SWPS University Partners with Innovation & Design Management Conference


2nd Innovation & Design Management Conference
Design in the Era of Fluid Modernity
Organizers: Puls Biznesu and Metaphor
We are pleased to announce that SWPS University has partnered with the organizers of the 2nd Innovation & Design Management Conference. The conference is a platform for sharing knowledge and experience related to designing and developing innovations in the times of crisis. This unique online event is a great opportunity to learn from design and business practitioners and mentors.
Design in the Era of Fluid Modernity
The theme of the 2nd edition of the Innovation & Design Management Conference is “Design in the Era of Fluid Modernity. Redefinition. Respect. Relaxation.” Our current business reality should be completely redesigned. The transformation should focus not only on development strategies, but also on strategies of business survival during a prolonged crisis. To survive, businesses must change their organizational cultures and support employees in developing new competencies. On the one hand, a crisis poses challenges, but on the other hand, it may also provide opportunities for a through diagnosis of the situation. Progress is impossible without a diagnosis.sytuacji, w której się znaleźliśmy. Bez niej postęp jest niemożliwy.
The conference is addressed to mangers, executives, product managers, coordinators of design teams, change managers, service managers, customer service managers, designers, public servants, and anyone who is looking for new and effective design methods and ways to innovate.
The participants of the conference will learn:
- How to implement innovations, verify strategy, and prepare for the new reality
- How to build strong brands in a global climate of discomfort and insecurity
- How to encourage employees to acquire new competencies indispensable in the new reality
- How to design user experience in the fast changing world and how to manage design process in companies
- How to design user experience to ensure that technology is conducive to development, equal opportunities, and is a part of inclusive and pro-freedom processes, which are a part of fluid reality
- How design knowledge impacts businesses and how you can use it to your advantage.
The main language of the event is Polish with some lectures delivered in English.
The conference is a platform for sharing knowledge and experience related to developing innovations in the times of crisis, when life requires a transformation. We want to discuss how to meet the challenges of the future.
Anna Wróblewska, CEO of Metaphor, co-organizer of the conference
Special Guests
Our special guests and keynote speakers:
- Piotr Voelkel – founder of the Vox Capital Group, founder of SWPS University, and patron of numerous cultural and educational projects
- Professor Jerzy Hausner – Chair of the Program Council of the Open Eyes Economy Summit and Chair of the Council of the Economy and Public Administration Foundation
- Professor Brigitte Borja de Mozota – pioneer in Design Management Research and international author and speaker (lecture in English).
- Professor Roberto Verganti – a world-renowned expert on leadership and innovation, co-founder of Leadin'Lab, the laboratory for LEADership, Design and Innovation, at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano (lecture in English).
Design experts and business practitioners:
- Anna Wróblewska – the first design thinking and innovation and design management consultant in Poland, co-founder and CEO of Metaphor, an innovation company
- Wiesław Bartkowski – is an interaction designer and researcher of complex systems from SWPS University’s Faculty of Design
- Marcin Barański – General Director and Member of the Board at VOX Capital Group
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