Inspiration journey workshop for open innovation
On October 21st, MediaMotorEurope will organize an Inspiration Journey in Sofia, Bulgaria.
This is the first event being organized within the program 2020-2021 of the MME Innovation Hub in Sofia, facilitated by the Cluster Sofia Knowledge City, the Bulgarian project partner of MME. The aims of the event are:
- To position the new Innovation Hub in the deep-tech and innovation ecosystem in Bulgaria and the region. The InnoHub is created under the Horizon 2020 project MediaMotorEurope and supported by Sofia Tech Park, Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association, and Investment Council at Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- To showcase best practices and hands-on experience of start-ups and scale-ups from Bulgaria in the creative industries.
The main topic of discussion will be innovation and collaboration – opportunities and challenges for the media and creative industries in response to the most pressing challenges in Bulgaria and the region. We will present how to grow and to support the projects of innovators, inventors, researchers, entrepreneurs, and all people with ideas. The seminar will be a focus on practical approaches, tools, examples, technologies that successful innovators are applying to develop their businesses.
This Inspiration journey gives the floor to such start-ups as:
- Stefan Malinovski, Rate Mate Ltd., Plovdiv
- Ani Krizhanovska, LC Factory Ltd., Sofia
- Valkan Goranov, MediaBricks, Sofia
- Milin Djalaliev, ARC Academy, Sofia
- Alexander Grantcharov, Fitinch, Sofia
- Radoslav Markov, Radoslav Corp., Silistra
- Tsvetan Gerov, Musica Alba Ltd., Sofia
They will showcase their success stories and engage us in the way technology could help fight some of such challenges as:
- The fight against misinformation and fake news;
- Improved accessibility and inclusion of media services for people with disabilities;
- More advanced human-machine interaction;
- Better protection of personal data through new technologies;
- A transition towards a data-driven media 4.0 market.
The Inspiration Journey on Open innovation on 21 October is part of a series of events by MediaMotorEurope.
The seminar is hosted by Cluster Sofia knowledge city who is the innovation hub in Bulgaria in the framework of the project.
