Sixteen persons, including senior members of the WIETE and members of the boards of the WIETE journals attended a meeting of the WIETE International Academic Advisory Committee (WIETE-IAAC) on Sunday, 9 June 2024 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Representing the host institution that is Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava were Professor Ľubica Vitková, Vice-Rector and Former Dean of the Faculty of Architecture; Professor Robert Špaček of the Faculty of Architecture and Design and the Immediate Past President of the WIETE-IAAC; Associate Professor Branislav Puškár, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design; Dr Klára Macháčová, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design; and Dr Lucia Štefancová of the same Faculty.

The Polish participants included: Professor Maria Jolanta Żychowska of Cracow University of Technology, Kraków, and President of the WIETE-IAAC; Professor Lucyna Nyka, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, and Vice-President of the WIETE-IAAC; Professor Jakub Szczepański, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk; Professor Joanna Jabłońska, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław; and Professor Jacek Uziak of the College of Management and Enterprise in Wałbrzych.

The other participants of the meeting were: Professor Moon-Soo Kim of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Yongin, South Korea; Dr Douglas T.K. Tien, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia; Professor Aji P. Wibawa, State University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia; and a guest Dr Awang H. Pratomo, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Industry at Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as well as the WIETE directors.

The WIETE Director commenced the meeting’s proceedings by inviting Professor Maria Jolanta Żychowska to introduce points for discussion based on an earlier distributed agenda. Then, the Director asked Mrs Dorota Pudlowski, Managing Director, for comments on the most current and crucial issues from the agenda, which included the present position of the WIETE regarding AI-based text, image and data generating programs that impact on research methodology and research article creation. In this context, particularly highlighted was the ethical site of academic endeavours and scholarly publishing, as well as the operational limitations of small-size publishers, such as the WIETE. The newly signed EU legislation on AI and COPE recommendations regarding AI and its impact on academia and publishers were also mentioned. The meeting discussion focused on individual universities and their policies regarding AI, and was widened by the inclusion of other ethical issues, such as plagiarism, paper (article) mills and authorship matters. Briefly were also discussed other agenda points, such as the present status of the WIETE and its journals, including their Scopus ratings, membership drives and potential international conferences and other events.

The participants agreed that such meetings should continue on a regular basis as they are a good forum for exchanging information, views and positions from diverse institutions in different countries and continents.