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Bringing together students and academic staff from five European countries, exchanging knowledge and applying digital technologies to sustainability were at the heart of the international workshop “Green Thinking & Digital Action”, held from 22 to 24 September 2026 in Kranj, Slovenia, with the participation of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (UNIZG FOI). 

The 14th Student Research Symposium on Intercultural Learning took place in the USA from 31 August to 10 September 2026, continuing a longstanding tradition. FOI students Mihaela Sedlar, Niko Rastija and Dino Plodinec visited the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, as well as Chicago. They were accompanied by Professor Violeta Vidaček Hainš, PhD, who led the Symposium from 2010 to 2026, and Damir Vučić, PhD, both faculty members at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics.

The 16th Student Online and Poster Section CECIIS 2026 will be gathering a diverse group of students from several countries. This year, participants are joining from South Africa, India, Ireland, Slovakia and Croatia, contributing to the international character and interdisciplinary spirit of the conference.

Students presented the results of the COIL - Collaborative Online International Learning project (28th May 2026). The innovative COIL learning method was implemented 2018 at FOI and is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Violeta Vidaček Hainš. During the past winter semester 2025/26, COIL was implemented in the Human Resources and Career Development course, 3rd year of the undergraduate study program Information Technologies and Business Digitalization, co-leded by Prof. Dr. Marina Klačmer Čalopa, and associates assistants Dr. Karolina Kokot and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Katarina Pažur Aničić. The head of COIL at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is professor Andreia Carita, and at the University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, Prof. Dr. Machdel Mathee.