Krzysztof Moszyk: the IT industry is hungry for knowledge

The IT industry is still hungry for knowledge. Today at O4 Coworking At 6:00 p.m. the 49. tech.3camp! The next edition of the event will be dominated by: aAutomation of the software delivery process, tests in microservice architecture and the trap of perfectionism. About the essence of techcamp and their growing popularity, says Krzysztof Moszyk, the organizer and originator of tech.3camp events.

What

does 4 9 tech.3camp

end with

?

This time, the subject of testing will be under the microscope. During the five presentations, we will focus on the essence of automated software testing and manual formulas.

Who will you be able to learn from?

The speakers come from a variety of companies. In order to present the topic, we invited a representative of the largest clothing company in Poland, which is LPP, as widely as possible. We will hear Igor Barkowski and Łukasz Berezowski from Get Response, which deals with mailing systems and marketing automation. The presentations of representatives of Acxiom, Finastra and CodersLab promise to be interesting.

Who should be interested in tech.3camp?

In general, tech.3camps are dedicated to tech geeks who deal with the technical side of the IT industry on a daily basis. However, this particular event is mainly for testers.

Does the cyclical formula work?

The cyclical formula results from the great interest in the meetings. From the very beginning, the idea of 3camps is to share knowledge and create opportunities to learn about novelties and unusual solutions created independently in companies. We observe that it is necessary and useful, the listeners are constantly hungry for knowledge, so cyclical meetings are the best response to the needs of the IT industry.

WELCOME!

Fig. Janek Szewczak

The new face of networking. Piotr Ostromęcki on successfully combining LinkedIn and Tinder

The first Tri-City LinkedIn Local meeting heralds a milestone in turning virtual acquaintances into new professional and business relationships. Their base will be the region and the LinkedIn application. Piotr Ostromęcki, co-creator of the ErBis application, talks about the support that will soon change the face of networking.

Any surprise during LinkedIn Local?

On September 13th, I will present the ErBiz application. Thanks to it, we are able to change the form of networking during business meetings. Simple and intuitive, it will prove useful at trade fairs, conferences and meetings such as Linkedin Local.

How?

We combine LinkedIn and the Tinder app – both well-known and eagerly used. In real time, the application collects the data of event participants, including information about the company, professional experience, position and skills, and uses an algorithm to propose contact to the people present according to the match to the business profile.

What will it help you with the most?

It will allow you to contact all participants. I am convinced that it will become a facilitation, especially since traditional methods are usually blocked by time. During the conference, we have a 15-minute coffee break and networking consists of approaching one person to another, being told that this is not our business goal. The break ends, the effects are average. Traditional blazer pins at a conference or event don’t help. On the other hand, during the lecture we have no chance to check who is sitting with us in the room.

Are you the originator?

Yes, and I’m sure it’s a game-changer and a great improvement in business opportunities. It will take networking to a whole new level.

Since when has it been in use?

The app is in the testing phase. We have an MVP version that we will be testing thanks to LinkedIn Local. If they turn out to be successful, we will try to interest our business partners in it, starting with the target product by the end of the year.

Thank you for the interview!

 

The first Tri-City meeting as part of the Linkedin Local initiative takes place at O4 Coworking in Olivia Business Centre. O4 Coworking is also a partner of this event. The special guest is the initiator of the introduction of the LinkedIn Local movement to Polish – Bartek Ziemiański.

Olivia Business Centre supports academic sports

The signing of the agreement with AZS University of Gdańsk officially opens the calendar of league games in the beginning season of the women’s basketball and futsal leagues. Olivia Business Centre has become the Main Partner of university teams for another season in a row.

” Thank you for the agreement. We hope that cooperation with Olivia Business Centre will help both prestigious teams.” –Stressed Ph.D. Jerzy Piotr Gwizdała, Associate Professor, Rector of the University of Gdańsk.

