15TH INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS' CONFERENCE
ENVIROMANAGEMENT 2025
SEPTEMBER 29 – 30, 2025
HOTEL PATRIA ****
ŠTRBSKÉ PLESO, HIGH TATRAS, SLOVAKIA
RESILIENT WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CRITICAL SYSTEMS...
Waste Crises – dealing with the new normal
FIRE DETECTION AND CONTROL IN WASTE MANAGEMENT…
Waste doesn’t always burn intentionally
BIOGAS STATIONS, AND
USE OF AI IN THE WASTE INDUSTRY
Successful Implementation of Biogas Facilities and Artificial Intelligence
RESILIENT WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CRITICAL SYSTEMS
- Resilient waste infrastructure – planning for climate change, maintaining buffer capacities, and back-up systems
- Response plans for catastrophic events – extreme weather events, natural / man-made disasters
- Operating waste management systems under difficult economic and political conditions
- Pandemic waste management and other medical emergencies
- Waste crimes, quarantining waste
- Waste preparations to support major events
- Case studies
FIRE DETECTION AND CONTROL IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Causes of waste fires in addition to lithium-ion batteries (including auto-ignition, and even deliberate actions)
- Fire prevention and detection, waste fire statistics, tackling waste fires
- AI Artificial Intelligence as the indispensable element of recognition technologies
- Re-establishing operations after a major service disruption – recovering operations after a waste fire
- Insurance requirements for waste facilities
- Case studies
BIOGAS STATIONS
- Profitability of biogas facilities
- Key considerations for project initiation
- Current issues and problems
- Safety and fire risk – occurrence and preventive measures
- Case studies
USE OF AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) IN THE WASTE INDUSTRY
- Successful deployment of AI
- Advantages, disadvantages, and risks
- Existing, new, and potential applications for AI
- Use of AI for automation or optimization of internal processes
- Case studies
RESILIENT WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CRITICAL SYSTEMS
Resilient waste infrastructure – planning for climate change, maintaining buffer capacities, and back-up systems
Response plans for catastrophic events – extreme weather events, natural / man-made disasters
Operating waste management systems under difficult economic and political conditions
Pandemic waste management and other medical emergencies
Waste crimes, quarantining waste
Waste preparations to support major events
Case studies
FIRE DETECTION AND CONTROL IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
Causes of waste fires in addition to lithium-ion batteries (including auto-ignition, and even deliberate actions)
Fire prevention and detection, waste fire statistics, tackling waste fires
AI Artificial Intelligence as the indispensable element of recognition technologies
Re-establishing operations after a major service disruption – recovering operations after a waste fire
Insurance requirements for waste facilities
Case studies
BIOGAS STATIONS
Profitability of biogas facilities
Key considerations for project initiation
Current issues and problems
Safety and fire risk – occurrence and preventive measures
Case studies
USE OF AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) IN THE WASTE INDUSTRY
Successful deployment of AI
Advantages, disadvantages, and risks
Existing, new, and potential applications for AI
Use of AI for automation or optimization of internal processes
Case studies
TIME SCHEDULE
Registration |
Monday, September 29, 2025 |
8:30 – 9:30 |
Program |
Monday, September 29, 2025 |
9:30 – 18:00 |
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 |
9:30 – 12:30 |
|
Reception |
Monday, September 29, 2025 |
19:30 Friendly evening with lecturers |
TIME
SCHEDULE
REGISTRATION
Monday, September 29, 2025 8:30 – 9:30
PROGRAM
Monday, September 29, 2025 9:30 – 18:00
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 9:30 – 12:30
RECEPTION
Friendly evening with lecturers
Monday, September 29, 2025 19:30
ACCOMMODATION
Hotel Patria****
Štrbské Pleso 33
059 85 Vysoké Tatry
Slovakia
GPS: 49° 7′ 28.5″ N. 20° 3′ 40.94″ E
www.hotelpatria.sk/en
Reception
Tel.: +421 -52 7848 999
recepcia@hotelpatria.sk
PRICES FOR ACCOMMODATION
Room (1 person)
(Lux)
room/ night
Room (2 persons)
(Lux)
room/ night
Apartment
(Lux)
apartment / night
Accommodation reservation will be made by the organizer.
