Dear Colleagues

It is a great honour to invite you to the 24^th International Cave Bear Symposium in Bulgaria  and introduce to you a beautiful place in the heart of Europe.

In 2018 , we will also celebrate the 50^th 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.