Ewa Soja is associate professor in the Department of Statistics at the Cracow University of Economics (CUE), Poland. She holds a postdoctoral degree (habilitation) and Ph.D. in economics from CUE. She also holds a Master of Science in Mathematics from Jagiellonian University of Cracow, Poland. Her research interests include socio-economic implications of demographic processes and the labor market in the context of an aging population. She is also interested in the possibilities of using ICT in the context of the problems associated with an ageing population. Ewa has published in Information Systems Management and Journal of Enterprise Information Systems among other journals, as well as in numerous conference proceedings such as AMCIS, EMCIS, Eurosymposium, HICSS, and ICTM.

 

 

Jolanta Kowal

 Jolanta Kowal, pHd. of economic sciences, certified Jungian analyst, a tutor and researcher at the Institute of Psychology of Wroclaw University. She is a President of PLAIS (Polish Chapter of Association for Information Systems) and President of PTPA (Polish Association of Analytical Psychology), Individual member of IAAP, a member of scientific associations AIS, PTS and PTPA accredited by IAAP. A researcher and lecturer, Jolanta is the author of over 100 scientific publications and delivers lectures and seminars on methodology of management, applied statistics in socio-economic, psychological and multicultural research. Her interests and research specializations are: organization and management, information technology in organization, methodology, quantitative and qualitative research, analytical psychology, cross-cultural research. Jolanta acted as the conference c0-chair and track-chair for many international conferences (ECMLG,  CMEP,  ICTM   AMCIS). She is also a member of editorial board of scientific journals: GRE and PJAP.

Ali Reza Afshari

Ali Reza Afshari is a professor at Islamic Azad University in Iran, and a visiting lecturer in State universities in Iran and Novi Sad University, Serbia. He holds Ph.D. on Industrial Engineering (Project Management) from UPM University in Malaysia; long consulting experience from both private and public sectors in Project Management. He has reviewed numerous scientific paper for Elsevier and Springer publishers. He reviewed also papers for more than 10 scientific publishers. His research interests include Fuzzy linguistic decision making, Personnel selection, Delphi method, ICT Project management, and construction management. He has published in more than 50 journals and conferences including: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (ASCE), Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (IOS), Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering (Springer), Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, Journal pf Applied Science & Agriculture, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering (Springer), Journal of Applied Mathematics (Hindawi), among many other journals, as well as in numerous conference proceedings such as IEOM, EMC, and IEEE.

Manal Assaad

 

 Manal Assaad holds a bachelor degree in Management and a master's degree in Marketing, and has over 8 years of experience in Social Media marketing, digital training, and teaching. She is currently a Scientific Research Associate at the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer in Emden, Germany, where she is a work package leader in the EU-funded project STIMEY (grant agreement 709515). Her role in the project focuses on the design and development of social media components, creating and overseeing the overall theme of STIMEY, and the technical development and integration within the e-learning platform. Additionally, she is a member of the pedagogical advisory board and visibility team, providing consultation and advice on online learning, and project marketing and dissemination. Her research interests include the pedagogical, social or psychological aspects of social media use in knowledge management, education, and marketing.

Raul Afonso Pommer Barbosa

Graduated in Management with specialization in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM-SP), São Paulo, Brazil. Post-graduated in Master in Business Administration in Business Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). Post-Graduation in Higher Education Teaching by the Faculty of Rondônia (FARO). Post-Graduate in MBA in Financial Management, Controllership and Audit at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). Master in Management from the Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR), Brazil. Graduating in Biology at Centro Universitário São Lucas (UNISL).

Alecia Adelaide May Reid

 Alecia Adelaide May Reid born in Jamaica and presently living in Southern Spain, Andalusia, Cadiz. She studies Computer Science Software Systems Engineer at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Cadiz. She is project Manager and Assistant Coordinator for the European Commission Research Programme - Horizon 2020 Project, STIMEY (Science, Technology, Innovation, Mathematics, Education for the Young).

Małgorzata  Biedroń

 M. Biedroń is an author of 4 monographs in the field of interpersonal communication and social pedagogy (Tutelary function of the urban family, Theoretical and practical aspects of contemporary tutorial pedagogy (co-ed.), Communication- accord- social presence (co-ed.), The experience of post-modernism in intimate family relationships (co-author) and more than 40 articles in scientific journals (national and foreign) and chapters in peer-reviewed publications. Editor of 19 consecutive edition of "Handbook of publications in the field of social pedagogy". Member of  Program Council of  quarterly “Auxillium Sociale Novum”

Марія Вовк

Was born in Lvov area.
Education:Drogobichchsky State Pedagogical University named I.Franko (2004);
National Pedagogical University named M.P.Dragomanova,Institute of Sociology,Psychology and Management,Graduate (2009),
dissertation topic "Psychological consequences of exeperiences of frustration situations in adolescence",(19.00.07-pedagogical and age psychology).
Over 8 years of experience in teaching activities.

