Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Blikle
Prof. Andrzej Blikle is a professor of mathematical sciences, an outstanding computer scientist, a long-standing academic researcher and lecturer, as well as a master confectioner. Professor Blikle specializes in the mathematical foundations of software engineering and is also an experienced business trainer.
Between 1990 and 2010, he developed his family confectionery business, founded in 1869, from a single pastry shop in Warsaw into a network of fifteen establishments including pastry shops, cafés, restaurants and delicatessen stores in Warsaw, as well as eight additional locations operating within a nationwide franchise network.
Since 2018 he has been running the training and consulting company Andrzej Blikle Doradca, offering programs both for individual companies and organizations as well as within MBA studies, including those conducted at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
His book “The Quality Doctrine – On Effective Management” won first place in the category “Best Economic Guidebook” in the Economicus 2015 competition organized by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. In 2016 it also received an award from the Collegium of Business Administration of the Warsaw School of Economics for the best work in the field of enterprise studies published in 2014–2015.
Professor Blikle is a member of the European Academy of Sciences, the Polish Language Council, and more than twenty other professional and scientific organizations.
Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Hausner
Prof. Jerzy Hausner is a professor of economics, Chairman of the Program Council of the Open Eyes Economy Summit and Chairman of the Council of the Foundation for Public Economy and Administration. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Labour and Social Policy, and was a Member of the Polish Parliament from 2001 to 2005. He also served as a member of the Monetary Policy Council (third term) and is a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Kisiel Award, the Władysław Grabski Award and the Edward Lipiński Award, and holds an honorary doctorate from Warsaw School of Economics.
For many years he served as the Social Plenipotentiary of the Rector of Krakow University of Economics for Culture and Sport. Over the years he has coordinated numerous research projects, including international initiatives, and has significantly contributed to promoting Polish scholarship and economic knowledge abroad.
Professor Hausner is the author of more than 550 publications in the fields of political economy and public management. In recognition of his outstanding public service, he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He has received many distinctions, including the Kisiel, Władysław Grabski and Edward Lipiński awards.
In 2020 his book “The Social Spacetime of Economic Activity: Towards an Economics of Values” received the Copernicus Prize of the City of Kraków, awarded by the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as the Edward Lipiński Prize of the Polish Economic Society.
Prof. Anton P. Fenik
Professor Anton P. Fenik is a professor at Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University. He earned his PhD in Marketing from the University of Tennessee. Prior to that, he completed an MBA and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics at the University of South Carolina.
His research interests focus on decision-making processes, supply chain and logistics strategy, and international marketing. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including the Journal of International Marketing, Journal of Marketing Management and the Journal of Transportation Management.
Professor Fenik also has managerial experience in the international business sector, having held leadership positions in marketing and B2B relationship management. He is a member of the American Marketing Association and the Society for Marketing Advances, and serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including the Journal of International Marketing.
Prof. dr hab. Joanna Ejdys
Prof. Joanna Ejdys is the Dean of the Faculty of Management Engineering and has been affiliated with Białystok University of Technology for many years. She received the title of Professor of Social Sciences in 2020.
Her research focuses on foresight studies, trust in technology, and smart and sustainable urban mobility. She currently leads an international research project funded under the Horizon Europe programme – LAND EUROPE (2023–2027), as well as a project financed by the National Science Centre Poland examining the determinants of social acceptance of smart and sustainable urban mobility (2023–2025).
Professor Ejdys is the author and co-author of more than 200 scientific publications and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Engineering Management in Production and Services, indexed in Scopus (Q2).
Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, PhD
Rector of the University of Warsaw since 2020. Economist and expert in finance and insurance.
From 1999 to 2006, he served as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw, and subsequently as Dean from 2006 to 2012. Between 2012 and 2016, he held the position of Vice-Rector for Research and International Cooperation. In 2016, he was re-elected Dean of the Faculty of Management. He has lectured at universities in France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, China, Korea, and South Africa.
He graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Trade at the Central School of Planning and Statistics (now the Warsaw School of Economics). He also pursued studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (USA), the University of Exeter (UK), institutions in Antwerp, and the Free University of Berlin (Germany).
Since 2018, Professor Nowak has served as the head of the Academic Sports Association (AZS), a position he holds pro publico bono.
Prof. Ewa Bojar, PhD
Professor of economic sciences and Honorary Professor of the Lublin University of Technology. She has been professionally affiliated with this university for over fifty years, during which she has held numerous leadership positions, including Vice-Dean, Dean, and Vice-Rector for Research. She headed the Department of Economics and Economic Management, as well as MBA programs conducted in cooperation with American universities. From 2015 to 2018, she was a member of the Committee on Organization and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Since 2013, she has been serving—currently in her third term—as Chair of the Main Scientific Council of the Scientific Society for Organization and Management.
She is the author of approximately 190 academic publications and is actively engaged in both academic and economic communities. Her research interests include decision-making processes, regional development, leadership, and sustainable development. She places particular emphasis on the concept of cooperation between academia, business, and public administration, known as the triple helix model. She actively collaborates with industry and public institutions, serving as an expert in regional development, innovation, and corporate social responsibility. For her outstanding achievements, she has been awarded, among others, the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, as well as the Gold and Silver Cross of Merit and the Medal of the National Education Commission. In 2025, she was honored by the Minister of Science and Higher Education with the Gold Medal “Meritorious for Polish Science Sapientia et Veritas.”
Prof. Andrzej Kaleta, PhD
Professor and Rector of the Wrocław University of Economics from 2016 to 2024, head of the Department of Strategic Management at the same university.
His research focuses on strategic management, competitive strategy, and entrepreneurship. He is the author of over 200 academic publications, primarily in the field of strategic management. He has served as an advisor in strategic management processes for both enterprises and local government units.
He is a member of the Committee on Organization and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Impel S.A., a member of the Supervisory Board of PZU S.A. (Chairman of the Strategy Committee), and Chairman of the University Council of Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
Keynote speakers - business
Grzegorz Błażewicz
Salesmanago Founder & Board Member, Entrepreneur, Advisor, Investor
Adam Leszkiewicz
President of the Management Board at Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa
Wojciech Pantkowski
Vice-President of the Management Board at Krajowa Izba Rozliczeniowa
Magdalena Tokarczyk-Cyran
CEO KFA Armatura
Ewa Wachowicz
TV personality, producer, journalist, owner of the Zalipianki Ewa Wachowicz Restaurant
XVIII INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE COLLEGE OF MANAGAMENT AND QUALITY SCIENCES OF KRAKOW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS
Knowledge – Economy – Society
