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DiPP2026 Conference Place: Cultural Center "Sea Casino", Burgas, Bulgaria
24.09.2026
10:00-18:00 – Registration
11:00-12:30 – Official Press Conference
13:00-14:00 – DiPP2026 Opening Ceremony and Official Greetings
14:00-16:00 Conference Session 1.
Chair: Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Burgas Free University, Bulgaria, and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Invited Talk: Daniel Arias Aranda – Digitalisation of Cultural Heritage and the Economics of Cultural Tourism: Transforming Preservation into Opportunity
Invited Talk: Bilyana Yavrukova, Maxim Goynov, Desislava Paneva-Marinova – Implementation of the CultIS Platform at the Sofia University Library "St. Kliment Ohridski": Challenges, Results, and Perspectives
Ivan Kratchanov, Detelin Luchev – Designing Serious Games for Libraries: Aligning Educational and Persuasive Intent for Anxiety Mitigation and Heritage Engagement
Dušan Tatić, Maxim Goynov, Radomir Stanković – Modelling and Constructing Avatars for Museum Exhibitions
Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-19:00 Conference Session 2.
Chair: Detelin Luchev, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Alexander I. Iliev, Aman Malik, Gagan Anil Gowda, Satyajit Samal – AI Use Cases for the Digital Documentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
Tuğçe Ballı, E. Fatih Yetkin – Towards an Objective Evaluation Layer: EEG-Based Assessment of Cognitive Engagement in AI-supported Immersive Cultural Heritage Experience
Evgeniya Georgieva, Tsvetozar Georgiev, Tsvetelina Stefanova – Enhancing Scientific Heritage Access Through AI-Powered Assistants and Collaboration Platforms in Academic Ecosystems
Zsolt László Márkus, György Szántó, Tibor Szkaliczki, Miklós Veres, Zsolt Weisz, Sean Klein, Jane Jean Kiam – Discover the Historical Munich Bridges Through a Gamified Mobile Walk
Ozlem Kevseroglu, Rifat Kurban – Towards a Digital Atlas for Cultural Landscape: Framework Design and Mobile Application Development for Documenting Tangible and Intangible Heritage
Cristina Alexandra Drăghici, Iasmina Onescu – Supporting Sustainable Interventions in the Historical Center of Lugoj City, Romania, Through Life-Cycle Assessment Framework
Discussion
20:00 – DiPP2026 Official Dinner (with preliminary registration)
25.09.2026
09:00-18:00 – Registration
09:30-11:00 Conference Session 3.
Chair: Dušan Tatić, Mathematical Institute of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia
Maria Teresa Artese, Bianca Letizia Cerchiai, Emma Beligni, Elisa Maria Alessi, Mattia Fortunati – MyStoriesBAG, a Tool for Scientific Learning in Physics and Astronomy Through Play
Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Yanislav Zhelev – A Digital Framework for the Preservation and Presentation of Endangered Craft Heritage
Stefan Bozov, Elena Zaharieva-Stoyanova – Technique-aware Digital Embroidery Simulator with Gaze and Voice Interaction
Moundher Mouaki Benani, Iasmina Onescu – Architectural Heritage in Cinema and Digital Filmmaking: Digital Reconstruction, Accuracy, and Public Interpretation
Bianca Cristina Gomboș, Ileana Maria Kisilewicz, Andreea-Alexandra Fratiman – Digital Approaches to the Rehabilitation of Built Heritage. Case Study of a Historic Residential Unit in Oradea, Romania
Mila Ivanova – Cultural Heritage as an Object of Legal Protection in the Conditions of Digitalisation
Discussion
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Conference Session 4. Information Day on Research Infrastructure Services in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Chairs: Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Radoslav Pavlov, Detelin Luchev, Maxim Goynov, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
• Bulgarian National Research e-Infrastructures. Bulgarian National Interdisciplinary Research e-Infrastructure for Resources and Technologies in Favor of the Bulgarian Language and Cultural Heritage, Part of the EU Infrastructures CLARIN and DARIAH (CLaDA-BG). Current developments of CLaDA-BG infrastructural components and services. Implementations.
Discussion
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:00 Conference Session 5.
