The International Conference on Organizational Science Development is the conference with the longest tradition at the University of Maribor. Each year in March it persuades a lot of people who approach organization and organizing in a great variety of ways to leave their working environments or projects for a few days and come to Portorož.

The 34th International Conference on Organizational Science Development is called “Internationalization and Cooperation”. Internationalization commonly denotes the process of participation in international activities and it is crucial to the development of both for-profit and non-profit organizations in today’s environment. Due to the astonishing technological development, the environment is increasingly open, integrated and globalized. The world is becoming a global village without room for complacency or exclusion. Indeed, it calls for quick reactions, for looking outwards and for establishing connections and cooperation, which is the second key word of the 34th Conference on Organizational Science Development. Cooperation is the consequence of developing specific relationships with different partners without whom it is, as a rule, impossible to function because of increasing complexity and specialization. However, internationalization and cooperation frequently encounter obstacles and so I find this conference an ideal opportunity to meet experts who deal with similar problems. I am quite certain there is a lot we can tell one another and a lot we can help one another with. Let me, therefore, invite you to our Conference to report on your achievements and solutions in your areas of expertise, to present your ideas and to discover various innovations. Make good use of networking, experience sharing, presentations of solutions and challenges, varied student activities and, finally, enjoy the pleasant environment where the 34th International Conference on Organizational Science Development – Internationalization and Cooperation will take place.

I am looking forward to your participation and to meeting you at the Conference.

Aleš Novak, Associate Professor
Chair of the Programme Committee