Programme

24.09.2026 | 25.09.2026 | 26.09.2026 | 27.09.2026

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

Oleg Iliev – Optimizing Communication Architectures in Heritage Buildings: A Decision Model for Transactional Kiosk Systems under Network Constraints

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

 

The authors are responsible for the choice and presentation of views contained in the “Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage, Vol. 16, 2026” and for opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit UNESCO.

DiPP2026 is organized with the financial support of the National Scientific Fund (Contract No. КП-06-МНФ/5/15.05.2026). 

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