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The Asseco’s expert spoke with other participants of the debate, including Andrzej Piotrowski, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Energy and Mieczysław Wrocławski, Director of the Innovation Department at Energa Operator, about smart grids, advanced analytics and correlations of data from IT systems, industrial control and external systems, among others.

We constantly improve our products in line with global trends and changes in the markets, said Tomasz Bendlewski. We want our customers to have access to the latest solutions associated with such trends as the Internet of Things, consumerization and dual-speed architecture, he added.

The Asseco’s representative also presented the award in the category of Merchant of the Year to Tauron Polska Energia. Asseco has implemented one of the largest billing systems in Europe in Grupa Tauron.EuroPower is a platform for dialogue and, above all, the place for public consultation between the government representatives and the representatives of the industry and co-operating sectors. Asseco has been present at the conference for the third year in a row.

Asseco's representatives, together with Head of the Information Systems Inspectorate at the Ministry of Defence, Colonel Paweł Dziuba and Legal Adviser at the NATO Joint Force Training Center in Bydgoszcz, Commander Wiesław Goździewicz discussed the measures taken by the Polish Ministry of Defence following the last year's NATO summit as well as the public-private cooperation in the area of cybersecurity in the situation of a threat to the country.It is clear that the Ministry of Defence has been carrying out the tasks that were designated to it at the NATO summit in Warsaw - said Zdzisław Wiater. There is no safe state without a modern army, but also without safe sectors or well-protected and stable large IT systems used by the state administration - he added.The meeting also addressed the challenges for the cybersecurity of the Polish industry, data protection in the digital society and Polish cybersecurity innovations.The mission of CYBERSEC PL is to build national capabilities to strengthen Poland's cybersecurity system. The purpose of the event is to create solutions that support effective and sovereign strategy in the field of cyberspace and the development of the Polish economy. The conference is co-organized with the Kościuszko Institute.

The speakers and panelists included, among others, President of the Management Board of KZBS Krystyna Majerczyk-Żabówka, Vice President of the Management Board of KZBS Michał Krakowiak, Vice President of the Management Board of Asseco Poland Zbigniew Pomianek and CEO of G Rock (Gibraltar) Sławomir Lachowski.Efficient decision-making processes in cooperative banks may face a test due to a digital competition. The use of consumer preference analysis can be a competitive advantage in dealing with other players in the market. Even more profound knowledge of the customers' needs and their lifestyle will be a basis of business strategies in the era of new technologies and increased competition. Therefore, it will be a key factor for further development of attractive and competitive offers for customers - said President of the Management Board of KZBS Krystyna Majerczyk-Żabówka.There are innovations which change the reality entirely. We currently experience them in the banking sector - said CEO of G Rock (Gibraltar) and the founder of the first mobile bank in Poland Sławomir Lachowski. Today, in order to meet customers' needs, the ability to use new technologies is essential. That can be achieved both by fintechs and existing banks - he added.An important point of the meeting was a debate led by Eugeniusz Twaróg from Puls Biznesu on the Internet era in the banking sector and its impact on the customer service directly in the branches.Co-operative banks have an interesting and valuable advantage because they can offer banking services at a certain place and time. However, in the face of current challenges, it is not a sufficient advantage. Therefore, it is worth to verify the current model of action and make an effort to maintain a cooperative identity while using the scale effect to achieve the goals expected by the clients in a faster, more efficient and effective way. The bank of the 21st century is a friendly, intuitive and cheaper bank - one that responds to customers' needs - said Vice President of the Management Board of KZBS Michał Krakowiak. Up until recently, internet marketing has been a distinguishing feature in the market. In a moment, such a distinction for cooperative banks may be a branch, especially in the areas where large banks are not present - said Vice President of the Management Board of Asseco Poland Zbigniew Pomianek. The banks can be supported by IT vendors that monitor market trends closely and offer cutting-edge solutions such as the Asseco Advisory Banking Platform (ABP) - a powerful tool for bankers to help them with staying connected with customers and boosting their sales effectiveness.Marcin Kwilosz from Asseco, in his presentation, mentioned the fact that the omnichannel banking was a strategy to help banks with responding to the challenges of the modern banking market and the needs of customers. He emphasized that it was a strategy which needed to be a backbone of a modern banking, which involved designing customer service processes in order to make them uniform regardless of the communication channel they were in. In turn, Krzysztof Korus, a partner at dLK Korus, Okoń Radcowie Prawni sp.p., presented the challenges and their implications for cooperative banks related to the obligation of the implementation of the PSD2 Directive - a new EU directive regarding the payments in the EU internal market. Cooperative banks will have to adapt their IT systems to the requirements of the new EU rules.The conference participants also had an opportunity to see the latest developments in the IT solutions for the banking sector. The latest "top & hot" rank was presented by Tomasz Leś from Asseco, who mentioned, among others, tools for biometric identity authentication and the onboarding process, as well as platforms for cooperation between banks and fintechs. These platforms are being designed due to the implementation of the PSD2 Directive.

