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19 changes: 10 additions & 9 deletions 2026-Conference/announcement.pillar
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The 31th ESUG conference will be held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from Tuesday 7th to Friday 10th of July 2026. The collocated *isLoop summer school>https://isloop.pharo.org/* to be held from Saturday 4th to Monday 6th of July 2026 and spread all during the conference through *student volunteering program>callForStudents.html*.

!! Program & Info
- *Conference Venue and trip information>venue.html*
- *Conference Venue and trip information>city.html*

!!Calls for Contributions
This call includes:
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!!Conference Registration

*Conference Registration (opening soon)>http://registration.esug.org*.
*Conference Registration>http://registration.esug.org*.
Now you can also pay (without extra fees) at *HelloAsso>https://www.helloasso.com/associations/esug/evenements/esug-2025*.

Early registration deadline: 15/04/2025
Early registration deadline: 01/04/2025

Registration fees are to be defined. Conference prices ESUG 2025 in Euros:
Registration fees are:

- Early Registration Fee: 600€ (all days) / 200€ (per day)
- Late Registration Fee: 1000€ (all days) / 300€ (per day)
- Extra person to social dinner: 70€
- Payment by bank transfer: free of charge
- Payment by credit card: \+6\% fees
- For late registrations we cannot ensure the availability of T-Shirts nor Social Event extra participants
*Cancellation Policy*: If the refund is requested during the early bird period all the fee (without charges) will be refunded. If it is requested after the early bird period is finished, the refund will be 50%

""Note!"" In case of (too) late registrations we cannot ensure the availability of T-Shirts nor Social Event entrance for extra participants.
""Cancellation Policy"": If the refund is requested during the early bird period all the fee (without charges) will be refunded. If it is requested after the early bird period is finished, the refund will be 50%.



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!! Conference organization
**ESUG 2026 organization committee**
""ESUG 2026 organization committee""
- Stéphane Ducasse, Inria Lille, France.
- Noury Bouraqadi, IMT, France.
- Christophe Demarey, Inria Lille, France.
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- Oleksandr Zaitsev, CIRAD, France.


**IWST 2026 organization committee**
""IWST 2026 organization committee""
- Gordana Rakic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- Nahuel Palumbo, Argentina
- Guille Polito, Inria Lille, France

*Got to Conference agenda>agendaMain.html*
*Got to the Conference agenda>agendaMain.html*


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!!! Getting there

*To get to Bulgaria and Plovdiv* we recommend you to *fly to Sofia*, the Bulgarian Capital. However, there is a number of flights *directly to Plovdiv*. Alternatively you can *arrive to Sofia by bus*. Some European cities have direct bus lines to Plovdiv, or at least to Sofia. Using a train to and in Bulgaria is much less recommended due to the low maintenance of the railway routes.
""To get to Bulgaria and Plovdiv"" we recommend you to ""fly to Sofia"", the Bulgarian Capital. However, there is a number of flights ""directly to Plovdiv"". Alternatively you can ""arrive to Sofia by bus"". Some European cities have direct bus lines to Plovdiv, or at least to Sofia. Using a train to and in Bulgaria is much less recommended due to the low maintenance of the railway routes.

*Upon arrival to the Sofia airport
""Upon arrival to the Sofia airport
Then you can:

1. Use the *public transport from Sofia airport to the Central Bus station* and further to Plovdiv.
1. Use the ""public transport from Sofia airport to the Central Bus station"" and further to Plovdiv.

In this case take a metro/taxi to the central bus station:

- *by metro*, which will cost less than 1 euro and you have to travel from Sofia Airport to Serdika (Red line), change to Blue line, direction Obelya and travel from Serdika to Central Bus Station;
- *by taxi*, which will cost you about 15 euros and will take over 40 minutes. Use only OK SuperTrans. We also recommend to *negotiate and agree about the approximate price with the driver before you enter the car*.
- ""by metro"", which will cost less than 1 euro and you have to travel from Sofia Airport to Serdika (Red line), change to Blue line, direction Obelya and travel from Serdika to Central Bus Station;
- ""by taxi"", which will cost you about 15 euros and will take over 40 minutes. Use only OK SuperTrans. We also recommend to ""negotiate and agree about the approximate price with the driver before you enter the car"".


