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Friday, 29 December 2023 GDSC Primorska hosted a DataFlow workshop last week

Last week, the Google Developer Club of the University of Primorska (GDSC Primorska) successfully held the DataFlow workshop, which brought together all enthusiasts of the Large Language Model (LLM).

The workshop took place from 18 to 21 December 2023 at various locations. 

       

In the introduction, in Tramontana (UP FHŠ), the organizers delved into the details of the event, where Robert Dovžan, head of the data science team at Outbrain company (the sponsor of the event), introduced the participants to the department where he works and discussed the possibilities of cooperation with the company in the form of summer schools and internships. Clément Delteil, a data scientist, former Erasmus student at UP FAMNIT and keynote speaker from France, presented his important projects and professional work to the young enthusiasts, and then led his workshop. 

     

Throughout the introductory day, participants interacted with speakers and discussed ML&AI topics using the Slido platform, which had been introduced at the beginning. On the following day, they actively started working on the development of their projects, and these were later presented at the conclusion of the event on December 21.

Additionally, the organisers gave the teams direct access to their sample reports accessible online, on the Medium platform. The individual teams with access to the platform can be found at the links below: 

  • Marija Rakic, Bogdan Sinik and Pavel Jolakoski, ‘Crafting Lyrics with LSTM’ > HERE
  • Yllke Yashari and Dmytro Tupkalenko, ‘Predicting next term in an integer sequence’ > HERE
  • Emilija Trajkovska and Ilija Petrov, ‘Fine tuning LLM to generate song lyrics’ Elsa Morina,Nikola Murgoski and Miha Rupar, ‘Fine tuning LLM for machine translation’ > HERE
  • Vasilije Bozaric and Marko Veskovic, ‘Image generation by merging stable diffusion models’ > HERE
  • Hana Amiri and Sasa Krajnovic, ‘Mechanisms of action’ > HERE
  • Zhivko Stoimchev and Anastasija Temova, ‘Image Generation with DCGAN’ > TUKAJ
  • Marija Cetkovic and Elena Zdravkoska, ‘Image Generation with DCGAN’ > HERE
  •  Andrej Natev, ‘Predicting Hit Songs’ > HERE

At the end of the workshop, Clement Delteil, assist. Jordan Deja and Martin Jakomin, Head of Outbrain, offered each group constructive feedback and suggestions, encouraging the participants to continue exploration of this field. Participants were acknowledged with prizes and certificates of participation. 

»I want to extend a big thank you to everyone who made our recent 4-day Machine Learning Summit a success. It's been an incredible journey, and I'm grateful for the support from each participant and all those who helped to organise this event. I'm proud of our students who dove into networking, workshops, and project presentations over the three intense days. The meals and rewards were small tokens compared to the significant contributions of our hardworking students.  Looking forward, 2024 promises more exciting events as we aim to grow and bring more opportunities to our university. We're not just a community, we're here for our students. Whether you need help with projects, academic questions, or anything else, feel free to reach out,« summed up  Ivan Cvijetić, the leder of the GDSC Primorska. 

According to the head of the event, Ivan Cvijetić, organizing such an event, especially for the first time, was no small task, so every individual's contribution played a role in the successful implementation of the event. 

The organizers want to extend special thanks to Assoc. Prof. Branko Kavšek and assist. Domen Vake, who supported the event, the Outbrain sponsor, and Clément Delteil, who came from France to lead workshops and guide students. Also, thanks to Assist. Arsen Matej Golubovik, who prepared a workshop on neural networks, Nevena Stojnić and Jordan Aiko Deja for their support in leading this initiative, as well as Damjan Muhič for a short video recap of the event. 

  

 


             


Friday, 22 December 2023 WORKSHOP: COMBINATORICS AND PROBABILITY IN PRACTICE

Workshop: Combinatorics and Probability in Practice

     

When? Thursday, 4 January 2024, 13.00–14.30

Kje? ZOOM

Registration: up to 2 January 2024 via the e-form HERE

In the framework of the Green, Digital and Inclusive University of Primorska project (GDI UP), we invite you to the workshop on Combinatorics and Probability in Practice, led by Prof. Dr. Ajda Fošner. During the workshop, we will delve into the basic rules of counting, ordered and unordered selections, permutations, variations, and combinations. Additionally, we will explore terms such as experiment, event, and sample space, along with conditional probability and other related concepts. The presentation will cover the formula of total probability and the Bayes' theorem, as well as the sequences of independent trials.

Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be equipped to apply the basic principles of combinatorics and probability in practice, particularly in statistics and other fields such as computer science, chemistry, biology, optimization, etc. We invite you to join us and gain valuable knowledge and skills for the effective application of these concepts across various disciplines.

INVITATION TO THE WORKSHOP 


    

The project is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, and the European Union – NextGenerationEU. The project is implemented in accordance with the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) under the development area Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, component Strengthening competencies, in particular digital competencies and those required by the new professions and the green transition (C3 K5), for the investment measure Investment F. Implementation of pilot projects, the results of which will serve as a basis for the preparation of a roadmap for the reform of higher education for a green and resilient transition to a Society 5.0: project Pilot Projects for the Reform of Higher Education for a Green and Resilient Transition.


Thursday, 21 December 2023 Presentation of the topic of the doctoral dissertation – Albert Kravos

We invite you to the presentation of the topic of the doctoral dissertation Unlocking the Potential of Olive Leaves Agricultural Residue as a Resource for Biorefineries of the student Albert Kravos, enrolled in the doctoral study programme Renewable Materials for Healthy Built Environments.

The presentation will take place on Thursday, 4 January 2024 at 17.00 in InnoRenew CoE, Livade 6a, 6310 Izola, room Juniperus. The presenation will be available also at TEAMS tool, to which you can access here.

Cordially invited!


Thursday, 21 December 2023 UP FAMNIT student's team won second place at ParaVolley Europe

Tija Vrhovnik, a Master's student in Psychology at UP FAMNIT, won the excellent second place at ParaVolley Europe together with her team in the Italian town of Caorle this October.

On Monday, December 19, traditionally at the end of the year, the best Slovenian sportsmen gathered in Cankarjev dom for the Sportsman of the Year 2023 event. The Association of Sports Journalists and the Olympic Committee of Slovenia presented awards to the individuals and teams with the biggest impact in the field of sports.

They awarded the prize for the best athlete with a disability, and this year it went to a team sport for the first time. In front of a full Gallus hall, our volleyball players received the award, for which we sincerely congratulate them!

 
Source: http://www.odbojkasede.com/


Thursday, 21 December 2023 LAST APPROVED PROJECTS BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS: AT UP FAMNIT

At UP FAMNIT, we acquired two new projects within the INTERREG programme Slovenia-Croatia 2021-2027.

»TransPlant: Integral cross-border protection of Natura 2000 plant species and habitats«, partner, UP FAMNIT (lead: Prirodoslovni muzej Rijeka, Croatia), UP leader: dr. Peter Glasnović

The TransPlant - Integral Transboundary Conservation of Natura 2000 Plant Species project aims to develop conservation guidelines and actions for three Natura 2000 plant species: the Dinaric spurge, the Scopoli's sedge and the Varied cattail. These species thrive in the cross-border area between Slovenia and Croatia, and their long-term conservation requires common conservation strategies. Active conservation measures, both in-situ and ex-situ, based on knowledge of the species' distribution and an understanding of the impact of climate change in the future, will be used to develop a long-term strategy for their conservation. This will focus on understanding the biology, population genetics and reproductive status of populations. The strategy will be developed in collaboration with stakeholders, space users and the interested public. The project, which will be led by the Natural History Museum of Reka, has been prepared in cooperation with eight partners from Slovenia (Škocjan Caves Regional Park, University of Primorska, Institute for Nature Conservation of the Republic of Slovenia, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts) and Croatia (Natural History Museum of Reka - lead partner, Istria County, Matulji Municipality, Risnjak National Park).

