We are pleased to invite students and staff to the 18th edition of FOI International Days, which will take place from May 13 to 15, 2026 at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, under the theme Fostering Global Engagement. This traditional international event is organized by the FOI International Relations Centre and Vice-dean for Science, Projects and International Cooperation.
At the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, a kick-off conference for the three-year research and innovation project HeyAIde – Health Empowerment for You through AI Direct Engagement was held on April 29, 2026. The project is led by BIT4BYTES Ltd., in collaboration with partners FOI, Revent Smart Ltd., and ValMod Center, with the goal of researching and developing innovative smart solutions for personalized remote patient monitoring, consultations, and therapies.
Full Professor Blaženka Divjak, PhD at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (UNIZG FOI) and head of FOI’s Learning Analytics Laboratory, has been elected President of the Society for Learning Analytics Research, the leading international organization in the field of learning analytics. She officially assumed the presidency at the annual Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference 2026 conference, held in Bergen, Norway, in late April 2026.
Members of FOI's Learning Analytics Laboratory (LA Lab) this year again took an active part in the Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference (LAK26), held between 27 April and 1 May in Bergen, Norway.
The fifth session of the Economic Council, an advisory body that brings together representatives of leading companies and institutions with the aim of strengthening cooperation between academia and the business sector, was held on 24 April 2026 at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin.
he Regional Center for Pre-Incubation in Smart Industry has launched a pilot pre-incubation program intended for students who want to develop their own business ideas, gain practical knowledge, and take their first steps toward entrepreneurship with the support of mentors.
The QUOKA project, with a total value of €1,020,712.23, officially kicked off with a meeting held on April 15, 2026, at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics. The project is jointly implemented by Triple-Innovations Ltd. and FOI, with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund through the Competitiveness and Cohesion Programme 2021–2027. It is an ambitious research and development initiative aimed at creating Quoka CPQ – an advanced next-generation AI platform that transforms how companies manage complex B2B sales processes.
Assoc. Prof. Robert Kudelić, PhD of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics recently delivered an invited lecture titled “Quantum Computation 101” at the University of Lisbon.
On Friday, March 20, 2026, the kick-off meeting of the three-year research and development project TIS TIDE, which TIS Grupa and UNIZG FOI are conducting with the aim of developing an advanced AI platform for faster and better business decision-making.
A new five-year research project launched in Varaždin is pioneering an entirely new scientific field — algorithmic entrepreneurship — where quantum computing meets the art of starting a business.