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2021-09-01
The Polish National Contact Point for Research Programs of the EU invites you to the autumn series of seminars "Horizon Europe for Business (HE4B)"
The seminars are for both small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as for start-ups and corporations that want to learn about the opportunities offered by the Horizon Europe Program, thanks to which companies can develop and implement innovations. The program covers the entire cycle of innovation from the idea to…
2021-06-15
The participation of the President of the Foundation - prof. Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski in the 2nd Sopot Conference on Modelling Contemporary Economies, 21-22 June 2021 (virtual)
The aim of the conference organised by the Faculty of Management, University of Gdansk in Sopot, Poland is to integrate economists who work on modelling and forecasting contemporary economies and to create a forum for the exchange of ideas and experience gained during the research. The other aim is to…
2021-06-04
The 7th annual EAI SmartCity360° International Convention, November 24-26, 2021 / Portugal-Online
The 7th annual EAI SmartCity360° International Convention has been created with the support of the Vice-President of the European Commission and offers a holistic approach covering all aspects of science and technologies for smart cities. The convention presents an excellent platform to connect and engage with some of the brightest…
2020-03-23
Regulations concerning the activity of the Progress and Business Foundation during the COVID-19 epidemics
Due to the special bills adopted by the Polish Parlament and other emergency regulations admitted during the COVID-19 epidemics, the customers of the Foundation may only contact the employees by electronic means. The Foundation's office hours remain unchanged.
The corresponding ordinance No. 1/2020/P is valid until further notice.
2020-01-10
Progress and Business Foundation recommends the book on "Smog in Poland" by prof. Piotr Kleczkowski "Smog in Poland"
This book, which was published by PWN Scientific Publishing House in December 2019, is the first such extensive scientific publication on smog in Poland. It presents specific sources of smog formation, climatic prerequisities and smog reduction options specific for Poland. The publication pays a special attention to the results of the…
2019-04-01
The 6th International Conference on Internet of Vehicles IOV 2019, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 18-21 November 2019
IOV 2019 is aimed to establish an international forum for engineers and scientists to present their excellent ideas, latest innovations and experiences on Internet of Vehicles. Paper submissions are welcome from researchers in academia, industry, and government describing original recent research work, sharing the experiences and insights, forecast the trends…
2018-11-02
Granting accreditation to the Progress and Business Foundation as an Innovation Center that provides pro-innovative services for the SME sector
We are pleased to announce that the Progress and Business Foundation on 1 October 2018 received the accreditation of the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology of Poland for the provision of consulting services in the field of innovation for the sector of small and medium enterprises.As part of the accreditation,…
2018-10-19
On behalf of the Media Center of the Technical University in Dresden we invite you to utilize MOVING MOOC platform dedicated to young academics and learning how to use the Web 2.0 technologies
Platform MOVING MOOC platform learning how to use the Web 2.0 technologies to search, access and use information, to organize knowledge, develop new ideas, build networks with other scholars, public institutions and society. Learners will understand the principles of open science and how they can contribute to a culture of…
2018-10-04
Conference on "Anticipation and Anticipatory Systems: Humans Meet Artificial Intelligence", June 10-13, 2019, Örebro University, Sweden
The Anticipation 2019 conference will be organized by the School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences of the Örebro University. It is an important step towards the bridging of the various aspects of anticipation and the exploration of the missing link that might connect disparate anticipatory behavior.
Anticipation 2019 conference…
2018-10-02
The Eleventh International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management eKNOW 2019, February 24 - 28, 2019, Athens, Greece. Capturing, representing, and manipulating knowledge has been a fascinating and extremely useful challenge
Capturing, representing, and manipulating knowledge has been a fascinating and extremely useful challenge from both theoretical and practical perspective since the beginning of our civilisation. Using validated knowledge for information and process management, and for decision support mechanisms raises a series of questions the eKNOW 2019 conference is aimed at.…
2018-06-18
Participation of Foundation representatives in the Impact'18 CEE, 13-14 June 2018, ICE Kraków Congress Center, devoted to technological trends in innovative industries and the challenges of modern economy
The topic of the congress was the future of the digital economy co-created by business, science, startups and administration.The methods of effective cooperation aimed at creating a digital future, the latest business models, future of the digital economy have been presented and discussed.
