Agenda
2015 INTERNATIONAL IR CONFERENCE “IR NOWADAYS – IN THE EYE OF THE
TIGER?”
25 September 2015
2015 INTERNATIONAL IR CONFERENCE
“IR NOWADAYS – IN THE EYE OF THE TIGER?”
08:00
Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Hall
www.grandhotelsofia.bg
08:00 –
08:50
Coffee and registration
Sofia Hall
08:50 –
09:00
Official Opening
Daniela Peeva, Chairperson of the Managing Board
09:00 –
09:10
Status, priorities and perspectives
of Bulgarian capital market
Nadia Nedelcheva, CFA Portfolio Manager of
09:10 –
09:40
The Impact of Global Capital
Andreas Posavac, Director – Corporate Services,
Flows on Emerging Markets -
IPREO
of ABIRD
Advance Emerging Europe Opportunities Fund
Investor trends and how Investor
Relations can actively prepare
09:40 –
10:10
Balkan IR: two points of view from
Bulgaria and Greece:
Moderator: Pelagia Viatcheva,
Head of IR, Sopharma AD and Member of the
ABIRD Board
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Greek Corporates
International Exposure & IR
Panelists:
Practices. An Overview
Nikos Polymenakos, Head IR, OPAP Greece
Bulgarian IR: status quo and
perspectives
Sophia Argirova - Atanasova, Managing Partner of
Investor Relations Services Ltd and Member of the
ABIRD Board
10:10 –
10:30
Coffee break
Sofia Hall
10:30 –
Why Digital Matters for Investor
Jennie Guay, Director, Channel Relations UK &
11:00
Relations
EMEA, Investis
11:00 –
11:30
IR Online – presenting the BSE
Rumen Sokolov, General Manager of Financial
survey with the cooperation with
Message Group
Market Services, BSE – Sofia
Katya Kancheva, Expert - International Markets
Strategy, Message Group
11:30 –
12:00
Putting your IR website at the
Dario Mezzaqui, Managing Partner, Message
center of financial communication
strategies
Group
12:00 –
12:30
Use Bloomberg to change the way
you manage investor relations
Ralf Haslbeck, Bloomberg Application Specialist for
12:30 –
13:00
The Power of News
Matthias Williams, Chief Correspondent, Reuters
13:00 –
Lunch - sponsored by IPREO
Halls Triaditza 1 &2
13:10 –
Lunch & Learn- Serdica Hall
Stefan Morgenweck, International Sales, EQS
13:50
Enhanced Outreach: Fair
Group AG
Equities, Equity Derivatives, Portfolios, Funds and
Technical Analysis
News
14:00
Disclosure Tools for Digital
Investor Relations in the Light of
New Regulatory Challenges.
14:00 –
14:40
Investors’ expectations – How do
we meet them?
Veselin Radoychev, Equity Analyst, First Financial
Brokerage House
Patrick Tobias, Senior Vice President Corporate
Sales, IPREO
14:40 –
15:10
Sustainability IR: what level is
appropriate?
Miguel Santisteve, Associate Director, The
NASDAQ OMX Group
Marina Stefanova, Executive Director of the UN
Global Compact Network Bulgaria
15:10 –
15:30
Coffee break
Sofia Hall
15:30 –
IR programs – the value of
Moderator: Anne Guimard, Founder and President,
16:10
education – USA, UK and German
FINEO Investor Relations Advisors & The School of
best practice
Investor Relations
Panelists:
Kay W. Bommer, General Manager, DIRK –
German IR Society
Michael C. McGough – CAE, Vice President,
Marketing & Membership - National Investor
Relations Institute, United States
John Gollifer, General Manager, The Investor
Relations Society UK
16:10 –
Implementation of the Market
Vasil Golemanski - Executive Director of Central
16:20
Standards for Corporate Actions
Depository AD
and General Meetings in the
activities of the Central Depository
AD.
16:20 –
16:40
European CMU – state of play
Dr. Milena Angelova, BICA - Secretary General
and Vice-President of the Employers’ Group
European Economic and Social Committee, Corapporteur to EESC opinion: Capital Markets Union
16:40 –
17:10
Shareholders Rights Directive –
Dr Markus Kaum, LL.M., Münchener
What does EU expect from listed
companies?
Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft
17:10
Closing remarks
19:30
IR Awards Ceremony and 10th
Anniversary of ABIRD Celebration
Venue: Amphitheater of Serdica, “Arena di Serdica”
Hotel
www.arenadiserdica.com