The plans are ambitious. The first league basketball players assume promotion to the play-off phase. According to coach Włodzimierz Augustynowicz, the fifth place in last year’s competition allows us to believe that the goal is within reach. The pillars of the team this season are called to the Polish national team Jastina Kosalewicz, Angelika Kuras, Karolina Formella, Paulina Kuras.

Futsal players, on the other hand, will be cheered on by fans in the Ekstraklasa. A titled team aims high. The goal that seems within the team’s reach is the first “6”.

“After the main round, the league is divided into two groups fighting for Championship and Retention. The futsal team has undergone quite a metamorphosis, there are some new players who will be gaining league experience” – Jacek Burglin explains the situation in the team.

The line-up includes Wojciech Pawicki, Mikołaj Kreft and Mateusz Cyman.

The first match of the season in front of their home crowd will be played on October 1, at 8.00 p.m. in the AWFiS Hall at Czyżewskiego Street in Gdańsk.

Admission for fans will be free of charge.

A drop of energy in OBC!

The Kropelka Energii Foundation and Olivia Business Centre invite all those working at OBC and their friends
and residents of the Tri-City to participate in the blood donation campaign, which will take place
on October 3, 2018
at Olivia’s C car park!

In one place and at one time, blood buses will be available to donors from the Regional Blood Donation and Haemotherapy Centre.

  • Donor registration will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  • Tomasz Rubanowicz (tel. 785 873 326) and Piotr Krysiński (tel. 601 529 929) are responsible for the smooth running of the campaign and providing organizational information.
  • The action will be coordinated by the Organizers directly at the ambulances.

People who live outside the Tri-City or will be on holiday at that time can donate blood at the nearest blood points throughout the country (here are the addresses:
http://www.nck.gov.pl/sluzba-krwi/rckik/
and local Branches:
http://www.nck.gov.pl/oddzialy-terenowe/
). After donating blood, please send information about the donation (confirmation) for statistical purposes to the following address: ekropelka@energa.pl

What are the conditions to become an Honorary Blood Donor?

Before donating blood, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the guidelines that must be met to become an Honorary Blood Donor. Detailed information can be obtained in the “For Donors” tab on the website: http://www.krew.gda.pl/ or consult a doctor directly in the ambulance.

REMARK! People who plan to donate blood must remember to:

  • be healthy, i.e. you cannot have symptoms m.in. colds (e.g. runny nose, cough, cold sores);
  • did not take medications such as: aspirin, paracetamol, anti-allergic;
  • do not donate blood on an empty stomach, that is, it is necessary to eat a light meal and drink a large coffee, tea;
  • be well-rested and well-rested;
  • two hours before donating blood, do not smoke cigarettes;
  • do not drink alcohol, including on the day before donating blood;
  • Be sure to bring your ID card or driver’s license.

Bone marrow donor database

If you are interested in registering in the bone marrow donor database, you should report it to the ambulance. For more information on how to become a bone marrow donor, please visit:
http://przeszczepy.wordpress.com/pytania-i-odpowiedzi/
or https://www.dawca.pl/jak-zostac-dawca/dawstwo-szpiku

Bonuses

For donors who donated blood on that day in an ambulance or at a blood donation station in the Tri-City and report their donation to the Organizers in the tent next to the blood buses – we provide:

  • Voucher for free coffee or tea at Starbucks Poland;
  • Voucher for a meal at Lobster Restaurant or for lovers of Japanese cuisine KOKU Sushi Gdańsk Oliwa;
  • and other additions that we will tell you about during the campaign.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Act on Public Blood Service of 22 August 1997, persons who donate blood are entitled to a fully paid leave from work on the day on which they donate blood. We suggest that you agree to participate in the action with your supervisor in advance. In our everyday surroundings (family, friends) there are situations that require blood transfusions. The need is obvious… There remains the question of courage and willingness.

WELCOME!

Bobsleigh in OBC!

From September 24 to October 5, we invite you to participate in a unique #bobslejewobc competition. The campaign is organized in cooperation with the Polish Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association and Energa S.A.

A winter Formula 1 car was “parked” near the Starbucks café (Olivia Gate crossing). To take part in the fun, all you have to do is take a photo/selfie in or next to the bobsleigh and post it on your social media profile (Facebook or Instagram). Don’t forget the hashtag #bobslejewobc. The game will be decided on October 4, and the prize ceremony will take place on October 5 during a special event.

See you on the patio October 5 at 11:30 a.m. on the patio at Olivia! And there…

  • you will drive a real Formula 1 winter car
  • you will meet with representatives of Polish
  • get autographs
  • if you are a record holder, you will go to the Beijing Olympics!

 

More information about the Polish Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation

International Crunch in Olivia Business Centre

On the 34th floor of the Star building in Olivia Business Centre, on 13 September, eminent urban planners gathered to open an international discussion on the spatial development programme. They analysed the possibilities of using natural water in the operation of the mill and forge in Oliwa, taking into account climate change, terrain and hydrological conditions.

Among the speakers were m.in. Prof. Piotr Lorens from the Gdańsk University of Technology, prof. Pei-Te Chiueh from the National Taiwan University, Dr Alessandro Melis from the University of Portsmouth, Dr Joanna Bach-Głowińska from the Gdańsk University of Technology and Claire Coulter from the University of Portsmouth.

The Crunch project is of significant importance for the city, experts emphasized. The presentations and research allowed us to draw conclusions that constitute a new quality for this part of Gdańsk. The aim of the workshop was to develop preliminary concepts for a coherent, comprehensive development of the area of the Water Forge and the XIII Mill in accordance with the principles of the Nexus Wind Farm.

– OBC is involved in many events. International meetings are of particular interest to us, as we believe that the variety of ideas that arise during such meetings brings benefits to everyone – both for us and for our neighbourhood and the whole city, and is supported by the experience of guests gained all over the world. Today’s practical workshops, the subject of which was set here in Oliwa, passed in a good, creative atmosphere, and the participants showed their creativity. What is also worth emphasizing is the close and successful cooperation with the Gdańsk University of Technology. – translated by Małgorzata Gwozdz, Director of personnel in Olivia Business Centre.

The two-day seminars and workshops as part of FWE Nexus Accelarates Innovation were attended by urban planners from the United States, Sweden, Taiwan, Great Britain and Polish. The conference was organized by the Laboratory of Urban Initiatives.

See a short report from the event:

Music comes first in our home

“Music comes first in our home.”
Grzegorz Wieczorek (Academy of Music in Gdańsk) invites you to the autumn family Camerata!

When the temperature outside shows a steady downward trend, the leaves on the trees begin to turn from green to yellow and red as we put on warmer and warmer clothes for our daily walk around the neighborhood, a sign that autumn has arrived. With the first days of it, we get ready for new impressions and emotions as well as meetings with friends. We want everything positive to accompany us during the events that will fill our autumn calendars.

We would like to invite you to participate in the next, full of colours and warmth, but already autumn concert in the series Olivia Camerata. Once again, we will host you at Olivia Star, on Saturday, October 13 at 16.00.

Let’s add that it will be the 3rd. concert of this year’s “Four Seasons” series. After the extremely successful performance of Magdalena Molendowska in June, which gathered an audience of nearly 200 people, we invite you to the next edition of this unique musical event.

Ahead of us, during the autumn Camerata, will be the performance of the extremely musical family of Mr. and Mrs. Wieczorek , consisting of: a musical married couple, pianist Alicja Wieczorek, clarinetist Grzegorz Wieczorek , together with their daughter Basia (oboe) and son Szymon (clarinet). The concert will also feature soprano Bogna Forkiewicz and her daughter Blanka Błażejowska (violin, vocals).

Fig. Alicja and Grzegorz Wieczorek with their children – Basia and Szymon

In the Olivia Star lobby, before and after the concert, you will also be able to admire the artworks of Jan Błażejowski and Szymon Wieczorek.

