Dr. Milen Vrabevski was a Keynote speaker at the international high-level conference Innovative Enterprise Week Sofia 2018. As an entrepreneur, owner and CEO of the largest clinical research organization in South-Eastern Europe, he shared with the present delegates his experience and practical directions considering how innovators can be offered continental scale to compete on global level.

Dr. Vrabevski placed Bulgaria on the map of ‘Horizon 2020’ with a highly innovative scientific project that received the Seal of Excellence by the European Commission. The EP assessment tool IMP³rove ranked his company among the Growth Champions in Europe and the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science bestowed its Pythagoras Award on Comac Medical for being the company with largest investment in scientific research.

The event is an initiative by the European Commission, organized by the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. The Innovative Enterprise Week Sofia 2018 – Financial Instruments Fostering Research and Innovation aims at raising awareness of the potential for the financial instruments, facilities and accompanying measures launched, especially under Horizon 2020 to enhance access to finance for research and innovation.