WEBIT.FESTIVAL Europe
25-27 June 2018, Arena Armeec, Sofia
WHY ATTEND WEBIT.FESTIVAL?
- To make your business competitive in the economy of the future
- To learn how to integrate the latest technology into your business
- To find solutions for improving the quality of your products and services
- To learn what is going on in your sector and get a broader view on other fields
- To keep up with the latest marketing strategies
- To increase your brand recognition among the best in the in the industry
- To have your company exhibition stand on site
- To connect and network with the brightest minds in Europe and around the world
- To book important business meetings in advance
- To meet the best 100 startups, selected from more than 2450 applications
- To learn about the professions endangered by automation
- To learn about the government and municipality policies of tomorrow
Enterprise
Leaders
Webit.Festival is the platform, connecting corporate and brand leaders with founders, innovators and disruptors from all over the world and gives them a broader view on the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.
Startups
Webit.Festival offers startups not only free expo table, festival tickets and opportunity to meet unparalleled selection of top enterprise leaders and investors, but also a chance to win €200 000 seed investment.
Investors
Webit.Festival gives investors а unique chance to watch the pitches of over 100 startups, selected from more than 2450 applicants. With over 93% startup failure overall rate, the selected Webit startups for the Founders Games’s semi-finals in the past several years have less than 30% failure rate.
Government representatives and municipality administrators
Government representatives and municipality administrators attend our event to exchange experience on integrating smart technologies and the digital transformation of the society and public institutions.
Who attends?
Social Agenda
Official Reception by Commissioner Gabriel and the Mayor Fandakova
Official reception for our top guests at the Serdika antique complex - one of the emblematic historical sites in the city.
25 June / 17:30
Walking Tour
Walking tour form the Precidency building to the National Palace of Culture
25 June / 18:15-18:45
Official Opening of Webit.Festival
Webit.Festival Europe starts with a glamorous show programme with incredible visual effects, followed by welcome addresses from our Executive Chairman, the President of Bulgaria, the mayor of Sofia and various representatives of government institutions from the country and abroad.
26 June / 09:15
Leaders' Lunch
A networking event that is held during the Festival with special focus on the Digital Leaders who shape the future of the European and the global Economy through innovation and bravery. For Platinum pass holders only.
26 June / 12:00-14:00
Welcome Chairman’s Dinner
The official dinner, hosted by our Executive Chairman Dr. Plamen Russev, is a great opportunity for our top guests to get to know Bulgarian cuisine and customs and build personal relationships in a hospitable environment.
26 June / 20:00
Parties, breakfasts, dinners and cocktails by Partners and Sponsors
Our partners organize series of events during Webit.Festival’s two-day programme that will give you additional opportunities to network and connect with our top level guests and speakers.
26 June / 22:30
Official Webit.Party
The Famous Webit Party takes place in one of the best clubs in town. The event will give you the chance to connect with our attendees, speakers and special guests in an informal setting between the two days of the festival.
(Venue: PM Club // Address: Pozitano str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria)
26 June / 22:30
CEO’s Lunch
A special gathering of the CEO’s and Founders among the Platinum pass holders of Webit. The lunch is a great opportunity to meet and network with some of the top entrepreneurs in the world and taste a fine selection of traditional Bulgarian dishes and wines.
27 June / 12:00-14:00
Learn more about Social Events
NIGHT URBAN SUMMIT
IT STARTS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO UP AND THE NIGHT IS YOUNG!
The beautiful Vitoshka street of Sofia is turning into an Urban Happening Playground for music and art events, flash mobs, meet ups (as you may see and register below) and bar crawling!
Tickets Advisor
Pro
Buying a Pro Ticket for Webit.Festival Europe will give you access to all Enterprise, Policy and Startup events in our agenda.
Investor
Buying a Investor Pass for Webit.Festival Europe will give you access to all Enterprise, Policy and Startup events in our agenda. This will also give you the opportunity to easily interact with the selected startups, participating in the Founders Games, through our matching app.
Platinum
Buying a Platinum Pass will give you the chance to attend all Webit Enterprise, Startup and Policy events. You will also have the opportunity to join our invitation only events and enjoy the incredible networking experience that Webit offers.
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US?
It’s inspiring to be surrounded by such energetic, interesting and engaging people who are all galvanized in support of the common issue for the better future. It’s a real source of enthusiasm.
Jeffrey Puritt
President and CEO of TELUS International
The best about Webit.Festival is the dynamism. Everyone here is an entrepreneur, even the smallest, but also large companies here have entrepreneurial spirit. It is being shared and it’s contagious.
Paul Misener
VP, Global Innovation Policy and Communications, Amazon
Webit.Festival brings together the community of innovators, startups, corporates, government officials and creates and environment for networking, learning and sharing the best practices.
Amr Salem
Global Managing Director for Smart Cities, IoE at Cisco Systems
It’s a pleasure to be in Sofia at the Webit.Festival. It is a gathering of open-minded people, of people who want to shape the future, who want to change the world. And they all came together here at Webit.
Peter E. Braun
Member Board of Directors at EBAN
The best about Webit.Festival is the networking part and getting to know lots of different stakeholders that play a relevant role in the Eastern European entrepreneurship, startup, venture and even corporate economy - so everybody active in open innovation. So you really need to be here if you want to gasp at what is going on in Eastern Europe.
Christoph Auer-Welsbach
Partner, IBM Ventures
I’m blown away from this festival. I speak at a lot of conferences, I do about 3 or 4 a year, and this is the most exciting and the most professional. The standards are movie standards. So I’m blown away by it.
Denise Parkinson
Global Entertainment Director, Telegraph Media Group
The best about Webit.Festival is that it is a connecting platform for different industries, for political leaders, for public sectors, for government officials, for businesses, for startups to bring our their value and to do more out of what exist today.
Artur Turemka
General Manager for the Balkans, Mastercard
I feel amazing at the Webit.Festival. This is an event organized with the unique purpose to actually drive the future, so I feel fantastic here.
Martin Wezowski
Chief Designer, SAP
There are so many different cultures, so many points of views, so many brilliant ideas, that this is the most successful part of Webit. I will remember it forever. Webit connects industries, countries and most of all people.
Andrey Sebrant
Director of Product Marketing at Yandex
Webit is fantastic. It is really great and the best for me is that you can really go around and interact with people. I enjoy that very much, to talk to people from the authorities, talk to people from business, local ones, international ones, startups, students, that is really exciting.
Martin Kern
Interim Director, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
I didn't know there is a conference of this size - a platform that a lot of people globally show up. We are a global company and understanding what is happening is so many different companies makes a lot of difference for us.
Ajit Sivadasan
VP/GM at Lenovo Corporation
Webit.Festival is really the best that Bulgaria and the region can offer to the world and I am so proud to be one of the thousands talented, young, bright people that are the Webit Family.
Rosen Plevneliev
President of Bulgaria 2012-2017