Program – International Staff Week 2026

Preliminary Programme

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 Mladen Kraljić, representative of the institutional international office
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch (free of charge)
13.30 – 15.30	Kranj Sightseeing Tour and Dinner

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 –	Bled Sightseeing Tour

Wednesday March 18th 2026	Portorož
Around 7.00	Transport to Portorož will be organized
10.00 – 12.00	Mini Project: Exploring the Big Picture Marjeta Marolt, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences Hall: Roald Amundsen
12.30 -14.00	Lunch
16.00 – 18.00	IT and internationalization Uroš Rajkovič, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences Hall: Roald Amundsen
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 Hall: Roald Amundsen
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 Hall: Roald Amundsen
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 Hall: Roald Amundsen
10.00 – 11.00	Mini Project: Co-creating Solutions Marjeta Marolt, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences Hall: Roald Amundsen
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