The Honorary Director General in the European Commission George Kremlis with a lecture at BFU

On October 30 at 16.30 in Hall 110 of Burgas Free University, an open lecture will be delivered, followed by a discussion panel, by the Honorary Director General for the Environment at the European Commission George Kremlis. This panel will also start the annual International Conference "SEA", which is organized by the Maritime Scientific Society (MSS), which will be hosted by BFU this year with the topic " Resilience and Sustainability ".

In the opening panel on " The Circular Economy and Blue Economy Issues in the Black Sea Crossing Resilience and Sustainability", in addition to the plenary rapporteur and lecturer with Mr. Kremlis, the newly elected and current Presidents of the MNO – Prof. Dr. Milen Baltov, Rector of BFU and Flotilla Admiral Prof. Dr. Kalin Kalinov, Rector of the “Nikola Y. Vaptsarov” Naval Academy – Varna, Ms. Elizabeta Balci – long-time and previous Head of the Oceans and Seas Department at DG Research and Innovation at the European Commission and Dr. Adrian Stanici – Director of GeoEcoMar, Romania.

Mr. Kremils is a Doctor Honoris Causa of Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar" for his contribution to research and policies to support the circular economy in the European Union. Currently, Mr. Kremlis is a Director of the Institute for Circular Economy, Environment, Energy and Climate at the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), a member of the Board of Directors of EPLO and its "ambassador" for Bulgaria.

Mr. Kremils and the other panellists are also part of the second edition of the international forum "Black Sea 2030: Security, Sustainability, Innovation", organized by the Municipality of Burgas and the ProspectiM Association, which will be opened on October 30 at 9.30 am at the International Congress Centre - Burgas with a welcome from the Mayor of Burgas Municipality Mr. Dimitar Nikolov. From the official website of this forum are also the photos of the panellists to the conference "SEA" of the Maritime Scientific Society.

The international conference "SEA" of the Marine Scientific Society will continue on October 31 at 9.00 a.m. in Hall KC2 of the University and as one of the events of EURODESK at BFU with two discussion panels. They will be oriented towards security in the seas, the blue economy and technologies and digital twins in the Black Sea. With them, the MNO and the entire community will also mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Strategic Action Plan for the restoration and protection of the Black Sea and the proclamation of October 31 as the International Day of the Black Sea.

We invite all friends of the sea, as well as students from BFU to celebrate the International Black Sea Day – part of the events dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Burgas Free University, with the panel led by Mr. Kremlis on October 30 at 4.30 pm in Hall 110 and on October 31 at 9.00 am in Hall KC2 of BFU.