US-Poland Science and Technology Symposium in Silicon Valley and at Stanford University

US-Poland Science and Technology Symposium in Silicon Valley and at Stanford University

July 9-12, 2024

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Mission

The US-Polish Trade Council

welcomes you to the

US-Poland Science and Technology Symposium 2024

As we mark the 22nd  edition of this symposium, our primary aim remains steadfast: fostering connections between the United States and Poland across industries, research, regional leadership, and academic discourse. Participants of previous events attest to the significance of our initiative: read here, and we are committed to continuing this mission.

This year’s Symposium, hosted at Stanford University and in San Francisco, revolves around the theme of ”Quality of Life” as propelled by advancements in AI, Sustainability, IoE, Energy, Ecosystems, and Health, and their impact on Polish, American, and global societies and markets. Through presentations and panel discussions led by distinguished experts from U.S. and Poland’s universities, government, industry, and business, and with active engagement from Symposium attendees, we aim to facilitate optimal opportunities for the exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Welcome to the Innovation Valley!

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ACCOMMODATION 

We recommend hotels in the Fisherman’s Wharf area due to the attractive location, hotel prices often included breakfast, safety, and the possibility of reaching the conference venue by local tram or a 20-minute walk (part of the event takes place at the Bay Area Council / Historic Klamath).

The following downtown hotels are ALSO recommended:

We do not provide transportation from and to the airport. You need to call taxi, Uber, Lift, super shuttle or public transportation.

To all participants:
Please read COVID protection recommendation from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (link to CDC)

The conference contact: +1 623 980-1998

Agenda

The XXII annual US-Poland Science and Technology Symposium organized by US-Polish Trade Council of Silicon Valley is aimed at drawing the participants into a discussion on how we can preserve and increase the Quality of Life in an era of exponential growth of the role of technology in shaping our lives at an individual, societal, and global level.

 

Day 1 – July 9, Tuesday – Stanford – The Koret-Taube Conference Center in Gunn Building, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305 (Map, Parking)

7:45 AM (PST) Transfer from San Francisco (Meeting point, Pier 41 – Map)  to Stanford University

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM (PST)  Registration & Coffee

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM (PST) Commencement of the Symposium

MC: Paul Marca, Principal, Parallax Global Advisors, LLC

  • Piotr Moncarz, Chair, USPTC, Adjunct Professor Stanford University(R)
  • Tomasz Szapiro,  On Behalf of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
  • Katarzyna Granat, Embassy of the Republic of Poland
  • Mark Chandler, City of San Francisco
  • Mike Lepech, Stanford University
  • Jerzy Orkiszewski, US-Polish Trade Council

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM (PST), TUE.  Session 1 – Quality of Life Defined

Moderator: Piotr Moncarz, Chair, USPTC, Adjunct Professor Stanford University(R)

  • Mark Chandler, San Francisco Mayor’s Office of International Trade and Commerce
  • Gregory Feist, San Jose State University
  • Danuta Zawadzka, Koszalin University of Technology
  • Tadeusz Kornecki, USDA Agricultural Research Service
  • Jonathan Chen, Stanford University

11:00 AM, Day 1 – 4:15 PM, Day 2 (PST) Poster session

  • Łukasz Grzybowski, Stopping Fraud While Preserving Privacy in The Age of Gen AI, hCaptcha Enterprise Platform Group, Intuition Machines, Inc.
  • Magdalena Hryb1, Agnieszka Kujawińska1, Krzysztof Żywicki1, Artur Meller2, Jędrzej Iglewski3, Quality of the manufacturing process in the digital representation of the water meter body production, (1) Poznan University of Technology, (2) Fabryka Armatur „Swarzędz”, (3) Hit Kody Kreskowe, Suchy Las
  • Katarzyna Kazimierska-Drobny, Piotr Żmudziński, Krzysztof Tyburek, Research and teaching potential of the Faculty of Computer Science, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz
  • Katarzyna Kazimierska-Drobny, Piotr Żmudziński, Krzysztof Tyburek, Research and teaching potential of the Faculty of Mechatronics, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz
  • Magdalena Korczowska, Tomasz Szapiro I can now know satisfaction. Enhanced life quality, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
  • Rafał Kunaszyk, iLab Plus – Space for effective education, Smart Growth Forum (FFR)
  • Izabela Rojek, Dariusz Mikołajewski, Jakub Kopowski, Artificial Intelligence in 3D Printing, Faculty of Computer Science, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz
  • Anna Timofiejczuk, Application of context-based reasoning in intelligent machinery maintenance, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Silesian University of Technology
  • Jacek Chmielewski, Application of GSM Data Sets for Transportation System Development, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow
  • Anna Timofiejczuk, Center of Industry 4.0 at the Silesian University of Technology – an example of supporting the education of all generations, Center of Industry 4.0, the Silesian University of Technology
  • Tomasz Czech, Agnieszka Filipiak-Florkiewicz, Open Innovation Space at the University of Agriculture in Krakow. The technology transfer in agriculture – from university research to innovation. University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
  • Michał Banka, Open Innovation, inter-organizational cooperation of corporations and start-ups in acceleration programs, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM (PST) Coffee break

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM (PST), TUE.  Session 2 – Technology in Support of Quality of Life

Moderator: Jerzy Orkiszewski, VP of Software Electrical Engineering at Cutera

  • Joanna Kowalik, Phoenix, AZ
  • Joseph Wielgosz, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, California
  • Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
  • Nancy Baily, Google Health

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (PST), TUE.  Session 3 – Leadership in Healthcare

Moderator: Meredith Warshaw, Stanford School of Medicine

  • Jeremy Sewell, Sagely Health
  • Paweł Poszytek, WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza
  • Luke Kowalski, Oracle Corporation
  • Jakub Dalibor Rybka, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • Kazimierz Murzyn, Klaster LifeScience Kraków Foundation

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (PST)  Lunch

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (PST), TUE.  Session 4 – From Smart Cities to Space Programs

Moderator: Artur Chmielewski, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  • Tomasz Zawistowski, Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN)
  • Mariusz Jankowski, Katowice City
  • Mike Lepech, Stanford University, School of Engineering and School of Sustainability
  • Marcin Nowak, Digital Technology Hub, Katowice
  • Karolina Kazimierczak, PARP

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM (PST), TUE. Session 5 – Law in Technology and Medicine – Obstacle or Risk Management Tool?

Moderator: Julia Stroińska, Stanford University

  • Stan Lewandowski, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • Soody Tronson, STLG Law Firm
  • Aleksander Niebylski, ololand.ai
  • Marek Salamonowicz, Kazimierz Wielki University

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM (PST)  Stanford Walking Tour – Piotr Moncarz, Chair, USPTC, Adjunct Professor Stanford University(R)

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM (PST)  Transfer from Stanford University to the Poland in Silicon Valley Center  2479 E Bayshore Rd, Palo Alto, CA (Map)

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM (PST)  Inauguration of Poland in Silicon Valley Center for Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship 

  • Commencement Ceremony
  • Cocktail Mixer

7:30 PM (PST) Transfer from the Poland in Silicon Valley Center to  San Francisco

 

Day 2 – July 10, Wednesday – San Francisco – Bay Area Council (Map) and Stanford University – SIEPR Taube Center (Map)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (PST), WED.  Session 6 – Informatics and AI Tools for Strategic Planning

Moderator: Pawel Morkisz, NVIDIA

  • Krzysztof Dyczkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • Konstanty Owczarek, KJO Advisors
  • Tomasz Głowacki, Żabka Polska
  • Oliver Dyla, Ion Signal
  • Bhagya Subbareddy, SAP
  • Marcin Nowak, Digital Technology Hub

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (PST), WED.  Session 7 – Robotics and AI – Future Trends

Moderator: Marek Gorgoń, AGH University of Science and Technology

  • Anna Timofiejczuk, Silesian University of Technology
  • Jamie Hyneman, Executive Producer of Discovery Channel
  • Bart Piasecki, International Monetary Fund
  • Krzysztof Jassem, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • John Townsend, Build by Design
  • Radosław Mączyński, DomData

11:00 AM –  12:30 PM (PST)  Lunch

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM (PST) Transfer from San Francisco to Stanford

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM (PST) Student Workshop – Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Startups, Business Models, Technology Commercialization

Moderator: Karolina Kazimierczak,Grażyna Czerwińska, PARP

  • Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP)
  • Students

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM (PST), WED. Session 8 – Climate, Infrastructure, and Energy

Moderator: Andrzej Nowak, Auburn University

  • Ghazal Izadi; XGS Energy
  • Laurence Rilett, Auburn University
  • Paul Bryzek, University of California, Berkeley, Carbon Sustain
  • Ken Zemach, Lithium Ion Battery Expert
  • John Townsend, Build by Design

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM (PST), WED.  Lecture – Medicine and AI in Quality of Life

Speaker: Lloyd Minor, Dean of Stanford School of Medicine

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM (PST), WED.   Session 9 – Diagnostics Supported by AI

Moderator: Jerzy Orkiszewski, VP of Software Electrical Engineering at Cutera

  • Alexander Witkowski, Sklip Inc.
  • Marzena Konopko, Gastromedica Clinic (private) and Oncology Institute, Bialystok, Poland
  • Lukas Hunziker, Cutera, Inc.
  • Michał Banaszak, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • Barbara Więckowska, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
  • Mikołaj Buchwald, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM (PST)  Cocktails  Stanford Faculty Club (Map), Parking

6:00 PM – 6:45 PM (PST)  Keynote: John Hennessy, Stanford University

6:45 PM – 8:30 PM (PST)  Gala dinner and keynote  Stanford Faculty Club (Map)

8:30 PM (PST) – Transfer from Stanford University to San Francisco

 

Day 3 – July 11, Thursday – San Francisco – Bay Area Council

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM (PST),  THU.  Session 10 – Poland in Silicon Valley

Moderator: Sean Randolph, Bay Area Council Economic Institute and Bay Area Science & Innovation Consortium (BASIC)

  • Piotr Moncarz, US-Polish Trade Council
  • Dominik Schmidt, QVT Financial LP
  • Andrzej Nowak, Auburn University

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PST),  THU.  Session 10.1 – Strengthening US-Poland Cooperation in Science

Moderator: Alojzy Z. Nowak, University of Warsaw

  • Waldemar Priebe, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • Mike Lepech, Stanford University, School of Engineering and School of Sustainability
  • Maria Kaszyńska, West Pomeranian University of Technology
  • Artur Stefankiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM (PST) Coffee break

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM (PST),  THU.  Session 10.2 – Strengthening US-Poland Cooperation in Innovation

Moderator: Teofil Jesionowski, Poznan University of Technology

  • Rafał Kępka, Central Office of Measures (GUM)
  • Paul Marca, Parallax Global Advisors, LLC
  • Marek Salamonowicz, Kazimierz Wielki University
  • Bartosz Bliuj-Stodulski, Daremedia and Laboratorium EE
  • Michal Majerczak, Founder and CEO of ActAware Inc.

