On 19.10.2018 at Microsoft Innovation Centre Bulgaria, ICT Cluster has organized Learning and Demonstration Seminar and Conference "Industrial and Digital Transformation: Fears and Hopes" . The event was within the framework of the Smart Factory Hub project funded under the Danube Transnational program.

The conference brought together representatives of innovative companies, manufacturing companies, universities, clusters, state administration and research centers from Bulgaria, the Balkans and Central Europe.

Innovative Bulgarian companies presented their solutions and good practices for digitization of manufacturing to participants from 10 European countries - Slovenia, Romania, Croatia, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria.

At the conference there were demonstration of Bulgarian companies developing products and services for optimization and digitization of the water sector, manufacturing sector, intelligent waste collection, fire prevention systems, smart buildings, etc., as well as 11 intelligent solutions from the Czech Republic.  The Center for Excellence at the Technical University of Sofia and the High Performance Computing Laboratory in Sofia Tech Park also presented their services  for digitalization. 

Mr. Todor Mitov ( project assistant ) presented the opportunities Smart factory Hub project provides to the manafacturing companies for optimization of their production processes applying digital technologies. 

Mr. Peter Statev ( chairman of ICT Cluster) presented the vision and the future development of the Bulgarian Technological and Innovation Hub -  DigiTech 4.0

The event culminated in a round table where representatives of the business, academia, non-governmental sector, Ministry of Economy, OP Innovation and Competitiveness, OP Human Resources Development and PwC discussed the future digital transformation strategy of Bulgaria and the financial instruments in the next programming period supporting digitization of small and medium-sized enterprises.

More information about the event you could find on : http://ictcluster.bg/en/current/news/conference-industry-and-digital-tr…