Valentina Bogatyrova

 Valentina Bogatyrova, Doctor of Economic Sc., Full Professor, First Vice-rector of Vitebsk state University named after p. M. Masherov; Professor of the Department of civil law and civil procedure Born 29.05.1976, Republic of Belarus, Vitebsk region, Gorodok district, D. Virovlya. 1997-graduated from Polotsk state University with a degree in Accounting, analysis and audit; since 2001-Head of the Department of Finance of Polotsk state University; 2004-awarded the academic title of associate Professor in the specialty " Economics»; 2014-defended her doctoral thesis on " Financial management of human capital reproduction: theory, methodology, modeling»; 2016-awarded the academic title of Professor in the specialty " Economics»; 2017-Vice-rector of Vitebsk state University named after p. M. Masherov; 2018-First Vice-rector of Vitebsk state University named after p. M. Masherov; Research interests are concentrated in the field of Finance, financial management and accounting.

Anna Boratyńska-Sala

Anna Boratyńska-Sala, PhD in Technical Sciences at Cracow University of Technology. She is President of the Krakow Branch of the Polish Society for Production Management and a member of the Polish Society for Innovation Management, also holding the post of Researcher in the International Association "Education for a New Era". The topics of her articles are focused on the Theory of Solving Innovative Problems (TRIZ), and its two main embodiments, i.e. TRIZ-Pedagogy and TRIZ - Management. Anna is a certified TRIZ specialist of second degree - TRIZ user. She has also got the certificate of “Creative Thinking School – TRIZ” and the certificate of “Innovative Education: Creativity Education, New Methods and New Content – TRIZ”. Anna Boratyńska-Sala is author of numerous articles and monographs, both domestic and foreign. She co-authored two books on innovation management and costs of quality.

Pedro Filho

 Professor and Researcher from the Foundation Federal University of Rondônia / Post-Graduation in Administration, Brazil. Is Post-Doctor in Management and Economics by the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal (2016). Is Doctor in Business Management, laureate "Magna cum Laude" from Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (Paraguay), and Doctor in Administration by University of São Paulo (Brazil). Collaborator as Associate Regional Director America (Southern Region:T021) at IIMP®. Expertise invited by the Harvard Business School to 5th China Goes Global Conference 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA). Chair for Thematic Session in the Diamond Jubilee Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Índia. Reviewer to the Academy of Management (AOM) at Annual Meeting 2012 and 2013, United States. Reviewer to the IAM Annual Meeting 2013, São Paulo, Brazil. Member of SPSD Scientific Committee 2013, Beijing. Is Master in Production Engineering at Business Management área, from Federal University of Santa Catarina (2004).

Bartłomiej Gawin

 Bartlomiej Gawin, PhD, provides synergy between business activity as an CEO of IT company and academic research. He has actively participated for almost two decades in numerous projects regarding development of business applications and analytical techniques including Business Intelligence (BI) and process mining. Author of books and articles published in journals from the JCR list. He deals primarily with research regarding business process management, process automation and Business Intelligence in the Facility Management industry.
Joseph Gibbs Dr. Joseph Gibbs is Professor of Mass Communication at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. His research areas include journalism, history, media law, and media history.

Tanya Gibbs

 Tanya Gibbs is Chief Research Officer for the Prague-based Institute for Democracy 21 and an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Gibbs is an experienced educator, trainer and researcher with university teaching experience in finance and financial crime. Gibbs holds a PhD (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London) and an MBA (American University of Sharjah). Her scholarship is interdisciplinary, with peer-reviewed publications in the areas of Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Education and Law. An expert in international Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing legislative and regulatory framework, Gibbs has expanded her expertise into broader fields of economic crime, including anti-corruption and cyber security. As Chief Research Officer at the Institute for Democracy 21, Dr. Gibbs leads, designs and conducts theoretical and applied research in the area of democratic innovation and public choice.

Saikat Gochhait

 11 years of experience with 5 years of teaching experience and 6 years of industrial experience with Tata Group(TRL Krosaki Ref Ltd) and Bajoria Group(IFGL Ref Ltd). Bsc(Physics), PGDCA, MSc-IT, MBA with specialization in Marketing and Ph.d-International Business from Sambalpur University. He has been awarded Doctorial Bursary Award 2010 from Coventry University, UK for the doctoral thesis-Refractory Industries. He has been awarded with Diamond of Belpahar-2013 sponscered by Tata Krosaki Refractories community for excellence as an individual and contribution to the society. He has been awarded with MTC Global award for Best Faculty in Rural Area. Mr.Saikat has contributed extensively in National and International Journals and Conferences and has chaired session in different International and National conference such as IIM-K,IIM-L,IMS-Noida, IMT, XIM-B and Amity University-Jaipur. Phd Thesis has been published in Book printed form by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, AG & Co KG, 2012 available on (www.ebay.com › Books › Nonfiction ).
Blog:www.saikatgochhait.blogspot.com

Piotr Jarco

 dr Piotr Jarco – Worker of Higher School of Management „Edukacja” in Wrocław. Doctor of Economics specialized in social policy (graduated in Sociology and Economics). His scientific interests are focused on psychological and socio-economic determinants of activity (inactivity) in society. Lecturer of Sociology, Management of Human Resources as well as  Work and Organizational Psychology. Author of more then 30 publications, coordinator of research and implementing projects in scope of social policy and sociology.

