Conference:
“Inventiveness, enterprise and innovations in the conditions of Bulgaria’s accession to the
European Union”

27 and 28 May 2004, Festival and Congress Center, Varna city

 Organised by:

UNION OF INVENTORS OF BULGARIA
FEDERATION OF THE SCIENCE – TECHNICAL UNIONS OF BULGARIA

with assistance of

TERRIRORIAL DIVISION of SCIENCE – TECHNICAL UNIONS - VARNA
UNION OF FOOD INDUSTRY
PATENT OFFICE OF REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
AGENCY of SMALL and MIDDLE ENTERPRISES
BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL ASSOSIATION – VARNA

with support of

“Mtel” S.A.,
ALIANCE of INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
in Ares of PHARMACY, CHEMISTRY and BIOLOGY

 Report

 27 May

8.30 – 09.30                Registration

09.30 – 10.00              Opening of the conference. Addresses of the official guests.

 

Opening Ceremony

 

І working session:         Moderator: Ass. Prof. D-r Krastiu Iliev 

10.00 – 12.30              “Technology transfer of innovations in Bulgaria”

Prof. D.ch.sc. Alexander Popov; D-r. Kostadin Kostadinov – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Managing Council of Gis Transfer Center

 “Scientific results, innovation products and their transfer”

    Prof. Mehandjiev - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

                                “Directions  for a market oriented management of the research and development activity and the results from their realization”

    D-r Teodora Georgieva – Economic Academy “D. A. Tzenov”, Svishtov

                                 „Innovative Characters of Countries”

                                        Dr. Vedres András – General Secretary of MAFE

 

Presentation of Mr. Vedres

 Presentation of the exhibited inventions and new technical decisions and products

 

ІІ working session:        Moderator: D-r Dimitar Radev – Executive Director of the High-technology business incubator - Varna

13.30 – 15.30              The European network for Business Innovation Centers (EBN) – environment for technology transfer between innovative companies”

        D-r Mitko Gospodinov – Executive Director, BIC Veliko Tarnovo

“Patent analysis and information insurance of the inventive activity”

        Eng. Ivan Ivanov – Executive Director of IP Bulgaria

                                    “The utility model – for the small and medium business”

                                            Ass. Prof. D-r Stefan Stefanov – Technical University, Sofia

 Presentation of the exhibited inventions and new technical decisions and products

16.00 – 18.30              Visits in innovative structures

“Eldominvest” LTD

 

Visiting at Eldominvest Ltd.

 

 Regional center for scientific and applied servicing for  vine-growing and wine-producing – Varna

 

 

Pictures of wine testing

 

28 May

ІІІ working session         Moderator: Ass. Prof. D-r Krastiu Iliev

09.00 – 12.00          

“Regional innovation strategies”

                                           Ass. Prof. D-r Eng. Kiril Georgiev – Technical University, Varna 

“Inventions’ financial potential” 

        Fanny Koleva – Doctoral student, Intellectual property department, University of national and world economy

“Monitoring of the classification of the patent applications at the European Patent Office – a powerful instrument for a faster growth of the SMEs

        Ass. Prof. D-r. Eng. Georgi Philipov – chairman of the Union of inventors and authors of technical innovations of Republic of Macedonia  

                                    “Practical skills necessary for the international application and adoption of European patent”

        Eng. Tzanka Petkova – State expert at the Patent office of the Republic of Bulgaria, head of department “РСТ, European applications and information services for the public”

 

ІV working session:      Moderator: Ass. Prof. D-r Krastiu Iliev 

13.00 – 16.00              Policy for encouraging of the innovative activity of Bulgarian SMEs

                                           Stela Velinova  - expert, Regional bureau Varna,  Agency for SMEs

 The innovations – instrument for solve of present problems

                                            Dipl.Eng. Georgi Gushlekov - Inventor

 “The trademark as an instrument for realization of technological products”

        Eng. Nikolai Radoslavov – patent representative, chairman of the club of the patent specialists, Science-technical unions, Varna

               “Implementation of an unified methodic for evaluation of the trademarks”

                                             Ivailo Grancharov – State expert, Ministry of economy, department “Policy concerning SMEs”

                                     "Utilization of the inventions’ and trademarks’ valuations for enterprise purposes”

            Eng. Vessel Pendichev – Business Appraiser of intangibles, Head of central patent bureau, Ministry of the internal affairs

16.30   Closing of the conference and exhibition