The U.S. dropped out of the top 10 in the 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index for the first time in the six years the gauge has been compiled. South Korea and Sweden retained their No. 1 and No. 2 rankings.
The index scores countries using seven criteria, including research and development spending and concentration of high-tech public companies.

The conference will be held from 11 to 14 June 2018 in Lighthouse Golf and SPA Resort on Black Sea, north of Varna, Bulgaria. The topic of this year conference (BAMDE Conference 2018) will be Youth and Women Entrepreneurship in Challenging International (Global) Business Environment.  The conference format as well as the conference venue provide excellent conditions for personal professional performance and create atmosphere for direct networking.
This is the Ninth International Conference on Entrepreneurship organized by the Bulgarian Association for Management Development and Entrepreneurship (BAMDE)

It is possible to organize your own work shop, do a poster presentation or to submit a paper to the conference. Deadline for this registration is 15th February 2018 - and you will get a response if you are accepted within a week after the deadline.
Go direct to "Call for papers" here.
The conference program  indicates 4 days of great opportunities to networking with colleagues as well as very interesting presentations.