The International scientific conference “Space, Ecology, Safety – SES 2023” is taking place from 24 to 26 October 2023 at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS and at the Space Research and Technologies Institute (SRTI). The Forum, which is being held for the nineteenth time, is organised by SRTI. This year’s conference is dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the “Shipka” scientific programme and the space flight of Alexander Alexandrov.

More than 50 real scientific experiments were conducted during the flight of the second Bulgarian cosmonaut Alexander Alexandrov, and the results of these experiments are still being studied by scientists, Corr. Memb. Petar Getsov said at the opening of the conference. He recalled that in 2004 the leadership of the Space Research and Technologies Institute had initiated the international scientific forum, taking into account the large-scale penetration of aerospace technologies into everyday life.

A congratulatory address from the leadership of BAS to the organizers and participants in the event was presented by the Scientific Secretary-General of BAS Prof. Neli Koseva.

The papers presented at the conference will be published (PROCEEDINGS SES) included in the reference list of NACID. The total number of papers published so far is more than 1000 and the total volume of these proceedings is about 5300 pages.