The resort complex „Sts Constantine and Helena“, Bulgaria
The first three months have passed since the opening of Expo 2020 Dubai – the World’s biggest fair and international event in terms of duration and attendance, which lasts until 31 March 2022. The theme of this year’s Expo is “Connecting minds, creating the future.”
The 438-hectare site hosts 192 countries and is divided into three thematic areas: “Mobility”, “Sustainability” and “Opportunity”. The Bulgarian pavilion is in the Mobility sector.
Each participating country demonstrates its contribution to the cultural, technological and economic development of the world through its own achievements. Bulgaria is presented as a center of innovation and technology, which stimulates the mobility of people and goods, and the interaction between East and West, religions and cultures, past and future, nature and tourism, economy and society, people and technology
The aim of the Bulgarian participation is to create a lasting and positive image of the business and cultural life in order to increase investment in various sectors of the economy.
After the active cultural and business program in October and November, the business calendar in December began with a topic dedicated to the circular economy.
“Carbon Hunting: What Exactly is CO2?” How does it affect our planet and what can we do to stop its harmful influence? ”- this was the topic which Nadia Paneva presented at Expo 2020. She is working on her doctoral dissertation at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and is studying large-scale planetary processes in the interior of the earth.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evgenia Kovacheva and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veselin Chantov from the University of Library Science and Information Technology (UniBit) also took part in the business event in the Bulgarian pavilion. The topic of their presentation was “Green Thinking and Green Attitude”. The scientists presented the Bulgarian circular economy and green technologies, focusing on new methods and ways to reduce waste, the inefficiency of processes and opportunities for their optimization, methods of reduction, reuse and recycling, innovative products and new developments in the private sector.
The third presentation during the first business conference in the Bulgarian pavilion was related to the future of the diamond semiconductor and how it could revolutionize the world.
The second business event took place on 16 December as part of Expo’s 2020 thematic week: Knowledge and Learning (12-18 December 2021).
The topic of the conference in the Bulgarian pavilion was “Digital Transformation of Skills and Educational Challenges”. “Development of a highly efficient digital educational ecosystem” and “European education and social media” were the topics presented by the scientists and researchers from UniBit. Lecturers were Prof. D.Sc. Stoyan Denchev, Prof. Dr. Tereza Trencheva and Prof. Dr. Hristina Bogova.
Prof. Tereza Trencheva was invited to appear on an evening show on Abu Dhabi TV, where she spoke about the Bulgarian education system.
“The world today makes the debate on the ‘meaning and content’ of higher education not only extremely interesting but also quite complex. Education in its classical, academic form is losing its due importance and the focus is shiting on preparing today’s young people how to acquire practical rather than theoretical abilities and skills,“ said scientists from UniBit.
The other events until the end of December were part of the cultural calendar of the Bulgarian pavilion. Our country was presented through its folklore and talents in different fields of art. The culmination of the cultural program is planned for 9 February 2022, when the world audience at Expo 2020 Dubai will be able to attend the “Day of Bulgaria”.
The forum dedicated to Bulgaria’s balneology potential (Health & Wellness week in the Bulgarian pavilion – Bgpavilion.org) will be held on 2 February 2022, between 10 am and 12 pm, in the Terra Pavilion of Expo 2020 Dubai and will present specific statistical data related to the development of balneology in Bulgaria, the increased interest of foreign tourists in Bulgarian spa destinations, as well as trends in recreational tourism