Olga A. Kalchenko

 Olga A. Kalchenko is currently an associate professor and researcher at Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics. Olga has also studied in Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland and Northern Institute of Technology Management, Germany. Her research interests are: human capital, innovative projects  effectiveness and efficiency evaluation, sustainable development, economic safety. As a researcher and lecturer, Olga is the author of over 12 refereed scientific journal articles, 2  scientific books (monographs) and tutorials. She chaired a session at the 2014 International Congress on Economy, Finance and Business, Japan.

Joanna Kasha

 Joanna Kasha - master degree in economics (SGH Warsaw School of Economics), PhD in humanities in spe (Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University). Author of many articles and publications in the field of economics, culture management and creativity Pure Joy or coercion of creativity. Analysis of creativity from the perspective of cultural political economy (2016) and impact of new ICT technologies on contemporary culture and identity : "Simulacra and simulation : the impact of ICT upon 'radical transformation' of culture” "Post-modern identity : in between real and virtual, “Immaterial labour – impact of ICT upon new modalities of labour in digital economy” Main field of interest: interdisciplinary relations (research/projects) ‘in between’ economy, art and culture, and technology or in a broader perspective in between : political economy (economics, political science) and humanities (semiotics, cultural studies) in relation to technology (ICT or digital revolution) and identity (in particular the determinants of identity influenced by modern paradigms: scientific, cultural, economical and technological) within the context of contemporary questions about the relations between culture and ideology, hegemony and power and politics/political.

Alicja Keplinger

 Dr Alicja Keplinger is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Psychology of Wroclaw University. She is a member of Polish Association of Organizational Psychology and a board member of Lower Silesian Branch of the "National Forum for Lifelong Guidance" Association. Between 2008 and 2012 she held position of Vice Director of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Wroclaw.
Alicja is the author of over 50 scientific publications (published among others in University of Wroclaw and ENETEIA) and delivers lectures and seminars on psychology of management, psychology of motivation and psychology of individual differences. She reviewed papers for ECMLG PROCEEDINGS 2010-2012 (ACI, Reading, UK) and Developmental Psychology 2012 (Poland) among many others.
Her interests and research specializations are: organization and management, psychology of motivation, psychology of individual differences and ethos of behavioural problems in organization.
Alicja acted as the conference chair for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Interdisciplinary Scientific Conferences "Man against mass social phenomena" hosted at the Univeristy of Wroclaw, Poland. The topics included: "Faces of passivity" 11-12 June 2007, "Femininity and masculinity - contexts (not) daily," 19-20 May 2008 , "Transgressions, innovation and creativity" 18-19 May 2009.

Jarosław Klebaniuk

 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Wroclaw,a journalist, novelist, editor of the quarterly "Social Psychology". He conducts research in the field of political psychology. He advocates greater social equality. He  writes about psychology, politics, books, films and theater productions. He published several scientific articles, authored five books, among others: "The phenomenon of social inequality" and "Faces of inequality." He is the editor of the journal "Social Psychology" and Lewica.pl portal. His pieces of writing  appeared in such magazines as  "Accent", "Frazier", "Borderland" and "Lamp".

Marta Kondracka-Szala

 Dr Marta Kondracka-Szala - researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Pedagogy of Wroclaw University (Poland), preschool teacher with musical education (vocalism). Her scientific interests are focused on pre-school and primary education and its problems, musical education and entrepreneurship as one of key competences needed in the future life. Author of more then 20 publications, coordinator of research and implementing innovations in childrens education in Wroclaw.

Aleksandr Kozlov

Aleksandr Kozlov, date of birth: 1955.07.25, Doctor of Science (Ec.), Professor
Professor of International Graduate School of Management, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University (since 2016). Professor of University of Economy in Bydgoszcz (since 2009)
Career:  
2012-2016 Head of Department “World and Regional Economy” of Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University,
2006–2012 Professor of Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University,
1989–2006   Director for Training and Research Programs of Center for Management and Marketing “Progress” under Government of Russian Federation,
1980–1989 Assistant, Associate professor, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University
 

Michał Kuciapski

 Michał Kuciapski, Department of Business Informatics, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland Dr Michał Kuciapski is lecturer and researcher at University of Gdansk, was member of its E-learning Council from 2006 to 2016, and member of PLAIS—Polish Chapter of Association for Information Systems. His research work regards technological, economic and educational aspects of knowledge transfer in organizations, in particular with regard to m-learning. His current research includes an exploration of the factors and moderators, especially connected with Human-Computer Interaction, that impact employees’ intention to use mobile technologies during knowledge sharing processes.

Anna Kuzio

M.A.: studied English at Wrocław University, Ph.D. studied English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Research interests: intercultural communication, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, rhetoric, persuasion and manipulation. Assistant Professor at the University of Zielona Góra

Bogdan Lent

 Bogdan Lent, Dissertation in Computer Architecture (Dr.-Ing.) and Habilitation in Economy, Management Sciences. Professor of University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, Poland and University of Applied Sciences in Bern, Switzerland. Visiting Professor at Kasetsart University Bangkok, Thailand. Bogdan Lent manages strategic deployment projects of Swiss Government and Swiss Industry. Author of 180 publications, including 11 books. His two 2013 books on cybernetic approach to Project Management in German and English are up to now over 100’000 times downloaded from the publisher Springer site. Contracted Project Management Methods and Risks Consultant of the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs. Advisor in two Ministries of Thailand Government. Human Factor, the culture, cognition and motivation in particular, are his professional interests, practiced in daily management challenges.

Bianka Lewandowska

Bianka lewandowska - PhD with a specialization in psychology. She graduated from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Wroclaw. In the years: 1993 - 2003 Bianka worked at the Institute of Economic and Social Sciences University of Technology, and since October 2003, in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology at the University of Wroclaw. Her professional activities outside the university: to design and conduct workshops and individual counseling psychology in supporting personal development and communication. Current area of her research interest is psychology of the body - the experience of corporeality, identity processes and emotions and somatic health, the possibility of psychological support prevention and treatment of diseases. Research: Determinants of psychological adaptation to chronic illness for example endometriosis.
Dag Lindskog Dag Lindskog is a doctor in Economics from the University of Stockholm, Sweden. His dissertation is primarily about exchange rate policy, which is tested in econometric models of four of the Nordic countries. He has also published a book on the dollar as well as numerous debates in specialized and the general press. Furthermore, he was a member of the popular Swedish weekly radio program “The Economists’ Club” for twenty years. Dag has spent most of his working life in the financial sector in Stockholm, London and Luxembourg. He started his career with SwedBank, moved on to the Swedish insurance company Skandia as Chief Economist and ended with the Norwegian bank DNB. After retirement from DNB, he continues his work as an economist with his own consulting company.

Helena Lindskog

 Adjunct professor in industrial marketing and industrial economy with a special focus on public procurement at Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden.
Engineer on electronics from Technical University in Warsaw, Bachelor of Arts in languages, comparative religion, history and literature from Stockholm University; long experience from both private (responsible for market introductions and training at Ericsson, as adviser, expert and consultant at HelDag AB) and public sectors (technical director and secretary in governmental commissions), PhD in Technology at Linköping Technical University.
Author of several scientific articles, reports, technical specifications, debates and columns in the Swedish press. Fluent in Polish, Swedish, English, Spanish, Russian and French.

Marek Lewandowski

 Marek Lewandowski - A graduate of the Academy of Physical Education in Wroclaw, specializing in teaching.
In the 1986-2012 academic teacher at the Academy of Physical Education in Wroclaw. The College of Management in Wroclaw industry since 2012, author of over 70 scientific peer-reviewed publications, including two books, editor of nine monographs. He has research and teaching internships at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst "Mozarteum" Abteilung Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria, Deutsche Sporthochschule - Institut für Sportdidaktik in Cologne, Germany, the University of Olomouc - Czech Republic, Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw Academy of Physical Education in Gdansk.
Work experience: developing a theory of physical education in the context of the culture of health behavior, recreational and aesthetic man. Research activity is focused on the study of the role of the environment: the school and the family in the child's acquisition of cultural competence and psychomotor.
Interests: listening to music, collecting records, drawing and painting, hiking.

Zbigniew Łoś

 Zbigniew Łoś – psychologist, PhD in human sciences, works in Institute of Psychology , Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences at the University of Wrocław.
He has developed his own theory assuming that the psychological organisation of human beings consists of four evolutionarily shaped functional layers which may be subject to progressive development throughout four periods of human life. He is engaged in research aiming to falsify this theory. His main publication is “Rozwój psychiczny człowieka w ciągu całego życia” [Life-long psychological development of human beings] (2010, a monograph).
He developed (with Alicja Senejko) theoretical model of attitudes to globalization (MAG). She is a coauthor (with A. Senejko) The World and I Questionnaire (WIQ), which is a measure of this attitudes.

Maria Mach-Król

Maria Mach-Król is the associate professor in the Dept. of Business Informatics at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. She received her MS degree in cybernetics from the University of Lodz, Poland in 1993, and her PhD degree in information systems for management from the same University in 1998.  
Since 2008 she has been working at the position of associate professor at the University of Economics in Wroclaw, Poland, and then at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland.
She is the author and co-author of more than 50 journal and peer-reviewed papers, three books, and has written several book chapters. Her current research interests include artificial intelligence, big data and knowledge-based systems. She is the member of the Polish Artificial Intelligence Society and of the Business Informatics Scientific Society – NTIE (Naukowe Towarzystwo Informatyki Ekonomicznej).