Prices for accommodation include breakfast, access to Patria Aqua Paradise, internet, parking fee.
Check in: 14:00
Check out: 12:00
Hotel garage: 20 €/day
Local tax: 2,00 € /person / night
The local tax is not included in the accommodation price.
Please indicate the required accommodation in your application.
Accommodation capacity is limited and will be assigned according to the application date.
Reserved rooms are to be paid at the Hotel reception.
ACCOMMODATION
Hotel Patria****
Štrbské Pleso 33
059 85 Vysoké Tatry
Slovakia
GPS: 49° 7′ 28.5″ N. 20° 3′ 40.94″ E
www.hotelpatria.sk/en
Reception
Tel.: +421 -52 7848 999
recepcia@hotelpatria.sk
PRICES FOR ACCOMMODATION
Room (1 person)
(Lux)
room/ night
Room (2 persons)
(Lux)
room/ night
Apartment
(Lux)
apartment / night
Accommodation reservation will be made by the organizer.
Prices for accommodation include breakfast, access to Patria Aqua Paradise, internet, parking fee.
Check in: 14:00
Check out: 12:00
Hotel garage: 20 €/day
Local tax: 2,00 € /person / night
The local tax is not included in the accommodation price.
Please indicate the required accommodation in your application.
Accommodation capacity is limited and will be assigned according to the application date.
Reserved rooms are to be paid at the Hotel reception.
TRANSPORTATION
Airports
Krakow Airport (Cracow), Poland Regular flights schedule: www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/flight-information,c71/regular-flights-schedule,a181.html Airlines: www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/flight-information,c71/airlines,a182.html Vienna International Airport, Austria Regular flights schedule: www.viennaairport.com/en/passengers Airlines: www.viennaairport.com/en/passengers/airport/airlines Košice International Airport, Slovakia www.airportkosice.sk/en Flight schedule: www.airportkosice.sk/en/passengers/flight-schedule Airlines: www.airportkosice.sk/en/airlines Airport Bratislava, Slovakia www.bts.aero/en/ Flight schedule: www.bts.aero/en/flights/flight-schedule-summer-2018/arrivals/ Airlines: www.bts.aero/en/flights/air-carriers/ Airport Poprad – Tatry, Slovakia www.airport-poprad.sk/index_en.php Flight schedule: www.airport-poprad.sk/en/podstranky/cestujuci/letovyporiadok.php
Air-port Transfer
Individual or group transfer can be arranged.
Transfer time from / to:
Airport Cracow, Poland 2:50 hours Airport Vienna – Schwechat, Austria 4:30 hours Airport Košice, Slovakia 2:00 hours Airport Bratislava, Slovakia 3:50 hours
Transfer costs are not included in the conference fee.
Information on price and details of Air-port transfer is available from the organizer.
Hotel Patria is located close to Štrbské Pleso in High Tatras and can be accessed by road from Poprad through the town of Starý Smokovec or Štrba.
Using highways and high speed roads in Slovakia is charged through an electronic vignette.
BUY THE ELECTRONIC VIGNETTE
(more information on www.eznamka.sk/en)
Vignettes for 2025
8,10 € / 1 day
10,00 € / 10 days
17,10 € / 30 days
90,00 € / 365 days
Cars are obliged to have the lights on during the day.
Maximum speed limits
within city: 50 km/h
outside of city: 90 km/h
highway: 130 km/h
Alcohol
0,00 ‰
Train station is located in the town of Štrbské Pleso, 20 minutes to walk from the Hotel Patria. Changing station for international trains are “Poprad – Tatry” and “Štrba”.
Rail carriers
České dráhy
Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko
Leo Express
REGIOJET
Transfer from / to train station can be arranged.
