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mag. Oliver Buček
Trainer and author

mag. Oliver Buček

VEX robotics expert, RoboTech STEM Center

mag. Oliver Buček is a Certified VEX Educator, VEX IQ specialist and international conference speaker. He holds a master's degree in Pedagogics, is a Microsoft Innovative Educator, and leads RoboTech STEM Center in Ptuj, Slovenia, where he teaches robotics and STEM and trains teachers to bring VEX IQ into their classrooms.

For twelve years he has coordinated Erasmus+ projects and has completed more than ten that connect schools across Europe. He presents at education conferences in Slovenia and abroad, including in Portugal, Spain, Estonia, Finland and Croatia. Most recently, at the Education Summit 2026 in Guimarães, Portugal, he led two hands-on workshops in April 2026: one on AI vision sensors in VEX IQ and one on introducing the VEX AIR drone in the classroom.

He organises international VEX IQ competitions and mentors students in STEM. In 2024 he received the Inženirska iskra (Engineering Spark) Award for his dedicated mentoring of young people and outstanding promotion of VEX robotics in Slovenia and abroad. Three times he has travelled to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, USA, as coach and mentor of Slovenian teams.

Oliver believes in learning by doing and uses digital tools to make complex ideas accessible. He leads the course in a practical and supportive style, leaving plenty of room for questions and for exchange between participants.

At a glance

  • Certified VEX Educator and VEX IQ specialist
  • Master's degree in Pedagogics
  • Microsoft Innovative Educator
  • Twelve years of coordinating Erasmus+ projects, more than ten completed
  • Inženirska iskra (Engineering Spark) Award, 2024
  • Three times at the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, USA, as coach and mentor of Slovenian teams

Courses led by mag. Oliver Buček

For schools and kindergartens in Slovenia, the same trainer also leads workshops in Slovenian: robotech-events.si/za-ucitelje.

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