1. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Organic farming, forestry, hidden potentials of rural areas, management in agriculture, marketing of services and products, advantages and disadvantages of introducing new technologies in agriculture, computer literacy in agriculture, ICT technology, digitization, rural space management, income sources on farms, education for rural development, agrarian economics, sustainable farming, sustainable rural development, human capital in agriculture, development potentials, social entrepreneurship, direct sales, partnership farming, beekeeping, biodynamics, permaculture, healthy food – healthy people, medicinal plants, competencies of a modern agricultural entrepreneur, robotics, logistics, animal husbandry, agricultural machinery, aquaculture.

2. NATURE CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Alternative energy sources, waste, marketing of services and products, invasive plants in the local environment, invasive animal species in the local environment, the importance of nature conservation education for society, raising awareness levels, energy efficiency, environmental impacts, green economy and sustainable development, protected areas, mountain trails, technological solutions, information and communication technologies, landscape conservation from a nature conservation perspective, soil ecology, nature conservation as a rural or urban issue, local action, is ecology an ideology?, water – the source of life, application of knowledge in the environment and nature, smart cities and villages.

3. HORTICULTURE

Horticulture, floristry, landscape design, environmentally friendly landscaping, ornamental plants suitable for landscape planting, entrepreneurship, marketing of services and products, arranging the external living environment is also reflected in the arrangement of the internal living environment, rural tourism development, urban horticulture, arboriculture, horticulture and living culture, innovations in ornamental plant production, quality of horticultural plants, importance of professional horticulture education, horticulture as art, applied horticulture, organized environment for a healthy lifestyle, fruit growing, hydroponics, aquaponics, herbalism, mushroom cultivation, algae, logistics.

4. FOOD AND NUTRITION

Innovation in processing, nutrition of different social groups, marketing of food products, marketing of services and products, healthy nutrition for a healthy lifestyle, promotion of healthy living, local brand, production and processing – a challenge for supplementary activities, food safety and agri-food chain, nutrition and modern society, technology, product development and marketing, marketing channels and tools for selling crops and products, logistics, nutrition and sports, food protection, storage, packaging, use of additives, antibiotics.

5. RURAL AREAS

Endogenous potentials of rural areas, sustainable rural development, opportunities in rural areas, natural environment, cultural environment, rural space management, supplementary activities on farms, people in rural areas, sustainable tourism, farm tourism, information and communication technologies in rural areas, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, youth in rural areas, elderly in rural areas, women in rural areas, intergenerational cooperation in rural areas.

MORE INFORMATION: Dr. Tina Zorman, +386 (0) 4 620 26 58, konferenca.vivus@bc-naklo.si or Office for Study and Student Affairs, 070 485 353.