Programme

NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIАL COOPERATION IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN DEFENCE AND SECURITY

 

31 May 2018

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08:30 - 09:30

Registration

Foyer, Bulgaria Hall (Pavilion 8, floor 1)

09:30 - 09:35

CONFERENCE OPENING

Mr. Oleg PETKOV – Deputy Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of EU 2018

09:35 - 09:45

Welcome address by Mr. Krasimir KARAKACHANOV

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria

09:45 - 10:05

Commissioner Ms. Elżbieta BIEŃKOWSKA Role and Functions of the European Defence Fund

10:05 - 10:15

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

10:15 - 10:45

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 - 12:00

ROUND TABLE SESSION

Defence Research and Capability Priorities in the European Union

ModeratorLt Gen Atanas ZAPRYANOV –   Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria  

Mr. Jorge DOMECQ – European Defence Agency (EDA) Chief Executive– European Defence Agency (EDA) Stimulating Defence Research

Mr. Pierre DELSAUX – Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General (DG) GROW, European Commission (EC) (ЕК)

12:00 - 12:05

Wrap-up by Gen.(o.p.) Atanas ZAPRYANOV (Ret)

12:05 - 12:20

Presentation by VMZ EAD – main sponsor of The International Defence Equipment Exhibition "HEMUS 2018"

12:20 - 13:30

HOSTED BUFFET LUNCH (Foyer in front of Bulgaria Hall)

13:30 - 17:30

PANEL SESSION Parallel Sessions Panel 1 ((Press center Hall) и Panel 2 ((Bulgaria Hall and Hebros Hall)

17:30 - 17:40

CONFERENCE CLOSING (Bulgaria Hall - Pavilion 8, floor 2)

19:00 - 21:30

DINNER FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE

(Restaurant of Sankt Peterburg Hotel)

 

Panel 1 "RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS FOR DEFENCE AND SECURITY"

Bulgaria Hall (Pavilion 8, floor 2)

 

Moderator: Colonel Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikolai STOIANOV Deputy Director of Defence Institute "Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov"

13:30 - 13:50

Colonel Dr. Dimitar KIRKOV Director of Defence Institute "Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov" – Defence Institute's Role in Enhancing Defence Capabilities

13:50 - 14:10

Mr. Pierre DELSAUX – Deputy Director-General, DG GROW, EC

14:10 - 14:30

Mr. Dirk TIELBUERGER – Deputy Director European Synergies and Innovation & Head of Unit Preparatory Action – The Implementation of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) – State of Play, EDA

14:30 - 14:45

Mr. Andre BREITUNG – Example of Research and Innovation for Naval Gun Systems: Countering Asymmetric and New Conventional Threats

14:45 - 15:00

Mr. Stefan PRAEG – Air Defence on Todays Mechanized Battlefield

15:00 - 15:30

COFFEE BREAK

 

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

(parallel sessions)

SECTION "ARMAMENT, BATTLE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES"

Bulgaria Hall (Pavilion 8, floor 2)

Moderator: Prof. DSc. Hristo I. HRISTOV"Development of Armament, Equipment, Logistics and Materials" Department, Defence Institute "Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov"

15:30 - 15:45

Regional Defence of Critical Infrastructure Protection as the Extending Concepts of Military Public – Private Integration

Momcilo MILINOVIC, Olivera JEREMIC, Milos MARKOVIC, Nenad KAPOR

15:45 - 16:00

Integrated System for Protection Against Unauthorized UAV Flights

Petar St. GETSOV, Georgi P. GEORGIEV, Dimo Iv. ZAFIROV

16:00 - 16:15

Center for Air and Space Based Surveillance

Boyan K. MEDNIKAROV, Kalin S. KALINOV, Miroslav Y. TSVETKOV

16:15 - 16:30

Мultifunctional Working-Transport Self-propelled Platform TRW-16

Ivan N. IVANOV

 

SECTION "COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SISTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, CYBERSECURITY" Bulgaria Hall (Pavilion 8, floor 2)

Moderator: Colonel Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mario ANGELOV"Development of C4I Systems" Department, Defence Institute "Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov"

16:30 - 16:45

Wave Phenomena in Bodies of Cylindrical Shape Under the Influence of Magnetic Sources

Mihail A. MIHAYLOV

16:45 - 17:00

Useful Practices for Securing Cyber Defence Against "Crypto Currency Miner" Attacks

Veselina ALEKSANDROVA, Anna GUNCHEVA, Yavor TSAKOV, Violeta VASILEVA

17:00 - 17:15

Simulation Approach for Building a Manageable Communi-cation Environment

Aleksandar KOLEV

17:15 - 17:30

The Sustainable Smart City Realized as "Internet of Things" Platform in the Interest of the Common European Security and Defence

Veselina A. GAGAMOVA, Kostadin V. VARBANOV, Violeta Z. VASILEVA

16:30 - 17:30

POSTER SESSION

 

SECTION "MILITARY-POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF DEFENCE" Hebros Hall (Pavilion 8, floor 2)

Moderator: Prof. DSc Yantsislav YANAKIEV"Development of Armament, Equipment, Logistics and Materials" Department, Defence Institute "Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov"

15:30 - 15:50

Analysis and Assessment of Human Factor in UAV Operation

Georgi SOTIROV

15:50 - 16:10

The New Geopolitical Realities: Orthodox Russia and the Course to Islamic Finance

Gergana D. YORDANOVA

16:10 - 16:30

Psychological Aspects of Contemporary Military Operations

Krasimira NIKOLOVA

16:30 - 16:50

Uncertainty in South Asia and Negative Consequences for Europe

Erol S. BUYUKLIEV

16:50 - 17:00

Appearance, in Particular, Military Uniform as Non-verbal Communication

Valya M. SIMEONOVA

17:00 - 17:10

Law, Ethics and National Security in the Era of Fake News

Otylia BIENIEK

17:10 - 17:30

CSDP in EU Public Opinion: Comparative Surveys

Yantsislav YANAKIEV

16:30 - 17:30

POSTER SESSION

 

Panel 2 "EUROPEAN DEFENCE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME INNOVATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION"

Press center Hall (Pavilion 8, floor 1)

Moderator: Colonel Dr. Nikolay NIKOLOV – Chairman of Friends of Presidency (FoP) EDIDP, Deputy National Armaments Director

13:30 - 13:50

Ms. Getter OPER – Chief Scientific Officer / R&T Director, Defence Investments Department, Estonian MoD

13:50 - 14:10

Major General Norbert HUBER – Director Armaments & Procurement Directorate and Deputy NAD, Austrian MoD

14:10 - 14:30

Major General Marie-Hélène BAROUX – Directorate General

of Armaments (DGA), France

14:30 - 14:45

Mr. Maciej SZYMANSKI – Policy Officer from DG GROW, EC European Defence Industrial Development Programme – Work Programme

14:45 - 15:00

Mr. Pieter TAAL – Head of Unit Industry Strategy and Wider EU Policies, EDA – EDA Engagement with Industry on Capability and Research

15:00 - 15:30

COFFEE BREAK

15:30 - 15:50

Mr. Alessandro UNGARO – AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) – Defence Industrial Cooperation within Europe

15:50 - 16:30

Presentation of projects proposed by Bulgaria to be included in the EDIDP Work Program for Implementation of the European Defence Industrial Development Program (EDIDP)

16:30 - 17:30

Discussion and match-making opportunities