SPOŁECZNOŚĆ
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
Business Development Manager at ERGIS Group
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
Przemysław 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
Michał Kosiński, PhD
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 CFD Engineer at PhysicsX (UK)
Natalia Formosa
Beauty Marketer and Product Innovator | Head of Trade Marketing at Europerfumes (USA)
Przemysław Gaweł, PhD
Head of Organic Electronics Laboratory at Centre of New Technologies University of Warsaw
Krzysztof Kumala
Assistant Counsel, Senior Manager R&D and Corporate Functions Legal at Moderna | Attorney at law
Piotr Drożdżyk
Independent Innovation Consultant | Head of eMobility at Enefit Poland
Effiom Uman-Ntuk
Medical entrepreneur | CEO at 3PG
Karolina Wojtas
Startup Supporter & Activist | Director of Strategic Development at Everix Optical Filters
Marek Antoniuk
Senior React Developer at BlueRider.Software
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
Managing Director at Solutio Medica | pharmacist
Piotr Krzemiński
Co-founder & VP at EUROLOOP
Marek Gutt-Mostowy
Co-founder & CEO at 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
Founder & chairman at SunRoof | Angel Investor
Grzegorz Kolasiński, MBA
Co-founder at Business Tailors & BotBox.ai
Joanna Cichowska-Bogusz, PhD Eng.
PhD Eng. Warsaw University of Life Sciences
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
CEO at Feniks 2050 Group
Artur Ciszewski
General Manager at Techni Schools
Katarzyna Bąk
Owner of Digital Psychology PL
Bartłomiej Dąbkowski
General Partner ar RST Ventures For Earth
Marzena Smol, D.Sc. PhD
Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Daria Goś
Chief Specialist in Communications Office at IIMCB
Przemysław Rzodkiewicz, Ph.D. EMBA
Member of the Doctoral School Program Council at Warsaw University of Live Sciences
Andrzej Jaeschke, PhD
Expert Software Developer at Hexagon AB
Anna Jarno
Adviser for ADR at Syntaj | SDS Authoring Supervisor at Shell
Urszula Herman, PhD
Founder & CEO at PelviFly
Monika Sady, PhD
Head of Sustainable Development Team & Assistant Professor at Krakow University of Economics
Prof. Regina Lenart
Director, Institute of Public Affairs at Jagiellonian University
Adrian Migoń
CEO Youth Business Poland | Board Member at TechPL
Klaudia Proniewska, PhD, DSc., Eng.
Director of the Center for Digital Medicine and Robotics JUMC
Wojciech Kokot
Software Asset Manager at ROCKWOOL Group
Jacek Kubrak
Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Creotech Instruments S.A. | CEO IFC Capital | IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Piotr Palutkiewicz
VP at Warsaw Enterprise Institute
Bogusz Ostalski
Business Development Partner at RevoIBS
Piotr Piotrowski
prezes Polish-Israeli Startup Foundation
Karolina Mania, PhD
Advocate | Assistant Professor at Jagiellonian University
Bartłomiej Świstak Piotrowski
Business strategy consultant
Agnieszka Labus
CEO & Founder Laboratory of Architekture 60+ (LAB 60+) Assistant Profesor at Silesian Univeristy of Technology
Anna Szczurek, PhD Eng.
Postdoctoral Researcher at Adam Mickiewicz University
Krzysztof Koczewski
International Business Development Manager at media-press.tv
Anna Koczewska
COO at Sense&Landing
Matt Slowikowski
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, PMP, MBA
Jaremi Jak
Head of Product at Zowie
Wojciech Wodo
Assistant Professor at Wroclaw University of Science & Technology | CEO at 360 Degrees
Łukasz Dżumała
Entrepreneur, marketer, analyst
Piotr Wonsewicz
Planning Manager at Procter & Gamble
Janusz Kizieniewicz
Vice-Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania
Tadeusz Trocikowski, PhD
Expert / consultant on European Funds
Andrzej Kuhn, PhD
CEO & Owner at Asia Strategies Consulting
Prof. Tomasz Ciach
Founder at NanoVelos, Co-Founder at Science4Beauty
Sylwia Wrona, PhD
Professor at Wroclaw University of Economics
Aleksander Góra, PhD
Senior Scientist at ABB
Michał Dykas, PhD Eng.