Rafał Maciąg

 Rafał Maciąg, assistant professor, Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University, currently focused on the study of the complex nature of knowledge as a universal basis for different types of science in the perspective of advanced digital transformation and related technologies. Published books: Deus ex machina. New media as an epistemic project, 2012, Internet Pragmatics. Web 2.0 As an Environment, 2013, Towards the Civilization of the Internet. The Management as a Part of the Humanities, 2016

Juho Maekioe

 Prof. Dr. Juho Mäkiö joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics at the University of Applied Sciences Emden-Leer and became Full Professor of programming in 2013. He received the Doctor degree in Economics from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2006. From 2006 to 2010 he was first project manager (till 2007) and then department director (2007-2010) in the department of Software Engineering at the research centre of information technology at the University of Karlsruhe (FZI). From 2010 to 2012 he was deputy professor for software engineering and programming in the University Heilbronn at the department of e-Business. From fall 2012 to summer 2013 he was lecturer at the Technical Teacher Collage (TTC), Riadh, KSA. Besides the current position at the University of Applied Sciences Emden-Leer, he is visiting professor at the Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg, Russia. Prof. Mäkiö has participated in leading position in German research projects, e.g. as coordinator of the project "OUTSHORE"

Bartosz Marcinkowski

 Bartosz Marcinkowski, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Gdansk, currently engaged in research regarding IT solutions development within globalizing enterprises. The author of several best-seller Systems Analysis and Design (SAND) books published on Polish market. He is also an expert in computer networks administration domain and an instructor at numerous professional training ventures dedicated to the development of IT competences. His professional skills are confirmed by international certificates, inter alia: OMG Certified UML Professional, OMG Certified Expert in BPM, Cisco Certified Network Associate Instructor Trainer, and ITIL V3.

Janusz Martan

Janusz Martan was born 1 April 1950. in Wroclaw. In 1973 he completed a degree in electronics at the Technical University of Wroclaw. In 1977 he received his PhD ("Investigation of ion extraction conditions on the parameters of ion beam."). In 1997, obtained post-doctoral degree ("Modeling of the concentration distribution of implanted ions in solid-state"). In 2004, transfers from the Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics to the Department of Computer Science and Management. Since 2005, the exercises the function of the vice-dean.. His research covers the field of the production of molding and applications of ion beams, ion implantation and fractal calculus applications in various fields of science and knowledge.
Razinkina Elena Mihajlovna Razinkina Elena Mihajlovna: vice-rector for academic affairs of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, academic status of Professor of Information Technologies Department. Her scientific interests are focused on the university educational activities management and spread over the automation of educational and methodical process including the implementation of online learning as well.

Anna Mitręga

 Anna Mitrega,  Institute of Pedagogy, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Area of study: Elementary School Pedagogy, Social Pedagogy and Communication, Pedagogy of Family, Life - coaching.
1999 - University of Wroclaw - PhD degree with specialty in Pedagogy, since 01.10.2004 – assistant professor of Institute of Pedagogy, University of Wroclaw.
Participation in research: own R&D work  – issue Chances and Threats of Educational Function Accomplishment within Postmodern Family. The research includes: parents’ narratives and also educational-classes meetings carried on within Academy of Parents framework.
Over thirty publications /also in English, German and Russian/

Anna Oleszkowicz

 Anna Oleszkowicz (born in 1956), psychologist, professor at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Wroclaw. Her research interests focus on developmental issues of adolescence, adolescent rebellion, criteria and forms of adulthood. The author of numerous scientific and popular works in this field, including the monograph crisis youthful - the essence and process (1995), youthful rebellion. Conditions, forms, effects (2006), How to truancy (2010) co-author, psychology of adolescence. Developmental changes in the age of globalization (2013), co-author. Since 2008 he has been the Director of the Institute of Psychology. PhD 1989, habilitation in 2007.

Celina M. Olszak

 

 Prof. Celina M. Olszak, Ph.D., D.Sc. is a professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. She is a dean of Faculty of Economics, a chair of the Department of Business Informatics as well as Deutsche Akademische Austausch  Dienst (DAAD) and Swiss Government scholarship holder. She visited and took different courses at the universities in Europe, USA, and Australian.  She has authored 15 books and over 300 academic journal articles. Her research focuses on decision support systems, knowledge management, management information systems,  business intelligence, big data, enterprise resource planning, innovations and IT-based organizational creativity. She is a member of Informing Science Institute in USA, the Pays du Groupe Vysegrad (PGV) Network, and the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Krystyna Ostapiuk

 

Krystyna Ostapiuk Ph. D., is an associate professor at the Pedagogy Department of Wrocław University of Management 'Edukacja', Krakowska 54-42. She is a pegagogue, educationist,  therapeutist, and a licensed coach of 2nd rank of Polskie Towarzystwo Psychologiczne (Polish Psychology Association) in Warsaw, as well as a business coach.

Eduard Pavlysh

 Eduard Pavlysh, born 20/10/1980 in Donetsk. In 2002 obtained Master Degree in International Economics from Donetsk National Technical University. In 2007 completed Ph.D. degree in Regional Economy at the Institute for Economic and Legal Studies of National Academy of Ukraine (Donetsk), with Ph.D. thesis on Economic and Organizational Provision of Regional Competitiveness. From 2002 till 2007 had been working as assistant lecturer, and from 2007 till 2014 as associate professor at the International Business Administration Department, Economics and Management Faculty of Donetsk National Technical University. From September 2014 till April 2018 had been working as associate professor at the Department of Finance, Finance and Economics faculty of Polotsk State University (Belarus). Since April 2018 is working as associate professor at the department of Civil Law and Civil Process, Faculty of Law of Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov (Belarus). Scientific interests: Regional and National Competitiveness, Innovation-driven Development of the Economy, Innovational Potential as a Factor of Economic Growth. Married, has two children.

