Presenters:

• Samir Ahmad Dit Al Hakim, Poznan University of Economics and Business, The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing and Optimizing Hospital Quality Management System
  • Discussant: Joseph Brown, WSB University
• Monika Rogalska, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Hospital Care: Factors Impacting Care Quality
  • Discussant: Ifeanyi Ogbodo, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
• Rafał Hanczarek, Krakow University of Economics, Differences in Immigration Policy Priorities Between Central and Eastern European States: The Role of Country-Specific Context
  • Discussant: Marceli Hązła, Poznan University of Economics and Business

Moderator: 

Dr hab. UEW prof. Artur Klimek – Wrocław University of Economics and Business

Presenters:

• Sonia Rozbiewska, Maritime University of Szczecin, Application of a predictive piracy risk assessment model using artificial intelligence in security assessment, Discussant: Dr hab. UEW prof. Artur Klimek / Pascal Muam Mah, Silesian University of Technology
• Paulina Krukowska, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Profitability in circular business models: an analysis of the furniture industry, Discussant: Julia Majewska, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business
• Vignesh Karthikeyan Raghunathan, University of Szczecin, The Future of Transport & Logistics: How Drones Are Transforming Mobility, Discussant: Mujahid Ali, Silesian University of Technology

Moderator: 

Dr hab. UEW prof. Artur Klimek – Wrocław University of Economics and Business

Keynote speaker: 

prof. Thomas Choi – Arizona State University

Prof. Thomas Y. Choi, AT&T Professor and Regents’ Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University. As a researcher of supply chain management, he studies the upstream side of supply chains, in which a buying company interfaces with many suppliers organized into various forms of networks. He has published articles in the Academy of Management Executive, Decision Sciences Journal, Decision Support Systems, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Production and Operations Management, Science, and others. He currently serves as co-director of the Complex Adaptive Supply Networks Research Accelerator (CASN-RA), an international research group of scholars interested in supply networks. He has also worked with numerous public and private organizations including LG Electronics, Samsung, Toyota, Volvo, the U.S. Department of Energy, and a federal government think tank. He has co-authored three practitioner books on supply management including one recently published on Supply Chain Financing. Most recently, he served as the lead volume editor of the Oxford Handbook of Supply Chain Management.

The topic of the keynote speech: „Building a Research Stream from a Case Study”

Presenters:

• Marcin Gora, Leon Koźmiński Academy, Knowledge Transfer Challenges in Global Transition Projects
• Paweł Leszczyński, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Rule of law and investments – interlinkages
• Izabela Przygocka, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Connecting CSR and Employee Social Responsibility: Insights from Underlying Theories

Keynote speaker: 

Dr hab. UEW prof. Artur Klimek – Wrocław University of Economics and Business

Research areas: foreign direct investment, transnational corporations (especially those from emerging economies), international trade, international finance. Topics of the recent research: global value chains, offshoring, reshoring and geoeconomics. Principal investigator of research projects financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Science Centre (Poland). Scholar of the Foundation for Polish Science. Columnist for national dailies. Many years of business experience in the internationalization of enterprises and advanced business services. Areas of business expertize: international business expansion, geopolitical risk management, global value chain management.

The topic of the keynote speech: „Design of the research process and typical research errors”.

Presenters:

• Daniel Niemiec, Krakow University of Economics and Business, Challenges in introducing central bank  digital currency
• Wiktoria Rozbicka, University of Wrocław, TheEuropean Union’s policy towards artificial intelligence employability?
• Agnieszka Galarowicz, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Gliwice, Perspectives for the Development of Academic Entrepreneurship in the Context of Collaboration with the Economic Environment

Keynote speaker: 

Prof. Noemi Sinkovics  – Newcastle University Business School

Noemi Sinkovics is Professor of Sustainable and Responsible Business at Newcastle University Business School (UK). She has a master’s degree from WU Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business) and a PhD from the University of Manchester. She is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Murcia, Spain and at the University of Vaasa’s InnoLab in Finland. She previously worked at The University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, The University of Auckland, New Zealand and The University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Her research focuses on how businesses can balance their social, environmental, and economic objectives. She has been awarded many times for her outstanding research. She holds multiple editorial roles (e.g. European Management Journal, Critical Perspectives on International Business) and regularly publishes in top journals.

The topic of the keynote speech: „Charting Your Course: Navigating the Many Paths of Academic Success”.

