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DEFENCE & CYBER CONFERENCE
September 19 | Sofia | South East Europe
Geopolitical changes in the wake of the Ukraine war and the subsequent instability in Central and Eastern Europe have resulted in significant changes in the military policies of European countries and a massive increase in defense spending. Governments are prioritizing procurement in a number of fields especially cyber capabilities and defense.
In view of Israel’s advanced technologies in these fields and NATO’s modernization of its arsenals, IMPROVATE will host a two-day defense conference and business meetup in Sofia, Bulgaria on September 19-20, 2022 aimed at countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
Leading Israeli companies will have the opportunity to present their technologies to senior representatives from regional militaries and defense ministries. The conference will be attended by ministers, senior military officers, defense committee members, and integrators from throughout Europe.
Israel
Croatia
Bulgaria
Greece
Romania
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Albania
KOSOVO
Among the subjects
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Border security and defense - Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance
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Homeland security & terrorism
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Critical defense infrastructure protection and international security
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UAVs, robotics & drones
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Aviation & space technology
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Maritime security and safety
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Cloud & IoT/OT security
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GDPR – General Data Protection Regulations
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Deep machine learning & AI
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Cybersecurity risk management
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Lessons of the Ukraine war from the perspective of the Israeli military.
Bulgaria - Cyber, HLS and IOT
Bulgaria - Border Protection, HLS, Tenders, Defense
Romania - HLS / DEFENSE / CYBER
Romania- HLS / DEFENSE / CYBER
Romania- HLS / DEFENSE / CYBER
Bulgaria - HLS and Infrastracture
Bulgaria - Cyber, infrastractures, HLS
Bulgaria - Cyber and HLS
Bulgaria - Security and HLS
THE CONFERENCE WILL BE ATTENDED BY
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Defense Ministers & Deputy Defense Ministers
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Foreign Affairs Committee Members
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Integrators
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Senior military officers
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Defense committee members
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Heads of border police
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Navy commanders
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Special forces representatives
From Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Belgium & Montenegro
PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE
Garry Kasparov
AI Expert
Former World Chess Champion
IMPROVATE Advisory Board Member
NEW YORK
President Rosen Plevneliev
Former President of Bulgaria
IMPROVATE Advisory Board Member
BULGARIA
Irina Nevzlin
Founder & Chair
IMPROVATE
ISRAEL
Dr. Solomon Passy
Bashkim Hasani
Founding President of the
Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
BULGARIA
Deputy Minister of Defense
NORTH MACEDONIA
Rear Admiral Kiril Mihaylov
Commander of the Bulgarian Navy
BULGARIA
Vlado Buchkovski
Former Prime Minister of the
Republic of North Macedonia
NORTH MACEDONIA
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Gilead
Executive Director of the Institute for
Policy and Strategy (IPS) at IDC Herzliya
IMPROVATE Advisory Board Member
ISRAEL
H.E Donika Hoxha
Ambassdor of the Republic of Albania in Sofia
ALBANIA
Bozhidar Bozhanov
Minister of e-Government 2021-2022
BULGARIA
Mr. Nikolay Milkov
Minister of Foreign Affairs
BULGARIA
Etti Berger
CEO, Co-Founder
Triple P
ISRAEL
Admiral Eftimov
Chief of Defense of Republic of Bulgaria
BULGARIA
Rosen Kukushev
Head of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation Department
BULGARIA
Igal Yarmolinsky
VP of Sales CopterPix Ltd.
ISRAEL
Dragomir Zakov
Minister of Defense 2021-2022
BULGARIA
Eduardo Borrotchin
Global Sales & Business Development
Triple P
ISRAEL
Daniel Levin Kas
Eurospike Managing Director
ISRAEL
H.E. Ms. Brândușa Ioana Predescu
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to the Republic of Bulgaria
ROMANIA
Mr. Yordan Bozhilov
Director of the Sofia Security Forum
BULGARIA
Colonel (Res.) David Rokach
former head of the combat weapon system division in the IDF Ground Forces Command
IMPROVATE Advisory Board Member
ISRAEL
Ido Rozenberg
Founder and Chief Technology Officer-Axon-Vision
ISRAEL
Rotem Mey-Tal
CEO,Asgard Systems
ISRAEL
Matan Perry (Perez)
Chief Marketing Officer and VP Sales at Aeronautics Group
ISRAEL
Assaf Danby
VP Global Sales, Cyabra
ISRAEL
Amit Koren
Co-Founder & CEO, InnoSec
ISRAEL
Ori Naor
Director of Global Defense Sales-Gilat Satellite Networks
ISRAEL
Oren Halevi
CEO ,WISE-MON Cyber Network Security
ISRAEL
Mr. Shemsi Syla
First Deputy Minister of the MoD
KOSOVO
Ms. Yordanka Fandakova
Mayor of Sofia
BULGARIA
Yigal Unna
Former Director General of the Israel National Cyber Directorate IMPROVATE Advisory Board Member
ISRAEL
Prof. Todor Tagarev
Professor at the Institute of Information
and Communication Technologies of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Former
Defence Minister
BULGARIA
Uri Woldiger
VP Sales & BD ,TSG IT Advanced Systems Ltd.
ISRAEL
Philip Vujanovic
VP Sales & BD ,TSG IT Advanced Systems Ltd.
ISRAEL
George Sharkov
Director of the European Software Institute
CEE, Adviser on cyber defense to the
Minister of Defense and former National
Cybersecurity Coordinator
BULGARIA
Guy Avidan
VP R&D,Asgard Systems
ISRAEL
Slavjanka Petrovska
Minister of Defence of the Republic of North Macedonia
NORTH MACEDONIA
Dr. Velizar Shalamanov
Former Member of the Parliament and Head of the Bulgarian delegation
NATO
Participating Companies
GALLERY
ABOUT IMPROVATE
IMPROVATE is a platform that makes technology and innovation accessible to new markets around the world. Launched in September 2020, IMPROVATE operates out of London and Tel Aviv and serves as a platform to connect leaders, decision-makers, companies, and investors with technology and innovation. Among IMPROVATE’s Board members are former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, President Rosen Plevneliev – former President of Bulgaria, Prof. Zeev Rotstein, and IDF Major Gen. (Ret.) Amos Gilead. IMPROVATE’s partners include: Rosen Plevneliev – Former President of Bulgaria | Victor Ponta – Former Prime Minister of Romania | Yves Leterme – Former Prime Minister of Belgium | Vlado Buchkovski – Former Prime Minister of the REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA
Our website: www.improvate.net
