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Conference will open new actual topics rom new ways of learning and innovations in organizations during the digital transformation. Together with world's and local partners from business, academic and social community, we will learn the secret recipe of the most successful organizations.

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The main topic of this year's conference is: 
Culture driven innovation and learning

Three narrow topics of the conference will be discussed in three sessions and sucessful examples and case studies from practice will be presented and followed by workshops:

  • transfer of knowledge and innovation between cultures and economies 
  • learning, innovation and corporate culture in digital  age
  • increasing competitiveness of organizations through innovation –  promoting female leadership in innovative organizations

Other conference sessions will discuss the following topics: open innovation, international knowledge transfer and innovation, education, education, entrepreneurship and engagement at work, leadership  skills for innovation, organizational culture in digital transformation, robotics and artificial intelligence in education, digitalization and innovation...

Participating at the conference will give you the opportunity to listen to top lecturers from the USA, Great Britain, Netherlands, Danmark, France, Croatia, etc. Join the workshops and learn new skills needed for developing your creative and digital competencies, and learn about actual business cases from practice.   

Along with the top quality keynote presentations and thematic panel discussions, what gives the special value to the conference are the case studies, example from practice refering to learning culture and innovation building in organizations.

Podravka, the conference host, is working very intensively on encouraging creativity and innovation  of the employees and installiing the open innovation system within the company.

This year Podravka has won the first prize for the encourage creativity in employees project within the contest Best HR practices organized by the company Selectio and MojPosao.

Official languages: English and Croatian. 

Who is the conference intended for?

Everyone who in their organizations deal with digital learning, collaboration, innovations.

The conference is intended for managers in the areas of innovation and idea management, digital transformation, human resources, e-learning project leaders in organizations, managers and experts from the areas of knowledge management, IT experts that work on knowledge and innovation management support, and all those interested in learning, innovation and knowledge sharing in digital age.

 

why

The aim of the conference is to promote excellence and innovation in using new technologies and learning methods in order to increase creativity and innovation in organizations.

By organizing this conference Podravka continues the triple-helix approach and, like in the previous three conferences, promotes the importance of association with the business, academic and broader community in order to jointly create a knowledge society.

What makes us really happy and honoured is that this year's conference Knowledge in focus will be held under endorsment of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Mrs Kolinda Grabar Kitarović, who has given us her full support in achieving the conference goals, especially promoting excellence and innovation in using new technologies in the business environment. 

 

Attractive program and excellent food

When Podravka host the conference, visitors can count not only on the rich conference program, but also on the rich table and a good time