
THE SECOND NMF-IIMSR (BULGARIA) VIRTUAL DIALOGUE 2021
The NMF and the IIMSR signed an MoU in November 2019 and held their First Annual Bilateral Dialogue on 13 and 14 November 2019. This dialogue was organised by the NMF at New Delhi. As we take this dialogue into its second edition, the NMF is honoured to invite you to attend the Second NMF-IIMSR Dialogue. With the Covid driven global travel restrictions still firmly in place, this year’s dialogue is being conducted by the IIMSR as a two-day webinar on 22 and 23 February, 2021.
About the Webinar:
The Webinar will be hosted by the IIMSR on Zoom Virtual Conferencing Platform.
The Programme is as follows:
Day 1: Monday, 22 Feb 2021
| Timings
(IST) |
Topic | Presenter
|
| 1430h-1440h (10 Min) |
Welcome and opening remarks | CDR(ret.) Eyal Pinko, Ph.D. President, IIMSR |
| 1440h-1450h (10 Min) |
Welcome and opening remarks | Admiral Sunil Lanba PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd), Chairman NMF, and the Former CNS, India |
| Session 1: Moderator: Avner Saar, Vice President at IIMSR | ||
| 1450h-1510h (20 Min) |
The geostrategic situation (Indo-Pacific region) | Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan
AVMS & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd)
|
| 1510h-1530h (20 Min) |
The geostrategic situation (Balkan region) | Yordan Bojilov,
Adjunct Research Fellow, IIMSR |
| 1530h-1550h (20 Min) |
BRI: Implications for the EU | Flotilla Adm. Prof. BOYAN MEDNIKAROV, D.Sc.,
Research Fellow, IIMSR Assoc. Prof. SIYANA LUTZKANOVA, Ph.D, Research Fellow, IIMSR |
| 1550h-1610h (20 Min) |
BRI: Implications for the Indo-Pacific Region |
Dr Jabin Jacob Adjunct Research Fellow, NMF |
| 1610h-1630h (20Min) |
Discussions/Audience Interaction | |
| 1630h-1705h (35 Min) |
Tea break (INDIA)/Lunch Break (BULGARIA) | |
| Session 2: Moderated by Cdr Anand Kumar, Deputy Director, NMF | ||
| 1705h-1725h (20 Min) |
Migration law and the maritime law in the EU perspective | Adv. Alexandra Gocheva
Associate Fellow, IIMSR |
| 1725h-1745h (20 Min) |
Illegal migration from the sea | Mr Aishwarye Dubey Associate Fellow, NMF |
Day 2: Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021
| 1430h-1450h (20 Min) |
Maritime terror and piracy | Capt Sarabjeet S Parmar
Executive Director, NMF |
| 1450h-1510h (20 Min) |
Coping with illegal migration, ecological and other maritime security threats. Technologies and solutions | Capt.(N) Prof. Kalin Kalinov, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, IIMSR |
| 1510h-1530h (20 Min) |
Discussions/Audience Interaction | |
| Session 3: Moderator: Tal Pavel, Ph.D., Research Fellow, IIMSR | ||
| 1530h-1550h (20 Min) |
New threats and trends in port and national infrastructure security | Capt Himadri Das Research Fellow, NMF |
| 1550h-1610h (20 Min) |
Maritime cyber developments | Dr. Lev Topor,
Vice President, IIMSR |
| 1610h-1645h (35 Min) |
Tea break (INDIA)/Lunch Break (BULGARIA) | |
| 1645h-1705h (20 Min) |
AI and ML Maritime Developments | Cdr Subash Dutta, IN (Retd) Honorary Adjunct Fellow, NMF |
| 1705h-1725h (20 Min) |
Educational and research support to cope with the contemporary challenges to the maritime security environment | Prof. Andon Lazarov, Adjunct Research Fellow, IIMSR |
| 1725h-1745h (20 Min) |
Discussions/Audience Interaction | |
| Closing Session | ||
| 1745h-1800h (15 Min) |
Concluding remarks and
NMF-IIMSR Way Ahead |
CDR(ret.) Eyal Pinko, Ph.D., President, IIMSR
and Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan AVMS & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd)
|
Registration
It will be our privilege and honour to have you at the Webinar as a participant. Kindly, RegisterHere to receive the login details for the webinar.
Note:
We would request you to register in time for the event to ensure timely receipt of log in details. Kindly do not share these details.
The registrations will be closed at 1700h on 21st of February 2021 (Sunday). If your registration is successful, you will receive a confirmation email followed by a link through which you can join the webinar.
Along with this alert you would have also received the programme details as a separate attachment.



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