12:45 PM – 1:30 PM (PST),  THU.  Session 10.3 – Strengthening US-Poland Cooperation in Entrepreneurship

Moderator: Patrick Consorti, Bridge2

  • Francis Skrobiszewski, US-Polish Trade Council
  • Dominik Schmidt, QVT Financial LP
  • Hamid Farzaneh, Bridge2
  • Rafał Kunaszyk, Smart Growth Forum (FFR)

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (PST)  Lunch

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (PST),  THU.  Session 11 –  Fintech – in the Era of AI and Sustainability – Led Transformation

Moderator: Tadeusz Białek, Polish Banking Association

  • Roman Stanek, GoodData
  • Tadeusz Woszczyński, Hitachi
  • Agnieszka Slomka-Golebiowska, mBank
  • Karol Mazurek, Accenture Poland
  • Daniel Chatelain, Paykademy
  • Mariusz Cholewa, Credit Reference Agency, BIK

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM (PST),  THU.  Session 12  –  Industry of the Future, after X.0

Moderator: Anna Timofiejczuk, Silesian University of Technology

  • Jamie Hyneman, Executive Producer of Discovery Channel
  • Magdalena Hilszer, Kostrzyn-Slubice, Special Economic Zone
  • Frode Odegard, Post-Industrial Institute
  • Jacek Chmielewski, Auburn University
  • Jie Wang, Stanford University

5:30 PM – 10:00 PM (PST),  THU.  Business Mixer on the Bay, Boaring time: 5:30 PM, Pier 3 (Map).The meeting point is Pier 9 Bay Area Council at 5:15 PM, and we are walking together to the boarding place Pier 3  (Map)

Day 4 – July 12, Friday – San Francisco – Bay Area Council (Map)

9:30 AM – 11:15 PM (PST) Financial and Banking Workshop

Moderator: Daniel Chatelain, Paykademy

  • Representatives of the Polish Bank Association (ZBP), Polish Banks, and US and Poland Banking and Investment Community

9:30 AM – 10:30 PM (PST),  FRI. Session 13 – The role of education for quality of life in the AI-dominated world

Moderator: Krzysztof Jóźwik, Lodz University of Technology

  • Renate Fruchter, Stanford University
  • Danuta Zawadzka, Koszalin University of Technology
  • Tomasz Szapiro, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
  • Rafał Kunaszyk, Smart Growth Forum (FFR)
  • Gregory Luth, GPLA

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM (PST),  FRI. Session 14 – Student session – preparing for the new world

Moderator: Małgorzata Tomaka, B2RLaw

  • Adrian Antkowiak, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • Filip Patyk, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • Szymon Bartanowicz, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • Jan Świątek, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • Wojciech Mikołajski, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • Paweł Lewicki, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  • Krystian Szewczyński, Silesian University of Technology
  • Victor Kaberuka Shyaka, Stanford University
  • Michał Wyrębkowski, University of Pennsylvania

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM (PST)  Coffee break 

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM (PST), FRI.  Session 15 – Poland in Silicon Valley – Conclusions for the Future Strategy

Moderator: Piotr Moncarz, Chair, USPTC, Adjunct Professor Stanford University(R)

  • Jerzy Orkiszewski, Cutera, Inc.
  • Alojzy Z. Nowak, University of Warsaw
  • Krzysztof Jóźwik, Lodz University of Technology
  • Andrzej Nowak, Auburn University

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM (PST) Closing ceremony

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM (PST)  Lunch

 

The RODO full statement can be uploaded here  RODO Procedure

 

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PANELISTS

Nancy Baily Google Health
Michał Banaszak Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Tadeusz Białek Polish Banking Association
Bartosz Bliuj-Stodulski Daremedia and Laboratorium EE
Paul Bryzek University of California, Berkeley
Mikolaj Buchwald Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center

Nancy Baily is a distinguished Senior Program Manager at Google, specializing in Google Health and Research. With nearly two decades of tenure at Google, she has amassed extensive experience and expertise in leveraging technology to drive innovation within Google Health. Nancy’s strategic insights and leadership have been instrumental in advancing Google’s initiatives in health technology, where she applies her deep understanding of program management to spearhead projects that push the boundaries of healthcare innovation. Her role underscores her pivotal contribution to integrating cutting-edge technology into healthcare solutions, reflecting her dedication to enhancing health outcomes through Google’s technological capabilities.

Michał Banaszak graduated in 1985 with a degree in physics from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. He received his PhD degree in Physics, under the guidance of Professor Mark Whitmore in 1991 from Memorial University in St. John’s, Canada, specializing in polymer physics and went on to work as postdoctoral fellow with Professor Maciej Radosz in Exxon Research & Engineering Co. in Annandale, USA, from 1992 to 1995 on the theory and modeling of polymer solutions. From 1995 to 1997 he worked as a research associate with Professor Julian Clarke at the Chemistry Department of UMIST in Manchester, UK, specializing in large-scale computer simulations of ionic copolymers. In 1997, he joined the associate faculty of the Adam Mickiewicz University, obtaining a DSc degree in Physics in 2004 with a specialty in soft matter and computer simulations. He is currently a Professor and Head of the High Pressure Physics Division of the Faculty of Physics and Professor of the NanoBioMedical Centre at Adam Mickiewicz University. His main interests are in developing new models and theories for nanoscale self-assembly of various copolymer systems. He also works with experimentalists in order to verify computational predictions and develop novel efficient algorithms and codes.

Doctor of legal sciences, legal counsel, graduate of law at the University of Warsaw and Doctoral Studies at the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences He is associated with the banking sector since 2003. From 2010 to 2020 he served as Director of the Legal and Legislative Team of the Polish Bank Association. Vice President of the Polish Bank Association since 2020. Chairman of the Steering Committee of the National Working Group on Reference Indicator Reform. Chairman of the Committee on Cyber Security of Banks. He has held numerous positions representing the banking sector at the national and European level, also within the European Banking Federation. He has participated in legislative work on numerous pieces of legislation in financial market regulations. Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the Financial Supervisory Council.

Bartosz Bliuj-Stodulski, an entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of companies such as Daremedia and Laboratorium EE. As a managing director, he runs techlab.ee – an AI consulting and software service house. He completed postgraduate studies at Aalto University in Helsinki in “AI for Leaders and Decision Makers”. He is a specialist in relational sales, value-based management, and goal-oriented management. An enthusiast of process automation and AI to free people from routine tasks. He has gained experience in over 350 IT projects in the NGO, public, and business sectors. After work, as a master of sauna, he delivers good experiences to people through the traditional Baltic sauna culture.

Paul Bryzek UC Berkeley Haas MBA 2024 Founder & CEO of CarbonSustain, Inc., carbon emissions accounting and AI-driven insights as a service for small & medium businesses. Powered by legislation tailwinds: the US Inflation Reduction Act and California’s Climate Accountability Package, CarbonSustain delivers a service akin to a TurboTax for carbon emissions reporting. CarbonSustain was a 2024 Big Ideas winner and a current UC Berkeley Skydeck Pad-13 startup. Web3 partners: Nubila.ai, University Blockchain Ripply Initiative (UBRI) & Blockchain Laboratories. Paul is a first-generation Polish-American and Polish Citizen, motivated by the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #13 Climate Action. 2nd-time founder, iOS social media app Kander quickly scaled to 50k users in 2015. 15+ years of experience across the full software development life cycle including extensive Fortune 500 C-suite consulting for mobile and web digital transformation. 2007: B.S. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA.

Dr. Mikolaj Buchwald specializes in applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in medical sciences and neuropsychology. In his dissertation, completed in 2021, he investigated neural correlates of planning functional grasps of bimanual objects. Employed at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) since 2018, he has utilized supercomputing resources and advanced network infrastructures for computational modeling in medicine, including cardiology, oncology, neurology, and laryngology, as well as in cognitive science and psychology. In 2023, Dr. Buchwald was awarded a Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship to conduct his research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He focuses on AI applications for medical data analysis – for developing clinical decision support systems. During his stay in the US, Dr. Buchwald has also initiated scientific cooperation between PSNC, and two US universities: UCLA, and Yale University.

Mark Chandler City of San Francisco
Daniel Chatelain Paykademy
Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczyk Warsaw School of Economics
Artur Chmielewski National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Mariusz Cholewa Credit Reference Agency, BIK
Patrick Consorti Bridge2

Mark Chandler is the Director of the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of International Trade and Commerce. Mark has been with the City of San Francisco government for over 36 years and has served eight mayors. Mark is responsible for international business and development programs of the City of San Francisco, including diplomatic liaison, international aviation promotion, Smart City partnerships, trade and investment projects, inward international missions, sister city programs and international business attraction. Mark has organized and led over 40 overseas missions to countries around the globe. Mark was named “Citizen Diplomat of the Year” by the World Trade Center for Northern California in 2017 and also is a recipient of the Jefferson Award, a national award for community service. He has a BA in Economics from U.C. Davis and an MBA in International Marketing from UC Berkeley and studied at the Tokyo Academy of Japanese.

Daniel Chatelain is a Payment and Fintech industry executive focused on innovation and sitting on the board of directors or advisors of emerging companies. He started The BayPay Forum to help foster innovation in payment and commerce. He is the CEO of PayKademy: Payments are difficult, Learning them shouldn’t be. PayKademy is the new school to learn Payments. Payments are more and more an integral part of a business and few people understand the competitive advantage that you get when you understand the complete ecosystem, how it works and its pricing models PayKademy provides courses in-person, on-site and on- line with a careful selection of instructors, experts in the industry and a particular attention to keep the students engaged with their instructors being face to face or online as well. The BayPay Forum is a member based organization that gathers today over 17,000 executives from thousands of companies and that organizes events for its members to understand the new trends in innovation in payments and commerce in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Las Vegas, New York, Paris, London and Luxem- bourg. Prior to that, Daniel was CEO, President & COO of companies he started as an entrepreneur or within the Lagardere (Elle, Woman’s Day, Car & Driver, Hachette, Canal Satellite) and EADS group (Airbus, Ariane, Eurocopter) and Vice President of a VC backed companies giving him a wide experience of growing companies domestically and internationally in the banking, telecom and interactive media industries as an entrepreneur, corporate or VC backed senior executive. Daniel is a Mentor at 500 Startups, Plug&Play and Berkeley Venture Capital Group. He is also on the board of directors of a company providing a platform for assets to kenization. Daniel is currently offering strategic consulting services, with his recent projects encompassing a broad range of payment solutions. He has spearheaded card issuance programs, devised payment strategies for a major marketplace hosting tens of thousands of merchants, and devel- oped a blueprint for payment orchestration. Additionally, he’s been instrumental in merging iden- tity and private data with commerce through innovative product strategies. Currently, Daniel is conducting market research for a platform aimed at streamlining Visa and Mastercard card payment transaction reconciliation and reporting.

Vice-Rector for Science and Director of the Institute of Statistics and Demography at SGH Warsaw School of Economics. Member of the Committee on Demographic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Deputy Managing Director as well as Country Team Leader for Poland in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Formerly, among others, deputy minister of labour and social policy in Poland. In 2021-2023 member of the High-Level Group on the future of social protection and of the welfare state in the EU, advising the European Commission. Her areas of specialisation include demography, pension systems, the labour market, social policy, health and education.

Artur B. Chmielewski works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) – NASA in California as a space mission manager. He studied at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California, graduating in mechanics and computer science. At JPL, he was a manager of numerous projects such as the Space Technology 8 mission, Mars Telecommunication Orbiter Rendezvous Experiment, Space Technology 6 mission, Gossamer Program, Inflatable Antenna Flight Experiment, and Cryocooler Flight Experiment. He is best known for the management of the Rosetta project on behalf of the USA – a European Space Agency space probe whose task was to enter the orbit around the nucleus of the 67P/Churyumov– Gerasimenko comet and deposit a lander on its surface. He is the son of cartoonist Henryk Chmielewski (“Papcio Chmiel”), author of the “Tytus, Romek and A’Tomek” comic book series.

