20/10/2026
🌱🎓 Transition Leadership for Energy and Industry | 3–4 November 2026
✨ On 3–4 November 2026, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” will host a two-day school entitled “Transition Leadership for Energy and Industry.” The event aims to equip participants with practical knowledge and skills to lead and manage the green transition, with a particular focus on the energy and industrial sectors.
🎤 The school will feature prominent business leaders, including Rakan Rahbani, Managing Director and CEO of Aurubis Bulgaria, and Kamelia Slaveykova, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Shell Bulgaria. The first day's lectures will also feature Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atanas Georgiev, Dean of FEBA and Twin2Green Project Leader, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mariya Trifonova, Director of the Net-Zero Lab.
🔹 On the second day, the event will continue in two parallel streams – “Transition Leadership for Energy” and “Transition Leadership for Industry” – featuring experts from academia, institutions, and non-governmental organizations.
⚡ The energy stream will feature Chief Assist. Prof. Dr. Eng. Ivaylo Naydenov, Coordinator of the Master's Programme in Nuclear Technologies, Management, and Innovations at FEBA; Kaloyan Staykov, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Energy Management Institute; and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Plamen Petkov, Co-Director of the Master's Programme in Nuclear Technologies, Management, and Innovations at the Faculty of Physics, Sofia University.
🏭 The industry stream will feature Assoc. Prof. Dr. Iya Petkova-Angelova, Director of the Master's Programme in Business Administration – Human Resources Development at FEBA; Ruslan Stefanov, Program Director and Chief Economist at the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD); and Dimitar Stoyanov, Director of the Center for Nuclear Competencies.
👥 Who should attend:
- professionals working in the energy sector;
- managers and experts from industrial companies;
- professionals involved in energy and industrial policy and regulation;
- researchers, PhD candidates, and students in economics, energy, and management.
💡 What you will learn:
- key trends and challenges shaping the energy transition;
- the potential and applications of small modular reactors (SMRs);
- how the rapid expansion of battery energy storage systems in Bulgaria is affecting the electricity system and market;
- how artificial intelligence and data analytics can be applied in the nuclear energy sector;
- how to reconcile decarbonization with the competitiveness of Bulgaria's energy sector and industry;
- practical leadership approaches and best practices relevant to the energy and industrial sectors.
📅 Dates: 3–4 November 2026 (Tuesday and Wednesday), 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
📍 Venue: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA), Sofia University
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🇪🇺 The school is organized under Project No. BG16RFPR002-1.009-0002-C01, “Twinning for Green Transition Management” (Twin2Green), funded through the Research, Innovation and Digitalization for Smart Transformation Programme 2021–2027, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the national budget.
📄 Programme: See the attached file.
https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/content/download/365240/2338488/version/1/file/Twin2Green_School+Programme.pdf
🌍 The event will be held in English.
📝 Register here: Registration Form
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