The 13th CMDR COE Annual Conference on Crisis Management and Disaster Response and the 1st Business Continuity Management Annual Discipline Conference

Date: (04-06-2025)
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Classification: Unclassified

 

Newly arising security challenges are critical to the operations and performance improvement within Crisis Management and Disaster Response domain. Furthermore, a more adaptive and comprehensive approach towards the new security challenges is needed.

 

The event is a platform for interaction and exchange among the CMDR community of interest SMEs from NATO, NATO Allies and Partners and participating organizations. The event focuses on the evolving security environment and the multiple challenges of distinct origin we have to meet, further examined in specialized panels. The conference will discuss the potential adaptive and comprehensive approach towards the arising security challenges in the Crisis Management and Disaster Response domain.

 

Placing the focus on these themes, the CMDR COE seeks to draw attention to adequate preparedness and contribute to timely adaption within the CMDR domain to NATO’s continuous transformation.

 

The 13th Annual Conference, themed “Ensuring Continuity Management in a New Security Environment” will be held on June 4th, 2025:

• Panel 1: Keynote Speeches by leading experts in the field of crisis management and disaster response
• Panel 2: Comprehensive Strategies for Modern Crisis Preparedness
• Panel 3: CMDR COE in support of NATO Transformation
• Panel 4: Building a Realistic Environment for Complex Crisis/Disaster Exercise Scenario

The 1st BCM ADC will be held on June 5th, 2025:

• Panel 1: Global Programming & Policy Update
• Panel 2: Current overview of BCM & status of the TNA
• Panel 3: Overall update Requirements Authority
• Panel 4: Future aim & scope of discipline
• Panel 5: Individual Training Perspective and Collective Training Perspective
• Panel 6: Preparation of the DAP
• Panel 7: Updates by potential ETFs contributors

 

Paper Submission for the 13th Annual Conference, themed “Ensuring Continuity Management in a New Security Environment”

Authors are invited to submit papers to conference@cmdrcoe.org

For each contribution, the authors should pay a conference fee.

 

Deadlines:

Abstracts: 25 April 2025

Notification of abstracts acceptance: 30 April 2025

Full paper submission: 18 MAY 2025

 

Conference fee: 50 euros

 

Format: In-person at the CMDR COE, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

Conference Programme: Will be published soon.

 

Points of contact for the 13th Annual Conference:

 

Desislav ZMEEV | COL (OF-5), BGR-A 

Capabilities Branch Chief

Email: desislav.zmeev@cmdrcoe.org 

Office: +359 2 92 24705 / Cell: +359 898 795 527

 

 

Hristina HRISTOVA | LTC (OF-4), BGR

Publications, Library and Database Expert, Capabilities Branch

Email: hristina.hristova@cmdrcoe.org

Office: +359 2 92 24754 / Cell: +359 887 213 554

 

Margarita Kumanova | LTC (OF-4), BGR

Courses Expert, Education ＆ Training Branch  

Email: margarita.kumanova@cmdrcoe.org

Office: +359 2 92 24731 

 

Points of contact for the The 1st BCM ADC:

Laszlo Fekete | LTC (OF-4), BGR

Education ＆ Training Branch Chief

Email: laszlo.fekete@cmdrcoe.org

Office: +359 2 92 24703 

 

Mihai Ilie | LTC (OF-4), BGR

Courses Section Head, Education ＆ Training Branch  

Email: mihai.ilie@cmdrcoe.org

Office: +359 2 92 24730 

 

Bozhidara Kiryakova | CIV, BGR

Concept Development＆Business Continuity Management Expert, Transformation Branch  

Email: bozhidara.kiryakova@cmdrcoe.org

Office: +359 2 92 24744