22 SEPTEMBER, MONDAY

Location: Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library (CINiBA, http://www.ciniba.edu.pl/)

10.00-13.00 – Registration at the ground floor (Hall Level 0)

12.00-13.00 – Guided tour around the CINiBA starting from the ground floor

13.00 – Conference official opening (Conference Room Level 0)

13.10-14.10 – PLENARY SESSION I: Research insights into success of young V4 scholars(Conference Room Level 0)

• Research-related competences and other personal factors – dr E. Hvizdova, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia

• University environment – prof. V. Spacil, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

• Academic networking – prof. M. Mitrega, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

• Research productivity – dr S. Pronay, University of Szeged, Hungary

14.10-14.30 – Plenary discussion I (Conference Room Level 0)

14.30-15.30 – Lunch (Cafeteria Level 0)

15.30-18.45 – PLENARY SESSION II: Experts insights into success of young scholars(Conference Room Level 0)

• 15.30-16.15 – Milestones in international career in business science – prof. S. C. Henneberg, School of Business and Management | Queen Mary University of London |UK

• 16.15-17.00 – In-depth business studies as the leverage for success in academia – prof. A. Halinen, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

• 17.00-17.25 - Key factors for dynamic career of young business scholar - international vs. domestic academia 
  prof. Z. Pastuszak, Maria Sklodowska-Curie University, Poland

17.25-17.45 – Plenary discussion II (Conference Room Level 0)

17.45-18.00 – Sponsor presentation (Conference Room Level 0)

18.00-18.45 – Panel discussion – What do editors and reviewers think and do reading business manuscript? 
Prof. S. C. Henneberg, Prof. A. Halinen, Prof. Z. Pastuszak, Prof. M. Mitrega

18.50 – Transfer to the Vacanza hotel

20.30 – Gala dinner at the Vacanza hotel

23 SEPTEMBER, TUESDAY

Location: Vacanza Hotel, ul. Olimpijska 4, Siemianowice Śląskie

8.00-9.00 – Breakfast

9.00-12.00 – WORKSHOP SESSION (Conference Room “Troja”)

9.00-10.00 – Intercultural networking workshop for participants – dr G. Pfajfar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

10.00-11.00 – Structural Equation Modeling for hypotheses testing in business science – prof. A. Sagan, University of Economics in Kraków, Poland

11.00-11.45 – English academic writing workshop – dr A. Wieczorek, University of Silesia, Poland

11.45-12.00 – The official conference closing

12.00-13.00 – Lunch at Vacanza Hotel