD (Econ), Dipl. Eng. is Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Trace Group Hold" PLC and Head of the Department "Roads" at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG). Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Builders in Bulgaria. C..

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Prof. Dr. Andrej Lepavcov Expert at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Former Ambassador in Brussels

Prof. Dr. Andrej Lepavcov Prof. Dr. Andrej Lepavcov is Ambassador at the Macedonian Foreign Ministry, having served as Advisor and Spokesman of the President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2003-2004), Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister (2007-2011), and Ambassador and Head of the Macedonian Permane..

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Prof. Dr. Goran Mijoski President of Macedonian association of road engineers, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Prof. Dr. Goran Mijoski Prof. Dr. Goran Miyoski is Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University "St’s Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje, Head of the Department of Roads. Earlier, Professor at the Faculty of Natural and Technological Sciences at Gotse Delchev University in Shtip,  ..

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Dipl. Eng. Ivan Katsarov Member of the BTIF

Dipl. Eng. Ivan Katsarov Ivan Katsarov is a member of the Bulgarian Transport Infrastructure Forum. Graduated from UACEG Sofia and the Technical University of Vienna with Master's degree in "Infrastructure Management" and "Transport Construction in German". He has been involved in the design of some o..

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Aurélio Cecílio Representative of DG "Regional and Urban Policy" at the EC, Head of department “Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia”

Aurélio Cecílio Aurélio Cecílio is Head of Unit in the Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy in the European Commission in Brussels. With his team, he is responsible for the negotiation, management and monitoring of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund interventio..

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DIPL. ENG. GALINA VASSILEVA DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS COORDINATION DIRECTORATE AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

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Dipl. Eng. Doncho Atanasov Chairman of the Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency

Dipl. Eng. Doncho Atanasov Born on 18.09.1958 Education: Engineer - specialty "metallurgy" from the University of Chemical Technology and metallurgy, Sofia Professional career: December 2016 - Chairman of the Management Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency November 2013 - November 2016 - Member..

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Michael Weber CEO of Kapsch Telematics Technologies Bulgaria

Michael Weber Michael Weber is the CEO of Kapsch Telematics Technologies Bulgaria. In 2007, Michael Weber joined the Kapsch Group, where he is responsible for sales of road telematics systems and toll-billing systems for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe such as Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan an..

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Evgenia Karadjova General Manager of "Esri Bulgaria"

Evgenia Karadjova is General Manager of ESRI Bulgaria. She has received a M.Sc. degree in computer science at the Technical University of Sofia and M.Sc.in computer graphics. ESRI Bulgaria has a unique team of highly qualified professionals with proven experience and expertise in the information ..

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Dipl. Eng. Stefan Tchaikov Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Branch Chamber "Roads"

Dipl. Eng. Stefan Tchaikov Dipl. Eng. Stefan Tchaikov has graduated from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Geodesy and is a specialist in transport construction. From August 26, 2013, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Road Infrastructure Agency. Until then he has been chairman of the Bulgarian ..

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Dipl. Eng. Nisim Primo Head of "Monitoring" Department, Directorate "Strategic Development and Investment Projects", National Company Railway Infrastructure

Dipl. Eng. Nisim Primo

PROF. DR. DIPL. ENG. STOYAN BRATOEV CEO OF METROPOLITAN EAD

PROF. DR. DIPL. ENG. STOYAN BRATOEV Stoyan Bratoev, CEO of METROPOLITAN EAD Metropolitan is owned by Sofia Municipality and serves rapid rail transport – the metro in Sofia. Its main purpose is to provide quick and safe transport for passengers. Its activity is oriented to investors’ control over design and construction..

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Svetoslav Pehlivanov Project Manager Metrodepot "Zemliane", Geostroy AD

Svetoslav Pehlivanov

Vincent Van Houten Executive Director Eastern Europe, Russia, CIS, DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH

Vincent Van Houten Vincent van Houten has been serving as a Regional Director for Eastern Europe, Russia & CIS at DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH, Berlin since 2015. Master of Arts in General Management at Berlin School of Economics, Vincent has joined DB in 2011 and has been promoted to Regional Director ..

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Dipl. Eng. Sevdalin Valarnov Chairman of the managing board, BACCRC

Dipl. Eng. Sevdalin Valarnov Sevdalin Valnarov was born in 1966. He graduated from the High school of mathematics in Ruse and Todor Kableshkov University of Transport, majoring in Transport construction. He is qualified construction engineer. From 1989 to 1997 Valnarov was an officer in the Ministry of Transport army. Fr..

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Svetlana Ivanova State Expert "Planning and Programming" of Operational Program Environment

Svetlana Ivanova

IVANKA VIDENOVA DIRECTOR AT WATER AND SEWERAGE DIRECTORATE, MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

IVANKA VIDENOVA

DIPL. ENG. DOBROMIR SIMIDCHIEV CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND GOVERNMENTS FLAG

DIPL. ENG. DOBROMIR SIMIDCHIEV Dipl. Eng. Dobromir Simidchiev holds a Master’s degree in Water purification from UACEG and a Master’s degree in Business administration from the University in Seattle. Currently, Dipl. Eng. Dobromir Simidchiev acts as a chair of the board of directors of one of the water infrastruc..

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Stanislav Stanev Regional Director "Technical Activities and Efficiency" Veolia for Bulgaria and Director "Operations and Maintenance" at Sofiyska Voda

Stanislav Stanev Stanislav Stanev is Regional Director "Technical Activities and Efficiency" in Veolia for Bulgaria and Director "Operations and Maintenance" at Sofiyska Voda. He graduated in Business Administration at the University of Yokohama, Japan. He has been working in the water company..

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Dipl. Eng. Ivan Ivanov Chairman, Bulgarian Water Association

Dipl. Eng. Ivan Ivanov Dipl. Eng. Ivan Ivanov is Chairman of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Water Association since 2012. He is Chairman of the Board of the Foundation " European Benchmarking Cooperation" (EBC Foundation) for 2018. He is Managing Director of Industrial Cluster Underground Infrastru..

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