General information about the conference VSU'2018

Jubilee International Scientific Conference on Construction and Architecture is held each year. The Scientific Committee of the Conference is composed of renowned Bulgarian and foreign scientists, which guarantees the high level of reporting and publication of the articles.

Organisers of the conference are Bulgarian institutions and professional organizations operating in the field of architecture and construction. Traditionally, the Conference has the opportunity to participate in various forms-sponsorship, oral reporting, presentation with a poster, participation in discussions, company presentation, listener, etc. also organized accompanying events – company exhibitions, Contests for the best report of a young scientist and the best poster of a student. We foresee again to hold the Youth forum "green Construction for our Future", as in the past years our co-organizer for this event was the Eureka Foundation.

The conference will be held at The University of Structural Engineering & Architecture (VSU) "Lyuben Karavelov" - Sofia. The official languages of the Conference are Bulgarian, English, German and Russian. As working languages are used Bulgarian, English, Russian and German languages.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Chairman

• Borislav Borisov, Prof., PhD, Rector of USEA (VSU) „L. Karavelov“

Members

• Angel Baltov, Prof., DSc, Member of BAS, Institute of Mechanics, BAS, Bulgaria
• Doncho Partov, Prof., PhD, USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
• Georgi Frangov, Prof., PhD, USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
• Konstantin Kazakov, Prof., DSc, USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
• Margarita Hamova, Prof., PhD, USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
• Teodor Roshavelov, Prof., DSc, USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
• Yanko Alexandrov, Prof., PhD, USEA (VSU) „Lyuben Karavelov“, Bulgaria
• Dimitar Nazarski, Prof., PhD, Univ. of Architecture, UACEG, Bulgaria
• Yatchko Ivanov, Prof., DSc, Acad. MBAS, Institute of Mechanics; NTSSB, Bulgaria
• John Ermopoulos, Prof., PhD, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
• Asterios Liolios, Prof., PhD, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
• Vladimir Kartopoltsev, Prof., DSc, Tomsk State Univ. of Arch. & Building, Russia
• Vladimir Křistek, Prof. DrSc., Phd., FEng., Czech TU of Prague, Czech Republic
• Jindrich Melcher, Prof., DSc, University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
• Jiři Studnicka, Prof., DSc, Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
• Miloš Drdácký, Prof., DSc, ITAM, Acad. of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
• Miroslav Bajer, Prof. PhD, University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
• František Wald, Prof. PhD, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
• Vladimir Savyovsky, Prof., DSc, KNUCA, Kyiv, Ukraine
• Włodzimierz Martinek, Prof., DSc, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
• Mariusz Maślak, Prof., PhD, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
• Golubka Necevska-Cvetanovska, Prof., PhD, IZIIS, Skopje, Macedonia
• Veronika Shendova, Prof. PhD, IZIIZ, Skopje, Macedonia
• Jan Ravinger, Prof., DSc, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
• Jozef Melcer, Prof., DSc, University of Žilina, Slovakia
• Eva Kormanikova, Assoc. prof, PhD, Tehnical University of Košice, Slovakia
• Alexander Tesár, accos. Prof. DSc, Slovak Academy of Sciences, ICA, Slovakia
• Dinar Camotim, Prof., Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Luís Calado, Prof., PhD, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Paulo B. Lorenco, Prof. PhD, University of Minho, Portugal
• Rita Bento, Assoc. Prof. PhD, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Luc Courard, Prof., PhD, University of Liège, Belgium
• Clara-Bertolini-Cestari,Prof. arch. PhD, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
• Antonio Formisano, Prof., PhD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Mario Chiorino, Prof., PhD, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
• Massimo Majowiecki, Prof., IUAV, University of Venice, Italy
• Maurizio Piazza, Prof., PhD, University of Trento, Italy
• Riccardo Zandonini, Prof., PhD, University of Trento, Italy
• Federico M. Mazzonali, Prof. Emiritus, DSc – University of Naples, Italy
• Fererico M. Mazzonali, Prof. Emiritus, DSc – University of Naples, Italy
• Moogens Nilsen, Prof. PhD, Technical University, Denmark
• Nicolae Taranu, Prof., PhD, TU Iasi, Romania
• Radomir Folić, Prof., PhD, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
• Nadja Kurtović – Folić, Prof. arch., University of Novi Sad, Serbia
• Natasa Luxor, Arch. PhD, Director of National Heritage Foundation-Belgrade, Serbia
• Roger Johnson, Prof., University of Warwick, United Kingdom
• Hartmut Pasternak, Prof., DSc, BTU Cottbus, Germany
• Philippe Van Bogaert, Prof., DSc, State University of Ghent, Belgium
• Heinz Brandl, Prof., DSc, TU Wien, Austria
• Yesim Kamile Actuglu, Prof. PhD, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
• Naida Ademovic, Assoc. Prof. PhD, University of Sarajevo, Bosna and Herzegovina

HONORARY CO-ORGANIZERS

Chamber of Engineers in Investment Design

Bulgarian Construction Chamber

Scientific and Technical Union of Civil Engineering in Bulgaria

Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria

Union of Architects in Bulgaria

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman

• Assoc. Prof. Aniita Handruleva, PhD

Honorary Chairman

• Prof. Doncho Partov, PhD

Members

• Assoc. Prof. Lyuben Lyubenov, PhD
• Assoc. Prof. Aleksandra Ivanova, PhD
• Assoc. Prof. Vencislav Stoianov,PhD
• Assoc. Prof. Yulia Ilieva, PhD
• Assoc. Prof. Todor Georgiev, PhD
• Assoc. Prof. Vanyo Georgiev, PhD
• Aleksandra Atanasova
• Diana Dimitrova

BEST ORAL PRESENTATION BY A COLLEGE STUDENT

Only one co-author of the report / poster is admitted. An international jury will award the first, second and third prize for both performance and originality of work of student or young researcher.

The criteria for evaluating the presentations are: merits of the re-ported research problem and research methodology; quality of the pre-sented content - clear and consistent presentation of the problem and the results; aesthetic quality - colors, quality of graphical material and text; presentation skills - quality and consistency of the explanation, elo- quence; confidence; observing allocated presentation time; answers to questions - preciseness, brevity, self-confidence. The award certificate can be an important part of your CV

BEST POSTER PRESENTATION BY A STUDENT AWARD

All students may join this competition. Each student who is an author of an article, accepted in the Proceedings, has to present as a poster. Only one co-author of the report / poster is admitted. Each poster presenta-tion allows one student to participate in this competition.