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Burgas Digital 2025: Calculate the future

The third edition of Burgas Digital 2025 - the forum that brought together over 20 special guests - representatives of industry, local government, universities, business and non-governmental organizations - ended with great success . The conference on artificial intelligence, innovation and digital transformation was held on October 17, 2025 under the motto "Compute the Future".

The event was opened with special greetings from Mihail Nenov - Deputy Mayor for Education, Health, Social Activities and Youth Policies in Burgas Municipality, Petko Georgiev - Chairman of the Board of DIGIHUB, Zornitsa Rusinova - Chairman of the Economic and Social Council, Mihail Iliev - Manager of Sofia Tech Park and Ruslan Stefanov - Manager, ARK Consulting EOOD. They emphasized the cooperation between industry, local authorities, academia and business as key in the development of a successful digital ecosystem.

The keynote lecture at the event was " National Strategies for Innovation and Technology Transfer". In it, Martin Danovski , Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Innovation and Growth, shared details about the national priorities in the field and the country's vision for achieving them. He stated that technological autonomy is a necessity and will be achieved by following the important priorities, namely anticipating and shaping trends in the sector, a constant look at critical areas and investment opportunities, as well as the possibility of implementing public-private partnerships.

Panel I - National strategies for innovation and technology transfer  - vision until 2040, public-private partnerships and the role of academia. The role of the different circles in the sector and the opportunities for cooperation between them were explained.

With participants: Stanimir Apostolov, Deputy Mayor for Finance, Budget, Economy and Maritime Affairs, Burgas Municipality , Ruslan Stefanov, Managing Director, ARK Consulting EOOD , Natalia Georgieva, Executive Director, AIBEST , Prof. Simeon Stoyanov, Business Development Manager, Petascale Supercomputer Discoverer Consortium.

Panel II - Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industries - from the lab to the market - presentations of successful business examples, know-how transfer and opportunities for using supercomputing infrastructure.

With participants: Andon Simeonov – General Director, Softserve , Hristo Kovachev – Sales Manager Public Organizations, DIGIHUB , Stoyan Nikolov – Head of DIGIHUB Laboratory Complex , Mihail Iliev  – Manager of Sofia Tech Park Research and Development Association , Gerasim Slavov  – Marketing and Communications Expert, Innovation AMP

Panel III - Ecosystems and Applications of New Technologies - discussed topics such as building an ecosystem for accelerated growth in the technological and creative industries, new horizons for growth in startups and investment funds, digital solutions in urban planning and healthcare, and others.

With participants: Lyudmil Daskalov – Director, Legrand Bulgaria, Angel Angelov – Managing Partner, Innovation Capital, Tugbek Olek – Head of the Advisory Board, Game Developers Association of Turkey, Sergey Punchev , President of the BULGARIAN GAME DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, Daniela Alexieva – Manager, “Innovation Systems – Burgas” EOOD, Ivan Draganov – Manager, Incubator and Accelerator Programs, GATE Institute, Kaloyan Borovinov – Manager “ICT Projects”, VIVACOM

Panel IV - The Entrepreneur's Tour - Burgas Station - private individuals shared inspiring examples from entrepreneurial practice and regional business perspectives.

With participants: Elitsa Mollov – Director of Innovation and Incubation at Sofia Tech Park, Alex Zhelyazkov – Marketing Expert, Junior Achievement, Gerasim Slavov – Marketing and Communications, Innovation Amp)

The moderator of panels I, II and III was Georgi Nenov – creator of one of the most successful podcasts in Bulgaria – “Superman”.

A highlight of the event was the AI ​​Expo demonstration area, where real technologies and future-oriented solutions were presented.

The event is part of the implementation of Project BG16RFPR002-1.002-0004-C01 "Improving the competitiveness of SMEs and public organizations in the South-Eastern region of Bulgaria through integrated innovative digital solutions", which aims to increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises and public organizations in the South-Eastern region through innovative digital solutions, thus Burgas Digital 2025 contributes to the development of the regional digital ecosystem.

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