»FoRESisT Preservation and evaluation of forest and agricultural ecosystems in the cross-border area FoRESisT«, partners, UP FAMNIT, UP lead: dr. Matjaž Hladnik

The FoRESisT project focuses on the conservation of forest and agricultural habitats, or agroforestry habitats (agroforestry), as well as on opportunities to enhance biodiversity. The project aims to increase the resilience of habitats to a wide range of negative impacts such as fires, droughts, invasive non-native species, diseases, anthropogenic and other factors, and to ensure sustainable management. FoRESisT activities will be carried out in three strands: 1) Analysis of the situation and identification of habitat conservation measures; 2) Implementation of pilot actions to improve the situation and enhance the resilience of selected habitats (e.g. conservation of chestnut forests, downy oak forests, establishment of agroforestry and forest ecosystems typical of karst landscapes), based on common cross-border guidelines; and 3) Educational activities to raise public awareness on the importance of conserving a diversity of habitats. The main outputs and outcomes of the project will include the development of a common cross-border strategy for the conservation of forest and agricultural ecosystems, the establishment of a cross-border network of experts in the field of agriculture and forestry, pilot actions for the protection of ecosystems, and the organisation of public cross-border events, leading to improved cooperation between the different stakeholders and to more effective management of Natura 2000 sites in the cross-border area.


BIODIVMON

BIG_PICTURE, Developing data management and analytical tools to engage and promote citizen science camera trapping initiatives across Europe, partners, UP Famnit, UP leader: dr. Elena Bužan

This project aims to address several of these obstacles to enhance the availability of information-rich data collected by camera traps already being collected across Europe during the last 10-15 years. working with the leading researchers, citizen science groups and stakeholders involved in camera trapping1 of wildlife we aim to identify, and then overcome, the legal, institutional, social, technical and practical barriers to processing, annotating, organising, sharing and analysing the vast amounts of camera trapping data that are being collected every day across the continent.


Tuesday, 19 December 2023 UP FAMNIT was part of the international congress »Sport through the Eyes of Psychology «

Between December 14 and 15, 2023, an international congress entitled »Sport through the eyes of psychology« took place in the Crystal Palace (BTC Ljubljana) under the auspices of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia - Association of Sports Federations (OKS-ZŠZ).

Experienced foreign and domestic experts in the field of sports psychology gave lectures at the congress. The event focused on various psychological aspects of sports. Throughout the two-day program, the speakers delved mainly into creating a safe environment for athletes, addressing aspects of mental health, and discussing the role of psychology among young athletes.

The program was divided into two parts: Workshops for Psychologists, intended for psychologists, and the Congress part, open to coaches, pedagogues, athletes, and other sports professionals.

Within the congress, the workshop »Mindfulness exercises« was held, together with Tina Jeromen, by Dr. Maja Smrdu from the Department of Psychology at UP FAMNIT, also a member of the Organizing Committee of the congress. 

The Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sport, the Sports Psychology Section of the Association of Slovenian Psychologists and the Faculty of Sports of the University of Ljubljana were part of the organization and implementation of the event.


In the same week, 13 December 2023, prominent representatives of sports organizations visited the Faculty of Health Science, namely Mr. Gregor Rankel, Undersecretary at the Directorate for Sport, Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport, g. Peter Lević, acting Chief Inspector at the Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Sport and dr. Uroš Mohorić, Director of the Sports Sector at the Olympic Committee of Slovenia – Association of Sports Federations.

                                      

The purpose of the event was to convey knowledge about the formal regulation of sport in the Republic of Slovenia, to present the tasks and orientations of individual institutions in the field of sport, and above all to enable students to have an in-depth discussion with representatives of these organizations.

The organizers were doc. Dr. Maja Smrdu, UP FAMNIT, holder of the course Sport Psychology and doc. Matej Plevnik, PhD, UP FVZ, Vice-Dean for Quality in the field of kinesiology.


Tuesday, 19 December 2023 Another award for Đorđe Mitrović, this time in the field of combinatorics

Đorđe Mitrović, UP FAMNIT alumni, received the CMSA Penfold Street Student Prize for the best talk by a student at the 45th Australian Combinatorics Conference.

With this student award, named in honour of Anne Penfold Street, who was the first President of the CMSA (Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia), CMSA encourages students to attend Australasian combinatorics conferences and prepare good presentations for student lectures.

Contributions are evaluated on the basis of several criteria: motivation and setting of the general context, methods used to present the material, organization and structure of the lecture, originality of the substance of the lecture and rapport with the audience.

The laureate of the award receives 500 US dollars.

The Australian Conference on Combinatorics (ACC), at which the CMSA Penfold Street Student Prize is being awarded since 2001, is an annual CMSA conference covering all areas of combinatorics in mathematics and computer science. This year’s edition of the event was the 45th.

