site.btaClean Industry and Black Sea Policy Take Centre Stage at Green Transition Forum

Clean industry, Black Sea water policy and sustainable agriculture were the main subjects discussed on the fourth day of the five-day Green Transition Forum 5.0: Competitiveness and Innovation in Central and Eastern European Countries, organizers said on Thursday. 

The event, which started on Monday, is taking place at Sofia Event Center. It gathers political and business leaders, EU commissioners, and Nobel Prize laureates to debate the green transition, with Thursday’s panels focusing on topics ranging from industrial decarbonization to regional resource management and the future of agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe.

Among Thursday’s keynote speakers are Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and European Commission Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera, joined by Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov in a panel on industrial decarbonization.

Other keynote speakers include Moldova’s Environment Minister Sergiu Lazarencu, Ukraine’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Svetlana Grynchuk, Minister of Economy and Industry Peter Dilov, Minister of Agriculture Georgi Tahov, Romania’s Agriculture Minister Florin-Ioan Barbu, and Greece’s Agriculture Minister Konstantinos Tsiaras. Former tennis professional Magdalena Maleeva, founder of Gorichka.bg, is also among the speakers.

More than 3,500 participants from over 30 countries are attending the five-day Green Transition Forum 5.0 at Sofia Event Centre, which runs until June 20. The forum gathers EU commissioners, ministers, MEPs, Nobel Prize laureates and top executives from global companies to discuss a range of topics including energy security, sustainable finance, digitalization, and innovation in the CEE region. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta, and Professor Daron Acemoglu—2024 Nobel laureate in Economics—are among the keynote speakers.