17. and 18. October 2025

Venue: Hotel “Bavka”, Leskovac

Friday, 17. October 2025

08:00 – 10:00

Participants registration

10:00 – 10:30

Opening ceremony

10:30 – 11:00

Cocktail

11:00 – 13:10

Plenary lectures

11:00 – 11:40

THE DISTRIBUTION OF MYCOTOXINS IN TRADITIONAL SOLID-FERMENTED FOOD

Dr. Di Zhang – School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

11:45 – 12:25

LABORATORY MODEL OF MICROBIAL CELLULOSE DEGRADATION – A PROMISING TOOL IN THE CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY

Dr. Hristo Najdenski – The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

12:30 – 13:10

DESIGN AND PROCESSING OF BIOBASED AND BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS…

Dr. Branka Pilić – Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

12:00 – 13:30

Conference panels

  • Panel 1: Realizing Society 5.0 in small cities: Is it just a theoretical concept? – Moderator: Toma Dašić
  • Panel 2: Challenges for implementing AI and automation in small enterprises – Moderator: Milivoje Jovanović

13:30 – 16:00

Lunch break

20:00

Gala dinner

Saturday, 18. October 2025

08:00 – 09:00

Participants registration

09:00 – 11:00

Plenary lectures

09:00 – 09:40

IMPACT OF Ca-BASED ADDITIVES ON THE PYROLYSIS OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS

Dr. Farzam Fotovat – Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran

09:45 – 10:25

THE INFLUENCE OF AGEING ON THE RELEASE OF FIBRE FRAGMENTS…

Dr. Tihana Dekanić – University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Department of Textile Chemistry and Ecology, Zagreb, Croatia

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

13:00

Closing Ceremony