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CASTRA’s EVENT ORGANIZER and REGISTRATIONS site offers detailed information on the major CONFERENCES and MEETINGS organized by us. Browse the list and/or join the current event, or find information on a meeting in the past. ENJOY !

Brief announcements of some of our events :

2018 February 20
EU Industry Week, Sofia: High Time for Hi-Tech

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2017 July 10

Draft Programme - National Military Conference - 10 Jul 2017-04-07-17-Bg

2016 October

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2015 September
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Calendar of Events

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				1 SpaceOps 2018 is a technical forum of the Space Mission Operations and Ground Systems SpaceOps 2018 is a technical forum of the Space Mission Operations and Ground Systems1:0028.05.20182:0001.06.2018 Palais du Pharo , http://palaisdupharo.marseille.fr, Marseille, France http://www.spaceops2018.org/ Hosted and organized by CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) and powered by AIAA, SpaceOps 2018 is a technical forum of the Space Mission Operations and Ground Systems community that addresses state-of-the-art operations principles, methods, and tools.SpaceOps 2018 provides the opportunity for you to share mission’s experience, challenges, and innovation solutions. Held biennially since 1990, the conference will attract technologists, scientists, managers from agencies, academic and research institutions, operators and industry and fosters managerial and technical interchanges on all aspects of space mission operations. Detailed program The conference technical program is planned to be on five days from Monday May 28th to Friday June 1st, featuring: On Monday morning: Opening Ceremony with welcome speeches and keynote talks; From Monday to Friday: Technical Sessions with oral paper presentations; On Monday morning: Dedicated session for the opening of a session on traditional posters and electronic presentations (11:00 – 12:30); From Tuesday to Thursday: Several late-morning (10:30 – 12:30) interactive sessions in parallel to Oral sessions; From Monday to Thursday: Traditional posters and electronic presentations; From Tuesday to Thursday: Early morning (08:30 – 10:00) interactive plenaries with keynote presentations, discussion rounds and Q/A with the audience; On Friday afternoon: Closing ceremony with conference highlights, invited lectures and handover SpaceOps flag to the next Conference Organizer. A more detailed presentation of the technical program is at work and will be made available here in due time. •	2	3
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11	12	13 Eastern Europe Tech Tour Eastern Europe Tech Tour8:3013.06.201818:0013.06.2018 Sofia Tech Park, John Atanasoff Innovation Forum The first edition of the Eastern Europe Tech Tour will take place on 11-13 of June 2018 in Warsaw, Poland and Sofia, Bulgaria. https://www.techtour.com/events/2018/6/event-eastern-europe-tech-tour-2018.html?pageId=2339293 PROGRAM: https://techtour.com/events/2018/6/event-eastern-europe-tech-tour-2018.html?pageId=2492734 08:30 Registration & Networking Day 3 - Sofia Venue: John Atanasoff Innovation Forum (Sofia Tech Park, Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd. 111, Sofia) 09:00 Welcome and Opening by hosts, organisers and event's co-president of the Eastern Europe Tech Tour Room: Main Hall in Jogn Atanasoff Innovation Forum Presenter: Evgeny Angelov ( PostScriptum Ventures) Alexander Galitsky ( Almaz Capital) William Stevens ( Tech Tour ) 09:20 Panel discussion - Investment Landscape in SEE Room: Main Hall Moderator: Evgeny Angelov ( PostScriptum Ventures) Panelist: Vedran Blagus ( South Central Ventures ) Todor Breshkov ( LAUNCHub Ventures) Zoltan Hopka ( EBRD Technology VC Facility) Dan Lupu ( Earlybird Venture Capital) Hristo Stoyanov ( European Investment Fund) Branislav Vujovic ( New Frontier Group) 10:00 Keynote - Leading Digital Transformation Room: Main Hall Speaker: Branislav Vujovic ( New Frontier Group) 10:15 Coffee break 10:45 Company Presentation Session I 8 min pitch + 7 min Q&A Room: Main Hall Moderator: Pavel Bogdanov ( Almaz Capital) Industry Expert: Natasha Jaeger ( Samsung Electronics) Erhan Kilicozlu ( ACT Venture Partners) Aurel Pasztor ( Day One Capital) Branislav Vujovic ( New Frontier Group) Pascale Xelot ( IBM) 12:00 Elevator pitches of 15 runner-up companies from SEE region 2-minute pitch per company Room: Main Hall 12:30 Networking Lunch & One2one Meetings Room: Lobby & Main Hall 14:00 Keynote - EIB Venture Debt Financing - Innovation Finance and Growth Capital Room: Main Hall Speaker: Henri-Francois Boedt ( European Investment Bank) 14:15 Keynote Speech Room: Main Hall Speaker: Svetoslava Georgieva ( Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria) 14:30 Company Presentation Session II Digital 5 companies with 