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SPI MEETS IN SOFIA 2010” (18-20 October 2010)

On October 18th, 2010 from 19:00 h in the Aula of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Paul Clements, expert of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (USA), will deliver a lecture on Product lines 2.0 - Visionary speech on process discipline and software product lines. The lecture is organized by the center for Eastern Europe of the European Software Institute and Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics under the project "Software Engineering Management Program" (SEMP).

18 - 19 October 2010, Hilton-Sofia, Bulgaria

The annual International Awards for Software Excellence were given on the 8th of June 2010 on an official ceremony in Bilbao. 

The ESI International Awards for Software Excellence have four different categories, depending on the type of organization and the successfully implemented initiatives. These categories were: International, European, SMEs and Cluster Approach Project.

38 organizations from around 11 countries participated: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Mexico, Moldova, Portugal and Spain.

On the 16th of May 2010 in the ceremonial hall of Sofia University was the final Idea Challenge Day of the contest for innovative business ideas “Idea Challenge”, organized by the club of the young entrepreneurs “Start It Smart”. The goal of the competition is to attract the young people, who are willing to change the world around them and give a support to realize their innovative ideas. 

Challenging the IT qualification and innovations in Bulgaria” partnership program is launched by ESI Center Bulgaria with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and America for Bulgaria Foundation. The goal of the program is to provide contemporary content and training courses on software engineering and IT services management, with a specific focus on modern training methods and style.

ESI Center Eastern Europe (EE) has finished the first implementation of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 in Bulgaria. Musala Soft is the first ICT company in the country certified for its maturity and established, identified and documented policies and practices, that can be improved during future periods.

KosICT Conference, 27-28 September 2012

Hotel Emerald, Prishtina

In the middle of the summer on July 15, ESI Center Bulgaria was invited to present its activities in front of Japan Software Process Improvement Consortium (JASPIC). About 30 JASPIC members representing various companies, like Toshiba, Hitachi, NTT, attended the presentation “Software Process Improvement (SPI) in Eastern Europe - Specific approach toward world recognized software quality for clusters of companies.” 

Bulgarian project Authentic Bulgaria grabbed the International ESI Award for Excellence in the Promotion of the Information Society 2009 “For bridging the Digital Gap among SMEs” category. Alexander Babinov, manager of this USAID supported project, received the glass statuette on a special ceremony on Thursday night in Hotel Sheraton in Bilbao. Authentic Bulgaria is a Quality Mark system evaluating small and unique hotels. It aims to distinguish the best places for cultural, eco and village tourism.