Presenters:

• Joanna Biernacka, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Social Impact of Diversity Management by Inclusive Organizations
• Weronika Muszyńska, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Networking competence and personal brand – opportunities to increase employability?
• Muhaid Ali, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Prediction of Transport Mode Choice – Promoting Sustainable Transportation Systems

Keynote speaker: 

Radu Godina – NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, NOVA UNIVERSITY LISBON

Radu Godina is an Assistant Professor at the NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, NOVA UNIVERSITY LISBON. He received the Ph.D. degree from University of Beira Interior (UBI), Covilhã, Portugal. Radu Godina is an Integrated Research Member of the Research and Development Unit in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (UNIDEMI), part of Associated Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LASI), located in Guimarães, Portugal. He has authored or co-authored more than 175 indexed international journals, book chapters and conference proceedings papers in such topics as industrial symbiosis, sustainability, lean manufacturing, electric vehicles, circular economy, life cycle assessment and quality control. He has published with 25 international universities and 10 distinct enterprises and/or corporations.

The topic of the keynote speech: „AI’s Role in Research: Distribution or Evolution?”.

Presenters:

• Alireza Binesh, Lodz University of Technology, Machine Learning and Data Science Application in Economics
• Pascal Muam Mah, AGH University of Science and Technology, Comparative Analysis of National AI Strategies

Keynote speaker: 

Prof. Marcus Scholz – (Technische Universität Dresden)

Markus Scholz is a full professor of Business Management, esp. Responsible Management at Technical University Dresden (TU Dresden). He is also a visiting scholar and adjunct professor at the INSEAD Social Innovation Centre.

Previous academic visiting positions include the Wharton Business School. He also served as the chairman of the European branch of the Harvard Business School’s Microeconomics of Competitiveness network. He was the founding director of the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy as well as of the Josef Ressel Centre for Collective Action and Responsible Partnerships in Vienna.

His research focuses on strategic sustainability management, sustainable change and innovation, business and human rights, and corporate political activity and responsibility, especially in the context of cultural, environmental and technological changes in society.

The topic of the keynote speech: „The future of responsible management”.

Presenters:

• Dominika Kaczerska, Maritime University of Gdynia, Green management in seaports
• Angelika Krężel, University of Wroclaw, Climate crisis as a catalyst for the EU’s way towards climate neutrality – the legal perspective.

Keynote speaker: 

Dr Paweł Capik – Director of Postgraduate Research at the College of Business and Law, University of West England in Bristol, UK. Prior to joining Bristol Business School in July 2019, he worked at Keele University, Sheffield Hallam University, University of the West of Scotland and University of Glasgow. He was also a Visiting Faculty at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France. In his research, Paweł focuses on the relationships between international business strategies and operations and regional development theory and practice, particularly in the context of emerging and transition economies.

Results of his research have appeared as monographs, book chapters, reports and papers published in international journals including Advances in International Management and Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review.

Dr Paweł Capik has supervised doctoral students working on projects exploring political economy of financial sector investments in Africa, contact centres management within the service science context, and application of psychoanalytical techniques in the strategy process. Currently he is supervising PhD and DBA candidates studying migrant firm internationalisation, SMEs export from volatile territories and international aid and public diplomacy.

The topic of the keynote speech: „To Office or Not to Office: Doctoral Students Research Experience and Habits Post-Pandemic”.

Presenters:

• Daniel Tochwin, Białystok University of Technology, „Lean tools implementation as an element of crisis management and optimization production costs”.
• Sylwia Cieślik, University of Łódź, „The impact of Brexit on initial public offerings on the London Stock Exchange”.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Zoltan Gal is a full professor in Finance at the Faculty of Economics & Business at the University of Pécs, Hungary. He is the president of the Hungarian Regional Science Association, a member of the European Regional Science Association Council (ERSAC), and a regional ambassador of the Global Network of Financial Geography. His research fields include regional finance, international finance, international economics, regional economics, financial geography, and regional innovation. He has been a visiting scholar at a number of prestigious universities, including the University of Oxford, UK, and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He is a member of the editorial boards of international journals.

The topic of the keynote speech: „FDI DEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE: Economic dependencies, catching up and slowing down”.

Presenters:

• Jadwiga Machnik, The Doctoral School of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business: „The multidimensional model of the life cycle of the organization on the example of the ICT Industry – conclusions from the pilot study”.
• Łukasz Lech, The Doctoral School of SGH Warsaw School of Economics: „Emerging platform business models among the European electric utilities”.
• Ninditya Nareswari, The Doctoral School of the University of Szczecin: „Investigating The Role of Environmental, Social, and Governance on Corporate Performance in Emerging Countries: A Scoping Review”.

