Program 2026

Thursday, 3rd September 2026
08:00 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:15	Opening speech: dr. sc. Mato Njavro
09:15 – 09:45	Keynote 1: prof. dr. sc. Johan Roos ” The Fourth Value: Human Magic in the Age of Algorithms”
09:45 – 10:45	Panel 1: Higher Education at a Turning Point: AI, Leadership and Purpose •  Prof. Johan Roos (Professor | Advisor | Co-inventor of    LEGO® Serious Play®) •  Prof. Carlo Maria Gallucci Calabrese, Chief Executive    Officer, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore •  Eileen McAuliffe, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief    Thought Leadership Officer, AACSB International •  Prof. Mato Njavro (Moderator)
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee break sponsored by AACSB
11:15 – 11:45	Keynote 2: Prof. Eileen McAuliffe (Executive Vice President, Chief, Thought Leadership Officer, and Managing Director, EMEA at AACSB)
11:45 – 13:15	AACSB workshop
13:15 – 14:15	Lunch
14:15 – 15:00	Panel 2: Ethics of AI in Education: Key Challenges and Practical Solutions? Prof. Kristijan Krkač (Moderator)   EUonAIR Management Board meeting (14:15-16:15)
15:00 – 16:40	Paper presentations
Closing of the conference Day 1
Special Side Event (Free of Charge) Organised by the EUonAIR European University Alliance *This event is held alongside the conference and is not part of the official conference programme.
16:45 – 17:00	MyAI University Keynote: Andrzej Rudko (Educational Resources Development Coordinator / EUonAIR bureau, Kozminski University)
17:00 – 17:30	EUonAIR Panel: The Intelligent Society: AI, Mobility and the Future of Smart Cities •  Magdalena Gawrońska (Holistic Mobility Support Center    Manager, Kozminski University) •  Laia Prat Cots (UAO CEU EUonAIR Alliance Project    Manager, UAO CEU) •  Prof. Dubravka Kovačević (Moderator)
20:00	Dinner
Friday, 4th September 2026
09:00 – 09:15	Registration
09:15 – 09:45	Keynote 3: Peter van der Hijden (independent higher-education strategy adviser, Former EU Commission as Head of Sector for Higher Education Policy and contributed to the development of Erasmus, the Bologna Process and the EU’s university modernisation agenda) ” Could Europe achieve higher impact with a lighter touch?”
09:45 – 10:30	Panel 3: The Co-Scientist Era: How AI Is Rewriting Research Prof. Andrej Novak (Moderator)
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break sponsored by AACSB
11:00 – 12:00	Workshop – Mikael Gorsky “Directing autonomous agents for management tasks: practical workshop”
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch
13:00 – 16:30	Paper presentations 4InnoPipe meeting (until 15:00)
Closing of the conference Day 2
18:30	Dubrovnik City Tour