Between 1993 -1998 he cooperated with the Gdańsk Banking Academy, as a Management Board member, participating at the same time in the research on the financial restructuring of enterprises and banks pursued by the Gdańsk Institute of Market Economics. In the years 1995 -2003 he was an associate professor at the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdańsk. In the period of 2007 – 2010 he was the CEO of Bank Rozwoju Cukrownictwa S.A. In 1998 Mariusz Cholewa joined Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. (Citi Handlowy), where he held a number of managerial positions, till April 2013 being the Director of the Strategy Department. Mariusz Cholewa was a supervisory board member of a number of companies: banks, investment and insurance companies including public granted companies. In the years 2012 – 2013 he was a member of Biuro Informacji Kredytowej S.A. Supervisory Board. Mariusz Cholewa has been the President of the BIK Management Board since June 2013. He is also the President of the Supervisory Board of BIG InfoMonitor S.A. – Economic Information Bureau and Digital Fingerprints S.A. Since May 2020 he has been the President of the Management Board of ACCIS, the largest association of credit registers in the world.

Patrick is a seasoned Silicon Valley-based executive who built worldwide operations for global technology companies in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. He has spent the last fifteen years helping over 50 non-US companies to capitalize on Silicon Valley innovation techniques and accelerate their growth.

Grażyna Czerwińska PARP
Beata Drzazga Drzazga Foundation
Oliver Dyla Ion Signal
Hamid Farzaneh Bridge2
Gregory Feist San Jose State University
Renate Fruchter Stanford University

Grażyna Czerwińska the expert in Department of Communication and Marketing at The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development Since 2004, she has been associated with EU funds. She participated in the implementation of Phare pre-accession projects and further periods of financing from EU funds. An expert in educating and informing entrepreneurs about project financing opportunities at the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development.

Beata Drzazga is an entrepreneur, creator, philanthropist, and founder of many companies in Poland, including BetaMed S.A. – the largest medical company in the country providing long-term care services. The company employs over 3,200 people and operates 91 home care branches in 11 provinces in Poland. She is the owner of the Beata Drzazga Foundation, Dono da Scheggia, Drzazga Clinic, and Global Impact Beata Drzazga. She has also founded companies abroad in Las Vegas, Miami, and Spain. An expert in management, she is a respected speaker at economic and medical conferences. As an author of business texts, she inspires and advises other entrepreneurs. She is also involved in charitable activities and is a co-author of scientific papers in the field of healthcare. She serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the W. Korfanty Upper Silesian Academy in Katowice, Vice President of the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice, and is a member of BCC, the Polish Business Council, and Employers of Poland. She is also a member of the Presidium of the Polish Council of Entrepreneurs. She has received more than 280 prestigious awards and honors, including the Silver Cross of Merit from the President of the Republic of Poland, the Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland, the Individual Award of the President of the Republic of Poland, as well as the Gold Medal Award in Miami for her philanthropic activities.

Oliver Dyla is a seasoned entrepreneur and expert in Generative AI, with a robust 17-year tenure in San Francisco’s startup tech scene. As the founder of a pioneering SaaS company, Oliver excels in guiding applications from their initial concept to successful market launch. His diverse experience spans multiple sectors, including defense, healthcare, and fintech, where he refined his system architecture prowess. Oliver holds dual master’s degrees in Business and Information Systems from the University of San Francisco. Known for his deep industry knowledge and strategic insight, he actively shares his expertise through mentorship and consulting roles. Oliver is committed to developing innovative software solutions that truly engage and benefit users, continually pushing the boundaries of technology to enhance everyday experiences.

Hamid is a serial entrepreneur who has built successful companies in Silicon Valley, Europe, and Asia. A veteran of the automotive, semiconductor, IoT and energy management industries, he is passionate about helping other entrepreneurs bring to market technologies, products, and solutions that enhance people’s lives.

Gregory J. Feist currently is Professor of Psychology in Personality at San Jose State University. He has also taught at the College of William & Mary and the University of California at Davis. He received his PhD in 1991 from the University of California at Berkeley and his undergraduate degree in 1985 from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He is widely published in the psychology of creativity, the psychology of science, the development of scientific talent, and motivated reasoning and most recently the psychology of climate change. One major focus of his has been to establish the psychology of science as an independent study of science, along the lines of the history, philosophy, and sociology of science. His major efforts toward this end are: Psychology of Science and the Origins of the Scientific Mind (2006, Yale University Press), which was awarded the 2007 William James Book Prize by the Division of General Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA); and was founding president of the “International Society for the Psychology of Science and Technology”. Feist is also co-author of the Psychology: Perspectives and Connections, and Theories of Personality, as well as is co-editor of the Handbook of the Psychology of Science, and Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality. In April of 2024 he was elected President of the Western Psychological Association on a platform of the advancing and advocating for psychology to play an increased role in combating behaviors and attitudes that contribute to climate change. Along these same lines, he also co-founded a non-profit, Climate Innovation Coalition, with John Townsend and Jamie Hyneman.

Dr. Renate Fruchter is the founding director of the Project Based Learning Laboratory (PBL Lab) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at Stanford University. Her R&D focuses on emergent collaboration technologies in support of global project teamwork in education and corporate settings. She is a designer of physical and virtual interactive learning and workspaces. She studies the relation between people-place-process-technology to re-imagine the future of work and learning. She is the developer of the innovative „Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) Global Teamwork” course launched in 1993 engaging university and industry partners worldwide. Her latest efforts focus on: (1) big data analytics and visualization towards harmonizing occupant well-being and building sustainable performance; (2) accelerating creativity and engagement in global teamwork through parametric modelling optimization, generative AI, and VR/AR/MR/XR.

Tomasz Głowacki Żabka Polska
Marek Gorgoń AGH University of Science and Technology
Katarzyna Granat Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Aleksandra Gren Founder and President, Leopolda Wild Foundation
John L. Hennessy Stanford University
Magdalena Hilszer Kostrzyn-Slubice, Special Economic Zone

Tomasz Głowacki holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Poznan University of Technology and has completed an Executive Education program at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. He has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science, and Empirical Software Engineering. With 17 years of industry experience, Tomasz has worked in consulting role at Accenture, Procter & Gamble, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, and Egnyte, showcasing his expertise in artificial intelligence, software engineering, and DevOps.Currently, he is the Head of Data Science at Żabka Group, Poland’s leading convenience store chain, where he oversees AI, ML, and data science initiatives. Additionally, Tomasz serves as an assistant professor at WSB Merito University in Poznan, further bridging the gap between academic research and practical application in the field of data science.

Prof. Marek Gorgon received MSc (1988), Ph.D. (1995) and D.Sc. (2007) from AGH University of Krakow, Poland. He has been employed since 1994 on a permanent position at the Department of Automatics and Robotics of AGH, currently as the Full Professor. Since 2020 has served as Vice-Rector for Science, having previously headed the Department of Automation and Robotics at AGH University. His research interests include: image processing, software–hardware codesign, reconfigurable devices, embedded systems and applications. His research focused on the vision system architectures, with a particular attention to real-time systems and FPGA reconfigurable architectures. He is a member of the international team of scientists of the ALICE experiment at CERN. He is a member of scientific societies and steering or scientific committees of many international conferences in his field of interest (FPL, ARC, DASIP), author of 2 monographs and 250 scientific publications.

Dr. Katarzyna Granat is an Expert in Science Diplomacy at the Embassy of Poland in Washington, DC. She completed her PhD in Law at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. She also holds an LLM (EUI) and a master degree in law from Warsaw University, Poland. Katarzyna was an Emile Noël Fellow at the New York University, Marie Curie Fellow and Assistant Professor (Research) at Durham University, UK, as well as DAAD Fellow at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. She has also authored two monographs with Bloomsbury, as well as several articles in the fields of European law and comparative constitutional law

Fintech senior executive with extensive experience in the banking technology sector in EMEA. Started her career at the Royal Bank of Canada in Vancouver in 1995. Transitioned to US-based banking technology firm, part of the team spearheading go-to-market activities in the Middle East and Europe. Member of the launch team for ING Direct Italy setting up first digital bank in the early 2000s. Held a number of roles with Fortune 500 US tech companies operating globally as an analyst, manager and an executive board member. Serves on boards as non-executive director. Active promoter of women empowerment activities through 30% Club and Vital Voices programs and mentoring. Aleksandra holds a B.A. in International Relations from University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and an MSc in European Policy Making from London School of Economics in London, UK. Completed a number of industry and business programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Center for Leadership (LAP). Named Ambassador of the “Parity in Business” Program by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy in Poland in 2015. Participated in the prestigious Fortune Most Powerful Women/US State Department Global Mentoring Program in the US in 2016, matching emerging global women leaders with US-based women CEOs. Named the winner of the 2018 Goldman Sachs & Fortune Global Women Leaders Award in the US, recognizing global women leaders paying it forward. In March 2019, named Global Ambassador by Bank of America at the BoA’s Global Ambassadors Program advancing women’s economic empowerment through leadership development. Awarded the “Business Personality of 2021” recognition by the Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs

John L. Hennessy joined Stanford’s faculty in 1977 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He rose through the academic ranks to full professorship in 1986 and was the inaugural Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1987 to 2004. From 1983 to 1993, Dr. Hennessy was director of the Computer Systems Laboratory, a research and teaching center operated by the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science that fosters research in computer systems design. He served as chair of computer science from 1994 to 1996 and, in 1996, was named dean of the School of Engineering. As dean, he launched a five-year plan that laid the groundwork for new activities in bioengineering and biomedical engineering. In 1999, he was named provost, the university’s chief academic and financial officer. As provost, he continued his efforts to foster interdisciplinary activities in the biosciences and bioengineering and oversaw improvements in faculty and staff compensation. In October 2000, he was inaugurated as Stanford University’s 10th president, a position he held until 2016. In 2016, he cofounded the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program, which provides scholarships and leadership development for a global community of scholars enrolled in graduate programs at Stanford. The program admitted it’s first class in 2018 and will provide full scholarships for up to 100 100 students every year. A pioneer in computer architecture, in 1981 Dr. Hennessy drew together researchers to focus on a computer architecture known as RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer), a technology that has revolutionized the computer industry by increasing performance while reducing costs. In addition to his role in the basic research, Dr. Hennessy helped transfer this technology to industry. In 1984, he cofounded MIPS Computer Systems, now MIPS Technologies, which designs microprocessors. In recent years, his research has focused on the architecture of high-performance computers. Dr. Hennessy is a recipient of the 2000 IEEE John von Neumann Medal, the 2000 ASEE Benjamin Garver Lamme Award, the 2001 ACM Eckert-Mauchly Award, the 2001 Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award, a 2004 NEC C&C Prize for lifetime achievement in computer science and engineering, a 2005 Founders Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the 2012 IEEE Medal of Honor, IEEE’s highest award. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, and he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has lectured and published widely and is the co-author of two internationally used undergraduate and graduate textbooks on computer architecture design. Dr. Hennessy earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University and his master’s and doctoral degrees in computer science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Vice-president of the Board Kostrzyn-Slubice Special Economic Zone. She is responsible for the intensification of the activities of the Polish Investment Zone in Wielkopolska, for the development of the region and the increase in the number of zone investors. She supports entrepreneurs in the area of implementing innovation, the R&D component, the development of new technologies, green Energy sector and the transformation towards a circular economy. Over 20 years of experience in managerial positions: Director of the Regional Office of PARP in Poznań, Director of the PR and Communication Department at Enea S.A. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency. Executive MBA. She perform a social function in the Economic Council at the Rector of the University of A. Mickiewicz in Poznań.

