Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Comenius University in Bratislava and Slovak Geographical Society take great pleasure in inviting you to


the 14th Slovak-Czech-Polish Seminarium

„Making geography matter in Central and Eastern Europe“

June 11th-13th, 2025



Program of the conference (June 11th-13th, 2025)

June 11th, Wednesday
Registration (Entrance Hall)
15:00 official opening of the conference(Congress Hall)
15:15-17:00 Plenary session (Congress Hall)
17:00-17:30 Coffee break
17:30-19:30 parallel sessions (5 sessions)
19:30 dinner, informal party
20:15 guided night castle tour (organized in small groups by 2 guides until late night hours)
 
June 12th, Thursday
9:00-10:50 parallel sessions
10:50-11:20 Coffee break
11:20-13:00 parallel sessions
13:00-14:00 lunch
14:00 excursions – 2 variants

A) Smolenice Karst - Hiking and cave visiting: cca 3-3,5 hour hiking (light mountain trail) including Jaskyňa Driny (Driny Cave) visit (see https://www.kamnavylet.sk/en/attraction/driny-cave)

B) Little Rome of Slovakia – visiting Trnava Old Town: cca 2,5 hours of sightseeing, visiting churches and Town Tower viewdeck (https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g663679-Activities-c47-t175-Trnava_Trnava_Region.html) – transfer by BUS at 14:00 from Smolenice Castle
19:00 gala dinner (at Smolenice Castle Courtyard) with folklore music
 
June 13th, Friday
9:15-11:00 parallel sessions
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:00 Plenary session, official closing of the conference (Congress Hall)
12:00-13:30 lunch
13:30 Departure of participants
 

Full conference program(*-pdf))



The conference is held in English and all three mother tongues (Czech, Polish, Slovak). However, we strongly recommend you
to use slide presentation in English (LCD projector and PC with MS PowerPoint will be available).



Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development | Faculty of Natural Sciences | Comenius University in Bratislava