The  FIfth National Business plan Competition for Innovations in Technology - NovaTech is just about to start



The competition encourages innovation through local entrepreneurs, alumni and students networks. NOVATech is a competition for Central and Eastern Europe, part of the worldwide Intel Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge (IBTEC), sponsored by Intel and Berkeley University of California. It provides investors and venture capitalists an opportunity to meet entrepreneurs and give them the chance to work together to turn innovative ideas into successful businesses in the technology field.

For fifth year in a row, the national and regional competition will be carried out by the Bulgarian Institute for Management and Technology (BIMT) and will be supported by BASSCOM and Gramma Net IS. The goal of the competition is to encourage technology innovative ideas of students, teachers and entrepreneurs. This year, the regional NovaTech competition will take place in Hungary October 2010. The Bulgarian round of the event will be on September 8th, 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The participants will present projects for innovative technology in the following categories: semiconductors, hardware, mobile and wireless, digital electronics, retail consumer software, enterprise software and IT energy and power generation, nanotechnologies and biotechnologies. The projects will be presented with a business plan and will be evaluated by a jury of international and regional experts from the academia and business sector. The organizers try to provoke innovative thinking at the universities as well as among business and technology leaders, and to facilitate students’ contacts with technology investors.

Participating countries at the event in Budapest, Hungary, are Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Slovakia and Israel. The first prize is USD 20 000 and the second prize is USD 10 000. The winners in the regional competition will be given the opportunity to present their innovative ideas at the World Finals in Berkeley, California, on November, 2010.

Prior to the competition day, the organisers will host a matchmaking evening, designed to facilitate the contacts between technology investors, venture capitalists such as Intel Capital and NEVEQ, ICT clusters and networks in the regions and students and alumnis with innovative business ideas.

We firmly believe that this event will be interesting for the companies in the ICT industry and the NOVATech competition will strongly contribute to the ICT sector development in the region and to setting its brand new ways of development. 

For more information please do not hesitate to contact:
Ms. Reni Pavlova
Project Coordinator, BASSCOM
r.pavlova@bimtbg.com
office@basscom.org
Tel + 359 2 489 97 43
Mobile  + 359 889 72 77 64                                                                                
 

Idea Challenge Day - the final of the competition for innovative business ideas Idea Challenge

On 16 May 2010 in the Ceremonial hall of Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski” took place Idea Challenge Day – the final of the competition for innovative business ideas Idea Challenge which was organized by the entrepreneurship club Start It Smart. The purpose of the event was to gather young people who want to change the surrounding world and to help them realize their innovative ideas. During the event the best 15th business ideas were presented. The jury chose 5 of them which won the big prize. BASSCOM was a partner of the competition.

In order to get more information about the event, please visit:



In order to receive more data about the entrepreneurship club, please visit:

BASSCOM Event 2010 -  BASSCOM Soft Breakfasts

On 11th May, 2010 the Association set the start of the first of a series BASSCOM Soft Breakfasts under the topic “Bulgaria: the Partner near you. IT Cooperation & Business Opportunities”.

Representatives of some of the foreign embassies in Bulgaria (Canada, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Republic of Korea, Republic of South Africa, Romania, Spain, Syria, U.K., US) as well as BASSCOM member companies took part in the event.

The purpose of the BASSCOM Soft Breakfast was to acquaint the diplomatic community with the potential of the Bulgarian software industry and to create a platform for future cooperation with companies from the EU and international markets, and the establishment and development of IT business networks.

The chairman of BASSCOM – Mr. George Brashnarov and Mr. George Sharkov, a Board Member of the Association, welcomed the participants with short speeches. The business breakfast was the first platform from which the initial results of the second edition of the Bulgarian Industry Barometer Survey were presented. The presentation was made by Mr. Georgi Zahariev, a Board Member of BASSCOM.

An honored guest on the event was Ms. Sasha Bezuhanova, a Chairwoman of ICT and E-Government Committee within the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria.  She expressed the common opinion that the development of the IT sector is of great importance for the Bulgarian economy as a whole.

BASSCOM Soft Breakfast  - the forthcoming BASSCOM event

BASSCOM has the pleasure to announce its new event  -  the BASSCOM Soft Breakfast with trade attaches and representatives of the diplomatic service in Bulgaria on the topic "Bulgaria:the partner near you. IT Cooperation & Business Opportunities". The initiative will take place in Sofia on 11 May 2010 and is opened  for the Association members.

