Ivaylo Naydenov, Ph.D.

Dr. Ivaylo Naydenov is one of Bulgaria’s leading experts in the fields of energy, industrial transformation, and green policy. He holds a Master’s degree in Nuclear Energy and a PhD in Nuclear Power Installations and Facilities from the Technical University of Sofia. His career spans both the academic sphere and the practical side of the energy sector.

Before becoming Executive Director of the Bulgarian Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (BFIEC) in 2019, Dr. Naydenov worked as an energy editor at Utilities magazine and in the field of electricity trading. Between 2014 and 2019, he served as an assistant and later senior assistant professor at the Department of Thermal and Nuclear Energy at the Technical University of Sofia. He has also lectured at the University of National and World Economy (2018–2024) and at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (since 2021).

He has completed specializations in energy security (NATO School, Antalya, 2015; Masaryk University, Brno, 2016) and critical raw materials (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, 2017), as well as numerous trainings in energy management, energy markets, and energy diplomacy.

Thanks to his deep academic background and practical industry experience, Dr. Naydenov is recognized as one of Bulgaria’s top experts on strategic issues in energy and the industrial transition. He will moderate the panels New Factories, Networks and Energy for the Future, and Green Transformation and CBAM: Opportunities for Industry, which will outline the vision for the new industrial landscape, the green transition, and the energy framework of a competitive economy.