15 min pitch Room: Main Hall Moderator: Alexander Galitsky ( Almaz Capital) Industry Expert: Nedyalko Apostolov ( BDO Bulgaria) Lorenzo Franchini ( ScaleIT) Marton Medveczky ( Buran Venture Capital) Kevin Monserrat ( Microsoft UK) Stephan Morais ( Indico Capital Partners) Ben Tytonovich ( Target Global) 15:45 Networking coffee break Room: Lobby 16:15 Fireside chat - Success stories in Mobility from Eastern Europe - "Building the new mobility scale-ups in Eastern Europe" Speaker: Fabrice Bienfait ( ETF Partners) Gergely Debreczeni ( AImotive) 16:30 Company Presentation Session III Mobility 5 companies with 15 min pitch Room: Main Hall Moderator: Evgeny Angelov ( PostScriptum Ventures) Industry Expert: Fabrice Bienfait ( ETF Partners) Henri-Francois Boedt ( European Investment Bank) Arnaud Coulon ( JSP International GmbH) Ilian Iliev ( EcoMachines Ventures) Peter van Gelderen ( Icos Capital) 18:00 Transfer to Closing Dinner 19:45 Evening reception – Closing Networking Dinner Invite only Venue: National Archaeological Museum (Atanas Burov square) 20:00 Closing Keynote Speech Speaker: Alexander Galitsky ( Almaz Capital) William Stevens ( Tech Tour ) 22:00 End of Eastern Europe Tech Tour 2018 As in every year, we embark on a Discovery Tour to a region that has great potential for high-tech entrepreneurship. This year we are very excited to showcase a region on the radar for many. The region of Eastern Europe is realizing one of the highest economic growth and also is a hotspot for thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems that have generated $5 billion in liquidity back to investors in the past few years. The Eastern Europe Tech Tour will showcase a total of 30 of the most promising high technology companies – 15 from CEE region (including Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus and Hungary) in Warsaw and 15 from SEE region (including Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina). Entrepreneurial companies will present their business to an invited delegation of 40 international investors, active in the region as well as 40 local investors and regional key players. The objectives of the Tech Tour are to: 1. Identify the next wave of top privately held companies from the Eastern European Countries. 2. Promote investment and partnering by introducing a delegation of international investors and top European entrepreneurs to the key players in this region. •	14 Innovative Enterprise Week Sofia 2018 - 14 June Innovative Enterprise Week Sofia 2018 - 14 June8:0014.06.201819:0014.06.2018 Sofia Tech Park,John Atanasoff Innovation Forum “Innovative Enterprise Week Sofia 2018 – Financial Instruments Fostering Research and Innovation” will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on 14 June 2018 https://www.innoweeksofia2018.eu/ PROGRAM https://www.innoweeksofia2018.eu/programme/ 08:00 Registration and coffee at Sofia Tech Park with thematic stands 09:00 Opening – Setting the scene for financial instruments fostering research and innovation – Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria – Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General of DG Research and Innovation, European Commission – Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia Municipality – Vazil Hudak, Vice President of the European Investment Bank – Roger Havenith, Deputy Chief Executive, European Investment Fund – Oleg Petkov, Deputy Minister of the Bulgarian Presidency if the Council of EU 09:45 Towards Open Science, Open Innovation and Open to the World – Hermann Hauser, Chair of the Group of the Independent High-Level Group of Innovators on establishing a European Innovation Council – Kostadin Kostadinov, Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria – Jean-David Malo, Director, Open Innovation and Open Science, European Commission – Julien Guerrier, Director of the Executive Agency for SMEs 10:40 Parallel Interactive F.A.S.T. Workshops – Briefing by Tech Tour – James Burnham 10:45 Coffee and networking break with thematic stands 11:30 4 Parallel Interactive Workshops – F.A.S.T. Each workshop has a Chair, a Rapporteur and 2-3 Experts who each provide a short 8 minutes presentation with their key Observations and EU-wide Recommendations – The Chair facilitates short contributions from the Workshop Participants and the Rapporteur then provides a wrap-up of Observations and Recommendations in the Plenary Session after lunch Funding How can we provide appropriate finance for breakthrough innovation? Chair: EIB - Shiva Dustdar Experts: - Global Corporate Venturing – James Mawson - European Long-Term Investors Association – Helmut Von Glasenapp Rapporteur: PFR Ventures – Monika Morali-Majkut Awareness How can we attract the best innovators and connect local and sectorial ecosystems? Chair: Austrian Research Promotion Agency – Christian Frey Experts: - Business Angels Europe – Luigi Amati - Fraunhofer – Mathias Rauch Rapporteur: European Business & Innovation Centres Network - Javier Echarri Scale How can we offer innovators continental scale to compete at global level? Chair: Politecnico di Torino , Prof. Dr. Marco Cantamessa Experts: - Sofia Investment Agency – Vladimir Danailov - BPI France – Christian Dubarry - Comac Medical – Milen Vrabevski Rapporteur: APRE – Antonio Carbone Talent How can we empower people and encourage a culture of innovation and risk-taking? Chair: Move.bg – Sasha Bezuhanova Experts: - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Julian Revalski - European Institute of Innovation & Technology – Vasco de Oliveira Janeiro Rapporteur: ASTP-Proton – Laura MacDonald 12:45 Lunch break with thematic stands 14:10 Reports of the 4 Parallel Interactive Workshops – F.A.S.T. The Rapporteurs provide a 4 to 5 minutes short report with the main outcomes of each workshop, complemented by the Chairs of the Workshop, as moderated by Tech Tour – James Burnham 14:30 Towards the next generation of Financial Instruments – Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General of DG Research and Innovation, European Commission 14:45 Multi-policy investment support instrument – InvestEU: – Benjamin Angel, Director, Treasury and Financial Operations, European Commission – Christoph Kuhn, Director of the Mandate Management Department, European Investment Bank – Simon Barnes, Head of Advisory Services, European Investment Bank 15:15 Building world-class innovation – Stories, challenges and opportunities for growth and entrepreneurship: Moderator: Milena Stoycheva, CEO, Junior Achievement – Eleven Ventures – Vassil Terziev, Partner – Elaphe – Gorazd Lampič, Co-founder and CEO – Endurosat – Raycho Raychev, Founder and CEO – New Frontier Group – Branislav Vujović, President – Steam Capital – Martin Bruncko, Managing Partner 16:00 Networking break with thematic stands 16:30 Financing world-class innovation – Levelling up the financing for innovators: Moderator: Stephane Ouaki, Open Innovation and Open Science, European Commission – Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria – Svetoslava Georgieva, Executive Director – Indico Capital – Stephan Morais, Managing General Partner – European Association of Public Banks – Marcel Roy, Secretary-General – Amadeus Capital Partners – Anne Glover, Chief Executive and Co-founder – High-Tech Gründerfonds, Michael Brandkamp, Managing Director – European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures – Assoc. Prof. Evgeni Evgeniev, Bulgarian Delegate 17:10 Closing remarks – Fostering world-class innovation: – Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation, European Commission – Krasimir Valchev, Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria 17:30 PRESS CONFERENCE – Carlos Moedas and Krasimir Valchev 18:00 Networking cocktail at Sofia Tech Park with thematic stands 19:00 End of the Event Friday, 15 June, Sofia Policy event related to the Bulgarian Presidency: Food 2030: Research and Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security Conference in Plovdiv (registration open until 25 May) Cultural events: Piano Extravaganza Festival in Sofia, Central Military Club (tickets available) Opera in the Park in Sofia, Rakovski Military Academy Park (tickets available) AB Oriente Lux – Music of Orthodox East, St. Paraskeva Church in Sofia (tickets available) The event intends to bring together more than 300 key participants to discuss the opportunities and further needs of financial instruments fostering research and innovation. The overarching goal of the conference is to enhance access to finance for research and innovation by facilitating the public discussion and attuning of European policy to encourage and support the brightest innovators and break-through ideas to scale into world-class businesses, including the appropriate financial instruments. The event is an initiative by the European Commission, organised by the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria, run in association with the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Investment Fund (EIF) and heavily involving the Bulgarian ecosystem, supported by Tech Tour Global. Fill out the free registration form online: https://www.innoweeksofia2018.eu/registration/. Please confirm your interest to join before 1 June 2018 We hope that you can make it and are looking forward to welcoming you in Sofia! •	15	16	17 7th International Workshop on Analogue and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Space Applications 7th International Workshop on Analogue and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Space Applications0:0017.06.201823:5920.06.2018 IMEC in Leuven, Belgium. Organized in collaboration with ESA, IMEC and our Sponsors, provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of recent advances in analogue and mixed-signal VLSI design techniques and technologies for space applications. Radiation Effects on analogue and mixed-signal ICs Methodologies for Radiation Hardening on analogue circuits at cell-, circuit-, and system design level Radiation-hardened technologies for analogue ICs Radiation tests of analogue and mixed-signal ICs Qualifying and quantifying radiation-hardness of analogue circuits Space Applications for analogue and mixed-Signal ICs Analogue intellectual property and re-usability of analogue circuits in space Needs and Requirements for analogue and mixed-signal ICs in future space missions In-orbit Experiences and flight heritage of analogue and mixed-signal ICs INFO and PROGRAM: https://indico.esa.int/indico/event/222/overview •
