Five days in Zadar, 5–9 October 2026. Monday 17–20 at the University of Zadar: a roundtable by invitation, the opening addresses and the welcome reception; Tuesday registration 9–11 and Zadar’s own session 11–13; then one case per hour, 10–13 and 15–18; Thursday and Friday 17:30–18:30 the participants’ own cases at the tables. The reading order of the book is the programme.
The University of Zadar, 17:00–20:00 — a roundtable on AI in education, the opening addresses, the welcome reception.
| Time | Session | At the table | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00–18:00 | Roundtable (by invitation) — AI in Education: Part of Every Degree, or a Degree of Its Own? | Gordan Akrap, Tomislav Petković, Marko Šarlija, Iva Kapusta, Dražen Kapusta | |
| 18:00–18:20 | Opening addresses | ||
| 18:20–20:00 | Welcome reception | ||
The encyclical Magnifica humanitas, security and cognitive superiority, peak performance, the NEO8ra federation.
| Time | Case | Lead | At the table |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–10:15 | Registration | ||
| 10:15–10:30 | Welcome note | Iva Kapusta · Gordan Akrap | |
| 10:30–11:00 | Addresses | Archbishop of Zadar Milan Zgrablić · EU Commissioner Dubravka Šuica | |
| 11:00–13:00 | The Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas | Dražen Kapusta | Milan Zgrablić, Tonko Obuljen, Gordan Akrap, Iva Kapusta, Tali Režun |
| 15:00–16:00 | CEO Fire Chat | Iva Kapusta | Zoran Mabić, Vjekoslav Majetić, Vesna Jurković |
| 16:00–17:00 | The Gold Medal the Model Did Not Win | Dražen Kapusta | Sara Beram, Herman Vukušić |
| 17:00–18:00 | 75% Data Problem, €250 Billion Opportunity, Fog, Solution | Dražen Kapusta | Alessio Manca, Nena Dokuzov, Boštjan Gomilšek, Tadej Slapnik, Gordan Akrap |
AI for security and business, robots in business, hotels, the AI office, the rail that never decides, the eighty-percent decision.
| Time | Case | Lead | At the table |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | Registration | ||
| 10:00–11:00 | AI for Security and Business | Gordan Akrap | Dražen Kapusta, Tomislav Petković, Dalibor Franjić, Tali Režun |
| 11:00–12:00 | Imagine Robots in Business Three Years from Now | Iva Kapusta | Tadej Slapnik, Luka Slapnik, Mario Celan, Vladimir Terešak Jr., Vandri 1 |
| 12:00–13:00 | The Meeting Where Everyone Was Right and Nothing Moved | Srđan Jovanović | Petar Đurić, Igor Vukašinović |
| 15:00–16:00 | AI Office | Tali Režun | Đorđe Cakić, Mislav Bašić, Borna Segulin, Denitsa Stoyanova |
| 16:00–17:00 | Problem, Solution. All the Rest Is Noise | Snežana Ilić | Tomislav Anadolac, Marija Lovrić, Budimir Milić, Srđan Jovanović |
| 17:00 onwards | Participants' cases — presented by their authors | ||
AI in the firm, the expert and the agent, AI on the board, selling, building twice, the AI hackathon — then the participants' cases at the tables.
| Time | Case | Lead | At the table |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | Registration | ||
| 10:00–11:00 | The AI Everyone Used but Underperformed | Dražen Kapusta | Andreja Čović Vidović, Edo Mujkić, Tvrtko Dolić, Kristina Bukilić, Zlatko Galešić |
| 11:00–12:00 | The Best Person for the Old Job Was Ready for the New One | Snežana Ilić | Vesna Jurković, Hrvoje Lisak, Marija Lovrić, Miroslava Jocić, Jurica Vuković, Nevenka Bilandžić, Alenka Jajac Knez, Andreja Čović Vidović |
| 12:00–13:00 | The Board Pack Was Perfect. The Decision Was Not. | Luka Gauta | Helena Schmidt, Siniša Čolević, Kristina Bukilić, Ljudmila Bjelić |
| 15:00–16:00 | The Sale That Happened Before the Meeting | Saša Pavlaković | Ivor Baksa, Bruno Pavić, Zvonimir Šimić, Mario Martinek, Marija Nikolić |
| 16:00–17:00 | The Executive Who Built Twice | Irena Grofelnik | Hrvoje Strepački, Hrvoje Lisak, Zlatko Rizvić, Budimir Milić |
| 17:00–17:30 | The Hackathon Where Nobody Wrote Code | Dražen Kapusta | The room — the hackathon needs no panel |
| 17:30–18:30 | Participants' cases at the tables — tables of six, one case each, no stage | ||
The new role for MBA alumni, the first Monday as CEO, from Lex Mercatoria to the AI economy, the tribe, the journey — the Zadar Declaration and the closing session, then the participants' cases at the tables.
| Time | Case | Lead | At the table |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | Registration | ||
| 10:00–11:00 | Three Titles Arrived Before the Job Did | Aco Momčilović | Saša Milinović, Marin Validžić, Boris Bajtl |
| 11:00–12:00 | The First Monday as CEO | Vlatka Šrajbek | Hrvoje Tretinjak, Jerko Bačić, Hrvoje Merki, Krešimir Lokas, Vukašin Stanisavljević, Miroslava Jocić |
| 12:00–13:00 | From Lex Mercatoria to the AI Economy | Dražen Kapusta | Vladimir Terešak, Siniša Čolević, Ana Blažević, Loris Dessardo, Vjekoslav Majetić · The room joins the table |
| 15:00–16:00 | Do You Need a Tribe in the NEO Era? | Zrinko Petener | The EMBA cohort at the table — and whoever is in the room |
| 16:00–17:00 | The Trip They Still Talked About Years Later | Ivana Babić | The EMBA cohort at the table — and whoever is in the room |
| 17:00–17:30 | The Zadar Declaration and the Closing Session | Iva Kapusta | everyone who stays |
| 17:30–18:30 | Participants' cases at the tables — tables of six, one case each, no stage | ||