Keynote speaker: Julianna Faludi Professor (Associate) at Corvinus University of Budapest. She is a sociologist researching social innovation, the future avenues for sustainable consumption and production systems, and digital capitalism. She obtained her PhD in Local Development and Global Dynamics at the University of Trento, and a PhD in Sociology at Corvinus University of Budapest. She is an active Professor at the Doctoral School of Business and Management. She is a Founding member of the Karl Polanyi Research Center at CUB. She is a coach and mentor at hackathons and digital startup projects. She is interested in the potential of social value creation with respect to social change, in the intersection of art, technology, and design.

Presenters:

• Martina Janečková, Sudha Prathyusha Jakkaladiki, University of Hradec Kralove, „Building a University Decision support system (a software development program)”.
• Simmou Walid, Ibn Zohr University, „Doing good to be green and live clean! Linking corporate social responsibility strategy, green innovation, and environmental performance: Evidence from Maldivian and Moroccan small and medium-sized enterprises”.
• Magdalena Mucowska, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, „The relations of the stakeholders of green last-mile deliveries on the e-commerce market in cities”.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Zoltan Gal is a full professor in Finance at the Faculty of Economics & Business at the University of Pécs, Hungary. He is the president of the Hungarian Regional Science Association, a member of the European Regional Science Association Council (ERSAC), and a regional ambassador of the Global Network of Financial Geography. His research fields include regional finance, international finance, international economics, regional economics, financial geography, and regional innovation. He has been a visiting scholar at a number of prestigious universities, including the University of Oxford, UK, and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He is a member of the editorial boards of international journals.

The topic of the keynote speech: „FDI DEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE: Economic dependencies, catching up and slowing down”.

Presenters:

• Jadwiga Machnik, The Doctoral School of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business: „The multidimensional model of the life cycle of the organization on the example of the ICT Industry – conclusions from the pilot study”.
• Łukasz Lech, The Doctoral School of SGH Warsaw School of Economics: „Emerging platform business models among the European electric utilities”.
• Ninditya Nareswari, The Doctoral School of the University of Szczecin: „Investigating The Role of Environmental, Social, and Governance on Corporate Performance in Emerging Countries: A Scoping Review”.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås is visiting professor at Örebro University and worked at the Trade and Agriculture Directorate at the OECD in Paris. Her research interests are international trade in services and services in the digital economy. She has extensive international research, teaching, and policy experience: two years at the research department at the WTO, one year as a visiting scholar at Stanford University, also some time at Norwegian and South African universities.

Presenters:

• Hanna Voy, The Doctoral School of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business: „Organizational determinants of the forensic audit in banking in Germany”.
• Weiyi Xiang, The Doctoral School of the University of Szczecin: „Green Growth Research in China and How the Methods Can Be Applied in Poland”.

Presenters:

• Monika Woźniak, Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Jagiellonian University: „Innovative procurement as the tool for mission-oriented innovation policy in Poland”.
• Thi Ngan Nguyen, SGH Warsaw School of Economics: „Bitcoin: Analyzing from the Nature of Money and EGARCH model”.
• Paulina Hojda, Doctoral School of Social Sciences University of Lódz: „The Relationship Between Work Engagement and Selected Macroeconomic and Macrosocial Factors”.
• Jan Jaśkowiak, Doctoral School of Wrocław Univerity of Economics: „Involvement of Public Authority in the Development of Entrepreneurship and Nurturing a Business-Friendly Environment”.
• Jakub Dębski, Doctoral School of Wrocław Univerity of Economics: „Customer Relationship Management – concept and chosen methodology of scientific research”.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Krzysztof Jajuga is a full professor of finance at Wrocław University of Economics and Business, Poland. He is the Chairman of the Department of Financial Investments and Risk Management. He holds a master, doctoral, and habilitation degree from the Wrocław University of Economics and Business, a titular professor given by the President of Poland, an honorary doctorate from the Cracow University of Economics, and an honorary professorship from Warsaw University of Technology. He carried out research and published numerous papers and monographs in the area of financial markets, risk management, household finance, multivariate statistics, and quantitative methods in economic sciences. He is editor-in-chief of Argumenta Oeconomica (JCR journal). Among others, he is the founder and president of CFA Society Poland. He holds the position of Chairman of the Committee of Statistics and Econometrics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The topic of the keynote speech: “Some tendencies in the development of economic sciences”.

