(FEB NEWS) As a university with an international reputation, the Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) UNAIR consistently promotes international collaborations. One such collaboration is with a renowned European university, Krakow University of Economics (KUE), Poland. This collaboration takes many forms, becoming a long-term initiative.

These include joint sustainability book creation, international guest lectures, student research consultations, and international seminars.

Specifically on June 8-10, 2026, KUE Poland, specifically invited Prof. Dr. Gancar Candra Premananto, to be part of the International Seminar held by KUE, namely the XVII International Scientific Conference of the College of Management and Quality Sciences (CMQ).

The seminar, attended by hundreds of Management lecturers from Europe, also requested that Prof. Gancar hold a special Indonesian-language Expert Panel this year, in addition to serving as presenter and chairman of the academic session. The Expert Panel, on the topic of Media Management in the AI ​​Era, featured speakers including Ms. Rina Prabawati, Director of PT JTV, Mr. Rully Anwar, Editor-in-Chief of the news portal Josstoday.com, and Mr. Tri Raharjo, founder of the Infobrand media group.

The panel event of media leaders found that the media world is still optimistic in facing the poly-crisis by implementing an embidextrous strategy, namely exploring more effective and efficient performance while simultaneously exploiting new things.

During the event, Prod Gancar also handed over two collaborative books between KUE Poland and Management FEB UNAIR, while also discussing collaboration between world-class Marketing Professors and the formation of an international-level Research Group.