The traditional 13th International Research Student Symposium on Intercultural Learning is being held at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics from May 25 to June 2, 2025. About 40 students and professors from partner institutions in the USA - University of Cincinnati, Ohio, University of Central Florida, Orlando and Indiana State University from Terre Haute, Indiana will participate in the Symposium. The project manager is Full Prof. Violeta Vidaček Hainš, PhD.
The Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) once again actively participated in the Science Festival, held from May 5 to 10, 2025. This year’s central theme was Networks, and FOI faculty members organized a series of engaging workshops designed to bring science closer to young people and the interested public. Throughout the week, FOI hosted numerous participants in interactive sessions covering various types of networks—from internet and social networks to mathematical and economic connections.
Students from FOI participated in the national final of the Project Management Championship on April 26, 2025. The competition, organized by IPMA Young Crew Croatia, was held in Zagreb at the Faculty of Civil Engineering. FOI was represented by three teams, and the team of second-year graduate students from the Business Systems Organization program - Jan Ivančić, Matija Kljaić, and Dominik Novak - won first place, securing their spot in the international finals, which will take place from June 6 to 8, 2025, in Warsaw, Poland.
More than 40 volunteers from the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) actively participated in the preparation and organization of the 6th humanitarian "City of Angels" race, held on May 10, 2025, in Varaždin.
Teams consisting of students from the course Artificial Intelligence for Business Applications (Information and Business Systems study, specialization Artificial Intelligence in Business) and students from the course Business Decision Making (Economics of Entrepreneurship study) defended the first phase of joint projects they are developing within both courses.
At the Fachhochschule des BFI Wirtschaft, Management Finance in Vienna, the workshop “Development of Pilot Courses “ was organized during May 8th and 9th 2025. This workshop is part of the Erasmus+ Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching and Learning AI-HED project.
The CECIIS 2025 Conference announces the extension of the paper submission deadline to May 31, 2025, and the confirmation of distinguished keynote speakers. Participants are invited to attend the conference physically in Varaždin or to join online, and engage with leading experts while exploring current developments in information and intelligent systems.
Join the invited lecture by Goran Košćak at FOI2 on April 28, 2025 at 10:15 to discover how proactive compliance strategies not only protect company assets but also foster a resilient culture of security within organizations. The lecture will be held in English.
Dear students, alumni, partners and friends,
FOI Board and Staff of the Faculty of Organization and Informatics wish you a Happy Easter!
Prof. Dr. Violeta Vidaček Hainš visited the Republic of South Africa and presented experiences linked to the virtual mobility in teaching - Collaborative online International Learning (COIL) at the University of Pretoria (UP). The goal of this visit was to continue and extend the cooperation between the Faculty of Organization and Informatics and the Department of Information Sciences of the University of Pretoria.