Preliminary Programme

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Venue: Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Business and Management, Kolejni 2906/4, Brno

• 8:30 Registration
• 09:30 Opening and Welcome Speech
• 09:45 Keynote 1: Waldemar Siwiński, President of IREG Observatory
• 11:00 Thematic Parallel Sessions (QS, THE, Elsevier, Rankings Analytics, Sustainability, University Leadership)
• 12:30 Lunch
• 14:00 Thematic Parallel Sessions
• 15:30 Coffee Break
• 16:00 Thematic Parallel Sessions
• 17:30 Rectors' Round Table – The Future and Resilience of University Rankings in Central Europe
  Roundtable participants:
  prof. PhDr. Michal Lošťák, Ph.D. – Czech University of Life Sciences (CZ)
  Prof., DSc, PhD, Eng. Arkadiusz Wójs – Wrocław University of Science and Technology (PL)
  Prof. Ing. Maximilián Strémy, PhD. – Slovak University of Technology (SK)
  Prof. Dr. Levente Kovács – Óbuda University (HU)
  doc. Ing. Ladislav Janíček, Ph.D., MBA, LL.M. – Brno University of Technology (CZ)
  Special guests:
  Michal Uhl – director of DZS
• 19:00 Conference Dinner (exact location to be announced)

Friday, November 13, 2026

Venue: Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Business and Management, Kolejni 2906/4, Brno

• 8:30 Morning Coffee
• 9:00 Keynote 2: Veronica Omeni
• 09:30 Country-Specific Parallel Sessions
• 10:00 Individual Meetings with QS, THE and Elsevier
• 11:00 Coffee Break
• 12:30 Closing Remarks and Conference Outputs
• 13:00 Lunch
• 13:30 Final Individual Meetings with QS, THE and Elsevier

*The programme is subject to change.


Information about the previous conference can be found on https://cee-ranking.vse.cz/.