Department of Management
The conference is organized by the Department of Management at the UNWE and by Bulgarian Academic Simulation And Gaming Association (BASAGA). It is also technically co-sponsored by IEEE Young Profesionals Bulgaria, Data Science Society, Financial Engineering Solutions, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Business Excellence Center at UNWE and Eudaimonia Production Ltd.
The conference it is meant to be vanguard bound, free choice based, without parallel sessions, heavily discussion oriented, improvised, no ties - no titles, low cost.
It is expected, without being obligatory, that every participant prepares expressive presentations on vanguard topics in the wide scope of management. If you are unable to participate personally, these are the alternative options: 1) Participate via video-conference - through the official zoom channel of the conference 2) send a poster(PPT, DOC or PDF format), which would be appraised and discussed by the participants at the conference; 3) send a video-poster (short video, showing the main points of your presentation), for which you would also receive a feedback. Presentation materials should be in English. Presentation language is English, unless there are only Bulgarian participants are present - in that case it is up to the presenter to chose.
Some of the proceedings of the conference, the ones with the most vanguard spirit and with the high scientific level will be published as articles in a volume of the electronic journal “VANGUARD SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS IN MANAGEMENT” (ISSN 1314-0582) on the specially designed website https://vsim-journal.info. After the end of the conference the authors, selected for publishing will be specifically notified if their texts are also accepted for publishing in a special issue, indexed in Scopus. The authors are expected to submit full texts of the papers in english shortly after the conference (around 30 November).
Papers with high scientific and vanguard level presented live and discussed at the conference are accepted for publishing, presuming that the authors have reflected all questions, comments and ideas from the conference discussion. Papers not presented at the conference and ones which failed to reflect the feedback, follow the procedure of blind peer review before publishing. The requirements and instructions for submitting the papers for publishing/review in the automated online system are available at https://vsim-journal.info.
We are expecting your applications at https://bit.ly/vsim-conf no later than 15 August and it should contain at least the following information: title of the paper, key words, authors, contact information. Participants who would need an invitation to obtain visa for EU should additionally contact us (no later than 30. June). The participation fee is €100. Additional payment after the conference would be required for the papers selected to be published in the special issue. Deadline for payment is 31. August at the bank account of the conference, (please click on the box below).
Conference fee per attendant
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Note: Representatives of UNWE, BASAGA, all commetee members and all students are exempt from paying fee.
Prof. Eng. PhD Angel Marchev - chairman
Prof. PhD Tzvetana Stoyanova
Prof. PhD Atanas Georgiev
Prof. PhD Nikolay Netov
Prof. PhD Georgi Chankov
Prof. PhD Mihail Motzev
Prof. PhD Teodor Sedlarski
Prof. PhD Septemvrina Kostova
Prof. PhD Tamara Teplova
Prof. Eng. PhD Boyan Lomev
Prof. PhD Kaloyan Haralampiev
Prof. PhD Stanimir Kabaivanov
Prof. Eng. PhD Alexander Efremov
Prof. PhD Gurjeet Dhesi
Prof. PhD Ling Xiao
Prof. PhD Philip Stoyanov
Prof. PhD Atanas Atanasov
Prof. PhD Ilya Kereziev
Prof. PhD Angel Marchev, Jr.
Prof. PhD Ivaylo Iliev
Prof. dr. math. sci. Mladen Savov
Prof. PhD Nikolay Hinov
Prof. PhD Mariyan Milev
Prof. Eng. PhD Nadya Mironova
Prof. PhD Matilda Alexandrova
Prof. PhD Violeta Kasarova
Prof. dr. sci. Maya Lambovska
Prof. PhD Mariana Kuzmanova
Prof. PhD Georgi Chankov
Prof. PhD Kiril Georgiev
Prof. PhD Boryana Pelova
Prof. PhD Deyan Radev
Prof. PhD Tsonyo Slavov
Prof. PhD Kamen Petrov
Prof. PhD Miglena Angelova
Prof. PhD Tania Kicheva
Discussion topic: Longevity and Transhumanism
Opening of the Conference - Angel Marchev Sr.