Fig. Bogna Forkiewicz with her children – Blanka and Jan

We will try to say goodbye to summer in a pleasant mood and welcome autumn, golden autumn shimmering with various musical colours.

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We invite you to read the interview with Prof. Grzegorz Wieczorek, which will introduce us to the artistic passions and favorite activities of each member of the family and announce the program of our concert.

Monika Bogdanowicz (Olivia Business Centre): How did you spend your summer holidays? Was it possible to rest, or was it also a time of intensive work and other activities?

Prof. Grzegorz Wieczorek:* The holidays were an opportunity for us to relax together. We visited Andalusia (Malaga, Granada, Seville), where this time it was not hotter than in Poland (laughs). In addition, each of our family members had the opportunity to… Work.

Together with my wife, we started the summer holidays with the VI Summer Clarinet Workshops, which we conducted together with Jan Jakub Bokun and Dawid Głowacki at the Music School Complex in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz. At the same time, our son took part in the International Youth Music Workshops in Szczecin. At the end of the summer holidays, I played a concert and conducted classes during the Master Courses at the Palace in Rybna. At that time, my wife was an accompaniment at the summer workshops of wind instruments called Musical Torture, which took place in Wadowice, and one of the participants was our daughter.

M.B.: What place does music have in your family’s life?

G.W.: Music in our house is definitely in the first place. Playing an instrument cannot be done occasionally, it is a daily job to which we are all subject. Even the children, despite the fact that they are still students, already have their musical commitments, which condition our family plans.

Basia and Szymon study at the Secondary Music School of the first and second degree. F. Nowowiejski in Gdansk. Basia is a student of class VI (he plays the oboe) and Szymon XI (plays the clarinet), in two years he will be taking his final exams. They have already won awards and distinctions in competitions, but I think that the most important thing at their stage of education is perseverance and improvement of their skills, and awards are only a “by-product” and should not become the goal of their actions.

M.B.: Tell us about your family and introduce the performers we will see at the next autumn Camerata.

G.W.: Szymon is interested in composition, he particularly likes to write for large symphonic ensembles, recently he has been saying more and more often that he would like to study conducting, but he is also passionate about philosophy, literature and painting. He also paints himself, and there will be an opportunity to see some of his works during the concert. Basia loves sports, especially acrobatics, she rides horses and swims very well.

M.B.: But music is not the only art you deal with?

G.W.: When we have moments of free time, we like to go outdoors, to the seaside or to Kashubia. We like to get to know new places and try local delicacies.

M.B.: The third edition of this year’s Olivia Camerata series – Four Seasons: Autumn – is ahead of us. What songs will we hear during the concert in the lobby of Olivia Star?

G.W.: During the concert we will hear, among others: Vocal music, pieces for violin, oboe and clarinet performed by professional musicians, but also children who are still in education, so we also invite younger audiences to listen to how their peers play after several years of study. We will hear, m.in, such well-known songs as “You Remember It Was Autumn“, Franz Schubert’s “The Shepherd on the Rock”, “The Trout”, “Margaret at the Spinning Wheel”, excerpts from the Oboe Concerto in D major part I. II by Joseph Haydn or Malcolm Arnold’s ” Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano” and works by Oskar Rieding “Concertino in D major op. 25” and Igor Stravinsky’s “Three”. I’m glad that we’re going to perform in such an interesting place for Olivia’s community. I especially invite whole families to our concert. It’s a special moment. It’s time to be with your loved ones and enjoy the contact with music and the beauty that comes from it.

M.B.: What are your ways of passing on your passion to the next generations?

G.W.: We are teachers of the Music School Complex in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, as well as the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. We work a lot, but we enjoy it and we have never wanted to live differently, we hope that our pupils and students feel it.

M.B.: Thank you for the interview.

G.W.: I cordially invite you to the concert and see you in Olivia!