Lukas Hunziker Cutera, Inc.
Jamie Hyneman Executive Producer of Discovery Channel
Ghazal Izadi XGS Energy
Mariusz Jankowski Katowice City
Krzysztof Jassem Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Teofil Jesionowski Poznan University of Technology

Lukas Hunziker is the Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Cutera, Inc. He has over 20 years of experience developing laser, radio frequency, and ultrasound technologies for applications in medicine, telecom, and biotechnology. Prior to joining Cutera, he served in research and engineering management roles at Coherent, JDSU (now Lumentum and Viavi), and SRI International. Lukas received a B.S. in Chemistry from U.C. Davis and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from U.C. Berkeley, where his research focused on the development of femtosecond lasers and time-domain laser spectroscopies.

Jamie Hyneman is the best known as host and Executive Producer of Discovery Channel’s long running series Mythbusters, but I also had a very diverse range of jobs and skills prior to that, ranging from farming, wilderness survival, Russian linguist, sailboat captain, dive master, film effects technician, engineer, inventor, small business owner, to being a lifetime member of both the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators, as well as the National Science Teachers Association. I’ve worked in a concrete testing lab and as a cook in restaurants. The film effects work and then the intense experimentation we did on testing unusual and dangerous situations on Mythbusters in particular was both figuratively -and literally at times- a trial by fire, and was a fantastic education. As a result I’m also a bonafide contingency planning expert. Now that the series is over and I’m kind of over being in front of the camera, I’ve been producing a string of novel devices, mostly robotic in nature. Some have been done for the military, some for private entities, some just for fun. I modified an armoured personnel carrier into a robotic fire fighting device designed to go into a forest fire and stay there, I’ve built a robotic tractor, a robotic 3D house printer and various robotic arms, as well as I’ve worked with an aerospace company on cost reduction strategies for getting things into space

As the Chief Operating Officer at XGS Energy, Dr. Ghazal Izadi plays a pivotal role in driving global operations, spearheading technology advancement, and company expansion efforts. With over a decade of experience, she is a driving force at XGS Energy. Before joining XGS Energy in 2022, Dr. Izadi held key technical positions at Baker Hughes, making significant contributions in both Unconventional oil and gas as well as Geothermal domains. Her responsibilities encompassed overseeing reservoir technical services across North and Latin America, Middle East, and APAC regions. Dr. Izadi earned her Ph.D. from Penn State University, specializing in a diverse range of areas such as computational geomechanics, fluid transport in fractured and porous media, applied rock mechanics, and Advanced/Enhanced Geothermal Systems. Her profound expertise extends to authoring or co-authoring more than 40 technical papers, further cementing her reputation as a notable figure in the field.

A graduate of Inter – faculty Individual Studies in the Humanities at the University of Silesia in Katowice. An M.A. in Political Science and Sociology, a PhD Student. Currently a local government employee and a social activist. A distinguished advocate of downtown revitalization and the return to city centers. Before the EU accession referendum, he had worked at the Regional Center of European Information in Katowice. Following his studies in Germany, he was involved in the creation of the Silesian Metropolis at the office of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Association. A scholarship beneficiary of the “Carl Friedrich Goerdeler Kolleg für Good Government” Program, Robert Bosh Foundation. Mayor’s Representative in charge for Investors’ Service at Chorzów City Hall since 2015 and the Director of Investors Assistance Department at Katowice City Hall since 2019.

Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Jassem, 59 years old. Head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence at Adam Mickiewicz University. Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Laniqo, a spin off company of Adam Mickiewicz University. 3-time world champion in bridge. Research interests: machine translation and language models. Family: wife Magdalena, three children, four grandchildren.

Professor Teofil Jesionowski − Rector of Poznan University of Technology (PUT), the Chair of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Technical Universities, member of the Board of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools and Academy of Engineering in Poland. Since 2020 member of Polish Academy of Science. Professor visited numerous centres and scientific institutions around the world. Collaborates with the Technical University of Denmark, University Technology Sydney and Kent State University. He has given lectures and speeches in numerous countries representing 6 continents. He has published numerous scientific papers in renowned journals (over 555 with SCOPUS h index 60). He is a co-creator of foreign and domestic patents. He is an expert of the National Science Centre Poland, National Centre for Research and Development Poland, F.R.S.-FNRS Belgium, NWO Netherlands, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), and DFG Germany. Professor Teofil Jesionowski was a supervisor in 27 doctoral theses, and 7 of his former doctoral/master’s students obtained the highest academic degree. Main research areas of Professor Jesionowski are chemical sciences (chemistry) and engineering and technical sciences (chemical engineering, materials engineering).

Krzysztof Jóźwik Lodz University of Technology
Victor Kaberuka Shyaka Stanford University
Katarzyna Kamińska Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
Maria Kaszyńska West Pomeranian University of Technology
Karolina Kazimierczak PARP
Rafał Kępka Central Office of Measures (GUM)

Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik – Rector of Lodz University of Technology since 2020, since 2007 Director of the Institute of Turbomachinery, and for many years Vice-Rector for Education. He graduated from Lodz University of Technology in 1987 and subsequently defended his doctorate. He has been a professor since 2014. His research interests include mechanics and biomedical engineering. He has researched blood flow, especially in a project to build an artificial heart. He has also carried out scientific activities through work for Airbus Helicopters in the construction of a propeller for the Eurocopter X3. Also, Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik has conducted research on low-power wind turbines, a system for removing mercury from the exhaust gases of lignite-burning power units and methods for aerosol packaging disposal systems. He is a co-author of 12 patents and 3 patent applications. He is the author and co-author of more than 170 scientific publications, and the manager of two research projects implemented under Horizon Europe. In 2007, he was appointed to the Management Board of Łódź Regional Science and Technology Park Sp. z o.o. as a Board Member. He held this position for 10 years. Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik is active in charity work within the International Lions Club, where he carries out numerous projects aimed at children. He is a keen cook and a great fan of tennis and volleyball. Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik has received a number of awards for his scientific, organisational and charitable activities. The main ones are the Golden Cross of Merit and the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Victor Kaberuka Shyaka is a recent graduate from Stanford University, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Physics with a concentration in Quantum Information and Sciences, and a Master’s degree in Computer Science specializing in Artificial Intelligence. His research interests encompass artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and physical systems, focusing on the study and implementation of algorithms and their practical applications to solve real-world challenges. Currently, Victor is conducting research at Stanford University, focusing on the development and optimization of compilation algorithms for quantum gates. Victor is looking to embark on his doctoral journey in addition to entering the professional sector, aiming to bridge the gap between theoretical computing and practical, scalable solutions, positioning himself at the forefront of innovation in both academia and industry. He is multilingual, speaking English, French, Kinyarwanda and Polish.

Katarzyna Kamińska the Expert, Department of Innovation Implementation in Enterprises at The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development Since 2005, she has been associated with EU funds. She participated in the evaluation process and conclusion of co-financing agreements for Phare pre-accession projects and further periods of financing from EU funds. Expert in the process of assessing funding applications and concluding funding agreements. Chairwoman of several project evaluation committees.

Professor, President of the Committee for Civil and Water Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences and President Polish Assoc. of Construction Engineers and Technicians. She chairs Building Materials Section of the Civil Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 20016-2024 and serves as ACI Liaison with that Committee. She is the member of International Advisory Board of American Concrete Institute. Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the West Pomeranian University of Technology in 2012–2020. She is the author of over 140 articles and lectures on concrete technology and a valued organizer of scientific and technical conferences „Building Failures”. For years, she has been active in the Polish Association of Construction Engineers and Technicians, acting as the chairman of the Szczecin Branch, being a member of the Main Board of PZITB and a member and chairman of the PZITB Science Committee.

Karolina Kazimierczak is the vice-director of Startups Development Department at Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. For 20 years professionally related with European Funds programs for entrepreneurs and local governments, creating the national startup ecosystem. At Polish Agency for Enterprise Development she has been co-creating and implementing enterprise support instruments based on new products and cooperation with innovation centers, universities and public finance units since.

He served as the Head of the Department of Territorial Administration and the Director of the Supervision and Control Office in the Central Office of Measures. As part of his official duties, he is responsible for implementing tasks regarding certifying measuring instruments as well as conducting administrative proceedings. He supervises the Certification Department, the Certification Testing Laboratory, and the Mechanics and Acoustics Laboratory. His areas of interest include high-tech industry strategy, issues concerning transferring modern technologies in industrial applications, and the implementation of AI tools in science and economy.

Marzena Konopko Gastromedica Clinic (private) and Oncology Institute, Bialystok,Poland
Tadeusz Kornecki USDA Agricultural Research Service
Joanna Kowalik Phoenix, AZ
Luke Kowalski Oracle Corporation
Rafał Kunaszyk iLab Plus – Space for effective education, Smart Growth Forum (FFR)
Michael Lepech Stanford University, School of Engineering and School of Sustainability

Marzena Konopko is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of Białystok. He specializes in internal diseases, specialization in gastroenterology. Her doctoral dissertation concerns the impact of endoscopic treatment of obesity on selected metabolic processes and elements of hormonal regulation. He works at the Institute of Oncology Białystok – Department of Endoscopy, and also runs a private practice at Gastromedica Białystok. In 2023, she participated in the ACCEPT project as a local principal investigator in Białystok and Augutów in Poland (ACCEPT research project – global research project – a project to implement randomized health services to determine the value of artificial intelligence in the prevention of colorectal cancer). In the years 2001-2015, she worked as a Young Assistant in the Gastroenterology Clinic of the Central Clinical Hospital of the Medical University of Białystok. He also has experience in giving lectures, seminars and practical sessions on local radio and television.

Dr. Ted Kornecki, an Agricultural Engineer received his Ph.D. from the Biosystems Engineering Dept. at Oklahoma State University. Since 2003, he has been working as a Research Scientist at the USDA-ARS National Soil Dynamics Lab. in Auburn, Alabama developing no-till equipment for conservation agriculture. His focus is to develop equipment for different farm scales, including small farm operations. Examples are designs of different rollers, no-till seed planters, and transplanters. Dr. Kornecki is an inventor of eight U.S. Patents of unique farming equipment and has published 134 publications and 5 book chapters. He is a registered Professional Engineer and an Affiliate Faculty at the Biosystems Engineering Dept. at Auburn University. Dr. Kornecki is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in development of no-till agricultural machines, a member of the ARS National Patent Committee, and an Associate Editor of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Joanna Kowalik, MD, MPH is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who is board certified by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, in both medical specialties, Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is Creighton University School of Medicine Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Psychiatry Clerkship Director. Dr. Kowalik also holds the position of Valleywise Health Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry. Dr. Kowalik is Valleywise Health Emergency Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Director. Dr. Kowalik received her medical degree (MD) from Jagiellonski University School of Medicine in Krakow, Poland. She received her Master Degree in Public Health (MPH) in Health Policy and Administration from the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Kowalik completed Creighton University Psychiatry Residency Program and then Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program (formerly known as Maricopa Integrated Health System) in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Kowalik is an experienced leader and child and adolescent psychiatrist with a demonstrated history of working in various clinical settings. She has dedicated her professional carrier to patient care and advocacy, as well as educating and mentoring medical students, residents, and child psychiatry fellows. Dr. Kowalik is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Assistant Professor at the Creighton University School of Medicine. Dr. Kowalik served as the President of Arizona Psychiatric Society 2013-2014. She is still actively involved in the organization. Her clinical interests include psychosomatic medicine, ethics, neurodevelopmental disorder, and trauma-related disorders. She has many years of experience in emergency psychiatry, child psychiatry, neurodevelopmental disorders, Consultation Liaison psychiatry, teaching, mentoring, administration, as well as policy development and implementation. When not at work, Dr. Kowalik likes to spend time with family and friends and her two dogs Maggie and Jack. She also enjoys swimming, hiking and other outdoor activities.

