On April 9, 2025, the Director of the Center for National Security and Defence Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (CNSDR-BAS) – Mr. Kamen Iliev, presented a lecture on the topic: “Science and Innovation for Space and Defence – Space as a Key Enabler for EU Defence and Security” during the second module of the 36th edition of the “European Session for Armament Executives” (SERA 36). The session is organized in the period April 7-11, 2025 by the French Institute for Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN) and the Directorate “Armaments Policy” of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria, which is being held at the G. S. Rakovski National Defence College in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Participants in the event are highly qualified specialists from government institutions and the defence industry of over 20 European countries, including France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Türkiye, as well as representatives of the European Defence Agency and the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space of the European Commission. The session was attended by the Director and Deputy Director of the Directorate of European and International Affairs of IHEDN – Mr. Sylvain Berger, Diplomatic Advisor, and Brigadier General (rtd) Richard Decombe.