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ESPM 2025

Engineering sciences and production management

Sustainable development and green transitions in economics, management and industrial engineering

Dates
6–7 November 2025
Venue
Hotel SOREA TITRISTatranská Lomnica 266, 059 60 Vysoké Tatry
Language
Slovak and English — no simultaneous interpreting
Organiser
Pro Enviro, n. o.

About the workshop

The ESPM 2025 international scientific workshop, held to mark ten years since the ESPM series was founded (2015) and as part of Science and Technology Week in Slovakia 2025, is devoted to sustainable development and green transitions in economics, management and industrial engineering.

As in previous years the event is organised by the non-profit organisation Pro Enviro, n. o., together with the University of Prešov and the Department of Industrial and Digital Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice. It continues the scientific dialogue and the collaboration established by the ESPM series of international scientific workshops, which since 2015 have produced findings and recommendations for academia and practice.

Co-organisers

  • Prešovská univerzita v Prešove
  • Katedra priemyselného a digitálneho inžinierstva SjF TUKE

Aims of the workshop

  • Review and act on the recommendations of the ESPM 2024 workshop, above all on sustainable industry, environmental responsibility and the circular economy.
  • Strengthen collaboration between Slovak and foreign universities, research institutions and companies, in order to coordinate and present current results of research and innovation.
  • Broaden the theoretical and methodological basis for developing intelligent industrial engineering and green management.
  • Support the transfer of innovative research results into social and economic practice and into sustainable industrial development.

Thematic areas

Intelligent and sustainable industrial engineering

  • From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: technological progress in the service of people and the planet
  • Automation, robotics and artificial intelligence: effects on the working environment, sociability and psychosocial risks
  • Virtual, digital and hybrid project methodologies: application and experimental validation in practice
  • Optimising production and logistics processes as a tool for adaptability and competitiveness
  • Intelligent production control systems and their role in the green transformation of industry
  • Innovative technologies and industrial innovation for sustainability and circular models

Green management, the circular economy and sustainable development

  • Green social and economic growth: opportunities and barriers in the climate and environmental crisis
  • ESG strategies, environmental accounting and the standardisation of material and energy flows
  • Integrated quality, environmental and safety management systems under international standards
  • Putting circular-economy principles into practice in business, production and services
  • Ecodesign, ecolabelling and the product life cycle: tools for sustainable consumption and production
  • Energy management and the transition to a low-carbon, renewable energy mix
  • Environmental and strategic assessment of development plans and public policies
  • Supporting innovative, participatory and regional approaches to sustainable development

Key dates

  1. 20 October 2025
    Binding registration form submitted
  2. 31 October 2025
    Workshop fee paid
  3. 31 October 2025
    Final texts for the monographs delivered
  4. 31 October 2025
    Papers for the proceedings submitted
  5. 31 October 2025
    Fee for publishing an AH paid

Outputs of the workshop

  • Proceedings of scientific papers from each of the thematic areas.
  • Scientific monographs published by a foreign publishing house, covering the research carried out.

Registration and fees

Active participation

330 €

The fee covers accommodation, the social evening, the wellness centre and the proceedings.

Passive participation

80 €

Publishing 1–3 AH in a monograph

400 € / 1 AH

The monograph is published by RAM-Verlag, a foreign publishing house.

Payment

Pay the fee by bank transfer to the account below, by 31 October 2025 at the latest:

IBAN SK50 0900 0000 0004 4818 0425
Account number 0448180425/0900
Message for the recipient name of the participant(s)

Without the participant's name in the message we cannot match the payment to a registration — it is required.

Venue

Hotel SOREA TITRIS

Tatranská Lomnica 266, 059 60 Vysoké Tatry

Contact the organisers

doc. Ing. Peter Malega, PhD.

+421 (0)949 369 472 peter.malega@tuke.sk

Ing. Jana Chovancová, PhD.

+421 (0)911 405 222 jana.chovancova@unipo.sk

Scientific committee

  • prof. h. c., prof. Ing. Milan Majerník, PhD. chair of the scientific committee · Pro Enviro, n. o.
  • prof. Ing. Jana Štofková, PhD. Žilinská univerzita v Žiline
  • prof. Ing. Peter Adamišin, PhD. Prešovská univerzita
  • doc. Ing. Emília Huttmanová, PhD. Prešovská univerzita
  • Dr. h. c. mult. prof. Ing. Miroslav Badida, PhD. Technická univerzita v Košiciach
  • doc. Ing. Lýdia Sobotová, PhD. Technická univerzita v Košiciach
  • prof. Ing. Jozef Ristvej, PhD. EMBA Žilinská univerzita v Žiline
  • prof. Ing. Peter Trebuňa, PhD. Technická univerzita v Košiciach
  • prof. Ing. Mohamad Alaa Eddin Al Ali, PhD. University of Aleppo, Syria
  • Ing. Dietrich Christian, PhD. Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), Germany
  • Dr. h. c. prof. Ing. Martina Zeleňáková, PhD. Technická univerzita v Košiciach
  • doc. Ing. Katarína Repková Štofková, PhD. Žilinská univerzita v Žiline
  • doc. Ing. Vladimír Rudy, PhD. Unique People, s. r. o.
  • prof. Ing. Vojtech Dirner, PhD. EIPOS e.V. TU Dresden, Nemecko
  • prof. h. c. prof. Ing. Monika Hudáková, PhD., MBA Vysoká škola ekonómie a manažmentu v Bratislave
  • prof. Ing. Lucia Bednárová, PhD. Technická univerzita v Košiciach
  • doc. Ing. Marcela Malindžáková, PhD. Technická univerzita v Košiciach
  • dr. hab. Mariusz Andrzejewski, prof. Ekonomická univerzita v Krakove
  • doc. Ing. Milan Edl, Ph.D. Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
  • doc. Ing. Michal Šimon, Ph.D. Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
  • doc. Ing. Alena Pauliková, PhD. Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave
  • doc. Ing. František Vojtech, PhD. Vysoká škola ekonómie a manažmentu v Bratislave
  • Ing. Juraj Čorba, PhD. SARIO
  • dr. hab. inž. Andrzej Pacana Politechnika Rzeszowska
  • doc. Ing. Katarína Buganová, PhD. Žilinská univerzita v Žiline
  • Ing. Juraj Čorba, PhD. St. Slovenská inšpekcia životného prostredia
  • Ing. Stanislav Krajňák, PhD. Inšpektorát práce Košice
  • Ing. Jana Chovancová, PhD. Prešovská univerzita
  • doc. Ing. Peter Malega, PhD. Technická univerzita v Košiciach
  • doc. Ing. Martin Rovňák, PhD. Prešovská univerzita
  • doc. Ing. Juraj Kováč, PhD. Technická univerzita v Košiciach
  • Ing. et Ing. Jozef Maliňák, PhD. Finančná správa v Košiciach

Organising committee

  • doc. Ing. Peter Malega, PhD.
  • Ing. Jana Chovancová, PhD.

Would you like to take part or work with us?

If you are interested in taking part, in a partnership, or in proposing a topic for the next edition — get in touch.

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