Academy of Innovation for Universities 2019

On 15^th February 2019 in Warsaw, at the initiative of PCG Academia and with the participation of six companies providing modern consulting and IT solutions for the higher education institutions, the second edition of the Academy of Innovation for Universities took place. The conference was officially opened by Professors Łukasz Sułkowski (on behalf of PCG) and Jerzy Woźnicki (on behalf of the Polish Rectors Foundation and Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland).

During the plenary session participants also listened to the presentation of Avista representatives – Edyta Niemyjska and Dariusz Dąbek, who discussed the practical aspects of spending funds in projects financed under the Action 3.5 of PO WER program (PO WER 3.5). The next speaker, Piotr Ogonowski, an expert on transformation of organization and project management, reviewed various effective methods of project management in the higher education sector.

The main part of the Academy of Innovation consisted of presentations of innovative IT solutions offered by Polish and international providers of services for universities. The presentations were held in two separate thematic tracks: Manage & Administer dedicated to solutions supporting effective administration and management, and Teach & Learn, dedicated to tools supporting students’ education.

Presentations from the Conference are available below:

Plenary session

•  Practical aspects of spending funds in the projects financed under POWER 3.5 program

Presenters: Edyta Niemyjska (AVISTA), Dariusz Dąbek (AVISTA)

• Effective management of IT projects at universities

Presenter: Piotr Ogonowski, expert on transformation of organization and project management

Manage & Administer Solutions

• POWER BI – modern tool for analysis of data from whole university and it’s individual units, i.e. business intelligence system for university.

Presenters: Bartłomiej Graczyk (Microsoft Poland), Ścibór Sobieski, PhD (PCG Academia)

• Mobile application and platform for e-services for students working with any student information system (USOS, University 10 and others).

Presenters: Magda Sochacka (PCG Academia), Łukasz Nowak (PCG Academia)

• System for student enrollment and retention integrable with any student information system.

Presenters: Paulina Puścian-Sobieska (PCG Academia), Piotr Masalski (PCG Academia)

• Salesforce ERM – presentation of Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA), i.e. CRM for universities.

Presenter: Adrian Gawryszewski (Think Beyond)

• Repository of scientific achievements and scientific journals services system based on the best practices of American and British universities

Presenter: Piotr Masalski (PCG Academia)

Teach & Learn Solutions

• Digital student examination system INSPERA presented on the example of a case study of the Kozminski University – an university that within 2 years of implementation carried out 1350 electronic exams and collected online over 57,000 term papers.

Presenters: Valeriia Gorlushko (Kozminski University), Truls Bohm (Inspera Vice President)

• Alfios – integrated library system, a proprietary solution of 3strona.pl, that enables shortening the process of cataloguing publications through integration with other data and descriptions available in the Internet in a few moments.

Presenter: Jakub Salamon (3strona.pl)

• Blackboard Learn Ultra – the newest version of one of the most popular systems for creating and managing e-learning courses.

Presenters: Anna Warda-Ritzen (PCG Academia), Magda Sochacka (PCG Academia)

• Blackboard Ally – a tool cooperating with the Moodle and Blackboard platforms, that increases the availability of educational content through, among others, conversion of the materials to formats such as audio, electronic braille or e-books.

Presenters: Anna Warda-Ritzen (PCG Academia), Magda Sochacka (PCG Academia)

• M-learning – production, implementation, advantages, and benefits. An effective model of digitalization and production of high quality interactive educational content.

Presenters: Justyna Kubicka (N-educatio), Kamil Malarski (N-educatio), Michał Stopa (N-educatio)

PCG Academia stays in close contact with all solution providers presented at the Academy of Innovation and also closely cooperates with Avista, a company which specializes in effective application for funds under the POWER 3.5 program.

As part of the next steps, we encourage you to apply for EU funds available in the perspective of 2019-2020 and to take advantage of this opportunity to consult ideas for projects with your chosen experts and technology solution providers.

In order to facilitate communication we have launched a dedicated hotlines – (17) 777 37 00 or (22) 53 53 712  – with which you will be able to easily arrange a meeting with suppliers and financing experts.