Programme HEIC 2024

19th September 2024 (Thursday)

08:00 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:15	Opening speech – Mato Njavro, PhD. (ZSEM)
09:15 – 09:45	Searching for Happiness: Myth or Reality? A Professor’s Guide to Wellbeing Keynote Speaker – Prof. Micael Dahlen Head of Center for Wellbeing, Welfare, and Happiness (Stockholm School of Economics)
09:45 – 10:45	Panel 1: Introducing AI in HEIs – Ethical and implementation challenges Moderator: Ivan David Dogan Panelists: Prof. Dr. Michael Jaensch (HTW Berlin), Prof. Dr. Susanne Wilpers (Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences), Adam Wierzbicki, PhD. (Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology), Boris Debić, MSc Physics (ZŠEM)
10:45 – 11:15	European University EUonAIR – New kid on the block Keynote Speaker – Prof. Dr. Izabela Grabowska Full Professor of Social Sciences at Kozminski University
11:15 – 11:30	AACSB Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00	AI in Education Keynote Speaker – Prof. Steven Watson Associate Professor, transdisciplinary studies, Faculty of Education (University of Cambridge)
12:00 – 13:00	Panel 2: What we’ve learnt so far from the European Alliances Moderator: Dubravka Kovačević, PhD. Panelists: Prof. Dr. Enita Nakaš (University of Sarajevo), Prof. Dr. Izabela Grabowska (Kozminski University), Nick Andersson (Stockholm School of Economics), Prof. Dr. Metka Tekavčič (University of Ljubljana), Prof. Dr. Darko Lazarov (Goce Delčev University Štip)
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Paper presentations
16:00	Closing of the 1st day of the Conference
19:30	Dinner (KOPUN Restaurant)

20th September 2024 (Friday)

09:00 – 09:15	Registration
09:15 – 09:45	Institutions of Higher Education torn between international standards and distinguishing positioning– where do strategies come from? Keynote Speaker – Prof. Dr. Thomas Bieger Former President of the University St. Gallen
09:45 – 10:45	Panel 3: Strategic Challenge of Higher Education System  Moderator: Mato Njavro, PhD. Panelists: Prof. dr. hab. Grzegorz Mazurek (Kozminski University), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dalius Misiūnas (ISM University of Management and Economics), Marin Njavro (LSB), Prof. Dr. Ralf Dillerup (Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences), Swen Seebach, PhD. (Abat Oliba CEU University)
10:45 – 11:00	AACSB Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00	Panel 4: Innovating with AI: The Next Frontier in Science & Research Moderator: Andrej Novak, PhD. Panelists: Dr. Sc. Alimshan Faizulayev, (KIMEP University), Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Przegalińska (Kozminski University), Alberto Termine, PhD. (SUPSI)
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch
13:00 – 15:00	Paper presentation / European University EUonAIR partners’ meeting
15:00	Closing of the 2nd day of the Conference
18:00	Dubrovnik City Tour