The 2-days conference has been co-organised by the Association of Business Clusters Bulgaria, BSMEPA (Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency) and ARK Consulting to Enterprise Europe Network-Bulgaria. The event was under the patronage of the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy and part of the European cluster weeks 2018 - 2019.

Themed Unexpected Connections, the 3-day event has the following sub-themes: Day 1 - #Experience Day 2 - #Engage Day 3 - #Exchange

The Confucius Institute at St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, together with the Black Sea Cluster Innovation and Development in partnership with the Cluster for Information Assurance of Black Sea Tourism Business and Consulting Cluster Veritas are organising a BULGARIAN-CHINESE FORUM (BCF 2018) on INTERNATIONAL CLUSTER POLICIES