Conference Program

Day 1 | THURSDAY, 25th September 2025

Preconference activities

9.00 – 10.30 PhD workshop Rasa Nedzinskaitė-Mačiūnienė, Vytautas Magnus University:
Doing More with Less: How AI is Shaping Systematic Literature Review
FFRI 301
9.30 – 11.30 NEPC General Assembly FFRI 302
10.30 – 11.30 ENIRDELM Board meeting FFRI 303

Conference

10.00 – 18.00 Registration FFRI Ground Floor
12.00 – 12.30 Opening Innova Lab
12.30 – 13.30 Keynote
Ciaran Sugrue, University College Dublin: Building Sustainable Professionally Responsible Communities-Back to the Future

Introduction by Jasna Kovačević, University of Sarajevo
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch  
Parallel sessions
15.00 – 16.00 Symposium FabLed: Resilient Educational Institutions through Learning Community Structures  
Mika Risku, Institute of Educational Leadership, University of Jyväskylä, Finland; Darshan Bhat, Creatnet Education, India; Katherine Edersheim, Impatrics, USA; Mohita Jaiswal, Creatnet Education, India; Vasudha Kapoor, Mera GaonMeri Dunia, India
Innova Lab
15.00 – 16.30

Collaborative Practices in Crisis: School Leaders’ Experiences in Building Institutional Resilience
Rasa Nedzinskaitė-Mačiūnienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Education Academy, Lithuania; Vaida Jurgilė, Vytautas Magnus University, Education Academy, Lithuania  

Support for the Protection and Integration of Children and Families in Migration in Croatia  
Sanja McMurtry, Agency for Education and Training, Croatia  

Moderator: Eija Hanhimaki, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

FFRI 301
15.00 – 16.30

Poster Session

FFRI 302
15.00 – 16.30

The Effects of the Coaching Skills and Tools Training Programme on School Leadership
Tatjana Ažman, National Education Institute Slovenia; Mihaela Zavašnik, National Education Institute, Slovenia  

Building Leadership Capacity in ECE Multiprofessional Teams: What Do Educators Know and Need? 
Ilze Ivanova, University of Latvia, Latvia; Kaspars Kiris, University of Latvia, Latvia  

Moderator: Vlatka Domović, University of Zagreb

FFRI 303
17.30 -19.30 Reception InnovaLab