The Polytechnic of Šibenik was founded in 2006. From its very beginning, its primal goal and mission has been the education of reliable and socially responsible stakeholders of the future development on local, national and international level. We want to further enhance our work by organizing the conference “The Challenges of Today” and this year we have tried to bring together experts who have been involved in digital transformation issues in different ways and through various fields of professional and public life.