Once again, we sincerely congratulate our alumni and wish him much success in the future!


Đorđe Mitrović (in the middle) and some of the previous CMSA Penfold Street Student Prize laureates


Monday, 18 December 2023 Invitation to the defense of the Master’s Thesis - Katrin Školnik Škrabe (Nature Conservation, 2nd cycle)

On Wednesday, 20 December 2023, at 17:00 via Zoom, Katrin Školnik Škrabe, a student of the master's study program Nature Conservation, 2nd cycle, will present her Master's Thesis entitled Assessment of population density of ungulates and mesocarnivores with the help of phototraps.

Zoom link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7119733027

Zoom password: c8Ksnb

You are all kindly invited!


Friday, 15 December 2023 Newly acquired adapted research projects ARIS

The Department of Mathematics at UP IAM and theDepartment of Information Sciences and Technologies at UP Famnit have once again succeeded in the public call for (co)financing adapted research projects under the complementary scheme for applications to the European Research Council (ERC) calls, announced by the Public Agency for Research and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia (ARIS). 


UP Famnit successfully acquired a project titled "Uncovering the user consumption experiences through computational psychological modelling," funded for a period of 3 years, led by Dr. Marko Tkalčič from the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies.

21st-century life offers increasingly accurate recommendation algorithms based on new, deep-learning approaches that extract user-specific information from the user's past behaviour. However, these systems still lack an interpretable reasoning on why a certain item (e.g. a film or a music piece) is suitable for a user and, more importantly, do not fully explain the item consumption impact on the user. PsyCom will create a paradigm shift from the current behavioural approach by establishing a new computational framework containing experience, user, and item models, datasets, instruments for annotations, ethical guidelines, datasets, and evaluation metrics. The data sources for features will be digital user traces and media content. Finally, we will validate the approaches through use cases.

 


At UP IAM, we successfully obtained a project titled "Some applications of t-point counts in algebraic and combinatorial graph theory from the point of view of association schemes," funded for a period of 2 years, led by Dr. Safet Penjić from the Department of Mathematics.

Project abstract: There are several types of finite, undirected, connected graphs that have the sort of combinatorial regularity that can be analysed using combinatorial or algebraic methods (algebraic methods such as linear algebra, geometry, linear programming bounds, special functions, orthogonalpolynomials, representation theory and etc.). In this project we build up and continue to study $t$-point counts, the scientific work that we started in the paper ``A unified view of inequalities for distance-regular graphs (part I)'', J. Combin. Theory Ser. B 154 (2022) by Arnold Neumaier and Safet Penjić.

 

 


Thursday, 14 December 2023 UP FAMNIT students tested their programming skills at the Central European Regional Contest - CERC

From the 9th to the 10th of December, computer enthusiasts gathered at the Central European Regional Contest (CERC) in Ljubljana, which is part of the largest and most prestigious university computer science competition in the world - the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).

The University of Primorska was represented by: Vasilije Božarić (a 2nd-year student of Mathematics), Miloš Jevtović ( absolvent of the Mathematics programme) and Jovan Pavlović (a student of the Master’s programme Data Science). Dr. Andrej Brodnik (competition leader) and Dr. Nino Bašić from the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies at UP FAMNIT also contributed to the implementation of the competition.

The competition, attended around 60 teams from the best universities in the region, was organized by the Faculty of Computer and Information Science of the University of Ljubljana (UL FRI) in cooperation with ACM Slovenia, Association for Computing Machinery. 

Congratulations to the competitors!

    

    


Wednesday, 13 December 2023 We are entering the new year with a new student leadership

UP FAMNIT Student Council has elected a new leadership. At the constitutive session held on 12 December 2023, Gabriela Laznik Zalaznik, a student of Biopsychology, was elected as President, Pavel Jolakoski, a student of Computer Science, as vice president, and Yelyzaveta Karazhova, a student of Biopsychology, as Secretary. In addition, the students will be represented, besides the president of the Student Council, by Teodora Ilić, who will also have the role of the UP FAMNIT representative in the Senate of the University of Primorska.

We wish the UP FAMNIT Student council successful work!

