Advances in Business – Related Scientific Research Conference (ABSRC)
Artificial intelligence and its impact on business, life, education, and other key aspects of modern society
Date: April 14, 2026 I Venue: Ljubljana 2026 (Live and Online)
Advances in Business – Related Scientific research Conference
About ABSRC
Advances in Business – Related Scientific research Conference is an important international gathering of business and business-related sciences scholars and educators.
In addition to scientific papers, the focus is on various best practices and solutions, which are important for business-related policies and activities at the individual, organizational, group, network, local, regional, national, international, and global level.
The theme for ABSRC 2026 will be “Artificial intelligence and its impact on business, life, education, and other key aspects of modern society”.
One of the outcomes of the conference will be a scientific monograph, which will be published in May 2026.
ABSRC Ljubljana 2026 (Live and Online)
Important dates
- Conference date: APRIL 14, 2026.
- Deadline for submissions of abstracts: February 15, 2026.
- Final decision about abstract submission: February 25, 2026.
- Deadline for submissions of papers (non-obligatory): March 10, 2026.
- Final registration ends: March 20, 2026.
Keynote speaker
Marko Potokar is a lecturer in the field of computer science and informatics. He is the author of numerous publications focusing on privacy, information technology, and operations research. Among his professional roles, he previously served as a state supervisor for personal data protection at the Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia. In 2016, he received the “Corporate Security Manager of the Year” award from the Institute for Corporate Security Studies (ICS Ljubljana) for his innovative contributions to the development and implementation of security. In 2022, he was named “Security Engineer of the Year” in the field of information security, awarded by Palsit at the INFOSEK conference. Most recently, in 2025, he was honoured as the “Best Teacher” for the undergraduate Information and Cyber Security program at GEA College.
Keynote Speech
Guilty Before The Crime? Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Policing, And The Limits Of Trust
When algorithms anticipate behavior, who protects fairness, privacy, and human judgment?
By 2025, artificial intelligence has become a central driver of decision-making in business, education, and public administration. Algorithms no longer merely support human decisions but increasingly shape them. This keynote address will briefly outline the most influential applications of artificial intelligence in contemporary society, highlighting key trends that define the current stage of AI development.
The core of the lecture will focus on one of the most sensitive and controversial applications of AI: predictive policing. The presentation will examine how AI-based predictive tools are used in law enforcement, comparing their effectiveness, reliability, and real-world impact. Special attention will be paid to issues of privacy, algorithmic bias, transparency, and the risk of incorrect or unjustified decisions. The keynote will ultimately question whether risk prediction can gradually undermine the presumption of innocence and where the limits of trust in algorithmic systems should be drawn in democratic societies.
Roundtable
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: TRANSFORMING BUSINESS, LIFE, AND SOCIETY
MODERATOR: Gregor Jagodič, GEA College – Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Slovenia
PANELISTS: Robert Bric, Lučka Guna, Jure Novak, Nina Nia Šribar
Panelists
Conference program ABSRC Ljubljana 2026
ABSRC 2026 SESSIONS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2026
10:00 – 10:05 WELCOME SPEECH
Ajda Fošner, GEA College – Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Slovenia
Conference Chair
10:05 – 10:45 KEYNOTE TALK
Marko Potokar
Guilty Before The Crime? Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Policing, And the Limits of Trust
10:45 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 13:20 CONTRIBUTED TALKS
| 11:00 – 11:10 | Jure Kozelj Gregor Jagodič |
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS SUPPORT FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN PRODUCTION |
| 11:10 – 11:20 | Mitja Jeraj Gregor Jagodič David Jagodič |
THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION AND COMPETENCIES OF EMPLOYEES IN MODERN COMPANIES |
| 11:20 – 11:30 | Tanja Rihtaršič Gregor Jagodič |
FACTORS OF THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | Laura Fink Jaka Vadnjal Bojan Cestnik |
ROMPT ENGINEERING TRAJECTORIES AND PROMPT OPTIMIZATION IN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS |
| 11:40 – 11:50 | Tomaž Poznič Andreja Klančar |
THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY ENTREPRENEURSHIP STUDENTS IN LEARNING CORE CONCEPTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Violeta Bulc | AI AS MIRROR AND TOOL: ARE WE READY? |
| 12:00 – 12:10 | Laura Fink Jaka Vadnjal Bojan Cestnik |
COMPARISON OF PROMPT ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES ACROSS WELL AND ILL STRUCTURED PROBLEM-SOLVING CASES |
| 12:10 – 12:20 | Vladimir Bukvič | THE STRATEGIC CORPORATE INVESTMENT CYCLE: EVIDENCE FROM SLOVENIA |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | Elena Prosperi Jani Toroš |
HUMAN–AI CO-PROGRAMMING IN NEUROMETRIC DATA ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY WITH CHATGPT AND PYTHON |
| 12:30 – 12:40 | Dario Berginc | PROJECT FICA: PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF PROJECT RESULTS |
| 12:40 – 12:50 | Tom Drange | ACCOUNTING FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY IN THE ONLINE IT SECURITY AND DIGITAL FORENSICS EDUCATIONAL DOMAIN |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Lea Cok Jani Toroš ON-LINE |
IDENTIFYING WORD COMBINATIONS THAT CONVEY TRUST: A CONJOINT ANALYSIS |
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Simona Bartošov |
THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE ATTITUDES OF WOMEN AND FOLLOWING ECO-INFLUENCERS |
| 13:10 – 13:20 | Liljana Matić Velibor Isailović ON-LINE |
SENTIMENT ANALYSIS OF USER POSTS ON INSTAGRAM |
13:20 – 13:45 COFFEE BREAK
13:45 – 14:30 ROUNDTABLE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: TRANSFORMING BUSINESS, LIFE, AND SOCIETY
MODERATOR: Gregor Jagodič, GEA College – Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Slovenia
PANELISTS: Robert Bric, Lučka Guna, Jure Novak
Important notice
The ABSRC Ljubljana 2026 will be implemented in Ljubljana with on-site and online participation.
