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Anna Ujwary-Gil
Institute of Economics,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Anna Florek-Paszkowska
Centrum PUCP,
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
Artur Kozioł
The Mayor of the City and Commune of Wieliczka, Poland
Organizers of the Polish-Peruvian 21
st
International Conference ECONOMY - FINANCE
- MANAGEMENT (ICEFM2022) entitled "New Challenges in Economic Policy,
Business and Management",Wieliczka, Poland, October 22 –25, 2022
Anna Ujwary-Gil, Anna Florek-Paszkowska, and Artur Kozioł
Under the patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Lima, Peru, and the
Embassy of Peru in Poland, the city of Wieliczka hosted the 21
st
Polish-Peruvian
conference in the series ECONOMY-FINANCE-MANAGEMENT, entitled
"Contemporary Challenge in Economic Policy, Business and Management" on October
22–25, 2022 The conference was also under the Honorary Patronage of the Honorary
Consul of the Republic of Peru and the Honorary Consulate of Romania in Krakow. The
main organizers of this conference were the Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of
Sciences, IE PAS (Dr hab. Anna Ujwary-Gil, Conference Chair and Head of Scientific
Committee), the Mayor of the City and Commune of Wieliczka (Dr. Artur Kozioł,
Conference Chair - Wieliczka), and the Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica
del Perú, Lima, Perú (Dr. Anna Florek-Paszkowska, Conference Chair - Perú).
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The Polish-Peruvian conference was the most prominent scientific and business event of
2022. We hosted participants from 15 countries, including 68 panelists from Poland,
Peru, the USA, Spain, the Czech Republic, Japan, Iran, Brazil, Romania, Ukraine, India,
Chile, and Malaysia, as part of an interdisciplinary program combining two disciplines:
economics and finance, as well as, management and quality science. The keynote of this
conference was to create a platform for sharing knowledge and experience between
representatives of the following three environments: science, business, and local
governments represented by the mayors of the cities of Łódź, Wrocław, and Sopot. The
purpose of undertaking a dialogue between representatives of the worlds of science,
business and local governments, as part of the conference, was to achieve common
goals, such as increasing the flow of information between science and business practice,
increasing the level of economic knowledge in the field of management, and deepening
and disseminating models of good and proven scientific and business practices. Our
strategic goal during this conference was to expand the scope of the exchange of
experiences between the world of science and business practice.
The ICEFM2022 International Scientific Advisory Committee consisted of Anna
Ujwary-Gil, Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
(Conference Chair and Head of Scientific Committee) and Adam Nalepka, University of
Economics, Cracow, Poland (Honorary Chair). The Scientific Committee consisted of
Wiktor Adamus, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland; Wiktor Askanas, Member of
Canadian Competition Tribunal, Professor Emeritus University of New Brunswick,
Canada; Tor Helge Aas, University of Agder, Norway; Beatrice Avolio, Head of the
Department of Graduate Studies in Business Academic Department, Centrum PUCP;
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Lima, Perú; Małgorzata Baran, Collegium
Civitas, Warsaw, Poland; Krzysztof Bartosik, Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Warsaw, Poland; Barbara Błaszczyk; Institute of Economics, Polish Academy
of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland; Ryszard Borowiecki, Cracow University of Economics,
Poland; Wojciech Czakon, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland; Ivano Dileo,
University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy; Ondřej Dvouletý, University of Economics in
Prague, Czech Republic; Jorge A. Dulan-Encalada, Universidad de Las Américas Puebla,
Mexico; Józefa Famielec, Cracow University of Economics, Poland; Anna Florek-
Paszkowska, Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú; Anna
Fornalczyk, Comper, Lodz, Poland; Jörg Freiling, University of Bremen, Germany;
Marta Gancarczyk, Jagiellonian University, Poland; Bianka Godlewska-Dzioboń, Cracow
University of Economics, Poland; Piotr Jedynak, Jagiellonian University, Poland; Beata
Jones, Honors Faculty Fellow, Texas Christian University, USA; Krzysztof Klincewicz,
University of Warsaw, Poland; Artur Kozioł, Mayor of the Commune and the City of
Wieliczka, Poland; Piotr Krajewski, prof. UŁ, University of Lodz, Poland; Christian
Lehmann, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover, Germany; Chaoyun
Liang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Anna Maria Lis, Gdansk University of
Technology, Gdansk, Poland; Marek Lisiński Cracow University of Economics, Poland;
Grażyna Leśniak-Łebkowska, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Poland; Manuel
González López, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Csaba Makó,Szent István
University, Centre for Social Sciences Hungarian Academyof Sciences, Hungary;
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Zbigniew Makieła, Jagiellonian University, Poland; Carlos Mariño, Research Director,
Centrum PUCP; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Lima, Perú; Percy Marquina,
Director General of Centrum PUCP; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Lima,
Perú; Mieczysław Morawski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; Enrique Mu,
Business Management, Accounting & Ethics; Carlow University, USA; Wiktor Patena,
Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Halina Piekarz, Frycz
Modrzewski Academy, Cracow, Poland; Yuji Sato, Chukyo University, Japan; Aldís G.