Once you are at the Central Bus Station in Sofia, you can *take a bus to Plovdiv*. It takes about 2 hours and costs about 7 - 10 euros. It is common in Bulgaria to buy a ticket on the spot at the bus station, since it is very difficult to calculate the time needed to get to the bus station. You can also book a ticket https://www.karat-s.com/, but we do not recommend it.
Once you are at the Central Bus Station in Sofia, you can ""take a bus to Plovdiv"". It takes about 2 hours and costs about 7 - 10 euros. It is common in Bulgaria to buy a ticket on the spot at the bus station, since it is very difficult to calculate the time needed to get to the bus station. You can also book a ticket from *Karat-S>https://www.karat-s.com/*, but we do not recommend it.

2. You can also book a airport transfer or take a taxi from the Sofia Airport to Plovdiv

The second, much faster way is to take a *taxi/airport transfer from the airport to Plovdiv directly*, which will drive you to your accommodation and will take around 1h 30 minutes. Taxis are arranged on the spot, at the airport, or better order it in advance (e.g. https://plovdiv-transfers.com/), it is normally cheaper. If you decide to take a taxi at the airport, there is an OK SuperTrans taxi booth (legitimate taxi company, https://www.oktaxi.net/order-a-taxi-in-sofia) at the arrivals exit. If you decide, you can also exit the airport and hire a taxi yourself, just remember to use SuperTrans and agree about the price before you start the trip.
The second, much faster way is to take a ""taxi/airport transfer from the airport to Plovdiv directly"", which will drive you to your accommodation and will take around 1h 30 minutes. Taxis are arranged on the spot, at the airport, or better order it in advance (e.g. *Plovdid Transfers>https://plovdiv-transfers.com/*), it is normally cheaper. If you decide to take a taxi at the airport, there is an OK SuperTrans taxi booth (legitimate taxi company, such as *OK Taxi>https://www.oktaxi.net/order-a-taxi-in-sofia*) at the arrivals exit. If you decide, you can also exit the airport and hire a taxi yourself, just remember to use SuperTrans and agree about the price before you start the trip.

You can also *come by car*. If you come to Sofia follow the Highway Trakiya (A1), direction to Svilengrad, that leads to Plovdiv. The drive from Sofia takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
You can also ""come by car"". If you come to Sofia follow the Highway Trakiya (A1), direction to Svilengrad, that leads to Plovdiv. The drive from Sofia takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

!!!Public trasport in Plovdiv
Once in Plovdiv, you may need to take a *public bus* or a *taxi*.

Once in Plovdiv, you may need to take a ""public bus"" or a ""taxi"".

In Plovdiv there is a comprehensive network of bus lines covered by different companies. The public transport operates a from 5:30 AM to 11:00 PM. You can buy tickets for public transport in Plovdiv in the bus and the current price is 0.5 EUR.

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%Here is a list of some recommended hotels

*Back to Announcements>announcement.html*
""Back to Announcements>announcement.html""
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!! ESUG 2026 @ Plovdiv, Bulgaria

*ESUG 2026>2026-Conference/announcement.html* will be held in *Plovdiv (Bulgaria)>2026-Conference/city.html* from tuesday 4th to 10th of July 2026.
*ESUG 2026>2026-Conference/announcement.html* will be held in *Plovdiv (Bulgaria)>2026-Conference/city.html* from Saturday 4th to Friday 10th of July 2026.

Important dates: Early registration will end 1st of April 2026
- About the *city of Plovdiv>2026-Conference/city.html*
- *Call For Presentations>https://esug.github.io/2026-Conference/callForPresentations.html*
- *Call for Competition: Innovation Technology Awards 21th Edition>https://esug.github.io/2026-Conference/callForAwards.html*
- *Call For Presentations>2026-Conference/callForPresentations.html*
- *Call for Competition: Innovation Technology Awards 21th Edition>2026-Conference/callForAwards.html*


%- *Main Track Program>2026-Conference/agenda.pillar*
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