RESIDENTIAL FORUM 2019

programme

PROGRAMME*

8:00 – 9:00 Registration and coffee

9:00 – 12:40: MORNING SESSION: URBAN DEVELOPMENT, INVESTMENTS & MARKETS

9:00 – 9:20 Keynote: Recent changes in the Regulatory policy of the Republic of Bulgaria and their impact on the investment process

Valentin Yovev, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works

9:20 – 9:35 Keynote: Residential capacity of Sofia. Population profile, demographic data, urbanization and migration: the impact of macro-processes on residential needs. Urban morphology, residential strategies and forms of living

arch. Ljubo Georgiev, Team Leader, Vision for Sofia

9:35 - 9:45 Keynote: Presenting the proposal for the Urban Environment Ordinance in Sofia

Kaloyan Karamitov, Coordinator Urban Environment, Vision for Sofia, participant in the work on the Urban Environment Ordinance

09:50 – 11:00 Panel 1: Urban Development: the city and the residential areas

- Common efforts for better residential environment by achieving synergy between urban strategies and the investment projects

- Prerequisites and challenges in the realization of public-private partnerships with the goal of developing the social and technical infrastructure

- The large-scale investment projects as generators of the potential of the zone in which they are located

Doncho Barbalov, Deputy Mayor on “Finance and Economic Activity“ and “Transport and Transport Communications", Sofia Municipality

arch. Rumen Rusev, Acting Mayor of Mladost District

Lubomir Drekov, Mayor of Lozenets District

Dipl. Eng. Teodor Petkov, Mayor of Vitosha District

Dipl. Eng. Plamen Andreev, Мanager, Planex Invest

Hristo Chepishev, Managing Partner, Europroperty

Oren Bar Noy, Director, Nova City Group

Moderator: Ivan Velkov, Deputy Chairman of the Sofia Municipality Council and Chairman of BGFMA

11:00 – 11:10 Coffee-break

11:10 – 11:20 Keynote: Investment environment 2019: Economic and social development of major cities and regions in Bulgaria - key indicators. Personal assets, financial wealth of households and residential accessibility

Svetla Kostadinova, Executive Director of the Institute for Market Economics (IME)

11:20 – 12:40 Panel 2: Market environment 2019: Trends in residential architecture development

- Demand, supply, prices, and financing - what lies ahead in 2019 for the residential market

- Residential market evolution and segmentation - niches and innovative concepts or how to provide a better, healthier and sustainable residential environment

- The modern residents and their lifestyle as basis for the residential projects planning

- Professional management of residential projects - trends, challenges and good practices

Rumen Velichkov, Commercial Director, Residential Park Lozen

Dipl. Eng. Pavel Tenev, Construction Director, “Green Life City Home”

Evgeniya Dikanska, General Manager, Europroperty

Ivan Goranov, Managing Partner, Smart Consultants

Georgi Shopov, Chairman of the Managing Board of the National Association of Building Contractors (NABC)

Martin Dragoev, Investment and Sales Director, Galaxy Investment Group

Dipl. Eng. Ventsislav Krastev, Managing Director, Artstroy 1 Construction

Veselka Dancheva, General Manager, CenterMine

Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Manyu Moravenov, MRICS, Lecturer “Real Estate Finance”, University of Finance, Business and Entrepreneurship

12:40 - 13:40 Lunch

13:40 – 17:40 AFTERNOON SESSION: PROJECTS&PRODUCTS SHOWCASE

13:40 – 13:50 Keynote: Tendencies in contemporary residential architecture around the world and in Bulgaria in 2019

arch. Rositsa Bratkova, Co-founder, Aedes Studio

Panel 3: Residential architecture and building technologies - projects and realization 2019

- Multifamily residential buildings in urban environments: How the needs and lifestyle of the new generation of residents alter the look and functional distribution of residential buildings?

- Residential complexes: a quality master plan as fundamental factor for creating а good living environment

- Individuality, design and construction challenges: trends in design and realisation of single-family houses

- Technological development and residential buildings - how to improve the efficiency, safety and functionality of the building by integrating intelligent building solutions and systems

14:00 – 15:10 Part 1: Residential complexes and single-family houses

arch. Tsvetan Petrov, Manager, Ivo Petrov - Architects

arch. Atanas Panov, Founder, LP Arch Ltd.

arch. Radko Todorov, CEO, RT Consult

arch. Martin Hristov, CEO, E-Arch Studio

arch. Nadezhda Sokolova, Velux Central and Eastern Europe

Dipl. Eng. Eleonora Fioravanti, Facade Product Manager for South and South East Europe, Rockwool

arch. Aleksandar Boyadzhiev, Designers Program Associate, Ideal Standard-Vidima JSC

Moderator: Nikolay Todorov, Editor-in-Chief, The CITY Media Group

15:20 – 16:40 Part 2.1: Multifamily residential buildings (part 1)

arch. Radomir Serafimov, Managing partner, Atelier Serafimov Architects

arch. Anton Antonov, Stephen George International