| September 23: Great Hall in the Central building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
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| 10:00-12:00 | Opening of the Conference. Greetings. Plenary Session: Petar Stefanov, Dilyana Stefanova (Bulgaria): Educational strategy ProKARSTerra-Edu and its initiatives Andrzej Tyc (Poland), Petar Stefanov (Bulgaria): Marian Pulina – founder of the Polish-Bulgarian karst initiatives |
| 13:30-16:00 | Session: Announcement and awarding of the winners of the Third edition of the International competition “Karst under protection – gift for the future generations” |
| National Museum of Natural History, Sofia | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Opening an Exhibition with the awarded works of the International competition “Karst under protection – gift for the future generations” |
| 17:00-17:30 | Presentation of the Art-composition “Phantom in karst `2015” of Japanese artists |
| Club "Sofia municipality" | |
| 19:00 | Cocktail „ProKARSTerra” for the participants and guests of the Conference (with tasting of Bulgarian wines from karst areas) |
| September 24: NIGGG-BAS, Hall 1 |
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| 9:00-12:30 | Scientific Session – First and Second meetings |
| 12:30-13:00 | Poster session |
| 13:00-13:30 | Visit in the National Seismological Center in NIGGG-BAS |
| 14:30-17:00 | Scientific Session – Third and Fourth meetings |
| The city center of Sofia | |
| 17:30-19:00 | Social program: Walking tour around historical and cultural landmarks of Sofia |
| September 25: Terrain Scientific Session to the Karlukovo and Panega karst regions in North Bulgaria |
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| 1. Visit to karst sites: Glozhene calcareous tufe waterfalls, ponors (sinkholes) of the river Vit, Brestnitsa karst polje, Saeva dupka cave | |
| 9:30-12:30 | Scientific Session – Fifth (field) meeting - field presentations, demonstrations and discussions |
| 2. Visit the cement plant “Titan Zlatna Panega Cement” | |
| 13:30-15:30 | Scientific session – Sixth meeting |
| 3. Visit to karst sites: karst spring Glava Panega, cave Prohodna | |
| 15:30-17:30 | Session – Seventh (field) meeting - field presentations and discussions |
| September 26: NIGGG-BAS, Hall 1 Closing Plenary Session – general discussion on the topics of Conference |
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| 9:00-10:30 | Presenting of good educational practices and initiatives |
| 10:30-11:00 | Discussion |
| 13:30-15:30 | Round table – consideration of new international initiatives:
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| 16:00-16:30 | Shaping and voting of the Conference Draft documents |
| 16:30-17:00 | Closing of the Conference |
| 20:00 | Gala Dinner for conference participants |
| September 27-30: Scientific Excursion „Karst Pearls of the West Rhodopes in Bulgaria” |
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