Transfer costs are not included in the conference fee.
- BY PLANE
-
Airports
Krakow Airport (Cracow), Poland Regular flights schedule: www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/flight-information,c71/regular-flights-schedule,a181.html Airlines: www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/flight-information,c71/airlines,a182.html Vienna International Airport, Austria Regular flights schedule: www.viennaairport.com/en/passengers Airlines: www.viennaairport.com/en/passengers/airport/airlines Košice International Airport, Slovakia www.airportkosice.sk/en Flight schedule: www.airportkosice.sk/en/passengers/flight-schedule Airlines: www.airportkosice.sk/en/airlines Airport Bratislava, Slovakia www.bts.aero/en/ Flight schedule: www.bts.aero/en/flights/flight-schedule-summer-2018/arrivals/ Airlines: www.bts.aero/en/flights/air-carriers/ Airport Poprad – Tatry, Slovakia www.airport-poprad.sk/index_en.php Flight schedule: www.airport-poprad.sk/en/podstranky/cestujuci/letovyporiadok.php Air-port Transfer
Individual or group transfer can be arranged.
Transfer time from / to:
Airport Cracow, Poland 2:50 hours Airport Vienna – Schwechat, Austria 4:30 hours Airport Košice, Slovakia 2:00 hours Airport Bratislava, Slovakia 3:50 hours Transfer costs are not included in the conference fee.
Information on price and details of Air-port transfer is available from the organizer. - BY CAR
-
Hotel Patria is located close to Štrbské Pleso in High Tatras and can be accessed by road from Poprad through the town of Starý Smokovec or Štrba.
Using highways and high speed roads in Slovakia is charged through an electronic vignette.
BUY THE ELECTRONIC VIGNETTE
(more information on www.eznamka.sk/en)
Vignettes for 2025
8,10 € / 1 day
10,00 € / 10 days
17,10 € / 30 days
90,00 € / 365 daysCars are obliged to have the lights on during the day.
Maximum speed limits
within city: 50 km/h
outside of city: 90 km/h
highway: 130 km/hAlcohol
0,00 ‰ - BY TRAIN
-
Train station is located in the town of Štrbské Pleso, 20 minutes to walk from the Hotel Patria. Changing station for international trains are “Poprad – Tatry” and “Štrba”.
Rail carriers
České dráhy
Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko
Leo Express
REGIOJET
Transfer from / to train station can be arranged.
Transfer costs are not included in the conference fee.
ORGANIZED BY
NMC spol. s r.o.
Makovického 10
010 01 Žilina, Slovakia
Tel.: +421-903-340539
Tel.: +421-41-5166661
Fax: +421-41-5006977
E-mail: nmc@nmc.sk
Web: www.nmc.sk
Comp. Reg. No. (ID no.): 31639135
Tax Reg. No. (VAT no.): SK2020446890
Company registered in: Business register of the County Court Žilina, Section: Sro, Insert No. 2953/L
ORGANIZED BY
NMC spol. s r.o.
Makovického 10
010 01 Žilina, Slovakia
Tel.: +421-903-340539
Tel.: +421-41-5166661
Fax: +421-41-5006977
E-mail: nmc@nmc.sk
Web: www.nmc.sk
Comp. Reg. No. (ID no.): 31639135
Tax Reg. No. (VAT no.): SK2020446890
Company registered in: Business register of the County Court Žilina, Section: Sro, Insert No. 2953/L
VENUE
Hotel Patria****, Štrbské Pleso, Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia
GPS: 49° 7′ 28.5″ N. 20° 3′ 40.94″ E
CONFERENCE LANGUAGES
English, Slovak, Czech
SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION
English → Slovak
Slovak / Czech → English
VENUE
Hotel Patria****, Štrbské Pleso, Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia
GPS: 49° 7′ 28.5″ N. 20° 3′ 40.94″ E
CONFERENCE LANGUAGES
English, Slovak, Czech
SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION
English → Slovak
Slovak / Czech → English