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Arch. Zdravko Zdravkov Chief Architect of Sofia Metropolitan Municipality

Arch. Zdravko Zdravkov Arch. Zdravko Zdravkov was born in Pleven in 1972. He graduated in Architecture from UACEG in 1997. His graduation project was a shopping center, for which he received an award from the Bulgarian Chamber of Architects. Experienced in administration, he has been Head of Urban Department in the..

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DONCHO BARBALOV DEPUTY MAYOR ON “FINANCE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY“ AND “TRANSPORT AND TRANSPORT COMMUNICATIONS", SOFIA MUNICIPALITY

DONCHO BARBALOV In 1992 he graduated the Technical University – Sofia as а master engineer. In the period 2004 – 2006 he attended the City University in Seattle –Washington and graduated with master’s degree in business administration.    In 2018 he graduated as a health..

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PROF. PHD ENG. STOYAN BRATOEV EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF “METROPOLITEN” JSC (SOFIA METRO CO.)

PROF. PHD ENG. STOYAN BRATOEV Prof. PhD eng. Stoyan Bratoev is Executive Director of “Metropoliten” JSC (Sofia Metro Co.) since 1999. From 1992 to 1999 was a General Director of Municipal company “Metropoliten”. In the period from 1998 he was supervising the construction and commissioning of Line 1 and..

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Eng. Svetoslav Pehlivanov Head of Construction, Geostroy

Eng. Svetoslav Pehlivanov My work experience starts at metalurgproekt as a designer. At Globolgarstroy I had the opportunity to work at sites in Moscow as a senior expert in VET. Most instructive 5 years at Taisei Corporation - first metro diameter construction manager. I have been working in the Geotechmin group for almo..

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Tsvetan Kolev - Transport Engineer Transport Engineer, Sofproekt

Tsvetan Kolev - Transport Engineer He graduated from the UACEG bilingual program and the Technical University of Vienna in 2016. In Vienna, he studied infrastructure planning and management and, for his diploma work, focused on urban topics, in particular cycling. Since 2014, he has been actively engaged in the topic of urban traf..

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VASIL TAKEV SEGMENT MANAGER, INDUSTRY AND DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS, ABB BULGARIA

VASIL TAKEV Mr. Takev has over 20 years of experience in sales and management of sales and engineering teams in a variety of market segments. He is responsible and manages the partner network in the country, particularly in emerging markets. Mr Takev has a thorough knowledge of the development of infrastruct..

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Arch. Vessela Valtcheva-McGee Managing Partner, Triple Green Building Group Bulgaria

Arch. Vessela Valtcheva-McGee Vessela Valtcheva-McGee has extensive experience with sustainability in both practice and education. With over 10 years of experience in sustainable development, Vessela has both practical hands-on experience with sustainability assessment tools and frameworks in the construction and develop..

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Iva Petkova Head of Department at the Fund for Sustainable Urban Development

Iva Petkova Iva Petkova has over 10 years of experience in evaluating and monitoring projects funded by the European Union. Since 2011, she has been closely involved with the implementation of the JESSICA Urban Development Financing Facility of Sofia, and since 2018 with the new Urban Development Funds for S..

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Kaloyan Krumov CEO of Infosystems International EAD

Kaloyan Krumov He has been managing the company for more than 12 years, creating opportunities for a better world with the help of smart technologies and solutions in today's urban environment. Born in Vidin. He graduated from the Technical University of Sofia in 2004. Ordinary person who believes in turning no..

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Arch. Ivaylo Petkov 10 Architects

Arch. Ivaylo Petkov Ivaylo Petkov graduated University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy Sofia in 1996. Founder of the architectural bureau 10 AM, in 2001. Since 2001. is a doctoral student at UACEG Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban Planning, with a doctoral thesis: Urban Simulations...

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Eng. Teodor Petkov Mayor of Vitosha region, Sofia Municipality

Eng. Teodor Petkov He was born on 23.02.1975 in Sofia. He graduated from the Technical University of Sofia - Information and Management Technologies and Industrial Management. He has worked at Metrostoi EAD and at BIA - Center - EAD. He is chairman of Municipal Council of Union of Democratic Forces - Slatina Region..

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ARCH. TSVETAN PETROV CEO, IVO PETROV ARCHITECTS

ARCH. TSVETAN PETROV Architect Tsvetan Petrov graduated from the UACEG's Faculty of Architecture in 2007. He specializes in the L'ecole National Superieure d'architecture de Bretagne in Rennes, France. In his independent design practice, he works in public and residential buildings, logistics centers, administrative ..

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Atanas Garov founder and Managing Partner of Garitage Investment Management

Atanas Garov Atanas Garov is the founder and Managing Partner of Garitage Investment Management EOOD. The company's portfolio includes projects such as gated residential complexes, business parks, shopping areas, educational and sports centers. Sofia Park Villas is a high-class residential complex develop..

