Jivka Ovtcharova is director of research institute at the KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and professor with a double doctorate in mechanical engineering and computer science. She is one of the 25 women for the digital future in Germany and winner of the first Inspiring Fifty DACH Award 2019. Jivka is a scientist, consultant, mentor, keynote speaker, member of the Senate for Business in Europe as well various juries and committees for digitization and AI nationally and internationally, among others AI-42 Market Intelligence Ltd.

Responsible for the EMEA and GERMANY Region as a Director Business Development engaging with customers, markets and building business for Siemens internationally driving Digitalization. Prior to joining the Siemens team, I worked for Microsoft, HP, Lexmark and Unisys in different Management Roles. Focusing on delivering value to international and national customer and partner ecosystems.

Founder of Soltec Ltd., a leading provider of complete solutions for Industry 4.0 in Bulgaria. For over 20 years, Josef Schaetti has held leading positions in distinguished industrial enterprises in Europe, where he manages more than 200 employees. In 2009 he started Soltec Ltd. in Bulgaria, because he believes in the potential of the country as an industrial force in Eastern Europe.

Production business co-founder with over 15 years of experience working with LSR (Liquid Silicone Rubber). His path began as a machine operator at school with subsequent engineering specialization in the field of injection molding. LSR Project Manager with a focus and keen interest in integrating innovative process optimization solutions at Lim Technics.

She holds the position at ProCredit Bank Bulgaria Headquarters since February 2018. She has been working at the bank since its inception, having previously held a management position in the Plovdiv office.

For the last 9 years at Siemens he has been supporting digitalization efforts in companies in 21 Countries. He helps customers to understand how digitalizaton could make them more competitive with better use of ressources to grow faster then their compedition, by using digitalisation methods. Three years any many visitis and Digitalization Workshops throughout Bulgaria makes Herbert Vitzthum an insider regarding the Digitalization status in Bulgaria.

Zhulieta Mandazhieva is an attorney at law, experienced in the fields of technology, privacy, communication and financial services. She has worked on some of the biggest FDI projects in the energy field in Bulgaria as a local team leader with some of the biggest law firms in Europe.
Zhulieta advises a wide range of companies in the technology fields on matters related to IP, trade secret, privacy, regulation and soft law aspects of Facial Recognition Technology and TDM and natural language processing, digital transformation and payment technologies.

Digital business and services specialist focusing on industrial innovation implementation. Expert knowledge in integration and communication between different environment and IoT solutions, 3D visualizations of production plants, premium digitalized industrial equipment, data management.

Industrial equipment expert responsible for developing and positioning Hoffmann Group in Bulgaria. Extensive experience and intel knowledge of local production challenges and needs, focused on delivering solutions for maximizing production efficiency.

CAD programming expert with extensive experience in working with Siemens Digital Industries solutions and premium cutting tools. Lecturer and keynote speaker in forums, demonstrations and trainings related to production process optimization and digitalization.

Аfter finishing his PhD in Information Systems at LMU Munich, Matthias joins Hoffmann Group as Head of Digital Innovation and Business Development. Later he becomes Head of Digital Platform Services and is currently focused on digital business mode and software development for Hoffmann Group.

Part of the company since its foundation. Together with the abas ERP team she works towards meeting the challenges of digital transformation. Focused on the development of business models and strategies for the Bulgarian organizations that need to make the next step towards their transformation.

Alumni of the Technical University of Sofia in economics. He joined abas ERP in 2005 and manages projects in the sphere of abas ERP integrations, BI data management solutions and IoT solutions.