Welcome Address Vasilis Zomenos - CYPSEC Director
Your Honorable Minister of Defence , of the Republic of Cyprus , Your Excellency Ambassadors , Honorable President of the Occupied Municipalities of Cyprus & Mayor of Kythrea , Honorable representative of the Chief of the National Guard of Cyprus , dear Executives , Officers , ladies & gentlemen .
I would like to welcome and thank you all for your participation at the 3rd CYPSEC 2023 , Cyprus Defence & Homeland Security Int ' l conference .
Following the succesful organization of the DEFEA 2023 exhibition in Athens , the eyes of the Defense & Security industry are turning to the wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean . We welcome the int ' l Defence & Security technology leaders of the industry , looking for new technological possibilities & solutions , in the context of today ' s unstable international environment which is full of security challenges . We hope that CYPSEC 2023 creates a new and fertile environment for the Defence & Homeland Security industry in Cyprus .
Furthermore , I would like to express my gratitude to the SENIOR Sponsors : DAMEN , MBDA , EUROSPIKE , AIRBUS with AIRBUS Helicopters and AIRBUS Defence & Space , SPACE HELLAS to SPONSORS : SAFRAN Electronics & Defence , CS Group , SWARMLY , EIGHT BELLS , BLUEBIRD , ARQUUS , KERSHIP , ARKEOCEAN , as well as the SPECIAL ATTENDANCE Sponsors : DSA-Defense Standardization Advice , SKYLD Ltd , TAC-LIGHTS from Israel and to our Supporters : Hellenic Institute for Strategic Studies , the National Guard of Cyprus , Hellenic Manufacturers of Defense Materials Association-SEKPY , the Hellenic National Defence General Staff , the European Army Interoperability Centre-FINABEL , the Cyprus Organization for Standardisation-CYS , the Cyprus Compiouter Society , the Cyprus Association of Information Protection and Privacy-CAIPP and GICAN-the French Maritime Industry Association for their valuable support in the preservation of this event .
Once again , welcome to CYPSEC 2023 and I hope it will be a productive and beneficial Conference for everyone .
I call the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus for the official opening of the Conference .