Program International Women’s Day Shaping the Future: Women at the Helm

Opening remarks 

H.E. Iliana Yotova
President of the Republic of Bulgaria

Sonja Miekley
General Manager
German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and 
Commerce

Zlatozara Stoilova 
Project Manager
Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Bulgaria

Fireside chat 

Navigating in Times of Crisis:  

Women Shaping Solutions 

H.E. Irene Maria Plank 
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in 
Bulgaria

H.E. Olesya Ilashchuk 
Ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria 

Estefanía Meléndez
Political Advisor (Venezuela)

Moderator:
Mihail Krumov
President Scholars Club
Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Bulgaria

Discussion panel I 

Women at the Frontlines of Tech and Defense 

Cap(N) II Rank Dimana Slavova
Head of the Department “Personnel, protocol and 
administration”
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy 
Association of Women in the Armed Forces

Eliza Bakardzhieva
Director of Materials Management and Aviation
Logistics/Member of the Strategic Management 
Lufthansa Technik Sofia
Vice President German-Bulgarian Chamber of 
Industry and Commerce 

Dr. eng. Emanuela Manolova
Iron-silicate Business Development Manager/
Women4Metals
Aurubis Bulgaria

Moderator: 
Zlatozara Stoilova 
Project Manager
Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Bulgaria

Women from the Past:  

Life in Science – Elizaveta Karamihailova 

AI generated Interview with  

Maria Tchakarova 

Founder The Face of Sofia 

Discussion panel II 

Leading in the Digital Age  

Desislava Ivanovic  

Deputy CEO Schwarz IT Bulgaria 

Yana Neykova  

Project Manager at Adesso Bulgaria and Representative of the Data Science Society 

Radostina Kondakova 

Principal Security Engineer in the TechSofia hub of EBRD 

Zorka Ivanova 

Managing Director at Siemens Energy 

Moderator:  

Olga Wassilewska 

CEO  

MW Logistica Sofia and Member of the Board of 

the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce