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Confirmed dates for the tenth Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium 2026 (10th PhDSS) are April 24th and 25th 2026!

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Friday

08:30 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Opening
09:15 – 10:00 IL1 Nenad Buzjak
10:00 – 10:10 Coffee Break
10:10 – 10:20 Golden Sponsor: HUSEk
10:20 – 10:30 Golden Sponsor: Selvita
10:30 – 11:30 Oral Presentations: Sessions 1A, 1B
11:35 – 11:45 Italian Embassy
11:45 – 12:30 IL2 Fabio P. Bonsignorio
12:35 – 12:40 Group photo
12:45 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:35 – 14:45 Oral Presentations: Sessions 2A, 2B
14:50 – 15:30 W1 Igor Vlahović
15:35 – 15:55 Coffee Break
15:55 – 16:55 Oral Presentations: Sessions 3A, 3B
17:00 – 18:45 Poster session 1

 

Saturday

08:30 Registration
09:00 – 09:45 IL3 Vanja Wagner
09:50 – 10:50 Oral Presentations: Sessions 4A, 4B
10:50 – 11:20 Coffee Break
11:25 – 12:10 IL4 Vladimir Stilinović
12:10 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:05 – 14:20 Panel Discussion: PhD Done! – What Now?
14:20 – 14:45 Coffee Break
14:50 – 15:25 W2 Association Penkala
15:30 – 16:30 Oral Presentations: Sessions 5A, 5B
16:30 – 18:15 Poster session 2
18:20 – 18:50 Closing and Award Ceremony
19:00 – 20:30 Quiz & Games!

 

The 10th PhD Student Symposium will be held at the Department of Physics (Bijenička cesta 32) of Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, on Friday, April 24, Saturday, April 25.
The program will consist of invited lectures, workshops, oral presentations, poster sections, sponsor sections, and an entertainment section (a STEM quiz – apply here).

 

Invited speakers

This year the Symposium will have 4 invited speakers as well as Panel discussion. 

  1. Prof. Nenad Buzjak: “Science in the Making: Lessons from the CARDIKARST Project”
  2. Prof. Fabio P. Bonsignorio: “Towards a New Paradigm Embodied AI Soft Robotics”
  3. Asst. Prof. Vanja Wagner: “From Diffusion to Sudden Events: Jump Processes in the Natural Sciences”
  4. Prof. Vladimir Stilinović: “What is Science, How does it Work, and Why do we Need it?” 
  5. Panel discussion: “PhD Done! – What Now?” (Jana Bedek, PhD; Bruno Gašperov, PhD; Dora Hlebec, PhD; Sandra Vidović)

  

Workshops

Workshops are carefully selected for PhD students. This year we will give you an opportunity to join two workshops: 

  1. Prof. Igor Vlahović: “Why and How to Review a Scientific Paper?”
  2. Marta Kaloper: “Navigating the PhD Journey: Penkala Association and the Doctoral Guide for Early-Career Researchers”

Please note that the standard oral presentations last for 8 minutes followed by 2 minutes reserved for questions. The poster sessions will be organized in a few time slots. Further, please recall that the goal of this Symposium is to present your work to the general scientific audience. 

 

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Awards @ Symposium

  1. The Best Talk
  2. The Best Poster
  3. The Most Attentive Listener

Every year we give three types of Awards. The Best Talk and The Best Poster awards are given to people who managed to get the most interest from the participants, followed the guidelines and presented their research work in an appealing way. Since we have passive participants, we decided to include The Most Attentive Listener award, given to people who followed the Invited Speakers’ talks. To win this award make sure to follow us on Social Media. 

 

  

Program and Abstracts from Previous Years