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.
| Monday March 6th 2026 First Online Event | MS Teams |
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| 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 TBA |
| Monday March 16th 2026 | Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | Slovenian Language Crash Course Jaša Drnovšek, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences |
| 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 |
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| Around 7.30 | Transport to Portorož will be organized |
| 10.00 – 12.00 | Building Connections: Lego Workshop for Soft Skills Staša Blatnik, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences |
| 12.30 -14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 16.00 | IT and internationalization Uroš Rajkovič, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences |
| 20.00 – | Social Event – Dinner |
| Thursday March 19th 2026 | Portorož |
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| 9.00 – 9.45 | Exploring Soft Skills Through Avatars Nejc Bernik, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences |
| 9.45 – 10.45 | Mini Project: Exploring the Big Picture Marjeta Marolt, 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 |
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| 9.00 – 10.00 | Future Trends in HE internationalization: Open Discussion TBA |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Mini Project: Ideating 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 |
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| 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 |