07-09 October, 2021
Sofia Tech Park
Incubator, ‘The Venue’ hall
111 Tsarigradsko Chaussee blvd., Sofia, Bulgaria
The National Forum for Contemporary Space Research, Technologies, and Education is an event for the academic and business community of Bulgaria, organized by the „Space“ branch of the Union of Physicists. In 2021 the Forum will take place over three days, focusing on:
- Thursday, 07.10.2021 – Business and Space
- Friday, 08.10.2021 – Science, Technologies, and Space
- Saturday, 09.10.2021 – Education and Space
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
Here you will find the latest version of the Programme.
PROGRAMME
07.10.2021, Thursday (14-18:30h) – Business and Space
13:15-14:00 Registration
14:00-14:15 Opening words
14:15-15:00 Stephen Airey (ESA, Head of New, Cooperating & Associate States Section) – „ESA PECS activities in Bulgaria – Six years of cooperation“
15:00-15:45 Justyna Redelkiewicz (EUSPA) – „EUSPA: A new player in the space ecosystem and more opportunities for industry and academia“
15:45-16:15 Coffee break + exhibition stands
16:15-16:50 Martin Danovski (SARI) – Presentation of the Bulgarian State Agency for Research and Innovation
16:50-17:00 Georgi Kaludov (IBM Bulgaria) – „Endurance – Democratizing Space“
17:00-17:10 Zdravko Dimitrov (Sfera Technologies) – „Space Data Infrastructure“
17:00-18:30 Discussion Panel – Business and Space
– Iskren Krusteff (Moderator), Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring Bulgaria
– Karina Angelieva, ex-vice Minister of Education and Science of Bulgaria
– Raycho Raychev, Endurosat
– Martin Danovsky, State Agency for Research and Innovations, ex-Chairman of the Fund of Funds
08.10.2021, Friday (09-19:00h) – Science and Space
Session 1: Fundamental Space Research
09:00-09:30 Galin Gyulchev (FPh-SU) – „Shadows of Compact Objects and Testing of the General Theory of Relativity“
09:30-10:00 Marusja Bachvarova (SRTI-BAS) – „Galactic cosmic rays above the Earth’s atmosphere“
10:00-10:30 Nataliya Kilifarska (IRCAW-BAS) – „Geomagnetic control over the distribution of cosmic radiation in the Earth’s atmosphere“
10:30-11:00 Coffee break + exhibition stands
Session 2: Aerospace Technologies
11:00-11:30 Galya Vankova-Kirilova (FPh-SU) – „The space missions AMS и JEM-EUSO. Detectors for the study of high energy cosmic rays“
11:30-12:00 Yordanka Semkova (SRTI-BAS) – „Experimental study of space radiation with Bulgarian dosimeters as part of the ExoMars project“
12:00-12:30 Viktor Danchev (Endurosat) – „Thinking inside the Cube – NanoSat Technology and its Applications„
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Venelin Kozhuharov (FPh-SU) – „Challenges in contemporary photo detectors for particles registration“
Session 3: Applied Space Research
14:00-14:30 Gergana Guerova (FPh-SU) – „10 Years GNSS meteorology in Bulgaria and Southeast Europe“
14:30-14:50 Stefan Stamenov, Vanya Stamenova (SRTI-BAS) „Georisk for cultural heritage: example, analysis, protection and prevention“
14:50-15:00 Stela Alexandrova (S-Cosmos) – „Future trends of commercial In Orbit Satellite, Active Debris Removal and End-Of Life services“
15:00 – 15:10 Asen Asenov (VVMU. „N. Vaptsarov“) „An idea project for a spaceport and its infrastructure“
15:10 – 15:20 Dimitar Dimitrov (VVMU. „N. Vaptsarov“) „Computer simulations of objects on the far side of the Moon“
15:20 – 15:30 Doroteya Borisova (VVMU. „N. Vaptsarov“) „Discovering asteroids as part of the international programme IASC“
15:30 – 15:40 Adelina Miteva (SRTI-BAS) „Application of some aluminium alloys in terrestrial and space industry“.
15:40 – 15:50 Plamen Fiziev (Theoretical and Computational Physics Foundation) „Some Warnings About Quantum Space Gravimetry Enhance Earth Observations
Project“
15:50-16:00 Coffee break
Session 4: Ph.D Students Session
16:00 – 16:15 Валентин Делийски (ФзФ-СУ) „Наблюдателни белези на свръхкомпактни обекти с акреционни дискове“
16:15 – 16:30 Юлия Мутафчиева (ИЯИЯЕ-БАН) „Уравнение на състоянието и съставна кора на магнетари в зависимост от магнитното поле“
16:30 – 16:45 Цветелина Величкова (ИИКАВ-БАН) „Extraterrestrial Influence on Climate Variability“
16:45 – 17:00 Йордан Даракчиев (ФзФ-СУ) „Classifying Variable Stars with Deep Learning Methods“
17:00 – 17:15 Радослав Симеонов (ФзФ-СУ) „PADME Physics Program“
17:15 – 17:30 Мохамед Недал (ИА с НАО Рожен БАН) „Estimating the Kinematics of Coronal Bright Fronts and the Associated Plasma Parameters using the SPREAdFAST Framework“.
17:30 – 17:45 Цветан Цветков (ИА с НАО Рожен БАН) „Защо пълните слънчеви затъмнения са важни за науката?“
17:45 – 18:00 Ирина Ганчева (ФзФ-СУ) „Първото лятно докторантско училище по космически изследвания на НАО Рожен“
18:00 – 18:15 Недислав Веселинов (ФзФ-СУ) „Софийски планетариум Андромеда“
18:15 – 18:30 Стоил Иванов (ФзФ-СУ) „Електрическо задвижване за малки спътници“
18:30 – 18:45 Георги Георгиев (ИЯИЯЕ-БАН) „Възможности за подобряване на алгоритъма за реконструкция на експеримента PADME“
18:45 – 18:50 Нестор Арсенов (ИА с НАО-БАН) “From voids to quasars – the interplay of dark energy and environment”
18:50 – 19:00 Симеон Иванов „Building and Data Extraction of Complex Detector System Using the Geant framework and XQuery templating“
19:00 – 19:10 Светослав Иванов „Simultaneous Determination of Gamma Ray Interaction positions and Deposited energy in single crystal scintillation detectors“
09.10.2021, Saturday (09-12h) – Education and Space
09:00-10:30 Discussion panel: Education and Space
10:30-11:00 Coffee break and exhibition stands
11:00-12:00 Tsvetan Dachev (SRTI-BAS) „Exploration of space radiation with Bulgarian instruments aboard satellites and airplanes“
12:00 Closing Remarks
Programme Committee
Galin Gyulchev (FPh-SU)
Elisaveta Peneva (FPh-SU)
Kamen Kozarev (IA-BAS)
Marusja Bachvarova (SRIT-BAS)
Nataliya Kilifarska (NIGGG-BAS)
Stoyan Mishev (NBU)
Hristomir Yordanov (TU)
Local Organizing Committee
Stefan Lalkovski
Borislav Pavlov
Vladimir Bozhilov
Lilia Atanasova
Nedislav Veselinov
Stoil Ivanov
Forum 2021 Proceedings
The scientific proceedings – talks and posters – of the Forum will be published in the Journal of Physics Conference Series. Manuscripts must be written in English.
Author instructions: https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/author-guidelines-for-conference-proceedings/
Manuscripts may be writtein in MS Word or Latex. Templates and class files may be downloaded from https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/templates-and-guidelines-for-proceedings-papers/
Manuscript submission deadline: 10 November 2021
Send your manuscripts to:cosmos@phys.uni-sofia.bg