18^th International Symposium

ECOLOGY & SAFETY

For a cleaner and safer world

June 8 - 12, 2009, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria

 Organized by

Burgas Municipality

Bulgarian Academy of Science

Union of Scientists in Bulgaria - Bourgas

Science & Education Foundation

Department of Forestry and Natural Environment,

Technological Educational Institute of Kavala, Drama, Greece

  UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

MR. DIMITAR NIKOLOV, MAYOR OF BURGAS MUNICIPALITY

 Sponsored by:

Info Invest Ltd - Bulgaria

www.ScienceBg.Net

SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

 We are pleased to invite you to take part in the ECOLOGY & SAFETY Symposium,

which will be held on 8 – 12 June 2009 in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria.

TOPICS:

• Ecology of air, soil and water;

• Ecological monitoring and evaluation of ecological status;

• Environmental policy and management;

• International ecological standards and certification;

• Economy of ecological solutions and management of ecological investments;

• Ecology, medicine and pharmacy;

• Industrial ecology and transboundary pollution;

• Ecology of agriculture and food industry;

• Ecotourism and ecological impact of tourism;

• Construction, architecture and the environment;

• Ecological education and upbringing;

• Ecology, philosophy, sociology and law;

• The media and protection of the environment;

• International cooperation in protection of the environment.

Note: Only those who have submitted their registration form, fulfilled all the requirements in the present Call for Papers and present at the symposium are regarded as symposium participants.

DATES AND VENUE

8 - 12 June  2009, the Imperial Hotel, Sunny Beach

Registration of participants: 5 – 6 pm, 8 June; 9 – 10 am, 9 June

Inauguration of the conference: 9 June

Closing of the conference: 12 June

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES

English, Russian and Bulgarian. The main conference language is English. Simultaneous or consecutive interpretation from Russian or Bulgarian into English is provided. For this reason, it is necessary to send the text of the presentation or an extended summary of the paper translated into English so that the interpreters can become acquainted with it. If participants fail to do this, the presentations whose translation is not received by the stipulated deadline will be included as posters on the program without asking for their authors' consent.

SUBMISSIONS

There is a limit of two contributed submissions per registered author. They may be presented as a talk or as a poster. Oral presentations are 10 minutes long and a poster session lasts one hour.

PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT

Participants can use a PC and a multimedia projector. Presentations have to be prepared using PowerPoint and stored on a USB flash drive. Presentations are emailed to the organisers prior to the conference with the file name displaying the participant's name and surname.

PUBLICATION

Submissions, no matter whether presented as talks or posters, will be published in the International Scientific Publications, Ecology & Safety journal in cooperation with the Science and Education Foundation. You can get more information about the journal at www.science-journals.eu.

Journal description: 750 MB CD-ROM disc in a box; papers are in Flash format, allowing for full-colour printouts. To see what a published paper looks like, please go to www.science-journals.eu

Protection and identification: The journal is reliably protected using special technologies. It is identified with an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).

Editing and reviewing: Every paper is reviewed by two independent, anonymous reviewers.

Advisory Editor

Ioannis Takos, Greece

Editorial Board

Alexy Danchev, Bulgaria

Cengiz Kurtulus, Turkey

Dyer Narinesingh, Trinidad and Tobago (W.I.)

Dimitrios Bakaloudis, Greece

Galatsidas Spyridon, Greece

Nikolay Raybalskii, Russia

Valentin Nenov, Bulgaria

Milan Konecny, Czech Republic

Oana Zamfirescu, Romania

Theodora Merou, Greece

Journal languages: English

Copyright: Authors retain copyright of the published papers and have full responsibility for their contents. The publisher has the unlimited right to offer and distribute the edition with the papers published in it. The publisher assumes no responsibility whatsoever if the authors have inflicted harm or damage to any third parties.

DISCLAIMER

As an organiser of the symposium, Info Invest Ltd assumes no responsibility whatsoever, direct or implied, for the contents of the papers as well as for the consequences arising from misinterpretation or unawareness of the requirements for participation. The fact that you have submitted a registration form for the symposium means that you have read and agreed with the present conditions.

REGISTRATION FEES

Before 30 January 2009:

Standard registration fee for members of educational and research institutions: 210 Euros;

Special registration fee for members of educational and research institutions who were registered participants at the 2008 Ecology and Safety Symposium: 180 Euros
 Special reduced registration fee for full-time PhD student (Note: students taking distance learning, correspondence or other similar courses are not eligible): 120 Euros;

After 30 January 2009: registration fee is 240 Euros for all participants.

Additional fee: 60 Euros for a second paper presented.

Accompanying persons do not pay registration fees. Each participant, except PhD students, can take only one accompanying person to the symposium.

THE REGISTRATION FEES INCLUDE

• admission to all sessions of the symposium. (Videos of all symposiums held in 2008 are available at www.sciencebg.net/video/;

• the presentation of a paper either as a talk (10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion) or as a poster (up to six pages A4 paper size). A poster session lasts one hour. Please note: PhD students are allowed to present posters only;

• publication of a paper up to 30 pages long in the International Scientific Publications. Ecology & Safety Journal on CD-ROM and a copy of the journal on CD-ROM. All papers must comply with certain formatting requirements.

• a printed copy of the Symposium Programme;

• free publication of the paper in the International Research Publications Online Electronic Journal if they meet all requirements for publication in it. Submitted papers are discussed and accepted for publication by the editorial committee in the order of their presentation; papers are reviewed by two independent reviewers. You can see the electronic journal at www.ejournalnet.com . Please note that in no way does free publication incur an obligation on the part of the publisher to publish a paper;

• coffee breaks;

• simultaneous or consecutive interpretation from Bulgarian or Russian into English if needed;

• preferential accommodation prices in selected hotels offered by the organisers and free booking for symposium participants.

