ZASTR 2018
The Days of the Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania
13th edition
Energy and environment – major challenges of the 21st century
The Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania and Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti are organizing the 13th edition of the Academic Days of the Academy of Technical Sciences Conference – ZASTR 2018.
The conference, having the theme "Energy and environment – major challenges of the 21st century", will take place in 18th -19th October 2018 in Ploiesti, Romania.
We kindly invite ASTR members, AGIR members, academia, researchers, PhD and master students and industry experts to submit papers and participate in the conference.
Conference topics
Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers electronically using EasyChair system. In order to access the platform, you should own or create (free) an EasyChair account and submit your paper after login to ZASTR conference.
Papers submitted for presentation should contain original research, not published or being considered for publication elsewhere. All materials must be written in English or Romanian language.
The participants must prepare the full version of their paper following The Word template that can be downloaded from this link .
The papers will undergo a peer review process, coordinated by the Conference Technical Program Committee. The corresponding author of each paper will be notified of the result by e-mail. If the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must attend the conference and present the paper.
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings "Proceedings of the XIIIth Edition of the Annual Conference the Academic Days of The Academy of Technical Sicence in Romania - 2018", ISSN 2066-6586, edited by AGIR Publishing House.
Registration fee for participants - 250 RON.
The registration fee includes the conference (the hardcopy proceedings will be distributed after the conference), launch, welcome cocktail and conference dinner.
Registration fee for accompanying persons - 100 RON.
The registration fee includes launch, welcome cocktail and conference dinner.
The registration fee payment should be done before 5th October 2018 using the payment details specified below.
Please specify the following information “Registration fee for ZASTR 2018 conference for "Participant Name” in the Observations field of the payment order.
- Beneficiary: Asociatia Absolventilor Universitatii Petrol-Gaze din Ploiesti, Ploiesti, Romania
- Fiscal code: 37677598
- RON IBAN Account: RO37RNCB0465154966430001
- Bank name: Banca Comerciala Romana – BCR
- SWIFT: RNCBROBU
Notice: In special cases the registration fee can be paid at the conference venue, but the firm confirmation is needed before 5th October 2018.
We kindly ask the participants who require an invoice for their institution to make the payment by using the official bank account.
The invoice will be issued by Asociația Absolvenților Universității Petrol-Gaze din Ploiești and it will be available at the Conference Secretariat for pick up.
Ploiesti is situated 60 km North from Bucharest, being crossed by the 26th degrees meridian, which divides the European continent in approximately two equal parts.
The social program of ZASTR 2018 will take place at Hotel Central, Ploiesti.
The hotel is providing a discounted price for ZASTR participants (240 RON/night for double room, with breakfast and 200 RON/night for single room with breakfast). When you book the desired room you shoud specify that you are attending ZASTR 2018 conference.
Hotel location and contact details:
Central Hotel
Address: 1, Republicii Blvd.
Ploiesti, Romania
Website: www.hotelcentralploiesti.ro
Phone: +40 244 526 641
There are also a large number of other hotels in the city that provide very good accommodation.
You can use Booking.com to search and we recommend the following hotels:
Prahova Plaza Hotel
Address: 11,Constantin Dobrogeanu Gherea Street, Ploiesti Romania
Website: hotelprahova.ro
Phone: +40 244 526 850
Vigo Grand Hotel
Address: 25, Independentei Blvd.
Ploiesti, Romania
Website: www.vigograndhotel.ro
Phone: +40 344 111 131
Book hotel on Booking.com
Europa Hotel
Address: 57, Gh. Gr. Cantacuzino Street, Ploiesti, Romania
Website: www.europa-hotel.ro
Phone: +40 344 103 766
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The final conference program is available here!
There will be organized two visits on Friday, October 19th, 2018:
- Petrobrazi Refinery and Brazi Combined-cycle plant;
- The Petroleum Museum and The Natural Sciences Museum (located in the center of Ploiesti).
The conference will take place at Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania.
Petroleum-Gas University of PloiestiConference Secretariat
Ec. Mihaela Elena VILCU
E-mail: zastr [at] upg-ploiesti [dot] ro
E-mail: rectorat [at] upg-ploiesti [dot] ro
Phone: +40 244 573 171
Fax: +40 244 575 487