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Petar Dyakov Sales director, Arco Vara AS/Botanica Lozen

Petar Dyakov Peter Dyakov is the new Sales Director for the Bulgarian market of the Estonian investment company Arco Vara AS. He will be responsible for the successful implementation of the company's projects in Bulgaria, and the focus will be on its newest and most innovative complex - Botanica Lozen. Pe..

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Kaloyan Karamitov Coordinator of Urban Planning, Urban Environment and Transport, Vision Sofia

Kaloyan Karamitov Kaloyan Karamitov graduated with Urbanism from UACEG in 2016. He developed his diploma thesis on pedestrian accessibility at the Technical University of Vienna. Over the last two years, he has been working on general spatial plans for municipalities, strategic documents (Target Investment Program..

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Arch. Zhorzheta Rafailova Chief Expert, Sofproect - OGP

Arch. Zhorzheta Rafailova She graduated at UACEG in 1984; working at Sofproect OGP since the establishment of the enterprise in 1998; over 34 years of experience in spatial planning. Key expert in the elaboration of: Sofia Municipality Masterplan, approved in 2007 and of its amendments 2009, 2014 and 2019; Sofia Regio..

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Kamen Krastev CEO The City Media Group Bulgaria

Kamen Krastev Since 2008 Kamen Krastev has been involved in the strategic management of the major b2b media group focused on large-scale real estate and infrastructure projects in Bulgaria and the SEE region - The City Media Group, established in 1997. The portfolio of the group consists of several b2b pr..

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Lubomir Drekov mayor of Lozenets District

Lubomir Drekov Lubomir Drekov is mayor of Lozenets District. In 2011, he resigns as a municipal councillor and was elected by the Sofia Municipality Council as the youngest district mayor in the capital city. In 2015 he won the local elections and became the first re-elected mayor of Lozenets District sinc..

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Adina Welsh Executive Director of Raiffeisen Property Management Bulgaria

Adina Welsh Adina Welsh is Executive Director of Raiffeisen Property Management Bulgaria. Since 2002, she has managed the asset management of the company's projects (Business Park Expo 2000 complex and the office building on Gogol Str. №18). From 2010 she is also the Managing Director of Mall Varna. ..

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PETKO LOZANOV HEAD OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

PETKO LOZANOV Prior to joining C&W Forton, Mr. Petko Lozanov was involved in the development of some of Sofia’s landmark developments, including Infinity Tower, 22,000sqm Class AAA Offices, Tower B part of Bulgaria Mall Development, approximately 18,000sqm Class AAA Offices, Bulgaria Mall - a retail/..

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Eng. Todor Todorov Team leader, Transconsult-22 LTD., Assistant professor in the roads department in UASG (University for Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy Sofia)

Eng. Todor Todorov Education: MSc, Civil Engineer “Transport and Highway Construction” University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, September 1978 - July 1983 December 2008, Training course “Instructor of traffic safety auditors” – according to the “Partn..

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Yani Valkanov Organization Urbitat

Arch. Yani Valkanov is an architect and urban designer with extensive experience in urban and spatial planning. He has graduated from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy and Masters in Urban Planning and Housing from the University of Lincoln, UK. He has specializations ..

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Arch. Rawad Choubassi Director and Board member of Systematica

Arch. Rawad Choubassi Choubassi has gained previous experience, prior to joining Systematica in 2008, through intensive work on large-scale projects during his work with Arata Isozaki (Tokyo), Kliment-Halsband Architects (New York) and others. He leads a team of multi-disciplinary consultants for expanding the limits ..

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Arch. Angel Zahariev partner and CEO at architectural studio A & A Architects

Arch. Angel Zahariev Arch. Angel Zahariev is a partner and CEO at architectural studio A & A Architects. He graduated from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG) in Sofia in 2003. In 2004, he graduated with honours in specialization at The Institute for Housing&nb..

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Ivan Velkov DEPUTY-PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF SOFIA MUNICIPALITY

Ivan Velkov Ivan Velkov was born in 1970 in Sofia. He graduated from the Beijing University of International Business and Economics. He is a member of the Political Party of the Greens, "Political Group 5" at the Sofia Municipal Council and the Permanent commission on spatial plannin..

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Ljubo Georgiev Director, Vision Sofia

Ljubo Georgiev Ljubo Georgiev studied architecture at IUAV (Venice, Italy) and TU Delft (Delft, the Netherlands). He has extensive experience in gathering and managing  multidisciplinary teams. Lubo has worked as a director of the ONE ARCHITECTURE WEEK festival (Plovdiv, 2014-2016), as team leader of  ..

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Mariya Mishineva, MA Arch Principle Architect

Mariya Mishineva, MA Arch Mariya Mishineva graduated University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy Sofia in 2013 and she joined Stephen Geroge International in 2015. Big part of her job is focused on developing masterplan solutions and concepts, with emphasis on sustainable urban development, aided by her ..

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Nurhan Redjeb Urbanist

Nurhan Redjeb Nurhan graduated his Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Urbanism at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia. His passion for public spaces and the built environment led him to the University of Washington, St. Louis, USA, where he graduated as a Master in Urban Desig..

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