AGENDA
Last updated 9.05.2023
All events are taking place in Conference Center
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL CASINO and TOWER
SUITES
Wednesday, June 7
9:30
Registration for the members of UFCB
10:00 – 12:00
General assembly of UFCB (reporting)
13:00 – 15:00
FIAT-IFTA I.C.D. board meeting (closed meeting)
15:30 – 17:00
FIAT-IFTA Heritage Committee meeting
19:30 – 22:00
Welcome cocktail party
Thursday, June 8
9:00
Registration of all delegates
9:30 – 12:30
FIAT-IFTA I.C.D. meeting (including coffee break)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 17:30 CONFERENCE
20:00 – 00:00
Gala Dinner – FIAT-IFTA and UFCB members
Friday, June 9
9:00 – 15:00
Technical visits and Varna City tour
Landmarks
Crematorium
Orthodox cathedral
Museum of Archaeology
Lunch
19:30
Dinner – evening of the Bulgarian grill and rakia
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Thursday, June 8
14:00 – 14:05
Opening of the conference
by First Vice-President
– Mr William Wappner
14:05 – 14:20
Funeral goes Digital
– Miglena Angelova – Bulgaria
14:20 – 14:40
Funeral Heritage – Bulgarian Funeral
Customs – Atanas Argirov – Bulgaria
14:40 – 15:00
Sacral architecture in Bulgarian
culture – Maria Krazlateva – Bulgaria
15:00 – 15:35
Green Farewell: Embracing
Sustainable Practices in the Funeral
Industry and Thanatopraxis
– Nuria Capdevilla – Spain
15:35 Coffee break
15:50 – 16:10
Sustainability and the use of
Formaldehyde – Craig L Caldwell
– United Kingdom
16:10 – 17:20
Panel Discussion
– Thanatopraxis and Sustainability
Moderator:
Gus Nichols – Irish Association – Ireland
Panelists:
Craig L Caldwell – Mazwell Group – UK
Mylena Cooper – AFAI – Brazil
Antton Loinaz – Sortem – Spain
Dominic Vernhes – Anubis – France
17:20
Closure of Conference by President
Mr. Marek Cichewicz
THANOS MAGAZINE | No. 102 – SUMMER 2023
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