Luke Kowalski is recognized for his loyalty and pragmatism, but he also excels in his ability to work across disciplines. He has executed projects involving legal issues (antitrust, IP, audits, litigation), acquisitions (due diligence, integration, or divestitures), technical standards (document formats), government affairs (EU/USA trade, IP reform, repatriation), and even managed functions like physical security, user interface design and accessibility. He currently serves as an svp in the corporate architecture group at Oracle reporting to one of Larry Ellison’s EVPs. Before coming to Oracle, he worked for various startups in technical, design, and business roles, as well as for Netscape’s Server and E commerce divisions. He holds several patents and professional certifications, serves on the W3C Advisory Committee, Java Community Process Executive Committee, INCITS Executive Board, and works as an ISO representative for US through ANSI. Luke lectures frequently at global conferences and universities. His educational background includes advanced degrees from UTA, Pratt Institute, and Columbia University. He is currently teaching at UC Berkeley’s Engineering School on Mondays and pursuing a distance learning PhD at University of Birmingham in his free time.

He is co-owner of Eurokreator – an innovative family business and an experienced entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. EduTech Innovator, skilled in International Partnership Developement, Business Planning, and Developing Creativity Skills. A graduate of Jagiellonian University of Cracow. Co-founder and Member of Advisory Board of Life Science Cluster, Member of National Board of Family Enterprise Initiative association, Co-founder of Smart Forum Development Foundation, Member of Małopolska Innovation Council. An expert specializing in soft and creative skills and implementation of new technologies in the field of education with more than 30 years of experience. He creates strategic partnerships connecting businesses with universities to implement research projects and support new technological trends.

Michael D. Lepech is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering and the Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University. His research develops fundamental engineering design concepts, models, and tools that are tightly integrated with quantitative sustainability assessment and service life modeling across length scales, from material scale to city scale, and throughout the early design, project engineering, and operation life cycle phases of engineered systems. He serves as Faculty Director for the Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness (SDGC), the Stanford Center at the Incheon Global Campus in South Korea (SCIGC), and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP).

Stan Lewandowski Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Gregory Luth GPLA
Michal Majerczak Founder and CEO of ActAware Inc.
Paul Marca Parallax Global Advisors, LLC
Cezary Mazurek PSNC
Radosław Mączyński DomData

Stan Lewandowski, global co-leader of Pillsbury’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice, counsels U.S. and international clients on optimal structuring, financing, operations, development and other strategic transactional issues, primarily in the artificial intelligence, fintech, aerospace, education, life sciences and digital health, travel, cybersecurity, gaming, climatetech and renewable energy sectors. He regularly advises U.S. and international companies in connection with financings, acquisitions and other strategic matters.

Gregory P. Luth, Ph.D., S.E. is the managing member of The Renaissance Design Group of CA. He was born in 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri, and is a service-disabled Vietnam veteran. He received his BS in Civil Engineering, Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 1974; MS in Structural Engineering from Stanford University in 1975; Degree of Engineer in Structural Engineering in 1991, and a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Stanford University in 1991. He worked as a structural engineering consultant from 1976 to 1988 culminating with serving as the Structural Engineer of Record on the 2 square block Tabor Center project in Denver. He managed his own firm from 1985 to 1988, before returning to do his Ph.D. research under Professor Helmut Krawinkler at the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering leading to the publication of Representation and Reasoning for Integrated Structural Design. Dr. Luth is a pioneer and industry leader in the development and application of the innovative technologies and processes, notably High Definition Building Information Modeling (HDBIM) to facilitate integrated design, construction, and facility management processes. He has also designed a number of innovative performance-based design structural systems using Krawinkler Fuses From 1994 to 2024, Dr Luth managed Gregory P. Luth & Associates, Inc, a structural engineering firm that provided complete structural engineering and detailing service on numerous major projects including the Grand Californian Hotel, the Lucas School of Cinema at the University of Southern California, and Tesla’s Gigafactory 1, in Reno, Nevada.

Michal Majerczak is a Polish-American Entrepreneur, founder and CEO of ActAware Inc. – AI driven information platform, supporting value-based investing and conscious consumerism, cofounded and operating across US and Poland.

Michal has graduated UC Berkeley and started his career at Morgan Stanley. Later he spent 15 years building MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) – world leading provider of investment analytics, index and ESG. As an ex-pat, Michal lived and built teams across Hungary, Mexico, Philippines, and India, while growing company from 350 to 6K employees and working with the worlds’ largest Asset Management firms.

Michal is a Highlander from Polish mountains. He had won multiple Polish national whitewater slalom kayaking championships and had been competing on Polish National Team from 1995 to 2001.

Mr. Paul Marca is Principal at Parallax Global Advisors, LLC a firm which provides strategic consulting for those seeking to leverage education to make an impact in the workforce. As former Associate Vice Provost at Stanford University, Paul was responsible for an extensive industry education portfolio of hundreds of courses annually. He has been instrumental in extending Stanford’s impact internationally including developing programs in Singapore, China, India, Korea, Malaysia, Brazil, Thailand, the Middle East and in numerous other countries. He has been a keynote speaker around the globe on the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship as well as the role technology is playing in redefining education and employment in the workplace. As the leader of Parallax Global Advisors, Paul provides strategic advice to universities, corporations and governmental organizations on how to develop and extend education as a means to sustain organizational vitality and innovation. His keynotes and workshops have focused on connecting innovation, strategy and education. Paul is a co-founder of the DT.School, a Hong Kiong based organization providing world-class education to the globe. He also serves as an advisor to numerous companies including the Saudi Industrial Development Fund, Eightfold.AI, Youtopian World, Leadernomics, Draper University, Apollidon and Cahoot Learning. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the American University of Phnom Penh. Paul has B.A. in Communication, with emphasis in Television & Film production, from Stanford University.

For over 25 years of professional activity at PSNC, Cezary has been involved in building Polish eInfrastructure. He has participated in many national and international research and development projects, focused on advancing technologies and services as well as fostering the digital transformation of science, industry and society. In his R&D activity, Cezary is mainly focused on integrating a variety of specialized software components into consistent systems for scientific experiments and end-user network services. His scientific interests are focused on big data analysis in the model of digital twins. He launched in 2016 the operations of HPC4Poland Digital Innovation Hub at PSNC with the focus on deployment of services based on High Performance Computing technologies for Polish enterprises in leading industries. Author or co-author of over 100 papers in professional journals and conference proceedings. Currently, the member of GÉANT Program Planning Committee. Since 2020 he is the President of Wielkopolska ICT Cluster.

Entrepreneur, leader and manager with 20-years of experience combining business and IT, while creating market trends in the area of new technologies and their use in business. Involved in international business process automation projects, in particular in the financial industry and real estate management. Enthusiast of designing IT solutions using low-code/ no-code methods. Promoter of cooperation between science and business. Associated with DomData for years

Lloyd B. Minor Stanford School of Medicine
Paweł Morkisz NVIDIA
Kazimierz Murzyn Klaster LifeScience Kraków Foundation
Aleksander Niebylski ololand.ai
Alojzy Z. Nowak University of Warsaw
Andrzej Nowak Auburn University

Lloyd B. Minor, MD, is a scientist, surgeon, and academic leader. He is the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs at Stanford University. Dr. Minor also is a professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and a professor of Bioengineering and of Neurobiology, by courtesy, at Stanford University. As dean, Dr. Minor has had an integral role in setting strategy for the clinical enterprise of Stanford Medicine, an academic medical center that includes the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. With his leadership, Stanford Medicine leads the biomedical revolution in Precision Health. His book, “Discovering Precision Health,” describes this shift to more preventive, personalized health care and highlights how biomedical advances are dramatically improving our ability to treat and cure complex diseases. In 2021, Dr. Minor articulated and began realizing a bold vision to transform the future of life sciences at Stanford University and beyond – a multi-decade journey enabled by Precision Health. In August 2023, Dr. Minor was appointed Vice President for Medical Affairs to lead all matters related to health and medicine at Stanford University. Before Stanford, Dr. Minor was provost and senior vice president for academic affairs of Johns Hopkins University. Prior to this appointment in 2009, Dr. Minor served as the Andelot Professor and director (chair) of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and otolaryngologistin-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. With more than 160 published articles and chapters, Dr. Minor is an expert in balance and inner ear disorders perhaps best known for discovering superior canal dehiscence syndrome, a debilitating disorder characterized by sound- or pressure-induced dizziness. He subsequently developed a surgical procedure that corrects the problem and alleviates symptoms. In 2012, Dr. Minor was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Assistant professor at the AGH Department of Applied Mathematics, an expert in computational methods and deep machine learning, researcher, and manager. He transfers theoretical concepts from computational mathematics to practical applications. The most significant results of his scientific research concern applying artificial intelligence methods to practical problems and the numerical approximation of stochastic differential equations, which was the topic of his Ph.D. in Mathematics. Currently, as Senior Deep Learning Algorithms Manager, he leads a team at NVIDIA responsible for the research and development of deep learning models and their optimization, including LLMs, GenAI, time-series, and Graph Neural Networks. Responsible for performance and accuracy of NVIDIA Inference Microservices.

Managing Director of the Klaster LifeScience Kraków Initiative and President of the Klaster LifeScience Kraków Foundation; Chair of the Council of Sano, the Center for Computational Medicine, International Research Foundation; – Member of the Council of European BioRegions Board; – Member of the SCANBALT strategic group; – Member of the Council of the Agricultural University of Hugo Kołłątaj in Krakow; – Member of the Biotechnology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences; He animates cooperation within the Klaster LifeScience Kraków, the ecosystem in Krakow-Małopolska Region supporting cooperation and the development of innovations for health and quality of life. Is interested in systems dynamics, systems thinking and learning organizations as well as the analysis and modeling of complex learning systems. He is an expert in innovation and entrepreneurship, strategic planning, scenario planning, creativity and creative problem solving, and project management.

Aleksander Niebylski is a strategic leader with extensive experience in business operations, strategic planning, investment banking, and product marketing. He is a Co-founder & CEO of ololand.ai that accelerates strategy and investment decision -making by synthesizing and visualizing most critical information, powered by proprietary LLM chain of thought architecture and predictive time-series transformer. At Adobe, he led post-M&A integrations for Frame.io, Magento, and Marketo, contributing to a $443M quarterly ARR increase. His roles as an Investment Banker associate at Wells Fargo and management consultant at IBM and Accenture honed his financial modeling and digital transformation skills. Mr. Niebylski holds an MBA from Haas Business School at UC Berkeley and a Master’s in Physics from Oakland University in Michigan. Aleksander is skilled in financial models, AI, and web applications. He has a strong track record in managing global teams and executing critical business initiatives.