Dimitris Pnevmatikos

 Dimitris Pnevmatikos, Ph. D., is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Western Macedonia, School of Education, Greece. He is a Head of the Post-graduate Program in Educational Sciences. He supervised more than 100 theses at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, 14 doctoral theses, and three postdoctoral research, many of which are focused on the cognitive aspects of learning, conceptual change in science and mathematics, procedural knowledge, and integration of values in knowledge education. He is also the author of more than a hundred articles in international journals, proceedings, and chapters in edited books. He has also been a member of the Committee for the Greek National Curricula design for the School and Social Life for the compulsory education (Grades K-12). Professor Pnevmatikos has also been involved in a number of research projects at the National and European level as principal investigator, while he is at the editorial board of the journals Frontline Learning Research and MENON. Professor Pnevmatikos served as a member of the Executive Committee (2011 - 2015) of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction, and he is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Psychological Society (2017 - 2019).

Kamil Roman

 Kamil Roman: PhD student at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. In my research work, Im interested in issues related to logistics problem and urban development according to the Smart City concept. My research interests are also focused on public transport, Intelligent Transport Systems and contemporary problems related to sustainable urban development.

Narcyz Roztocki

Narcyz Roztocki is Professor of Management Information Systems at the State University of New York at New Paltz. His research interests include IS/IT investment evaluation, IS/IT productivity, IS/IT investments in emerging economies, technology project management, and e-commerce. He has published in numerous journals and conferences including: the European Journal of Information Systems, the Journal of Computer Information Systems, the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, International Journal of Service Technology and Management, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Journal of Information Science & Technology, and proceedings of the AMCIS, DSI, ECIS, ECITE and HICSS.

Yuliya Salakhava

 Yuliya Salakhava, Master of Economic Sc., Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov Born 31.03.1989, Republic of Belarus, Polotsk. 2012-graduated from Polotsk state University (specialty "Finance and credit", qualification " Economist»); 2012-2017-senior lecturer of the Department of Finance and branch economy of Polotsk state University; 2013-graduated from the master's degree of Polotsk state University (specialty "Finance, money circulation and credit", academic degree " Master of economic Sciences»); since 2014-postgraduate study at Polotsk state University (specialty " Economics and management of national economy»); 2017-head of the Department of personality development and practical psychology of Vitebsk state University named after p. M. Masherov; from 2018 - head of the Sector of projects and assistance for the development of personality of Vitebsk state University named after p. M. Masherov; from 2018 - senior lecturer of civil law and civil process of the Vitebsk state University named P. M. Masherov.

Alicja Senejko

 Alicja Senejko, dr hab. from Institute of Psychology, Wrocław University. Her scientific interests is focus on the two topics.1/Psychological defence and development. She is an author of the Function-action approach to defence activity. Her questionnaire PSPDQ( Psychic and Psychosocial Defences Questionnaire) diagnoses threats and defences among adolescents and adults; 2/ Psychology of globalization. She is a coauthor (with Zbigniew Łoś)  The Model of Attitudes toward globalization (Mag) and The World and I Questionnaire (WIQ), which is created to diagnose attitudes toward globalization.  Dr hab Alicja Senejko is an author of 3 monographs, and 50st  articles. She is a member of PTP (Polish Psychological Association), European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), and International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD).

Rafał Siedlecki

 Rafał Siedlecki, PhD in Economics, assistant professor at the Financial Management Institute at the Wroclaw University of Economics. He teaches corporate finance, financial distress forecasting methods. His research is dealing with forecasting warning signals in companies and the use of the logistic law of growth to determining company's financial cycle of life  (as in the economy). In his research he use own forecasting models base on the modified S-curve (log-logistic function proposed by prof. Hellwig and linear-logistic function) and taxonomic methods. He is the author of book “Financial warning signals in company’s cycle of life” (in Polish). Warszawa C.H. Beck.

Piotr Soja

 Piotr Soja is associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Cracow University of Economics (CUE), Poland. He holds a postdoctoral degree (habilitation) and Ph.D. in economics from CUE. His research interests include enterprise systems, ICT for development, and ICT for active and healthy ageing. Piotr has published in Enterprise Information Systems, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Information Systems Management, and Information Technology for Development, among many other journals, as well as in numerous conference proceedings such as AMCIS, HICSS, ICEIS, and ISD. He is currently member of the Editorial Board of AIS Transactions on Enterprise Systems, Information Technology for Development, and Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems. He has acted as Program/Organizational Committee member in numerous international conferences, including AMCIS, ECIME, EMCIS, EuroSymposium, and ICTM.

Ralph Sonntag

 Ralph Sonntag is since 2004 Professor of Marketing, in particular multimedia marketing, at the University of Applied Sciences Dresden. In addition, he is scientific director of an incubator for start-ups at the HTW Dresden. After studying business administration in Würzburg, he worked as a researcher and project manager of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Business Information Management and the Technical University of Dresden. Subsequently followed by positions at the consulting company Diebold (now Detecon) in the digital business as well as in communication and advertising agencies.
His work and research interests are in the study of Word of Mouth, E- and Social commerce, models of Digital Business, methods of media planning and advertising success research.

Evgeniia Surkova

 Evgeniia Surkova
MSc of Agriculture (Saint Petersburg, Russia), currently student in the third year of Computer Sciences (BSc) and student of the Media Informatics in the first year (MSc) at the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer (Germany). At the same time she is a local project manager at the STIMEY-Project which is funded by the European Financing Program Horizon 2020. The project aims to educate, engage and increase the youth’s interest in STEM education and careers by using E-Learning Platform.
 

Richard Sharp

Richard Sharp is a full-time teacher at the university of Zielona Góra, Poland. At the moment he is in the process of doing a PhD. His research interests include computer-assisted language learning (CALL), mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) and the impact of new technologies on the classroom and language acquisition process.

Rwrsilany Silva

 Rwrsilany Silva. Student in the Master's Program in Administration - PPGMAD, Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR), Brazil. Teacher at the Instituto Federal de Educação de Rondônia (IFRO), Campus Zone North in Porto Velho City, Brazil. Member of the Group of Studies and Research in Innovation and Sustainability of the Amazon - GEPISA. Brazil

Anton F. Tikhomirov

 Anton F. Tikhomirov, was born in September 26, 1952, married, one child. Education: 1976 - Diploma of Engineer ( Physics), Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (LPI); 1983 - PhD degree, LPI, Materials Sience (15 Publications); 1997 – Diploma of Russian-American Graduate School of Management in SPb Polytechnic University. Since 1992 I have been interested in the Russian securities market. Collaborated with Russian investment companies. Since 1996 I have been teaching in SPbPU as an Associate Professor courses related to financial markets, securities market, corporate management. Now my area is the problems of evaluating intellectual capital, its impact on market value and company performance (40 publications).

Jan Trąbka

 Jan Trąbka is an assistant professor at the Cracow University of Economics and he holds a Ph.D. in Management from the same university. He works at the Department of Computer Science. His research interests include analysis and design of information systems (especially in the content management area), business process modeling, accounting systems and ERP systems. He is the author of several articles and conference papers (presented at: PoEM, SIGSAND/PLAIS EuroSymposium, KKIO, SWO, Computerworld Requirements Engineering). In his business life he has been involved in business analysis and pre-implementation requirement analysis (ERP, Workflow, ECM) projects. He has also managed several implementation projects. In the past he worked as a project manager for Asseco Group and for several years he managed projects in the sectors of logistics, medicine and IT. He is a member of the Association for Information and Image Management International and Polish Society for Information Systems Research (Naukowe Towarzystwa Informatyki Ekonomicznej).

Paweł Topol

Paweł Topol, Ph.D., associate professor, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, Faculty of Educational Studies – M.A. in English, Ph.D. in pedagogy, educator and researcher. Research interests: educational technology, teacher training, IT in education, CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning), e-learning and u-learning, 3D virtual worlds for education. Author: 2 books, 50+ articles, 11 reviews. Research and teaching experience: EFL (30+ years), IT and CALL (25+ years), e-learning (15+ years), 3D virtual worlds (6 years), online teacher at Appalachian State University, NC, USA (8 years).
Kalinina Olga Vladimirovna Kalinina Olga Vladimirovna: professor of Graduate School of Business and Management of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, doctor of Economic Sciences, Manager of educational program «Human Resource Management». Her interests and research specializations extend to both teaching methods improving education and innovative ways to improve the university staffing as well as human resource management.

Mirosława
Wawrzak-Chodaczek

 prof., Dr Hab.  at the Institute of Pedagogy , Wrocław University in Wroclaw, (professor). Member of scientific associations Wrocław Scientific Society. Researcher and lecturer, the author of over 60 scientific publications. Research specialisation: social communications, mass media and education , public relations, social security. She is an organiser of many conferences. In 2006-2008 she participated in the research on the educational-professional mobility of incomplete-legal persons in the Lower Silesia. Diagnosis of the Support Instruments - project financed by the European Social Funds and in a research project Czech-German-Polish "Equal opportunities for women and men in the Euro-region Neisse-Nisa-Nysa" coordinated by the Internationales Begegnungszentrum St. Marienthal, PONTES-Agentur, St.. Marienthal 10, 02899 Ostritz, funded by the government of Germany- Bundestag.

Jarosław Wąsiński

 Jarosław Wąsiński – Lecturer in the College of Management Edukacja; Doctor of economics; Alumnus of The Warsaw School of Economics, Auditor/ Lead Auditor ISO 9000 series QMS and ISO 27 001 (about 500 audits and expert opinions in UE); Trainer; Eleven years of experience in the implementation of management systems such as ISO 9001, ISO 27 001, ISO 22 000, HACCP, BRC, IFS; Originator of technology projects in companies and industrial restructuring.

Heinz Roland Weistroffer

 Heinz Roland Weistroffer is an Associate Professor of Information Systems in the School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, USA. His research interests include computer assisted decision-making, systems analysis and design, and information technology for development. He has published in Journal of Strategic Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Information Technology for Development, and Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, among many other journals, as well as in numerous conference proceedings such as AMCIS, HICCS, and ECIS. He is an associate editor of the journal Information Technology for Development.

