Open Lectures as Part of the 6th International Women’s Day Conference in Economics, Finance and Management

On March 12 and 13 this year, open lectures will be held in Room 306A and online as part of the 6th International Women’s Day Conference in Economics, Finance and Management. Both staff of the University of Economics in Katowice and students are warmly invited to attend the event.

Thursday, March 12

• 10:00-10:15 - Opening of the IWD 2026 conference
• 10:15-11:45 - Plenary Session I – Fire Chat (on-site + online)
  • Keynote: Lefteris Topaloglou (University of Western Macedonia)
    Women’s Employment and Entrepreneurship in Just Transition Territories - lessons learned from Just Femme project
  • Keynote: Nargiz Hajiyeva (Azerbaijan State University of Economics) 
    Exploring the Practices and Challenges of Women Entrepreneurs: the perspective of Women Researchers Council (WRC)
• 16:30-17:45 Plenary Session II – Fire Chat (Hybrid)
  • Keynote: Julia M. Puaschunder (International University of Monaco) 
    Digitalisation and climate change - the perspective of behavioural economics

Friday, March 13

• 11:45-13:30 - Fireside Chat Session
  • Keynote:  Sandra Fontanaud and Jake Murdoch (Université de Picardie Jules Verne)
    Between de-industrialization and the promise of re-industrialization: What role for the ecological/green transition? The experience of Northern France
  • Keynote: Don Pagach (North Carolina State University)
    The challenge of managing climate change risk: insights from ERM initiative
• 16:30-17:15 - Fireside Chat Session
  • Keynote: Grzegorz Mardyła (Kindai University)
    Constrained preferences: Behavioral Economics of Japan’s female labor issues

The online lectures will be held on the Google Meet platform: https://meet.google.com/vhd-ojhy-jop

The project is financed from the state budget, allocated by the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the Science Vectors Programme. Funding amount: PLN 53,083.80. Total project value: PLN 75,834.00.