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         Under the Patronage of the Chairman of the Defense Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria Gen. (ret.) Constantin Popov

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

"European Defense - the Way Forward"

23 April 2019

Central Military Club, Sofia Bulgaria

Working languages: Bulgarian and English (simultaneous translation)

09:00 – 09:30 Registration and coffee

09:30 – 09:45 Opening

Thorsten Geißler, Director, Sofia Office of the Konrad

Adenauer Foundation

Yordan Bozhilov, President of Sofia Security Forum

09:45 - 10:00

Keynote address:

Gen. /ret./ Constantin Popov, Chairman of the Defense Committee, Bulgarian Parliament

10:00 - 11:00          First Panel:

The European Defense: Bulgarian perspective(s)

Dr. Georgi Krastev, National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bulgaria. (Confirmed)

Col. Nikolay Nikolov, Head of Department, MOD, Bulgaria

Boyko Noev, Minister of Defense (1994 – 1995), (1999 – 2001)

Angel Naydenov, Minister of Defense (2013 – 2014)

Q&A

Moderator: Ms. Monika Panayotova, Vice-President,Sofia Security Forum

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee - break

11:30 – 13:30 Second Panel:

“Europe between the risks and Opportunities, ideas and realities”

Presentations by:

Mr. Heinrich Brauss, German Council on Foreign Relations, former Assistant NATO Secretary General

Oleksandr Khara, Maidan of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

Iulian Chifu, Director, Centre for Early Warning and Conflict Prevention, Romania.

Velizar Shalamanov

Q&A

Moderatior: Mr. Yordan Bozhilov, President, Sofia Security Forum

13:30                      Lunch