 

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*Ad. Ph.D. Grzegorz WIECZOREK. He graduated from the Secondary Music School in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz in the clarinet class of prof. Andrzej Pietras. In 1996 he began his studies at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk under the supervision of the same teacher. After the death of Prof. Andrzej Pietras became a student of prof. Mark Schiller, in whose class he graduated with honors in 2001. He is a laureate of many awards and distinctions. He perfected his skills during courses, working under the guidance of such outstanding teachers as: Andrzej Janicki, Mieczysław Stachura, Philippe Cuper, Wolfgang Meyer, Jean-Marc Fessard, Antonio Saiote, David Campbell. Grzegorz Wieczorek is the first clarinetist of the orchestra of the Baltic State Opera, having toured abroad many times (Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg, Estonia). As a musician of this orchestra, he had the opportunity to perform many times at opera festivals in Bydgoszcz and Poznań, as well as at the opera festival in Szeged, Hungary, organized and broadcast by the French television Mezzo. Grzegorz Wieczorek collaborates with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic of Wojciech Rajski. He has performed as a soloist with the Academic Symphony Orchestra and the Poznań Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician, he is associated with the “Hevelius” clarinet quartet, the Gdańsk Wind Instruments Ensemble, as well as the Mozart Basethorn Ensemble. Since 2001 he has been employed at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk, and in the academic year 2011/2012 he took the position of assistant professor at the same academy.

Smart Metropolis 2018 with the participation of OBC

Smart Metropolis, which took place in Gdansk, is the largest annual conference on metropolitan areas in the country. The organizer of the event is the Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Metropolitan Area.

This year’s congress indicated current and prospective activities that are to make life easier for residents in a diverse, connected and inclusive metropolis. One of the panels, hosted by Olivia Business Centre, was devoted to the cooperation of private business and local governments. In the workshop “Responsible business in the development of the metropolis. Profit and Loss Balance” was attended by: Katarzyna Gruszecka-Spychała, Vice-President of Gdynia for Matthew Baqueriza-Jackson, Advisor to the URBACT Group in the Urban Agenda partnership of the European Union, Adam Piekarski, Director of Morgan Philips Talent Consulting, Patryk Demski – Vice President of Urban Affairs. investment and innovation Grupa LOTOS S.A., Maciej Grabski, President of Olivia Business Centre, and Piotr Wołkowiński, Investment and Innovation Specialist, who moderated the meeting. partnerships, Social Economy Support Centre.

We invite you to watch a short report:

Fig. Ricardo Gomez Angel

People first

Practice and exchange of experience is the first step on the way to the broadly understood integration of Human Resources specialists. Małgorzata Gwozdz, HR Director at Olivia Business Centre, co-originator of the HR Club, talks about the change in the role of HR, the employee’s market, a modern approach to competences and creative meetings in the HR Business Partner Club.

Where did the idea come from?

The idea behind the creation of the Club is the actual role of HR. I am concerned to see reports that clearly show the change that Human Resource areas are making.

What do Human Resources departments do?

Human Resources (HR) has degraded slightly, relegating to recruitment and administration. They are no longer strategic, which is why the idea of the HRBP Club is to strengthen competences and launch joint thinking on how to shape the labour market. Personally, I think that the employee era is about too many inflated benefits and focusing only on rewards. There is less thinking about what is good for both the employee and the company in the long run.

We are dealing with an employee’s market.

The era of the employee will come to an end. After all, HR is responsible for many other processes, such as shaping these people and their development paths. I hope that integration around the Club, exchange of practices, and mutual learning should contribute to the creation of an opinion-forming environment.

Conclusions from the autopsy?

My role is to integrate the entire environment in Olivia Business Centre. Hence the idea to go out with the idea of the Club to the companies that reside with us. I am glad because, on the other hand, we have managed to expand the scale of the initiative. At the moment, we have more than 60 people on the list of participants, most of whom come to us from outside.

What do the meetings look like in practice?

The Club’s meeting takes place in a resident company. This time we will host Agata Witczak, a successful HR specialist, who will present her original method created for Thomson Reuters. He will explain how to deal with feedback to an employee and discuss a modern approach to competency assessment.

A strong debut of the HRBP Club?

