17:20 17:40 NATO Forces Integration Unit (NFIU), Colonel Georgios Zisekas – – and Role in the Planning & Preparation of “NFIU BGR’s Mission RSOM process for NATO Forces in Bulgaria” 17:40 17:55 Discussions – 17:55 18:00 Closing of the first day of the conference. Capt. (BGR-N) Prof. – Yantsislav Yanakiev, D.Sc. 19:30 21:30 Reception for the registered conference participants and guests, – Lozenets Residence (Upon invitation) 27 September 2017, Wednesday 09:00 10:30 Fourth Panel Forces 2040 Capabilities and – “Armed – Investments” Moderator Velizar Shalamanov, Assos. Prof., Dr. Former Minister of – – Defense 09:00 09:20 Brigadier General Krasimir Kanev, Director of Strategic Planning – Directorate - Forces 2040 Capabilities and “Armed – Investments” 09:20 09:40 Dr, Ioannis Antonios Ragies, Hellenic Military Academy – – “The 2% Target: Understanding defense capabilities and commitments within Transatlantic Alliance” 09:40 10:00 Dr. Nikolay Pavlinov Pavlov, Centre for National Security and Defense – Research, Bulgarian Academy of Science the Pooling & – “Implementing Sharing Concept in the Balkans and the Black Sea Area” 10:00 10:30 Discussions – 10:30 11:00 Coffee Break – 11:00 12:30 Fifth Panel Trends and their Effect on Future – “Technological Warfare” Moderator Golonel Ivan Hristozov, Assos. Prof., Dr. - G. S. Rakovski – National Defense College; Deputy Director of Defense Advanced Research Institute 11:00 11:20 Colonel Dr. Andreas Ferdinand Alexa, National Defence Academy/Austria – – in the Field of “Emerging Technologies Logistics” 11:20 11:40 Industry Presentation - TBD – Major Stoian Cherveniakov, (BGR-A), Sector PDB JFC 11:40 12:00 World in – – – “The the Digital era. Military Implements of the Technological Evolution” 12:00 12:20 Colonel Lubomir Monov, NATO ACT and the Future of – – “Technology war”, (VTC) 12:20 12:30 Discussions – 12:30 13:30 Lunch Break – 13:30 15:30 Sixth Panel Forces 2040 – “Armed – Human Capital”
17:20 – 17:40 NATO Forces Integration Unit (NFIU), Colonel Georgios Zisekas – “NFIU BGR’s Mission and Role in the Planning & Preparation of RSOM process for NATO Forces in Bulgaria” 17:40 – 17:55 Discussions 17:55 – 18:00 Closing of the first day of the conference. Capt. (BGR-N) Prof. Yantsislav Yanakiev, D.Sc. 19:30 – 21:30 Reception for the registered conference participants and guests, Lozenets Residence (Upon invitation) 27 September 2017, Wednesday 09:00 – 10:30 Fourth Panel “Armed Forces 2040 – Capabilities and Investments” Moderator – Velizar Shalamanov, Assos. Prof., Dr. – Former Minister of Defense 09:00 – 09:20 Brigadier General Krasimir Kanev, Director of Strategic Planning Directorate - “Armed Forces 2040 – Capabilities and Investments” 09:20 – 09:40 Dr, Ioannis Antonios Ragies, Hellenic Military Academy – “The 2% Target: Understanding defense capabilities and commitments within Transatlantic Alliance” 09:40 – 10:00 Dr. Nikolay Pavlinov Pavlov, Centre for National Security and Defense Research, Bulgarian Academy of Science – “Implementing the Pooling & Sharing Concept in the Balkans and the Black Sea Area” 10:00 – 10:30 Discussions 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:30 Fifth Panel “Technological Trends and their Effect on Future Warfare” Moderator – Golonel Ivan Hristozov, Assos. Prof., Dr. - G. S. Rakovski National Defense College; Deputy Director of Defense Advanced Research Institute 11:00 – 11:20 Colonel Dr. Andreas Ferdinand Alexa, National Defence Academy/Austria – “Emerging Technologies in the Field of Logistics” 11:20 – 11:40 Industry Presentation - TBD 11:40 – 12:00 Major Stoian Cherveniakov, (BGR-A), Sector PDB – JFC – “The World in the Digital era. Military Implements of the Technological Evolution” 12:00 – 12:20 Colonel Lubomir Monov, NATO ACT – “Technology and the Future of war”, (VTC) 12:20 – 12:30 Discussions 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30 – 15:30 Sixth Panel “Armed Forces 2040 – Human Capital”
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