On April 23 and 24, 2026, the Fourth Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation, titled “Digital Transformation of Education – Problems and Solutions,” was held in the city of Ruse.
Traditionally, the event is organized by the Ministry of Education and Science, the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency, the Council of Rectors in the Republic of Bulgaria, the National Center for Distance Learning, the Bulgarian Research and Education Network, and many other institutions, while the host of this year’s event was the University of Ruse.
The selection and systematization of the scientific papers were carried out by a Program Committee co-chaired by Acad. Hristo Beloev, Prof. Miglena Temelkova, Prof. Stoyanka Lazarova, and Prof. Rumen Trifonov, comprising 21 distinguished academic members.
The direct organization was handled by an Organizing Committee co-chaired by Prof. Angel Smrikarov and Assoc. Prof. Galina Ivanova, with the active participation of 18 members—habilitated lecturers, assistants, PhD candidates, master’s and bachelor’s students, and undergraduate students.
At this representative forum, for the third time, researchers from ULSIT participated: Prof. Eugenia Kovatcheva, PhD; Deyan Matev, PhD; and Dobromir Dinev, PhD. The presented scientific and applied paper, titled “Free to Experiment – Free to Publish,” summarizes the achieved results and practical experience within the framework of the project: EXCELLCITY: BG-RRP-2.005-0003.
In previous editions of this scientific forum, other papers were presented. In April 2023, the paper “Risk Analysis in the Process of Digital Transformation in Universities,” co-authored with Prof. Eugenia Kovatcheva, PhD; Assoc. Prof. Boyan Zhekov, PhD; and Deyan Matev, PhD, and in April 2024, the paper “Challenges and Risks in Managing Digital Transformation in an Academic Environment,” co-authored with Prof. Eugenia Kovatcheva, PhD; Deyan Matev, PhD; Dobromir Dinev, PhD; and Hristo Tsolov.
All papers have been published in peer-reviewed standalone scientific proceedings with ISBN 978-954-712-892-7 and ISBN 978-954-712-892, while the latest volume is currently in the process of preparation for publication.
