AGENDA
| Day 1 | Tuesday, 8 October 2013 |
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| 8:30 AM | Registration and welcome reception |
| 9:00 AM | Opening by the President of the ACB, Dr. Till W. Truckenmüller |
| 9:05 AM | Key note by the Patron of the IACB, H.E. Mr. Rosen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria |
| 9:30 AM | Dr. Roland Wenger, Strategic Supplier & Commodity Management - Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler AG Requirements to suppliers in East Europe |
| 9:55AM | Jean-Marie Bussière, General Manager Strategic Planning, Hyundai Motor Europe Strategies for leadership |
| 10:20 AM | Coffee break, exhibits open |
| 10:50 AM | Frederic Flory, Vice President PMS Seat Covers and Metals, Grammer AG; BoD, Automotive Cluster Bulgaria Hiring in Bulgaria - the most important success factor |
| 11:15 AM | Hanno Miorini, Vice President OE Sales Austria and South East Europe, Robert Bosch AG Automotives - one of the world's leading engines of innovation |
| 11:40 AM | Ph.D. Eng. Tadeusz Ziarko, Regional Board CEE Head of Automotive Operations, Festo AG; M.Sc. Eng. Stefan Ivanov, General Manager, Festo EOOD Festo: a global partner in automation and training for the automotive industry |
| 12:05 PM | Lunch |
| 1:05 PM | Dr. Jutta Schiffers, Executive Director Global Engineering Software Automotive Experience & Interiors, Johnson Controls; Vice President, ACB Global Engineering Footprint – made in Bulgaria |
| 1:30 PM | Dr. Till W. Truckenmüller, CEO, IMACOS Truckenmüller & Company, President of ACB, Honorary Consul of Bulgaria for Baden-Württemberg Improvement of competitiveness employing internationally educated and experienced Bulgarian professionals |
| 1:55 PM | Ivo Todorov, Executive Director, Prista Oil A turnaround success story in Bulgaria |
| 2:20 PM | Coffee break, exhibits open |
| 2:50 PM | Pavel Vesely, Director of Group Purchasing Eastern Europe, Volkswagen AG VW Group Purchasing Activities in Eastern Europe |
| 3:15 PM | Dr. Herbert Fisch,Vice President, BASF Hungaria Kft & Southeast Europe
Innovative Materials in Automotive |
| 3:40 PM | Ralf Barten, Director of Sales for Aluminium semi-finished products central Europe ETEM SA. Aluminium-based technology to reduce vehicle weight |
| 4:05 PM | Coffee break, exhibits open |
| 4:35 PM | Panel Discussion: The future of the automotive industry in Bulgaria: Project Auto Park Bulgaria - lessons learned from auto parks in Europe Key note: Jerome Chevrolet, Managing Director, GEFCO Bulgaria; Area Manager of Balkan region Panel:Karlheinz Bechtle, Consultant, Ministry of Finance and Economics Baden-Württemberg; Prof. Dr. Daniela Bobeva, Deputy Prime Minister for Ecomonic Development, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria; Ing. Dr. Günter Hörcher, Head of Research Strategy, Fraunhofer Institute; Peter Statev, President of ICT and Chairman of Bulgarian Association of Business Clusters; arch. Lubomir Stanislavov, General Manager, S Media Team; Vice President ACB; Desislava Terzieva (requested), Minister of Regional Development of the Republic of Bulgaria |
| 5:35 PM | Closing of Day 1, transfer to hotels |
| 7:30 PM | Grand Evening Event Opening by Dragomir Stoynev, Minister of Economy and Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria |
| Day 2 | Wednesday, 9 October 2013 |
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| 9:30 AM | Anton Dontchev, International Director, Litex Motors / Great Wall The first automotive assembly line in Bulgaria - the door to West Europe |
| 9:55 AM | Thorsten Jordan, Managing Director, Würth Elektronik IBE Group; Zlatan Kitanov, General Manager, Würth Elektronik IBE BG A story of success in a chaging business environment |
| 10:20 AM | Panel Discussion:Why invest in Bulgaria? Key Note: Svetoslav Mladenov, Executive Director, InvestBulgaria Agency Panel: Stefan Reiber, CEO, KEMMLER Electronic Group; Marcel Schwab, Country Tax Leader Bulgaria, EY; Dr. Mitko Vassilev, Executive Director, German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce; Alexander Usunow, Key Project Lead, BHTC |
| 11:00 AM | Coffee break, exhibits open |
| 11:30 AM | Savina Konstantinova, CEO, Industrial Commerce Group The Hyundai story in Bulgaria - Benchmark for Europe |
| 11:55 AM | Plamen Mitev, General Representative for Bulgaria, Willi Betz Group; General Manager, Management Services Corporation AD, General Manager Vienna Real Estate AD Single-source services provider for international automotive investors |
| 12:20 PM | Thibaut de Vaureix, Director Sales Europe, Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. How to serve the automotive electronic business from Bulgaria : example of IMI BG |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch |
| 1:45 PM | Dr. Andrea Castronovo, President BMW Group Central and Southeastern Europe, BMW Group BMW i - the beginning of a new world of visionary mobility |
| 2:10 PM | Dr.-Ing. Vladimir Popov, Team Leader Engineering Energy Management Panamera,Porsche AG, Weissach E-mobility in sporty luxury class – the new Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid |
| 2:35PM | Panel Discussion: E-Mobility in Bulgaria Panel: Danail Papazov (requested), Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria; Ilia Levkov, President E-Mobility Cluster (EVIC); Kostadin Kostadinov, Scientific Director of Discrete Mechanics Department, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Andrea Castronovo, BMW Group; Dr. Vladimir Popov, Porsche AG, Weissach |
| 3:05 PM | Prof. Harald Leschke, Leschke Design; Prof. Sasho Draganov, Technical University Sofia Modular e-city car |
| 3:30 PM | Conclusions, Dr. Till Truckenmüller, President of the ACB and/or Member of the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria |
| 3:35 PM | Coffee break, exhibits open |
| 4:05 PM | Sofia tour - the best of Bulgaria's capital |
| 8:00 PM | Dinner for participants in Day 3 |
| Day 3 | Thursday, 10 October 2013 - Plant Visits |
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| Tour 1: | Visit of Litex Motors/Great Wall and Grammer |
| Tour 2: | Visit of IMI and Litex Motors/Great Wall |
This agenda may be subject to change.
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