XVI International Scientific and Practical Conference

Integrated Strategic Management, Portfolio, Program and Project Management

17–19 February 2026Slavsko, Ukrainian Carpathians

Call for Papers

Important dates

The conference has taken place

  1. 25 January 2026

    Conference registration

    Payment of the participation fee

  2. 25 January 2026

    Abstracts and reports submission

  3. 16 February 2026

    Paper submission

    Payment for publication

  4. 17–19February 2026

    Conference

    Slavsko, Ukrainian Carpathians

About the conference

Conference organizers

Slavsko, Ukrainian Carpathians

Place

Slavsko, Ukrainian Carpathians

The conference will take place in a picturesque corner of the Ukrainian Carpathians in a cozy educational and health camp of the National University «Lviv Polytechnic» "Polytechnic-2", located in Slavsko, Lviv region. Slavsko is not only a unique local flavor that makes many guests fall in love with it once and for all, but also a base for skiing and recreation, where everyone can choose a trail according to their level of athletic training.

The conference will be held in a hybrid format. Links to join the sessions will be sent to registered participants.

Conference topics

The aim of the conference. Discussion of new ideas in the field of strategic management, portfolio, program and project management.

  1. Section 1

    Integration of Strategic Management with Portfolio, Program and Project Management: Models, Methods, and Techniques

    • Forecasting in strategic management, project and program management.
    • Models and methods of strategic management, portfolio, program and project management.
    • Contemporary marketing strategies.
    • Portfolio selection and optimization.
    • Balanced scorecard.
    • Business-process modeling and optimization.
    • Information technology in strategic management, portfolio, program and project management.
  2. Section 2

    Managing IT Projects

    Speeches by experts in IT project management.

  3. Section 3

    Application of Effective Management Technologies in Practice

    Speeches by experts in management. Speeches by students graduated in project management about their professional achievements.

Conference languages: English.

Publication of materials

The conference materials will be published in the form of a collection of abstracts and in the NTU "KhPI" Bulletin.

  • Abstracts are accepted in the amount of 2 pages of A4 text, including figures, in MS Word (abstracts must be attached to the registration form or sent to the program committee's email address publish.conf@gmail.com).
  • Conference language: English.
  • The file name should correspond to the surname of the first author.

Abstracts should be prepared in accordance with the following requirements:

  • font Times New Roman, size 14; margins: left, right, top, bottom – 2 cm; line spacing – single;
  • first line – the title of the report in capital letters, centre alignment, bold;
  • the second line – initials and surnames of the authors of the report in bold in the centre;
  • in the third line – the full name of the organisation and the city in italics (bold).
  • Figures inserted into the text should be no larger than 12 by 9 cm in size and should use the following formats: bmp, tif, jpg. The font size under the figure is 12 pt. Figures made using Word must be grouped.
  • References to the literature are given in APA style.

Price

Fee for participation in the conference 1

For Ukraine
300 UAH
For other countries
—

Payment for the paper publication in the Bulletin of the NTU "KhPI" 2

For Ukraine
150 UAH per page
For other countries
5 EUR per page

1 Payment is made separately after the paper acceptance by the Program Committee.

2 Printed copy of a scientific bulletin with conference papers is not included in the paper publication cost. Printed copies of the bulletin can be ordered separately. The cost will be 300 UAH for participants from Ukraine and 12 EUR for participants from abroad.

Payment

Payment details:

To pay for the publication of a paper in the NTU 'KhPI' Bulletin, authors will need to contact the Program Committee.