Rector of the University of Warsaw, former Dean of the Faculty of Management, former Vice-Rector of the University of Warsaw for Research and Liaison and Director of the Centre for Europe; President of the Scientific Council of the National Bank of Poland. Member of editing teams of many prestigious science periodicals worldwide. Editor-in-Chief of many international Journals of Economics and Finance. Main research interests: finance, banking, process of economic integration of Europe. Author of numerous publications on these topics. Visiting professor and lecturer at many universities worldwide. Member of many supervisory boards in national and international companies i.e. member of the Scientific Council of the Institute for New Structural Economics at Peking University. Former member of The National Council of Development of the President of Poland.

Dr. Andrzej Nowak is Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Auburn University, after 25 years at the University of Michigan and 8 years at the University of Nebraska. He received his MS and Ph.D. from Politechnika Warszawska. His area of expertise is structural reliability and bridge engineering, and major research accomplishments include the development of a reliability-based calibration procedure for calculation of load and resistance factors. The procedure was successfully applied to calibration of AASHTO design code for bridges, ACI 318 Code for Concrete Buildings and Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code. He made important contributions in bridge diagnostics and evaluation, analytical load models for bridges and buildings and the development of efficient experimental procedures for WIM measurement of truck loads, dynamic loads on bridges and fatigue load spectra. Dr. Nowak has authored over 450 technical publications, chaired 38 doctoral committees, and chaired a number of committees associated with professional organizations such as: ASCE, ACI, TRB IABSE and IABMAS. He has an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Warsaw University of Technology, he is a Fellow of ASCE, ACI, PCI and IABSE, he received the ASCE Moisseiff Award, IFIP WG 7.5 Award, Bene Merentibus Medal, Kasimir Gzowski Medal from the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, ACI Mete Sozen Award and ACI Charles Whitney Medal.

Marcin Nowak Digital Technology Hub, Katowice
Frode Odegard Post-Industrial Institute
Konstanty Owczarek KJO Advisors
Bart Piasecki International Monetary Fund
Paweł Poszytek WSB, Dąbrowa Górnicza
Waldemar Priebe The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Professional path – VP Digital-Technology-Gaming Kato-Hub, former MD/Head of Ammega GBS, MD/VP Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL), Managing Director at Capgemini and also holding leadership roles in international companies as Siemens, Dade-Behring and Hoechst. Marcin is appointed as Vice President of newly created Digital-Technology-Gaming Hub in Katowice to develop strategy, future operational model and creating value through platform building. Previously Marcin was leading the structures of GBS for Ammega Group owned by Partners Group, and at Capgemini, he managed industrialized Global Managed Services Delivery Centres and also Global Distributed Smart Services network. As VP of ABSL, Marcin was leveraging investor’s location strategy decisions for business services sector in Poland and EMEA countries. Marcin, for activities supporting business development, was awarded by the Chamber of Commerce with Laure of Skills and Competence, in 2020 he was recognized as one of the 200 most influential people on the Polish economy and as representative of the business community, Marcin received honored title of Merited Citizen of Katowice City.

Frode Odegard studies how leaders can best navigate the transition to an economy characterized by the emergence of AI, exponential technologies, and rapid decentralization. He is the founder of the Post-Industrial Institute, an independent research institute with a mission is to develop a post-industrial management science and tools. The Institute puts its research into practice by helping leaders build the organizations of the future. In collaboration with industry partners, the Institute also operates the Post-Industrial Forum. The Forum gathers executives, investors, and founders to learn and collaborate to build future-ready organizations.

Konstanty Owczarek is a founder of KJO Advisors, an advisory firm focused on the intersection of technology, artificial intelligence and capital. He is currently working with a leading $100B+ market cap company in the semiconductor industry and is an industry advisor to KKR Digital Infrastructure on AI infrastructure market. Mr. Owczarek is actively investing in and advising various start-up companies. Most recently, Konstanty Owczarek was Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operating Officer of a $4B HPC, AI & Labs business at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a global leader in supercomputing. Prior to joining HPE, Mr. Owczarek held multiple executive roles at AIG focused on M&A, strategy, global expansion and application of AI/ ML in insurance. Mr. Owczarek started his career at Bear Stearns & Co in New York and for 10+ years was an investment banker, advisor and investor across variety of industries globally. Mr. Owczarek earned a Bachelor of Business from Goizueta Business School of Emory University, where he was Ambassadorial Rotary Scholar and Master’s in Finance and Accounting from University of Lodz, Poland, where he was Polish Ministry of Education Scholar

Bartosz is a highly experienced professional with over 10 years of expertise in global economics, finance, and trade. He served as an Advisor to the Executive Board at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where he provided policy advice to the authorities in over 60 countries worldwide. He frequently collaborates with governments, NGOs, and financial institutions, providing deep macroeconomic analysis to support decision-making processes for implementing fiscal and monetary policies. He is a graduate of the Leadership program at Stanford University Business School and holds an MBA from WSB University

Extensive experience in managing both private and public organizations as well as organizing international events on a European level. Researching on competences, organizational change, managing innovations and digital transformation of universities and companies both in Europe and US. Publishing worldwide in Routledge, Cambridge, Brill, Multilingual Matters and MDPI. Academic activities carried out in co-operation with Collegium Civitas, UMK Toruń, WSB University and Stanford University. Between 1999 and 2024 EU expert in youth, language policy, education and research. Musician, composer, lyrics writer and music producer – member of Association of Stage Writers and Composers (ZAiKS).

Waldemar Priebe, Ph.D., is a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, where he conducts research focused on discovering and developing novel anticancer therapies. Dr. Priebe was raised and educated in Warsaw, Poland. He graduated from Warsaw University and earned his Ph.D. from the Polish Academy of Sciences. Dr. Priebe’s accomplishments has also been recognized with the award of the title of Professor of Chemistry in the Republic of Poland, where he also serves on the National Development Council of Poland and the Medical Research Agency Council. Prof. Priebe has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and holds over 70 patents. He has founded six biotechnology companies, four of which have been listed on NASDAQ. In his spare time, Prof. Priebe works to foster greater cooperation between the USA and Poland. He serves as a Trustee of the Kościuszko Foundation in New York and Warsaw, is President of the Texas Chapter of the Kościuszko Foundation, and is a board member of the Polish-American Council of Texas and the Polish American Chamber of Commerce in Texas.

Sean Randolph Bay Area Council Economic Institute and Bay Area Science & Innovation Consortium (BASIC)
Laurence Rilett Auburn University
Jakub Dalibor Rybka Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Marek Salamonowicz Kazimierz Wielki University
Dominik Schmidt QVT Financial LP
Jeremy Sewell Sagely Health

Sean Randolph is Senior Director of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, where he served as President & CEO from 1998-2015. The Institute is a business-supported public policy research organization focused on the economy of the San Francisco/Silicon Valley Bay Area and California. He previously served as director of international trade for the State of California, and before that as International Director General of the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC), a 1000 member Asia-Pacific business organization. An Asia specialist, his career includes service in the U.S. Government on Congressional staffs, the White House staff, and in senior positions at the Departments of State and Energy, including Deputy/Ambassador-at-Large for Pacific Basin Affairs and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs. He holds a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center, a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts and Harvard Universities), a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and studied at the London School of Economics.

Dr. Laurence R. Rilett is the Ginn Distinguished Professor and Director of the Auburn University (AU) Transportation Research Institute. Rilett’s research is in the field of transportation system analysis area and he has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than 45 research projects with total funding in excess of $55 million. Rilett has more than 250 publications, including over 100 peer-reviewed articles, over 100 conference proceedings papers, and many other published reports, editorials, and reviews. In 2021 ASCE awarded Rilett the Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award for “contributions to innovative research on transportation systems and collaborative leadership to develop a diverse workforce in transportation engineering.” In 2022 he received the S.S. Steinberg Outstanding Educator Award from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association for his “outstanding contribution to transportation education and research”

Prof. Dr. Hab. Eng. Jakub Dalibor Rybka, MBA, a Full Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, has been associated with the university since 2013. He completed his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral studies at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria. After several years at UAM, he completed his habilitation procedure at the Faculty of Biology at UAM. In 2024, he received the title of Full Professor conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland. His research focuses on the use of nanomaterials in biotechnology, biomedical engineering, and 3D bioprinting. In 2023, he Co-founded the first biotech spinoff company of Adam Mickiewicz University. In his private life, he is the head of his family, father of preschool-aged twins (Władysław and Witold), and a fan of Mercedes-Benz youngtimers.

Attorney-at-law, also employed as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Economics of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz (UKW), lecturer at Doctoral School of University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (UWM). Editor in Chief of the Journal of Legal Dogmatics. He conducts research related to IP law, civil law, in particular contract law and competition law. He deals in particular with the legal issues of technology transfer, commercialization of R&D results, access to research data or protection of the external form of a product. In 2020 Awarded by the Institute of Justice in Warsaw for the best postdoctoral (habilitation) dissertation in the field of legal sciences. In 2009 awarded from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for the best scientific work on the topic of IP in the category of doctoral theses in the competition organized by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland. Since 2012, listed among the TOP 500 Innovators – graduates of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Program, having completed an internship at Stanford University, California (USA).

Dr. Schmidt heads QVT’s Palo Alto office. He focuses primarily on technological investments. Prior to joining QVT in May 2013, Dr. Schmidt was employed by Intel Corporation as Senior Director of Wireless Engineering from 2004 to 2010 and as Chief Technology Officer in the Intel Foundry from 2010 to 2013. Between 2000 and 2004, Dr. Schmidt co-founded and was the Chief Executive Officer of Airify Communications Corporation, a wireless multi-protocol semiconductor company, which was sold to Intel in August 2004. Prior to that he also co-founded Pixel Devices International, a CMOS imaging company, in 1997, which was sold to Agilent in 2002 and served as Vice President of Technology there until 1999. In addition, Dr. Schmidt has worked at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center/Argonne National Labs (from 1999 to 2004) and at Altera Corporation (as a Senior Engineer from 1989 to 1997). He has taught at U.C. Berkeley, Tsinghua University in Beijing and the International Technological University and written more than 70 technical papers and has over 90 patents. Dr. Schmidt earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering/Materials Science from U.C., Berkeley in 1989, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1995, an M.S. Management in 1998, a Ph.D. minor in Aeronautical Engineering, in 1999 and a Ph.D., Electrical Engineering in 2003 all from Stanford University.

Jeremy manages product, marketing, and development at Sagely Health, a leading company in data-driven cancer treatment analysis. A graduate of Bates College, he is a veteran product manager who has brought dozens of large-scale products to market. Before going all in on technology, Jeremy served as the Director of Marketing and Communication at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, one of New York City’s largest academic medical centers. Jeremy led the initial planning and development of several award-winning ed-tech products, including Write the World and Listenwise. Today, Jeremy is fully engaged in using AI and human expertise to bring more hopeful treatments to cancer patients. An entrepreneur, technologist, cancer advocate, and father of three, he is dedicated to advancing healthcare

Francis Skrobiszewski US-Polish Trade Council
Agnieszka Slomka-Golembiowska EU Platform on Sustainable Finance
Roman Stanek GoodData
Artur R. Stefankiewicz Artur R. Stefankiewicz
Bhagya Subbareddy SAP
Tomasz Szapiro SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Francis Skrobiszewski has 40 years experience in conceiving and implementing innovative solutions to extraordinary challenges, working in the US, Europe, Africa, Asia and Middle East. On collapse of Soviet Communism in 1989, President Bush called him to The White House to discuss strategies for redevelopment of Polish economy and later to meet Lech Walesa. Skrobiszewski drafted business plan for $240 million Polish-American Enterprise Fund, and served as VP, and later as SVP Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund and MD Hungarian Innovative Technologies Fund, financing local entrepreneurs developing new technologies with global market potential. He also served on Investment Committee of Krajowy Fundusz Kapitałowy financing Polish venture capital firms, and advised Serbian Innovative Technologies Fund. He worked similarly in Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia and Montenegro to create ecosystem for stimulating and financing entrepreneurs developing innovative technologies. Skrobiszewski studied at US and European universities and holds Juris Doctorate, MS in Systems Management and BA in Economics.

