Anna Naydenova – executive director of ICT Cluster took part in the European cluster matchmaking event. The event was organized by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform on 30th of November 2016 on the eve of the 2016 European Cluster Conference “Clusters 4_0”. The large-scale matchmaking event brought together more than 300 cluster policy makers and cluster managers from 114 cluster organizations, from 21 countries, which discussed the future of European cluster policies.
The fifth edition of the European Cluster Conference kicked off in the morning of 1st December 2016 gathering more than 300 attendees from all over Europe.  This year the conference was focused on Cluster 4.0 – Shaping Smart Industries and included high-level plenary speeches, panel discussions and interactive sessions where participants had the chance to share their experience and challenges. Anna Naydenova, Executive Director of Bulgarian ICT Cluster was a “hard talk” speaker at the panel session "Clusters facilitating new cross-sectoral value chains".
The European Cluster Conference and also attended by members of “Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters Network” – Krasimira Shindarova “Bulgarian cluster telecommunications”, Stelian Brad “Cluj IT Cluster”, Milan Solaja “Vojvodina ICT Cluster” and Peter Indovski “MACES”.
For more information about the European Cluster Conference 2016, speakers and presentations – http://clusterconference2016.eu/documentation.jsp
Video of the European Cluser Conference - https://vimeo.com/194036247