EDUCA WEEK LIBEREC

EDUCA WEEK LIBEREC 2026 (20th edition)

EDUCA WEEK LIBEREC is the largest education and job fair in northern Bohemia — Czech: nejvetsi veletrh vzdelavani a pracovnich prilezitosti v Ceske republice — held annually in Liberec, Liberec Region, Czech Republic. The 2026 edition is the 20th (jubilee) year.

Dates

• EDUCA EXPO 2026 — the trade fair itself: 15–17 October 2026 (Thursday–Saturday) at Home Credit Arena, Liberec. Opening hours: Thu 9:00–18:00, Fri 9:00–18:00, Sat 9:00–13:00.
• EDUCA WEEK 2026 — the umbrella programme (conferences, lectures, workshops, EDUCA KIDS): 12–18 October 2026, at venues across the city of Liberec.

Venue

Home Credit Arena, Jeronymova 570/22, 460 07 Liberec, Czech Republic. The arena's own event calendar independently lists "EDUCA EXPO 2026, 15.10.–17.10.2026, 9:00".

Scope

EDUCA EXPO presents 60+ secondary schools, apprenticeship programmes, higher vocational schools, language schools and study-abroad providers, plus 50+ employers and institutions from the Liberec Region on 4,000 m2 of exhibition space; roughly 24,000 visitors attend the three-day fair. The EDUCA EXPO FIRMY section focuses on the labour market: job vacancies, career counselling, B2S (business-to-student) company presentations, internships and apprenticeships. Accompanying programmes: EDUCA VISIT (guided tours of company premises for pupils), EDUCA EVENT (lectures, debates and conferences for teachers and HR professionals, incl. the opening conference "Skola v souvislostech", the innovation camp "Re-power Your Future Liberec" and talks by P. Mara and V. Sura) and EDUCA KIDS (education programme for children and families).

Organiser and contacts

SFM Liberec s.r.o., Jeronymova 570/22, 460 07 Liberec 7, Czech Republic — fair director Lukas Prinda. Co-organiser: Liberecky kraj (Liberec Region). Enquiries: info@educaweek.cz, +420 488 048 121.

Verification

Official website https://www.educaweek.cz/ (Czech, HTTP 200, no Cloudflare/JS challenge; read directly). Press release dated 21 September 2026 ("EDUCA 2026: Nastartuj karieru v kraji!", press conference held 9 September 2026) states that the 20th edition starts on Monday 12 October 2026 and culminates in the EDUCA EXPO fair at Home Credit Arena "od 15. do 17. rijna"; the programme page states the week runs "od 12. do 18. rijna" and "Home Credit Arena od 15. do 17. rijna 2026". Cross-checked against the venue's own calendar (homecreditarena.cz), which lists EDUCA EXPO 2026 on 15–17 October 2026. The dates stored here are those of the EDUCA EXPO trade fair at the arena; the umbrella EDUCA WEEK programme runs 12–18 October 2026. Earlier no_dates issue (2026-08-17) is resolved — the 2026 dates are now published.