Respected,
Association of Water Supplies of the Republic of Srpska in cooperation with the Association for Water Technology and Sanitary Engineering from Belgrade,
organizes the 20th International Conference “Water Supply and Sewerage Systems – Jahorina 20” in the period from 25 to 27 May (Monday – Wednesday) in 2020.
Please book a date. For additional information, please contact us.
AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE:
The aim of the conference Water Supply and Sewerage Systems is to contribute to the exchange of knowledge and experience in the water sector in the region, as well as to mutual understanding and support within the profession.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Jahorina conference. A special part of the program will be dedicated to this anniversary. On this occasion, we will be reminded of the founders and other significant actors who contributed to this event to be and remain significant for the development of the profession. In 2020, the Association for Water Technology and Sanitary Engineering also marks 60 years of operation and 50 years of publishing Water and Sanitary Engineering.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee and the Executive Board, we invite you to participate in the work, to contribute to a better understanding, exchange of knowledge and success of this conference with your experience and new knowledge.

The venue of the Conference is Hotel “Termag”, Jahorina, Pale, 25-27.05.2020. god. Cohesion and Accommodation All participants at the expert meeting pay a co-payment of RSD 12,000 (or EUR 100) to the giro account of the Water Technology Association, or 200 BAM (or EUR 100) to the giro account of the Association: “Water Supply of the Republic of Srpska”. The participants of the conference themselves provide the reservation of accommodation at the Hotel “Termag”. Accommodation rates will be shown in another notice.

APPLICATION FOR WORK WITH SUMMARY
APPLICATIONS WITH SUMMARY
Email: o ffi ce@utvsi.com
WATER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND SANITARY ENGINEERING
THE ASSOCIATION OF WATER TECHNOLOGY AND SANITARY ENGINEERING 11000 Belgrade,
Terazije br. 23 / II / 203
Phone: +381 11 / 244-22-28,
Fax: +381 11 / 244-11-93 +381 60/606 99 22
Bojana Vranešević; +381 64/165 85 79
Svetlana Đurica
Email: o@ce@utvsi.com www.utvsi.com
WATERWAYS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA ASSOCIATION
“ASSOCIATION WATER UTILITIES OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA”
”Tel / fax: +387 57 343 191 71
123 East Novo Sarajevo, Nikola Tesla 53A
Mob: +387 65 523 718,
Branka Trninić Mob: +387 65 888 522,
Rajka Covic
e-mail: info@vodovodirs.org
Association for Water Technology and Sanitary Engineering Belgrade
Water Supply Association of Republika Srpska
Water Supply and Sewer Association of Serbia,
under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republika Srpska in cooperation with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and GIZ and IAWD ORGANIZE THE CONFERENCE
WATER AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
Twenty years of Jahorina
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Zoran Popovic, President of the Association “Water Supplies of Republika Srpska”
Dragan Djordjevic, President of the Managing Board of the Association of Water Supply and Sewerage of Serbia
Vladimir Taušanović, Vice President of IAWD
Dalibor Joknic, Serbian Chamber of Commerce, secretary of the Association for Utilities
Prof. dr. Marko Iveć, PhD, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Belgrade
Prof. dr. Prof. Dr. Božo Dalmacija, Faculty of Science, Novi Sad
Mladen Vitas, CEO of JKP BVK
Predrag Perkovic, Director, A.D. Water Supply and Sewerage “Bijeljina
Jovan Kac, Director of KP “Water Supply and Sewerage” a.d. East Sarajevo
Vlado Reljić, Director Vodovod a.d. Prijedor
Spasoje Radovic, Director of JP Vodovod A.D. Trebinje
EXECUTIVE BOARD:
Predrag Bogdanovic, President of the UTVSI Board
Branka Trninic, Association of Water Supplies of Republika Srpska
Prof. dr. Slobodan Petkovic, PhD, UTVSI
Prof. dr. Dr Jasmina Agbaba, Faculty of Science, Novi Sad
Zorana Petrovic, UTVSI International Cooperation Coordinator
Ivana Stanisic, Technical Director, A.D. Water Supply and Sewerage “Bijeljina
Rajka Covic, Secretary of the Association of Water Supplies of Republika Srpska
Sonja Milovanovic, Head of UTVSI Professional Services

CONFERENCE PROGRAM AREAS:
Plumbing systems
Drinking water quality
Sewage systems and wastewater treatment
During the conference, discussions are planned with the aim of sharing knowledge and experience, through which we will try to provide answers and possible solutions to the extremely important issues that ViK companies face today.
Improvement of financial and operational characteristics of water supply and sewerage companies
The viable and efficient operation of ViK, with all the challenges and risks that these businesses face on a daily basis, requires a broad multidisciplinary approach that must cover technical, economic, financial, social and political aspects. How to get more effective with the programs and tools available today, better engagement with your own staff, what to focus on and how to get better organized are the topics that this discussion needs to answer.
Climate change water and sewage systems Conservation of quality and sufficient quantities of drinking water, the durability of the water supply system in climate change will be the subject of a special panel discussion on climate in impacts and conservation of water sources, risk management, ie short and long term plans for a secure supply drinking water.
APPLICATION:
The deadline for applications is March 23, 2020.
When submitting work with an e-mail address, the authors should submit their name, resume, and keywords in Serbian and English. The resume volume should be up to 300 words.
The deadline for notifying authors of the paper submission is March 30, 2020.
The deadline for submission of papers to be published in the conference proceedings is 23 April 2020.
The selection of papers will be made by the Conference Editorial Board.
Program information will be posted in another notice.
For further information regarding the submission of papers, interested authors may contact the conference organizers.
Participation costs for equipment manufacturers:
For the participants of the international conference – SPONSORS who bear the costs of consulting in the amount of 800 EUR, the organizer is obliged to provide:
presentation of the company in the proceedings on page 1 of B5 (color),
presentation of the firm’s production program throughout the consultation at a special stand, in front of the hall, with the possibility of distributing propaganda material,
presentation of the firm’s product program for up to 5 minutes at a plenary meeting of the counseling program,
presence of 2 representatives of the company without registration fee and 2 free publications from the conference (Proceedings)
2. For the participants of the international conference – MAIN SPONSORS who bear the costs of the consultations in the amount of 000 – 1.500 EUR, the organizer is obliged to provide:
presentation of the company in the proceedings on page 1 of B5 (color),
presentation of the firm’s production program throughout the consultation at a special stand, in front of the hall, with the possibility of distributing propaganda material,
presentation of the firm’s product program for up to 10 minutes at a plenary meeting of the counseling program,
presence of 2 representatives of the company without corporation and 2 free publications from the conference (Proceedings),
presentation of professional work in the proceedings and during the conference.
For the participants of the international conference – GENERAL SPONSORS, who bear the costs of consulting over EUR 2,000, the organizer is obliged to provide:
presentation of the company in the proceedings on page 1 of B5 (color),
presentation of the firm’s production program throughout the consultation at a special stand, in front of the hall, with the possibility of distributing propaganda material,
presentation of the company’s production program for up to 20 minutes at a plenary meeting of the counseling program,
presence of 4 representatives of the company without corporation and 2 free publications from the conference (Proceedings),
presentation of professional work in the Proceedings and during counseling,
to make the General Sponsor company stand out in all consultation materials (program, proceedings),
to place a roll-up with the sponsor general’s advertisement in front of the entrance to the hall for the entire consultation period
to organize, at the request of the general sponsor, business-professional briefings with the management of water and sewerage systems from the respective regions,
to have the general sponsor deliver the welcome address during the opening of the consultation.