If you need additional information, please contact the BASSCOM office.

BASSCOM has become a partner of Webit eGov Summit

BASSCOM  has become a partner of Webit eGov Summit which is going to take place in the period 26-27 May, 2010 at the National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Webit eGov Summit  is an event  for the region of South-Eastern Europe and the Danube region that will gather in Bulgaria all the players is the Electronic Government, e-Services, eGov Information security and Trustworthy e-ID services,  e-Health and e-infrastructure.

The event  will showcase the real-world application of contemporary technologies in government and municipal sectors and will show government employees and contractors how to apply technology best practices to government programs, and in turn introduce new companies to the government market.

If interested in Webit eGov Summit  you can find more information here.

BASSCOM supports Idea Challenge'10

BASSCOM became a partner of Idea Challenge – a competition for innovative business ideas under the topic “How could I change the world?”.

University students with desire and potential who want to be part of the solution but not of the problem could present their ideas for consistent business that has a positive influence on the surrounding environment – technologies, university, community, local environment.

There is no requirement for the ideas to be unique or phenomenal because the winners will be those that have developed their concept the best. Moreover, the prize worth the effort – it is a combination of mentors, contacts, knowledge, know-how and money.

The initiative is organized by Start It Smart- an entrepreneurship club in Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Its mission is to support young people with innovative way of thinking from all universities to express their ideas and develop their vision for the world. The aim of the club is to build a bridge between tomorrow successful companies, universities and Bulgarian business organization with progressive thinking.

You can find more information here.

BASSCOM has become a WEBLOZ’10 partner


We are glad to announce that BASSCOM has become a partner of WEBLOZ’10- National web design and programming competition for  students from secondary schools.

The competition is the most successful and fast developed event for students in the country till this moment. The main aim of the event is to place the participants in a competitive environment, stimulate their development  and provide them with the freedom to work out their own product with technologies by their personal judgement.

WEBLOZ has two categories – “Web design” and “Internet programming”. The submitted projects can be developed by teams that consist of 2 students at the most. The competition is organized for 4th year in a row. For this period more than 100 teams took part in the event and prizes for more 11000 levs are distributed.

For more information about the competition and its regulations can be found at http://webloz.net.

BASSCOM Programing Competition 2009!

Download the problem of the competition. You could up-load your solutions at http://konkurs.musala.com till 11 January 2010.

Download the problem here: prob_2009.pdf

BASSCOM CEOs meeting Autumn 2010

Over the last weekend of November (27-29.11.2009) BASSCOM organized its second annual meeting with the CEOs of its member companies. Chiflik Village was the venue of the event in the picturesque Stara Planina Mountain.

The event was attended by 28 participants from 24 organizations. Among them there were representatives from two new companies interested in joining the family of the Association.  The items on the agenda were strategical development of BASSCOM; BASSCOM national event 2010 and international events participation; IT Industry Barometer Survey conducted by BASSCOM, etc. The new schemes under OP Competitiveness and information about BASSCOM projects were also announced.

Please mark your calendar that the next BASSCOM Retreat is planned for the end of March, 2010.

BASSCOM managed the second Bulgarian participation @ CeBIT Bilisim Eursaia

BASSCOM took part in the ICT exhibition CeBIT Bilisim from 7 to 11 October in Istanbul, Turkey, presenting the Bulgarian Software Industry and opportunities for cooperation with Bulgarian software companies. The Bulgarian stand was represented by two Bulgarian software companies as well - Bianor and Nemetschek Bulgaria.

CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia opened its doors for 10th year in a row, being part of the international chain of fair Deutsche Messe. The fair is the most important trade show for the ICT sector in the whole of Eurasia and forms an international hub for the burgeoning ICT markets of Turkey, southeast Europe and the Black Sea region.

The CeBIT Bilişim Eurasia fair was visited by 143,000 people, according to Orkunt Yozgat, the fair director. “A total of 989 companies attended the fair. As planned, the focus of the event was on solutions and activities aimed at businesses," Yozgat said.

BASSCOM @ CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia 2009.

For the second time BASSCOM is organising the Bulgarian participation at CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia.
The event will take plase in Istanbul from 7 to 11 October 2009 in Tuyap Fair and Congress Center.

BASSCOM will present the Bulgarian Software Industry and opportunities for cooperation with Bulgarian software companies. In the frame of the Bulgarian stand, situated in Hall 2, stand No. 2-C40, will take part two Bulgarian software companies as well - Bianor and Nemetschek Bulgaria.

CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia, the number 1 digital business and technology platform of Eurasia, is opening its doors to ten thousands of professionals, managers, scientists, public authorities and technology fans from different countries and regions for the 10th time this year. The fair will focus on drawing the business circles with a highlight on the impressive new business solutions.

Facts & Figures 2008
Number of visitors: 159.302
Number of exhibitor staff on-site: 7.789
Number of national and international journalists in attendance: 1.888
Number of participating companies: 971
Number of countries participating in the exhibition: 21
Participating countries: USA, Germany, Austria, UAE, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, China, France, Hong Kong, Spain, Sweden, İtaly, Canada, South Korea, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey.
Net exhibition space: 26.256 square meters
Gross exhibition space: 60.000 square meters

For any additional information about the event you could visit - http://www.cebitbilisim.com/index.html

Welcome at the Bulgarian Booth!

CEI/BASSCOM Study Tour and Workshop.

  On 10-13 May 2009 an international forum on the topic “The role of professional branch associations in fostering the competitiveness of SMEs in the IT sector – creating a common SEE IT brand” took place in Hilton hotel, Sofia. The event was organized by The Bulgarian Association of software companies (BASSCOM) under a project co-financed by the Central European Initiative (CEI) through the CEI Know-how Exchange Programme. Co-organizer of the event was the Austrian Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology (UBIT), PIN-SME (The Pan European ICT & eBusiness Network for SMEs) and P&D Consulting.

The purpose of this workshop was to provide information and exchange of experiences on the significant role of the modern Branch Associations in the public live and for promotion of contemporary IT products and services to other industries. Representative organizations from regional countries such as Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine took part in the event.

 The program was structured in parallel and networking sessions and also included study visits and discussions with the participating Branch organizations on: models of organization and management, main priorities, current strategies and programs, common projects with government and other organizations, EU funded projects; state policy in ICT sector, Public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives and projects; promotion of the competitiveness of SMEs trough education - strong communications between Branch Associations, Academia and Universities for creation a competent, skilled and aspiring generation of IT professionals, etc.

The event resulted in many useful meetings and proved to be successful by the negotiations made between the regional countries for future cooperation in different directions – development of joint project in the field of Education related to Exchange of Students and Teachers between Universities from the participating countries, organization of common event in one of the participating countries with focus on financing opportunities- such as micro funding, business angels etc.

BASSCOM DAYS 2009 | 10-13 May




CEI/BASSCOM Study Tour and Workshop:
“The role of professional branch associations in fostering the competitiveness of SMEs in the IT sector – creating a common SEES IT brand”

10-13 May 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria
  
We are pleased to invite you to attend CEI/BASSCOM Study Tour and Workshop on the topic “The role of professional branch associations in fostering the competitiveness of SMEs in the IT sector – creating a common SEE IT brand”, which will take place on 10-13 May 2009 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The purpose of this workshop is to provide information and exchange of experiences on the significant role of the modern Branch Associations in the public live and for promotion of contemporary IT products and services to other industries.

The program will be structured in parallel and networking sessions and will also include study visits and discussions with the participating Branch organizations on:  

• Models of organization and management, main priorities, current strategies and programs, common projects with government and other organizations, EU funded projects;
• State policy in ICT sector, Public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives and projects;
• Promotion of the competitiveness of SMEs trough education - strong communications between Branch Associations, Academia and Universities for creation a competent, skilled and aspiring generation of IT professionals
• Etc.
 
The working language of the workshop will be English.

Agenda of the event

Registration Form - download from here

For additional information and assistance, please, do not hesitate to contact us at office@basscom.org.

Bulgarian ICT Industry Day @ CeBIT 2009 in Hannover. 

On the occasion of the Bulgarian participation in CeBIT 2009, the world’s largest trade fair in the field of Information and Communication Technology to be held in Hannover, Germany on 3- 8 March,  we have the pleasure to invite you to the Bulgarian ICT Industry Day on Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 10:00 a.m. Convention Centre, Conference Level, Room 13/14.

