Venue

The 1st Congress of Geneticists in Bosnia and Herzegovina with international participation
will be held in 4* Hotel Holiday located in the center of Sarajevo.

Hotel Holiday, the successor of the famous “Holiday Inn” hotel, designed by renowned
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s architect Ivan Štraus, was built in 1982-1983 for the purpose of
hosting the guests of XIV Winter Olympic Games. It has become an icon and the landmark of
the city. Recently, it was acquired by the Europe group, well established and highly
respected hotelier corporation.

In addition to comfortable and spacious areas dedicated to rest and pleasure, the hotel also
offers one of the largest congress centers with nine air-conditioned halls.

https://www.hoteleuropegroup.ba/en/holiday

Congress registration fee

Early registration Late registration
Type of registration
(before 15th of July) (after 15th of July)
Participant – member of
40 € 80 €
Genetic Association of B&H
Participant – non-member of
80 € 130 €
Genetic Association of B&H
Student* – member of
20 € 40 €
Genetic Association of B&H
Student* – non-member of
30 € 60 €
Genetic Association of B&H
Accompanying person 30 € 50 €
Additional proposals
Congress dinner 20 €
Guided walking tour – old
10 €
city Baščaršija
*Student status is granted upon submission of supporting documentation. Clear and legible
scans sent to genubih@gmail.com are acceptable.

Registration fee includes congress materials, access to scientific sessions, coffee breaks and
lunches during the Congress, welcome reception and certificate of attendance/participation.

Accompanying person fee includes name tag, access to scientific sessions, coffee breaks and
lunches during the Congress. One registered person can be accompanied by one person.
Accompanying person cannot be the first author or the presenting author.
Topics (preliminary):
 Plant Genetics,
 Animal Genetics,
 Microbial Genetics,
 Human Genetics,
 Biomonitoring & Genetic Toxicology,
 Genetics in Biotechnology,
 Bioengineering,
 Applied Genetics.

The final Congress Sessions will be defined according to the submitted abstracts.

Abstract guidelines and submission

The authors are invited to submit their abstracts online not later than the 15th of July, 2019.

The working language of the Congress is English. The abstracts shall be prepared using Times
New Roman, 12 pt not exceeding 300 words (abstract body). The title shall be capitalized, in
bold, central alignment, followed by the list of authors and their affiliations. The presenting
author’s name shall be underlined. The abstract body shall be in justified alignment. The
abstract shall not contain abbreviations/acronyms nor references.

In the online abstract submission form the type of presentation will be selected (either oral
or poster) and topic specified.

The abstracts will be peer-reviewed and the communicating author notified of the outcome.
The extended version of selected presentations will be published as full papers in the journal
Genetics and Applications.

Abstract submission form

Abstract acceptance will be announced before the 1st of August, 2019 and abstract
acceptance confirmations provided if needed.

Congress registration form

Please fill in the Congress registration form to complete your registration procedure.
Provisional program of the Congress
Time/
Date Day 1 - 2/Oct/2019 Day 2 - 3/Oct/2019 Day 3 - 4/Oct/2019 5/Oct/2019 6/Oct/2019
9:00 Invited lecture 1 Invited lecture 4
9:30 Invited lecture 2 Invited lecture 5
10:00 Invited lecture 3 Invited lecture 6
10:15
Coffee/Tea Break Coffee/Tea Break
10:30
10:45
11:10
Oral presentations
11:35 Oral presentations
Arrival of the
11:55
participants, final
12:00 preparations
Poster Session 2
12:15
Poster Session 1
12:30 Session PhD
Students;
Announcement of
Lunch Break the award at the end
13:00 of the Session
13:30
Workshop
13:45 Lunch Break
Oral presentations
14:10
Registration desk
14:35 opens at 14:30 Coffee/Tea Break
15:00
15:30 Sightseeing Tour
16:00 Oral presentations (Closing of the
Congress)
16:20
16:45
Students Session;
17:00 Plenary lectures Announcement of the
awards at the end of
the Session
17:30
18:15
Break, joint walk to
18:30 the reception Free time
venue Free time
19:00
Opening ceremony
19:30 of the Congress /
WORKSHOP
Reception cocktail CONGRESS DINNER
DINNER
21:00
Plenary speakers:
Prof. Dr. Andrew Collins - Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (Oslo, Norway)

Dr. João Puolo Teixeira - National Institute of Health, Environmental Health Department
(Porto, Portugal)

Dr. Zvonimir Marelja - Institut Imagine, (Paris, France)

Confirmed invited speakers:

Prof. Dr. Nermin Gözükırmızı - Istinye University, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Department (Istanbul, Turkey)

Prof. dr. Dijana Plašeska Karanfilska - Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts, Research
Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, (Skopje, Macedonia)

Prof. Dr. Irena Drmić Hofman - University of Split, School of Medicine (Split, Croatia)

Dr. Nataša Golić - Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (Belgrade, Serbia).