Presenters:

• Elżbieta Pliś, CUE Doctoral School Cracow University of Economics: „Innovation and Diversity in Economic Evolution”.
• Lucian Carvalho da Silva, Social Sciences of the Jagiellonian University: „Measuring Privacy”.
• Paweł Popławski, Doctoral School of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences: „The Assessment of Commodity Market Conditions”.
• Kamila Brodzińska, Doctoral School of Social Sciences of the Jagiellonian University: „Action Research as a Support for the Project KnowledgeManagement Process”.
• Magdalena Zabieglik and Marcin Jachniewicz, Doctoral School of Social Sciences of the University of Łodź: „Strategies of oil and gas companies in the Energy Transition process – case study”.

Presenters:

• Anna Uklańska, Doctoral School no 2 Warsaw University of Technology: „Automation of processes – a »must have« in process management”.
• Ali Qureshi Adeel, Poznań University of Economics and Business: The Power of Social Media: Effects of CEO Tweets on Stock Returns”.
• Aleksandra Cholewa-Domanagic, Doctoral School, University of Szczecin: Implementation of blockchain technology in traceability reporting related to so-called „conflict minerals” – tin, tungsten, and tantalum”.
• Karolina Miałkowska, Doctoral School of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business: Review of Feature Selection Methods for Deep Learning”.
• Luong Nguyet Tran, Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Łódź: The systematic review of destination brand personality – the conceptual framework”.

Presenters:

• Tomasz Zema, Doctoral School of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business: „Deep learning in forecasting the sale of energy factors”.
• Weronika Muszyńska, Doctoral School of SGH Warsaw School of Economics: „Personal brand and employability – results of own research”.
• Adrian Gawęda, Social Science Doctoral School of the University of Lodz: „ESG Premium Puzzle of European Stock Companies: Fiction or Fact?”.
• Tomasz Grybek, Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences of University of Gdańsk: „Farm 2 Fork with culture, so few words about Food Safety Culture Phenomenon”.
• Polycap Mudoh, Doctoral School of University of Szczecin: „EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum policies, Perspectives of African Migrants within the EU”.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Marcos Ferasso, Ph.D. He holds Bachelor, Specialist, Master of Sciences, and Ph.D. degrees in Business Management. He concluded two postdoctoral research training in Brazil and in France. Currently, Dr. Ferasso is studying 'Technology Entrepreneurship: Lab to Market’ at Harvard Business School. His Ph.D. dissertation was written in the quasi-mixed methods approach and was awarded twice: Highly Commended Award winner, 2017 edition of Emerald/CLADEA Management Research Fund Award, EMERALD Publishing – Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración CLADEA (EUA) in 2017; and Highly Commended Award winner, 2017 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Management and Governance category, Emerald Publishing & European Foundation for Management Development – EFMD (United Kingdom) in 2018.

The topic of the keynote speech: “Preparing research papers for high impact journals: from idea to publication”.

Presenters:

• Katarzyna Prokopowicz, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business: „Desired top manager profile in a digital enterprise – requirements for technical, social and cognitive competences”.
• Tomasz Kaczmarek, Poznań University of Economics and Business: “False safe haven assets: evidence from the target volatility strategy based on recurrent neural networks”.
• Joanna Biernacka, Poznań University of Economics and Business: “The foundation of the future style of management 'FAIR WHITE ORGANIZATION’ (personal invention of the organization of the future)”.
• Máté Farkas-Kis, Institute of Business Economics, Department of Decision Science, Budapest: “Count on it? – How numbers and mathematical education influence business decisions and managerial thinking”.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Mariano Moszoro, Berkeley University, USA (Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, in 2005-2006 Deputy Minister of Finance of Poland and Chairman of the state development bank BGK, Research Interest: Public Economics & Finance, Political Economy, Financial Economics, Applied Econometrics, Academic Affiliations: George Mason University & SGH Warsaw School of Economics).

The topic of the keynote speech: „Tips on Writing and Publishing Research Papers”.

Presenters: 

• Paweł Brusiło, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business: „China harnesses renewable energy – Chinese energy transition towards power generation from renewable energy sources in the years 2000 – 2020”.
• Aygün Kam, University of Lodz: „Economic Efficiency of Remote Working in Public Institutions”.
• Anna Dziadkowiec, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business: „Material sustainability topics in European banks based on sustainability reporting standards and business practice”.
• Eljas Johansson, Gdansk University of Technology: „Critical Analysis of Airline Climate Disclosures”.