When:

24 October 2018

Where:

Europe House, 124 Georgi S. Rakovski Street, Sofia

Organisation:

08:00-08:30

Registration

08:30 - 08:35

Welcome and introduction
Hristina Dobreva, Chief Expert at Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (MTITC) and National Anchor Point from the Public Administration

Presentation

08:35 - 09:05

Welcome
•    Mariya Gabriel - European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society - video address
•    Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister - greeting address

•    Rossen Jeliazkov, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications 
•    Monika Panayotova - Deputy Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU2018
•    Ognian Zlatev - Head of the EC Representation in Bulgaria 

Session 1. Connecting a multilingual Europe: European context and local needs

09:05 - 09:30  

National initiatives for open data
Reni Antonova, Chief expert at „Data” Department, the State e-Government Agency (SEGA)

Presentation

Connecting public services across Europe: ambition and results so farAleksandra Wesolowska, EC, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology - Video Presentation

09:50 - 10:40

CEF in Bulgaria: an outlook into current and future challenges - Panel session

Moderator: 
•    Eli Kaneva, State Expert at MTITC and National Representative in the Telecom Sectoral Committee under the Connecting Europe Facility    

Panelists: 
•    Tsvetanka Kirilova, Expert at the Information Systems and Interoperability Directorate at SEGA, Presentation of the e-Delivery System 
•    Stanimir Minkov, Senior Expert in the “Modernization of the Administration” Directorate, Administration of the Council of Ministers, Presentation of the National Open Data Portal         

Coffee Break

11:05 -11:30

The CEF eTranslation platform 
Markus Foti, eTranslation Programme Manager, European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation

Presentation

Session 2. Engage: hands-on data

The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) action
Stelios Piperidis, ILSP/Athena R.C., ELRC

Presentation

ELRC in Bulgaria
Prof. Svetla Koeva - Director of the Institute for Bulgarian Language of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) and National Anchor Point for language technologies

Presentation

Can language data be shared and how? National and European legal framework
Jeneta Rogova - Head of Legal Affairs in Transport, Communications and electronic governance Directorate at MTITC

Presentation

Lunch

13:30 -14:00

Preparing and sharing data with the ELRC repository - and what happens next
Maria Giagkou, ILSP/Athena R.C., ELRC

Presentation

Presentation of the project eTranslation Termbank (eTTB)

Representative of the Consortium eTranslation Termbank (eTTB)

Presentation

Identifying and managing your data: Questions and Answers
Moderators: Hristina Dobreva, Prof. Svetla Koeva

Presentation

14:45 -15:00

Conclusions
Moderators: Hristina Dobreva, Prof. Svetla Koeva

Presentation

Coffee Break and Networking