Sigurðardóttir, University of Twente, The Netherlands; Roberto Solano-Mendez,
Universidad de Las Américas Puebla, Mexico; Włodzimierz Sroka, WSB University,
Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland; Kazimierz R. Śliwa, Frycz Modrzewski Academy, Cracow,
Poland; Andrzej Szablewski, Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Warsaw, Poland; and Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Deusto Business School, Deusto
University, Spain.
The ceremonial opening of the conference was performed by:
Conference Chairs:
Artur Kozioł (The Mayor of the City and Commune of Wieliczka, Poland)
Anna Ujwary-Gil (Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Anna Florek-Paszkowska (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú,
Lima, Perú)
Ambassadors:
Hubert Wieland Conroy (Embassy of Peru in Poland, Warsaw)
Antonina Magdalena Śniadecka – Kotarska (Embassy of Poland in Lima, Perú)
Tomasz Grodzicki (Vice-Rector for Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Institutional Directors:
Martyna Kobus (Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Percy Marquina (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú)
Representative of the Ministry:
Dariusz Latoszek (Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Poland)
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Ambassador Hubert Wieland Conroy (Embassy of Peru in Poland, Warsaw) during the
official opening of ICEFM 2022
As part of the two-day deliberations, twelve sessions were held, including a scientific
panel of honorary guests opening the conference led by Anna Ujwary-Gil and Anna
Florek-Paszkowska. The scientific panel was attended by Professor Marian Gorynia
(President of the Polish Economic Society, Poznań University of Economics), Dr. Percy
Markina (Director of the Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima,
Perú), Professor of Jagiellonian University Wiktor Adamus and Professor Mieczysław
Morawski from the Warsaw University of Technology. During the panel, we discussed
contemporary topics related to the post-pandemic economy, challenges related to social
responsibility, a smart ("compact") city and its management, and the digital
transformation of smart enterprises considering recommendations for urban development.
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Honorary guests panel chaired by Anna Ujwary-Gil and Anna Florek-Paszkowska
The second panel was dedicated to cooperation between science and local government,
which was led by Dr. Artur Kozioł (President of the City and Commune of Wieliczka)
and Professor Zbigniew Makieła from the Jagiellonian University and WSB University in
Dąbrowa Górnicza. The panel was opened by a Professor of Cracow University of
Economics, Stanisław Mazur (Rector of the Cracow University of Economics),
presenting cooperation projects between the university and the local government,
conditioning their further development. The Mayor of Łódź, Hanna Zdanowska, raised
the subject of climate protection and economic benefits. Jacek Sutryk, Mayor of
Wrocław, presented the subject of social innovation as a factor in the development of
modern cities, and Dr. Jacek Karnowski, Mayor of Sopot discussed civic self-government
in the context of the well-being of citizens. The first day was focused on scientific panels
and presentations of contemporary topics and problems faced by local governments.
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Academic and city mayors panel chaired by Artur Kozioł and Zbigniew Makieła
On October 23, 2022, three parallel sessions were held. Parallel session 1 was chaired by
Enrique Mu (Carlow University, USA) and Hannia Gonzalez Urango (INGENIO,
Universitat Politècnica de València, CSIC, Spain; Latin American Studies Association,
USA). Hannia Gonzalez Urango presented “Hard context indicators for assessing and
monitoring sustainability in the private sector.” Jan Brzozowski and Marcin Stonawski
(Cracow University of Economics, Poland) presented “Comparative analysis of
adaptation strategies of Ukrainian refugees in Poland and Venezuelan refugees in Peru.”