    


Wednesday, 13 December 2023 Together we are stepping UP for the fridge of Good Heart

The cooperation between UP and Radio Capris has been going on successfully for many years, with UP being particularly associated with them at events for students (such as Orientation Days or StartUP), and the campaign they run in December connects the wider community, which is why UP responded to the invitation to participate in the campaign both last year and this year. Radio Capris traditionally organises the December charity campaign "Fridge of a Warm Heart", which helps families in need in our region.

     

Last year, 8.5 tonnes of goods and €64,167 in funds were collected. The amount of goods collected is not important - every donation is precious

  • food products with a longer expiry date (pasta, rice, oil, sugar, breakfast cereals, etc.)
  • treats for the festive season (chocolates, panettone, biscuits, jam, chocolate spread),
  • personal care and hygiene products (shampoos, shower gels, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap); and
  • cleaning products.

They do not accept used toys or clothes.

The collection boxes are located in the Famnit lobby, accompanied by our joyfully decorated tree. 

Thank you for steppingUP. We wish you a warm and colourful December! 

  


Tuesday, 12 December 2023 The full video of 2nd Famnits' Biological Evening is now available

The second lecture of the Famnits' Biological Evenings titled “Circularity of biobased, biodegradable, and non-degradable plastics,” was given by Dorian Vodopia, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway.

             

The lecture covered several research areas, commencing with an introductory segment on macroplastics pollution in the marine environment, delving into the material flows / effects of Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG), and current mitigation strategies. Consequently, the lecture briefly probed into Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and underlined the existing research gaps and efforts in integrating the impacts of "Ghost Fishing" on marine ecosystems and biodiversity within Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) modelling. An overview of the SFI DSolve project and the latest developments in Research Area 5: Circularity of biobased, biodegradable, and non-degradable plastics, were presented. Including the ALDFG retrieval operation done in collaboration with the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, a long-term in-situ assessment of “Ghost Fishing” impacts on benthic environments: stock-specific catch rates in relation to gillnets and pots, and modelling the fate of ALDFG within the Norwegian marine environment.

About lecturer: Dorian Vodopia, born the 5. 3. 1996 in Rijeka, Croatia, attained a bachelor’s degree in Marine Sciences at the University Juraj Dobrila of Pula, Croatia in 2017. Thesis title: “Synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their impact on the sperm of sea urchin A. lixula”. Subsequently, in 2020 he obtained a master’s degree in Nature Conservation at the University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia. Thesis title: „Embryotoxicity and oxidative stress in the sea urchin P. lividus after co-exposure to PMMA microparticles and NSAID indomethacin”. From January 2021 to January 2023, he was employed as a project associate at the Laboratory for Marine Nanotechnology and Biotechnology, Centre for Marine Research in Rovinj, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia. Since April 2023, he has been employed as a PhD fellow at UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, HARVEST research group, DSolve Project Research Area 5. His PhD work is: „Inclusion of ghost fishing and its effects on ecosystems and biodiversity in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA)”.


    

The 3rd lecture of the Famnits' Biological Evenings series titled “Circularity of biobased, biodegradable, and non-degradable plastics,'' will be held on 19 December, 2023, at 7pm, via ZOOM. The lecture will be conducted by Anna Gasperl from the University of Graz.  More info. > HERE


Monday, 11 December 2023 FTP – Faculty Tournament in Programming

FTP (Faculty Tournament in Programming) is a competition where students have the opportunity to test their programming skills in a fun way. Participants develop a program (Player) that plays a turn-based game on their behalf against other competitors. The goal is to create a program (Player) that responds best to the strategies of other competitors, without access to their source code.

This year, we invite you once again to participate! The competition brings many changes, with the most notable being the team dimension (games in pairs). Other changes will be presented at the official introduction on December 12, 2023, in classroom Rlab3 at 8:30 AM.

You are cordially invited!

We invite all UP FAMNIT students to participate!

  • Start: 11. 12. 2023
  • End: 1. 3. 2024
  • Finals: TBA

The official website: https://tekmovanje.famnit.upr.si/


Tuesday, 5 December 2023 Niki Hrovatin, new Doctor of Science

Today, 5 December 2023, we welcomed another doctor of science at UP FAMNIT.

