Board of Directors WINbd, Partner Startup Studio 'Open Innovation', Global head of IPMA Smarter U SIG,

Cand. Sc. (Economics), PMBA, IPMA Level A

Veniamin Kizeev - professional project manager, entrepreneur, expert in innovation project management. He is a certified project director of the International Project Management association (IPMA_Level A), has a PMBA Entrepreneurship & Innovation degree from the WU Executive Academy (Vienna University of Economics and Business). Actively promotes professional project management. In 2018-2021, he was the director of the 32nd IPMA World Congress 2021 (+5 thousand participants from 72 countries).Has experience in launching 20+ business projects in the field of education, robotics and AI in the role of: CEO, Board of Directors, Co-founder. He is a mentor and member of the boards of directors of technology companies. Cand. Sc. (Economics). 50+ publications in scientific journals and business publications, 300+ public speeches with reports, master classes, seminars at conferences and forums around the world. At the beginning of his career, he went from a teacher to an adviser to the Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation of Tomsk Polytechnic University.

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The IPMA Smarter U SIG

The IPMA Smarter U Special Interest Group solves the challenges of large, complex projects in universities around the world. The Smarter U SIG exists to promote project management excellence within and across universities by connecting university leaders and teams; delivering best practices, standards and education; and providing opportunities to network.

https://sig.ipma.world/smarter-u/

Academic Dean – Coventry University London

Dr Hany Wells is an academic leader with 24 years of experience in a variety of senior management positions in Higher Education. Her professional accomplishments demonstrate her passion for, and achievements in driving innovation and continuous improvement for delivering an outstanding student and staff experience through developing sector-leading practices. Hany has successfully improved academic quality, staff engagement and student experience in different large and complex HE institutions. In July 2021, she was awarded Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Hany has been continuously rethinking how to engage with learners. She completed her PhD in Project Management in 2010, at The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London and has worked with organisations such as Reuters Thomson, Logica CMG, PA Consultancy, PM Group, BT, Fujitsu, APM and OGC (Office of Government Commerce). She has published papers and book chapters and presented at high-ranking journals and conferences, such as IRNOP, PMI Research, EURAM and HICSS, IJPM and JPM, CABS, Advance HE in the areas of innovations in teaching, learning and assessment, project complexity, methodologies and project failure. She has dedicated her professional life to ensuring that the fast-changing needs of learners are supported through effective pedagogies that involve active learning, complemented by technology and real-world practice.

Antoine Vernet is an associate professor of management at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction at University College London. His research lies at the intersection of organizational design and social networks, he is particularly interested in how the interaction between formal and informal structures create or reproduce inequalities. Over the past 2.5 years, he has been thinking about the impact of large language models availability on both work and education, he is particularly interested in how we can capitalise on the opportunities they offer and mitigate the challenges they present.

Michael König is a tenured Senior Lecturer at the Department of Strategy and Innovation, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). From 1997-2009, he served in several management practice functions, including C-suite positions in the luxury goods industry, before switching back to Academia in 2010. He earned a PhD in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Vienna and received an MBA in General and Strategic Management from the Cass Business, City University of London. He is alumnus of the Oxford Scenarios Programme, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Michael is fascinated to work together with first-year students, post-graduates and seasoned executives alike. He loves to have an interdisciplinary view reaching out to other arenas of science as well as to arts and humanities. His research interests comprise of bridging theory to practice, exploration of the “unknown unknown”, impact of artificial intelligence, and strategic foresight.“

Head of Institute for Strategic Management, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business; Academic Director, MSc in Strategy, Innovation and Management Control: Senior Partner within Contrast EY-Parthenon Management Consulting Austria; President of Supervisory Board of the Austrian Controller-Institute; Numerous publications on the subject strategic management, strategic alliances and networks and business model innovation in leading international professional journals, for example „Strategic Management Journal“, „Long Range Planning“ and „Management International Review“