| Monday | Day 1 – 21 September | |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | Registration, Welcome coffee/tea & Placing posters | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Opening ceremony | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Keynote speaker: Csongor Gedeon | More than burrows: Why and how we should keep an eye on burrowing mammals (i.e. hamsters, ground squirrels) |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Presentations: Survey methods and citizen science | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee/tea break | |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Presentations: Survey methods & others | |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Sofia city tour | |
| 20:00 – 22:00 | Welcome dinner | |
| Tuesday | Day 2 – 22 September | |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Keynote speaker: Hendrik Schoukens | The unlikely Odyssey of the European hamster in Europe’s courts |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Presentations: Reintroduction/translocation | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee/tea break | |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Presentations: Reintroduction/translocation | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Presentations: Ex-situ breeding | |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Coffee/tea break & Poster session | |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Presentations: Diet and conflicts | |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Workshop towards comprehensive international cooperation in the conservation of the European ground squirrel | |
| 20:00 – | Dinner on your own | |
| Wednesday | Day 3 – 23 September | |
| 18:30 – 17:30 | Trip to a souslik colony near the Belmeken dam, Rila National Park | |
| 18:00 – | Dinner on your won | |
| Thursday | Day 4 – 24 September | |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Keynote speaker: Eva Millesi | European ground squirrels and common hamsters: Life history strategies and conservation aspects in urban and suburban areas |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Presentations: Distribution/status | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee/tea break | |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Presentations: Distribution/status | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Presentations: Habitat use | |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Coffee/tea break & Poster session | |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Presentations: Connectivity | |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Sofia city tour | |
| 20:00 – | Dinner on your own | |
| Friday | Day 5 – 25 September | |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Keynote speaker: Fiona Mathews | Small mammal declines and why they matter |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Presentations: Conservation | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee/tea break | |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Presentations: Causes of death | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Statement | Small mammals forever! |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Closing ceremony | Certificates, awards |
| 16:00 – | Departure of attendees |