International Scientific Conference
on Innovations in Digital Economy:
SPBPU IDE-2019

• Schepinin Vladimir Engelevich Candidate of pedagogic sciences, associate professor, director of Institute of industrial management, economics and trade at Peter the Great Polytechnic University, Russia.
• Rodionov Dmitrii Grigorievich Doctor of economic sciences, professor, director of Graduate School of Industrial Economics at Peter the Great Polytechnic University, Russia.

• Rudskaya Irina Andreevna Doctor of economic sciences, associate professor at Graduate School of Industrial Economics at Peter the Great Polytechnic University, Russia.
• Kudryavtseva Tatiana Jurievna Doctor of economic sciences, associate professor at Graduate School of Industrial Economics at Peter the Great Polytechnic University, Russia.

• Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, PhD, professor of Innovation Management at Polytechnic Universty of Bari, Italia
• Carlo Alessandro Castellanelli, PhD, professor at University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Cristina Sousa, Ph.D. in Economics, Director of REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies and Assistant Professor at Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
• Gregory Porumbescu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Transparency and Governance Center, School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University, USA
• Juan Manuel Montes Hincapié, PhD, associate professor at Universidad de Medellín, Colombia
• Kulwant S Pawar, PhD, professor at Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, UK
• Pablo Alejandro Quezada-Sarmiento, PhD, Professor, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain; Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Computación para Smart Cities, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador; Dirección de Investigación y Posgrados Loja
• Peeter Müürsepp, PhD, professor at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Ramayah Thurasamy, PhD, professor at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia
• Marco Avarucci, PhD, professor at Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK
• Marina Järvis, PhD, professor at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Mohammed Ali Berawi , Doctor of Philosophy, associate professor, director of Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Development (CSID) Universitas Indonesia, director of ASEAN University Network – Sustainable City and Urban Development (AUN-SCUD), Indonesia
• Yi Zhang, PhD, Lecturer at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence & School of Software, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

This section addresses issues related to the social and economic consequence evaluation of digital innovation implementation. As any innovations, they lead to certain positive and negative outcomes for employees, enterprises, and whole regions. Therefore, during this section, we expect to receive high quality original works, which can contribute, but are not limited to the one or several of the following topics:

1. Cases of the practical implementation of digital innovations.
2. Methodological approaches to the social and economic consequence evaluation of digital technology implementation.
3. Digital technology design and a development cycle.
4. Development of the approaches to economic efficiency and effectiveness evaluation of digital innovations.
5. Disruptive innovation assessment as a driver of the regional economic growth.
6. The impact assessment of digital innovations on social welfare of the region.
7. Development of the approaches, which can be used by the firms to deliver superior customer experiences and understand how consumer behavior has changed due to this type of innovation.

This section examines various regional innovation systems and clusters in the context of their contribution to the regional and national economic growth in the conditions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Therefore, during this section we expect works, which can reveal main features and approaches to development of innovation systems, which can become drivers of the economic growth within a new technological paradigm. In addition, we would like to consider some new approaches and frameworks for effectiveness, efficiency and productivity assessment of regional innovation systems and clusters. Therefore, during this section, we expect to receive high quality original works, which can contribute, but are not limited to the one or several of the following topics:

1. Methodological approaches to regional innovation systems, clusters formation, and their development.
2. Formation and development of regional innovation systems as an important factor for development of an innovation-driven economy in the regions.
3. Assessment of the innovation potential level and determination of its limit values in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
4. Discussion of the development features of regional innovation systems and clusters in different countries: distinctive features and main results achieved.
5. Prospects of the cluster development of an innovative economy in the regions.

This section examines changes in industry, services and agriculture in the conditions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The main problem, which we would like to discuss within this section, is how digital transformation penetrates different sectors of the economy. In particular, papers, which are applicable to classical economic concepts related to the problem of digitalization, are appreciated. Therefore, during this section, we expect to receive high quality original works, which can contribute, but are not limited to the one or several of the following topics:

1. Industrial policy: modern challenges of digitalization.
2. The change of values in the goal setting of enterprises in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: time-to-market, velocity, and customer satisfaction.
3. Implementing agile management as a part of the digitalization process.
4. Digital product design and «digital twins» as a future of the industry.
5. Assessment of an economic effect of digital transformation in enterprises.
6. Development of automation and robotization in enterprises.
7. Introduction of new digital technologies in different sectors of the economy and their impact on business processes and business models: value creation, value deliver, and value appropriation.
8. Digitalization in industry, services, and agriculture: technological and economic barriers.

This section deals with changes in the labor market in the context of the Fourth Industrial Evolution. We highly appreciate papers, which are devoted to the development of new educational system designs aimed at preparing specialists in the conditions of economy digitalization. In addition, papers dedicated to disruptive digital educational technologies are of high value. Therefore, during this section, we expect to receive high quality original works, which can contribute, but are not limited to the one or several of the following topics:

1. Consequences of changing the role of human capital in the digital economy.
2. Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment as a new education standard.
3. The growing role of freelancers as a trend in the digital age.
4. Changes in labor taxation in the digital economy and their impact on a state policy.
5. Assessment of an education quality for the new labor market in the conditions of the digital economy.
6. Methodological approaches to creation of a motivation system to develop necessary competencies and workforce participation in the digital economy.
7. The features of changes in the structure of the labor market in the digital economy.

This section examines digital transformation in the government sector. Unlike other sectors, where digital transformation is driven by the desire to maintain competitive positions, the government sector is using technology to improve their citizens’ living. From automation, to using the IoT to make cities smarter, these entities have discovered how to use tech to improve workplace efficiency and improve the lives of citizens. Therefore, during this section, we expect to receive high quality original works, which can contribute, but are not limited to the one or several of the following topics:

1. Methodological approaches to digital transformation in the government sector.
2. The features of technology introduction to improve the life quality of citizens at various levels: local, state and federal governments.
3. The creation of digital government platforms as a necessary requirement of the modern stage of society development.
4. The cases of the implementation of e-Government models.
5. IoT сonnected сities as a promising concept that satisfies the conditions of the digital economy.

This section considers the main directions of the digital transformation in the financial sector. For financial establishments, digitalization is more than just adopting technologies such as cloud, big data, social media or mobile. It is more intended to create new business models in order to develop an eco-system where all markets and consumers could participate. Top digital transformation trends in the financial sector are discussed. Therefore, during this section, we expect to receive high quality original works, which can contribute, but are not limited to the one or several of the following topics:

1. Methodological approaches to the digital transformation in the financial sector.
2. Mobile banking as a part of a digital banking environment.
3. Security assessment of digital transformation in the financial sector for companies and people.
4. Blockchain as the technology behind digital currencies like Bitcoin.
5. FinTech as a new way to make spending, managing, and investing money.
6. Assessment of the importance of digital skills and financial literacy in the conditions of digital transformation.