Student session awards:

 The best PhD presentation: our sponsor, R&S d.o.o. awards one backpack, a power bank
and a bluethooth speaker.
 The best undergraduate and graduate presentation - BH Futures Foundation sponsors
one monetary award (100 KM) and one entrance fee for the forthcoming BH Futures
Foundation Academy (400 KM), R&S d.o.o. provides activity bottle.
Instructions for international payments
Payments should be made by bank transfer and all bank charges paid by the participant!

BENEFICIARY NAME: Udruzenje geneticara u BiH (Genetic Association in Bosnia and

Herzegovina)

BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: Zmaja od Bosne 8, 71000 Sarajevo

BENEFICIARY BANK: Raiffeisen BANK dd Bosna i Hercegovina

ADDRESS OF THE BANK: Zmaja od Bosne bb, 71000 Sarajevo

SWIFT: RZBABA2S

IBAN CODE: BA391610000096940065

REFERENCE: GENUB&H Congress 2019

AMOUNT: According to the selected fee category, dinner and sight-seeing tour attendance
as specified in your Registration form.

Instructions for domestic payments / plaćanje iz BiH

NAZIV UDRUŽENJA: Udruženje genetičara u Bosni i Hercegovini (GENuBiH)

ADRESA UDRUŽENJA: Zmaja od Bosne bb, 71000 Sarajevo

BROJ RAČUNA: 1610000096940065

SVRHA UPLATE: GENUBiH Congress 2019

Important information
Currency conversion

Please be aware that the vendors can only accept BAM (Convertible Mark = KM). Exchange
rate is 1 EUR = 1.9558 KM. The following ATMs are available at Sarajevo Airport (UNICREDIT
BANK, RAIFFEISEN BANK, SBERBANK, SPARKASSE, ZIRAAT BANK).

Also, an exchange office is available at the airport, right after the exit gate:

GUGO d.o.o.
Aerodrom Sarajevo
Kurta Schorka 36
Tel: ++ 387 33 289 406
GSM: ++ 387 61 857 301
E-mail: alispahic22@hotmail.com
Transport Airport – City center / City center – Airport
Bus

Taxi

Taxi ride to the venue should not cost more than 10 EUR and it has to be paid in KM.

Transport Bus/train station – congress venue

Bus and train stations are within walking distance from the Hotel Holiday.
 With the kind regards,
Scientific Board

Prof. dr. Adaleta Durmić- Pašić

Prof. dr. Andrew Collins
Prof. dr. Azra Skender
Doc. dr. Belma Kalamujić Stroil
Prof .dr. Borut Peterlin
Prof. dr. Dalibor Ballian
Prof. dr. Damir Marjanović
Prof. dr. Dunja Rukavina
Prof. dr. Fuad Gaši
Prof. dr. Izet Eminović
Doc. dr. Jadranka Vraneković
Doc. dr. Jasmina Čakar, secretary of the Board
Prof. dr. Jelena Begović
Prof. dr. Lada Lukić Bilela
Prof. dr. Naris Pojskić
Prof. dr. Nermin Gozukirmizi
Prof. dr. Rifat Hadžiselimović,academician, president of the Board
Prof. dr. Sanin Haverić
Prof. dr. Slavka Ibrulj
Prof. dr. Sonja Šiljak-Yakovlev
Prof. dr. Stojko Vidović
Prof. dr. Vesna Hadžiavdić
Prof. dr. Zoran Galić

Organizing Committee

Doc. dr. Anja Haverić, secretary of the Association

Prof. dr. Emina Kiseljaković
Prof. dr. Kasim Bajrović, president
Katarina Vukojević, MD
Prof. dr. Lejla Pojskić
Mr. Marija Vuković
Mr.med.sci Mensuda Hasanhodžić, MD
Doc. dr. Mirela Mačkić-Đurović
Doc. dr. Naida Lojo-Kadrić
Mr. Radmila Malešević
Prof. dr. Semina Hadžiabulić
Technical support

Bsc Abdurahim Kalajdžić,

Mr. Amela Pilav,
Mr. Anesa Ahatović
Mr. Jasna Hanjalić
Mr. Maida Hadžić,
Mr. Mirela Džehverović,
Mr. Tamara Ćetković.