Journalist
Journalist, winner of the Wiktor award in the Media Personality category. He has a very large professional practice, gained both as an executive (he was, among other things, editor-in-chief of "Machina", "Film" and "Przekrój"), writing (press journalist in many titles), acting in radio, and hosting numerous television programs of a very different nature.
He is also the author of several best-selling books, with a total circulation of more than 250,000 copies. (including "God, Cash and Rock'n'Roll" and "His Highness Longin"). In the course of acquiring various professional competencies, he also happened to make hobby appearances in films
and TV series, including "M jak miłość" and dubbing animated characters such as in "Niko the Reindeer Saves Christmas."
Marcin is one of the most respected and sought-after Polish entertainers, having
to his credit several hundred conducted events for major international companies, including industry conferences and congresses, elegant galas, thematic festivals, massive concerts
and many others.
Winner in the ranking of the best entertainers in Poland according to Press monthly, No. 9-10/2017.
The sum of his diverse and numerous experiences translates into speeches and lectures full of anecdotes, fascinating for the listener, which can take different forms and character,
depending on the client's expectations.
Privately, Marcin is passionate about new technologies - artificial intelligence, virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, industry 4.0 and other issues shaping our lives in the near future. He is able to talk about it competently and engagingly, placing professional knowledge in the context of issues close to everyone - work, entertainment, self-development, ongoing social changes.
President of the Chamber, National Chamber of Commerce of Medical Devices POLMED
A lawyer by training, he has been responsible for implementing the goals of the POLMED Chamber since 2020. He engages in direct discussions with decision-makers and government representatives who influence the shape and functioning of both the medical device industry and the health care system. He has many years of experience in the field of medical devices, which he gained, among others, at the Confederation of Leviathan. He served as its representative on the Trilateral Team for Health and the Public Services Team of the Social Dialogue Council. He coordinated, among other things, the amendment of the pharmaceutical law, the prescription regulation and the law on medical devices.
on medical devices. He was deputy director of the Medical Devices Information Department at URPL, WM and PB. Co-authored the amendment of the Law on Medical Devices in 2016-2019 and the Law on Medical Devices in 2021, adapting Polish law to EU regulations. Representative of Poland at meetings of the Heads of European Medical Devices Agencies "CAMD", former EC expert in foreign projects.
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Head in the Education and Innovation Division of the Innovation and Communication Department, Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
Head of the Education and Innovation Department of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland. Lecturer at the University of Applied Computer Science and Management in Warsaw. Graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw. Professional intellectual property enthusiast, implements numerous projects to educate in this field. Organizer of conferences, trainings, webinars and competitions to promote intellectual property protection among young people, scientists and entrepreneurs. Passionate about new technologies.
Vice President for Finance, Employers of the Republic of Poland
Graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw and postgraduate studies Tempus CUBIS at the Universities of Milan, Amsterdam and Leuven in the field of management, including support by information systems (1994). Graduate of the Advance Management Program of the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra in Barcelona (2007).
From 1992 to 2000 he was associated with the Securities and Exchange Commission where he served as Director of the Department of Public Companies and Finance.
From 2000 to 2003 he was Vice President of the Stock Exchange. During this period, he also served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Central Board of Bids S.A.
In March 2003, he was appointed to the position of Member of the Management Board of PKO Bank Polski S.A. overseeing the corporate banking area and served in this capacity until March 2006. He was also involved in the Bank's restructuring and public offering processes. During this period, he also chaired the Supervisory Board of Bankowy Fundusz Leasingowy S.A.
From 2006 to 2009, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank Pocztowy S. A., the Bank underwent a major restructuring during this period.
Since 2005, he was a member of the Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange S. A. where he served as Chairman of the Board from 2006 to 2008.
From 2010 to 2011 he served as a member of the Supervisory Board and a member of the PZU S.A. IPO Board Committee. During this time, PZU S.A.'s long-standing conflict with Eureko ended and an IPO was conducted.
From 2011 to 2013, he served as a member of the board of directors for finance and acting president at Totalizator Sportowy Ltd. During this period, the company defined a development strategy that included a long-term drive to move its services into the mobile sphere.
He served as an independent member of the Supervisory Board of Budimex S.A. from 2010 to 2020. Since 2010, he has been a member of numerous Supervisory Boards of listed companies including Immobile S.A., Altus TFI S.A., Sphinx S.A., Workservice S.A., IdeaBank S.A., among others.
From 2020 to 2022, he served as Vice President/CFO of the international Wielton Group S.A. Europe's third largest trailer manufacturer.
From 2008 to 2022 he was President of the Polish Branch of the Alumni Association of the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra in Barcelona.
Currently:
He is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Wielton S.A., Pamapol S.A., Platige Immage S.A., 4Cell Therapies S.A. Employer Institute Foundation.
He is President of the Board of Directors of the Queen Hedvig Schoolarship Foundation, which organizes scholarships for the most talented Polish youth wishing to develop their careers in the broad prospects of a modern, competitive economy.
He is a member of the Council of the Polish Audit Supervision Agency on behalf of the Employers, having previously served as a member of the Audit Supervision Commission since 2009.
Since 2006 he has been Treasurer and Vice President of the Board of Directors for, Financial Affairs of the Employers of Poland.
President of the Chamber, Polish Chamber of Commerce of Advanced Technologies IZTECH
President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce of Advanced Technologies and Head of the EU Research Projects Center at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Graduate and long-time employee of the Faculty of Electronics at the Warsaw University of Technology. Fellow of the Japanese Government (1992-94, Nihon University, Tokyo). Award-winning, specialist in the field of fiber optoelectronics. Associated with the banking sector for a number of years. Main area of activity is the development of breakthrough technologies and international cooperation in the field of research and innovation. As Director of the National Contact Point for Horizon 2020 (2014-2020), he was active in integrating the environment and increasing Poland's participation in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. He has many years of experience in international bodies and representing Poland's position. He was responsible for managing a portfolio of more than 140 projects implemented under the EU Framework Programs. He is an advisor, author of many publications and trainer in the field of R&D management. Auditor for the International Visibility Project. Co-author of the position of the high-tech sector to the New European Innovation Agenda (2022). Co-founder of the National Council of Research Project Coordinators and member of the IPMA Poland PM Certification Committee and Mazovia Innovation Council. Long-time member of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators.
Deputy Director of the Office, Union of Polish Counties
Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw. Author of book publications, articles and glosses in scientific journals. Local government expert, since 2008 associated with the Union of Polish Counties, where he currently serves as Deputy Director of the Office. He has also provided support to the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration and the Małopolska School of Public Administration. Expert and trainer at numerous trainings for local government, in particular on institutional development, public-legal partnership, quality management, local government law. An active local government official - he was, among other things, Chairman of the Legionowski District Council and Head of Jabłonna Commune. Currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Legionowski District.
