It is a great honour to invite you to the 24th International Cave Bear Symposium in Bulgaria and introduce to you a beautiful place in the heart of Europe. It is organised by the Museum of Speleology and Rhodope Karst in Chepelare, the Bulgarian Caving Society and the National Museum of Natural History - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences BAS.
In 2018, we will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the museum collection of the Museum of Speleology and the Rhodope Karst.
We hope that the symposium will be not only an important meeting of experts of cave bears and Quaternary fauna from whole Europe, but also an important social and cultural event and happening. The entire Organization and Scientific Committee is cordially looking forward to you.