Program of the Bulgarian ICT Industry Day

5 March 2009 (Thursday)

10:00 – 10:10    Opening remarks by Dr. Plamen Vatchkov, Chairman of the State Agency
                        for Information Technology and Communications Republic of Bulgaria
10:10 – 10:40    The ICT Industry in Bulgaria: policy-maker’s vision
                        By Dr. Plamen Vatchkov, Chairman of the State Agency for Information 
                        Technology and Communications
                        Republic of Bulgaria

10:40 – 11:10    The important role of national/regional IT associations for supporting competitive
                        development of local ICT SMEs: Bulgaria – software hub in the region
                        By Mr. George Brashnarov, Chairman, Bulgarian Association of Software Companies
                        (BASSCOM)
11:10 – 11:40    Challenges in front of the Bulgarian IT industry in economic crisis environment
                        By Mr. Zlatko Zlatkov, Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Information
                        Technology (BAIT)
11:40 – 12:30     Discussion and closing remarks

Note: The Day of the Bulgarian ICT Industry will be moderated by Dr. Kamen Rangelov, Director of the Communications Policy Directorate, State Agency for Information Technology and Communications


We would like to welcome you as well at the Bulgarian National booth in Hall 5, Stand A47 where the Bulgarian Software Industry and the opportunities for cooperation with Bulgarian software companies will be presented - Bianor (www.bianor.com), Microinvest (www.microinvest.net), Musala Soft (www.musala.com), ORAK Engineering (www.orak-bg.com/).

BASSCOM Programing Competition 2008!
Download the problem of the competition. You could up-load your solutions at http://konkurs.musala.com till 12 January 2009 and win BASSCOM prizes.

Download the problem here: prob_2008.pdf

BASSCOM member companies @ GITEX 2008.

BASSCOM members will take part in the forthcoming ICT exhibition - GITEX Technology Week 2008 from 19 to 23 October in Dubai, Unated Arab Emirates.

In the frame of the Bulgarian stand, situated in Hall 6 the Bulgarian companies/BASSCOM members Microinvest, Nemetschek Bulgaria, ORAK Engineering will present their software products and solutions.

For any additional information about the event you could visit - http://www.gitex.com/Default_en_gb.aspx

Welcome at the Bulgarian Booth!

BASSCOM @ CeBIT Bilisim 2008.

BASSCOM till take part in the forthcoming ICT exhibition CeBIT Bilisim from 7 to 12 October in Istanbul, Turkey, presenting the Bulgarian Software Industry and opportunities for cooperation with Bulgarian software companies.

In the frame of the Bulgarian stand, situated in Hall 2, stand No. 339, will take part two Bulgarian software companies as well - Antipodes Ltd. and Nemetschek Bulgaria.

For any additional information about the event you could visit - http://www.cebitbilisim.com/index.html

For any additional information about the Bulgarian participation (i.e. conditions of participation, etc.) you can contact: Maya Marinova, Executive Director, BASSCOM - executive@basscom.org

Welcome at the Bulgarian Booth!

BASSCOM Programing Competition 2007!
Download the problem of the competition. You could up-load your solutions at http://konkurs.musala.com till 10 January 2008 and win BASSCOM prizes.

Download the problem here: prob_2007.pdf 

Bulgaria has been chosen for Partner Country to SYSTEMS 2007 – a most important business-to-business exhibition for the ICT sector. Being a partner-country Bulgaria has the opportunity to promote its competitive advantages in the IT area. The expo is an important event for the establishment of new business partnerships and cooperation, and to promote the image of Bulgaria as a reliable business partner in the field of ICT, media and telecommunications, and also other fields.

As usual, BASSCOM is organizing the participation of Bulgarian software companies at the event with the financial and organizational support of GTZ.

We have the pleasure to invite you to the Bulgarian Day @ SYSTEMS 2007
Mr. Lachezar Borissov, Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria and Mr .Klaus Dittrich, Managing Director of Messe Muenchen GmbH will deliver welcoming speeches during the event.




You can join us also to one or more of the following events:

23 October 2007, Tuesday
14.30 h, Forum B2
"Widgetization of the web: Gadgets, blidgets, widgets & Co – Komponententechnologien in Web 2.00", Mr. A. Fricko, IBM, Program Mgr Emerging Technologies and Mr. Delyan Lilov, Musala Soft, CEO

24 October 2007, Wednesday

Morning sessions

11.40-12.00 h, Bulgarian Booth Hall A2, Stand 205, presentations’ area
Billing and accounting Software decisions for data providers and hotels, Speednet.bg Ltd, Nina Iordanova, (in English)