Those who have not presented their paper or poster at the symposium are not regarded as participants and do not get any symposium materials, although they may have paid their registration fees. The presentation of other people's papers is not allowed without a good reason and the prior consent of the organising committee. If the type of presentation (talk or poster) is not specified, the organising committee has the right to decide on it as appropriate.

IMPORTANT DATES

• 24 December 2008: Registration form and abstract (up to 10 lines) submission deadline. You will be notified about acceptance/rejection with an email from the organising committee within five working days of receiving the submission.

• 30 January 2009: Deadline for transferring the registration fees to the account given in the email sent to the participant by the organising committee. All bank charges and commissions are paid by the participants. Please inform your bank about this when ordering the transfer. Payment on site is not allowed;

• 30 January 2009: Final paper submission deadline. Please send your paper written according to the formatting requirements to the organisers for publication at symposium@sciencebg.net. If the file is larger than 6 MB, please send it on a CD by post. You will be notified whether the paper is accepted for publication with an email from the organising committee within five working days of receiving the paper. If you should receive no reply, please contact the organisers by email or telephone;

• 30 April 2009: Deadline for booking accommodation for the participants and their accompanying persons. After this deadline, the organisers have no responsibility to arrange accommodation for the participants.

• 5 pm – 6 pm  8 June and 9 am – 10 am 9 June: Registration of participants;

• 9 June: Opening of the symposium; 12 June: Closing of the symposium.

BANK ACCOUNT AND INVOICES 

Payment: Registration fees are transferred to the account given in the notification email sent to the participant by the organising committee. All bank charges and commissions are paid by the participants. Please inform your bank about this when ordering the transfer. Payment on site is not allowed.

Invoices: To receive an invoice you need to provide the following information:

If the bank transfer is ordered by a natural person: the person's full name, and full address.

If the bank transfer is ordered by a company or organisation: legal name of the organisation, address, VAT number or identification code, name of recipient of the invoice and full address.

Invoices will be sent in PDF format by email. As they have a signature and a stamp in full colour, you need a high-quality printer to print out the original.

Note: If the bank transfer is ordered by a natural person, it is not possible to issue an invoice to a company or organisation.

PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION

Participation: Only fully registered participants, their accompanying persons and special guests of the Organising Committee can take part in the symposium. Unregistered attendance is not allowed.

Registration: 5 pm – 6 pm on 8 June and 9 am – 10 am on 9 June. Please tell your country, name and surname at the registration desk. Accompanying persons do not have to register, but they receive a badge saying VISITOR.

Name Badges: The badge with your name that you get together with the symposium materials at registration is personal. It is the only document giving free access to the symposium hall and should be clearly visible at all times. You may be denied access to the symposium if you cannot show it. The organisers have the right to demand a proof of your right to attend the symposium.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

You can find information about hotels and booking requirements at http://www.travel-events.info.

The Organising Committee can book accommodation for symposium participants at their prior request without extra charges.  The organisers assume no responsibility for any subsequent changes in the accommodation prices shown in it.

Participants can also arrange their travel and accommodation themselves using a travel agency of their choice. Please inform the organisers if this is case.

VISAS

All participants and their accompanying persons will be emailed official letters of invitation for the symposium in Bulgarian in PDF format. The invitations have a colour signature and stamp. You can print out the original using a high-quality colour printer. Those who need a visa have to personally apply for it at a Bulgarian consulate, showing the letter. If you will be accompanied by your underage children, please give us their names so that we can include them in the invitation. Letters of invitation will be sent only after the correct registration fees are received.

TRAVEL AND JOINING INSTRUCTIONS

There are three main international airports in Bulgaria: in Sofia (430 km from Sunny Beach), Varna (90 km from Sunny Beach) and Burgas (35 km from Sunny Beach).

There are several different ways to get from Sofia, Varna or Burgas to Sunny Beach.

• by bus: Please note that you can take a bus from Sofia or Varna to Sunny Beach, but there is no public bus service from Burgas Airport to Sunny Beach. To go to the bus station in Sofia or Varna, take a taxi from the airport. It is advisable to ask the taxi driver approximately how much the trip will cost before getting into the car as he may overcharge you later.

There are buses from Sofia or Varna to Burgas on the hour. Take those buses which stop at Sunny Beach or Nesebar. Alternatively, you can travel to Burgas, but then you will have to take another bus to Sunny Beach (45 km away). The journey from Sofia to Sunny Beach is approximately 7 hours and from Varna to Sunny Beach approximately 1 hour 30 min.

• by car: you can order a car from the selected hotels which we offer to book for you. Please inform us by email to send you the necessary information. The hotel will issue an invoice for the amount you pay.

• by taxi: we recommend that you use a taxi from Burgas Airport to Sunny Beach. It will be too expensive to travel by taxi from Sofia or Varna, unless you are a group of three or four.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

The social programme is of paramount importance for the success of the symposium. The informal atmosphere of the activities helps you to expand your social contacts with the rest of the participants. You will be informed about the events and times of the social programme additionally. A complete description of the provided activities will be published at http://www.travel-events.info .

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information will be periodically available on this website. Any queries about the organisation and programme of the symposium should be addressed to Mr Ivan Genov, symposium coordinator and director of Info Invest Ltd, Burgas.