Agnieszka Słomka-Gołębiowska is a purpose-driven Non-Executive Director and Board Advisor helping companies in navigating sustainability journey to net zero economy. Ms. Słomka-Gołębiowska has nearly 20 years of extensive experience on boards of large publicly listed and private companies, as well as international organizations such as UN WFP, UNAIDS. Currently, she is a Chairwoman of mBank, where she also serves as Chair of the Renumeration and Nomination Committee, and a member of Risk and Audit Committee. She has been appointed also as Board Member and Chair of Audit Committee in Grupa Pracuj, a European leading HR technology platform as well as Ghelamco Invest, a finance arm of a top-tier commercial real estate company. Her past board experiences include companies from SaaS businesses, aerospace and defense (A&D) industries as well as infrastructure and construction. She holds seat at the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, assisting the European Commission on Sustainable Finance Framework, as well as Advisory Board of Sustainable Investment Forum Poland (POLSIF). Agnieszka Słomka-Gołębiowska is a Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics with research focus on governance and sustainability. She holds PhD in Economics and MSc. in Finance and Banking from the Warsaw School of Economics (with distinction), completing Master Program in International Business at the Copenhagen Business School. She received prestigious awards including the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at Muenster University and the Polish-American Fulbright Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley (Haas), where she cooperated with prof. Oliver Williamson – Nobel Prize winner in economics. She is an author of numerous articles in JCR journals, books as well as a speaker at business and academic conferences. In 2019, she received the Corporate Governance Personality Award. She is a mentor at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin and global ambassador of the Bank of America and Vital Voices Partnership Program on women entrepreneurship and empowerment.

Roman is a passionate entrepreneur and industry thought leader with over 25 years of technology and startup experience. He is the Founder and CEO of GoodData, a San Francisco-based company that delivers AI-driven analytics infrastructure to global enterprises in financial services, travel & hospitality, ESG, and other verticals. GoodData’s Analytics Lake powers augmented and scalable business reporting, dashboards, and ad hoc analytics that is timely, relevant, and trusted. Roman is constantly innovating in the dynamic, high-tech sphere. He leads by example and has a strong commitment to company culture. Prior to GoodData, Roman was the Founder and CEO of NetBeans and Systinet. NetBeans, the leading Java development environment, invented the concept of Java-based IDEs and was acquired by Sun Microsystem. HP Software acquired Systinet, a leading SOA governance platform and co-inventor of microservices architecture.

He completed his doctoral studies in the group of Nobel laureate Prof. J. M. Lehn in Strasbourg in 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he was a postdoc at the University of Cambridge (UK) in the team of Prof. J. K. M. Sanders. In 2013 he received a „Homing Plus” grant from The Foundation for Polish Science and moved back to Poland to establish his independent research group as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. In June 2014, he obtained his habilitation degree, and since 2020, he is a Full Professor of Physical Sciences. His research focuses on the synthesis, study of physicochemical properties and functions of nanostructures such as nanocapsules, polymers and adaptive materials. He has benefited from several programs, including Marie Curie (EU), Homing Plus (FNP), Leader (NCBIR) or Sonata Bis (NCN). He has received numerous awards, including being a BGF Fellow, winner of the PTChem award, and the finalist award from Polityka magazine. He is co-author of more than 80 publications in top scientific journals including, Science, Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Science, Chemical Science etc. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Academy of Young Scientists of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Currently, he holds the position of Deputy Director of the Center of Advanced Technology and Head of the Priority Research Area for Chemistry and Material Sciences.

As a Global Vice President at SAP, I enable enterprises to evolve into intelligent operations with advanced AI applications in Cloud ERP, supply chain, and line-of-business transformation powered by the SAP Business Technology Platform. My role involves executing strategic board initiatives from ideas to product launches, go-to-market synergies, and customer adoption. My focus has been on technology-powered process transformation, ensuring agility, scale, and swift delivery of business outcomes with our strategic partners.

Tomasz Szapiro M.Sc. in Physics, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Habilitation and Professor’s title in Economics. Research in Decision Science. SGH Warsaw School of Economics Rector (2012-2016). Council of National Science Center (2019-2022) and Board of Main Council for Science & Higher Education (2018-2021) member heading Commissions for Education and International Cooperation. On the Board of Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (since 2016) heading Commission for Accreditations and Rankings. Since 2024 Head of the Science Policy Committee at Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Adjunct Professor at Carlson School of Business, University of Minnesota. Member of Economic Award of the President of Poland Board and Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and of Minister of Economy strategic board. Cooperation with Aviva Pension Fund, E&Y, McKinsey, BCG, T-Mobile. Awards for the organizational, scientific and teaching achievements including Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland.

Krystian Szewczyński Silesian University of Technology
John Townsend Build by Design
Soody Tronson STLG Law Firm
Jie Wang Stanford University
Meredith Warshaw Stanford School of Medicine
Joseph Wielgosz National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

PhD student at the Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in Department of Transport Systems, Traffic Engineering and Logistics. Young scientist focusing on road traffic safety issues, in particular vehicle fires. In the past head of the students’ scientific club, laureate of a scholarship from the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland. Science popularizer, main co-author of a patent solution for an invention in the automotive industry, National Runner Up in international design competition “The James Dyson Award”. Professionally car mechanic and vehicle diagnostic technician with over 2 years of experience. Currently chairman of the Silesian University of Technology PhD Candidates’ Council.

Most recently, John Townsend was VP of Technology and Policy at Velodyne Lidar Inc. He has extensive experience in various industries involving autonomous driving and technologies, such as autonomous trucking and smart traffic IOT, and maritime programs. His projects have included a wide variety of technology and management skills including a Full Ocean Depth Submarine Project for Schmidt Ocean Foundation and autonomous sale drones. He was one of the founders of the Earth Air and Space Educational Foundation. John has worked for industry leaders including Google, IBM, NASA, University Associates, Intel, Applied Materials, and AMD.

Soody Tronson is managing counsel at STLG Law Firm and Founder/CEO at Presque, a wearable maternity health-tech startup. Soody 25+ years of interdisciplinary operational experience in innovation, technology, law, and advocacy in startups, Fortune 100 companies, and non-profits. She counsels domestic and international clients in intellectual property and technology transactions in various sectors, including medical devices, hardware, software, and alternative energy. She is a lecturer on intellectual property, licensing, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship. She serves in board, advisory, and leadership capacities with multiple organizations, including California Lawyers Association, Association for Women in Science, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and Northern California District Export Council. She is co-author of the book “Women Securing the Future with TIPPSS for IoT: Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety, Security for the Internet of Things,” and inventor of several patents and applications.

Dr. Jie Wang is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and the Executive Director for Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness. He focuses on interdisciplinary research in the areas of information and knowledge management for complex engineering and social systems, computational decision making frameworks for sustainable enterprise strategy and business governance, information analytics and knowledge acquisition for new business and industry development, enterprise modeling, enterprise IT infrastructure management, smart manufacturing, smart infrastructures and smart city, computational learning and data-knowledge driven engineering systems, social computing, and engineering and environmental informatics. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D from Stanford University, his M.S. degrees from Stanford University and University of Miami, and his B.S. from Shanghai JiaoTong University.

Dr. Warshaw has a doctorate in molecular biology from the University of Illinois Chicago. She did her postdoctoral work at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Warshaw pursued a fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine (SOM) and brings expertise in neuro- and behavioral sciences. She has been a scientific advisor for the SPARK program for translational medicine at SOM. Dr. Warshaw created the Future Brain Cancer Institute which she ran for 6 years, as well as being involved in other entrepreneurial ventures. For the past 4 years, she has worked in higher education at SOM helping with medical school admissions, the accreditation process for SOM, COVID ECHO home nursing project with Continuing Medical Education, and the Dean’s Office Medical School Education Operations. Dr. Warshaw is passionate about helping people lead healthier and more fulfilling lives, championing equity, and building a rich and diverse community.

Dr. Joseph Wielgosz is a mental health researcher, licensed clinical psychologist and digital technology specialist at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Palo Alto Healthcare System and the National Center for PTSD, and a former fellow at Stanford Medicine’s Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness. His research is focused on using a spectrum of technology to improve wellness and quality of life, especially in response to traumatic stress. His work spans digital tools such as the VA Mobile Mental Health portfolio – a set of free, evidence-based mobile apps with international adaptations – as well as data-driven precision treatment models, brain markers of mental health, and mindfulness meditation and other “contemplative technologies”. He also has private- and public-sector experience in data engineering and scientific informatics.

Barbara Więckowska SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Tadeusz Woszczyński Hitachi
Danuta Zawadzka Koszalin University of Technology
Ken Zemach Lithium Ion Battery Expert

Dr. hab. Barbara Więckowska, prof. SGH, is a Head of the Health Innovation Unit at the Warsaw School of Economics. She has been a longstanding director of the Department of Analysis and Strategy at the Ministry of Health, co-creator of the oncology package and health needs maps, vital tools for healthcare planning and management in Poland. She was a member of the Tariff Council at AOTMiT and currently serves as a consultant to the National Health Fund on decision models and the JGP system, as well as an advisor at the e-Health Center. Her scientific interests include the use of quantitative methods in health system management, particularly in improving the efficiency of resource allocation and integrating new technologies into the healthcare sector with current management and financial processes.

Tadeusz Woszczyński is the general manager CEE in Hitachi Europe Ltd. He has been associated with Hitachi Europe for 18 years, which he runs as General Director in Poland, Austria and Central and Eastern Europe. An expert in new IT technologies in the financial sector. He graduated from the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at IESE Business School in Barcelona and Executive MBA at the Kozminski University and also from the Silesian University of Technology in the field of Electronics and Telecommunications and the Warsaw School of Economics (Effective IT Management in Enterprise). He was a participant of international programs for management staff at universities such as Wharton (innovation) and Kellogg School of Management (sales). From the beginning of his career, he has been associated with the banking sector. He participated in a number of innovative projects on a European scale regarding the first networks of ATMs and biometric branches in Poland and Turkey, „paperless” systems, the first multi-application card systems based on MULTOS and DLP systems in public administration, or implementations related to solving the problem of a durable information medium based on WORM matrix. Since 2010, member of the Presidium of the Banking Technologies Forum. Co-founder and, in 2007-2016, chairman of the Biometrics Group of the Banking Technology Forum at the Polish Bank Association. Co-author of a number of publications on biometrics, multi-application cards, enterprise digitization and durable information media. Winner of the award Prof. Remigiusz Kaszubski for activities towards innovative solutions in the field of electronic banking and new technology law, and the Nicolaus Copernicus Medal of the Polish Bank Association for his contribution to the development of the Polish banking sector. In 2023, he was the winner of the „Koźmiński Lions” competition in the Manager category.

