FRANCHISING BUSINESS IN BULGARIA
CONFERENCE 2011

11th November 2011, National Palace of Culture, Sofia

Soon the program of the conference"Franchising Business in Bulgaria 2011", which will take place for a third consecutive year, will be spread out. The lecturers are international franchise experts with an extensive practical experience in setting up and selling franchises. A module for the entrepreneurs who want to develop their own new business will also be included in the program.

Program of the conference
"Franchising Business in Bulgaria 2010"

26th November 2010, National Palace of Culture, Sofia

10:00 – 10:20
Official Opening

10:20 – 10:40
HOW TO FRANCHISE YOUR BUSINESS
Tony Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of FranchiseYourBusiness.ie, Ireland; Member of the Board of the Directors of the Irish Franchise Association

10:40 – 11:00
INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISING – BUSINESS AND LEGAL ISSUES
Sotiris Yannakakis, General Director and Legal Counsel of Greek Franchise Association, Franchise Lawyer

11:00 – 11:20
ADAPTING THE FRANCHISE PRACTICE TO THE BULGARIAN CONDITIONS
Kalin Ganev, Marketing Director of Eurofootball – the biggest franchiser in Bulgaria

11:20 – 11:50
Coffee Break

11:50 – 12:10
BUSINESS COACHING IN THE FRANCHISE SYSTEM
David Holland, CEO of ActionCOACH EMEA, the biggest company for business couching in the world with more than 1000 offices in 32 countries

12:10 – 12:30
HOW TO CHOOSE MY NEW BUSINESS
Ivo Crisostomo, National Business Brokers, a company with 63 franchise offices in 26 countries on 4 continents

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:20
MARKETING SUPPORT FOR THE FRANCHISEES
Vesselin Venev, Franchising manager at Address real estate

14:20 – 14:40
FRANCHISING DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE –
THE HUNGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Dr. Katalin Mandel, CEO of the Hungarian Franchise Association

14:40 – 15:00
HOW TO SELL OUR FRANCHISE ABROAD
Constantin Anton, President of the Romanian Franchise Association and First Vice President of the Black Sea Franchise Association

15:00-15:20
HOW FRANCHISING CAN INCREASE FINANCIAL RESULTS
Pit Van Alten, One of the first franchisees of ERA Europe, with more than 30 years of experience in real estate business, Master Franchiser of ERA Turkey

20:00
Franchising.BG Party