Programme in Brief

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Wednesday, 3 June 2026 - Pre-Conference Day for PhD Students

8.30 - 9.00

Registration with Coffee
9.00 - 9.15 Welcome Address 
9.15 - 11.45 Students' Elevator Pitches
11.45 - 12.00 Coffee Break
12.00 - 14.00

WORKSHOP PART I: From Interviews to Insights: A Hands-On Workshop in Qualitative Research and AI-Assisted Analysis

14.00 - 15.00 Lunch
15.00 - 17.00

WORKSHOP PART II: From Interviews to Insights: A Hands-On Workshop in Qualitative Research and AI-Assisted Analysis

17.00 - 17.30 Closing Words
18.30 - 20.00 Koper Guided Tour for PhD Students (Meeting Point: Faculty of Management)
20.00 - 22.00 Social Event for PhD Students (Port View Café)

Thursday, 4 June 2026

8.30 - 14.00

Registration

9.00 - 10.15

Parallel Sessions 

10.15 - 11.30

Parallel Sessions 

11.30 - 12.00

Coffee Break

12.00 - 12.15

Conference Opening

12.15 - 13.30

Keynote Speech: Unveiling Heterogeneity in Entrepreneurship Supporting Polices (Faculty of Managment)
Dr. Ondřej Dvouletý, Faculty of Business Administration, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia

13.30 - 15.00

Lunch

15.00 - 16.30

Round Table: Implementing the European Green Deal in Ports: Balancing between Sustainability and Economic Reality? (Regional Museum Koper, Main Hall)

16.30 - 17.00

Coffee Break

19.30 – 24.00

Conference Dinner 

(Regional Museum Koper, Garden)

Friday, 5 June 2026

8.30 - 13.00

Registration 

8.30 - 10.00

Parallel Sessions 

10.00 - 11.00

Poster Session with Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.00

Keynote Speech: The Future of the International Economic Order in Times of Geopolitical Turmoil and the Role of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Dr. Damjan Kukovec, General Court of the European Union, Luxembourg 

12.00 - 13.00

Lunch 

13.00 - 14.30

Parallel Sessions

14.30 - 15.30

Meet the Editors

15.30

Conference Closing and Farewell

 

Saturday, 6 June 2026

9.00 - 10.30

Koper Guided Tour (Included in the conference fee)

 

 

           

 

 

     

 

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