Chair: Alexander I. Iliev, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Invited Talk: Bhanu R. Neupane, Dhiraj Pradhananga – Observation to Openness: Governing Hydrological Data in a Non-Stationary World
Invited Talk: Joeri Both – Sustaining Openness: Research Data, Infrastructure and Institutional Commitment
Invited Talk: Gultekin Gurdal, Gonul Kafali Can – Impact of Open Access on Scholarly Visibility: A Case Study of Institutional Repositories
Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-19:00 Conference Session 6. The 17th National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud
Chair: Peter Stanchev, Kettering University, USA and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Peter Stanchev, Aneta Karaivanova, Mikaela Stancheva, Elitsa Foteva, Jordan Iliev, Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Teodora Gandova, Valeriya Simeonova, Hristiyania Klisarova – The 17th National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud
Jordan Iliev, Hristiyania Klisarova – Research Data in Bulgaria. Current State and Challenges
Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Maxim Goynov – Open Access Digital Libraries for Scientific, Educational and Public Institutions in Bulgaria
Mikaela Stancheva, Elitsa Foteva – Open by Design, Secure by Principle: Building a Responsible Research Ecosystem in Bulgaria
Teodora Gandova – Are We Ready for Citizen Science? Capacity Building for Effective Collaboration between Researchers and Citizens within the Open Science Ecosystem
Valeriya Simeonova – National Doctoral School on Open Science 2026 – What We are Learn
Aneta Karaivanova – High-performance Applications on Heterogeneous Systems – Benchmarking and Optimization
Discussion: Open Science and AI
26.09.2026
09:00-16:00 – Registration
09:30-11:00 Conference Session 7.
Chair: Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Cristina Alexandra Drăghici – Reviving Lugoj’s Timiș River Corridor: Blue-Green Resilience Through Restoration, Collaboration, and Heritage Preservation
Bianca Cristina Gomboș, Roberta-Andreea Stoleru, Ileana Kisilewicz, Inna Ostrovsca – Landscape as Narrative in the Virtual Realm: Interactive Mapping and Digital Storytelling for Rural Heritage Conservation in Brebu, Romania
Harshetha Murthy Keshav Murthy, Alexander I. Iliev – Trustworthy Retrieval-Augmented Generation for the Digital Preservation and Transparent Presentation of Biomedical Scientific Heritage
Radoslav R. Yoshinov, Borislav R. Yoshinov, Ivet B. Koleva – Development of an Electronic Archive "Rehabilitation after Soft-Tissue Lesions of the Knee Complex" for the Post-Graduate Medical and Health Professions Education
Evgeniya Nikolova – An Integrated Framework for Digital Immersive Experiences in Cultural Heritage Presentation
Discussion
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Conference Session 8.
Chair: Maxim Goynov, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Invited Talk: Krassen Stefanov – Methods and Practices for Using AI in Education
Alexander I. Iliev, Shamshad Mallick, Gagan Ganesh – AI-Assisted Automated Code Refactoring and Technical Debt Reduction: Supporting Digital Knowledge Documentation and Preservation
Moundher Mouaki Benani – Spatial Distortion in the Film Pompeii 2014: Quantitative Visual Analysis of the Arena's Architectural Heritage Representation
Daria Sarca, Adrian Horațiu Pescaru, Ivett-Greta Zsak – Digital Methods for Urban Heritage Analysis: A Structured Review
Discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:30 Conference Session 9.
Chair: Ivet B. Koleva, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Invited Talk: Christos Ioannidis, Nektarios Moumoutzis, Marios Christoulakis – eShadow LCE: Evolution of a Digital Shadow Theatre Platform to Support Analog Puppet Digitization and Collaboration
Discussion
15:30-17:00 Conference Session 10. Transforming Vocational Education and Training through Digital Learning Frameworks for Sustainability Integration: A GreenComp-Based Approach
Chairs: Yanislav Zhelev and Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Burgas Free University, Bulgaria
17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
27.09.2026
09:30-11:00 Conference Session 11.
Chair: Daria Sarca, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania
Marta Riparante, Maxim Goynov, Detelin Luchev, Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Lilia Pavlova – A Multi-Purpose Model for Structural Manuscript Data Storage and Representation
Radomira Lazarova, Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova, Elena Kanevska-Nikolova, Stanimir Stoyanov – Digital Preservation of Rhodope Dialects Through Intelligent Language Technologies
Milen Kraev – Reliability and Domain Limitations of Intelligent Virtual Assistants in Digital Heritage Systems
Yasena Chantova – From Digitization to Digitalization: a Conceptual Model for Transforming the Bulgarian State Archives into a Socio-Technical Infrastructure
Mariana Petrova, Oksana Vointseva – Georgia – the Cradle of Wine: How Does Cultural and Historical Heritage Influence a Country's Marketing?
Discussion
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 DiPP2026 Closing Ceremony