Program

5 OCTOBER

11:00 – 13:00 Registration and accommodation at Sol Nessebar Palace 5*

Registration and accommodation at Sol Nessebar Palace 5*

14:30 – 15:00 Opening

Moderator: Prof. Dr. (econ.) Eng. Nikolay Mihaylov, Chairman of scientific board at Institute of transportation
engineering

15:00 – 15:40 Development of the national road network

Participants:
Eng. Desislava Paunova – member of the Management Board of Road Infrastructure Agency, Strategic
development of the national road network
Dr. Dina Tzonevska – Road Infrastructure Agency, The economic factor as a key in planning activities of the national
road network

15:40 – 16:20 Strategic Infrastructure

Participants:
Desislava Topalova – Head of Customer Service at BMF Port Burgas, Development of the Port of Burgas as
infrastructure of strategic importance
Ing. Hristo Monev – Chairman of The Supervisory Board at Danube bridge Vidin Calafat, Danube Bridge Vidin –
Calafat history and present

16:20 – 17:00 Road Safety

Participants:
Maria Angelova – State Agency „Road Safety“, Ensuring road safety in the investment process
Eng. Georgi Zlatev – Executive Director of KMV-Road Safety Systems, Positive Trends in the Application of Restraint
Systems in the Country

17:00 – 17:40 Innovations

Participants:
Eng. Georgi Dimitrov – Managing Director at PERI Bulgaria, VPS – A revolutionary system in the construction of
bridges
Thomas Hasslacher – Area manager Huesker Group, Geosynthetic Reinforced Walls and Slopes – Lessons Learnt
Systems in the Country

19:00 – 21:00 Dinner at the main restaurant

Dinner at the main restaurant

21:00 Karaoke night – Viva bar

Karaoke night – Viva bar

6 OCTOBER

7:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

Breakfast

9:30 – 9:45 Advantages of integral abutments for seismic design of bridges

Dr. Eng. Ivanka Topurova, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Peter Nikolov

9:45 – 10:00 Study of Problems Related to Pedestrian Bridges in Bulgaria

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Lazar Georgiev

10:00-10:15 Technological methods for laying concrete mixture in pavement blocks repairs

Dr. Eng. Evgenia Bogdanova, UACEG

10:15 – 10:30 Necessity and purpose of accelerating and decelerating lanes at road junctions. Comparison of the regulatory framework for the design of acceleration and deceleration lanes in Bulgaria, Austria, Germany and the USA (California)

Eng. Marin Zhelev, PhD student at Higher School of Transport „Todor Kableshkov“

10:30 – 10:45 Analysis of the impact of rail head wear on railway superstructure stability

Eng. Kalin Mirchev, PhD student UACEG

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30 Transportation Embankments Constructed on Soft Soils – Theory and Practice

Keynote lecturer – Prof. Ozer Cinicioglu, Bogazici University

11:30 – 11:40 Permanent Stabilization of Rock Slopes

Prof. Dr. Eng. Nikolay Zhechev, University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”

11:40 – 11:50 Evaluating the Long-Term Plastic Strain Accumulation in Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Application for Road Subbase Construction: A Cyclic Triaxial Loading Study

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Wojciech Sas, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

11:50 – 12:00 Innovative approach for surveying slope stability in road infrastructure rehabilitation

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Ivan Mitev, University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”

12:00 – 12:10 Depth profile of Eurocode LM1 Load and its influence on geotechnical structures

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Nikolay Kerenchev, UACEG

12:10 – 12:20 Rapid detection of landslides mechanisms and assessment of their geometry and dimensions by means of a drone survey (UAV) after the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake

Dr. Eng. Nikolay Milev, UACEG

12:20 – 12:30 Analysis of a two pile frame for a horizontal force

Dr. Eng. Iliyan Markov, UACEG

12:30 – 12:40 Criticism of rock excavation construction and possibilities for their higher efficiency

Prof. Dr. Eng. Chavdar Kolev, Higher School of Transport „Todor Kableshkov“

12:40 – 12:50 The critical boundary between a deep trench and a tunnel as a major factor in the efficiency of design routes

Prof. Dr. Eng. Chavdar Kolev, Higher School of Transport „Todor Kableshkov“

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break

Lunch break

14:30 – 15:10 Technologies

Participants:
Eng. Andreas Bugiel – Еuroizol, Widening of the road structures and the reconstruction of road pavements using
DuPont TMTypar® thermally bonded geotextile
Eng. Denislav Velkov – ViaCon Bulgaria, Reconstructions of bridges with corrugated steel structures

15:10 – 16:10 Digitalization

Participants:
Eng. Nikolay Popov – Expert at BITSA, Digitalization in data acquisition and analysis processes in the design of new
light-regulated junctions
Eng Nikolay Dimitrov – General Manager at GeoVara, 3D mapping with drones and scanners and applying
innovative survey equipment
Dr. Georgi Temelkov – General Director of the National Toll Administration, Importance of the toll system and
prospects for development

16:10 – 16:50 Standards

Еng. Angelo Perone – International FIDIC expert, Importance to have FIDIC contract in construction works and risk
allocation under FIDIC
Eng. Plamen Solomonov – Executive agency Audit of European Union Funds, Main problems occurred during audits
by Executive agency Audit of European Union Funds on Operational programme on Transport and Transport
Infrastructure

16:50 – 17:30 Closing

Moderator: Dr. Eng. Hristo Grozdanov

20:00 Gala dinner – Viva bar

Gala dinner – Viva bar