The first little meeting took place in June. We hosted Perry Timms, a top HR influencer from the UK, who talked about his vision for HR development. In the background of the Club, there is a commercial program that we do together with consulting companies. In response to the needs of the industry, they create the opportunity to purchase the “HR Transformation” course, which is to improve competences and prepare for market challenges. The Club itself is not commercial, I really hope that it will become opinion-forming for the community and thanks to it good practices or integration will be created, which is conducive to development.

 

Become a member of the HR Business Partner Club at Olivia Business Centre

The Game of Generations in Olivia. About GFKM Leadership Conference

On Friday, 28 September, the inaugural conference of the GFKM Leadership Conference series was held at Olivia Business Centre, the leading theme of which was “The Game of Generations” – i.e. intergenerational management. The aim of the conference was to develop common answers to questions about cooperation between different generations in the company, ways of effective leadership and management in generationally diverse teams, as well as an attempt to recognize how this topic will evolve in the future.

The conference was opened by the President of GFKM, Andrzej Popadiuk, and chaired by Piotr Świąc. He was the first to perform Prof. Piotr Płoszajski from the Warsaw School of Economics, who referred to intergenerational communication in the context of the avalanche of technological and civilizational changes. Next, Anna Dziarkowska-Stępniak, HR Director at ENERGA-Obrót S.A., presented the concept of the Leadership Performance Pipeline, i.e. “Results-oriented leadership”, successfully implemented in the company she represents. The message of the speech of the third speaker, Tomasz Owczarek from GFKM, was the motto “healthy leadership connects generations”. After the lunch break, Cameron Beazley, an expert in the field of deep learning and advanced statistical analysis methods, presented the results of research describing 30 specially selected personality traits that distinguish good leaders and the correlation of these traits with the effectiveness of leaders. Next, the conclusions of GFKM’s original research “Competences of the Manager of the Future” were presented by Tomasz Harackiewicz, GFKM consultant. The last of the presenters was a special guest of the conference, Prof. Eric Cornuel, Director General of EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), who took up the topic of “Technology, Business Schools and Society”.

At the end of the conference, Andrzej Popadiuk led a panel with practitioners of intergenerational management: Konrad Lipski – experienced HR director and promoter of the Leadership Performance Pipeline, Anna Macnar – CEO at HRM Institute, Marta Moksa – Managing Director of O4 coworking in Olivia Business Centre and Kamil Sokolowski – top manager in the area of marketing and sales, expert in the field of young generations.

At this point, it is worth quoting the statement of the director of O4, Marta Moxa, summarizing the debate: “From my point of view, this closing discussion was extremely interesting. Without repeating trivial clichés about generational differences, without complaining about young people, without stereotypical thinking. For me, the most important takeaway from our discussion about managing age-diverse teams is that most of the changes are generally due to the development of managerial thought or the expansion of knowledge about human motivation rather than the fanciful needs of “millennials”. Equally valuable was the conversation about guidelines for effective collaboration, in which all discussants agreed that the key to success is to be aware of the goals of everyone in the team and address the tasks accordingly. That’s it and that’s it. No one is “the bad guy” in this story. Everyone has their own interests – and these can be reconciled!”

Małgorzata Gwozdz, Director of Corporate Affairs, commented on the conference in an interesting way. personnel in Olivia Business Centre: “In the discussion about the generation gap, I think it’s important to bridge these boundaries by understanding that in every community – small as a family and as big as a company – each member brings something interesting to the table. We would like the younger generations not to repeat our mistakes from the past and we pay attention to this instead of recognizing what interesting ideas and opinions they bring. We encourage them to make the decisions that we would make, rather than supporting them in making decisions that are consistent with their beliefs. What we know, e.g. business models, as stated by Prof. Płoszajski, they are leaving and must be replaced by new ones, created by generations entering the market. Let’s foster the exchange of views and promote their meetings – just like we do in Olivia”

Fig. Grzegorz Pachla

 

See the full photo gallery from the event