Designing the Future: Longevity, AGI, and the Role of Philosophy - Natasha Vita-More
Transhumanism and the Future: Singularity and Immortality by 2045 - Jose Cordeiro
A global technoprogressive ethical framework for 2026 and beyond - David Wood
AI, AGI, ASI: hopes for longevity and existential risks - Didier Coeurnelle
TBD - Anton Kulaga, Livia Zaharia
From the technological singularity to a model of the universe - Tanyo Kolev, Jivko Kolev
From Open Data to Evidence-Based Policy: A Digital Dashboard for Monitoring Healthy Longevity and Labour Markets - Rositsa Nikolova
Burnout and Brain Aging - Silvia Koumanova
Statement on Longevity and Transhumanism for 2026 and new developments - Angel Marchev Sr.
Disscussion topic: Video in education
From Marking Significant Events to Creating Engagement: Office Celebrations as a Gamification Model - Emanuil Manasiev, Svetlozar Manasiev
Using video-support in educational games - Angel Marchev Sr.
Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Creation of a Literary Video Trailer: Pedagogical Opportunities and Outcomes - Kostadinka Eftimova
Movie tourism as a way to attract more visitors - Ina Stanoeva
The end of the general curriculum: education built for one place, one company, one problem - Stefan Grigorov
Simulating the Full Investment Cycle in Civil Engineering Education: A Novel Methodological Approach for the Infrastructure Field - Stanislav Darachev, Vasil Marchev, Ivan Todorov, Svetla Tzenona
Discussion topic: Education and gaming
The Many Failure Modes of Thinking About Artificial Intelligence - Gennady Stolyarov II
LEV game in teaching process of students - Angel Marchev Sr.
Strategies of prospective students when enrolling at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". - Kaloyan Haralampiev
Business Expectations for University Talent Development: Insights from an Employer Survey - Petar Petrov
Measuring the Career Success of University Graduates (the case of Sociology and Political Science alumni) - Antoaneta Getova , Elena Stoykova
Analysis of the system parameters of learning through artificial intelligence algorithms: A new approach in academic controlling - Yuliya Toneva
Exploring Students' Disengagement in Leaning Chinese: A qualitative Study in Bulgarian Secondary Schools - Shihui Huang
Teaching Economics With A Deck Of Cards - Lyuben Ivanov
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Balancing Personalized Learning and Cognitive Dependence - Zhelyu Vladimirov, Diana Netova
What are the Enabling Factors by Teachers for support of the Application of AI in Education (Online Learning)? - James Osondu
A Multi-Level Governance Instrument for Sustainable Online Educational Platforms: Role Architecture, Explainable Automation and Procedural Legitimacy - Mariyan Filipov (poster)
The Emotionally Differentiated Digital Guide in Educational Tourism: From Student Resistance to Engagement and Memory - Mariyan Filipov (poster)
The Human as Architecture before the Human as Project: Archisystematism and the Limits of Compatible Augmentation - Mariyan Filipov (poster)
Discussion topic: Knowledge, Learning & Innovation
LLM-Powered Analysis of Academic Writing: Tools for Structuring Unstructured Knowledge - Diana Netova, Nikolay Netoff, Kamen Spassov
EEG signal modeling for human task identification - Yanko Gyoshev, Ivaylo Koychev, Nikolay Nedelchev
Generation Z in the Digital Era: Habits and Well-Being - Tatyana Kicheva
On-the-job training with smart Agro ERP for SME platfotm - Petko Ruskov, Petar Blagov
Hristo Botev and the Utopias - Ivaylo Hristov
