Today, an online follow-up meeting was held concerning the previously organised HERE seminar entitled Future Classroom which took place on June 4-5, 2026 at the initiative of the Montenegrin Higher education reform experts (HERE) team, in cooperation with the SPHERE network, coordinated by OBREAL Global and comprising the European University Association (EUA), and the National Erasmus+ Office in Montenegro. The guest lecturer at the seminar was prof. Rulf Jürgen Treidel, Fachhochschule des Mittelstands, Bielefeld, Germany.
The aim of this follow-up activity was to familiarise the academic community with the conclusions of the seminar and to prepare concrete recommendations for further work, with a view to ensuring the sustainability of the outcomes and results of the aforementioned HERE seminar. The meeting was attended by relevant representatives of the academic community as well as members of the HERE team.
Following the opening remarks by Ms Vanja Drljević, Head of the National Erasmus+ office in Montenegro, who emphasised the importance of organising this type of activity in order to ensure the sustainability of the results and outcomes of HERE seminars, prof. Mira Vukčević, University of Montenegro, president of the HERE team and the initiator of the seminar, addressed the participants and highlighted the importance of the topic.
Prof. Maja Škurić from the University of Montenegro presented the key conclusions of the seminar, while prof. Tatijana Dlabač from the University of Montenegro, a member of the HERE team, and prof. Maja Delibašić from Mediterranean University, presented the next steps concerning this topic.
It was concluded that there is a need to continuously raise awareness within the academic community of the importance of and need for modern technologies in contemporary education. At the same time, emphasis was placed on the need to develop guidelines and a clearly defined legal framework governing the use of artificial intelligence. It was agreed that additional meetings involving HERE team members and other relevant stakeholders would be held in the coming period in order to address this topic appropriately.
