Poligraff.NET – Over 500 participants from all over the country are coming to Burgas for the biggest geographical event in our country

Over 500 participants from all over the country are coming to Burgas for the biggest geographical event in our country – the ninth edition of the Bulgarian Geographical Festival. The event will be held on April 27 and 28 at the International Congress Center, Commercial High School, Peyo K. Yavorov Regional Library and the Sea Garden.

The program of the Bulgarian Geographical Festival will include interesting exhibitions, competitions for schoolchildren, students and teachers, popular science presentations by prominent personalities (among the confirmed guests for 2024 are Georgi Burdarov, Simeon Idakiev, etc.), interactive and practical competitions, geographical quiz for students, thematic stands, geographical surprises, etc.

Participants in the festival will be students, teachers, students, scientists and lovers of geography.

Before the start of the geography festival on April 26, several events dedicated to geography will be held in the Library. Visitors will be able to visit a cinema in the evening with documentary films by journalist and traveler Zhivko Konstantinov about Antarctica from 18.30, and from 19.00 there will be an opening of an exhibition and a presentation of a book about Mount Athos.

On the first day of the Bulgarian Geographical Festival – April 27, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., there will be three thematic geographic presentations by scientists from the Faculty of Geology and Geography of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – “If someone says it’s impossible” by Assoc. Dr. Georgi Burdarov, “Data-based cartography” by Assoc. Dr. Evgenia Sarafova and “The New Geography” by Assoc. Dr. Dimitar Jelev. All three presentations will be in the Black Sea Hall at the International Congress Center.

At 3:40 p.m., the team competition “Geography” will begin in the Commercial High School, and at 5:30 p.m., the Student Festival Quiz will be held in the Congress Center.

On Sunday – April 28, at 11:00 a.m., geographical presentations by scientists and travelers such as Svilen Rusanov, Christian Kirilov and Lyubomir Popyordanov will take place in the Congress Center. At 12:30 p.m., the final of the team student competition “Geographiad” will begin, and at 1:30 p.m., the award ceremony and closing of the festival will begin.

The event is organized by Geograf BG, SU “St. Kliment Ohridski” (Faculty of Geology and Geography and Branch of SU in Burgas), Municipality of Burgas and Bulgarian Geographical Society.

The festival in 2024 is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the “Geography” major at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Here is the full program of the festival:

April 27, 2024, Saturday

10:00 – 15:00 Geography stands (International Congress Center

)10:00 – 11:00 a.m. “The world and everything in it” – presentation and meeting with Simeon Idakiev (SU hall

)11:00 – 12:00 QGIS – the new wave of GIS – training seminar (SU hall

1) 11:40 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Mapping and evaluation of ecosystem services by students – educational activity-competition for students – with prior registration (beach next to MCC)

13:00 – 13:30 Official opening (MCC)

13:30 – 15:00 Geographical presentations (MCC, Assoc. G. Burdarov, Assoc. E. Sarafova and Assoc. D. Zhelev)

15:40 – 16:50 Team competition “Geography” (Commercial High School, qualifying round, for registered participants)

17:30 – 19:30 Student Festival Quiz (event for registered participants, MCC)

20:00 – 23:00 Festive geography evening (with advance registration and paid fee)

April 28, 2024, Sunday

8:00 – 10:30 a.m. Individual competition “Walk with surprises” (for registered participants)

8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Seminar for teachers with Prof. E. Sarafova and Prof. Dimitar Zhelev (Commercial High School)

10:30 – 14:00 Geographical booths (International Congress Center)

11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Geographical presentations by scientists and travelers (MKC, Svilen Rusanov, Christian Kirilov, Lyubomir Popyordanov

)12:30 – 1:20 p.m. Final of the team student competition “Geography” (MCC)

13:30 – 14:00 Awarding and closing of the festival (MCC)

Pre-festival events

April 26, 2024. Geography evening at the Library – events for the citizens of Burgas

18:00 – 19:00 – Cinema evening in the Library – documentary by journalist and traveler Zhivko Konstantinov

19:00 – 20:00 – Opening of an exhibition and presentation of a book about Mount Athos – Mount Athos

20:00 – 21:00 – Geography and Wine – a community event for geography lovers