Carlos Arturo Hoyos Vallejo (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú,
Lima, Perú) presented “Deep involvement of multi-stakeholders to build long-term
sustainable competitive advantages: A foresight study with a public university.” Jarmila
Duháček Šebestová and Šárka Čemerková (Silesian University in Opava, School of
Business Administration in Karviná, Czech Republic) presented “Plan or die:
Entrepreneurs' response to crisis situation.” Zbigniew Makieła (Jagiellonian University,
Poland; WSB University, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland) presented “The Smart City concept
and 4T capitals in the city development policies of the Metropolis GZ.” Parallel session 2
was chaired by Rafael Fernández Concha (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú). Here, Małgorzata Kutera (Jagiellonian University,
Poland) presented “Cryptocurrencies as a subject of financial fraud.” Julianna Ramirez
Lozano (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú) presented
“Latin America social entrepreneur profile: Leadership, culture, good communication and
commitment to social/environmental issues.” Vitaliy Tsyganok (Institute for Information
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Recording of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) presented “Strategic business
planning technology,” and Rafael Fernández Concha (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú) presented “An analysis of the communicated
identity of the Online Program Managers (OPM).” Finally, parallel session 3 was chaired
by Aleksander Jakimowicz (Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Poland). During that session, Agnieszka Domańska (Warsaw School of Economics,
Poland) presented “Quality of life as a keynote between city smartness and
sustainability. Perspectives of indexes and indicators.” Renata Wojciechowka (Warsaw
School of Economics, Poland) “Scio ergo me” (“I know therefore I am”). Dominika Bąk-
Grabowska and Katarzyna Grzesik (Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland)
presented “Satisfying employee interests depending on the age and form of employees’
employment.”
Guests and participants of ICEFM2022, October 24, 2022
On October 24, 2022, three online parallel sessions were held. Parallel online session 4
was chaired by Alvaro Talavera Lopez (Universidad del Pacífico, Perú). During this
session, Risley Rengifo Tello (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) and Alvaro
Talavera Lopez (Universidad del Pacífico, Perú) presented “Management model for the
evaluation of university performance using AHP and fuzzy inference systems.” Ivan Luis
Infanzon Gutierrez (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru) and Alvaro Talavera Lopez
(University of the Pacific, Peru) presented “ANP model to determine a vulnerability
index and earthquake mitigation policies.” Govind Seepersad (The University of The
West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies), Shivani D.R. Seepersad
(The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies),
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and Dave Goorahoo (California State University, Fresno, CA, USA) presented “Averting
sanitary disasters in the greater Caribbean area – prioritizing threats to agribusinesses in
Antigua and Barbuda using a multi-criteria decision making approach.” Vigneshkumar
Chellappa (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India) and Grzegorz Ginda (AGH
University of Science and Technology, Poland) presented “Usefulness of crisp AHP/ANP
judgment scales to differentiate risk assessment.”
Parallel online session 5 was chaired by Rafikul Islam (International Islamic University
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur). Here, Leticia Galleguillos Peralta (Universidad del Bío-Bío,
Chile) presented “Critical factors for female entrepreneurship success through the AHP
method, Arauco Province, Chile case.” Nuno Torre (Sao Paulo State University, Brasil)
and Valério Salomon (Sao Paulo State University, Brazil) presented “Multi-criteria
decision making approaches for hydraulic supplier selection – AHP application.”
Mohammad Khalilzadeh (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú,
Lima, Perú); Ali Heidarib (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru) and
Sayyid Ali Banihashemic (Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran)
presented “Prioritization of the infrastructural construction projects of industrial parks
with the hybrid ANP-BWM method.” Finally, Rafikul Islam presented “Employee
performance evaluation using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.”
Parallel online session 6 was chaired by Beatrice Avolio (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú) who presented “Factors that contribute to the
underrepresentation of women academics worldwide: A literature review.” María del
Carmen Arrieta Quispe (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima,
Perú) presented “Business school´s student satisfaction toward emergency remote
teaching.” Carlos Vílchez-Román (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del
Perú, Lima, Perú) presented “The societal relevance of research output of three Latin
American business schools.” Finally, Anna Kowalczyk-Kroenke presented “Chasing an
employee. How to build cooperation with employees of the IT sector?”
The second day featured three business panels, where we invited business representatives
from the USA, Romania, and Peru. The plenary business panel was opened by John
Saaty, son of Professor Thomas Saaty (1926-2017), one of the most famous
mathematicians in the USA, doctor honoris causa of the Jagiellonian University, creator
of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Analytic Network Process (ANP) decision-
making methods and their applications in solving problems of the public sector and
business.
The plenary business panel was chaired by Rozann W. Saaty (Creative Decision
Foundation, USA); John Saaty (CEO and Co-founder - Decision Lens, USA); Enrique
Mu (Carlow University, USA) and Anna Florek-Paszkowska (Centrum PUCP, Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú) and was dedicated to “What is AHP? Origins,
state of the art, applications.” John Saaty presented “Decision making in the public
sector: the inside story.”
