Welcome to Sophia Lab

About Us

We are..

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  • An independent, private,  non-doctrinal and non-profit R&D forum of professionals  
     
  • An open, fact-based research, analysis & debate center  
     
  • New policies development supporter   
     
  • Growth experts, data scientists, FinTech & ICT aficionados

Our mission is..

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  • To be a leading national laboratory for digitalization, growth and development with a dual focus on analysis and impact  
     
  • To conduct in-depth research and analyses and assisst all the other meaningful R&D providers
     
  • To generate influential ideas and effective solutions for the Bulgarian industries (starting with Fintech) - at local, regional and international level
      
  • To aid the implementation of the above with access, talent and content.

Chapters

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  • FinTech
     
  • Telecom
     
  • Energy & Utilities
     
  • RegTech Sandbox   
     
  • (Very) Big Data & Research
     
  • High-Performance Computing

R&D Areas (2019-2020)

FinTech & InsureTech

  • FinTech is an integral part of our DNA and shaping the future of this industry will always be a part of our efforts, in partnership with the entire ecosystem
  • We are extremely proud to have initiated and to co-organized the Bulgarian Annual FinTech and InsureTech Forum giving our industry its best possible voce and forum
  • 2019: GDPR, PSD2 and NextGen Banking 

Regulations 4.1

  • We are absolutely proud to be part of the first RegTech SandBox, under the Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection. 
  • Other areas of interest are: CDD (Customer Due Diligence), AML и ABRAPS (Advanced Banking Regulations and Predictive Systems)

Artificial Intelligence

  • Sophia Lab is instrumental in the formation of SCAI - the Bulgarian Strategic Center for Artificial Intelligence

Cyber Security

  • With less than 1% of the national corporates using any digital security solution, other than the plethora of desktop anti-virus programs, CyberSec is in our primary focus for 2019-2020
  • Joint cyber-security cooperation, under the Bulgarian e-Government Agency is a focal effort for 2019

Joint Techs

  • National remote identification standard
  • Data & Analytics Structured & unstructured data,  RPA (Robotic Process Automation), synthetic data  
  • Practical Blockchain
  • Practical RPA

Industrial Development

  • Empower the SMEs with better access to technology & growth tools
  • Providing the economy with the right facts and messages, stepping on improved statistical data

Events

2019

Please, do get in touch should you like to attend a meeting.

Vienna Initiative: Financing 4 Innovation Meeting

14 March

Link

First meeting of the Vienna Initiative's Working Group on Financing for Innovation in a CEE country.  Co-hosted by Sophia Lab.

2nd Bulgarian Annual FinTech & InsureTech Summit

13 March

Link

Already being a high-profile professional platform for discussion and networking,

the Second Annual FinTech Conference aims to present how Fintech is reshaping the future of the financial services in the SEE Region.  We shall share our practical vision for the Region and several important announcements will be made (so stay tuned and come and be a part of it).

Digitalization of banks' access to the state registers

13 February

Link & Link

2018

Vienna Initiative Workgroup: Financing Innovation

15 November

Leading Participation - FinTech Chapter

Link

CEE FinTech & InsurTech Digital Congress

13-14 November

Leading Participation - FinTech Chapter 

Link

Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners Conference

21-26 October

Leading participation in the Bulgarian event

Link

INDUSTRY 4.0 - Annual Business Forum

17 October

Leading participation

Link

Cyber Security Cooperation Kick-off

28 Sept.

Sophia Lab: all chapters

X-Industrial IT Security Collaboration

29 June

Sophia Lab: all chapters

First Bulgarian Annual FinTech Summit

30 May

Link

xCEEd Belgrade FinTech Conference

23 May

Leading participation

Link

BankTech Breakfast

04 May

By BORICA and Sophia Lab

Eurofi Sofia Seminar

25-27 April

Link

Telecom Chapter meeting

18 April

Energy & Utilities Chapter meeting

30 March

Bank Chapter meeting

02 March

Registration

January

2017

Kick-off

Seprtember

A free discussion between like-minded FinTech professionals and managers turned into shared vision, which in turn created the entire Sophia Lab project.

Please, do get in touch should you like to attend a meeting, or be sent materials from past events.

Contact Us

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