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The third Transnational project meeting was organized by LUT School of Business and Management and took place in Lappeenranta, Finland on the 6-8th October 2021. The meeting was hosted by Elina Karttunen and Jukka Hallikas from LUT University. The participants from University of Twente (Holger Schiele, Vincent Delke and Klaas Stek) arrived at Lappeenranta. Participants from the TU Dortmund (Dennis Meyer, Florian Paffrath), UEBA (Michal Tkáč) and Edge Hill University (Stephen Kelly and Peter Vangorp) and University of Twente (Gabriela Maris) actively participated through video conferencing tool.

Presenting IO3 results during the EurOMA 2021 conference

On the 6th of July 2021, members of the PERSIST group joined the EurOMA 2021 conference to present the Delphi study outcome of the third intellectual output (IO3). One part of IO3 addressed the skills and roles within purchasing and supply management within an Industry 4.0 scenario.

Presenting IO2 results during the IPSERA 2021 conference

During the IPSERA conference, the project team had the opportunity to present the research outcome of the project’s second interlectuall output (IO2). Within two sessions, the group presented the outcomes of the three World Café studies and the expert interviews.

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News Project PERFECT, the preceding project before Project PERSIST has been awarded as a good practice example by the German National Agency DAAD.

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/2015-1-DE01-KA203-002174

Transnational meeting Lappeenranta 06-08 October 2021 Present in person in Lappeenranta: Elina Karttunen, Jukka Hallikas, Klaas Stek, Vincent Delke, Holger Schiele
Joining the meeting via Zoom: Michal Tkáč, Peter Vangorp, Stephen Kelly, Dennis Meyer, Florian Paffrath
Place: Rantasauna at LUT University, Finland
Vincent Delke opens the third transnational meeting in Lappeenranta Finland by welcoming all members present in person and members which join the meeting via ZOOM. Next, the agenda for the two days meeting is discussed and all members agree to the content and structure (see agenda). The main motivation for the meeting was to agree upon IO4 and IO5 next steps. However, first, the previous IOs and their results were discussed briefly.
On Thursday morning, IO4 learning module order and content were discussed and refined. During lunchtime, participants met students and staff at LUT. There was also a relaxing walk outside to see the largest lake in Finland, Saimaa.
After that, gamification elements of IO5 were discussed. At Rantasauna, also ZOOM members could participate by showing learning material content and how to gamified elements are applied. We agreed on how to design course material. We also take a look at how to implement PERSIST content to our PSM programs.
After the official agenda, there was a dinner at Rantasauna. Participants had a sauna and swam at lake Saimaa.
Friday 08.10.21

Present in person in Lappeenranta: Elina Karttunen, Jukka Hallikas, Klaas Stek, Vincent Delke, Holger Schiele
Joining the meeting via Zoom: Michal Tkáč, Peter Vangorp, Stephen Kelly, Dennis Meyer, Florian Paffrath

We started the last part of the meeting in the morning at Rantasauna. All members (whether online or in present) were the same as Thursday. We planned a multiplier event that will be in January. The teaching event is planned to be in June 2022. Discussions about implementing content to our teaching continued. After a coffee break, the final thoughts about a meeting were exchanged. Then the travellers continued towards their home.