Director, Center for the Development of Polish Education Abroad
Since November 22, 2021, she has served as director of the Center for the Development of Polish Education Abroad (ORPEG).
Previously
President, Polish Chamber of Packaging Recovery and Recycling
Consultant and trainer in the field of environmental protection, with experience in direct cooperation with companies and local governments, including, among others, environmental services and outsourcing (comprehensive service of companies in the field of environmental protection). He has extensive experience in the practical application and interpretation of environmental legislation, especially waste laws including product laws. Member of competition committees including Teraz Polska. Member of the Council for Sustainable Food Use and working groups on sustainable production and consumption, waste, CSR and Closed Circuit Economy at the Ministry of Development. He has experience in the areas of LCA life cycle assessments, environmental footprint and carbon footprint. She specializes in recycling technologies, packaging system design and "green" packaging assessments. He works with industry related to the marketing of packaged products as well as the practical organization of the packaging waste collection and recovery system. For many years, he has been the Chief Specialist for Packaging Ecology at the COBRO Packaging Research Institute and President of the Polish Chamber of Packaging Recovery and Recycling on a daily basis carrying out tasks related to the extended responsibility of companies for the packaging of products placed on the market.
Director of business development - urban market, Team of Economic Advisors TOR Sp. z o.o.
Graduate of Transportation, Management and Production Engineering at Wrocław University of Technology and Traffic Engineering at Krakow University of Technology. Author of dozens of strategic and planning documents on smart cities, mobility and economic profile changes.
In his work, he attaches great importance to lobbying for the introduction of forsight activities in local government units. In his analyses, he emphasizes the importance of well-conducted research and the possibility of collecting information based on the use of new technologies (drones, telecoms, traffic models, AI).
Vice President of the Board, General Director, Polish Federation of Food Manufacturers Employers' Union
Vice President of the Board, General Director of the Polish Federation of Food Producers Union of Employers, editor-in-chief of the quarterly "Food-Lex", member of the Council of the Union of Employers and Entrepreneurs, member of the Council of the National Chamber of Commerce, member of the Committee on Food and Nutrition Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Represents PFPŻ ZP in the largest European organization of the food industry Food Drink Europe. For more than 20 years he has been involved in the food economy in the field of management, marketing, public relations, corporate social responsibility. Author of numerous publications and analyses on the food market and food economy.
CEO, Platinum Alfa Sp. z o.o.
arch projects totaling more than PLN 50 million. For the past five years, he has been associated with Platinum Alpha Fund, which has made more than 30 investments in innovative early-stage Startups between 2019 and 2022.
Managing Director, Life Science Cluster Kraków
Member of the General Board, Polish Commodity Association
Professor at the Radom University of Technology and Humanities, Department of Chemical Engineering and Commodity Sciences, Member of the General Board of the Polish Commodity Association, Director of Research and Development at Onlybio.life S.A. cosmetics company in Bydgoszcz, Member of the Supervisory Board of Hub.tech S.A. (formerly Boruta-Zachem S.A.).
Professor Wasilewski is engaged in scientific and didactic activities in the field of cosmetics and detergents. He is the author of 40 patents (including international patents) and more than 160 scientific articles. He has directed and participated in more than 20 scientific projects, most of them carried out in cooperation with industry.
In 2004, he received his PhD from the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology, and in 2014 he was awarded a postdoctoral degree from the Faculty of Commodity Science at Cracow University of Economics. In 2021, by a decision of the President of the Republic of Poland, he was awarded the title of professor.
From 2016 to 2019, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Commodity Sciences, and from 2012 to 2016 as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. From 2013 to 2020, he headed the Department of Chemistry and then the Department of Commodity and Quality Sciences.
In 2020, he was appointed by the Minister of Development, Labor and Technology as a member of the Chemical Sector Competence Council. He currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Commodity Sciences - Quality Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. From 2017 to 2022, he served as Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Polish Commodity Science Society, and from 2016 to 2021, as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Commodity Quality Problems. He serves on the Program Council of the journal Chemical Industry and on the Scientific Council of the journal Chemistry and Business - Cosmetic and Economic Chemistry Market.
He has been actively cooperating with industry and other scientific entities for years. Since 2015, he has been the owner of the innovation and implementation company CosMedChem. He has led a number of scientific and research works on the development of innovative cosmetics or household chemistry products. He co-develops cosmetics present on the market under the OnlyBio brand and is involved in the implementation of research and development projects. In the scientific sphere, he cooperates with, among others, the Łukasiewicz Research Network - the Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis "Blachownia" in Kędzierzyn-Koźle, the Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Warsaw, the Research Institute of Daily Chemical Industry in Taiyuan, China, and the University of Engineering and Health Sciences in Warsaw.
He has received numerous awards for his work. Among other awards, he was a recipient of a scholarship from the Foundation for Polish Science and a scholarship from the Minister of National Education. In addition, he has been awarded medals several times at fairs and exhibitions, dedicated to cosmetic products (including the Poznań International Fair, ARCA International Exhibition of Inventions in Zagreb, IENA Exhibition in Nuremberg, Inno-Wings International Exhibition of Inventions in Lublin).
Deputy Director, Innovation and Communication Department, Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
Employed at the Polish Patent Office since 2012, currently as Deputy Director of the Innovation and Communication Department. Involved in the organization of educational and information and promotional activities in the field of intellectual property protection, including national and international projects. Since 2016. - Member of the Budget Committee of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). In 2008-2011, chief specialist at the Implementing Authority for European Programs. In 1999-2008 employee of the Foundation for Small and Medium Enterprises (Regional Financing Institution), responsible for the organization of many training and information projects (e.g., International Small Business Congress), in addition, accredited consultant advising business start-ups and SMEs on how to obtain support under aid programs, coordinator of the Mazovian network of consulting and advisory points and head of the investment grants department. She has conducted many training courses on the implementation of EU projects, as well as the protection of intellectual property.
Chairman of the Board, Foundation for Efficient Energy Use
He has spent his career with the FEWE Foundation for Efficient Energy Use, where he has served as President of the FEWE Board since 2005. Szymon Liszka is also, since 2018, President of the National Association "Poszanowanie Energii i Środowiska" (SAPE-POLSKA). His professional experience includes both issues related to the problems of energy policy, local energy planning, programming of energy efficiency improvement projects and clean energy technologies based on innovative financing methods, as well as detailed problems related to energy auditing, measured energy diagnostics of facilities and verification of the effects of measures taken. Author and co-author of numerous publications in the field of energy efficiency and energy management Graduate of the Faculty of EAiE at the AGH University of Science and Technology.
Director of sustainability, Polish Federation of Hospitals
Former manager of a network of clinics with 15 years of experience in the implementation of sustainable growth operations, IcT engineer, certified in Enhanced Business Administration, owner of international aviation projects in sustainable growth, provider of investment services in special purpose funds, artificial intelligence expert in the Digitalisation Working Group of the NPRM in Poland. Founder and coordinator of the Warsaw Cluster Collaboration Network, managing director of Dybowski P.S.A., president of the New Science of Telemedicine Technology and Digitization Foundation, academic lecturer in artificial intelligence and AI Regulatory Sandboxes.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaldybowski/
CEO, Institute for Medical Tourism Research and Development
President of the Institute for Medical Tourism Research and Development, co-founder of the Proturmed Foundation, academic lecturer. Her activities include initiating cooperation between medical institutions for promotion on foreign markets, integration of the medical tourism market and research in this area. She cooperates with central and regional institutions, medical institutions and international medical tourism experts. She is the author of numerous articles, analyses and studies in this field. Her latest publication, "Praxisbuch Medizintourismus," which she co-authored, is due out in late 2022.
CEO, MediSensonic Sp. z o.o.
He began his career in clinical research conducted for BigPharma. He was the first in Poland to create a Data Management department and an electronic system for handling clinical trials (e-CRF). In parallel, he worked as a management expert in, among others, PZU, MSZ, PKO BP SA, PKP, Wroclaw City Hall, implementing project management systems and as an advisor to the board of directors.
Initiator of MedTech start-ups, which he independently created and recapitalized with private funds. Creator and former CEO of BridgeAlfa investment fund with capitalization of about PLN 50 million, financing the MedTech industry.
Originator and CEO of MediSensonic, a company developing innovative medical products such as a noise-free glucose meter, a label-free blood pressure monitor and an apnea therapy mattress.
Expert on company development, raising private and public financing.
Expert in MedTech and BioTech, member of Investment Committees.
CEO, Orthoget Sp. z o.o.
Dominika Grygier is a specialist in biomedical engineering. In her scientific and research work, Dominika Grygier, Ph.D., mainly deals with issues in materials engineering, metallurgy and biomaterials. Dominika Grygier holds the position of university professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Technology. She defended her dissertation with a specialization in materials science, biomechanics under the title "Influence of selected properties of silica surface layers on their applicability as coatings for coronary stents." In 2018, she received a postdoctoral degree in the discipline of mechanical engineering and operation. She has twice been a participant in a foreign internship at Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Werkstoffkunde. She has authored and co-authored̨ more than a hundred scientific papers domestically and abroad. In addition, she is co-author of three patents: "Intravascular coronary stent" (Exclusive right number: 210204), "Intravascular coronary stent" (Exclusive right number: 210205), "Dynamic intramedullary nail enabling angle correction" (Exclusive right number: 237952). Since January 2020, he has served as deputy head of the Department of Vehicle Engineering at the Wroclaw University of Technology. Since April 2019, he has been President of Orthoget Company He has experience as R&D manager in projects: "Intramedullary nail for active lengthening of long bones" POIR 1.3.1, "External testing - Fractured FCA". 16/4102/0030/21, "Hybrid intramedullary nail with magneto-mechanical drive for human long bone lengthening" POIR.01.01.01-00-0246/21.
R&D and Investment Director, Comex Polska Sp. z o.o.
Jakub Progorowicz, M.Sc. - R&D and Investment Director, a programmer by profession, currently R&D manager of several EU projects (including two international projects carried out in consortia) which develop modern solutions in the field of imaging and signal detection using artificial intelligence algorithms for industry and mining for separation and enrichment.
Director of Research and Development, Paged LabTech sp. z o.o.
Ewelina Depczynska graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry at Jagiellonian University in Cracow, receiving her master's degree in 2004. Then in 2008 she defended her engineering thesis at the Faculty of Chemistry of Wrocław University of Technology, specializing in Pro-ecological Chemical Technologies. In February 2022, she received her PhD from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań. From 2015 to 2022, she co-authored 4 original creative works published in reputable scientific journals and authored 8 papers presented at national and international scientific conferences.
Since March 2007, she has worked in the R&D area at Tikkurila Poland and Acrylmed developing and implementing numerous products for wood protection and bonding. Since 2019, she has worked at Paged LabTech as R&D director. The team has implemented Paged products such as Paged GreenPly, Paged DryGuard and MouldGuard, among others.
Her professional work has always been closely related to wood technology. Noteworthy are the following projects implemented by her and co-financed by NCRD:
- "Innovative composite materials for use in road transportation".
- "Development of innovative frame furniture made of beech wood with high resistance to external influences".
- "Low-emission plywood for use in the furniture industry".
and a project co-financed by the Ministry of Investment and Development: "Establishment of the Paged LabTech research and development center to develop innovative wood-based panels".
Patent Attorney, JWP Patent Attorneys Dorota Rzążewska Sp. k.
Dr. Konrad Ptasinski advises entrepreneurs on matters related to the strategy of protecting inventions and utility models. He has extensive experience in conducting application proceedings before the Polish Patent Office and the European Patent Office, especially in substantive discussions with experts.
On a daily basis, he conducts patent examination, including patentability and patent purity examinations, prepares descriptions of patent applications and utility models, and verifies translations of patent descriptions of validation of European patents.
President of the Board, Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry
Since June 2013, he has headed the most important institution representing the chemical sector in Poland at the national and international forum.
An expert in the chemical sector with many years of experience in managerial positions. He built his professional experience, among others, in the most important companies in the chemical and petrochemical sector in Poland and Central Europe and in the consulting sector. He has represented the interests of the domestic chemical industry at home and abroad for more than a dozen years and sits on the boards of numerous national and international business and industry organizations.
He is currently a member of the National Association Board (NAB) of the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), where he represents 7 countries in the Central European Cluster (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria Croatia). He sits on the Board of Directors of the European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG), as well as the Advisory Board, of the World Refining Association.
He is also a member of the Presidium of the Committee on Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as the Presidium of the Council and Committee on Climate and Energy Policy at the National Chamber of Commerce.
Member of supervisory boards of companies at home and abroad. Member of economic, program and scientific councils and industry associations. Knight of the T. Sendzimir Honorary Medal for special contributions to the innovation movement in Poland, awarded the Gold Honorary Badge of the Federation of NOT Scientific and Technical Associations. Author of numerous scientific and popular science publications and conference speeches.
Doctor of Technical Sciences in the field of chemical technology. Graduate of Chemical Technology at the Faculty of Construction, Mechanics and Petrochemistry in Plock, Warsaw University of Technology and Postgraduate Studies in Financial Management and Marketing at Warsaw University of Technology. In addition, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the PL program and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champion. He completed the Strategic Business Management Program at Harvard University Extension School.
Head of Research and Development, Unilin Flooring Polska Sp. z o.o.
Graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. Since 2014, he has been associated with the flexible PVC flooring industry, where he worked for many years on their production as a Technologist Specialist. Currently, he successfully heads the Research and Development Department, which is responsible for improving current and seeking new technological solutions. He has led and supervised research and development work within the framework of an EU project and, together with his team, has developed and implemented an innovative technology for the production of flexible PVC floor coverings with a factory-applied lacquer layer and kneading.
Secretary General, National Union of Juice Producers
Secretary General of the KUPS Association since 2004. Defended her doctoral thesis at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumption Sciences. Graduate of the Agricultural University of Cracow, Faculty of Technology and Human Nutrition, Biotechnology and the NCU Business College in Nowy Sącz. Member of the DQS Program Council, the DSK KUPS Technical Team, the AIJN Technical Committee and the Agricultural Agreement at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Member of the Managing Commission of the Fruit and Vegetable Promotion Fund.
Since 2004 she has been the Polish Association of Juice Producers (KUPS) General Secretary. She defended her doctoral thesis at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences at the Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences. A graduate of the University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Technology and Human Nutrition, Biotechnology Department and NCU School of Business in Nowy Sącz. Member of the DQS Program Council, the DSK KUPS Technical Team, the AIJN Technical Committee and of the Agricultural Agreement at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Member of the Management Committee of the Fruit and Vegetable Promotion Fund.
President of the Board, National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians
She has worked as a laboratory diagnostician for 22 years. She has gone through all levels of professional development - from assistant to MLD manager. She has worked in the public and non-public health sector, including in a coviod laboratory. She knows the work of diagnosticians inside out and identifies with the problems of laboratory workers.
For years she has been active in the professional self-government of laboratory diagnosticians, and has also supported trade unions in their activities.
She graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy with a Department of Medical Analytics at the Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice. At the Medical University of Lodz, she completed her doctoral studies and is finishing her PhD, the topic of which is quality indicators in medical diagnostic laboratories. She completed her MBA in health care at the University of Vocational Training in Wroclaw.
She is a Quality Management Systems Auditor and a training specialist for health care managers and diagnosticians.
She has devoted all her work to raising the profile of the laboratory diagnostic profession, a priority of this term of the National Council of Laboratory Diagnosticians. As President of the KRDL, she focuses on unity and cooperation.
President of the Management Board, R3 Polska Sp. z o.o.
Graduate of Szczecin University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electricity Conversion and Use. Completed postgraduate studies, among others, in the following fields: economic accounts and regulations in reorganization and bankruptcy proceedings, real estate valuation, finance and banking - management, preparation and management of public-private partnership projects. Currently president of the board of directors of R3 Poland Sp. z o.o.
In 2018 and 2019, member of the Polish delegation to the Economic Summit - Global Business Summit in New Delhi. Associate of the law firm A. Oszczęda and Company. Specialist in managing teams of experts and scientists during research, development and implementation processes.
Experienced commercial negotiator. Advisor in transformations and restructuring of commercial law companies. Specialist in a public-private partnership project with funding from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and European Economic Area funds - Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.
Business owner, CODI Technical Group
He is a graduate of the Faculty of Electronics at the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1981-1984 he worked as an oscilloscope designer at UNIMA Electronic Devices Plant in Sluzewiec, and in 1985 he founded the mentioned company, which continues until today. Throughout this time, until now, successive generations of video intercom systems integrated with access control and GSM connectivity have been developed and implemented in several thousand facilities. J. Rydzewski holds a total of a dozen patents in the field of electronics and one in the field of environmental protection. In recent years, the company has won 7 competitions under EU grants obtaining funds for development. This has made it possible to implement the latest designs and systems, including a system with voice control for the visually impaired, contactless operation via smartphone, or GSM connectivity on the intercom-tenant cell phone line.
Mentor, Futurologist, CEO of TIDK
Mentor, Futurologist, passionate about data - follows and researches the latest scientific and technological developments in the topics of AI, ML and advanced analytics. His mission is to evangelize the business world in the area of better leveraging the potential of data. Luke has been creating the podcast "Resistance is Futile since 2021. Here comes AI!" focusing on the artificial intelligence that surrounds us and what impact it is having on action and change in the world around us. He is a regular guest on Patricia Vygota's radio show "Patronautics" on Radio357, sharing his perspective on the world of new technologies from a cognitivist perspective. He is eager to invest and connect passionate people in new initiatives. which develop solutions to benefit from the achievements of artificial intelligence. One of them is the start-up AI4.BIO, whose mission is to improve the quality of health and life, through the power of AI.
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the Data Platform category since 2010. One of the 50 MVPs in the AI category worldwide as of 2018. On a daily basis, he mentors the TIDK team and leads the implementation of innovative projects for Poland's largest organizations.
Warsaw University of Life Sciences
He works at the Department of Organic Food at the Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
Her research activities include organic farming, the nutritional value of organic raw materials and the impact of organic food consumption on human and animal health. She has published more than 200 scientific papers, 49 of them in high-scoring journals.
She is president of the M. Górny Organic Agriculture Forum association, whose goal is to popularize organic agriculture among the public and promote its products, as well as to inspire and support science that contributes to the development of organic agriculture in Poland.
Prof. Rembiałkowska is involved in a number of national and international research and implementation projects related to organic agriculture and food. She serves on the boards of several Polish and global organizations promoting this topic (FQH, OFSP, ISOFAR); she is a leader of the international ENOAT network.
Senior Innovation & Project Manager, DSR S.A.
Slawomir Lasota has been designing, developing and implementing cutting-edge information technologies that help companies and institutions create competitive advantages for more than 25 years. He currently serves as Senior Innovation&Project Manager at DSR S.A. , where he leads a team of IT, industry and business experts who identify, evaluate and estimate the future potential of new innovative technologies, business models and processes to address changing business and economic trends for the company and customers, in line with the concept of Industry 4.0 and 5.0. He also has experience in IT and industrial automation management. He has successfully coordinated the implementation of major projects involving innovative IT solutions. He has created and managed businesses, authored publications in both the trade and scientific press, and co-authored a solution covered by a patent application.
Academic teacher, manager and author of several projects financed by the European Union, Technical University of Lodz
Deputy Director of the Institute for Scientific Affairs, Institute of Mineral Raw Materials and Energy Management - Polish Academy of Sciences
Graduate of the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection of the AGH University of Science and Technology. Since 2007, she has been employed at the Institute of Mineral Raw Materials and Energy Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where she is Head of the Laboratory of Confined Geochemistry and Environmental Engineering, and since 2021 she has also served as Deputy Director of the Institute for Scientific Affairs. For years, she has been working on waste management issues in the energy sector, developing sorbents for both CO2 and Hg flue gas cleaning and hydrogen storage. In this area, she was the manager of the award-winning LIDER project entitled "Application of energy waste materials for the capture of gaseous forms of mercury from flue gases." In the area of CO2 capture and hydrogen storage, her achievements also include coordination and management of international projects, working with entities such as the University of Nottingham, UK, and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria, South Africa. For her activities in the circular economy area, she has been awarded more than once by the Intelligent Development Forum and the European Center for Economic Development, among others. She is currently involved in the management and implementation of 3 foreign and 3 domestic projects.
Head of the Laboratory of Biogenic Raw Materials, Institute of Mineral and Energy Economy of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Institute Professor and Head of the Biogenic Raw Materials Laboratory at the Institute of Mineral and Energy Economy of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IGSMiE PAN).
Deputy Director of the Cracow Interdisciplinary Doctoral School (KISD) at IGSMiE PAN.
Graduate of Environmental Protection at Jan Długosz Academy in Częstochowa and International Project Management at Częstochowa University of Technology. Doctor of technical sciences in the discipline of environmental engineering (Częstochowa University of Technology). Habilitated doctor of engineering sciences in the discipline of environmental engineering, mining and energy (Silesian University of Technology). Manager and contractor in national and international projects in the management and recovery of raw materials in the context of the implementation of a closed loop economy (GOZ) and strategies for a Green Deal in various sectors of the economy. Founder of the Laboratory of Biogenic Raw Materials of IGSMiE PAN. She participated in the preparation of the Roadmap Transformation towards GOZ in Poland. Scholarship holder of the Minister's Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists. Winner of an award for scientific activity for GOZ by Springer Nature in the "Water" category. Member of the Academy of Young Scientists of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Dean, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wroclaw
Born 6.08.1967 in Wroclaw. Graduated from the 13th high school named after A. Fredro in Wroclaw in 1986.
In 1986-1991 studied archaeology at the University of Wroclaw. In 1989-1991 technical worker in the Archaeological Expedition of the University of Wroclaw in Novae (Bulgaria).
In 1991-1995, a doctoral student of the Silesian Studies Doctoral Program of UWr. D. dissertation in 1996 Funerary Rites of the Przeworsk Culture in Silesia, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Pazda.
From 1995 to 1996 assistant in the Archaeological Department of the Regional Museum in Środa Śląska. Since 1996, assistant professor at the Institute of Archaeology at UWr. In 2000, guest professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris (Marseille Branch).
In 2007, he habilitated on the basis of his dissertation Przeworsk culture and the Rhine-Weser cultural zone. Since 2010 professor at the University of Wroclaw.
Promoter of 60 bachelor's theses, 70 master's theses and 5 doctorates. Author and co-author of 120 scientific works, including 5 books, published at home and abroad.
In 2012-2016 Director of the Institute of Archaeology of UWr, since 2016 Senator of UWr, since 2020 Dean of the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, since 15.06.2022 Vice-Rector for Scientific Research of the University of Wroclaw.
Corresponding member of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut since 2014. Vice-president of the General Board of the Scientific Association of Polish Archaeologists.
Director of the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Sciences, University of Gdansk
Prof. Natalia Marek-Trzonkowska, PhD, is director of the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Sciences (ICCVS) at the University of Gdansk. Her research focuses on the clinical application of immune cells. Among other things, she is the co-inventor of the first use of regulatory T cells (Treg) in the treatment of type 1 diabetes in children, co-founder of PolTREG S.A. and author of international patents on ways to produce cells for therapeutic purposes. She is currently working on personalized cell therapy for non-small cell lung cancer. She is a recipient of the Kosciuszko Foundation and the Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists. Her research has received numerous national and international awards, including from the Polish-American Medical Society, the Polish Academy of Sciences, the International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, the European Federation of Immunological Societies and the International Islet and Pancreas Transplantation Association.
Director, Doctoral School of Natural Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan
UAM Prof. Agnieszka Ludwików, director of the Doctoral School of Natural Sciences, received her PhD degree (2006) and habilitation (2016) from the Faculty of Biology at UAM. In 2003, she received a Marie Curie Training Site grant for a research stay at the University of Manchester in the laboratory of Patrick Gallois, where she gained expertise in microarray analysis. Her research focuses on signaling processes in plants. She is an expert in functional genomics, biochemistry, proteomics, interactomics and RNAseq transcriptomics. is a PI in many NCN projects, EU COST Action project and POWER projects. In 2016, she became the head of the PhD program at the Faculty of Biology, UAM. Since 2017, she has been the head of the Biotechnology Laboratory at IMBB, and since 2019 she has been the Director of the Doctoral School of Life Sciences.
Prof. of Częstochowa University of Technology
He specializes in research on intelligent understanding and processing of large data sets and focuses on methods of computational intelligence, CBIR, exploration of large data sets so-called data mining and machine learning algorithms, optimization of databases and information storage. He is the author of nearly 80 scientific papers and articles. As a manager or contractor, he has participated in numerous national and international projects. He was the manager of a project funded by the National Science Center entitled. "Innovative Methods for Searching and Indexing Multimedia Data Using Computational Intelligence Techniques". He was the originator and author of the concept of a project worth more than 12 million PLN entitled "E-leader as an opportunity to counteract digital exclusion for the residents of the municipalities of Moszczenica, Ujazd, Będków, Czarnocin", contractor in the project "New perspectives on intelligent multimedia management with applications in medicine and privacy protecting systems" carried out and financed under the Polish-Swiss Research Program PSPB. Currently, he is responsible on behalf of the leader of a consortium of local governments for the implementation of the project entitled "Municipality Closer to Residents," whose main objective is the broadly understood digitization of municipalities from the construction of fiber optic networks to the implementation of EZD PUW systems. He also provides technical and organizational support for the construction of a data processing center as part of the Moszczenickie Tereny Inwestycyjne project.
Head of Laboratory of Modeling of Ecohydrodynamic Processes, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Lidia Dzierzbicka-Glowacka employee of the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences in Sopot, Head of the Laboratory of Ecohydrodynamic Processes Modeling, mathematician, programmer, specialist in numerical programming of biological and chemical processes occurring in the marine and natural environment. Recipient of many scientific awards, including the Award of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2020 for the application of mathematical models and computer simulations as new methods of recognizing processes occurring in the marine environment. Author/co-author of more than 90 scientific publications in science and life sciences. Co-author of a patent for the invention "Integrated system for assessing the condition of the environment, especially the waters of restricted bodies of water, from environmental biochemical forcing". Manager and/or principal investigator of many scientific and R&D projects. Topics of current research include numerical work in the fields of agriculture, fisheries and marine management, within the framework of implementation projects: WaterPUCK, FindFish and CSI-POM, of which he is the creator and coordinator.
Vice-rector for development, Czestochowa University of Technology
Marek Warzecha, Ph.D., Prof. of MSc, serves as Vice-Rector for Development at Częstochowa University of Technology. Previously, he served as Vice Dean for Innovation and Development of the Faculty of Production Engineering and Materials Technology from 2016 to 2020, and as Director of the Technology Transfer Center of Częstochowa University of Technology from 2020 to 2023.
His research interests are in the problems of metal fabrication and recycling and hot-dip galvanizing. In this thematic area, he has published nearly 150 papers and carried out more than a dozen research and development projects. During his career, he held research and teaching internships at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Belgium and the Groupe Belge du College Europeen de Technologie in France. From 2007 to 2010, he was a research and teaching fellow at RWTH Aachen University of Technology in Germany. He has also worked in industry, including as a technology consultant and R&D manager.
Specialist in orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, specialist in medical rehabilitation
Daniel Kozyra graduated from the Military Medical Academy in Lodz in 1986. He obtained first degree specialization in orthopedics and traumatology in 1994 at the WAM Central Clinical Hospital in Warsaw and second degree specialization in medical rehabilitation in 1998.
Prof. UMK, Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Katharina Boguslawski is a university professor, PhD at ETH Zurich, affiliated with the Institute of Physics at UMK in Torun since 2016, winner of NCN, NCBiR, MSCA-IF-EF and ERC StG grants.Her activities include the development of electron structure methods for ground and excited states at the interface of physics and chemistry, as well as programming and software engineering. The researcher's interdisciplinary profile, combining chemistry, physics, and mathematics with applied computer science, allows her to conduct fundamental research that has wide-ranging practical applications in economics and business, while also contributing to environmental protection. The starting point for application applications is a modern open-source scientific software called PyBEST (http://pybest.fizyka.umk.pl), of which the candidate is the main author. The current challenge is to adapt PyBEST to reliably model large organic molecules and their properties for use in organic electronics.
College of Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow
Dr. Eng. Malgorzata Karbarz has been involved in genetic analysis of useful plants and medicinal fungi for 16 years. She has participated in eight projects: Ministerial, NCN and NCBIR, PCI including application projects with breeding and biotechnology companies. She participated in three international COST (Cooperation of Science and Technology) actions, including one as the only representative of Poland. She completed a 4.5-month internship at biotechnology company Applied Enzyme Technology Ltd. (Wales).
Researcher, Freelancer, Lublin University of Technology
Head of the project titled: "Development of technology to increase aerodynamic performance of rotorcraft" funded by the National Center for Research and Development under the LIDER program, implemented at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology.
For more than 10 years, she has been a contractor in automotive and aerospace R&D and implementation projects. She is the author and co-author of more than 50 scientific publications and co-author of 8 patents, as well as the winner of an internship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in the TransFormation.doc program "Supporting the system of management of scientific research and its results" at Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Privately, she is a Nordic walking instructor, a lover of theater, mountains and travel.
Jagiellonian University
Regina Lenart-Gansiniec, Ph.D., professor at the Jagiellonian University, holds a postdoctoral degree in management science and quality, and is a university professor in the Department of Management of Higher Education Institutions at the Institute of Public Affairs in the Faculty of Management and Social Communication. He specializes in strategic management issues, especially knowledge management, organizational learning and crowdsourcing. In her research she uses quantitative and qualitative research methods. She is the manager and implementer of several research projects funded by unijnished funds, the National Science Center (SONATA and OPUS) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. She serves as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Contemporary Management. He is a member of the scientific board of Learning Organization and Innovation Journal. He participates in the work of international and national scientific associations: European Group for Organizational Studies, Social Science and Humanities Research Association Eurasia Research, International Society for Professional Innovation Management, European Citizen Science Association, Polish Economic Society, Scientific Society of Organization and Management. Member of the Committee on Culture and Media Management of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. Scholarship recipient of the Minister of Science and Higher Education Award for Outstanding Achievements (2019-2022). Recipient of a total of four Rector's Awards of the Jagiellonian University for organizational achievements in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (each year since employment). Recipient of the Scientist of the Future 2022 award in the "Research of the Future" category.
Faculty of Process Engineering and Environmental Protection, Technical University of Lodz
Dr. Aleksandra Ziemiańska-Stolarska, assistant professor at the Faculty of Process Engineering and Environmental Protection, is currently working on 3 European projects in which she is responsible for tasks related to counting environmental loads for newly developed technologies and materials. The first is HIPERION, which aims to determine the environmental effects associated with the construction, operation, maintenance, and end-of-life waste management of a photovoltaic module (HCPV). Another is the Fibre4Yards project, which is concerned with determining the carbon footprint of small and medium-sized vessels made from a composite material of support fibers embedded in thermosetting resin. A project in which Dr. Aleksandra Ziemiańska-Stolarska serves as coordinator is the HECATE project, in which technologies and materials with the lowest carbon footprint will be selected on the basis of LCA analysis to produce a demonstrator - a hybrid-electric aircraft.
Israeli crystallographer, Nobel laureate
Prof. Ada Yonath izraelska krystalograf. Studiowała na Uniwersytecie Hebrajskim w Jerozolimie, gdzie uzyskała bakalaureat w 1962 roku oraz tytuł magistra biochemii w 1964. Stopień doktora uzyskała w 1968 roku w Instytucie Naukowym Weizmana, jej praca doktorska dotyczyła krystalografii. Odbyła staże podoktorskie w Carnegie Mellon University (1969) oraz MIT (1970). Badania Jonath koncentrują się na mechanizmach molekularnych biosyntezy białek. Wyznaczyła ona z dużą rozdzielczością struktury krystaliczne jednostek rybosomów. W 2007 otrzymała Nagrodę Wolfa w dziedzinie chemii, w 2009 Nagrodę Nobla w dziedzinie chemii za badania nad strukturą i funkcją rybosomów (wspólnie z Venkatramanem Ramakrishnanem i Thomasem Steitzem). Laureatka Medalu PTChem im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, doktor honoris causa Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi.
Israeli-Arab scientist and engineer, pioneer known for inventing the Nano Artificial Nose (NA-NOSE)
Prof. Hossam Haick jest izraelsko-arabskim naukowcem i inżynierem oraz aktualnym dziekanem studiów licencjackich w Israel Institute of Technology, urodzonym w 1975 roku. Jest pionierem znanym z wynalezienia Nano Sztucznego Nosa (NA-NOSE) do wykrywania chorób wydychanym powietrzu, (dzięki czemu został wyróżniony jako innowator MIT poniżej 35 lat), który jest szeroko stosowany do wykrywania biomarkerów chorób w laboratoriach i przemyśle. Prowadzi wiele wkładów w interdyscyplinarnych dziedzinach, takich jak nanotechnologia, nanoczujniki, lotne biomarkery i elektronika molekularna.
