KEYNOTE SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

Professor Siniša Rodin is Full Professor at the Department of European Public Law  at the Faculty of Law, University in Zagreb. Since July 1, 2013 Siniša Rodin serves as a Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Prof. Siniša Rodin earned his Ph.D. degree from the  University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia  in 1995, and his LL.M. degree from the  University of Michigan Law School  in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1992. He specialized European Law at the  European University Institute  in Florence, Italy, and German Constitutional Law at the  Max-Planck Institut für ausländisches öeffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht  in Heidelberg, Germany.  Prof. Rodin’s  scientific interest includes issues of constitutional interpretation, fundamental rights and constitutional aspects of European integration. His research also focuses free movement of services.  He is member of editorial board of Croatian Yearbook of European Law & Policy and Zeitschrift für Öffentliches Recht. He is member of UACES and FIDE. 

Lawrence Chong serves as the Group CEO of Consulus and MD for DesignFutures Venture. A 2 Time TEDx speaker and global keynote speaker on innovation and design. Since 2020 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve on the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.

Consulus is a global change by design firm serving persons, companies, and cities in their transfiguration for an Economy of Communion. Funded in Singapore in 2004, Consulus’s work and presence is in 23 nations from the Americas, Asia, and Europe. A global speaker, he has spoken at conferences such as Innovation by Design, World Marketing Summit, TEDx and in 30 cities such as Sao Paolo, Melbourne on innovation, business design, and the Economy of Communion.

Professor Iris Goldner Lang is a Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, the head of the Department of European Public Law and the vice dean for International and Interinstitutional Affairs and Quality Management at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. She is the holder of the UNESCO Chair on Free Movement of Persons, Migration and Inter-Cultural Dialogue and the academic coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “EU’s Global Leadership in the Rule of Law”.

Professor Olesea Plotnic is university professor within “Private Law” Department of the Law Faculty, Moldova State University, specializing in Business Law and Consumer Law. She has a lawyer’s license and she is a CEDR mediator and arbitrator. She has more than 18 years of experience in the field of law and she teaches in English, French and Russian 

Tatia Dolidze is an Assistant Professor and a Department Head at the International Relations Bachelors programme of the European University, Tbilisi, Georgia. Furthermore, since 2015 Ms. Dolidze has held the position of an invited lecturer at the University of Georgia, Tbilisi State University (TSU) and the Caucasus University teaching BA and MA courses in the direction of European Studies, while she has also worked as a trainer in public speaking for different educational establishments. She has been pursuing her PhD in European Studies at the Institute of European Studies at TSU, during which she spent a year at the Masaryk University in Brno.

Marek SZARUCKI, PhD is an associate professor and head of the Department of Strategic Analysis at the Krakow University of Economics (Poland). His scientific interests concentrate on the methodology of management sciences, strategic management, entrepreneurship in Eastern and Central Europe, and innovations management. He is an author and co-author of peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters and a member of the editorial board of several international scientific journals: Journal of Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Business: Theory and Practice, Journal of Business, Management and Education, and Journal of Business Excellence. His international background includes studies, study trips, summer schools, international conferences, and cooperation with universities in Lithuania, Croatia, Russia, Sweden, the UK, the USA and Taiwan. He is also a member of the European Academy of Management and the Academy of Management.

Domagoj Sajter, PhD is a full professor at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, the Department of Finance and Accounting. He has published over 130 scientific, professional, and popular papers. He is a member of the Scientific Field Committee for the area of social sciences, the field of economics. He is also the head of the postgraduate specialist study of Finance and Banking and an expert associate of the Croatian translation departments at the European Commission. More recently, he has focused his research interest on blockchain technology and decentralized finance.

Maggie Farrell is the Dean of Libraries at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA, serving over 31,000 students in a diverse and energetic community. Previously, Maggie was the Dean of Libraries at Clemson University and the University of Wyoming. Maggie also worked at Montana State University, the U.S. GPO, Arizona State University, and Dalhousie University, Canada. Maggie earned an MPA from Arizona State University and MLS from the University of Arizona. This varied experience contributes to Maggie’s interest in library leadership and management. 

Loida Garcia-Febo is a Puerto Rican American librarian and International Library Consultant. She is the past President of the American Library Association, a member of the IFLA Governing Board, and Chair of the IFLA Management of Library Associations Section. Loida works with multiple stakeholders globally and is the Health and Wellness Ambassador of the San Jose State University School of Information. She has taught in 45 countries. Loida has a Bachelor's in Business Education and a Master's in Library and Information Sciences. Born, raised, and educated in Puerto Rico. 

Antonija Filipeti has been working at the National and University Library in Zagreb since 2009, and in 2021, she took on the role of Head of the Academic Centre and Continuous Professional Development Division. She mentors students and coordinates internships at the Library, while also collaborating on exchange programs for international students and professionals in library and information sciences. She enrolled in a PhD program in Information and Communication Sciences in 2023. Her key interests focus on professional development, lifelong learning, and mentoring in the field of librarianship.