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Chairs of plenary business panel: Rozann W. Saaty (on screen), Enrique Mu, Anna
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Chairs of plenary business panel: Enrique Mu, Anna Florek-Paszkowska, and John Saaty
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At the end of the conference, a final business session in the form of a discussion panel
was led by Dariusz Latoszek from the Ministry of Economic Development and
Technology, Poland. He is chief specialist for cooperation between the countries of Latin
America and the Caribbean and former commercial counselor at the Embassy of the
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Republic of Poland in Chile and former consul in Peru and Nigeria. A total of eleven
panelists took part in the discussion including:
John Saaty (CEO and Co-Founder - Decision Lens, USA)
Tomasz Lubowiecki (CEO 7R SA - Logistics and Development Sector)
Bogusław Kwiatkowski (CEO Answear.com - Clothing Sector)
Ștefan Porojan (Counsellor to the Minister, Economic and Trade Promotion Office,
Romanian Embassy in Poland)
Juan Risi (Agribusiness Director, PRODIGIO Company, Peru)
Sergio Hoyos (Leader in Sustainability in Marketing and Clothing in Alpaca and Vicuña,
Peru)
César Ramírez (CEO Eureka Latam Innovation & Sustainability, Peru)
Kazimierz Murzyn (CEO, Klaster LifeScience, Kraków)
Irena Łobocka (CEO, Cluster "Sustainable Infrastructure")
Marius Gălbenușă (President of the Romanian Association for Sustainable Local
Development, Romania)
The discussion chaired by Dariusz Latoszek focused on topics such as:
Why Poland? Why Peru? Reasons for establishing/developing relations with
Poland and Peru. Coincidence, conscious choice, or simple extension after
dealing with other countries?
Successes and challenges in business relations with the other country.
Proposals to improve the relationship: the role of public institutions (including
government and regional administration) and the private sector - proposals for
support from these institutions.
Personal impressions from this conference (business aspect), expectations for the
future, and suggestions for further steps in business cooperation.
Business session chaired by Dariusz Latoszek and panelists
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Simultaneous with this conference, organizers held the TL Saaty Decision Making
Hackathon, a workshop dedicated to students from all over the world. This is the second
time this event has been organized and the first time in Poland and Europe (the first
Hackathon was held in Pittsburgh, USA). After the AHP Hackathon training conducted
by the Creative Decision Foundation, the Mayor of Wieliczka introduced three issues for
the thirteen registered groups to solve:
1) Management of social services through modern communication systems.
Creating an information exchange model.
2) Managing a system of integrated public transport connections (railway, bus) with
the assumption of increasing the participation of people using organized
connections, in favor of resigning from individual transport.
3) Management of activities aimed at strengthening the area of environmental
protection. Creation of new ecological projects with a monitoring system.
While working on the business cases proposed by the Mayor of Wieliczka, the students
analyzed real cases and proposed specific solutions. Student presentations were assessed
based on the teams’ ability to analyze the information, clearly define the problem,
effectively use decision-making methods (AHP/ANP), show creativity, and communicate
the recommended course of action. The winners were selected by a panel of judges
experienced in AHP/ANP. Among the judges were members of the international
AHP/ANP community composed of scientists and practitioners, as well as professionals
who work with both the public sector and business partners.
Hackathon session with students
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The second AHP-Hackathon training, available to students from all over the world, is an
event organized in Poland and Europe (the first was held in Pittsburgh, USA). The
opening ceremony of the international competition between groups of students was
performed by the Mayor of Wieliczka, Artur Kozioł, and Rozann W. Saaty, President of
Creative Decision Foundation, providers of prizes for the winning teams. The AHP-
Hackathon lasted three days, during which the students learned methods and techniques
for solving complex problems in a non-standard way. They used hard data, personal
perspectives, and experience to approach the most difficult decisions without fear by
changing the method of analysis for problematic issues. In the first part of the Hackathon,
students learned about the methods developed by the outstanding Professor Thomas L.
Saaty (1926-2017), one of the most famous mathematicians in the USA, creator of the
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Analytic Network Process (ANP) decision-
making methods. These methods revolutionized decision making in the public sector and
business arena. After the training conducted by the Creative Decision Foundation (USA),
thirteen registered groups of students from Poland and Peru got acquainted with the
issues presented by the Mayor of Wieliczka. Working on the “business case” proposed by
the Mayor of Wieliczka, the students analyzed real cases and proposed specific solutions.
The winning team and the best solved problem were announced on October 24 during
ICEFM 2022. The judges panel included members of the international AHP/ANP
community and was composed of scientists and practitioners as well as professionals who
work with both the public sector and business partners.
In addition to the academic presentations, we also had the opportunity to visit the world-
unique Wieliczka Salt Mine, UNESCO.
Underground chapel of St. Kinga in the Wieliczka salt mine
This conference was a unique event in Poland. We hope that the next one will attract
equally excellent guests, panelists, and participants. We plan to organize the 22
nd
edition
of ICEFM 2024 in Peru, for which we cordially invite you!