Today, 10.09.2015, the second National Outsourcing Conference, “Outsourcing Destination Bulgaria”, organised by Plovdiv Municipality and Industry Watch, is being held in Plovdiv. The conference was opened by President Rosen Plevneliev and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Rumyana Bachvarova.
The conference will consist of 3 panels presenting up-to-date data on the development of the sector and discussing topics such as attracting talent from outside the EU, the opportunities Plovdiv offers to companies in the sector, education and more.
The sessions will feature experts from central and local government and industry organisations, as well as representatives of companies with offices in Plovdiv and other parts of Bulgaria, who will talk about the state and prospects of the sector.
Petko Georgiev is the representative of StudioWeb.BG, an associate member of the Bulgarian Outsourcing Association, and will talk about the development of the sector and its opportunities in Burgas, where efforts will be made towards:
– an IT business centre
– a register of IT companies in the region
– a register of university programmes
– staffing needs
– a register of the talent pool
– Outsourcing
– Outstaffing
– BPO processes
– a delegation of IT companies
– experience exchange between universities
The event is supported by the InvestBulgaria Agency, the Bulgarian Outsourcing Association, ICT Cluster Plovdiv, the Bulgarian Association of Software Companies and the Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies.
According to the latest data, Bulgaria is one of the most preferred IT outsourcing destinations in the world. Events like this unite government and business in a common cause – attracting foreign investors and developing a business unit for working with international IT companies.