During Impact'18, it was possible to look…
2018-06-07
Participation of prof. Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski - the President of the Foundation, in the “6th conference FTA2018 – Future oriented- technology analysis 2018 – “Future in the making”, 4-5 June 2018, Brussels, Belgium
The purpose of the Joint Research Center (JRC) conference FTA2018 - Future in the making was exploring new challenges of policymaking and future-oriented frames and methods to respond to them. FTA2018 is one of the world's foresight events organized every 3 or 4 years by the Directorate General of the…
2018-04-13
The 5th International Conference on Internet of Vehicles IOV 2018, Paris, France, November 19 - 22, 2018
IOV 2018 in Paris is aimed to establish an international forum for engineers and scientists to present their excellent ideas, latest innovations and experiences on Internet of Vehicles. Paper submissions are welcome from researchers in academia, industry, and government describing original recent research work, sharing the experiences and insights, forecast…
2018-01-10
We are pleased to inform you that the prototype of the MOVING training Platform has been made available at the address: http://platform.moving-project.eu
The MOVING Platform enables its users to improve their information literacy by training how to exploit data and text mining methods in their daily research tasks. The MOVING search engine provides scalable real-time search, supports multiple document types, different file formats and different programming languages. Faceted search allows to retrieve…
2017-07-03
On behalf of the Media Center of the Technical University in Dresden we invite to participate in the 20th GeNeMe'17 conference "Communities in New Media", which will take place on 18-20 October 2017 in Dresden
The conference communities in New Media (GeNeMe) presents innovative technologies and processes for the organization, cooperation and communication in virtual communities and is a forum for professional exchange especially in the fields of knowledge management and online learning. The conference does focus is not only technological or economic aspects of…
2017-05-10
IOV 2017 - The 4th International Conference on Internet of Vehicles, Kanazawa, Japan, November 22-25, 2017
The 4th International Conference on Internet of Vehicles IOV 2017 is to establish an international forum for engineers and scientists to present their excellent ideas, latest innovations and experiences on Internet of Vehicles. The conference will be held on November 22-25, 2017, co-located with IEEE SC2 2017 and IEEE SOCA…
2017-03-20
Participation of the Foundation’s representative in the CEE INNOVATORS SUMMIT, taking place on 27-28 March 2017 in Warsaw with participation of the Prime Ministers from Visegrad Group countries
Participants of the international congress: innovators, startups, NGO working on innovation in the V4, heads of R&D departments of large companies seeking innovation and representatives of public administration from the region.
The CEE INNOVATORS SUMMIT focuses on presenting the practical dimension of innovation and cooperation in this part of Europe.…
2017-03-10
Final IESI Conference on 'ICT-Enabled Social Innovation to support the implementation of the EU Social Investment Package', Brussels, Belgium, 14-15 March 2017
The objectives of the Final IESI Conference are to present, discuss and validate the results of the IESI research project and in particular: 1) the findings of the IESI Consolidated Mapping and thematic analyses; and 2) the proposed theoretical and methodological approach underpinning the framework to assess the social and…
2016-09-01
VII National Scientific Conference "Information society. Status and trends of development in the light of regional conditions" Rzeszow, Lvov, 19-21 September 2016
The aim of the conference is to exchange experiences and present the results of research on the status and directions of development of the information society, as well as the impact of investments in information and communication technology for regional development.
