13th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE VSU'2013

CONFERENCE TOPICS
Mechanics. Mathematics. Building Structures. Architecture. Arts and Conservation of Architectural Heritage. Building Materials. Energy Efficiency. Construction Technology and Equipment. Construction Management. Economics of Construction. Geotechnical Engineering. Geodesy. Road & Railway Engineering. Innovation in Education. Sustainable Development in Construction.

REGISTRATION FORM
Title (Prof., Dr., Mr., Mrs.): ................................................................ First name: ....................................................................................... FAMILY NAME: .................................................................................. Academic position / Affiliation: ........................................................... Institution / Company: ....................................................................... ........................................................................................................ Address of the institution / company: ................................................. .......................................................................................................... Tel.: ............................................ Fax: ............................................. Mobile phone:.................................................................................... E-mail: .............................................................................................. DATA FOR INVOICE Identification number of the Institution / Company:.............................. VAT ID number:................................................................................. I intend to: attend Conference VSU 2013 Oral Poster

Call for papers

FORMS OF PARTICIPATION
Scientific presentation (oral) Scientific presentation (poster) Scientific publication* Corporate presentation (oral) Corporate exhibition. * Intended for those who cannot attend the conference, but are willing to contribute paper(s) for publication in the Conference Proceedings.

13th International Scientific Conference VSU'2013

dedicated to the 75 Anniversary of VSU

CONFERENCE VENUE
The Conference will be held at the Higher School of Civil Engineering Lyuben Karavelov in Sofia.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES
only submit paper(s), without attending the conference Title of paper(s) - maximum of two: 1. ..................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................ 2. ..................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................ Preferred Conference Topics: 1. ..................................................................................................... 2. ..................................................................................................... I intend to book accommodation myself Please, make hotel reservation to me for ........... nights: Dates: ......................................................................., Single/double room at hotel 2, 3, 4, 5 stars (circle your choice) Number of people: ............. Name(s) of accompanying person(s): ........................................................................................................ The registration deadline is March 15th 2013! vsu_2013@vsu.bg The official languages of the Conference are Bulgarian and English. Working languages of the Conference are Bulgarian, English, Russian and German. The papers may be submitted in English or in Bulgarian.

REGISTRATION
A completed Registration Form sent by e-mail till 15 March 2013, and a copy of the Conference fee payment document sent by e-mail or fax before 19 April 2013, will make you eligible for participation. Registration Desk: 6 June 2013 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the ground-floor lobby of the Administrative Building of VSU Lyuben Karavelov - Sofia.

Address for Correspondence:

Higher School of Civil Engineering (VSU) Lyuben Karavelov 13th International Scientific Conference VSU 2013 Mrs. Neli Yordanova, Organizing Committee Secretary 175 Suhodolska Str. 1373 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel/Fax: + 359 2 80 29 188 E-mail: vsu_2013@vsu.bg Internet site: www.vsu.bg

June 6-7, 2013 Sofia, Bulgaria

www.vsu.bg

HONORARY CO-ORGANIZERS
CHAMBER OF ENGINEERS IN INVESTMENT DESIGN BULGARIAN CONSTRUCTION CHAMBER - SOFIA SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL UNION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN BULGARIA CHAMBER OF ARCHITECTS IN BULGARIA UNION OF ARCHITECTS IN BULGARIA

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Prof. Doncho Partov, PhD - Chairman Assoc. Prof. Lachezar Hrischev, PhD Assist. Prof. Vanyo Georgiev, PhD Assist. Prof. Stoyanka Yakova Assist. Prof. Lyuben Lyubenov Eng. Krasimira Stoeva Neli Yordanova Organizing Committee Secretary

REGISTRATION FEES
Please check

Type of participation
Scientific Presentation Oral or Poster, and Publication (up to 2 papers)

Fee 100.00 Euro

(PhD Students)
Scientific Publication only (up to 2 papers)

(70.00 Euro)
90.00 Euro

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
National Scientific Committee:
Assoc. Prof. Radan Ivanov, PhD Rector of VSU Chairman Assoc. Prof. Ventseslav Stoyanov, PhD Vice-Rector of VSU Vice-Chairman Prof. Margarita Hamova, PhD Vice-Rector of VSU Prof. Konstantin Kazakov, DSc VSU Lyuben Karavelov Assoc. Prof. Georgi Godinyachki, PhD VSU Lyuben Karavelov Prof. Yatchko Ivanov, DSc, Academician, MBAS Institute of Mechanics; NTSSB Prof. Angel Baltov, DSc, Member of BAS Institute of Mechanics, BAS Prof. Petar Kolev, DSc Higher School of Transport Todor Kableshkov Prof. Dimitar Nazarski, PhD University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy Prof. Arch. Lyuben Sivrev, PhD VSU Lyuben Karavelov Arch. Georgi Stoilov International Academy of Architecture Arch. Georgi Kolarov Bulgarian Green Building Council

