Chair of the Conference
Željko Rački, Ph.D. (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia)
ECHA Specialist in Gifted Education
ECHA National Correspondent
Honorary Chair of the Conference
Korado Korlević (Science and Education Centre Višnjan, Croatia)
Maja Zrnčić, Miroslav Mićanović, & Davorka Parmač (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia / Education and Teacher Training Agency / Novigrad’s Spring—School of Applied Creativity)
Jasna Cvetković-Lay (the first ECHA Specialist in Gifted Education in the Republic of Croatia)
Organising Committee
Damir Matanović, Ph.D., Edita Borić, Ph.D., Zdenka Kolar-Begović, Ph.D., Emina Berbić Kolar, Ph.D., Lidija Bakota, Ph.D., Irella Bogut, Ph.D., Lara Cakić, Ph.D., Ivana Sekol, Ph.D., Marija Sablić, Ph.D., Alma Škugor, Ph.D., Ivana Đurđević Babić, Ph.D., Ana Katalenić, Ph.D., Željka Flegar, Ph.D., Ivana Trtanj, Ph.D., Jelena Kovačević, Ph.D., Vesna Svalina, Ph.D., Maja Brust Nemet, Ph.D., Tijana Borovac, Ph.D., Vesnica Mlinarević, Ph.D., Tihomir Vidranski, Ph.D. (all from the Faculty of Education in Osijek), Ana Kurtović, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek), Vesna Ivasović, Ph.D. (Education and Teacher Training Agency of the Republic of Croatia), and Željko Rački, Ph.D.
Scientific and Programme Committee
Our respected scientists and educators, both international and national, form this committee/board. The international members are: Albert Ziegler, Ph.D. (Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany), Margaret Sutherland, Ph.D. (University of Glasgow, Scotland), Colm O’Reilly, Ph.D. (Dublin City University, Ireland), Heidrun Stoeger, Ph.D. (Universität Regensburg, Germany), Mojca Juriševič, Ph.D. (Faculty of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia), Norbert Jaušovec, Ph.D. (Slovenia), Silvia Péter-Szarka, Ph.D. (University of Debrecen, Hungary), Maciej Karwowski, Ph.D. (University of Wroclaw, Poland), Ljiljana Krneta, Ph.D. (University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Paromita Roy, Ph.D. (Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search, India), and Wilma Vialle, Ph.D. (University of Wollongong, Australia). The esteemed national members are: Vesna Vlahović-Štetić, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb), Vesna Buško, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb), Izabela Sorić, Ph.D. (University of Zadar, Zadar), Dubravka Miljković, Ph.D. (Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb), Iris Marušić, Ph.D. (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Center for Educational Research and Development, Zagreb), Majda Rijavec, Ph.D. (Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb), Predrag Zarevski, Ph.D. (Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb), Zrinka Ristić Dedić, Ph.D. (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Zagreb), Svjetlana Kolić Vehovec, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka), Ingrid Brdar, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka), Mladenka Tkalčić, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka), Sanja Smojver Ažić, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka), Tamara Mohorić, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka), Jasminka Juretić, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka), Tamara Martinac Dorčić, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka), Barbara Rončević Zubković, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka), Darko Lončarić, Ph.D. (Faculty of Teacher Education, Rijeka), Jasna Arrigoni, Ph.D. (Faculty of Teacher Education, Rijeka), Dževdet Hadžiselimović (Pula), Zvjezdan Penezić, Ph.D. (University of Zadar, Zadar), Ivana Marčinko, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek), and Valerija Križanić, Ph.D. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek).