At the beginning of 2020 started the implementation of MediaMotorEurope, an international project, funded under Horizon 2020. Bulgaria participates in it through the Cluster Sofia Knowledge City. MediaMotorEurope aims to nurture high-potential European deep tech innovators, solving today’s most prominent media industry challenges and support them in building media solutions for tomorrow. The project plans to build a strong and vibrant European deep-tech ecosystem targeting the media and the creative industries. It will assist high-potential startups and scaleups to get to the market and to connect with Investor Networks.

The Cluster Sofia Knowledge City has signed a contract for the implementation of the MediaMotorEurope (MME) project, funded under Horizon 2020 - H2020-ICT-2019-2 in a consortium with European partners. The value of the project is EUR 1.952 million and its implementation will start from January 1, 2020, and continue until January 31, 2022. MME will stimulate the development of solutions for the media industry needed to tackle such challenges as misinformation, accessibility, user interfaces, and data usage. A group of European high-tech innovative companies will be assisted in the development and implementation of media solutions for the future.

On February 24 and February 25, 2020, in Brussels kick-off meeting of the partners under Project 871552 - MediaMotorEurope - H2020-ICT-2018-20 / H2020-ICT-2019-2 was held. The meeting was hosted by the project leader V.R.T. Innovation. In addition to the representatives of the Cluster Sofia Knowledge City, represented by R. Nikolov and D. Hristov, participated the representatives of all other partners in the project, namely De Vlaamse Radio Televisieomroeporganisatie NV - Belgium; Media City Bergen AS MCB, Norway; Thermi Business Incubator, Thessaloniki; Athens Technology Center ATC; FastTrack FT, Portugal, and F6S, Ireland.

Cluster Sofia Knowledge City with its representative Adelina Hristova attended the Connected World Summit in London during 22-23 October 2019. The event hosted 150 industry leaders and keynote speakers, as well as companies such as Bosch, Microsoft, Cisco, EQ-3, Devolo, EY, Infosys, Three, Ericsson, Avanade and many more. 

The topics discussed were focused on key technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and Connectivity, Cyber Security, Data Management and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and themes like Smart Cities, Smart Homes, Utilities and Environment, Smart Mobility, etc.