Deputy chairman of the Council for Scientific Excellence of Poland, economist and former rector of the EU in Poznan
Prof. Marian Gorynia Polish economist, professor and former rector of the Poznan University of Economics. Since 2019, deputy chairman of the Council for Scientific Excellence. He is Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Polish Economic Society and a member of the Committee of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is on the Boards and Editorial Committees of numerous specialized economic journals. In addition, he is a member of the Poznań Society of Friends of Science, the Scientific Society of Organization and Management, the Academy of International Business, the European International Business Academy, and the International Management Development Association. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Bialystok and the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.
Director, National Center for Research and Development in 2019-2022
Absolwent Wydziału Automatyki i Informatyki Politechniki Śląskiej, Doktor Nauk Ekonomicznych w Dyscyplinie Nauki o Zarządzaniu Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego.
Manager z wieloletnim doświadczeniem w zarządzaniu przedsiębiorstwami oraz dużymi projektami w branży telekomunikacyjnej. Ekspert w dziedzinie nowoczesnych technologii i zarządzania. Autor szeregu publikacji naukowych z zakresu strategii rozwoju, zarządzania przedsiębiorstwami oraz kształtowania wartości przedsiębiorstw.
Karierę zawodową rozpoczął w sektorze biznesowym w WSK „PZL-Mielec” S.A., gdzie doprowadził do wyodrębnienia z jej struktur telekomunikacyjnej działalności operatorskiej oraz utworzenia spółki Przedsiębiorstwa Telekomunikacyjnego „Centrala” Sp. z o.o. (późniejsza: Multimedia Polska S.A. – Mielec Sp. z o.o.). Negocjator kształtów umów w zakresie sprzedaży, aktywizacji i łączenia spółek. Manager z wieloletnim doświadczeniem w zarządzaniu przedsiębiorstwami oraz dużymi projektami w branży telekomunikacyjnej (Multimedia Polska S.A., Nordisk Polska Sp. z o.o., EXATEL S.A.) i fotowoltaicznej (Mielec PV S.A.). Ekspert w zakresie oceny projektów związanych z budową regionalnych sieci szerokopasmowych oraz sieci ostatniej mili. Dyrektor Generalny największego w Europie projektu budowy regionalnej sieci szerokopasmowej (Internet dla Mazowsza).
W latach 2016-2018 Dyrektor Naukowej i Akademickiej Sieci Komputerowej (NASK), gdzie współtworzył i kierował m.in. projektami utworzenia Narodowego Centrum Cyberbezpieczeństwa, Ogólnopolskiej Sieci Edukacyjnej, połączenia NASK z Instytutem Maszyn Matematycznych. Pod jego kierownictwem NASK zyskał status Państwowego Instytutu Badawczego, a w Instytucie zaczął na mocy ustawy o krajowym systemie cyberbezpieczeństwa działać CSIRT poziomu krajowego.
W listopadzie 2018 roku został powołany do Rady Narodowego Centrum Badań i Rozwoju, w której pełnił funkcję Przewodniczącego Komisji ds. Finansów.
Journalist
Journalist, winner of the Wiktor award in the Media Personality category. He has a very large professional practice, gained both as an executive (he was, among other things, editor-in-chief of "Machina", "Film" and "Przekrój"), writing (press journalist in many titles), acting in radio, and hosting numerous television programs of a very different nature.
He is also the author of several best-selling books, with a total circulation of more than 250,000 copies. (including "God, Cash and Rock'n'Roll" and "His Highness Longin"). In the course of acquiring various professional competencies, he also happened to make hobby appearances in films
and TV series, including "M jak miłość" and dubbing animated characters such as in "Niko the Reindeer Saves Christmas."
Marcin is one of the most respected and sought-after Polish entertainers, having
to his credit several hundred conducted events for major international companies, including industry conferences and congresses, elegant galas, thematic festivals, massive concerts
and many others.
Winner in the ranking of the best entertainers in Poland according to Press monthly, No. 9-10/2017.
The sum of his diverse and numerous experiences translates into speeches and lectures full of anecdotes, fascinating for the listener, which can take different forms and character,
depending on the client's expectations.
Privately, Marcin is passionate about new technologies - artificial intelligence, virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, industry 4.0 and other issues shaping our lives in the near future. He is able to talk about it competently and engagingly, placing professional knowledge in the context of issues close to everyone - work, entertainment, self-development, ongoing social changes.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o. and Managing Director of GE Engineering Design Center
Marian Lubieniecki graduated from the Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Shipbuilding at the University of Gdansk with a master's degree in engineering. He continued his education at the Institute of Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdansk, earning a doctorate in technical sciences. He began his professional career at Philips Royal Electronics as a Mechanical Project Manager, and also worked at ABB/ALSTOM as an Aerodynamics Specialist Engineer in the Steam Turbine Research and Development Department.
He has been associated with the Warsaw Engineering Design Center almost since its inception. He was one of the first GE Aviation employees at the Engineering Design Center, where he worked as a Design Engineer for turbine engine flow parts. He held successive management positions for seven years, before establishing GE Oil & Gas's upstream technology team at EDC in 2007, which he grew into an organization of several hundred people. He then became Executive Director of the subsea technologies team.
In 2016, Marian Lubieniecki took the position of CEO of General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o. and Managing Director of GE Engineering Design Center.
Trainer, Megalit
Coach and Trainer, Journalist and Author, Inspirational Speaker, Business and PR Consultant.
Member of ICF, certified by Erickson College. Co-founder of the Polish Chamber of Training Companies.
Author of books and journalist, wrote several hundred texts on business. And two bestsellers "Psychology of change -rzecz dla wściekniętych "and "Manipulation disenchanted". Award: BCC Sharp Pen, Proton 2012 for the best educator in the PR industry.
Member of the European Parliament
Prof. Jerzy Buzek - Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland from 1997 to 2001. First President of the European Parliament from Central and Eastern Europe. In the Parliament continuously since 2004. Currently chairing the work of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Responsible on behalf of the Parliament for the regulation on security of gas supply to Europe. Recognized by VoteWatch Europe experts as the most influential MEP on energy issues. Awarded the Order of the White Eagle for his contribution to Poland's democratic transformation, scientific achievements and political accomplishments in Poland and internationally.
Secretary of State, Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy
Secretary of State at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. She oversees the subject of the implementation of EU funds for innovation (the Intelligent Development Program) and human capital (the Knowledge Education Development Program). Her duties also include coordinating the preparation of the new programming period for 2021-2027 and overseeing the Accessibility Plus program (she co-authored the Accessibility Act). She also serves as Government Plenipotentiary for the preparation of the World Urban Forum in Katowice in 2022. From November 15, 2019 to October 6, 2020, she served as Minister of Funds and Regional Policy.