18 7th International Workshop on Analogue and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Space Applications 7th International Workshop on Analogue and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Space Applications0:0017.06.201823:5920.06.2018 IMEC in Leuven, Belgium. Organized in collaboration with ESA, IMEC and our Sponsors, provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of recent advances in analogue and mixed-signal VLSI design techniques and technologies for space applications. Radiation Effects on analogue and mixed-signal ICs Methodologies for Radiation Hardening on analogue circuits at cell-, circuit-, and system design level Radiation-hardened technologies for analogue ICs Radiation tests of analogue and mixed-signal ICs Qualifying and quantifying radiation-hardness of analogue circuits Space Applications for analogue and mixed-Signal ICs Analogue intellectual property and re-usability of analogue circuits in space Needs and Requirements for analogue and mixed-signal ICs in future space missions In-orbit Experiences and flight heritage of analogue and mixed-signal ICs INFO and PROGRAM: https://indico.esa.int/indico/event/222/overview UNISPACE+50 UNISPACE+500:0018.06.201823:5921.06.2018 Vienna International Centre Program: http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/unispace/plus50/UNISPACE50_Programme_Overview.pdf • •	19 7th International Workshop on Analogue and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Space Applications 7th International Workshop on Analogue and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Space Applications0:0017.06.201823:5920.06.2018 IMEC in Leuven, Belgium. Organized in collaboration with ESA, IMEC and our Sponsors, provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of recent advances in analogue and mixed-signal VLSI design techniques and technologies for space applications. Radiation Effects on analogue and mixed-signal ICs Methodologies for Radiation Hardening on analogue circuits at cell-, circuit-, and system design level Radiation-hardened technologies for analogue ICs Radiation tests of analogue and mixed-signal ICs Qualifying and quantifying radiation-hardness of analogue circuits Space Applications for analogue and mixed-Signal ICs Analogue intellectual property and re-usability of analogue circuits in space Needs and Requirements for analogue and mixed-signal ICs in future space missions In-orbit Experiences and flight heritage of analogue and mixed-signal ICs INFO and PROGRAM: https://indico.esa.int/indico/event/222/overview UNISPACE+50 UNISPACE+500:0018.06.201823:5921.06.2018 Vienna International Centre Program: http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/unispace/plus50/UNISPACE50_Programme_Overview.pdf • •	20 7th International Workshop on Analogue and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Space Applications 7th International Workshop on Analogue and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Space Applications0:0017.06.201823:5920.06.2018 IMEC in Leuven, Belgium. Organized in collaboration with ESA, IMEC and our Sponsors, provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of recent advances in analogue and mixed-signal VLSI design techniques and technologies for space applications. Radiation Effects on analogue and mixed-signal ICs Methodologies for Radiation Hardening on analogue circuits at cell-, circuit-, and system design level Radiation-hardened technologies for analogue ICs Radiation tests of analogue and mixed-signal ICs Qualifying and quantifying radiation-hardness of analogue circuits Space Applications for analogue and mixed-Signal ICs Analogue intellectual property and re-usability of analogue circuits in space Needs and Requirements for analogue and mixed-signal ICs in future space missions In-orbit Experiences and flight heritage of analogue and mixed-signal ICs INFO and PROGRAM: https://indico.esa.int/indico/event/222/overview UNISPACE+50 UNISPACE+500:0018.06.201823:5921.06.2018 Vienna International Centre Program: http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/unispace/plus50/UNISPACE50_Programme_Overview.pdf • •	21 UNISPACE+50 UNISPACE+500:0018.06.201823:5921.06.2018 Vienna International Centre Program: http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/unispace/plus50/UNISPACE50_Programme_Overview.pdf •	22	23	24
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