Conference Organizers:
Department of Quantitative Methods and Economic Informatics…
2016-07-11
Accreditation of the Progress and Business Foundation as the Innovation Centre provider pro-innovation services for SMEs
The Polish Minister of Development on 23 June 2016 awarded next accreditations for Innovation Centres, providing pro-innovation services for small and medium-sized enterprises. We are pleased to announce that among them is the "Progress and Business" Foundation .
As the accreditated Innovation Center we provide comprehensive services in the field…
2016-05-04
Looking into the Future of Creativity and Decision Support Systems. Proceedings of the 8th international Conference on Knowledge¸ Information and Creativity Support Systems”
The Proceedings reflect the full scope of the 8th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS'2013) held in Kraków, Poland in November 2013. It contains 63 articles authored by 119 outstanding international experts. All papers were individually peer-reviewed by 2 to 4 reviewers. KICSS conferences provide a…
2016-01-12
An opportunity to submit papers on foresight and forecasting methods and their applications
An opportunity to submit papers on foresight and forecasting methods and their applications
All those interested in foresight and forecasting are invited to submit a paper to the special section on "Technological foresight and socio-economic evolution modelling" (Special Area Chair: Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski). within the conference:
eKNOW 2016, The Eighth…
2015-07-20
The 10th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS'2015, will be held in Phuket, Thailand, from November 12 to 14, 2015
The 10th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS'2015, the next event in the series of highly successful interdisciplinary conferences on creativity and related topics will take place in Phuket, Thailand, from November 12 to 14, 2015. It is organized a.o. by Professor Thanaruk Theeremunkong from the…
2015-07-16
Obituary: Mr. Eiliv Inge Sødahl (1930-2015)
With a deep sadness we inform that Mr. Eiliv Inge Sødahl, the Vice Chairman of the Foundation’s Council, passed away on July, 8, 2015.
Since March 29, 1993 he had been a Member of the Foundation’s Council. On December 19, 1995 he was unanimously elected the Vice Chairman of the…
2015-04-24
Professor Henryk Zygmunt, the Chairman of the Foundation’s Council, passed away peacefully on April 22, 2015.
OBITUARY
With a deep sadness we announce that Professor Henryk Zygmunt passed away peacefully on April 22, 2015. Since June 1995 he had been the Chairman of the Foundation’s Council, serving actively till recently the whole Progress and Business community.
Professor Zygmunt was born on January 6, 1929 in Wojnicz,…
2014-10-01
Engage today to shape tomorrow - 5th International Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA), Brussels, 27-28 November 2014
The focus of the conference is on the potential of Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) to "Engage today to shape tomorrow".
The conference is open to practitioners, researchers, and decision makers from around the globe, and will feature a rich program of keynotes, papers, posters, workshops and knowledge labs. The conference…
2014-09-01
9th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS'2014
The 9th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS'2014, KICSS'2014 will be 9th in the series of highly successful interdisciplinary conferences on creativity and related topics and the second one to be held in Europe, following Krakow (2013). The conference will take place at the Elias Beach…
2014-05-09
International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in e-Science and e-Humanities Leipzig (Germany), June 5, 2014 - June 6, 2014
International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in e-Science and e-HumanitiesLeipzig (Germany), June 5, 2014 – June 6, 2014
The Progress and Business Foundation on behalf of the Media Center of the Technical University of Dresden (TU Dresden) invites to participate in the International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in e-Science…
2013-11-27
The 8th International Conference on Knowledge Information and Creativity Support Systems KICSS 2013
The International Center for Decision Science and Forecasting of the Progress & Business Foundation was the organizer of the 8th International Conference on Knowledge Information and Creativity Support Systems KICSS’2013. The conference was held the first time in Europe, Poland (Kraków and Wieliczka) on 7-9 November 2013 and covered all…
2013-03-15
The Final Conference of the project "Scenarios and Development trends of the selected information society technologies until 2025"
The Final Conference of the project
"Scenarios and Development trends of the selected information society technologies until 2025"
which took place on March 14th 2013 in Kraków was the summary of the foresight project implemented by the Progress & Business Foundation (Project Leader) with another Consortium’s Members: the Jagiellonian University…
2013-01-02
Special Issue of "Technological Forecasting and Social Change" on Foresight Support Systems
The "Scenarios and development trends of the selected information society technologies until 2025" project results related to the IT-based foresigt support presented at the International Conference on Innovative Methods for Innovation Management and Policy (IM'2012, Beijing, May 21-24, 2012) have been one of the inspirations to define the new directions…
2012-10-01
The final conference of the project "Scenarios and development trends of the selected information society technologies until 2025"
The participation in the Final Conference of the Project is free of charge, but the number of participants is limited. Pre-registration is compulsory. After logging in at our page you will see the option to register in your user panel. The Conference will take place on March 15, 2013 in…
2010-11-26
We invite communes and SMEs for participation in Response Tube initiative
We invite communes and SMEs for participation in Response Tube initiative aiming to enhance readiness for effective reaction in case of future natural and technological disasters thought using internet tools "on-line" in Web 2.0 technology based on Learning Networks technology tools.
