Current affairs
The first edition of Hi! Drone Technology drew to an end on 8 June. This was the first drone technology fair in Andalusia, a gathering for drone industry companies and professionals that was held at the Malaga Fair and Convention Centre.
The goals of this forum were to showcase the latest technologies in the drone industry, to promote cooperation among research organisations in R&D projects and to promote the use of drones in professional settings.
The first International Gender and Cybersecurity Forum ended on 6 June 2017. The theme was “Creating a more inclusive digital world v 1.0”, and it was organised by the National Institute for Cybersecurity (INCIBE) and the Organization of American States (OAS) at the auditorium of León.
The South European Systems Engineering Tour was just held in Paris, Rome and Madrid on 29, 30 and 31 May, which saw three workshops on systems engineering organised by the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). The purpose of this event is to popularise this branch of knowledge among professionals and to strengthen the ties among the countries visited by the tour.
The “Defence Industry: R&D” workshop, organised by the Defence Technologies Committee of the Spanish Institute of Engineering (IIE), was held yesterday, 25 May, at that institution’s assembly hall.
The IIE Defence Technologies Committee held a series of conferences in 1999 and 2000 on the theme of “Defence Industry Perspectives at the Dawn of the 21st Century”, devoted to R&D in the area of defence. These gatherings provided the evidence that the Spanish and European defence industrial and technological base is vital as a strategic asset and that joint efforts should be
The 3rd International Congress of the Universidad de Nebrija, on the topic of “Challenges to Global Security”, was held from 16 to 18 May. This gathering, which took place at the Spanish Army’s War College, reaffirms the commitment of both institutions to analysing and disseminating security issues.
The events of recent months, like the attacks in Germany, France and Israel, reveal the true dangers that manifestations of radicalism represent to our society and to the principles that underpin it.