During the period from June 28 to July 7, 2025, scientists from the Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (ITGIP NAS Ukraine) participated in the XXV International Scientific GeoConference on Earth & Planetary Sciences SGEM 2025, which took place in Albena, Bulgaria.
A presentation was delivered on the topic: “Using GIS to inform administrative bodies about locations of anomalous changes in Earth’s underlying surface using forest plantations as an example“. The research presented in the report was conducted by scientists from ITGIS NAS Ukraine, with the following authors: Director of ITGIP NAS Ukraine, Corresponding Member of NAS Ukraine, Professor Oleksandr Trofymchuk; Academic Secretary, PhD in Technical Sciences, Senior Researcher Viktoriia Klymenko; Senior Research Fellows of the Environmental Research Department Viacheslav Vyshniakov, PhD in Technical Sciences, Natalia Sheviakina, PhD in Technical Sciences. A series of consultations were conducted with specialists, including with the Department of Institutional Development and Process Management of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, specifically F.V. Glugan, who is a co-author of this research.
The conference lasted 7 full academic days and included networking with oral and poster sessions, seminars, and discussions. The conference featured scientific works by international scientists and researchers from around the world. The conference theme included 6 main scientific sections:
- Science and Technologies in Geology, Exploration and Mining;
- Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence;
- Water Resources. Forest, Marine and Ocean Ecosystems;
- Energy and Clean Technologies;
- Ecology, Economics, Education and Environmental Legislation;
- Nano, Bio, Green and Space Technologies for Sustainable Future.
The conference was attended by delegates from the following countries: Ukraine, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Libya, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey.
SGEM conference materials are published in the conference proceedings (ISSN 1314-2704) and are annually submitted for evaluation and indexing in ISI Web of Science; SCOPUS, Mendeley and COMPENDEX, CrossRef, SPRINGER Nature, EBSCO, ProQuest, Google Scholar, CiteULike, many libraries such as the British Library and many others. All accepted articles receive a unique DOI number, necessary for recognition in international databases.
The Scientific Committee of the Earth & Planetary Sciences (EPS) sector of the International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM consists of 28 members, who are among the most distinguished scientists in their respective fields. All Committee members are faculty and guest professors from universities around the world.
The Director of ITGIS NAS Ukraine, Corresponding Member of NAS Ukraine, Professor Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Trofymchuk has been a Member of the Scientific Committee of the Earth & Planetary Sciences (EPS) sector since 2020 and is the only representative of the Ukrainian scientific community in the field of Earth and planetary sciences.
Scientists from ITGIS NAS Ukraine have been presenting the results of their environmental research by participating in the International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM annually twice a year from 2019 to the present.
