Impact of AI in Government and Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Place: University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems, Austria
Time-Date: 16 September 2026 – 08:45-16:00, 17 September 2026 – 08:45-13:00. Room L.2.33
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 UNI UEAR Project.
- Envisioning an agenda for future collaboration on digital transformation between Argentina and the EU.
2- PROGRAM
Wednesday 16, September 08:45 – 16:00
08:45 – 09:00 Registration and welcome participants
Session 1 – Welcome
09:00 – 09:10 Opening and Welcome. Mario Gimelli, Director UNI UEAR Project, Executive Secretary, National Interuniversity Council (CIN)
09:10– 09:30 Experiences and Lessons Learned from the UNI UEAR Project. Speaker: Elsa Estevez, CIN, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)
Session 2 – Digital Transformation and AI
09:30 – 10:00 Impact of AI as a tool for digital transformation. Speaker: Enzo Lefevre, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
10:00 – 10:30 AI in Human Resource Management. Speaker: Andreas Gruber, Austrian School of Government
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
Session 3 – Digital Transformation and Innovation
11:00 – 11:30 Building Regional Capacity for AI in Public Administration: the case of Lower Austria. Speaker: Heidrun Maurer
11:30 – 12:00 AI transformation in companies. How to become a hybrid organization -Speaker: Lukas Zenk, UWK
12:00 – 12:30 Open discussion. Moderator: Tomasz Janowski, Gdansk University of Technology (GUT)
12:30 – 12:40 Group Photo
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch
Session 4 – Digital Transformation and Collaboration for Impact
14:00 – 14:30 Digital Transformation is not what it used to be (paradigm shifts in data and computing). Speaker: Luis Barbosa, UNU-EGOV, University of Minho
14:30 – 15:00 From whole-of-government to whole-of-society – Digitally transformed emergency response in Poland vs Taiwan. Speaker: Tomasz Janowski, GUT
15:00 – 15:20 DIGIMPACT.EU Project - Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Societal Impact. Speaker: Grazyna Musiatowicz-Podbial, GUT
15:20 – 15:40 Digital Transformation and Digital Economy. Speaker: Marcelo Estayno, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)
Session 5 – Conclusions and Closing
15:40 – 15:50 Summary – Initial Ideas for Collaboration. Online contributions from all participants
15:50 – 15:55 Next steps. Speaker: Elsa Estevez, CIN, UNS
15:55 – 16:00 Closing remarks. Speaker: Mario Gimelli, CIN
Thursday 17, September 08:45 – 13:00
Department for eGovernance and Administration offices, Campus West
08:45 – 09:00 Welcome Coffee
Session 1 – Experiences from Argentina
09:00 – 09:30 UNI UEAR Project – Digital Transformation for Creative Industries. Speaker: Daniel Badenes, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (UNQ)
09:30 – 09:50 Reskilling workers - Lessons Learned from Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Speaker: Martin Larrea, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)
09:50 – 10:20 International Cooperation & European Funding. International Relations at UWK. Speaker: Christina Hell-Edelbauer & Daniela Lazo de La Vega Mayenberg, UWK
10:20 – 10:30 Methodology for Roundtables
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
Session 2 – Agenda for Collaboration on Digital Transformation
11:00 – 12:30 Expert Roundtable Discussions. Moderators: Gabriela Viale Pereira, Lucy Temple, Elsa Estevez
12:30 – 12:55 Summary of Conclusions (per roundtable)
12:55 – 13:00 Closing Remarks. Speaker: Mario Gimelli, CIN
The UNI UEAR project is co-funded by the European Union, coordinated by the National Interuniversity Council (CIN), Argentina and implemented by the following institutions:
- European University Institute, Italy
- Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
- Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
- University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
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