Dr Daria Golebiowska-Tataj

Executive Committee Member of Governing Board of the EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology; 

Managing Partner at EMF (Enterprise Management & Finance);

Assistant Professor of Management at Warsaw University of Technology Business School;

Co-founder of Diadem Foundation.

Professor Slavo Radosevic

Deputy Director of School of Slavonic and East European Studies - University College of London - University of London;

Professor of Industry and Innovation Studies at School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London and SPRU Visiting fellow;

Expert in science, technology, industry, innovation and growth in countries of central and eastern Europe;

Published extensively in international journals on issues of innovation and innovation policy in countries of central and eastern Europe. The author of ‘International Technology Transfer and Catch Up in Economic Development’, Edward Elgar, 1999. Co-editor of four recent volumes: F. McGowan, S. Radosevic and N. von Tunzelmann, The emerging industrial structure of the wider Europe, Routledge, London. 2004, Radosevic, S. and B. Sadowski (eds.) International industrial networks and industrial restructuring in central Europe, Russia and Ukraine, Kluwer, 2004; Piech. K. and S. Radosevic (2006) Knowledge based economy in central and eastern Europe: countries and industries in a process of change, Palgrave, and Edvard Kobal and Slavo Radosevic (Eds.), Modernization of science policy and management approaches in central and south east Europe, NATO Science Series, IOS Press, Amsterdam 2005;

Expert for various DGs of European Commission, as consultant for OECD, UNIDO, UNECE, World Bank and Asian Development Bank;

Worked on technical assistance projects with Ernst & Young and TNO;

Consultant to the National Council for Competitiveness of Croatia and senior policy analyst within the EU DG Enterprise funded TRENDCHART programme;

Advisory expertise is in several areas of S&T and innovation policy and restructuring.

Professor László Vass

Rector of Budapest College of Communication and Business;

Head of the Center for Government and EU Policies' Studies at the Budapest Corvinus University, Institute of Political Science;

Former President of the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Eastern and Central Europe;

Vice-President at the Office of Council of Ministers (1988-1990);

Senior advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office (1990-2001);

Expert in public administration, public policy making, Hungarian government and public service, new public management, organized civil society, neo-corporatism, lobbying.

Professor Krzysztof Pawłowski
Founder and President of Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu - National Louis University in Nowy Sącz, Poland

PhD Alumnus of the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University, received his PhD in physics from Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow and an honorary doctorate from National - Louis University (Chicago, US). In the years from 1969 to 1989, he was the head of a research laboratory at Sadeckie Zakłady Elektro-Weglowe (SZEW). In 1980, he co-founded and served as a Chairman of the Catholic Inteligentsia Club (KIK) in Nowy Sacz. Since 1991 he has been a member of the Founders Lounge and the chairman of the Council of Organizers of the Business Center Club. From 1989 to 1993, he served as a Senator of the first and second terms of the Polish Parliament. In 1990, he founded and subsequently served as the President of the Nowy Sacz - Podhale Chamber of Commerce. From 1993 to 1997, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce; from 1997 to 2000 - chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Non-public Universities; from 1995 to 1999 and from 2002 to 2005 - a member of the Board of the Management Education Association FORUM. From 1998 - 1999, a member of the National Council for National Reform, and from 1998 to 2001 a member of the National Committee for European Integration. Since 1999 he has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation. Since 2007, a member of the Supervisory Board of PEKAO SA and a member of the Main Panel in the Foresight National Program. He was the founder and from 1992 to 2007 served as Rector of Wyzsza Szkoła Biznesu - National-Louis University in Nowy Sacz, and since 1996, a founder and Rector of Wyzsza Szkoła Biznesu in Tarnów. Since January 14, 2008, he is a founder and President of Wyzsza Szkoła Biznesu - National Louis University with a registered office in Nowy Sacz. He has written two books, Information Society a Chance for Poland and Rediscovering Higher Education in Europe, Bucharest: UNESCO-CEPES; has edited four books and co-authored 35 joint publications; moreover, he has authored more than 40 research papers on structure of graphite, manufacturing technology for carbon and graphite materials as well as more than 60 publications devoted to the development of higher education, management and transformation of the educational system and regional development in Poland.

Professor Martin Potůček

Head of Center for Social and Economic Strategies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Expert in forming and implementing public policies in the Czech Republic in particular focusing on the regulatory functions of the market, the administrative and civil sector in a European context, the global dimensions of public and social policy as well as on the problems of the public administration reform;

Co-ordinator of comprehensive forecast projects at national and international level.

Advisor to the Czech Prime Minister (2002-2004) and to the Czech Ministers for Labour and Social Affairs (1998-2006).

Professor Dr. Jozef Dziechciarz

Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland

Dean of the Faculty of Management, Computer Sciences and Finance, head of the Department of Econometrics, researcher and lecturer in Wroclaw University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland – teaches Econometrics, Market Research, Quantitative Methods for Management and several specialized courses. He published more than 160 articles and books. Fields of research interest covers econometric modeling, econometric modeling with variable and random coefficients, modeling on qualitative data and multivariate methods of data analysis. Empirical research is concentrated on small business administration, market research, market data analysis, macroeconomic data modeling, macroeconomic data analysis, business surveys, manufacturing branches data analysis, SMEs management, SMEs situation assessment, information needs determination. Member of the Committee for Statistics and Econometrics, Polish Academy of Sciences. Member of the international scientific organizations: Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys; International Federation of Classification Societies; European and International Council for Small Business; The International Society for Third-Sector Research; Standing Committee for Regional and Urban Statistics. Acts as editorial board member in International scientific Journals: Management (Croatia) and Journal for Management and Development (Slovenia) as well as Polish scientific Journals (Econometrics, and Operations Research). He has been lecturing in several Universities including Berlin, Bremen, Bochum, Mainz in Germany, Limerick in Ireland, Preston in UK, Hasselt in Belgium, Marseille in France; Vesteros in Sweden and Lehigh in Bethlehem (USA). Reads, speaks and writes in English, German and Russian Languages. He is active in administrative area, for number of years he is member of Senat, University’s parliament, Vice-Rector for Development and International Relations (1999-2005); Dean (2005-).

Dr. Sohail Luka

Currently, Dr. Luka holds the position of Policy Officer in The Universities & Researchers Unit, Research Directorate General, European Commission;

He received his B.Sc. degree in Microbiology and Chemistry from Ain Shams University in Cairo in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Molecular Microbial Genetics from the University of Tennessee, USA. Since then, he has occupied several academic positions in Egypt at the National Research Centre (NRC), Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI) and Mubarak City for Science and Technology (MuSCAT), respectively. During the period of 1994-1997, he acted as a Visiting Professor in Molecular Genetics at the International Institute for Genetics and Biophysics, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy;

In 1997, he moved from academia to the Industry joining Procter & Gamble company, first in the Human & Environmental Safety department and ultimately as External Relations Manager for Europe, Africa and the Middle-East. He was based in the company’s European Headquarters in Brussels;

He is the author of numerous scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters in the scientific literature;

Dr. Luka speaks Arabic, English, Italian and French. He is a musician of classical Arabic music and a Judo coach. He has had a musical release in the USA and two published food recipes.