With regard to the official visit of the President of the Republic of Turkey, H.E. Abdullah Gül to Sofia, the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry together with the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK) and the Turkish Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry are organizing Bulgarian-Turkish Business Forum, which will take place on July 11th, 2011 /Monday/ in Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan.
The business delegation of over 50 Turkish companies accompanying the Turkish President will meet potential Bulgarian partners during the Forum.
Mutual interest in the following areas has been expressed: construction and infrastructure, telecommunications, electrical engineering, automobile industry, transport and tourism, agriculture, food industry, light industry, etc.
Representatives of Şişecam Company – one of the biggest investors in Bulgaria and Doğuş Construction and Trade Inc. – the company building a section of Sofia underground, and other large Turkish companies are expected to participate in the Forum.
More than 100 Bulgarian businessmen have confirmed their participation in the meetings so far, and the interest in the meetings is growing constantly.
The preliminary programme of the Forum includes:
09.30-10.00 Registration of participants
10.00-11.00 Opening – Hall Sredets
Mr. Tsvetan Simeonov, President of BCCI
Co-Chairman of the Bulgarian-Turkish Business Council
Mr. Zeki Bairam, President of the Turkish Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr. Yalçın Egemen, Chairman of the Turkish-Bulgarian Business Council
Representative of the Bulgarian government
Representative of the Turkish government
11.00-11.20 Presentation of the economic and investment climate in Bulgaria, Mr.Borislav Stefanov, Executive Director, Invest Bulgaria Agency
11.20 – 11.30 Discussion
11.30 – 13.00 Bilateral meetings – Hall Serdika
13.00 – 14.15 Working lunch
14.30-15.00 Closing - Hall Sredets
Mr. Tsvetan Simeonov, President of BCCI
Co-Chairman of the Bulgarian-Turkish Business Council
Mr. Rıfat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Chairman of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB-DEİK)
H.E. Georgy Parvanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria
H.E. Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey
15.00-16.30 Bilateral meetings - continuation
Due to the special access regime to the Forum, please confirm your attendance no later than July 7th, 2011 by e-mail to: pr@bcci.bg.
For contacts and additional information: International Cooperation and International Organisations Directorate, Kalina Trendafilova, tel.: (+359 2) 81 17 497, Gabriela Dimitrova, tel.: (+359 2) 81 17 489.