2010-05-20
Final conference SoRuraLL
The final conference of project SoRuraLL:SALL2010: SALL2010: Social Applications for Life Long Learning,
it will take place on the 4th and 5th of November 2010 in Patra- Greece
SALL2010 : Topics of interest
Pedagogical approaches for Life Long Distance Technology Enhanced Learning
E-learning Applications and Experiences
2nd Generation (Web 2.0)…
2010-05-20
International Seminar on the Development of Local information Societies
Raba Wyżna Telecenter in Rokiciny Podhalańskie
Friday, June 4, 2010
Meeting at the Raba Wyżna Telecenter in Rokiciny Podhalańskie
Transport by bus to the place of the meeting On the way: sighteseeing of Raba Wyżna On site: Coffee and tea
09.30
11.15
Session chaired by Prof. A. Skulimowski, PBF Welcome…
2010-01-05
Starting from January 2010, the Foundation began the implementation of the research project "Inorganic wastes of chemical industry - technology foresight"
The Project is carried out within the Subactivity 1.1.1. of the Innovative Economy Operational Programme, 2007-2013, research projects using foresight methods.
Its main aim is to create development scenarios helping to establish postindustrial inorganic wastes economy in Poland and to identify the new directions of research developments for inorganic products…
2009-09-25
The Centre for Decision Sciences and Forecasting of the Foundation started the implementation of the research project "Scenarios and development trends of selected information society technologies until 2025"
The Centre for Decision Sciences and Forecasting of the Foundation started the implementation of the project "Scenarios and development trends of selected information society technologies until 2025" within Subactivity 1.1.1, Priority 1, of the Innovative Economy Operational Programme (ERDF-financed). The main aim of this project is to investigate the most…
2007-12-05
Astronomical Observatory in Lubomir will be endowed by the Rural Wings D-Star satellite internet
On November 14, 2007, the Rector of the Jagiellonian University and the President of the Foundation have signed an agreement on cooperation in establishing a pilot satellite internet station in the Astronomical Observatory on Mt. Lubomir (904 m a.s.l.) in Wiśniowa Municipality, Malopolskie Voivodship, 70 kilometers South-East from Krakow in…
2006-01-25
Anniversary
During the ceremony held on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Foundation Act of 25th January 1991, the President has presented the awards for the outstanding members of the staff
2005-09-04
Last two seminars for participants of the Phare 2002 young graduates' programme
We invite the beneficiaries of the Phare 2002 Young Graduates' Programme to attend last two courses: "Enterprise in internet" (first seminar: 9 Nov. 2005)and "Starting-up: 2nd edition" (first seminar: 8 Nov. 2005)
News
2020-10-15
The Progress and Business Foundation has been admitted to the group of institutional members of the European Alliance for Innovation
2019-12-20
The Progress and Business Publishers listed as Level-I publisher according to the recent (Dec. 17, 2019) Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Learning