CEO at Correscopy
Irka Pawlowski
Founder at IRONLabs
Beata Rekosz
Administrative Officer at Bury & Bury Patent and Trademark Attorneys
Joanna Pawlikowska
Senior Product Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific (FR)
Mateusz Ciasnocha
CEO of European Carbon Farmers
Maria Krysztofiak
Founder & Managing Director at Gongoch Partners (CH)
Andrzej Jaśkiewicz
Founder & the first VP at PTSK
Piotr Grudzień
Head of Innovation at Cellect (ES)
Paweł Przybyszewski
CPO & Technology Broker at Startup Academy Poland
Adam Szaniawski
National Forest Holding, The State Forests
Karolina Mirowska, PhD
Co-founder of Polonium Foudation
Przemysław Kornatowski, PhD
Assistant Professor at WUT | Research Team Leader at IDEAS Research Institute
Piotr Hołubowicz
Co-founder & CEO SEEDiA
Bartosz Kwiatkowski
CEO driv2e | Director General at Polish Liquid Gas Association
Agnieszka Pawlikowska
Manager at Financial Transaction Engineering EY (LUX)
Ania Walkowska
Startup Activist | General Manager at ProperGate (SAU)
Łukasz Rusajczyk
Software Engineer at Ocuco Limited
Sandra Oborska
Recruitment Manager at HedgeServ
Bartłomiej Kurylak
CFO & Investment Comitee Member at JRH ASI S.A. | Co-founder at Smartlink Partners
Adam Zarzycki
Subsystem Architect at BSH Home Appliances Group
Cezary Rosiak
Cyber Security Risk Management at Bayer | Information Technology Consultant
Paweł Wróbel, PhD
Global Head of Campaign Management & Operations at Chiliz
Jakub Chmielnicki
HyperLodz Team (technical division)
Tadeusz Tombiński
Financial Director at Embelco Art Shipping (BEL)
Elżbieta Wyraz
Executive Director at Perspektywy Women in Tech | Owner at AI World
Łukasz Kaleta
CEO at Art-Tech ASI | Vice Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board
Paweł Kustosz
CEO & founder at biostructures.pro
Iwona Kmieć, PhD
Medical Affairs Project Senior Manager at Biogen
Marek Gajewski
Managing Director at Reem Ventures
Dariusz Kołoda
CEO at Innovation Hub/
Elena Pawęta, PhD
Founder & Executive Communication Coach at IDEAS+LEADERS | TEDxPiotrkowskaStreet
Maciej Furmaniak
Consultant & PM at PracowniaHUB
Mateusz Stajuda
R&D Engineer at Corning Incorporated
Prof. Aleksander M. Nawrat, PhD, DSc
CEO at Matic SA | Director at Silesian University of Technology, Cybersecurity Center
Hanna Król
Executive & innovation coach at inEdu
Maria Olsson
Owner Maria Olsson Konsult
Karol Król
CEO & Founder at ÆTHER Ventures
Jan Jaroszczak
React Developer at BinarApps
Tomasz Bąkowski
Senior Product Manager at Oferteo.pl
Prof. Andrzej Pawlak
Engineer, scientist, entrepreneur
Justyna Kesler
Methodological & language trainer | Author of educational toys
Marta Królak
Student of biotechnology at the University of Warsaw
Grzegorz Liśkiewicz, PhD
Associate Professor at Lodz University of Technology
Przemysław Rumianek, PhD Eng.
Lecturer at Warsaw University of Technology
Kamil Kipiel
CEO at Medical Simulation Technologies
Jacek Bartczak
Sales Consulting Expert at Casbeg
Mateusz Bereziewicz, PhD
CEO & Founder at NeuroGames Lab | CEO at M8 Production House | Serial entrepreneur
Damian Szewczyk
CEO at Green Hill Inwestments
Szymon Talbierz, PhD Eng.
CEO at InnovaTree
Prof. Wiesław Nowiński
Scientist, entrepreneur and innovator
Radosław Zwierz, PhD
Team Lead HR Tools at Schaeffler
Marcin Trzyna, PhD Eng.
Owner of Marcin Trzyna Innovations | CTO at Styropmin
Emilia Zagórska-Iskander
COS at Nokia | Marketing & Communications Advisor at Brand Alchemy DXB (UAE)
Tomasz Gabryś
AI Solution Architect & AI PM at SUNZINET
Marcin Ratajczak
CEO at INURU
Mateusz Muryjas
Analytics Consultant | Data Engineer at re:silo
Jakub Fijewski
Owner & Art Dealer at Fijewski Gallery (PL/USA) | VP, Strategic Account Executive at Asia Socks
Paula Pul
CEO at LAWMORE | IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Karol Szerszeń
Graphics Architect at Intel Corporation (USA)
Gregory Prokopski, PhD
Professor at McGill University (Canada)
Zuzanna Hazubska
Minister Plenipotentiary for the Coherence of National Science Policy at MNiSW
Kamil Wiktorski
Senior Data Analyst at Allegro
Krzysztof Bernacki, PhD Eng.
Assistant Professor at Silesian University of Technology
Katarzyna Banaś-Walczak
HR Manager/ HRBP at White Label Coders
Martin Cudnoch
Senior Manager / Directeur Principal, Global Investment and Innovation Incentives at Deloitte (Canada)
Magdalena Zorychta-Tomsia, PhD Eng.
Assistant Professor at Silesian University of Technology
Aneta Michalska
CEO at IDEA Partners
Paweł Maślak, PhD Eng.
Associate Professor at Wroclaw University of Technology
Michał Gajda
Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board | PM 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-Wyłudek
Engineering Culture Lead at BNP Paribas
Henryk Jaremek, PhD Eng.
Vice President at Braster S.A.
Marcin Gołębicki
CEO at EP Solutions | Advisory Board Member at Medinice S.A. / Investor (UE)
Marcin Golębicki is a graduate of Harvard University, the University of Minnesota, and Indiana University. For the past 25 years, he has managed major multinational medical companies in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He has gained experience holding top management positions at Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, St. Jude Medical (SJM), Abbott, and Philips.
He is a co-organizer of the Shark Tank competition for innovative startups and medical companies, and an investor in medical companies and startups. He serves on the 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. In 2019, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Medicalgorithmics. He currently serves as CEO of EP Solutions.
Krzysztof Pawłowski,PhD
Founder & President of the National-Louis University in Nowy Sącz
He founded the Higher School of Business – National-Louis University in Nowy Sącz and the Higher School of Business in Tarnów. He was the rector of these universities until 2007. In 2008, he took over as president of WSB-NLU in Nowy Sącz, into which WSB in Tarnów was incorporated. From 1997 to 1999, he was part of the higher education reform team, and from 1997 to 2000, he chaired the Conference of Rectors of Non-State Universities. He also co-founded the Business Center Club. From 1993 to 1997, he sat on the presidium of the National Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Polish Academic and Economic Forum board. Since 2007, he has been a member of the supervisory board of Pekao S.A. bank.
Paweł Pisarczyk, PhD
CEO at Atende Industries / CEO at Phoenix Systems
Paweł Pisarczyk graduated from the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology at Warsaw University of Technology.
For the past 25 years, he has been involved in software development and scientific research. He began 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 the Phoenix-RTOS operating system and co-founder of IMMOS, one of the first Polish companies developing embedded systems software. Since 2003, he has been associated with ATM SA, initially as a System Engineer and Director of the R&D Department, later as President of the Board of ATM-Lab Research and Development Centre, and then as President of the Board of Atende Software. He is currently the CEO of Phoenix Systems, which has developed an operating system and software for embedded systems, and the CEO of Atende Industries. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 scientific publications.
Prof. Mirosław Janowski
Full Professor, Tenured, at University of Maryland Baltimore (USA) / Innovator
He is a neurosurgeon by training and a professor by profession. He is actively engaged in precision and regenerative medicine research at Johns Hopkins University – one of the world’s top universities, and a leading academic hospital in the US. He initiated and coordinated the EXPLORE ME project funded by the 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 MRI-guided neuroendovascular procedure. Member of the Collegium of Eminent Scientists established by the Kosciuszko Foundation in the USA. Creator of 5 inventions filed with patent offices and founder of two start-ups on both sides of the ocean, Ti-Com in Poland and IntraART in the US, 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. Participant 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 more than 70 scientific publications (cited more than a thousand times), reviewer of publications in more than 60 scientific journals, and originator of numerous scientific grants. All this, of course, would be impossible without his multiple collaborators.
Waldemar Dubaniowski
Business Development Director at PWC Poland
He graduated from the University of Warsaw, the Warsaw School of Economics, and the first promotion of the National School of Public Administration. He began his career at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and later at the Office for European Integration and Foreign Aid. In 1996, he was appointed Director of the President’s Cabinet Team, and in 2005, he was appointed by Aleksander Kwasniewski as Head of the President’s Cabinet. In 2008, he was nominated Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Singapore, where in 2012, he was elected Dean of the entire Diplomatic Corps. 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 the telecommunications company Exatel S.A. and served as President of the Polish Tennis Association. He serves as Director of Business Development at PwC and has experience participating in supervisory boards of large companies, including PZU SA and PKP SA. He was the Polish Ambassador to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia.
Prof. Ewelina Rodriguez Leal
Director of Innovation at Grupo Salinas | Co-founder Verde Olarte (MX)
Co-founder of Verde Olarte, an art accelerator promoting emerging South American artists. Designer of highly innovative methodologies: “Moonshot Thinking” and “Fail in love”. More than 15 years of experience in the field of innovation. Lecturer, trainer of creativity, innovation, purposefulness, and sustainability of innovative projects. National Leader in Innovation and Exponential Thinking, former Director of the Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation at the Monterrey Institute of Technology, formerly Director of Innovation and Engineering Development. Co-designer and Director of the innovation spaces INNOVaction GYM and Campus Monterrey. For more than 3 years, she has been creating the innovation department at the Salinas Groupo in Mexico.
Prof. Tadeusz Uhl
CEO EC Group | Lecturer at AGH University
Professor, entrepreneur, innovator, and lecturer. He spent six years abroad, working in industry and academia in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, the US, and Japan. In 1998, he founded the engineering company Energocontrol, which in 16 years of operation was transformed into a group of engineering companies called EC Group. The group consists of 14 companies, primarily spin-offs, which continue research work conducted at AGH. The company currently employs several hundred engineers in Poland and abroad, mainly graduates of AGH. EC Group carries out projects for clients worldwide in high technology in the energy, railroad, aerospace, and machinery industries.
Prof. Tadeusz Uhl is the head of many national and international research projects and the author of more than 700 scientific publications. His research 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 senior positions. He has received many honorable mentions: “Cracovian of the Year 2012” in the “Science” category, “Scientist of the 21st Century” awarded by the 5th Forum of the New Economy, “Man of the Year – Friend of Railways” 2008 in the ‘Science’ category, and in 2010 he was awarded a professorial subsidy in the “Master” competition awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science—creator of the most significant event promoting technology in Central and Eastern Europe – IMPACT.
Prof. Jacek Żurada
Nominee for 2019-2020 IEEE President | Lecturer at Louisville University (USA)
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 served as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville, USA, and was additionally Dean of the Faculty in 2004-06. He has published about 300 scientific papers in journals and conference proceedings in 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 many scientific items published by IEEE Press, MIT Press, and Springer.
From 1998 to 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 to 2003. He has held organizational positions in the IEEE since 1993. He founded 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 the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2005, and is an honorary professor at two universities in China. In 2019, he ran for the international competition for President of the IEEE organization.
Daria Gołębiowska-Tataj, PhD
Founder & CEO at Tataj Innovation | High-Level Expert at the European Commission
Internationally recognized expert in business development management and financing, advisor to governments in designing innovation policies. Co-creates and implements modern management methods and new business strategies. She is a lecturer at the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology. She also supports the development of women leaders, first as the initiator of the Women MBA Networking club. She is a member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. She is the creator of the Networking IQ methodology and a High-Level Expert at the European Commission.
Ian Firla, PhD
Co-Founder & Director at OSTC Group (exited) | ZISHI (ongoing) | Board Advisor
He ran his IT consulting firm for nearly 10 years, with projects in London, Oxford, Rome, Verona, and Milan. A graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Leicester, he also has extensive research project management experience from St. John’s College in Oxford. As CEO of OSTC Poland, he was responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations in Poland. He served as COO of the OSTC Group for 19 years. He sold his business and is now an advisor and investor.
Lech Kaniuk
Founder & chairman at SunRoof | Angel Investor
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 at the Swedish state-owned company ALMI Foretagspartner. In 2006, he and a doctoral student created KYAB AB, which 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. 2012 – the lavish acquisition of OnlinePizza Norden, for which he and his colleagues received 120 million zlotys. Numerous successes have made him one of the most recognizable and respected Polish startups. He is developing the startup SunRoof and has published his book “The Power of Momentum.”
Jacek Kubrak
Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Creotech Instruments S.A. | CEO IFC Capital | IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Creator of innovative investment projects and technology solutions. He has worked with Private Equity and Venture Capital investment firms, creating financial structures for acquisition transactions and executing interdisciplinary advisory and management projects focused on increasing the market value of companies based on changing approaches to innovation and implementation of new technologies. He built the first Polish private company in the space industry with his partners, Creotech Instruments S.A. He acquired a strategic investor for it, the Industrial Development Agency S.A., thus carrying out the first direct investment of the State Treasury in a private entity after 1947. Key business ventures completed to date, not including Creotech Instruments, are: Scan Computer Data Sp. z o.o. System, System 3000 S.A., SterProjekt S.A. and Towarszystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Contango S.A. He graduated from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Faculty of Mining and Metallurgical Machines, specializing in Vibroacoustics of Machines and Equipment, and postgraduate economic studies at the Krakow University of Economics. He is a graduate of the management programs of IESE Business School, Harvard Business School, and INSEAD Business School. He served as President of the Board of Directors of the Podkarpackie Innovation Center, and is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Creotech Instruments S.A.
Kinga Stanisławska
Partner Zarządzający Experior Venture Fund
Od 17 lat zajmuje się inwestycjami, bankowością i finansami. Jej doświadczenie obejmuje bezpośrednie inwestycje kapitałowe, bankowość inwestycyjną oraz nadzór inwestycyjny. Była globalnym szefem telekomów, mediów oraz IT w Raiffeisen Investment w Wiedniu (2007-2009), a w latach 2001-2007 pracowała jako Principal w Europejskim Banku Odbudowy i Rozwoju (Londyn i Warszawa). Obecnie zasiada w Radach Nadzorczych spółek XTRF Management Systems, Tourmedica, iTaxi, New Byte Order, Cosmose oraz Custom. Jest również Wiceprezesem Polskiego Stowarzyszenia Inwestorów Kapitałowych (PSIK) oraz aktywnie wspiera kobiety w biznesie jako mentor w Vital Voices i Fundacji Przedsiębiorczych Kobiet. Od stycznia 2017 jest także członkiem Grupy Wysokiego Szczebla ds. Europejskiej Rady ds. Innowacji.
Prof. Tomasz Ciach
Founder at NanoVelos, Co-Founder at Science4Beauty
Politechnika Warszawska Wydział Inżynierii Chemicznej I Procesowej, Kierownik Zakładu Biotechnologi i Inżynierii Bioprocesowej, Kierownik Laboratorium Inżynierii Biomedycznej. Obszar działalności: praktyczne zastosowania nauk technicznych, w tym inżynierii chemicznej i w medycynie, systemy podawania leków, implanty dozujące leki, nanotechnologia, nanocząstki do celowanej terapii i diagnostyki nowotworów, nanocząstki grafenowe, pokrycia do implantów i urządzeń medycznych, pokrycia przeciwzakrzepowe, przeciwbakteryjne i wydzielające leki, implanty medyczne dla inżynierii tkanek. Technologie wdrożone w przemyśle: technologia pokrywania stentów wieńcowych warstwa wydzielającą leki, Balton, Warszawa, biozgodne pokrycia do cewników moczowych, nanocząstki hydroksyapatytowe do implantów kostnych, Biovico (proces w trakcie). Założyciel spółek typu spinoff: NanoVelos, NanoSanguis, NanoThea.
Prof. Aleksander M. Nawrat, PhD, DSc
CEO at Matic SA | Director at Silesian University of Technology, Cybersecurity Center
Profesor dr hab. inż. Aleksander M. Nawrat jest profesorem Politechniki Śląskiej w Gliwicach. Jest autorem ponad 150 publikacji i recenzentem wielu renomowanych czasopism zagranicznych. Profesor Aleksander Nawrat jest ekspertem w dziedzinie badań i rozwoju dla nauki, przemysłu zbrojeniowego i agencji rządowych. W uznaniu za swoją pracę otrzymał szereg odznaczeń państwowych, a ponadto jest laureatem wielu nagród krajowych i międzynarodowych. W swojej karierze, oprócz pracy dydaktycznej na uczelniach wyższych w Polsce i za granicą, zasiadał w zarządach spółek prywatnych i państwowych. Był członkiem Rady Narodowego
Centrum Badań i Rozwoju oraz członkiem Komitetu Programów Strategicznych.
Profesor Nawrat był dyrektorem wielu strategicznych projektów realizowanych dla przedsiębiorstw prywatnych i państwowych, finansowanych przez Unię Europejską. Obecnie przewodniczy jednemu z największych programów strategicznych Narodowej Rady ds. Badań i Rozwoju.
Maria Olsson
Owner Maria Olsson Konsult
Jest absolwentką Wydziału Chemii Organicznej na Politechnice Warszawskiej oraz kursów Business School z ukierunkowaniem na międzynarodowy marketing. Prowadziła prace badawcze i rozwojowe na Politechnice w Trondheim i w Finskim Instytucie Naukowym VTT. Od 1993 roku prowadzi prywatną firmę Maria Olsson Konsult, z której usług korzystały największe koncerny skandynawskie takie, jak: ABB Corporate Research AB, ABB Kontrol AB, ABB High Voltage AB, Premix OY (Finlandii), Kvearner Oil&Gas A.S, Norwegia oraz firma Karbomont (Kanada). Po wejściu Polski do UE pracuje aktywnie nad ułatwieniem wejścia polskich firm na rynek szwedzki oraz wyszukiwaniem partnerów rynkowych dla firm polskich i szwedzkich. Aktywna działaczka w europejskim i światowym ruchu polonijnym. Przez wiele lat pełniła funkcję Prezesa Zrzeszenia Organizacji Polonijnych w Szwecji. Członek Zarządu organizacji doradczych dla różnych departamentów Rządu Szwedzkiego. Przewodnicząca Fundacji Polonia Gospodarcza Świata. Certyfikowana Ambasadorka Polskiej sieci Ambasadorów Przedsiębiorczości Kobiet oraz organizatorka Polskiego Klubu Kobiet Sukcesu. Za swoje zasługi dla Polski otrzymała m.in. Krzyż Kawalerski oraz Krzyż Oficerski przyznane przez Prezydenta RP.
Prof. Andrzej Pawlak
Engineer, scientist, entrepreneur
Jest prezesem Vortex LLC oraz Instytutu Innowacji i Kreatywności. Doświadczenie Profesora wynika z pracy w działach naukowo-badawczych m.in. w Hitachi (Polska i Japonia), General Motors (USA) i Delphi (USA). Autor 50 publikacji naukowych oraz ponad 150 patentów stosowanych w przemyśle na całym świecie m.in. niezawodnych komponentów systemów bezpieczeństwa ABS, kontroli trakcji i systemów wspomagania sterowania samochodów, czujników magnetycznych, wtryskiwaczy, ekologicznych styczników z zamkiem magnetycznym, pompy serca czy elektronicznie sterowanej zastawki serca. Za rozwój elektromagnetycznych urządzeń, które rozeszły się po świecie w setkach milionów, IEEE przyznała Profesorowi tytuł Life Fellow. Za swoje osiągnięcia uhonorowany został najwyższą ilością nagród w historii General Motors i Delphi, w tym czterema prestiżowymi nagrodami „Boss” Kettering, a także najwyżej cenioną w naukach technicznych, doroczną nagrodę naukowca roku Achievement Award, przyznaną przez prezydencki Instytut Badań Przemysłowych powołany do koordynacji rozwoju badań w USA. Jest twórcą najbardziej skutecznej metody innowacji niszowej, która umożliwia rozpoznanie luk technologii i przekształcenie ich w nisze technologiczne. Dzięki niej stworzył unikalne porfolio technologii dla przemysłu samochodowego w USA, których komercjalizacja przyniosła ok. 10 milionów dolarów rocznego dochodu z licencji oraz umożliwiła stworzenie kilkunastu startupów. Profesor Pawlak wykłada na Uniwersytecie Stanforda oraz jest zapraszanym mówcą na konferencjach i kongresach na całym świecie.
Prof. Wiesław Nowiński
Scientist, entrepreneur and innovator
Autor 545 publikacji, 51 złożonych patentów (32 przyznane, w tym 15 USA i 8 UE), 3 utworzone firmy technologiczne (dwie sprzedane przemysłowi) oraz rozległa sieć powiązań z najlepszymi szpitalami w USA (Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Harvard Medical) i światowymi korporacjami medycznymi (Medtronic, Brainlab, Elekta, Siemens, Philips).
Otrzymał 42 nagrody i odznaczenia, w tym 25 od czołowych towarzystw medycznych; Pionier Medycyny 2013, USA (za prace nad atlasami mózgu), Wybitny Polak 2012, finalista konkursu Azjatycka Nagroda Innowacyjności 2010 (za prace nad udarem mózgu), Oscar radiologiczny 2009, Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Zasługi RP 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
Business Development Manager at ERGIS Group
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
Przemysław Chojecki, PhD
CEO & AI Consultant at ulam.ai
Łukasz Wawak
Manager at Polish-Ukrainian Startup Bridge | CEO at AV Advisory
Michał Kosiński, PhD
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 CFD Engineer at PhysicsX (UK)
Natalia Formosa
Beauty Marketer and Product Innovator | Head of Trade Marketing at Europerfumes (USA)
Przemysław Gaweł, PhD
Head of Organic Electronics Laboratory at Centre of New Technologies University of Warsaw
Krzysztof Kumala
Assistant Counsel, Senior Manager R&D and Corporate Functions Legal at Moderna | Attorney at law
Piotr Drożdżyk
Independent Innovation Consultant | Head of eMobility at Enefit Poland
Katarzyna Marczuk, PhD
Founder & CEO at Aleet (SGP/PL)
Justyna Uman-Ntuk
Managing Director at Solutio Medica | pharmacist
Ian Firla, PhD
Co-Founder & Director at OSTC Group (exited) | ZISHI (ongoing) | Board Advisor
Lech Kaniuk
Founder & chairman at SunRoof | Angel Investor
Izabela Zawisza, PhD
R&D Innovation Lead Central & Eastern Europe at Haleon
Łukasz Pietrzkiewicz
CEO at Feniks 2050 Group
Andrzej Jaeschke, PhD
Expert Software Developer at Hexagon AB
Klaudia Proniewska, PhD, DSc., Eng.
Director of the Center for Digital Medicine and Robotics JUMC
Jacek Kubrak
Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Creotech Instruments S.A. | CEO IFC Capital | IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Piotr Palutkiewicz
VP at Warsaw Enterprise Institute
Karolina Mania, PhD
Advocate | Assistant Professor at Jagiellonian University
Tadeusz Trocikowski, PhD
Expert / consultant on European Funds
Andrzej Kuhn, PhD
CEO & Owner at Asia Strategies Consulting
Mateusz Ciasnocha
CEO of European Carbon Farmers
Przemysław Kornatowski, PhD
Assistant Professor at WUT | Research Team Leader at IDEAS Research Institute
Piotr Hołubowicz
Co-founder & CEO SEEDiA
Bartosz Kwiatkowski
CEO driv2e | Director General at Polish Liquid Gas Association
Bartłomiej Kurylak
CFO & Investment Comitee Member at JRH ASI S.A. | Co-founder at Smartlink Partners
Elżbieta Wyraz
Executive Director at Perspektywy Women in Tech | Owner at AI World
Łukasz Kaleta
CEO at Art-Tech ASI | Vice Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board
Paweł Kustosz
CEO & founder at biostructures.pro
Dariusz Kołoda
CEO at Innovation Hub/
Justyna Kesler
Methodological & language trainer | Author of educational toys
Mateusz Bereziewicz, PhD
CEO & Founder at NeuroGames Lab | CEO at M8 Production House | Serial entrepreneur
Damian Szewczyk
CEO at Green Hill Inwestments
Mateusz Muryjas
Analytics Consultant | Data Engineer at re:silo
Jakub Fijewski
Owner & Art Dealer at Fijewski Gallery (PL/USA) | VP, Strategic Account Executive at Asia Socks
Paula Pul
CEO at LAWMORE | IPF's Supervisory Board Member
Katarzyna Banaś-Walczak
HR Manager/ HRBP at White Label Coders
Aneta Michalska
CEO at IDEA Partners
Michał Gajda
Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board | PM 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-Wyłudek
Engineering Culture Lead at BNP Paribas
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
Michał Gajda
Chairman of the IPF's Supervisory Board | PM at Startup Academy
Sławomir Olejnik
President of the Innovative Poland Foundation | CEO at Deep Tech CEE PSA