Željko Kulić PhD
Cap Head of Investment Department, City Council of Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona.
Lectures theme: Sustainable model of smart mid-large cities: Strategy H2020 vs H2030
Željko Kulić is an expert in the field of urban engineering, territorial planning and sustainable development of the cities. Currently employed in local administration in the City council of Sant Boi de Llobregat (Barcelona province), at the Directorate For Territory And Sustainable Development as Head of Department for public equipments.
He conducted research in a field of Public administration and promotion of Smart City and Facility management innovative methods and technological applications for improvements of public works and effectiveness of local government and companies.
Maruška Vizek PhD
Director and senior research associate at the Institute of Economics, Zagreb.
Lectures theme: The challenges of digital transformation in tourism: the impact of digital platforms for offering tourist accommodation on the real estate market
Maruška Vizek is the director and senior research associate at the Institute of Economics. She has a PhD at the Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb and for 17 years publishes high quality scientific research in the leading scientific journals in the area applied macroeconomics, international finances and international economics.
Research grants:
- 2016–2018 – Strengthening scientific and research capacity of the Institute of Economics, Zagreb as a cornerstone for Croatian socioeconomic growth through the implementation of smart specialisation strategy – SmartEIZ, H2020 grant, team member
- 2015–2018 – Channells and effectiveness of fiscal devaluations – FIDE, Croatian Science Foundation grant, team member
- 2014–2017 – Economic, statistical and political aspects of sovereign bond markets – SOBOM, Croatian Science Foundation grant, project manager
- 2009–2010 – Determinants of house prices in transition economies, Global Development Network and CERGE-EI grant, project manage
MSc Siim Esko
Head of International Projects at company Positium (Estonia).
Lectures theme: 10 reasons mobile phone transform (tourism) data collection
Siim Esko is the Head of International Projects at company Positium LBS, Tartu (Estonia). He is managing international projects in the field of tourism, mobility and population statistics based on mobile positioning data.
Key projects:
- 2018 – Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia cross-border tourism statistics from MPD methodology development, platform and capacity building,
- 2018 – Impact Assessment of Asian Games 2018 based on MPD – BAPPENAS (Ministry of Planning of the Republic of Indonesia,
- 2016 – Pilot study on measuring tourism overcrowding with MPD in Dubrovnik, Croatia – DURA (Dubrovnik Development Agency) etc.
