Current affairs
The fourth edition of the Masnatur Foundation Christmas Party, organised by Isdefe at the Hotel Ilunion Pío XII, which is accessible to all, was held on 17 December.
Forty-seven children from the Foundation enjoyed this event, along with Isdefe and Masnatur volunteers, as they took in a busy schedule of events, singing and dancing. The party featured a visit from St. Nick, who gave each child a bag of gifts purchased with funds raised during charity drives held by the company’s employees.
The Minister of Defence, Ms María Dolores de Cospedal, presided over the presentation ceremony for the 2017 Navy Awards.
The event, held on Wednesday the 14th in the Hall of 19th Century Ships in the Navy Museum at the Navy Headquarters, was attended by the Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Agustín Conde Bajén, the Chief of the Defence Staff, Army General Fernando Alejandre Martínez, the Navy Chief of Staff, Admiral Teodoro López Calderón, and the Secretary General for Defence Policy, Admiral Juan Francisco Martínez Núñez, as well as by other VIPs.
On 28 November, the Association of Spanish Graduates in Security and Defence (ADESyD) held its 4th Congress, which gathered together experts from academia, the military, police, Civil Guard and the business world under the theme “Sharing (visions of) Security”.
The Congress saw debates on current security topics over the course of four roundtables on National, International, Public and Private Security, which underscored the unifying role of security and the importance of promoting a culture of security to drive the national security system.
Mr Jesús Alonso, Isdefe’s Director of Business Development, took part in the presentation on “The Future of the Defence Industry” during a workshop titled “The Value of Spain’s Aerospace Industry”, which was organised by the Official Institute of Spanish Aerospace Engineers (COIAE) and Fly News at the facilities of the Spanish Institute of Engineering on 27 November.
His presentation focused on two catalysing elements in this transformative process: the rising international prominence of this sector and the technological challenges.
The Secretary of State for Defence, Agustín Conde, closed out the 5th National Congress on Defence and Security R&D, which was held from 22 to 24 November at the Infantry Academy in Toledo and organised by the Ministry of Defence’s Sub-Directorate General for Planning, Technology and Innovation (SDGPLATIN), in collaboration with Isdefe.
The Congress has turned into a prominent gathering for presenting the results of the most recent technological and scientific work, facilitating the exchange of expertise, ideas and research projects in various areas of knowledge.