📅 Date: 12 - 14 June 2026
🏁 Start: 14:00 h
📍 Location: 5, James Bourchier Blvd. 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
UNITe, Sofia University
🎯 Format: In-person
🧑🚀 Participants: PhDs and early-stage researchers
🎤 Working Language: Bulgarian/English
The event is organised within the framework of the Pilot Program for Capacity Building of Higher Education Institutions and Research Organizations for the Creation and Use of Research Data through the Principles of Open, Responsible and Citizen Science, funded by the Ministry of Education and Science and coordinated by the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Programme
12 June 2026 (Friday)
14:00 Welcome coffee and registration
14:30 – 15:00 Opening
Prof. Eng. Senya Terzieva-Zhelyazkova, PhD, Deputy Minister of Education and Science
Acad. Prof. Tony Spassov, Dr.
Vice-rector of Research and Project Development
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Prof. Maya Stoyanova, PhD, Dean of FMI, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Partners in the Pilot Programme:
- Prof. Krasen Stefanov – UNITe Centre of Excellence
- Assoc. Prof. Krasimira Ivanova – IMI-BAS
- Vanya Grashkina – NACID
- Teodora Gandova - NGO Links
Moderator: Prof. D.Sc. Ana Proykova
15:00 – 16:30 Session 1
15:00 – 15:15 Open and Responsible Science – key policies and priorities, Ministry of Education and Science
15:15 – 16:15 Core Principles of Open Science, Dr Jordan Iliev, NACID
16:30 – 18:30 Session 2
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Self-assessment tool to understand and apply open science, Assist. Prof. Dr Albena Antonova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Discussion
17:30 – 18:30 Collaboration under the K-Trio Project, Assist. Prof. Dr Albena Antonova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
19:00 Dinner
13 June 2026 (Saturday)
09:00 – 11:15 Session 3
09:00 – 10:00 FAIR Principles and the Data Lifecycle, Dr Nikola Tulechki, Data for Good
10:00 – 11:15 Open-source tools, scientific software and AI tools. What can I do with my data?, Prof. D.Sc. Peter Stanchev, IMI-BAS
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:15 Session 4
11:30 – 13:15 Artificial intelligence for search and research work in academic libraries, Dr Plamen Miltenov, Research Institute at the University of Economics – Varna
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 16:15 Session 5
14:15 – 15:15 Preprints of scientific articles shared on specialised open platforms,
Dr Plamen Miltenov, Research Institute at the University of Economics – Varna
15:15 – 16:15 Open Access models and the legal framework for secondary publication, Dr Ana Lazarova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 19:30 Session 6
16:30 – 19:30 Collaboration under the BriGRETE project Bridging the Gap: Research Ethics Training and Education: Research ethics and integrity. Management, organisation, and sharing of research data. Policies of scientific journals on the use of AI in publishing activities, Assoc. Prof. Dr Valentina Kaneva, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”; Assoc. Prof. Dr Temenuzhka Zafirova-Malcheva, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
19:30 – 20:30 Dinner
14 June 2026 (Sunday)
09:00 – 11:00 Session 7
09:00 – 10:00 Data Management Plans (DMP) – Horizon Europe requirements, practical tools, repositories and long-term preservation, Magdalena Szuflita-Żurawska, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
10:00 – 11:00 Reproducibility and Impact of Scientific Results, Assoc. Prof. Milena Dobreva, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15 Session 8
11:15 – 12:15 Research Visibility, Alternative Bibliometric Databases and Platforms, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Valeriya Simeonova, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, UNITe
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 15:30 Session 9
13:15 – 15:00 Citizen Science. Open Science Communities: Networks, Partnerships and Career Development, Assoc. Prof. Dr Galina Momcheva, IMI-BAS
15:00 – 15:30 Discussion, Moderator: Teodora Gandova, NGO Links
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 18:00 Session 10
15:45 – 16:45 Science Communication, Petar Teodosiev, BG Science
16:45 – 18:00 Mentoring Programme