Program – International Staff Week 2026

Preliminary Programme

*This is preliminary version of the programme. Please keep in mind that we will add the missing information and some details might still change.

Friday March 6th 2026 First Online Event	MS Teams
8.45 – 9.00	Opening Welcome Polona Šprajc, Dean, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
9.00 – 9.30	Presentation of the Organization Team Presentation of the Program & Attendees Jasmina Žnidaršič, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
9.30 – 10.45	Internationalization in Higher Education: Open Discussion Katarina Pažur Aničić, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics
10.45 – 11.00	Virtual Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30	Human at the Centre of the International Academic Environment Tilen Medved, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
12.30 – 13.00	Virtual Coffee Break
13.00 – 15.00	Soft Skills in Higher Education: Open Discussion Kristina Črnjar, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management

Monday March 16th 2026	Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj
8.45 – 9.15	Registration & Coffee Networking (Please bring pastries, biscuits or sweets from your own country)
9.15 – 9.30	Welcome to the Faculty of Organizational Sciences Polona Šprajc, Dean, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
9.30 – 10.45	Introduction of Participants & Participating Universities Jasmina Žnidaršič and Marjeta Marolt, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
10.45 – 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30	Communication Skills in International Relations and Mobility: An Open Discussion Representative of the institutional international office
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch (free of charge)
13.30 – 15.30	Kranj Sightseeing Tour

Tuesday March 17th 2026	Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj
9.00 – 10.30	Gamification as a Leadership Tool in Higher Education Eva Jereb and Marko Urh, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
10.45 – 11.45	Effective collaboration starts with effective onboarding Jana Holá and Hedvika Umlaufová, Prague University of Economics and Business
11.45 – 12.00	Coffee Break
12.00 – 12.45	Mini Project: Identifying Challenges in Higher Education Internationalization Gregor Lenart and Marjeta Marolt, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
12.45 – 13.45	Lunch (free of charge)
14.00 –	Ljubljana Sightseeing Tour & Dinner

Wednesday March 18th 2026	Portorož
Around 7.30	Transport to Portorož will be organized
10.00 – 12.00	Leading Across Borders: Lessons from Bridging Academia and Industry Sławomir Wyciślak, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Krakow
12.30 -14.00	Lunch
16.00 – 18.00	IT and internationalization Uroš Rajkovič, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
18.15 –	Social Event – Dinner

Thursday March 19th 2026	Portorož
9.00 – 10.45	Building connections: Lego workshop for soft skills Staša Blatnik, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
10.45 – 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30	Beyond soft skills: understanding competences Iztok Podbregar and Bojana Vasić, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
12.30 – 14.00	Lunch (free of charge)
15.00 – 17.00	Piran Sightseeing Tour

Friday March 20th 2026	Portorož
9.00 – 10.00	Future Trends in HE internationalization: Open Discussion Damjan Maletič, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
10.00 – 11.00	Mini Project: exploring the big picture and co-creating solutions Marjeta Marolt, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
11.30	Transport Back to Kranj

Friday March 27th 2026 Second Online Event	MS Teams
9.00 – 12.00	Participants’ Presentations of the Mini Project Results Jasmina Žnidaršič and Marjeta Marolt, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
12.00 – 12.15	Virtual Coffee Break
12.15 – 13.15	Evaluation of the Staff Week Jasmina Žnidaršič, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences