COMMUNITY
Tomasz Tyczyński
CEO FortiCon
Michał Żukowski
CEO at Innteo I IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Justyna Pelc
Agenda Manger at Deep Tech CEE Summit & Challenge | Spacetech lover
Krzysztof Delikat
Event Project Manager at Deep Tech CEE PSA & IPF | Senior Event Manager
Marcin Wenus
CEO Comparic & Invest Cuffs I IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Katarzyna Hilczer
Space4Talent Project's Coordinator | Deep Tech CEE Challenge Project's Manager
Mariusz Wilarski
Senior Manager at HP | Business Partner at Deep Tech CEE
Artur Thielmann
Startup Advisor | IPF's Board of Directors Member & Interim Manager
Dorota Stosik
Head of Marketing Communications at UNIA | IPF's Board of Directors Member
Paweł Ząbek
Board Member & Chief of Staff at the Innovative Poland Foundation
Marcin Gołębicki
CEO at EP Solutions | Advisory Board Member at Medinice S.A. / Investor (UE)
Marta Lefik
CDO at Verdant Nature | Investor (USA/PL)
Jakub Kruszelnicki
Head of Technology Transfer and Sustainability Unit at FundingBox (DE)
Tomasz Kierul
Founder at Skybrook Ventures | Lecturer at Boston University (USA)
Grzegorz Marzec
Product Specialist at Analityka Genetyka
Adrian Maciejewski
Principal at Aegis Capital | Advisor at Medical Inventi S.A. | Investor
Filip Klar
Partner at AOMB Polska | Patent attorney
Martyna Bogucka
CEO Horizon | Advisor to the CEO's of the Employers of Poland
Krzysztof Pawłowski,PhD
Founder & President of the National-Louis University in Nowy Sącz
Magdalena Bryś
Expert at the Polish Public Relations Association
Aleksandra Chmielewska
Director of Strategic Projects at Gemius | Lecturer at Kozminsky University
Konrad Frontczak
CEO at Innovation Creation Centre | Council Member of the PIAP Institute
Łukasz Szydłowski,PhD
Co-founder & CTO at AstroFarms | Owner at Kinnaka
Dawid Ratajczak
CEO & Lead Software Developer at Develos
Bartłomiej Postek
CEO Hanza Group | Startup Mentor at SuperCharger Ventures (PL/UK)
Piotr Mieczkowski
Vice President of the European AI Forum | Managing Director at the Digital Poland Foundation
Paweł Pisarczyk, PhD
CEO at Atende Industries / CEO at Phoenix Systems
Artiom Komardin
Co-founder & CCO at SENSE Smart Roofs
Prof. Mirosław Janowski
Full Professor, Tenured, at University of Maryland Baltimore (USA) / Innovator
Adam Zadrożny
Co-Owner at Slide Story | Psychologist and Trainer
Hubert Gęsiarz
Co-founder Smart Soft Solutions | Director at ŁARR
Andrzej Zakręcki,PhD
Project Manager at Alpha Powders | R&D Specialist
Maciej Karczewski,PhD
CEO & Co-founder w Windtak LLC (PL/USA)
Greg Banaś
Manging Director at Erebor Capital VC fund
Kinga Wacławik
Partner at Erebor Capital VC | Accelerator Manager at Ad Ventures
Ewa Nowicka-Ratajczak,PhD
Head of Regional Hub, Wales & South-West Region (Innovate UK ICURe Programme)
Ewa Warchoł, PhD
Global Development Scientist, Associate Director (Late Respiratory & Immunology) at AstraZeneca
Marek Kotelnicki
Investor in photonics and deep tech at Vigo Ventures
Piotr Polończyk
Management Director at Stalion
Margaret Grzegorczyk-Nuttall,PhD
Lecturer in Marketing & Innovation at University of Leicester (UK/PL)
Piotr Piasek
Serial Entrepreneur | Investor | innovator
Waldemar Dubaniowski
Business Development Director at PWC Poland
Rafał Flis
Co-founder & Vice President at Zwolnieni z Teorii | Board Member at Right Choices
Sławomir Piwowarczyk
Youth Entrepreneurship Coordinator at PFDiM
Dariusz Aksamit, PhD
Physics Teacher & Akademeia High School | Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the March for Science Foundation
Dariusz Kryczka
Partner at EY Poland | Climate & Energy Expert at Global Compact Network Poland
Przemysław Sękalski,PhD
Director of IT Centre at Lodz University of Technology | Owner of Inno4U
Prof. Ewelina Rodriguez Leal
Director of Innovation at Grupo Salinas | Co-founder Verde Olarte (MX)
Anna Bielicka
Executive Director at The Policy Bridge | Trade & Investment Specialist at Embassy of Poland (USA/UE)
Eric R. Dawicki
President at Northeast Maritime Institute | Co-Founder, President and CEO at Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Registry, Inc.
Joanna Skuza
International Business Partnership Manager at Re-Fresh Global (IL)
Karol Przybyszewski,PhD
Co-founder and CTO of The INFOTECH Foundation | CTO & Co-Founder at DPSFLow
Julia Skrzypkowska
Learning and Development Partner at BNP Paribas | Owner of Life Coach & Business Coaching
Blake Wind
VC Advisor: AR/VR/XR, Nanotech, Deep Tech, and Tech For Good
Marcin Lewandowski
Senior Director, Risk & Analytics at Ecostrat Inc. (CAN)
Andrzej Burgs
CEO at Sygnis S.A.
Michał Hetmański
CEO at Instrat - Warsaw-based think tank | Visiting Senior Fellow at Grantham Research Institute, LSE
Anna Ogar, PhD
CEO at Insignes Labs & Microbe Plus
Patrick Barkowski
CTO & Founder INURU (DE)
Bartłomiej Kołodziejczyk,PhD
Founder & CTO at Element Zero | Expert at World Economic Forum (AU/SE)
Krzysztof Choromański,PhD
Research Scientist at Google | Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University (USA, NYC)
Karolina Gębska,PhD
Adjunct at Zielonogórski University
Filip Granek, PhD
CEO & co-founder XTPL S.A.
Barbara Sobowska
Founder of MOST Partners | Law - VC & Growing companies (Europe, US, UK)
Jakub Urbański, PhD
CEO at Dairy Biotechnologies | Chief Science Officer at NOMI BIOTECH CORPORATION
Bartosz Bursa, PhD
COO at Saule Technologies Inc.
Tomasz Łuczyński,PhD
BGSW Centre Of Robotics Excellence Lead at Bosch Poland
Paweł Jarosiewicz,PhD
President of the YPN Poland IAHR | Assistant Professor in Ecohydrology PAN
Przemyslaw Chojecki,PhD
CEO & AI Consultant at ulam.ai
Anna Szwiec
President of the Association Women in Technology Poland
Łukasz Wawak
Manager at Polish-Ukrainian Startup Bridge | CEO at AV Advisory
Prof. Michał Kosiński
Associate Professor at Stanford University | Expert in AI
George Guse
Managing Director at Arc Renewable Group (AU)
Wioleta Braunsejs
Business Analyst in INVESTIN
Natalia Gorzelnik
Redaktor at BIZNES24 (PL)
Jan Kędzierski, PhD
CEO at EMYS Inc.
Marian Zastawny, PhD
Senior Application Support Engineer at Siemens Digital Industries Software (UK)
Natalia Formosa (USA)
Beauty Marketer and Product Innovator | Head of Trade Marketing at Europerfumes
Przemysław Gaweł,PhD
Principal Investigator at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences ·
Krzysztof Kumala
Life Sciences Lawyer, COO Pharma Business Club
Piotr Drożdżyk
Independent Innovation Consultant
Effiom Uman-Ntuk
Przedsiębiorca, farmaceuta, właściciel opieka.farm
Karolina Wojtas
Startup/Entrepreneurship Supporter & Activist / Rada Fundacji Polska Innowacyjna
Marek Antoniuk
CEO RiftCat
Prof. Tadeusz Uhl
CEO EC Group | Lecturer at AGH University
Prof. Jacek Żurada
Nominee for 2019-2020 IEEE President | Lecturer at Louisville University (USA)
Katarzyna Marczuk,PhD
Founder & CEO at Aleet (SGP/PL)
Maciej Kopczyński
Co-founder & CRO at Photon Entertainment
Justyna Uman-Ntuk
CEO innoMED i farmaceuta
Piotr Krzemiński
COO euroLoop
Marek Gutt-Mostowy
CEO euroLoop
Daria Gołębiowska-Tataj, PhD
Founder & CEO at Tataj Innovation | High-Level Expert at the European Commission
Ian Firla, PhD
Co-Founder & Director at OSTC Group (exited) | ZISHI (ongoing) | Board Advisor
Lech Kaniuk
COO iTaxi
Grzegorz Kolasiński
Rada Fundacji Polska Innowacyjna
Joanna Cichowska
doktorantka Wydziału Nauk o Żywności SGGW
Mateusz Bujalski
Head of Sales and Marketing at Flowbox
Izabela Zawisza, PhD
R&D Innovation Lead Central & Eastern Europe at Haleon
Monika Handzlik
CEO Contact Europe
Łukasz Pietrzkiewicz
Wiceprezes Zarządu Fluid S.A.
Artur Ciszewski
Dyrektor Inwestycyjny QBN Fund
Katarzyna Bąk
Founder MINDS / Junior Product Designer at Netguru
Bartłomiej Dąbkowski
Partner w Brante Partners
dr Marzena Smol
Instytut Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN
Daria Goś
Specjalista ds. PR, Międzynarodowy Instytut Biologii Molekularnej i Komórkowej w Warszawie
dr n. med. Przemysław Rzodkiewicz
Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji/Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny
Andrzej Jaeschke
doktorant Politechniki Łódzkiej, Matematyka dla biznesu
Anna Jarno
Główny Technolog w SYNTAJ S.A., Doradca ADR
Urszula Herman
Prezes Zarządu PelviFly Sp. z o.o.
dr Monika Sady
Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie
dr Regina Lenart-Gansiniec
Adiunkt, Uniwersytet Jagielloński
Adrian Migoń
CEO Youth Business Poland
dr inż. Klaudia Proniewska (Collegium Medicum UJ)
Dyrektor Corelab w KCRI
Wojciech Kokot
Specjalista ds. scoutingu w The Heart Warsaw
Jacek Kubrak
Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Creotech Instruments S.A. / CEO IFC Capital
Piotr Palutkiewicz
Prezes Instytutu Inicjatyw Gospodarczych i Konsumenckich INSTIGOS
Bogusz Ostalski
Architekt w MKC Architektura
Piotr Piotrowski
prezes Polish-Israeli Startup Foundation
dr Karolina Mania
Adwokat w Centrum Alternatywnego Rozwiązywania Sporów WPiA UJ
Bartłomiej Świstak Piotrowski
Lider: Startupunity & TEAM Kraków
Agnieszka Labus
CEO & Founder Laboratory of Architekture 60+ (LAB 60+) Assistant Profesor at Silesian Univeristy of Technology
Anna Szczurek
doktorantka Politechniki Wrocławskiej
Krzysztof Koczewski
International Business Development Manager at media-press.tv
Anna Koczewska
Training Specialist at FedEx Express
Matt Slowikowski
MASc, PMP, EIT, MBA Candidate
Jaremi Jak
CEO & Founder Polish Israeli Startups Foundation
Wojciech Wodo
doktorant Politechniki Wrocławskiej/ Fundacja Manus
Łukasz Dżumała
Przedsiąbiorca, marketer, analityk
Piotr Wonsewicz
Cubic Inch, Sales Engineer
Janusz Kizieniewicz
Przedstawiciel w Polsce, Polsko-Litewska Izba Handlowa
dr Tadeusz Trocikowski
Expert / consultant on European Funds
Andrzej Kuśnierczak
Ph.D. student at AGH University of Science and Technology
Prof. dr hab. inż. Tomasz Ciach
Kierownik Laboratorium Inżynierii Biomedycznej, założyciel NanoVelos
dr Sylwia Wrona
Prodziekan na Uniwersytecie Ekonomicznym we Wrocławiu
Aleksander Góra
Inżynier w Renew Group Private Limited (Singapur)
dr inż. Michał Dykas
Właściciel CorreScopy
Irka Pawlowski
Founder, Strategic Director at Pulse
Beata Rekosz
Młodszy specjalista ds. pozyskiwania grantów
Joanna Pawlikowska
Business Developer at UniteLabs (Switzerland, Basel)
Mateusz Ciasnocha
Vice President of Oxford Entrepreneurs
Maria Krysztofiak
Talent Scout Region Europe/EEMEA at Hoffmann-La Roche Switzerland
Andrzej Jaśkiewicz
Założyciel i pierwszy Wiceprezes PTSK
Piotr Grudzień
Prezes Międzywydziałowego Koła Naukowego Smart City PW
Paweł Przybyszewski
Broker Technologii w BT Progress, Członek rady nadzorczej w Fabryka i3
Adam Szaniawski
doktorant Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
dr Karolina Mirowska
Prezes Zarządu Fundacji Polonium
Przemysław Kornatowski
Ph.D. Candidate at Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, ÉPFL (Switzerland)
Piotr Hołubowicz
CEO SEEDiA
Bartosz Kwiatkowski
CEO driv2e / Partner at Virtual Power Plant
Agnieszka Pawlikowska
Konsultant w Financial Transaction Engineering EY (Luksemburg)
Ania Walkowska
Startup Activist (PL/USA)
Łukasz Rusajczyk
Członek Rady Wykonawczej Parlamentu Studentów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Sandra Oborska
Co-founder of the EuroArab Project of AEGEE-Europe
Bartłomiej Kurylak
Polska Grupa Audytorska - Partner Zarządzający
Adam Zarzycki
Leader of HyperLodz Team
Cezary Rosiak
HyperŁódź Team (wsparcie techniczne)
Paweł Wróbel
Doktorant Aberystwyth University
Jakub Chmielnicki
HyperLodz Team (technical division)
Tadeusz Tombiński
Associate Quality Officer at Confluence (Belgia)
Elżbieta Wyraz
Executive Director at Perspektywy Educational Foundation / Owner at AI World
Łukasz Kaleta
CEO at Art-Tech ASI | Vice Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board
Paweł Kustosz
CEO & founder Leaderna Biostructures
Iwona Kmieć
Ph.D. candidate at Medizinische University Innsbruck
Marek Gajewski
Przedsiębiorca, ekspert, doradca
Dariusz Kołoda
CEO Innovation Hub/ Broker Politechniki Warszawskiej
Elena Pawęta
Curator, TEDxPiotrkowskaStreet/ doktorantka Politechniki Łódzkiej
Maciej Furmaniak
HyperLodz Team - Technical Specialist
Mateusz Stajuda
HyperLodz Team - Design Section Leader
prof. dr hab. inż. Aleksander M. Nawrat
Z-ca Dyrektora NCBR
Hanna Król
Owner and Managing Director at inEdu
Maria Olsson
Właścicielka Maria Olsson Konsult
Karol Król
COO CONDA Crowdinvesting Poland
Jan Jaroszczak
HyperLodz Team - Marketing Manager
Tomasz Bąkowski
Conusltant - BrainWorx Innovation Consulting
prof. Andrzej Pawlak
Inżynier, naukowiec, przedsiębiorca
Justyna Kesler
Dyrektor Metodyczny & Coach Językowy, co-founder SOUL CONCEPT GROUP
Marta Królak
Studentka biotechnologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
dr inż. Grzegorz Liśkiewicz
Rector's proxy for Academic Entrepreneurship (Lodz University of Technology)
dr inż. Przemysław Rumianek
wykładowca Politechniki Warszawskiej
Kamil Kipiel
CEO Medical Simulation Technologies
Jacek Bartczak
Junior Marketing Manager in Arkley Seed Fund
Mateusz Bereziewicz
Doktorant SGH / PM w M8 Production House
Damian Szewczyk
CEO at Green Hill Inwestments
Szymon Talbierz
Co-founder & CEO Svanvid
prof. Wiesław Nowiński
Naukowiec, przedsiębiorca i innowator
dr Radosław Zwierz
Researcher at Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth
dr inż. Marcin Trzyna
R&D Manager at Braster S.A.
Emilia Zagórska-Iskander
Head of Marketing and PR at Esmod Dubai
Tomasz Gabryś
Associate at Alfabeat VC
Marcin Ratajczak
CEO INURU
Mateusz Muryjas
Data Scientist w Analityczny.IT
Jakub Fijewski
Owner & Art Dealer at Fijewski Gallery (PL/USA)
Paula Pul
CEO at LAWMORE | IPF's Supervisory Board Member | Partner at Deep Tech CEE
Karol Szerszeń
Architect at Intel Corporation (USA)
Gregory Prokopski
Ph.D. at McGill University (Canada)
Zuzanna Mieszkowska
Product Development Director at Predict System/ Rada Fundacji Polska Innowacyjna
Kamil Wiktorski
Student Warszawskiej Wyższej Szkoły Informatyki
dr inż. Krzysztof Bernacki
wykładowca Politechniki Śląskiej
Katarzyna Banaś
HR Specialist at ING Bank
Martin Cudnoch
R&D Director at Deloitte (Canada)
Magdalena Zorychta
doktorantka Politechniki Śląskiej
Aneta Michalska
Ekspert ds. pozyskiwania grantów i środków UE / founder Idea Partners Sp. z o.o.
dr inż. Paweł Maślak
Rada Fundacji Polska Innowacyjna
Michał Gajda
Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board / Project Manager at Startup Academy
Marcin Styrna, MBA
Vice President of the Management Board at Tauron Nowe Technologie S. A.
Sławomir Olejnik
President of the Innovative Poland Foundation | CEO at Deep Tech CEE PSA
Aleksandra Radziewska
Communications Manager w Magazynie Rekruter
dr inż. Henryk Jaremek
Wiceprezes Zarządu Braster S.A.
Marcin Gołębicki
CEO at EP Solutions | Advisory Board Member at Medinice S.A. / Investor (UE)
Marcin Gołębicki is a graduate of Harvard University, Minnesota University and Indiana University. For 25 years, he has managed major international medical companies in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East; he gained his experience successfully holding top management positions at, among others, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, St. Jude Medical (SJM), Abbott and Philips. He is a co-organizer of the Shark Tank competition for innovative start-up and medical companies and an investor in medical companies and start-ups. He sits on the supervisory boards of medical companies and is actively involved in innovative projects that have changed the medical sector worldwide. Since 2012, he has also been a European member of YPO, supporting the development of managers and leaders of the future. Since 2019, he is a member of the Supervisory Board of Medicalgorithmics.
Krzysztof Pawłowski,PhD
Founder & President of the National-Louis University in Nowy Sącz
Founder and President of Columbus Energy - the largest Polish company in the modern energy and RES sector. He is a graduate of electrical engineering at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow and holds an MBA from the Krakow University of Technology. He gained his managerial experience working for such companies as Heidelberg Technology Centre in Heidelberg, Air BP in London or MARS Polska. He has been an entrepreneur since 2009. From the very beginning he focused on energy efficiency and RES, betting on innovations in his start-ups. In 6 years of activity Columbus Energy conducted the development and transformation of a company listed on NewConnect, which is valued by investors in billions of PLN, achieving a spectacular business success. Through Columbus Energy and privately Dawid Zielinski invests in innovative start-ups, such as Nexity, a company related to the electromobility market, or Saule Technologies - a Polish company developing perovskite solar cell technology. A respected expert in the modern energy sector, member of the RES Power Program Council, winner of the prestigious EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 competition in the category of New Technologies/Innovation, winner of the Teraz Polska Emblem, he was listed among 200 people who create Polish economy (according to RMF FM, Money.pl and 300Gospodarka ranking). Charismatic leader and visionary, lover of unconventional solutions and mountain climbing. He lives according to the values that are also the DNA of Columbus: pace, talent, care, technology. His vision, which he pursues through the Carbon Footprint Foundation, among others, is to neutralize the carbon footprint.
Paweł Pisarczyk, PhD
CEO at Atende Industries / CEO at Phoenix Systems
He is the founder of the Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu - National-Louis University in Nowy Sącz and Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu in Tarnów. Until 2007 he was the rector of these universities. In 2008 he became the president of WSB-NLU in Nowy Sącz, which was merged with WSB in Tarnow. In 1997-1999 he was a member of the team for higher education reform, from 1997 to 2000 he chaired the Conference of Rectors of Non-state Higher Education Institutions. He also co-founded the Business Center Club. In 1993-1997 he was a member of the presidium of the National Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the board of the Polish Academic and Economic Forum. Since 2007 he has been a member of the supervisory board of Pekao SA bank.
Prof. Mirosław Janowski
Full Professor, Tenured, at University of Maryland Baltimore (USA) / Innovator
A graduate of the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology at the Warsaw University of Technology, where he is still academically active. For the last 20 years engaged in software development and scientific research. He started his career at the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microsynthesis, where he developed a multi-frame image capture system. He is the author of Phoenix-RTOS operating system and co-founder of IMMOS, one of the first Polish companies developing embedded systems software. Since 2003 he has been working for ATM SA, first as a System Engineer and R&D Director, then as the President of the Management Board of ATM-Lab Research and Development Centre, and now as the President of the Management Board of Atende Software. At the same time, he was CEO of Phoenix Systems, which developed an operating system and software for embedded systems. Author or co-author of over 40 scientific publications.
Waldemar Dubaniowski
Business Development Director at PWC Poland
He is a neurosurgeon by training and a professor by profession. Currently he is actively conducting research in the field of precision and regenerative medicine at Johns Hopkins University - one of the best universities in the world, at the leading academic hospital in the USA. The initiator and coordinator of the EXPLORE ME project financed by NCBiR under the STRATEGMED I program. He successfully brought the results of his scientific research into the clinic by performing the world's first real-time magnetic resonance-guided neuroendovascular procedure. Member of the Collegium of Eminent Scientists established by the Kosciuszko Foundation in the USA. Creator of 5 inventions submitted to patent offices and founder of two start-ups on both sides of the ocean: Ti-Com in Poland and IntraART in USA to implement his inventions. Founder and first President of a new scientific society: Society for Image Guided Neurointerventions (SIGN) - www.neurosignsociety.org. Organizer of many scientific events, including the inaugural SIGN conference. Participated in many meetings organized by the Embassy in Washington and the Kosciuszko Foundation, including with the President of Poland and the Ministers: Science and Higher Education and Health. Author of over 70 scientific publications (cited over a thousand times), reviewer of publications in over 60 different scientific journals and originator of numerous scientific grants. All this would of course be impossible without a large group of collaborators.
Prof. Ewelina Rodriguez Leal
Director of Innovation at Grupo Salinas | Co-founder Verde Olarte (MX)
Graduate of the University of Warsaw, Warsaw School of Economics and the first promotion at the National School of Public Administration. He started his career in the Ministry of Industry and Trade and later in the Office for European Integration and Foreign Aid. In 1996 he was appointed Director of the Presidential Cabinet and in 2005 appointed by Aleksander Kwaśniewski as Head of the Presidential Cabinet. In 2008, he was nominated Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Singapore, where he was elected Dean of the entire Diplomatic Corps in 2012. He was involved in electronic media issues, serving a 5-year term as a member of the National Broadcasting Council. He also worked as Vice President of Exatel S.A. telecommunication company and served as President of the Polish Tennis Association. He served as Business Development Director at PwC and has experience in participating in the work of supervisory boards of large companies, including PZU SA and PKP SA. He is currently the Polish Ambassador to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia
Prof. Tadeusz Uhl
CEO EC Group | Lecturer at AGH University
Co-founder of Verde Olarte, an art gas pedal promoting emerging South American artists. Designer of highly innovative methodologies: 'Moonshot Thinking' and 'Fail in love'. More than 10 years of experience in innovation. Lecturer, trainer of creativity, innovation, intentionality and sustainability of innovative projects. National Leader in Innovation and Exponential Thinking, former Director of the Multidisciplinary Innovation Chair at the Monterrey Institute of Technology, previously Director of Innovation and Engineering Development there. Co-designer and director of the innovative spaces INNOVaction GYM and Campus Monterrey.
Prof. Jacek Żurada
Nominee for 2019-2020 IEEE President | Lecturer at Louisville University (USA)
- professor, entrepreneur and lecturer. He spent 6 years abroad, working both in industry and universities in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, USA and Japan. In 1998, he founded the engineering company Energocontrol, which during 16 years of operation was transformed into a group of engineering companies called EC Group. The group consists of 14 companies, mainly spin-offs, which continue the research work conducted at AGH. Currently, the company employs several hundred engineers in Poland and abroad, mainly graduates of AGH. EC Group carries out projects for clients around the world in the field of high technologies in the following sectors: energy, railroad, aviation and engineering. Prof. Tadeusz Uhl is the manager of many national and international research projects and author of over 700 scientific publications. His research work has resulted in 41 national and international patents, of which he is author and co-author. In addition, he is a member of many prestigious organizations and scientific institutions at home and abroad, holding high positions. He has received many honorable mentions: 'Cracovian of the Year 2012' in the category 'Science', 'Scientist of the 21st century' awarded by the 5th Forum of the New Economy, 'Man of the year - friend of the railroads' 2008 in the category 'Science', and in 2010 he was awarded a professorial subsidy within the competition 'Master' awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science.
Daria Gołębiowska-Tataj, PhD
Founder & CEO at Tataj Innovation | High-Level Expert at the European Commission
Polish engineer and scientist. One of the specialists in the field of neural networks, awarded with American, Polish and international honors for scientific, teaching and organizational work. Since 1989 he has been Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville, USA, and in 2004-06 he was additionally Dean of the Faculty. He has published about 300 research articles in journals and conference proceedings in the areas of neural networks, computational intelligence, knowledge extraction from data, image and signal processing, and VLSI circuits. He has authored or co-authored three books (RC Active Filters, 1979, WNT; Introduction to Artificial Neural Systems, 1992, PWS; Artificial Neural Networks, 1996, PWN) and co-edited a number of research items published by IEEE Press, MIT Press, and Springer. From 1998-2003 he was Editor-in-Chief of the leading journal in the field of neural networks, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. He also served on the Editorial Board of Proceedings of IEEE from 2001-03. He has held organizational positions in IEEE since 1993. He was a founder of the NNC Neural Networks Technical Committee in the 1990s, and served as President of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society in 2004-05. He received the Ministry of Education Award (1997) and the Jubilee Gold Medal of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (1999). He has been a foreign member of PAS since 2005, and an honorary professor at two universities in China.
Ian Firla, PhD
Co-Founder & Director at OSTC Group (exited) | ZISHI (ongoing) | Board Advisor
Internationally recognized expert in management and financing of business development, advisor to governments in designing innovation policies. Co-creates and implements modern management methods and new business strategies. She is a lecturer at the Warsaw University of Technology Business School. She also supports the development of women leaders, first as an initiator of the Women MBA Networking club. She is a member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.
Lech Kaniuk
COO iTaxi
He ran his own IT consultancy for almost 10 years, with projects in London, Oxford, Rome, Verona and Milan. A graduate of the Universities of Toronto and Leicester, he also has extensive research project management experience gained at St. John's College, Oxford. As CEO of OSTC Poland he was responsible for day-to-day operations of the company in Poland. He is currently COO of OSTC Group.
Jacek Kubrak
Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Creotech Instruments S.A. / CEO IFC Capital
He grew up in Sweden. As an 18 year old he sold his first innovation to Wargon Alloys. As a 20 year old he became the youngest innovation advisor for the Swedish State-owned company ALMI Foretagspartner. In 2006 together with a PhD student he founded KYAB AB, a company that measures energy use in buildings based on innovation. In 2009 he published a book about how to go from an idea to a commercial product. In 2012 he announced the acquisition of OnlinePizza Norden, for which he and his colleagues received 120 million PLN. Numerous successes made him one of the most recognizable and appreciated Polish start-ups.
Kinga Stanisławska
Partner Zarządzający Experior Venture Fund
She has been involved in investment, banking and finance for 17 years. Her experience includes direct equity investments, investment banking and investment supervision. She was Global Head of Telecommunications, Media and IT at Raiffeisen Investment in Vienna (2007-2009), and between 2001 and 2007 she worked as Principal at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (London and Warsaw). She currently sits on the Supervisory Boards of XTRF Management Systems, Tourmedica, iTaxi, New Byte Order, Cosmose, and Custom. She is also Vice President of the Polish Association of Capital Investors (PSIK) and actively supports women in business as a mentor in Vital Voices and the Entrepreneurial Women Foundation. Since January 2017, she is also a member of the High Level Group for the European Innovation Council.
Prof. dr hab. inż. Tomasz Ciach
Kierownik Laboratorium Inżynierii Biomedycznej, założyciel NanoVelos
Bioprocess Engineering, Head of Biomedical Engineering Laboratory. Area of activity: practical applications of technical sciences, including chemical engineering and medicine, drug delivery systems, drug-dosing implants, nanotechnology, nanoparticles for targeted therapy and cancer diagnostics, graphene nanoparticles, coatings for implants and medical devices, anticoagulant, antimicrobial and drug-eluting coatings, medical implants for tissue engineering. Technologies implemented in industry: technology of covering coronary stents with drug eluting layer, Balton, Warsaw, biocompatible coatings for urinary catheters, hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for bone implants, Biovico (in process). Founder of spinoff companies: NanoVelos, NanoSanguis, NanoThea.
prof. dr hab. inż. Aleksander M. Nawrat
Z-ca Dyrektora NCBR
Professor PhD, DSc Aleksander M. Nawrat is a professor at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. He is an author of more than 150 publications and reviewer of many reputable foreign journals. Professor Aleksander Nawrat is an expert in the field of research and development for science, armaments industry and governmental agencies. In recognition for his work, he was awarded a number of state decorations; moreover, he is the laureate of numerous state and international awards. In his career, besides teaching work at higher education institutions in Poland as well as abroad, he has had a seat on the boards of private and state-owned companies. He used to be a member of the Council of the National Centre for Research and Development and a member of Strategic Programmes Committee. Professor Nawrat has been a director of a host of strategic projects that were carried out for private and state-owned companies both funded by the European Union. Currently, he is chairing one of the biggest strategic programmes for National Council for Research and Development.
Maria Olsson
Właścicielka Maria Olsson Konsult
She graduated from the Faculty of Organic Chemistry at Warsaw University of Technology and Business School courses with focus on international marketing. She has conducted research and development work at Trondheim University of Technology and at VTT Finnish Scientific Institute. Since 1993 she has been running her own private firm Maria Olsson Konsult, whose services have been used by the largest Scandinavian corporations such as ABB Corporate Research AB, ABB Kontrol AB, ABB High Voltage AB, Premix OY (Finland), Kvearner Oil&Gas A.S, Norway and Karbomont (Canada). After Poland's accession to the EU she has been actively working to facilitate Polish companies' entry into the Swedish market and to find market partners for Polish and Swedish companies. Active in the European and worldwide Polish community movement. For many years she has been President of the Association of Polish Diaspora Organizations in Sweden. Board member of advisory organizations for various departments of the Swedish Government. Chairperson of the World Economic Polonia Foundation. Certified Ambassador of the Polish Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors and organizer of the Polish Women's Club of Success. For her contribution to Poland she received among others the Knight's Cross and Officer's Cross awarded by the President of Poland.
prof. Andrzej Pawlak
Inżynier, naukowiec, przedsiębiorca
He is the President of Vortex LLC and the Institute of Innovation and Creativity. Professor's experience comes from working in scientific and research departments in Hitachi (Poland and Japan), General Motors (USA) and Delphi (USA), among others. Author of 50 scientific publications and more than 150 patents applied in industry worldwide including reliable components of ABS safety systems, traction control and car steering assistance systems, magnetic sensors, injectors, ecological contactors with magnetic lock, heart pump or electronically controlled heart valve. For his development of electromagnetic devices, which have spread around the world in the hundreds of millions, the IEEE awarded the Professor the title of Life Fellow. For his achievements, he has been honored with the highest number of awards in the history of General Motors and Delphi, including four prestigious 'Boss' Kettering awards, as well as the highest honor in the technical sciences, the annual Scientist of the Year Achievement Award, given by the Presidential Institute of Industrial Research established to coordinate research development in the United States. He is the creator of the most effective niche innovation method to identify technology gaps and transform them into technology niches. With this method, he created a unique portfolio of technologies for the automotive industry in the U.S., the commercialization of which brought about $10 million in annual revenue from licensing and enabled the creation of several startups. Professor Pawlak teaches at Stanford University and is an invited speaker at conferences and congresses around the world.
prof. Wiesław Nowiński
Naukowiec, przedsiębiorca i innowator
Author of 545 publications, 51 filed patents (32 granted, including 15 US and 8 EU), 3 established technology companies (two sold to industry), and extensive network of relationships with top US hospitals (Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Harvard Medical) and global medical corporations (Medtronic, Brainlab, Elekta, Siemens, Philips). He has received 42 awards and honors, including 25 from leading medical societies; Pioneer of Medicine 2013, USA (for work on brain atlases), Outstanding Pole 2012, finalist for Asian Innovation Award 2010 (for work on stroke), Radiology Oscar 2009, Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 2005.
Tomasz Tyczyński
CEO FortiCon
Michał Żukowski
CEO at Innteo I IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Justyna Pelc
Agenda Manger at Deep Tech CEE Summit & Challenge | Spacetech lover
Krzysztof Delikat
Event Project Manager at Deep Tech CEE PSA & IPF | Senior Event Manager
Marcin Wenus
CEO Comparic & Invest Cuffs I IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Katarzyna Hilczer
Space4Talent Project's Coordinator | Deep Tech CEE Challenge Project's Manager
Mariusz Wilarski
Senior Manager at HP | Business Partner at Deep Tech CEE
Artur Thielmann
Startup Advisor | IPF's Board of Directors Member & Interim Manager
Dorota Stosik
Head of Marketing Communications at UNIA | IPF's Board of Directors Member
Marcin Gołębicki
CEO at EP Solutions | Advisory Board Member at Medinice S.A. / Investor (UE)
Marta Lefik
CDO at Verdant Nature | Investor (USA/PL)
Jakub Kruszelnicki
Head of Technology Transfer and Sustainability Unit at FundingBox (DE)
Tomasz Kierul
Founder at Skybrook Ventures | Lecturer at Boston University (USA)
Grzegorz Marzec
Product Specialist at Analityka Genetyka
Adrian Maciejewski
Principal at Aegis Capital | Advisor at Medical Inventi S.A. | Investor
Filip Klar
Partner at AOMB Polska | Patent attorney
Martyna Bogucka
CEO Horizon | Advisor to the CEO's of the Employers of Poland
Aleksandra Chmielewska
Director of Strategic Projects at Gemius | Lecturer at Kozminsky University
Konrad Frontczak
CEO at Innovation Creation Centre | Council Member of the PIAP Institute
Łukasz Szydłowski,PhD
Co-founder & CTO at AstroFarms | Owner at Kinnaka
Dawid Ratajczak
CEO & Lead Software Developer at Develos
Bartłomiej Postek
CEO Hanza Group | Startup Mentor at SuperCharger Ventures (PL/UK)
Piotr Mieczkowski
Vice President of the European AI Forum | Managing Director at the Digital Poland Foundation
Paweł Pisarczyk, PhD
CEO at Atende Industries / CEO at Phoenix Systems
Artiom Komardin
Co-founder & CCO at SENSE Smart Roofs
Prof. Mirosław Janowski
Full Professor, Tenured, at University of Maryland Baltimore (USA) / Innovator
Adam Zadrożny
Co-Owner at Slide Story | Psychologist and Trainer
Andrzej Zakręcki,PhD
Project Manager at Alpha Powders | R&D Specialist
Maciej Karczewski,PhD
CEO & Co-founder w Windtak LLC (PL/USA)
Ewa Nowicka-Ratajczak,PhD
Head of Regional Hub, Wales & South-West Region (Innovate UK ICURe Programme)
Ewa Warchoł, PhD
Global Development Scientist, Associate Director (Late Respiratory & Immunology) at AstraZeneca
Marek Kotelnicki
Investor in photonics and deep tech at Vigo Ventures
Piotr Polończyk
Management Director at Stalion
Margaret Grzegorczyk-Nuttall,PhD
Lecturer in Marketing & Innovation at University of Leicester (UK/PL)
Piotr Piasek
Serial Entrepreneur | Investor | innovator
Waldemar Dubaniowski
Business Development Director at PWC Poland
Rafał Flis
Co-founder & Vice President at Zwolnieni z Teorii | Board Member at Right Choices
Dariusz Aksamit, PhD
Physics Teacher & Akademeia High School | Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the March for Science Foundation
Dariusz Kryczka
Partner at EY Poland | Climate & Energy Expert at Global Compact Network Poland
Przemysław Sękalski,PhD
Director of IT Centre at Lodz University of Technology | Owner of Inno4U
Prof. Ewelina Rodriguez Leal
Director of Innovation at Grupo Salinas | Co-founder Verde Olarte (MX)
Anna Bielicka
Executive Director at The Policy Bridge | Trade & Investment Specialist at Embassy of Poland (USA/UE)
Eric R. Dawicki
President at Northeast Maritime Institute | Co-Founder, President and CEO at Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Registry, Inc.
Joanna Skuza
International Business Partnership Manager at Re-Fresh Global (IL)
Karol Przybyszewski,PhD
Co-founder and CTO of The INFOTECH Foundation | CTO & Co-Founder at DPSFLow
Julia Skrzypkowska
Learning and Development Partner at BNP Paribas | Owner of Life Coach & Business Coaching
Andrzej Burgs
CEO at Sygnis S.A.
Anna Ogar, PhD
CEO at Insignes Labs & Microbe Plus
Patrick Barkowski
CTO & Founder INURU (DE)
Bartłomiej Kołodziejczyk,PhD
Founder & CTO at Element Zero | Expert at World Economic Forum (AU/SE)
Krzysztof Choromański,PhD
Research Scientist at Google | Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University (USA, NYC)
Filip Granek, PhD
CEO & co-founder XTPL S.A.
Barbara Sobowska
Founder of MOST Partners | Law - VC & Growing companies (Europe, US, UK)
Jakub Urbański, PhD
CEO at Dairy Biotechnologies | Chief Science Officer at NOMI BIOTECH CORPORATION
Bartosz Bursa, PhD
COO at Saule Technologies Inc.
Tomasz Łuczyński,PhD
BGSW Centre Of Robotics Excellence Lead at Bosch Poland
Paweł Jarosiewicz,PhD
President of the YPN Poland IAHR | Assistant Professor in Ecohydrology PAN
Przemyslaw Chojecki,PhD
CEO & AI Consultant at ulam.ai
Łukasz Wawak
Manager at Polish-Ukrainian Startup Bridge | CEO at AV Advisory
Prof. Michał Kosiński
Associate Professor at Stanford University | Expert in AI
George Guse
Managing Director at Arc Renewable Group (AU)
Wioleta Braunsejs
Business Analyst in INVESTIN
Jan Kędzierski, PhD
CEO at EMYS Inc.
Marian Zastawny, PhD
Senior Application Support Engineer at Siemens Digital Industries Software (UK)
Natalia Formosa (USA)
Beauty Marketer and Product Innovator | Head of Trade Marketing at Europerfumes
Przemysław Gaweł,PhD
Principal Investigator at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences ·
Krzysztof Kumala
Life Sciences Lawyer, COO Pharma Business Club
Piotr Drożdżyk
Independent Innovation Consultant
Katarzyna Marczuk,PhD
Founder & CEO at Aleet (SGP/PL)
Justyna Uman-Ntuk
CEO innoMED i farmaceuta
Ian Firla, PhD
Co-Founder & Director at OSTC Group (exited) | ZISHI (ongoing) | Board Advisor
Lech Kaniuk
COO iTaxi
Izabela Zawisza, PhD
R&D Innovation Lead Central & Eastern Europe at Haleon
Łukasz Pietrzkiewicz
Wiceprezes Zarządu Fluid S.A.
Andrzej Jaeschke
doktorant Politechniki Łódzkiej, Matematyka dla biznesu
dr inż. Klaudia Proniewska (Collegium Medicum UJ)
Dyrektor Corelab w KCRI
Jacek Kubrak
Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Creotech Instruments S.A. / CEO IFC Capital
Piotr Palutkiewicz
Prezes Instytutu Inicjatyw Gospodarczych i Konsumenckich INSTIGOS
dr Karolina Mania
Adwokat w Centrum Alternatywnego Rozwiązywania Sporów WPiA UJ
dr Tadeusz Trocikowski
Expert / consultant on European Funds
Andrzej Kuśnierczak
Ph.D. student at AGH University of Science and Technology
Mateusz Ciasnocha
Vice President of Oxford Entrepreneurs
Przemysław Kornatowski
Ph.D. Candidate at Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, ÉPFL (Switzerland)
Piotr Hołubowicz
CEO SEEDiA
Bartosz Kwiatkowski
CEO driv2e / Partner at Virtual Power Plant
Bartłomiej Kurylak
Polska Grupa Audytorska - Partner Zarządzający
Elżbieta Wyraz
Executive Director at Perspektywy Educational Foundation / Owner at AI World
Łukasz Kaleta
CEO at Art-Tech ASI | Vice Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board
Paweł Kustosz
CEO & founder Leaderna Biostructures
Dariusz Kołoda
CEO Innovation Hub/ Broker Politechniki Warszawskiej
Justyna Kesler
Dyrektor Metodyczny & Coach Językowy, co-founder SOUL CONCEPT GROUP
Mateusz Bereziewicz
Doktorant SGH / PM w M8 Production House
Damian Szewczyk
CEO at Green Hill Inwestments
Mateusz Muryjas
Data Scientist w Analityczny.IT
Jakub Fijewski
Owner & Art Dealer at Fijewski Gallery (PL/USA)
Paula Pul
CEO at LAWMORE | IPF's Supervisory Board Member | Partner at Deep Tech CEE
Katarzyna Banaś
HR Specialist at ING Bank
Aneta Michalska
Ekspert ds. pozyskiwania grantów i środków UE / founder Idea Partners Sp. z o.o.
Michał Gajda
Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board / Project Manager at Startup Academy
Marcin Styrna, MBA
Vice President of the Management Board at Tauron Nowe Technologie S. A.
Sławomir Olejnik
President of the Innovative Poland Foundation | CEO at Deep Tech CEE PSA
Aleksandra Radziewska
Communications Manager w Magazynie Rekruter
Michał Żukowski
CEO at Innteo I IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Justyna Pelc
Agenda Manger at Deep Tech CEE Summit & Challenge | Spacetech lover
Krzysztof Delikat
Event Project Manager at Deep Tech CEE PSA & IPF | Senior Event Manager
Marcin Wenus
CEO Comparic & Invest Cuffs I IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Katarzyna Hilczer
Space4Talent Project's Coordinator | Deep Tech CEE Challenge Project's Manager
Mariusz Wilarski
Senior Manager at HP | Business Partner at Deep Tech CEE
Artur Thielmann
Startup Advisor | IPF's Board of Directors Member & Interim Manager
Dorota Stosik
Head of Marketing Communications at UNIA | IPF's Board of Directors Member
Paweł Ząbek
Board Member & Chief of Staff at the Innovative Poland Foundation
Łukasz Kaleta
CEO at Art-Tech ASI | Vice Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board
Paula Pul
CEO at LAWMORE | IPF's Supervisory Board Member | Partner at Deep Tech CEE
Michał Gajda
Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board / Project Manager at Startup Academy
Sławomir Olejnik
President of the Innovative Poland Foundation | CEO at Deep Tech CEE PSA