Researchers of the Department of Information Technology participated in the conference and exhibition "Poznan 4.0. Industry of the future: it pays off, it works ”, which took place on the premises of the Poznań International Fair. The event was organized by the Future Industry Platform Foundation and the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology. Prof. Wojciech Cellary delivered an introductory lecture entitled "Industry 4.0 and Economy 4.0.” During the session "It works” prof. Krzysztof Walczak presented the presentation "Future Room" - technologies of the future in the AMICA Group, as an example of industry and university cooperation. During the gala award ceremony, the Virtual Reality Laboratory of the Poznań University of Economics was awarded the prestigious organizers' prize for presenting industry 4.0 technologies that operate and support the digital transformation of the Polish economy. The award was granted for the best-working innovative solutions developed in cooperation between science and industry.

Jakub Flotyński, PhD, Tomasz Krokosz, PhD student, and Adrian Nowak, a fourth-year student participated in The 40th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology ISAT 2019, which took place on September 15-17, 2019 at Wroclaw University of Technology. The Program Committee of the ISAT conference accepted the following articles for presentation and publication in conference proceedings published by Springer: "Verification of IoT devices by means of a shared secret" (authors: Krokosz T., J. Rykowski)  and  “Architecture for Distributed Explorable HMD-based Virtual Reality Environments "(authors: Flotyński, J., A. Nowak, K. Walczak).

Dominik Strugała, M.Sc., participated in The International Conference of Consumer Electronics ICCE, which was held in Berlin on September 8 - 11, 2019. The conference's Program Committee accepted for presentation and publication in conference proceedings an article entitled "An Immersive Service Guide for Home Appliances" (authors: Jakub Flotynski, Dominik Strugała, Krzysztof Walczak, Anna Englert, Mikołaj Maik, Adrian Nowak and Tomasz Jenek).

Prof. Wojciech Cellary participated in The International Conference on Cyber ​​Security ICCS 2019, which was held in New York. The organizers of the ICCS conference are Fordham University of New York and FBI’s New York Office. Prof. Wojciech Cellary was invited to participate in a panel entitled "Blockchain and Security".

The Information Technology Department hosted prof. Alan R. Hevner, Distinguished University Professor and Eminent Scholar, Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Muma College of Business, University of South Florida. Professor Hevner gave an open lecture for WIGE employees and students entitled "Innovative Design in Scientific Research".