Submission documents:
All authors should submit abstracts by February 15, 2026. Submissions of papers (non-obligatory) will be accepted until March 10, 2026. All submissions must be entirely original, not previously published, and must not be under concurrent consideration or scheduled for presentation elsewhere. All abstracts/papers must be submitted online.
All submissions will be reviewed. Selection for inclusion in the conference program will be based upon quality, originality, and relevance, in the judgment of the review process.
Selected abstracts will be published in the ABSRC 2026 Proceedings.
Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind peer review process. Manuscripts accepted through this process will be eligible for publication in a scientific monograph, which will be published following the conference in May 2026.
Submitted abstracts and papers should strictly follow all formatting guidelines provided in the ABSRC Abstract/Paper Layout.
Publications
Publishing opportunities
All selected abstracts will be published in the ABSRC 2026 Proceedings.
Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind peer review process. Manuscripts accepted through this process will be eligible for publication in a scientific monograph, which will be published following the conference in May 2026.
Find out all the details
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Artificial intelligence in business: process automation, data analytics, trend forecasting.
- The impact of artificial intelligence on education: personalized learning, virtual teachers, learning analytics.
- Artificial intelligence in healthcare: diagnostics, treatment, health data management.
- Ethics and artificial intelligence: privacy, bias, accountability.
- Artificial intelligence in everyday life: smart homes, personal assistants, smart cities.
- The development and future of artificial intelligence: advanced technologies, research, innovations.
- Suavi Ahipasaoglu, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Bostjan Antoncic, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Niksa Alfirevic, Faculty of Economics, University of Split, Croatia
- Dario Berginc, GEA College, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Heri Bezic, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Ionel Bostan, University “Stefan cel Mare” of Suceava, Suceava, Romania
- Kresimir Buntak, University North, Koprivnica, Croatia
- Patrycja Chodnicka, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Alex F. DeNoble, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
- Ajda Fosner, GEA College, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Ana Globocnik Zunac, University North, Koprivnica, Croatia
- Klodiana Gorica, University of Tirana, Albania
- Dietmar Grichnik, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Katherine Gundolf, GSCM – Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France
- Robert D. Hisrich, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
- Mitja Jeraj, GEA College, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Nicholas S. Jewczyn, Ashford University, San Diego, California, U. S. A.
- Ronald C. Johnson, American Public University, Charles Town, West Virginia, U.S.A.
- Valentina Jost Leser, GEA College, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Renata Karkowska, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Claudine Kearney, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Imen Khanchel, University of Manouba, Tunisia
- Alzbeta Kiralova, College of Business, Prague, Czech Republic
- Ekaterina Kostina, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Abey Kuruvilla, University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Leonard H. Lynn, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Damir Mihanovic, University North, Koprivnica, Croatia
- Stephen O. Migiro, Graduate School of Business Leadership, Midrand, South Africa
- Celina M. Olszak, University of Economics, Katowice, Poland
- Mirjana Pejic Bach, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Cezar Scarlat, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- Seval Selіmoglu, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
- Gangaram Singh, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
- Seweryn Spalek, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
- Stanislav Stofko, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
- Dindayal Swain, International Management Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
- Igor Todorovic, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
CONFERENCE FEES
Conference fees cover ABSRC 2026 Proceedings, registrations, and the conference program preparation. Authors and other conference participants will receive the proof of participation. All other expenses of the authors and other conference participants are not covered by conference fees and the conference organizers. Conference fees are non-refundable.
For authors wishing to publish their work in the conference monograph, an additional charge of 200 EUR will apply.
Bank: UniCredit banka Slovenija d.d., Šmartinska cesta 141, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Recipient: GEA College – Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Dunajska cesta 156, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Account no.: 2900 0005 2423 798
IBAN: SI56 2900 0005 2423 798
BIC / SWIFT: BACXSI22
Subject: ABSRC LJUBLJANA 2026 – the first name and the last name of the registered person
Important Note: Bank wire transfer fees are not covered by conference organizers.
At least one author per paper should register. Registration is completed when the conference fee payment is received.
Conference fees cover ABSRC Ljubljana 2026 Proceedings, registrations and the conference program preparation. Authors and other conference participants will receive the ABSRC Ljubljana 2026 Proceedings and the proof of participation. All other expenses of the conference paper authors and other participants are not covered by conference fees and conference organizers and sponsors. Conference fees are non-refundable.
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