27 – 29 October 2025 | The Venue, Sofia Tech Park
The National Space Forum (NaFSKI) highlights the most recent advancements in education, science, and business within the field of space research in Bulgaria. It brings together prominent figures from both Bulgaria and abroad, fostering new opportunities for collaboration and engagement.
The sixth National Space Forum (NaFSKI-VI) is organised by Branch Cosmos of the Union of Physicists in Bulgaria.
October 2025
The Venue
Sofia Tech Park
27 October
09:00 – 18:00
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-11:00 Session: Remote sensing {chairperson: Guergana Guerova [Sofia University]}
11:00-11:30 coffee break
11:30-13:00 Session: Sun and space weather {chairperson: Rositsa Miteva [IANAO–BAS]}
13:00-13:30 lunch
13:30-15:30 Session: ESA & NASA space missions for science {chairperson: Deyan Mihaylov [Case Western Reserve University / Sofia University]}
15:30-16:00 coffee break
16:00-18:00 Session: Dark side of the Universe {chairperson: Venelin Kozhuharov [Sofia University]}
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-11:00 Sponsor session {chairperson: Irina Gancheva [Wiser Technology]}
11:00-11:30 coffee break
11:30-13:00 Session: Radio technologies and instrumentation {chairperson: Petar Petkov [TU-Sofia]}
13:00-13:30 lunch
13:30-15:30 Session: “Game-changers” for in-space solar energy harvesting {chairperson: Stella Tkatchova [European Innovation Council]}
15:30-16:00 coffee break
16:00-18:00 “Game-changers” panel discussion
28 October
09:00 – 18:00
29 October
09:00 – 18:00
09:30-11:00 Session for early-career scientists {chairperson: Stoil Ivanov [Sofia University]}
11:00-11:30 coffee break
11:30-13:00 Session for early-career scientists {chairperson: Stoil Ivanov [Sofia University]}
13:00-13:30 lunch
13:30-15:30 e-Poster session {chairperson: Yuliya Mutafchieva [INRNE–BAS]}
15:30-16:00 coffee break
16:00-18:00 e-Poster session {chairperson: Yuliya Mutafchieva [INRNE–BAS]}
NaFSKI-VI will be held in Sofia Tech Park, Incubator Building, hall The Venue.
address: Tsarigradsko Shose 111 boulevard, Sofia
Our Team
Program Advisory Committee
Zdravko DIMITROV [Sfera Technologies]
Guergana GUEROVA [Faculty of Physics, Sofia University]
Stoil IVANOV [Faculty of Physics, Sofia University]
Venelin KOZHUHAROV [Faculty of Physics, Sofia University]
Deyan MIHAYLOV [Case Western Reserve University / Faculty of Physics, Sofia University]
Petar PETKOV [Technical University of Sofia]
Stella TKATCHOVA [European Innovation Council]
Local Organising Committee
Vladimir BOZHILOV [Faculty of Physics, Sofia University]
Irina GANCHEVA [Wiser Technology]
Stefan LALKOVSKI [Faculty of Physics, Sofia University]
Rositsa MITEVA [Institute of Astronomy with National Astronomical Observatory – BAS]
Yuliya MUTAFCHIEVA [Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy – BAS]
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