15 OCT (Thursday)
10:00 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 15:00 Opening ceremony
15:00 – 17:00 Cocktail
17:00 – 19:00 Parallel sessions (Hall 1: Biodiversity and conservation biology; Hall 2: Air, water, and soil pollution)
Parallel session I: Biodiversity and conservation biology (Hall 1)
- 17:00–17:30: From evo-devo to conservation Twenty years of crested newt biology, one solar plant, a baseline for conservation practice — Ana Ivanović
- 17:30–17:45: A preliminary survey of pathogens in blood samples from the Critically Endangered Balkan Lynx (Lynx lynx balcanicus) — Aleksandar Pavlov
- 17:45–18:00: Strengthening transboundary Brown Bear conservation in the Southwestern Balkans — Aleksandar Stojanov
- 18:00–18:15: Towards a more complete picture of Balkan Lynx spatial ecology — Tim Baldes
- 18:15–18:30: Genetic reinforcement of the Balkan Lynx: Modelling strategies for genetic and demographic rescue — Andrej Gonev
- 18:30–18:45: From conspecific hibernation to multispecies nursery colonies: Cross-border Insights into the seasonal ecology and conservation of the Schreibers’ Bent-winged Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in Bulgaria and North Macedonia — Heliana Dundarova
- 18:45–19:00: From Pilot Monitoring to a Standardized Wildlife Monitoring System in Shar Planina National Park: Experiences, Challenges, and Perspectives (2025–2030) — Anela Stavrevska – Panajotova
Parallel session II: Air, water, and soil pollution (Hall 2)
- 17:00–17:30: Chemistry of ultramafic soils and hyperaccumulation in the genus Odontarrhena — Irina Karadjova
- 17:30–17:45: Validation of a phosphovanadomolybdate UV-VIS spectrophotometric method for the determination of plant-available phosphorus in agricultural soils and evaluation of dissolved silicon interference — Aleksandar Piperevski
- 17:45–18:00: Glomeris hexasticha Brandt, 1833 (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Glomerida) as a model organism for monitoring seasonal shifts of potentially toxic elements accumulation in urban areas — Zvezdana Jovanović
- 18:00–18:15: Moss biomonitoring as a tool for assessing atmospheric microplastic deposition in North Macedonia — Katerina Bačeva Andonovska
- 18:15–18:30: Microclimate characteristics of the Leskoečka Peštera cave in Galicica National Park (North Macedonia) — Biljana Gichevski
- 18:30–18:45: Soil carbon dynamics as a functional indicator of climate-resilient agroecosystems under carbon farming practices — Biljana Balabanova