Afternoon sessions
14.00-16.00 h, Bulgarian Booth, Hall A2, Stand 205, presentations’ area
Process Improvement for Higher Competitiveness of Small Settings in Eastern Europe,
George Sharkov, ESI Center Bulgaria (in English)
• Models for Software Process Improvement: CMMI & IT Mark
• Quality of processes - key competitive factor
• Regional cooperation - the new SEE IT brand

25 October 2007, Thursday

Morning sessions
11.00-11.20 h, Bulgarian Booth, Hall A2, Stand 205, presentations’ area
Overview of ESI Center Bulgaria services in Eastern Europe,
George Sharkov, ESI Center Bulgaria (in English)

11.20-11.40 h, Bulgarian Booth, Hall A2, Stand 205, presentations’ area
MPS- the First Bulgarian Company with CMMI Maturity Level, Silvia Mintcheva & Krassimir Dachev, Multiprocessor Systems Ltd., (in English) 

BASSCOM will present Bulgaria as a reliable IT-Outsourcing partner within the special Best Practice-Arena in the frame of the traditional Forum CeBIT Mittelstand, Hall 5/Stand B48 in CeBIT 2007 – Hanover (15-21 March 2007). BASSCOM is the Bulgarian partner and contact point to Best Practice-IT.
 
The BestPractice-IT cycle 2007 starts with the Award Ceremony of the BestPractice-IT Award on the first day of the CeBIT. This year the BestPractice-IT nominated over 60 enterprises and there are two Bulgarian solutions among them– from Nemetschek Bulgaria and from Soft Innovations.

In addition to presenting in the Best Practice Arena BASSCOM will participate at the Bulgarian National stand in Hall 5/Stand D63. On the information desk BASSCOM will present the Bulgarian Software Industry and opportunities for cooperation with Bulgarian software companies.

During the event ESI Center Bulgaria – the Regional Excellence Center will present the Quality Improvement Methodology for ICT companies and SMEs and public private partnership model.

Participation in CeBIT 2007 Events

15 March 2007 - Thursday

• Beyond Pure Outsourcing - Building Successful Partnership
  15.00-15:30 h, Hall 5/Stand B 48, Best Practice Arena, Forum CeBIT Mittelstand
  Speaker: Peter Helfenstein, Collanos, Switzerland
  Language: German
  
• Quality Guarantee by SMEs in IT
  16:00 – 16:30 h, Hall 5/Stand B 48, Best Practice Arena, Forum CeBIT Mittelstand
  Speaker: George Sharkov, European Software Institute (ESI) - Center Bulgaria
  Language: English

16 March 2007 – Friday

• Best Practice IT - Developing and Implementation of e-Printing Management Solution
  11:00-11:30 h, Hall 5/Stand B 48, Best Practice Arena, Forum CeBIT Mittelstand
  Speaker: Goran Milanov, Nemetschek Bulgaria
  Language: English
  
• Bulgarian IT Day
  14.30 – 18.30 h, Congress Center 3B

17 March 2007 – Saturday

• General Model of Outsourcing
  11:00-11:30 h, Hall 5/Stand B 48, Best Practice Arena, Forum CeBIT Mittelstand
  Speaker: George Sharkov, Chairman, BASSCOM
  Language: English
  
• Software Project "Adidas", Bulgaria
  15.00-15:30 h, Hall 5/Stand B 48, Best Practice Arena, Forum CeBIT Mittelstand
  Speaker: Krasimir Stoyanov, ORAK Engineering Ltd.
  Language: English
  
• Quality Guarantee by SMEs in IT
  16:00 – 16:30 h, Hall 5/Stand B 48, Best Practice Arena, Forum CeBIT Mittelstand
  Speaker: George Sharkov, European Software Institute (ESI) - Center Bulgaria
  Language: English

18 March 2007 – Sunday

• General Model of Outsourcing
  11:00-11:30 h, Hall 5/Stand B 48, Best Practice Arena, Forum CeBIT Mittelstand
  Speaker: George Sharkov, Chairman, BASSCOM
  Language: English
  
• Combining  German and Bulgarian Software Expertise - a Real-Life Business Model that Delivers Value
  15.00-15:30 h, Hall 5/Stand B 48, Best Practice Arena, Forum CeBIT Mittelstand
  Speaker: Vassil Lolov, President, Dr. Lolov Software
  Stoian Boev, Managing Director, ICB
  Language: German/ English

19 March 2007 – Monday

• General Model of Outsourcing
  11:00-11:30 h, Hall 5/Stand B 48, Best Practice Arena, Forum CeBIT Mittelstand
  Speaker: George Sharkov, Chairman, BASSCOM
  Language: English
  
  

BASSCOM Programing Competition 2006!
Download the problem of the competition and send your solutions to konkurs@musala.com or up-load at http://konkurs.musala.com till 10 January 2007 and win BASSCOM prizes.

