Keynote Speakers

Professor Igor Balaban is a Full Professor at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI), where he has been actively involved in academic and research work since 2004. He currently teaches courses in business informatics, information systems, and e-learning systems. Professor Balaban also serves as the Head of the Laboratory for Advanced Technologies in E-learning and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences (JIOS).

Over the years, Professor Balaban has held several leadership positions at FOI, including Vice Dean for Science, International Cooperation and Projects, Head of the Committee for E-learning, and Head of the Department of Computing and Technology. He has coordinated and participated in numerous national and international projects focused on educational technology and digital competencies. Notably, he has been coordinating two Erasmus+ capacity-building projects with Asian region: AMED (Advancing Higher Education in Maldives) and DIGITAsia, both aimed at enhancing digital and educational capacity in diverse learning environments.