For authors

Bulletin of the NTU "KhPI"

General Terms

Bulletin of NTU "KhPI"

  1. Papers submitted to the Program committee consideration, must fully comply with design requirements. Otherwise, the paper will be returned to the author for refinement or the publication will be refused.
  2. In case of their full compliance with the requirements, papers will be send to a double anonymous review.
  3. If the paper received a negative review its publication may be denied. In this case, the Program committee reserves the right to return the author's paper for revision.
  4. The paper recommended by reviewers and the Program committee should be paid in accordance with section "Price" in the allotted time, which is defined in Section "Important Dates". In case of late publication costs payment, the Program committee reserves the right not to publish the paper. The publication payment in this case will be returned to the author in full.
  5. Papers that have successfully passed the review process and were promptly paid will be published in the Bulletin of NTU "KhPI". Series: Strategic Management, Portfolio, Program and Project Management. The journal is included in the list of scientific specialised editions of Ukraine; abstracted and indexed in the international scientometric databases, repositories, libraries, search engines, and catalogues.
  6. All conference papers that will be published in the journal will have DOI numerical identifiers.
To Program Committee should be submitted
  1. Application for participation
  2. Electronic version of the abstracts of the report
  3. Electronic version of the article (by email) if desired.
  4. Copy of the payment check (the organizational fee and the publication cost payment).

Committees

Organizing Committee15 members

Chairmen

Yevgen I. SokolD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, Rector of NTU "KhPI", Kharkiv, Ukraine

Nataliya B. ShakhovskaD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, Rector of Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine

Gulchohra MammadovaD.Sc., Professor, Rector of Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, Baku, Azerbaijan

Sergey D. BushuievD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, President of Ukrainian Project Management Association, Kyiv, Ukraine

Deputy Chairmen

Andrey P. MarchenkoD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, Vice-rector of NTU "KhPI", Kharkiv, Ukraine

Roman O. KorzhD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, Vice-rector of Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine

Igbal BabayevD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, President of Azerbaijan Project Management Association, Head of Project Management Department, Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, Baku, Azerbaijan

Igor V. KononenkoD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, NTU "KhPI", Kharkiv, Ukraine, Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, Baku, Azerbaijan

Members

Igor V. ChumachenkoD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, O.M.Beketov National University of Urban Economy, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Helena V. LobachAssociate Professor, NTU "KhPI", Kharkiv, Ukraine

Anton I. RogovoyPh.D., Associate Professor, NTU "KhPI", Kharkiv, Ukraine

Volodymyr O. TimofeevD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, O.M.Beketov National University of Urban Economy, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Vasiliy O. TymochkoPh.D., Associate Professor, LNAU, Lviv, Ukraine

Rasim AbdullayevDeputy Head of Project Management Department, Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, Baku, Azerbaijan

Conference Manager

Iryna V. ShubaPh.D., Associate Professor, NTU "KhPI", Kharkiv, Ukraine

Program Committee8 members

Chairman

Igor V. KononenkoD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, NTU "KhPI", Kharkiv, Ukraine

Members

Sergey K. ChernovD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, NUS, Mykolayiv, Ukraine

Marina A. GrinchenkoPh.D., Assoc. Prof., NTU "KhPI", Kharkiv, Ukraine

Kostadin KolarovPh.D., Director of Institute of Entrepreneurship, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Maximilien F. KpodjedoPh.D., Digital Adviser to the President of the Republic of Benin, Republic of Benin

Olga V. MaleevaD.Sc. (Tech.), NAU "KHAI", Kharkiv, Ukraine

Anatoliy O. SachenkoD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, Director of Research Institute for Intelligent Computer Systems, West Ukrainian National University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Oleg B. ZachkoD.Sc. (Tech.), Professor, Lviv State University of Life Safety, Lviv, Ukraine

Partners

  • Ukrainian Project Management Association
  • Lviv National Environmental University
  • O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv
  • University of National and World Economy
  • WSB University in Opole
  • Azerbaijan Project Management Association
  • Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction

Contacts

Address

Strategic Management Department
NTU "KhPI", 2 Kyrpychova str.
Kharkiv, 61002, Ukraine

Contact Information

Igor V. Kononenko
Phone: +38 (050) 514-20-16
E-mail: igorvkononenko@gmail.com