Dear colleagues, Herewith we would like to invite you to take active participation presenting your scientific and professional work at the 7th International Scientific and Professional Conference “CRISIS MANAGEMENT DAYS” that will take place on 22 and 23 May 2014 in Zagreb, Hotel Aristos, Croatia. The Conference is being held under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Croatia, prof. Ivo Josipović, PhD. CONFERENCE THEME: CONTEMPORARY CRISIS MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND SYSTEMS The University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica is the first institution of higher education in the Republic of Croatia that started with the education and training of highly qualified professional staff required in crisis management. Seven years ago, our educational programmes have been enriched by the Conference “CRISIS MANAGEMENT DAYS” which was our attempt to gather all the experts and professionals who deal in different ways with the issues of contemporary security and crisis management. In modern world, we face numerous challenges, threats and risks that shape various types of crisis situations. Complexity and openness of modern societies, various forms of economic, social and political activities, as well as disasters caused by natural disturbances, create on a daily basis challenges and threats we face using different procedures and instruments. Manifestations of contemporary crises indicate their complexity and demanding nature in terms of a structured and organized response. Management of a contemporary crisis represents very complex operations which last for a long time and which involve different stakeholders, from political to business ones, as well as individuals who are endangered by the crisis. Complexity and demands of contemporary crises, preparations, organization of a response when a crisis occurs, post-crisis recovery and the management of the changes necessary for the better functioning of the system, demand the creation of coherent crisis management policies. Contemporary policies today do not rely only on the state capacities but are open to the participation of citizens, non-governmental organizations, companies and other important stakeholders active in a community. Crises are situations in which we have to act since every failure to act could lead to even greater consequences for the individual, organization or a community. Crises are characterized by a high level of uncertainty which creates pressures to reduce it, which is a very demanding task in the conditions when one lacks information. Crisis communication is an important field that formulates the interpretation and symbols of a crisis, which reduce uncertainty and create the assumptions for the functioning of crisis response systems. After the end of crisis situations, an individual, organization or a community begin to recover and collect lessons learned that can be used to manage system changes with the purpose of a more efficient action in the future crisis situations. All this points to an organized comprehensive approach to the management of contemporary crises in complex communities like the present ones, and this approach ensures the formation of public policies and development of proper systems that enable efficient instruments of crisis response.

The scientific and professional conferences and discussions always represent not only the opportunity for the exchange of knowledge and experiences but rather also an opportunity for friendly meetings and pleasant discussions. We will do everything that is in our power to make your work at the Crisis Management Days as fruitful and as useful as possible for the development of procedures in crises and crisis management. We wish to provide you with the opportunity during the Conference to improve and adopt new knowledge, experiences and achievements in crisis management. The official languages at the Conference will be Croatian and English. We are looking forward to your participation and cooperation. Welcome. TOPICS The Conference topics include all the scientific fields that deal with different aspects of crises from all the areas of science. The programme of the international scientific-professional Conference “DKU” is structured in seven separate topical units:

1. Contemporary security challenges of management and leadership in crisis situations

2. Business and public sector and crisis management

3. Crisis management and communication strategies

4. Energy and environmental security and critical infrastructure protection

5. Lessons learned and reform policies

President of the Scientific Committee Prof. Siniša Tatalović, Ph. D.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE OF THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE

President of the Scientific Committee, Siniša Tatalović ( Croatia ) Vicepresident of the Scientific Committee, Ivan Toth ( Croatia ) Vicepresident of the Scientific Committee, Branko Mihaljević ( Croatia ) Mohamed Hamza ( Great Britain ) Filip Ejdus ( Serbia) Nina Aniskina ( Russia ) Marinko Ogorec ( Croatia ) Anica Hunjet ( Croatia ) and Herzegovina ) Jadran Perinić ( Croatia ) Nenad Kacian ( Croatia ) Ognjen Čaldarović ( Croatia ) Orszagh Imre ( Hungary ) Dejan Škanata ( Croatia ) Petar Veić ( Croatia ) Ivo Šlaus ( Croatia ) Robert Mikac ( Croatia ) Ismet Alija ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Robert Socha ( Poland ) Istvan Endordi ( Hungary ) Teodora Ivanuša ( Slovenia ) Ivan Nađ ( Croatia ) Vinko Morović ( Croatia ) Ante Sanader ( Croatia ) Zoran Keković ( Serbia ) Izet Beridan ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Želimir Kešetović ( Serbia ) Iztok Podbregar ( Slovenia ) Predrag Zarevski ( Croatia ) Sanja Kalambura ( Croatia ) David Fabi ( Italy ) Mirza Smajić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Ružica Jakešević ( Croatia ) Marjan Malešić ( Slovenia ) Nedžad Korajlić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE

President of the Organizing Committee, Martina Mihalinčić Vicepresident of the Organizing Committee, Ivan Nađ Jasna Jursik Marina Črnko Tamara Čendo Metzinger Marina Manucci Alen Stranjik Nives Jovičić Damir Pavlović Teodora Huskić Bruno Valić Vedrana Čemerin Hrvoje Janeš Dorotea Bačurin Igor Milić Ivan Markotić

DEADLINES FOR APPLICATIONS AND SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Application of the topic and submission of abstracts - by 31 January 2014 Information on acceptance of the paper topic – 21 February 2014 Submission of papers - by 21 March 2014 Review of papers - by 25 April 2014 Submission of final papers – by 2 May 2014 Printing of Proceedings – 16 May 2014 Conference dates – 22 and 23 May 2014 APPLICATION OF PAPERS The participants who wish to present their papers at the Conference should send an application for the presentation with an abstract in Croatian and in English not later than 31 January 2014 to the e-mail address: dku@dku.hr. The application form for the submission of the topic can be found in the attachment and on the web page www.dku.hr. The number of papers submitted per author is not limited. All the participants who submit the abstracts of their papers shall be informed about the acceptance of their topics not later than 21 February 2014. The written version of the paper should be submitted not later than 21 March 2014. Papers received after this date will not be taken into consideration, nor will they be reviewed for publication. All accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the electronic version (pdf) with the possibility of publication in scientific journals that are cited in the International databases. Scientific Committee reserves the right to decide on the method of presenting accepted papers.

CONFERENCE FEE Authors: HRK 450 (EUR 60) Conference attendants (excluding authors): HRK 600 (EUR 80) Students: HRK 100 (EUR 15) Registration fee includes: participation in the conference, conference working papers, an electronic version of the conference proceedings (pdf) and refreshments during breaks. The Conference fee should be paid to the transaction account: IBAN: HR92 2340 0091 1101 2234 8 Reference: 07-2014 Payment from abroad: IBAN: HR92 2340 0091 1101 2234 8 SWIFT ADDRESS(BIC): PBZGHR2X The payment proof (copy of the payment slip) and filled application form (for the participation at the Conference without a paper) should be sent to one of the following addresses:

1. e-mail address: dku@dku.hr 2. snail mail address: University of Applied Sciences, Zagrebačka 5, 10410 Velika Gorica 3. Facsimile:++385/ 1/62 51 301

ACCOMODATION For the conference participants we have provided affordable accommodation at the Aristos Hotel. Information on the accommodation and reservations upon request: aristos@hotel-aristos .hr Other hotels near the conference venue: http://www.hotel-stella.hr/hr/ http://www.hotel-garni.hr/en/

DKU Organizing Committee VELEUČILIŠTE VELIKA GORICA, Zagrebačka 5, 10410 Velika Gorica, Croatia tel.: +385 (0) 1 7897 64; GSM + 385 99 8082 455 fax: +385 (0) 1 6251 301

e-mail: dku@dku.hr