Osijek – Pforzheim Symposium is an annual event which originated from successful collaboration between Hochschule Pforzheim – Pforzheim University and Faculty of Economics in Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek.

As in the past three decades, the thematic focus of the joint symposium was based on topics which were of great relevance for the future development of both Osijek and Pforzheim.  The major broad topic of the Symposium in previous years was competitiveness and its various aspects, as the key contemporary paradigm of economic growth and development.