Łukasz Arendt – PhD, graduate of the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Lodz. Assistant Professor in the Department of Economic Policy at the University of Lodz and in the Department of Employment and Labour Market at the Institute of Labour and Social Studies in Warsaw. Member of the Polish Social Policy Society. Specialist focus on labour market issues and ICT-driven changes in small and medium-sized enterprises. Expert in many national and international research projects. During the last five years published more than 20 papers on labour market policy, unemployment, SMEs' innovativeness and business digital divide, and delivered numerous lectures at conferences and seminars in Poland and abroad. Recently involved in the research project aimed at implementation of the system of forecasting skills' needs on the regional and local labour markets in Poland.