CROWDfunding to mainSTREAM innovation
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
28 May 2019, Varna, Bulgaria
Venue: Graffit Gallery Hotel (http://graffithotel.com/en), 65, Knyaz Boris I blvd., Varna, Bulgaria
The partners of the project CrowdStream (CROWDfunding to mainSTREAM innovation) are delighted to invite you to the final event of the project hosted by project partner UBBSLA in Varna, Bulgaria.
The conference will be held on Tuesday, May 28th 2019 at Graffit Gallery Hotel – 65, Knyaz Boris I blvd., Varna, Bulgaria. Please register using the registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_4lTLpw24Vzk0b0FFae0Ob8zHC3GISuTr9nTMtg6P0fcZFg/viewform by 12th of May, 2019.
The Conference on Crowdfunding will be held in English.
At the final event, we will address the obstacles of cross border crowdfunding for building and sustaining the trust in the alternative finance industry. At the opening panel, which will be introduced by Stoyan Passev, Regional Governor of Varna, the key speaker Ms.Claudia Singer will give an overview about EUSDR. Afterwards there will be an open panel discussion on CrowdStream – the main project results and strategy contributions.
At the first panel, titled Quality framework for alternative finance, Mr Marko Helfrih, univ.spec.admin.urb. in ZICER, Croatia, will be joined by Mr Daniel Horak – CONDA and Mr Rudolf Kinsky – AVCO, Austria. They will address topics such as ensuring high quality for cross border crowdfunding, alternative financing and crowdfunding experience. Their discussion will be followed by a second panel titled Capacity building, chaired by Mr Matjaz Friz – STP, Slovenia.
The panellists of the second panel Mrs Tanja Senekovich – STP, Slovenia; Mr Robert Nemeth – PBN, Hungary; Ms Alexandra Pintilie – CPU, Austria and Mr Jan Jares – JAIP, Czech Republic will share their views on increasing knowledge and capacity of relevant actors on qualitative crowdfunding, alternative financing for energy projects and impressions from CrowdStream pilot trainings and field missions.
The panellists of the final session Mrs Silvia Shtumpf – Business Agency Varna, Bulgaria; Mrs Venceslava Yanchovska – Ivanova – Innovation Norway, Bulgaria; Ms Lilyana Savova– ITERA Institute – Varna, Bulgaria and Mrs Polina Antonova – Institute for Youth Initiatives and Innovations, Varna, Bulgaria will share their experience on innovative services provided by the Business Pre-Accelerator of the North-East of Bulgaria, EEA and Norway grants for start-ups and green industry, European Digital Bootcamps and starting successful business.
CrowdStream project – CROWDfunding to mainSTREAM innovation – helps cities and BSOs in the Danube Region to support Crowdfunding as a potential tool to close the financial gap for start-ups and SMEs. The project addresses the challenge to create new innovative support services for small enterprises.
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