October 23th - 25th of 2025, Sofia, Bulgaria
Е-mail: en-info@conference.vsu.bg
I. Architecture and Urbanism. Preservation of Architectural Heritage.
II. Structural Mechanics. Seismic Engineering.
III. Building Structures. Foundation and Geotechnics.
IV. Structural Materials and Building Technologies. Construction Technology and Management.
V. Organization of Construction. Construction Management and Entrepreneurship. Safety and Security in Construction. Fire Safety. Sustainable Construction and Environmental Security. Digitization in Construction, Architecture and Education. AI in the Investment Design.
VІ. Students Section.
Official languages: Bulgarian and English
30 June 2025
Sending Application Form for Participation or Paper Abstract
7 July 2025
Application confirmation for accepted paper abstract
8 September 2025
Submission of full-text of papers
23 September 2025
Receiving Feedback from paper reviewer(s)
30 September 2025
Final-editing of text upon reviewers' comments
17 October 2025
Participation fee payment
17 October 2025
Conference Program release
23 October 2025
Registration of Participants, Conference Opening Day
Members
Ana Yanakieva, Institute of Mechanics, BAS, Bulgaria
Anita Handruleva, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
Antonio Formisano, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Asterios Liolios, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Bojidar Yanev, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., Columbia University, New York City, USA
Borislava Mancheva-Velkova, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Arch., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“
Borislava Daalov, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“
Clara Bertolini-Cestari, Prof. Ph.D. Arch., Polytechnic University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Doncho Partov, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
Dragan Kostic, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., University of Niš, Serbia
Eva Kormaníková, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Frantishek Wald, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Georgi Georgiev, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“
Golubka Necevska-Cvetanovska, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., Institute of Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Seismology, Skopje, North Macedonia
Hartmut Pasternak, Prof. D.Sc. Eng., Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, Germany
Iliana Stoynova, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“
Jiří Studnička, Prof. D.Sc. Eng., Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Lachezar Hrischev, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng., University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, NTSSB, Bulgaria
Mario Chiorino, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., Polytechnic University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Meri Cvetkovska, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, North Macedonia
Nadja Kurtović-Folić, Prof. Ph.D. Arch., University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Natasa Zivaljevic-Luxor, Ph.D. Arch., National Heritage Foundation, Serbia
Nicolae Țăranu, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, Romania
Philippe Van Bogaert, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., Ghent University, Belgium
Radomir Folić, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Robert Eadie, Ph.D. Eng., Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK
Stanislav Tsvetkov, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
Svetlana Lilkova-Markova, Prof. Ph.D. Eng., University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria
Stela Tasheva, Prof. Ph.D. Arch., University of Forestry, Bulgaria
Teodor Roshavelov, Prof. D.Sc. Eng., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
Todor Georgiev, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
Tsvetoslava Zareva-Peeva, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“
Valeri Ivanov, Prof. Ph.D. Arch., University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy
Ventsislav K. Stoyanov, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
Veselin Slavchev, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
Yanko Alexandrov, Prof. Ph.D. Arch., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
Yatchko Ivanov, Acad. Prof. DScTech. Eng., European Polytechnic University, NTSSB, Bulgaria
Yesim Aktuglu, Prof. Ph.D. Arch., Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Yulia Ilieva, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Arch., USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“
Chair
Anita Handruleva, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng.
Members
Doncho Partov, Prof. Ph.D. Eng.
Yulia Ilieva, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Arch.
Stanislav Tsvetkov, Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng.
Vladislava Gogova-Ilieva, Ch. Assistant Prof. Ph.D. Eng.
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Senior Lecturer - English
Fatima Hadzieva, student
▪ Maximum number of Research papers – 3;
▪ Full text of Research Paper should not exceed 10 pages;
▪ Please, use the template and its formatting;
▪ Page format – А4;
▪ Pages should not be numbered;
▪ Each file should follow either .DOCX or .DOC, or Microsoft Word formatting;
▪ Reports in a presentation format will NOT be accepted;
▪ Reports that do not meet the specified requirements will not be published;
PAPERS will be published as an ISSN 1314-071X Conference Proceedings pdf-book, and made available on the conference website. All authors of all published reports hold their scientific-work(s) copyrights.
All the conference proceedings shall be included in the National Reference List (NRL) of contemporary Bulgarian scientific journals furnished with a scientific review by the National Center for Information and Documentation (NACID). Always two Members of the Scientific Committee shall review each paper submitted for publishing. When needed, external reviewers may be invited, i.e. other experts in the particular area of research.
Lead author 150 BG lev(a) / €75
Co-author 80 BG lev(a) / €40
Attendee only 80 BG lev(a) / €40
Company presentation – report 200 BG lev(a) / €100
Company presentation – exhibition and/or demo 300 BG lev(a) / €150
PhD student 60 leva/30 Euro
Student 40 leva/20 Euro
Participant from co-organizer free
Traditionally participating company - report 150 leva/75 Euro
Traditionally participating company and/or demonstration - exhibition 200 leva/100 Euro
Deadline for payment of participation fee: October 17, 2025.
Fees are to be wired/ transferred to the following bank account:
Bulgarian National Bank (Central Office)
BIC: BNBGBGSD
IBAN: BG02 BNBG 9661 3100 1461 01
Full name of author should be written in the Payment Order.
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