Download the problem here: prob.pdf 

PROGRAMME
of Bulgarian Participation in Systems 2006 Events

23 October 2006 - Monday

• Forum Innovations
  11:30-12:00 h, Hall A6.302
  Title: "ITMark-software quality certificate for SMEs"
  Speaker:
  D-r George Sharkov, European Software Institute (ESI) - Center Bulgaria (in English)

24 October 2006 – Tuesday

• Mobile Summit (23-24 October 2006)
  10:20-14:00 h
  Presentations:
  WebMessenger, Val Babajov, President Webmessenger
  Musala Soft Ltd., Delyan Lilov, CEO Musala Soft
  
• South East Europe Regional Conference
  15:00-18:00 h, Pressekonferenzraum Ost
  

25 October 2006 – Wednesday

• Bulgarian “SoftWare and SoftWine”
  17:00 to 19:00 h, at the Bulgarian national booth - Hall A2, stand No. 421

26 October 2006 – Thursday

• Forum Innovations:
  11:00-11:30 h, Hall A6.302
  Title: "Bulgaria - Innovative and Trusted Software Development Partner"
  Speakers:
  Mr. Milko Izamski, RM-Galaxy Ltd.
  Mr. Claus Treager, GTZ/GOPA Consultant (in German)
  
• Meeting with Bulgarian students in Germany
  19:00 h, Restaurant “Rila”, Balanstr. 16, 81669 München (S-Bahn Haltestelle Rosenheimerplatz)

BASSCOM organizes Bulgarian booth at Systems 2006

BASSCOM has the pleasure to invite you to take part in Systems 2006 as exhibitor at the common stand and contribute to successful presentation of the Bulgarian software industry on this event.

As it already became a tradition BASSCOM will organize the participation of software companies at Systems this year – the B2B trade fair for IT, media and communications. The event will be held from 23 to 27 October 2006 in Munich. Apart from the meetings between the present and potential partners a number of seminars, lectures on current issues in the ICT industry, specialized business forums on software application systems and services will take place.

The Bulgarian booth of 60 sq.m will be located in Hall 2, stand No. 421 under the heading “Talent, Innovations, Quality”. The stand will include a common space for individual meetings, information area for advertising and information materials, banners with company name for each participating company and national identification sign.
The participation fee is 1000 leva and includes: participation at the Bulgarian booth, entry in the catalogue and all additional information and presentation materials, and organization of individual meetings with potential partners. The companies cover their travel and accommodation expenses by their own.

Among the planed events during the fair BASSCOM will host at the booth a special Bulgarian day - “Software and SoftWane” and will present the Bulgarian software industry at the International Innovation Forum and the Mobile Summit - events part of the official program of the fair.

The Bulgarian participation is kindly supported by the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), USAID through its VEGA/BTD Program and the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO).

The registration deadline is September 8, 2006.

If you are interested to participate at Systems 2006 please, send your request to office@basscom.org.

For additional information please, contact Maya Marinova, Executive Secretary, BASSCOM, tel. +359 2 976 97 43, e-mail: secretary@basscom.org.

Basscom annual CEO meeting/retreat will take place in Hisar, SPA Center Augusta, on 24-25 March

Basscom survey results, Association future goals and profile will be discussed. Member services and collaboration with other ICT organizations, government policy for software industry encouragement will be major topics.

BASSCOM COMPETITION > deadline 19 January! Download the problem and send your solution to turnir@basscom.org till 19 January (24h) to win BASSCOM prizes.

Systems, Munich - 27.10 (Thursday) 15:00-17:00

Hall A2, booth 305

BASSCOM welcomes you at Bulgarian "SoftWare & SoftWine" national booth

Inventive, Efficient, Near!

Supported by:

State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications

SIPPO

Bulgarian ICT Cluster

Software companies presented: InterConsult Bulgaria, Musala Soft, Nemetschek, Sciant.

Basscom organized the Bulgarian IT day on CeBIT 2005 (Hanover, Germany)

14 March 2005, Monday, 14 - 16 a.m.

BASSCOM Programing Competition 2004 started! Send us your solution at turnir@basscom.org till Jan 2 to win BASSCOM prizes.