Following the success of the first Summer School held in September 2024, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) is once again joining forces with its French partner, the engineering school ESIEA, to announce the second edition of the Summer School, which will take place in September 2025 in Varaždin.
The 15th Student Online and Poster Section CECIIS 2025 is gathering a large number of students from different countries. The chairs of the CECIIS Student Section are prof. dr. Violeta Vidaček Hainš, Faculty of Organization and Informatics Varaždin and prof. dr. Victoria Appatova, University of Cincinnati in Ohio, USA, and associate is Dr. Antonela Devčić.
The summer break at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics begins on Monday, July 28 and lasts until Friday, August 15, 2025. Enjoy your summer!
What should universities do today to remain relevant tomorrow? In an educational context that is constantly evolving, especially with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, it is crucial to enable students to learn actively and to support teachers in learning design. While contemporary technologies are indispensable, it is essential to always place humans before technology.
The CECIIS 2025 conference will take place from 17 to 19 September 2025 in Varaždin, with the option of online participation, offering attendees the opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss innovations in the field of information and intelligent systems.
From July 2 to 4, 2025, three vice deans from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI), visited the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany on a study visit that was focused on deepening the existing collaboration and opening new opportunities for academic mobility and joint scientific research initiatives. This visit marks a significant step in FOI’s internationalization efforts.
From July 2 to 4, 2025, the partners of the international SuMoS project gathered at the partner institution ESIEA in Paris for a three-day event that included a focus group and a working meeting dedicated to the development of the Institutional Student Mobility Ecosystem (ISME).
The CECIIS 2025 conference announces an extension of the Poster Section submission deadline to July 20, 2025. Students are also invited to showcase their research in the 15th Student Poster and Presentation Section, with submissions open until July 14, 2025. The conference will take place from 17 to 19 September 2025 in Varaždin, Croatia, with the option of online participation.
Prof. dr. Violeta Vidaček Hainš delivered the lectures and presented the COIL / Collaborative online international learning method of teaching at the 12th International Sumner School on Digital Government OpenGov2025. The Summer school was held June 30-July 4, 2025 at the University of Aegean, Karlovasi, Samos island in Greece.
Around one hundred experts discussed the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. From June 30 to July 2, 2025, several events took place as part of the Erasmus+ project Innovating Learning Design in Higher Education (iLed) and the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) project Trustworthy Learning Analytics and AI for Sound Learning Design (TRUELA).