Krystyna Węgłowska-Rzepa

 Krystyna Węgłowska-Rzepa, PhD in psychology, an employee of the Institute of Psychology at the University of Wroclaw, a member of the Polish Association of Analytical Psychology and the trainee on Jungian analyst at the International Association for Analytical Psychology. Beyond scientific and didactic work at the Institute of Psychology UWr, runs a private psychotherapy practice. She participates in many national and international conferences and training related to psychology and the social sciences. Her interests and research focus on personality psychology, the influence of significant events and experiences for the development of individuals in the course of life, psychoanalysis and neuroscience. She has numerous publications, the last of them are (see Publications by University of Wroclaw):
- The "Symob" projective method and its possible applications in the labour market: the basis for the method's construction / Krystyna Węgłowska-Rzepa, Jolanta Kowal // W: Functioning in the workplace: quantitative and qualitative psychological research / ed. by Barbara Mróz. - Warszawa: SCHOLAR Publishing House, 2012;
- Femininity and masculinity in the course of social and mental changes / Krystyna Węgłowska-Rzepa, Jolanta Kowal, Aleksandra Szczepaniak // W: Ona w XXI wieku: interdyscyplinarny obraz kobiety / red. nauk. Magdalena Baranowska-Szczepańska. - Poznań: Instytut Naukowo-Wydawniczy MAIUSCULA, 2011;
- W poszukiwaniu swojego miejsca w życiu: spojrzenie z perspektywy narracyjnej i analitycznej / Krystyna Węgłowska-Rzepa // W: Psychologia narracyjna: tożsamość, dialogowość, pogranicza / red. nauk. Elżbieta Dryll, Anna Cierpka. - Warszawa: Eneteia - Wydaw. Psychologii i Kultury, 2011. - (Seria Akademicka).

Stanisław Wrycza

 Professor Stanisław Wrycza, University of Gdansk
Founding member of AIS – 1995;
He has been the organizer of the following AIS events:
• Xth European Conference on Information Systems – ECIS 2002
• SIGSAND/PLAIS EuroSymposia - 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Professor Wrycza is together with the former AIS President
Professor Claudia Loebbecke co-founder of PLAIS in 2006;
Head of Department of Business Informatics at University of Gdansk;
Senior Editor of Information Systems Management Journal (IF=0.35);
Editorial Review Board of Journal of Database Management (IF=2.121);
Advisory Board of Information Systems Journal (IF=1.381);
Editorial Board of Information Systems and e-Business Management (IF=0.605);
President of PLAIS - Polish Chapter of Association for Information Systems;
General Chair of SIGSAND/PLAIS EuroSymposium;
Steering Committee of BIR - International Conference on Business Informatics Research;
ISAHI (Information Systems Academic Heads International) Vice President 2008 – 2010;
University of Gdansk AIS Student Chapter Faculty Advisor;
Honourable Ambassador of Polish Congresses;
President of PLAIS – Polish Chapter of Association for Information Systems;
General Chair of ECIS’2002 – The Xth European Conference on Information Systems in Gdańsk;
General Chair of SIGSAND/PLAIS EuroSymposium.

Monika Woźniak

Researcher – PhD of economic sciences, is an assistant professor in the Department of Business Informatics, Faculty of Management In the current research work focuses on contemporary requirements and expectations of the IT sector, lead the way to transform the IT industry, the critical success factors of projects and the competencies and efficiency of PM. The author of numerous articles and monographs domestic and foreign, as well as expert, consultant, trainer in the area of innovation in project management. She is passionate about teamwork preferring an transdisciplinary approach, combining knowledge from different fields with industry practice and personalized approach based tutoring. Vice President of the Foundation Science in Development, founder the University of Gdansk Tutors Centre, a member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), practices the Process Oriented Psychology (Process Work) and a unique methodology of systematic innovation – TRIZ.

 

Dan Xu

 Dan Xu was born in Huzhou, China on 04/03/1993. She studied computer science at the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer (Germany) and received her bachelor’s degree from said university as well as from Zhejiang University of Science and Technology (China) in 2017. Since 2017, she is studying media computer science and working as a software tester in STIMEY

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Renata Iwaniec

PhD candidate at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Wrocław. For nearly 9 years, lecturer at the University of Wrocław. Currently Project Manager in an IT company. Research and professional interests oscillate around the psychology of globalization and problems related to identity and functioning in the changing world. Privately a fan of documentaries, travels and - as most psychologists - cats.

 

Sandra Borowska

This year's graduate of psychological studies. Interested in the differences between generations Y and X. She likes traveling in unobvious places.A fan of Scandinavian lifestyle and design.

 

Alicja Senejko

Profesor at the University od Wroclaw. Developmental psychologist and social psychologist, research and teaching worker at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Wrocław. The author of the functional-functional approach to psychological defense and the model of post-traumatic development based on this approach. She is also a co-author of the attitude model for globalization. He specializes in issues related to the psychological defense of the subject, personality development and human identity throughout life, the importance of psychological defense for development and ways to respond to traumatic events and the impact of globalization processes on the functioning and development of people.