The proceedings of the 21st IRDO International Conference 2026 have been published.
A collection of articles co-authored by more than 90 authors with more than 50 articles from different countries around the world has been published.
On August 27, 2026, the proceedings of the 21st international conference IRDO – Innovative, Sustainable and Socially Responsible Society 2026: Sustainability Management in Organizations were finally published.
The conference brought together more than 90 researchers, experts, practitioners, representatives of the economy and public sector, civil society actors and students, with more than 50 authored contributions, to examine how sustainability can be translated from strategies and formal commitments into everyday organizational practice.
The conference, which took place in Maribor and online on June 16-17, 2026, addressed sustainability management as a multidimensional challenge that includes governance, reporting, digital transformation, social responsibility, community development, systems thinking, and cybernetics.
The conference proceedings (with abstracts and author contributions) are available (free of charge): https://www.irdo.si/zbornik2026-referati-celi/ .
We invite you to read the proceedings and to participate in the 22nd IRDO International Conference in 2027, which will take place in Maribor from 16 to 18 June 2027, live and virtually. You can express your interest now to info@irdo.si and we will inform you about all the key dates for participation in the conference in 2027.
Read more about the conference here:
The organizers of the conference were IRDO – Institute for the Development of Social Responsibility, University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business (UM), Slovenian Society for Systems Research (SdSr) and WOSC with several supporting partners: Ministry of Economy, Labour and Sport, DIH – Digital Innovation Centre of Slovenia, International Academy of Systems and Cyber Sciences (IASCYS), France, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR), CSR Europe, Danube University Krems, Austria, Styrian Chamber of Commerce, Employers’ Association of Slovenia, Association of Managers of Slovenia and Slovenian Association for Quality and Excellence. The conference was sponsored by Medis-M and Press Clipping.
Additional information IRDO – Institute for the Development of Social Responsibility: www.irdo.si
- Anita Hrast, Head of IRDO – Institute for the Development of Social Responsibility and President of the Organizing Committee of the IRDO Conference, anita.hrast@irdo.si, info@irdo.si, tel.: + 386 31 344 883
- Igor Perko, Vice-President and Coordinator of the Program Committee of the IRDO Conference, perko@um.si, conference@irdo.si
Other IRDO Conferences & More: www.irdo.si/en/irdo-conference/
You can download 2026 IRDO Intrenational Conference Conlusions here: 2026 IRDO Conference Conclusions -Sklepi PR 18.6.2026 slo eng
We look forward to your participation next year, invite others to the conference too!
Sincerely,
The IRDO 2026 Conference Programme & Organizational Committee
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