The International Gas Conference has been a great success for decades among the participants of the Hungarian natural gas industry. This annual event is organized for almost 450 participants; therefore it is the largest regional gas conference in Central Eastern Europe. Through the presentations of the key players in the gas industry, participants have the opportunity to engage in professional discussions on the gas market conditions, learn about new trends and jointly analyse ongoing changes.
This year, the main organizer of the conference is the Hungarian Energy Traders' Association, which by being inter alia dedicated to the professional advocacy of natural gas trade licensees in Hungary, actively assists the development of domestic natural gas trade.
This most important and prestigious event of the Hungarian gas industry provides an excellent opportunity to discuss recent developments. Lessons are going to be shared from international and Hungarian market changes, while identifying market trends and future opportunities, thus promoting the successful operation of the Hungarian natural gas market.
During the event, participants will also exchange views regarding the current technical issues of gas sector regulation.
Meet us at the 47th International Gas Conference and Exhibition in Siófok, on the 10th and 11th of November 2015!
The Smart Future Innovation Cluster coordinatedly unite the assets and possibilities of the cluster world, already having considerable history in Hungary, and the corporations and institutions tied to energetics, seeking to uncover synergies in developing and implementing smart grids.
The cluster is organizing the Smart Future Forum 2015 at Széchenyi István University, on the 1st and 2nd of October 2015. Meet us at the Forum, and let's discuss the key opportunities and challenges of smart grids in Hungary!
The detailed programme is available in Hungarian on the conference website:
Dr. Zoltan Csedo, Managing Partner of Innotica Group, has been re-elected to a further term of office as Vice Chair of Group Leaders' Support Committee at London School of Economics and Political Science Alumni Leadership Forum, on the 11th-12th of September 2015.
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is one of the foremost social science universities in the world. Its research and teaching span the full breadth of the social sciences, from economics, politics and law to sociology, anthropology, accounting and finance. Founded in 1895, the School has an outstanding reputation for academic excellence. 16 Nobel prize winners have been LSE staff or alumni.
The international LSE alumni community comprises more than 128,000 people drawn from almost 200 countries, represented by 80 official country groups/networks and 9 special interest groups. The Group Leaders' Support Committee advises alumni group leaders in effectively running their groups and delivering engaging programmes for alumni worldwide.
Graduated from the LSE in 2003, Dr. Csedo is an active member of both international and local LSE alumni communities, serving as Sub Ambassador Europe between 2011-2013, and he has just started his second term of office as Vice Chair of the Group Leaders' Support Committee.
A recent published report reveals what is the driving change in leadership development today, the benefits that are being delivered by adopting new approaches, the barriers to learning innovation and the actions learning and development are taking to address the challenges they face. The report has been launched by UK based bechmarking agency, Towards Maturity, in cooperation with KPMG.
Data from 2,000 leaders and managers highlights that whilst 40% find their classroom experiences essential or very useful in helping them do their job, they are also strong self-directed learners:
The full report can be downloaded from Towards Maturity website:
http://towardsmaturity.org/article/2015/09/02/in-focus-excellence-leader...
The design-centric culture is a response of large corporations to the increasing complexity of modern technology and modern business. That complexity takes many forms. Sometimes software is at the center of a product and needs to be integrated with hardware, and made intuitive and simple from the user’s point of view. Sometimes the problem being tackled is itself multi-faceted. And sometimes the business environment is so volatile that a company must experiment with multiple paths in order to survive.
The design-centric culture transcends design as a role, imparting a set of principles to all people who help bring ideas to life. This set of principles is collectively known as design thinking, which is based on following pillars:
An organizational focus on design offers unique opportunities for sharing knowledge, humanizing technology and for developing emotionally resonant products and services. Adopting this perspective isn’t easy. But doing so helps create a workplace where people want to be, one that responds quickly to changing business dynamics and empowers individual contributors. And because design is empathetic, it implicitly drives a more thoughtful, human approach to business.
For more information, please, click on the recent HBR article:
https://hbr.org/2015/09/design-thinking-comes-of-age