MCMC - theoretical foundations, features, and applications - Gergana Kalcheva
Discussion topic: Financial Engineering Solutions
Extreme values theory approach for electricity prices forecasting - Boyan Lomev
Percolation in the AI Capital Stack: Network Fragility and the Market Price of Circular Financing - Boyan Davidov
Solid Pods & Blockchain for Sovereign Data - Ivan Lambov
Demand forecasting and order management in retail using Deep Learning - Emma Karova
Development of a Financial Model for the Valuation of Sopharma AD - Georgi Terziyski
IMEX – asset pricing method for the Merton Jump-Diffusion Random Process: Fast Jump Evaluation - Mariyan Milev, Galya Aumieva
On the issue of capital turnover (analysis methodology) - Rositsa Ivanova
AI integration in financial statement analysis. An overview of ratios and decision-making - Stoyan Stoyanov
Audit review of fraud risk in enterprises - Maia Natchkova
Assessment of lost benefits and the value of water losses in the water supply and sewerage network - Stanislav Darachev
Assessment of currency risks in the BRICS lubricants market: digital twin as a method of forecasting exchange rate volatility - Erick Arakelyan (poster)
The behavior of stock returns before the public holidays in the time intervals associated to Halloween Effect - Ramona Dumitriu, Razvan Stefanescu (poster)
Romanian reactions to the economic reforms from Soviet Union - Razvan Stefanescu, Ramona Dumitriu (poster)
Currency Risk Assessment in BRICS Lubricant Trade: A Digital Twin Approach to Exchange Rate Volatility Forecasting - Erick Arakelyan, Alexander Karminsky (poster)
The conference hall
Discussion topic: Organizations in change
Design Thinking for improving the feedback in the organisation - Marina Kamenova
Collective Labour Bargaining in Bulgaria - Maya Ivanova
Circular Economy Performance Across EU Member States: A Comparative Analysis of Resource Productivity, Waste, Recycling and Innovation - Nemanja Lojanica, Iliya Kereziev, Dejan Jovanović
Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Choice of Invoicing Currency in International Trade - Iliyan Sarandaliev
Current Status of Audit Committees in Municipalities in Bulgaria - Iliyan Sarandaliev
Newest instruments for management quality and market forecast - Milka Semova (poster)
Discussion topic: Artificial intelligence
Automated analysis of external environment factors for strategic management - Bogomil Filipov
Comparing Evolutionary Methods against LLM's in solving Operational decision tasks - Dimitar Lyubchev, Angel Marchev Jr
RScout - A computer vision framework for customer in-store interactions - Lyubomir Angelov, Galya Aymalieva, Todor Grozlekov, Marieta Marinova
A Multi-Agent System for Automated Data Science - Miroslav Georgiev, Kalina Kitova, Veselin Endarov, Victor Kapra, Vanesa Filisyan
A Comparative Analysis of AutoML Systems for Self-Improving Pipeline Generation - Syuleya Alieva
The conference hall
Conference hall
Discussion topic: Modeling complex systems
Paradigm Shift - Multiple Stage Selection Procedures and other examples - Angel Marchev Sr.
A New Paradigm In Model Building – Deep Statistical Learning Networks of Active Neurons Using GMDH with Multiple Criteria Model Selection and Validation - Mihail Motzev
Risk propagation in dyke construction projects using System Dynamics approach - Bilyana Vencheva
DEMO: Early cost estimation framework for dyka projects - Bilyana Vencheva, Fred Schulte
Evolution of Interpretable Optimization Algorithms through Typed S-expressions for Binary Knapsack-like Portfolio Selection - Nikolay Penchev, Angel Marchev jr.
