Impact of AI in Government and Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Place: University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems, Austria
Time-Date: 16 September 2026 – 09:00-16:00
1. AIM
The event aims at:
- Analyzing and discussing the latest trends in digital transformation in government and small and medium enterprises, as well as the impact of AI in such efforts.
- Presenting the results of the UNIUEAR Project
- Envisioning an agenda for future collaboration on digital transformation between Argentina and the EU.
2. AUDIENCE
The event is targeted at academics, government officials, entrepreneurs, representatives from industries and civil society organizations, and bachelor and postgraduate students interested in digital transformation theory and practice, as well as in learning about experiences and lessons learned through an international collaboration project between Argentina and the European Union.
3. PROGRAM
08:45 – 09:00 Registration and welcome participants
Session 1 – Welcome
09:00 – 09:05 Opening. Mario Gimelli, Director UNIUEAR Project, Executive Secretary, National Interuniversity Council (CIN)
09:05 – 09:30 Experiences and Lessons Learned from the UNIUEAR Project
Session 2 – Digital Transformation and AI
09:30 – 10:00 Impact of AI as a tool for digital transformation. Speaker: Enzo Lefevre, European Commission
10:00 – 10:30 Panel Discussion: XXX (Gabriela Viale, UWK), YYY (Jose Angel Olivas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
Session 3 – Digital Transformation in Government
11:00 – 11:30 Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Transformation in Government Speaker: Peter Parycek (UWK)
11:30 – 12:00 Building capacity for digital transformation, experiences from Austria Speaker: Andreas Gruber, Austrian School of Government
12:00 – 12:30 Panel Discussion: Tomasz Janowski, GUT (Poland), Fernando Kleiman (Brasil)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session 4 – Digital Transformation in SMEs
14:00 – 14:30 Digital Transformation to promote Digital Economy (??) Speaker – Andrea Renda
14:30 – 15:00 Experiences of digital transformation in Austrian SMEs Speakers: coming soon (2) UWK
15:00 – 15:30 Panel Discussion
Session 5 – Conclusions and Closing
15:30 – 15:45 Online survey about relevant problems
15:45 – 15:55 Next steps for future collaboration
15:55 – 16:00 Closing remarks
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