Niki Hrovatin, student of doctoral study programe Computer Science at UP FAMNIT has successfully defended his doctoral thesis Enabling Decentralized Privacy Preserving Data Processing in Sensor Networks; under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Jernej Vičič, PhD and co-mentorship of Prof. Michaël Mrissa, PhD.

We sincerely congratulate the new doctor of science and wish him much success on his future journey in research!


Tuesday, 5 December 2023 Research visits to the University of Malaga and University of Sheffield

Assoc. Prof. Matjaž Kljun and Assoc. Prof. Klen Čopič Pucihar, UP FAMNIT and UP IAM researcher from the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies, visited the University of Malaga as part of the ERASMUS+ KA220 project FTDCHE - Fostering the Transversal Digital Competences in Higher Education.

With a duration of 30 months, this Erasmus+ project integrates five Universities (the University of Málagathe University of Applied Sciences of Leuven-Limburgthe University of Primorska, the Polytechnic University of Bucharesti Šiauliai State University of Applied Sciences) with the leaders in the research and development of Information and Communication Technologies. The project aims to promote the updating of advanced digital skills of citizens in general and Higher Education students.

The project worth 250,000 EUR, is granted by the European Commission.

Sollertia is the collective name of the 3-year Erasmus+ project KA220-HED »FTDCHE« (Fostering the Transversal Digital Competences in Higher Education), which started in December 2022, and its »LMS« (Learning Management System).

You can read more about the FTDCHE/Sollertia project here.

  
  


Between November 26 and December 3, 2023, Dr. Nino Bašić (UP FAMNIT, UP IAM and IMFM) and Prof. Primož Potočnik (UL FMF and IMFM) visited Prof. Patrick W. Fowler, FRS, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As part of the research visit, they also met with Prof. Barry T. Pickup, Maxine M. McCarthy and Prof. Steven P. Armes, FRS.

They discussed various topics of chemical graph theory and physical chemistry: the use of nut graphs in physics, applications of graphs with a small number of orbits in mathematical chemistry, the energy of toroidal graphs, directed nut graphs, etc.

The visit was financially supported by the Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics (IMFM).

  


Monday, 4 December 2023 PSYCHOLOGY AND SPORT: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS »SPORT THROUGH THE EYES OF PSYCHOLOGY«

On December 14 and 15, 2023, an international congress entitled »Sport through the eyes of psychology« will be held in the Crystal Palace (BTC Ljubljana) under the auspices of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia - Association of Sports Federations (OKS-ZŠZ). The Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sport, the Sports Psychology Section of the Association of Slovenian Psychologists and the Faculty of Sports of the University of Ljubljana are involved in the organization and implementation of the event.

Experienced foreign and domestic experts in the field of sports psychology will give lectures at the congress, and the red thread of the entire event will be various psychological aspects in sports. Due to the short time frame, the lectures will be intensive, and the lecturers will focus mainly on creating a safe environment for athletes, aspects of mental health and the role of psychology among young athletes. Not only psychology in elite and competitive sports, but also psychology in the context of recreational sports and physical education in schools will be discussed.

The program is divided into 2 parts, namely Workshops for psychologists (both days in the morning), which is intended for psychologists, and the Congress part (both days in the afternoon), which is intended for coaches, pedagogues, athletes and other workers in sports.

Workshops for psychologists

The morning part is intended for psychologists. The workshop entitled »Mindfulness exercises« will be led, together with Tina Jeromen, by Dr. Maja Smrdu from the Department of Psychology at UP FAMNIT, also a member of the Organizing Committee of the congress. Other workshops will be carried out by Paul Wylleman, Sidonio Serpa, Chris Harwood, Boris Balent and Hafrun Kristjansdottir.

The registration fee is EUR 50 and includes participation in both workshop days.

Registration for the workshops is possible via the e-mail address sportna.psihologija@gmail.com or via this link. Places in the workshops are limited.

Congress part

The congress work program will start on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. and is intended for the general public. Also in this part of the congress, Dr. Maja Smrdu will provide a lecture entitled »Abuse in Slovenian sport«.

The registration fee for both days and congress material is EUR 50 (or EUR 30 for students).

Registration for the congress (afternoon part) is possible at this link.


If anyone would like to register for both parts of the congress (morning and afternoon), the registration fee will be 90 EUR.

You can read more about the event, the speakers and the organizing committee here.