The title was awarded during an official gala held on April 5 in Warsaw. It was attended by the representatives of state institutions as well as IT, financial, logistics, medical, FMCG, and energy sectors.
Asseco Utility Management Solutions is a family of state-of-the-art IT solutions which provide comprehensive services to companies from the deregulated energy market. The system supports the implementation of strategies of energy companies which, in order to compete effectively in a changing market, must ensure, among other things, the ability to create new products, tailor their approach to the needs of key customers, and respond flexibly to market volatility and the actions of the competitors.This is Asseco's another success in Gazeta Bankowa's competition. Last year, Asseco Customer Banking Platform solution was awarded the title of the "Hit of the Year 2016". In addition, in the "Leader of the Year 2015" ranking, in the category of energy, fuels and chemicals, Tauron Obsługa Klienta took the second position for the centralization of billing systems for mass customers. As part of this project, the company, in cooperation with Asseco Poland, has implemented Asseco Utility Management Solutions system.

In June 2017, Jozef Klein will represent Slovakia at the worldwide final of the "EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year" competition in Monaco. Nearly 60 countries will participate in it.

2016 saw Asseco Group achieve record-high sales revenue of nearly PLN 8bn, and a 3% increase in operating profit which now stands at PLN 769m. Some of the elements contributing to such an intense growth were successful foreign investments, a highly diversified client portfolio, and continuous development of our proprietary products and services.Dynamic growth in foreign markets had the biggest impact on the Group results in 2016. Foreign companies’ share in the Group's total revenue increased to 79% (PLN 6.3bn). Year-on-year, this represents an increase of PLN 804m. Moreover, foreign companies generated PLN 511m operating profit, which represents an increase of PLN 44m year-on-year.Sales of proprietary software are instrumental to record-high results. Revenue within this category now stands at PLN 6.4bn, which represents a 10% increase year-on-year and accounts for over 80% of total sales. Group revenues are well diversified, both geographically and in terms of sectors. Business sector has the largest share of sales – it accounts for 39% of the total Group revenue. Banking and finance accounts for 39%; and the public sector accounts for 22% of total sales. The Group's order portfolio revenue rose by 10% year-on-year and now stands at PLN 5.5bn.Adam Góral, President of the Board at Asseco Poland: It was a great year for the Asseco Group. We are currently operating on a scale unprecedented for Polish IT companies. We have achieved record-high revenues of nearly PLN 8bn, and an operating profit which stands at PLN 769m. We employ approximately 22 thousand people in over 50 countries around the world. Foreign markets account for 79% of our revenues. We implemented a Group reorganization plan in Poland in 2016. In addition, we continued to grow the Group through acquisition of new entities and increasing our stake in subsidiaries. Over the past 12 months we have further developed our international centers of competence in the areas of ERP, payments, and insurance. We intend to continue these activities in 2017 as well.Asseco Poland is consistently building value for its shareholders. This year the Management Board recommended to pay out a similarly high dividend to the one paid out in 2015.Adam Góral: Excellent financial results and a strong development perspective for the future allowed us to, yet again, recommend a high dividend payout. PLN 250m will be allocated to this end in 2017. Asseco has consistently shared revenues with its shareholders and paid dividends to the tune of over PLN 1.4bn.The dividend recommended by the Management Board translates to PLN 3.01 per share, which in turn means a dividend yield of 5.6% (correct as of the end of 2016).