Director, National Center for Research and Development in 2022
Dr. Remigiusz Kopoczek has been involved in the scientific community for years. He earned his doctorate at the University of Szczecin.
Since 2020, he has been a member of the Senate of the University of Silesia in Katowice. In 2012-2016, he served as Vice-Dean for Education and Students at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Silesia. He has co-authored courses in game design and virtual space, and authored and co-authored publications on the process of computer game development, the use of multimedia and virtual reality in education, among others. In recent years, he served as CEO of the first video game gas pedal ARP Games.
Prior to becoming acting director of the NCRD, he was chairman of the board of one of Poland's largest economic conferences, the Congress 590.
Director, Information Processing Center - National Research Institute
Director of the Information Processing Center - National Research Institute (OPI PIB).He defended his doctoral thesis at the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Lecturer at the University of Information Technology and Management in Warsaw. At OPI PIB, he served for many years as head of the Laboratory of Intelligent Information Systems - the largest at the institute.
His professional career has been in the R&D field for many years. Among his interests are artificial intelligence, software development, statistics, time series forecasting, text and web mining. He is currently involved in project management using agile methodologies, software design and development, as well as machine learning, bioinformatics, and big data.
Deputy President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
Appointed to the position of Deputy President on January 27, 2020. Doctor of Social Sciences, graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw (specialization in public administration). In 2016-2020, Deputy Director of the Department of Promotion and Support for Innovation at the Polish Patent Office, where he was responsible for the implementation of undertakings and system projects and the development of materials aimed at disseminating knowledge about intellectual property. He is the author of more than a dozen publications on political systems (concerning, among other things, the functioning of minority governments in the Third Republic, the institution of the legislative veto, the dilemmas surrounding parliamentary majorities, and co-author of the translation of the Constitution of Kenya), as well as intellectual property protection (IP management, copyright law in higher education, issues of commercialization and technology transfer). He has conducted numerous training courses and postgraduate classes addressed to various communities, including academics and entrepreneurs, on the protection and management of intangible assets in organizations. Since 2013, lecturer at the Institute of Political Science and Administration at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw. Listener of the course "Study of Biblical and Theological Knowledge" at the Theological Faculty of UKSW. He is interested in the spirituality and life of St. Ignatius Loyola.
President, Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys
President of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys (PIRP) of the current term.
She also served in this position from 2017 to 2021, and was previously Dean of the Mazovia District of PIRP.
She is a national and European patent attorney and legal counsel, as well as a mediator in intellectual property matters and an arbitrator of Polish and European Internet domain arbitration courts.
For more than 25 years, he has been advising Polish and foreign clients on the protection of industrial and intellectual property rights and combating unfair competition. He helps entrepreneurs effectively manage intellectual property rights to develop business
and achieve market success.
He has extensive knowledge and experience as a patent attorney and legal counselor, thanks to which he successfully conducts litigation and court proceedings in the field of infringement of exclusive rights, including complex patent, trademark and copyright disputes.
He also deals with issues related to the protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet in relation to Internet domain names, as well as widely understood e-commerce activities. He also supports companies in the implementation of business strategies, providing assistance in the area of corporate law and handling commercial transactions.
She actively popularizes knowledge on the protection of intellectual property rights during many conferences, trainings and educational workshops. She is the author of numerous domestic
and foreign publications. She is also active in international intellectual property law organizations INTA and AIPPI.
She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. She is the managing partner of JWP Patent Attorneys and JWP Law Firm, as well as the founder of the JWP Idea-Patent-Profit Foundation.
President, Central Office of Weights and Measures
Professor of physical sciences. Graduated in physics from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Higher School of Pedagogy in Kielce.
He received his doctorate in 1995 from the Andrzej Soltan Institute of Nuclear Problems in Świerk. He received his postdoctoral degree from the University of Warsaw in 2002, based on his dissertation Dissociative Recombination in Ion Storage Rings. He received the title of professor of physical sciences on July 3, 2012. His scientific activities are related to the study of collisions of free electrons with molecular ions under low-temperature plasma conditions and the study of the mechanisms of ionization and emission of characteristic X-rays in collisions of ions with atoms.
Employed at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce since 1988 (head of the department of molecular physics and later of medical physics and biophysics), in 1995-1998 he held scientific internships at Stockholm University of Technology and Stockholm University.
He served as Vice-Rector for Teaching and Student Affairs (2008-2012), Vice-Rector for General Affairs (2012-2020) and Rector (2012-2020) of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. He has been a member of the Scientific Policy Committee since 2020.
Director of Innovation, Veolia Energia Polska S.A.
Over 10 years of experience in innovation and R&D, working with corporations, Small and Mid-sized Enterprises, NGOs, startups and technological universities. Currently Director of Innovation at Veolia Energy Poland Group. Implementing innovative solutions, establishing innovative culture, incorporating business processes within innovation, team +30. Used to work for an Innovation Design Agency, incorporating gained interdisciplinary experience into practice and constantly expanding her knowledge in the field of innovation management and entrepreneurship. She was also responsible for mapping companies to joint technological projects, and helping startups and, often leading and international, corporations grow through innovation.
Used to be Head of R&D Club building an innovation ecosystem with over 60 leading Large Corporation and SMEs in Poland; over 160 Directors, Managers working on Research & Development, as well as Innovation. Incorporating knowledge-sharing culture within R&D Club initiatives. Vice President of the SIMS Association established by cross-functional teams of scientists from 60 universities and research institutes in Poland dealing with the management of research infrastructure. Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum.
Graduate of R&D Infrastructure Management and commercialization Programme at Fraunhofer Institute, Max Planck Gesellschaft, the Technical University of Dresden and IBM in New York; and Graduate of Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Programme at the University of Lund in Sweden organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
Marathon runner, sports fan (currently preparing for Triathlon), camper lover and lifelong learning practitioner.
Fluent in English and French.
Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Investment and Development in 2018-2019; Member of the Management Board of PKP S.A. in 2019-2020.
Since July 12, 2019, she has served as a member of the Board of Directors of PKP S.A.. Previously, she held the position of Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Investment and Development. In the structures of the ministry, she was responsible for the implementation of EU funds for major infrastructure investments (Infrastructure and Environment Program), coordination of the Juncker Plan in Poland and matters related to public-private partnerships. Deputy Minister Zielińska worked as deputy director of the Infrastructure Programs Department since April 2016, first at the Ministry of Development and then at the Ministry of Investment and Development. She has extensive management experience, both in the public and private sectors. Before becoming deputy director at the ministry, she was director at, among others, the Center for EU Transport Projects and PKP S.A., where she managed railway stations. She has worked in managerial positions in private enterprises and state-owned companies. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology, where she earned a degree in mechanical engineering. She also completed Postgraduate Management Studies at Warsaw University.
