CONFERENCE PROFILE

MAIN TOPICS
  • EU/Slovak policies, strategies and legislation in waste management
  • Circular economy
  • Progressive recovery technologies
  • Economic and financial instruments
  • Methods for assessment and decision-making
  • Eco-Design and Eco-Labeling
  • Education and training
  • End-of-life of vehicles
  • Tyres, batteries and accumulators, oil, paper, metals, plastics, glass, textiles, packaging materials
  • Material and raw material recycling
  • Cleaner technologies
  • Environmental engineering
  • Critical raw materials for the EU
  • Strategic technologies and sectors in the EU
  • Progressive technologies and methods
  • Industrial and municipal waste (collection, sorting, incineration, gasification and pyrolysis)
  • Environmental assessment
  • Fuels from waste

DEADLINES

Registration www.top2023.elfa.sk
Abstract first version (EN) August 30, 2023
Notification about abstract acceptation September 17, 2023
Final version of contribution (EN) for publication in journals September 30, 2023
Conference final program November 5, 2023

INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS

Conference language

The conference languages are English, Slovak, Czech and Polish. Abstracts, papers and posters must be prepared in English according to the template published on the conference website. Proceedings with abstracts will be distributed at the time of the conference.

Selected papers (max. 6 pages) will be published in the thematically oriented issue of the peer-reviewed journal Waste Forum (ISSN: 1804-0195, SCOPUS) and in the Journal of Mechanical Engineering (ISSN 0039-2472, online ISNN 2450-5471, SCOPUS).

Award Ceremony “TOP 2023”

Organizing committee announces the competition in the following categories:

  • Environmental Technology (awarded by Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, companies can submit new technologies, machinery and equipment to the competition)
  • Progressive Idea (awarded by Association of Slovak Scientific and Technical Societies, all papers published in the proceedings and presented at the conference are included into the competition)
  • Student Work (awarded by Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic, competition is open to university students with diploma thesis until 20.09.2023)

FEES AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Fees

Active Participation (with publication) 500 €
Passive Participation (without publication) 350 €
Publication without attendance at conference 250 €
Accompanying Person (lunch, refreshment, social program) 200 €
Student Participation 250 €
Company presentation (presentation, kiosk, 2x attendance) 1500 €

The fee includes: VAT, conference attendance, refreshments, conference materials and proceedings, technical support, social agenda. The fee does not include accommodation! The reservation of accommodation and its payment is handled by each participant himself/herself. Payment for the conference is possible by bank transfer or cash on site at the venue. Please note that all bank and transfer fees should be paid by the sender so that the organizing committee receives the exact amount indicated in the registration. In the message to the recipient, please write: TOP2023 / participants_name.


Payment information

Bank: Tatrabanka, a.s., Košice, Slovakia
Owner: elfa, s.r.o., Park Komenského 7, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
IBAN: SK85 1100 0000 0029 2688 4443
SWIFT: TATR SK BX
Variable Symbol: 1416112023

COMMITTEES

Members of Organising Committee

doc. Ing. Lýdia Sobotová, PhD., Technical University of Košice, Slovakia (Committee Chair)
doc. Ing. Iveta Čačková, PhD., Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia (Committee Co-Chair)
Mgr. Andrea Putalová, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Slovakia
Ing. Tibor Dzuro, PhD., Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Ing. Štefan Fejedelem, elfa, ltd., Košice, Slovakia
doc. Ing. Ľudovít Kolláth, PhD., Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Ing. Lucia Ploskuňáková, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Ing. Miroslav Horvát, PhD., Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Dr.h.c. prof. Ing. Ľubomír Šooš, PhD., Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia (Committee Chair)
Dr.h.c. mult. prof. Ing. Miroslav Badida, PhD., Technical University of Košice, Slovakia (Committee Co-Chair)
prof. PharmDr. Ján Kyselovič, CSc., Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Slovakia
Ing. Alexander Matušek, Association of Automotive Industry of Slovak Republic, Slovakia
prof. Ing. Dušan Petráš, PhD., Association of Slovak Scientific and Technical Societies, Slovakia
doc. Ing. Jiří Hlinka, PhD, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
prof. Ing. Pavol Ochotnický, PhD., University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia
prof. Ing. Rudolf Sivák, PhD., University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çağrı Olgun, Kastamonu University, Turkey
prof. Ing. Tomáš Havlík, Dr.Sc., Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
prof. Ing. Jozef Krilek, PhD., Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
prof. Ing. Jozef Jandačka, PhD., University of Zilina, Slovakia
Ing. Róbert Szabó, PhD., Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
prof. Dr. habil. Ing. Hubert Debski, University of Lublin, Poland
prof. Dr. habil. Ing. Beata Kowalska, University of Lublin, Poland
prof. Dr. habil. Bayoumi Hamuda Hosam, Óbuda University in Budapest, Hungary
prof. Dipl. Ing. Dr. Eberhard Schmidt, University of Wuppertal, Germany
prof. Ing. Mirjana Miloradov, PhD., University of Novy Sad, Republic of Serbia
prof.i.R. Dipl. Ing. Dr. Mikuláš Luptáčik, University of Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Ing. Dr.h.c. Bernd Friedrich, IME Metallurgische Prozesstechnik und Metallrecycling, Germany
Ing. Alois Studenic, EUCS Ingenieurbüro GmbH, Austria
Prof. DSc. Stanisłav Legutko PhD. MSc. Eng., Poznan University of Technology, Poland
doc. Ing. Jaroslav Katolický, PhD., Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Ing. Ján Pribula, Association of Automotive Industry of Slovak Republic, Slovakia
prof. Ing. Dagmar Juchelková, PhD., VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

14:00 - 18:00 Registration
18:00 Welcoming
18:00 - 20:00 Dinner
08:00 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:15 Opening Ceremony
09:15 - 12:00 Plenary Session
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Special Sessions
18:30 Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony „TOP 2023“
09:00 - 12:00 Plenary Session
12:00 - 12:30 Conclusion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

CONFERENCE VENUE

Grandhotel Starý Smokovec
Starý Smokovec 38
062 01 Vysoké Tatry
Slovensko
Rezervácia ubytovania:
Tel.: +421 44 290 13 39
E-mail: reservation@grandhotel.sk
Hotelová recepcia:
Tel.: +421 52 47 80 000
E-mail: info@grandhotel.sk
To book your accommodation, please use the online reservation system on the hotel's website: https://www.tmrhotels.com/grandhotel-stary-smokovec/sk/ and enter the following promocode:

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