International project titled "Drive Digital Transformation in Your Company"

On 20-24 April 2026, the University of Economics in Katowice will host another edition of the international project carried out in cooperation with Howest University of Applied Sciences in Belgium. This year’s edition is titled "Drive Digital Transformation in Your Company", and students will have the opportunity to participate, among others, in a lecture on digital transformation and learn about current trends in this field.

Outline Programme

20 April

09:00-09:15 - Distribution of textbooks and materials about Poland
09:15-09:45 - Official opening
09:45-10:15 - University presentations - dr hab. Justyna Ganassali, prof. UE and Frédéric Vlummens
10:30-11:15 - Lecture titled Introduction to the project - prof. dr hab. Sławomir Smyczek
11:15-12:00 - Lecture titled Introduction to digital transformation and its trends - Gene Vangampelaere
12:00-13:00 - Lunch break
13:00-16:00 - Workshop titled PLM Group case study - Patryk Mączko, CEO PLM Group

21 April

09:00-12:00 - Workshop: Introduction to business process management and modelling - Gene Vangampelaere
12:00-13:00 - Lunch break
13:00-17:00 - Teamwork: Teams model the company’s existing process ("As-Is") - Frédéric Vlummens

22 April

09:00-12:00 - Workshops: Automation tools: Zapier, Power Automate, Make.com and Low-Code/No-Code platforms - Gene Vangampelaere
12:00-13:00 - Lunch break
13:00-17:00 - Teamwork: Designing the "To-Be" process - an optimized and automated version of the process using selected automation tools (part 1) - Frédéric Vlummens

23 April

09:00-12:00 - Teamwork: Designing the "To-Be" process - an optimized and automated version of the process using selected automation tools (part 2) - Frédéric Vlummens
12:00-13:00 - Lunch break
13:00-16:00 - Teamwork: Preparation of the final solution for the company – Gene Vangampelaere
16:00-17:00 - Teamwork: Preparation of final presentations

24 April

09:00-11:30 - Presentations
11:30-12:00 - Certificate award ceremony
12:00-13:00 - Lunch break

All lectures and workshops will take place in room 3/16. The lunch break will be held on the 4th floor, while the certificate award ceremony will take place in room 2/19.