Discussion topic: Methods for business analysis - a new reading
A Data-Driven Multidimensional Index for Retail Performance Evaluation Using Unsupervised Random Forest - Vasil Marchev
On measuring of AI impact in insurance organization - Desislav Danov
Comparative analysis of bank's activities in Bulgaria and Serbia for period 2018-2025 - Kamelia Assenova , Marija Antonijević
Global inspiration for innovative regional development and new geoeconomic realities - Kamen Petrov
Theoretical Risk Models in Road Freight Transport - Katya Hristova
Modeling and optimization in the formulation and execution of effective investment decisions within the domain of regional development - Metodi Ivanov (poster)
Discussion topic: Financial engineering solutions
Assessing Machine Learning Performance in Financial Forecasting and AI-Driven Customer Service Systems - Mariyan Milev, Gabriella Vasileva, Dilyana Karova
Forecasting Electricity Demand, Supply, and Price in Bulgaria - Kamelia Kosekova, Boris Stankov
The Twin Transition in European Banking: How Circular Economy Maturity Interacts with Digital Finance Infrastructure - Simona Mircheva, Deyan Radev
Data-Driven Targeting of Labour Market Integration Policies: Interpretable Machine Learning Evidence from Ukrainian Refugees in Bulgaria - Hanna Velykova
Algorithmic trading models in US exchange-traded funds - Konstantin Georgiev
Discussion topic: Current topics in business management
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Personalized Marketing and Customer Engagement - Zin-Eddine Boudjaoui
Attention as the Last Scarce Capital of an Increasingly AI-Driven Economy: Field Notes from Three Laboratories - Alexander Balabanov
Rhetorical strategies in the crisis communications of Bulgarian companies - Kalina Vladimirova
Language Models – Statistical Analysis of Text Data Significance - 2 - Mihail Motzev, Ophelia Pamukchieva
Autonomous Fraud Detection: A Multi-Agent Approach - Konstantin Piryankov
From Vendor Black Boxes to Citizen-Built Pipelines: A Low-Code/No-Code Pilot for AI-Related News Analytics - Kameliya Stefanova
Balancing Innovation and Regulation: The Potential Impact of the EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) on Industry - Georgi Georgiev
The challenge of ‘cascading risks’ in the digitalization of economic activity - Stanimir Botev
Legal and Ethical Limits of AI Computer Vision in Water Safety: Regulatory Analysis of an AI Lifeguard - Vasil Zagorchev, Nikolay Netov
AI-Driven Tools as a Catalyst for Organizational Adaptive Behavior in Non-Financial Enterprises - Gergana Miteva (poster)
Doctoral seminar of department Statistics and Econometrics at Sofia University
All events of the conference will be held at the
UNWE Study & Relaxation Center in Ravda, approx.
30 km. north of Burgas at the Black Sea Coast.
The best travel option is to fly to Burgas International
Airport. On your request you will receive more details on
transportation from Sofia and/or Burgas to Ravda.
For your convenience here is the contact information of some nearby
hotels (also click on the links),
and of course every participant should find the best suitable accommodation for him/herself.
Booking.com / Ravda / September
AirBnB / Ravda / September
Trivago / Ravda / September
UNWE Study & Relaxation Center
2 Kraybrezhna Street,
Ravda, Bulgaria
The ultimate topical directions of the conference will be précised based on the proposed presentations. We are open to any suggestion. So far, the following could be indicated (click to expand):
• Contemporary opportunities for longevity and transhumanist’s R&D
• Transhumanism: Let’s do it!
• Radical Life Extension
• Personal Enhancement
• Mind Uploading
• AI and Transhumanism
• Education on Longevity and Transhumanism
• Emerging ethical, legal, sociological, technological issues
• Vanguard technologies, entrepreneurship and investments
• Rapid digitalization of Global education
• AI in the loop
• New educational reality of 21 century
• The teacher: from systematization authority to motivational facilitator
• Docendo discimus: learning by teaching
• The emerging non-paper textbook
• E-communications with the trainees
• E-education applied in business
• The flipped classroom
• Gaming layer around the World
• Applications of game dynamics
• Transforming of work environment to gaming reality
• Gamification
• Virtual gaming worlds
• The business of game development
• Fuzzy approaches
• Chaos theory and fractals
• Multi-stage selection
• Evolutional algorithms
• Neural Networks
• Prompt Engineering
• Models of investors
• Automation and AI in investments
• Evaluating investment securities
• Numerical methods for investment problems
• Implementation of efficient investment solutions
• Complex Adaptive Systems
• Active and passive adaptivity
• Decisions under risk and uncertainty
• Automated decision making
• Holonization and virtual organizations
• Self-perfecting organizations
• Business applications of cybernetic theory
• Methods for business analysis: a new reading
• Leadership and emotional intelligence
• Vanguard ideas in project and process management
• Start-up Evaluation
If you have any questions (regarding the travel, accommodation,
visa, etc.) You could contact us. Any additional ideas for the
conference are welcome. We are expecting your suggestions and
applications.
Phone: +359888444062
E-mail: angel.marchev@unwe.bg
Angel Marchev
Angel Marchev, Jr.