Taking into account the large-scale penetration of aerospace technologies in life, in 2004 the management of the Institute for Space Research and Technology at BAS decided to organize annual international scientific conferences Space, Ecology, Safety - SES.
So far, 20 SES conferences have been held with the participation of leading foreign scientists, scientists from BAS, lecturers from civil and military universities, doctoral students, students, teachers, specialists from companies, etc.
Members of the scientific and program committees were prominent Bulgarian and foreign scientists - academics, corresponding members and professors from over 10 countries. Scientists from over 30 countries participated as lecturers, authors and co-authors: Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belgium, United Kingdom, Ghana, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Egypt, Israel, India, Ireland, Italy, China, MaldivesðMacedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Russia, USA, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, Finland, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan and others.
The working languages of the Conference are Bulgarian, English and Russian.
The papers presented at the Conference are published in the PROCEEDINGS SES, included in the NACID Reference List. The total number of reports published so far is over 1000, and the total volume of these collections is about 6000 pages.