Open Tech Calendar

Trade & Investment Partnership Event
• Thursday27Nov 2014
Partner Event
Embassy of Bulgaria, London invitation to Trade & Investment Partnership Event
Time: 12:30 - 17:00 Place: 10 St Bride Street, London
Who should attend: Sales/business development people
Benefits of attending: Business opportunity

The event is organised to provide UK companies with a better understanding of the IT prospects in Bulgaria and to facilitate trade and investment partnerships between British and Bulgarian IT companies.
There is an opportunity to meet 21 Bulgarian medium and large ICT companies in an informal environment and register for 1-1 meetings.
Bulgaria has a vibrant and well developed IT sector. Key local specialisations include:
• setting of data centres and network management
• application outsourcing
• development of software products
• integration of systems
• web development
• digital marketing
Agenda:
12:30 - Registration
13:00 - Welcome, techUK
13:10 - Opening address, Embassy of Bulgaria
13:20 - Overview of Bulgarian ICT sector
13:40 - Q&A
13:50 - Case Study & Interactive Session: UK-Bulgarian Partnership Success
UK - Mike Morrison, CEO, ISG Technology
14:00 - Coffee Break
14:30 - 1:1 Meetings & Networking to commence
17:00 - Close
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Why work with Bulgaria?
• Bulgaria boasts 10% corporate tax, the lowest in the EU
• Bulgaria is a beneficiary of 16 bln Euro in the next 6 years allocated by the EU to boost local economic, regional and technological development
• The ICT market in Bulgaria generated Euro 663 million in 2012 and is projected to grow by 6% annually
• 900 IT companies employ 39 000 specialists
• Main trade and investment IT partners are USA, UK and Europe
• Bulgaria holds 3rd place in Europe and 10th position worldwide in terms of absolute number of certified ICT professionals
• Bulgaria ranks 5th in the world and 3rd in Europe in terms of internet speed
• 3,500 IT specialists graduate annually in six major Bulgarian Universities
• World IT leaders, like SAP, VMware, Johnson Controls, CISCO and HP established production and operation facilities in Bulgaria
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Event Details:
Date & Time: Thursday 27 November 2014, 12:30-17:00
Venue: techUK, 10 St.Bride Street, London EC4A 4AD
Cost: FOC
Networking provided
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Register:
For more information and to register, please click on the book now
1:1 Meetings, please contact Tina Compton to make arrangements.
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Sarah Robinson
Projects Manager
T 020 7331 2037
E sarah.robinson@techuk.org
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Tina Compton
Director, Events
T 020 7331 2011
E tina.compton@techuk.org