(PhD Students)
Scientific Presentation only Oral or Poster

(70.00 Euro)
100.00 Euro

(PhD Students)
Listener

(70.00 Euro)
70.00 Euro

(PhD Students)

(70.00 Euro)
150.00 Euro 200.00 Euro

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS

Authors are invited to send completed registration form(s) and abstracts of up to one page to e-mail address: vsu_2013@vsu.bg till 15 March 2013. The abstract must contain a title, author(s) names, preferred conference topic and an e-mail for contact. The abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and authors will be informed about its decision till 29 March 2013. The text of the accepted for publication reports or posters should be written in English (UK) and should not exceed 6 (six) pages, including title, equations, figures, tables and references. Please write down your papers inside a copy of the template file TemplateVSU2013en.doc, which will be sent to you upon acceptance of the abstracts. The final paper should be sent to e-mail address: vsu_2013@vsu.bg both in DOC and PDF format. The full papers should be sent to vsu_2013@vsu.bg till 19 April 2013. Contributions received after this date will be published on CD only. The presentation time will be 15 minutes, including discussion. We will provide presentation equipment; you should only bring a file with your presentation (PowerPoint; for other formats please let us know in advance). The duration of poster sessions will be 60 minutes.

Corporate Presentation Corporate Exhibition

International Scientific Committee:

Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Prof. Vl. Kartopoltsev, DSc Tomsk State Univ. of Architecture & Building, Russia Heinz Brandl, DSc TU Wien, Austria Jiri Studnicka, DSc Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Jindrich Melcher, DSc University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic Ragnar Sigbjrnsson, PhD University of Iceland, Reykjavk, Iceland Jii Strsk, DSc VUT FAST, Brno, Czech Republic Mario Chiorino, PhD Politecnico di Torino, Italy Pavol Juhas, DSc Technical University of Koice, Slovakia Jan Ravinger, DSc Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia Ivanyi Miklos, DSc Univ. of Technology & Economics, Budapest, Hungary Radomir Folic, PhD University of Novi Sad, Serbia Hartmut Pasternak, DSc BTU Cottbus, Germany John Ermopoulos, PhD National Technical University of Athens, Greece Luc Courard, PhD University of Lige, Belgium Wlodzimierz Martinek, DSc Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Asterios Liolios, PhD Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Golubka Necevska-Cvetanovska, PhD IZIIS, Skopje, Macedonia Rene Maquoi, PhD University of Lige, Belgium Jerzy Ziko, PhD University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland Radu Bancila, PhD TU Timisoara, Romania Nicolae Taranu, PhD TU Iasi, Romania Richard Greiner, PhD TU Graz, Austria Milo Drdck, DSc ITAM Acad. of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Jozef Melcer, DSc University of ilina, Slovakia Riccardo Zandonini, PhD University of Trento, Italy Karl Rautenstrauch, PhD University of Weimar, Germany Frantiek Wald, PhD Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Dinar Camotim Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Constantine Spyrakos, PhD National Technical University of Athens, Greece Jn Bujk, PhD University of ilina, Slovakia Ivan Bal, PhD Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia Jure Radic, PhD Institute IGH - Zagreb, Croatia Massimo Majowiecki IUAV, University of Venice, Italy Jan Biliszczuk, DSc University of Technology, Wrocaw, Poland

For all participants attending the conference, the fees include: Access to the conference sessions Conference materials Conference Proceedings Refreshment breaks The Welcome Reception on 6 June 2013 For those not attending (Scientific Publication only), the fee includes: Sending Conference Proceedings to the address the registered person has provided.

BANK ACCOUNT:
BANK: BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK, BRANCH BATTENBERG IBAN: BG02 BNBG 9661 3100 1461 01 BIC: BNBGBGSD SWIFT: BNBGBGSF HOLDER: VSU Lyuben Karavelov

BEST PRESENTATION BY A YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD

All participants aged 35 or younger, who are not full or associate professors may join the competition. The criteria for evaluating the presentations are: merits of the reported research problem and research methodology; quality of the presented 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, eloquence; confidence; observing allocated presentation time; answers to questions preciseness, brevity, self-confidence. An international jury will award the first, second and third prize for both of performance and originality of work of young researcher. The award certificate can be an important part of your CV!

Please indicate in the payment document your name and the name of the conference, for example: Edward Lee, VSU 2013

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of abstracts & registration forms (deadline) Notification of acceptance Submission of final papers and conference fee payment (deadline)

15.03.2013

29.03.2013

19.04.2013