Dr. hab. Danuta Zawadzka is the associate professor, the rector of the Koszalin University of Technology, and the head of the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Economic Sciences. Her scientific and research activities focus on the issues of finance. She is member of the Committee on Financial Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as: Committee on Science of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP), Committee on Accreditation and Rankings of CRASP. She is a chairwoman of the Committee on Education of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities of Technology. Prof. Danuta Zawadzka is one of the initiators and a member of the Presidium of the Consortium „Science for the Sea”. She actively participates in the council of the Doctoral School of the University of Messina (Italy). Prof. Danuta Zawadzka is a member of the Council of the Center for Cooperation of University Councils at the Academic and Economic Forum. She actively participates in the EU4Dual European University, the alliance of 9 universities from the EU, including the Koszalin University of Technology. She is elected vice-chairman of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities of Technology for the term 2024-2028.

Ken Zemach received his BS and PhD in Polymer Chemistry from MIT. After several years working on polymers, he gravitated towards battery cells, packs, and alternative energy technology starting in 2005. Since then, he has worked on battery technology with the US Government, Tesla, Northvolt (Swedish lithium ion cell company), Daikin (a cell material company) as well as consulting to numerous other cell companies on three continents. He currently lives in Reno, Nevada in the US and has a position in lithium ion cell manufacturing.

STEERING and ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

CHAIR: Piotr Moncarz USPTC, Adjunct Professor Stanford University(R)
CO-CHAIR: Jerzy Orkiszewski VP of Software Electrical Engineering at Cutera
STEERING COMMITTEE: Mariusz Tomaka CEO, Business and Technology Development, Tritem
STEERING COMMITTEE: Magdalena Hryb Assistant Professor, Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
STEERING & ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:: Jacek Chmielewski Research Scholar Auburn University, Associate Professor Cracow Technical University
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Alicja Orkiszewski USPTC

He graduated from the Surveying and Road Technology School in Poznań in 1968 and from the School of Engineering at Stanford University with Ph.D. in 1981. He served as Adjunct Professor at Stanford University, where for 30 years he taught at post-license level. From 1980 to 2022 he was an employee of the world’s leading Exponent Failure Analysis Associates (www.exponent.com), where he held the highest professional title of Senior Fellow.  In 2017 he was admitted to the National Academy of Engineering in the United States. He specializes in research and prevention of engineering and scientific disasters.  He is a founder and vice chair of XGS Energy, Inc., a company working towards implementation of breakthrough technology for GeoHeat extraction.   He is the Co-founder and Chairman of the US-Polish Trade Council (www.usptc.org), an organization of professionals working pro-bono on knowledge transfer and strengthening cooperation between Poland and the United States. He is vice-president of the Council of Polish Engineers of North America. Member of the 1st Council of NCBiR. He was the co-organizer and academic director at Stanford University of the MNiSW Top 500 Innovators program. Co-founder of the Polish electromobility program, he was chairman of the Supervisory Board of Electromobility Poland SA. Most recently, through USPTC he is the CEO and President of the newly established Poland in Silicon Valley Center for Science, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Engineer, entrepreneur and academic teacher, actively involved in the activities of the Polish diaspora for Poland.

Mr. Jerzy Orkiszewski was born and raised in Poland.  He holds M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Warsaw Technical University, Department of Fine Mechanics (currently Department of Mechatronics) and École Nationale Supérieure de l’Electronique et de ses Application in Cergy, France.  Since 1989 he resides in the United States, dividing his time between California and Arizona. In Silicon Valley he has been working for variety of product development biomedical device companies: Cutera, Inc., Ellex Medical, Lumenis, Inc. and Medical Group of Coherent, Inc., where he has been providing technology and business leadership serving in various engineering, management, and executive positions. Mr Orkiszewski authored several patents related to the application of lasers and other energy devices in medicine, primarily in ophthalmology and dermatology. In 1998, Mr Orkiszewski helped create his current company, Cutera, Inc, a publicly traded corporation. At Cutera, he serves as a Vice President of Engineering. In this role, Mr. Orkiszewski focuses on Electronics and software as well as introducing new technologies to Cutera products. Since 2005, Mr Orkiszewski serves as a President of US-Polish Trade Council (USPTC), a California Nonprofit – Mutual Benefit Corporation based in Silicon Valley. USPTC focuses on technology and biotechnology and builds business and academia relationships between the U.S. and Poland. To accomplish this goal, the USPTC works in partnership with a network of Polish and American organizations, including corporate, academic and government entities. In 2015, Warsaw Technical University inducted Mr. Orkiszewski to its Alumni Hall of Fame. Mr. Orkiszewski is an accomplished pilot and a contributing editor of Przegląd Lotniczy, a popular aviation magazine in Poland. He also lectures for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety seminar series. Jerzy Orkiszewski is married and has one daughter. Both his wife and daughter are practicing physicians. He is passionate about classical music, particularly classical guitar.

Mariusz Tomaka is active as organizer, co-founder, and CEO of innovative electronic and software companies in Poland focused on local and international markets. He specializes in building and running innovative companies – startups and medium size companies– focused on international markets and leading teams of engineers and managers to achieve challenging technology and business objectives. Prior to current activities at TRITEM (the guru company in Industrial Digital Twin and automated testing for critical systems) and EUVIC he worked as  CEO (PL) for DisplayLink in Poland and VP in Cambridge UK, at Neubloc,LLC  board adviser – share holder at ABF. Mariusz is a President of US-Polish Trade Council in Poland and extended board member in USA, Silicon Valley, Mariusz is Vice-president of OG at  Polish Information Processing Society.

Her main research interests are quality engineering and measurement system analysis. She is a trainer in SixSigma. Her professional interests also include project management, science commercialization and quality of education. She is an expert for the European Commission and a reviewer in several journals in the field of mechanical engineering. She has extensive experience in organizational, scientific and structural project management. Currently (2022-2023) she manages R&D projects with a total value of over PLN 10 million. She works in multidisciplinary, international teams and at work she promotes a culture of teamwork, design thinking and innovation. She is a coordinator and a member of the Steering Committee of the international conferences – MANUFACTURING and ICIE. She is a graduate of the Top 500 Innovators program at Stanford University (2012). She was a coordinator of the US-Poland Innovation HUB program, USPTC (2012-2017). Associated with the US-Polish Trade Council since 2012.

He is a Research Fellow at Auburn University in the USA and an Associate Professor at Cracow University of Technology in Poland. His expertise includes transportation network planning and development, road safety improvement, bridge live load and fatigue analysis in the USA, weigh-in-motion data processing and analysis, and big data science, including GSM data processing for transportation projects. He has developed numerous four-stage transport demand models using PTV VISUM and prepared traffic microsimulations in PTV VISSIM for cities and regions. His research has contributed to Federal Highway Administration NCHRP projects and to the Alabama, Florida, California, Rhode Island, and Montana Departments of Transportation. He has also prepared numerous professional projects and expert analyses for private companies and public sectors, primarily focusing on road safety, road network planning, traffic prediction, and feasibility studies.

Dr Alicja Orkiszewska is a graduate of The Medical University of Warsaw (WUM) and a former assistant professor at the Department of General and Transplantation Surgery in Warsaw, Poland, where she got her Ph.D. and board certification in surgery. After arrival to the US, Dr Orkiszewska did residency in surgery at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY and then residency in anesthesiology at Stanford University in California. Since graduation from Stanford, works primarily in private practice. She is a board-certified anesthesiologist with many years of experience. She is also an educator who has designed and implemented anesthesia teaching programs for: surgical, emergency room , internal medicine, ENT and oral and maxillofacial surgery residents; medical students; first responders and RNs. Dr Orkiszewska has 31 Polish and international publications, gave many intrahospital presentations and is an author of several chapters in medical books. She participated in charity medical missions to Asia, South America and Africa. Dr Orkiszewska is a member of American Medical Association (AMA), American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) and Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists (AzSA). Outside medical practice she is interested in traveling to unusual places, general aviation, photography (especially aerial abstracts), and recently writing books for children.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Anna Timofiejczuk Associate Professor, Silesian University of Technology
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Julia Stroińska Stanford University
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Małgorzata Tomaka B2RLaw
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Krzysztof Dyczkowski Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Michal Banka Warsaw University of Technology
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Caria Tomczykowska

Anna Timofiejczuk graduated from the Silesian University of Technology (SUT) in the field of Automatic Control and Robotics. Her main scientific interests are: signal and image analysis, applications of artificial intelligence in machinery maintenance, especially context-based reasoning and also problems related to numerous aspects of Industry 4.0, innovations and creative thinking. Dean 2016 – 2024, and vice dean (2012 – 2016) of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at SUT, coordinator from 2020 of Priority Research Area – Automation of Industrial Processes and Industry 4.0. President of the board of the Silesian Competence Center of Industry 4.0 (2018 – 2020), and from 2021 deputy director of the Center of Industry 4.0 at SUT. She is involved in numerous projects aimed at supporting Polish companies in the implementation of new technologies through simulations, analysis of their profitability, indicating possible solutions and training. In 2015 she developed and implemented dual study on Mechanical Engineering in cooperation with industry.

Julia Stroinska is a lawyer with a master’s degree with honors from the University of Warsaw School of Law, specializing in intellectual property (IP) and artificial intelligence (AI). For the past five years, she has been an associate at B2R Law, where she has demonstrated expertise in various legal landscapes. Julia is now embarking on a new academic journey, having enrolled in the LLM program in Law, Science, and Technology at Stanford University. Additionally, Julia actively participates in the global AI debate by speaking at various industry conferences on law and new technology, and publishing her research in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Julia has a strong connection to the United States and has been involved with USPTC for several years, serving as an active member of the USPTC organizing committee since 2022.

Małgorzata Tomaka is a Ph.D. Candidate at the doctoral school of the University of Silesia, preparing a dissertation in the field of intellectual property law. As a Junior Associate at B2R Law she provides day-to-day legal services to Polish and foreign companies in the areas of intellectual property law, labor law and commercial law. Since 2015, she has been an active member of US-Polish Trade Council.

Krzysztof Dyczkowski, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland Krzysztof Dyczkowski specializes in computational intelligence methods for decision making, computer vision, and natural language processing. He is the co-author of OvaExpert, an advanced decision support system for diagnosing ovarian cancer. Currently, he is actively collaborating with the Lech Poznań football club on sports data analysis. Recognized for his contributions, Krzysztof Dyczkowski has received prestigious accolades such as the Microsoft Research Azure Award in 2015 and the IBM Faculty Award in 2010. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and Member of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT), and serves as Vice President of the Polish Fuzzy Sets Society (POLFUZZ). Beyond academia, Krzysztof Dyczkowski has extensive experience in IT project management. He co-founded an IT company specializing in ERP systems, where he served as CEO for many years. His dedication to innovation is further demonstrated by his participation in the Top 500 Innovators program at Stanford University in 2012 and his role in co-organizing the US-Poland Innovation HUB.

Assistant Professor at Warsaw University of Technology; Visiting Scholar at Stanford University in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering (ex) CEO & Co-founder at Accelerator Accelpoint (www.accelpoint.com) Creator of the Polish start-up capital investment market. One of Poland’s most highly esteemed experts in cooperation between start-ups, accelerators, seed capital, venture capital funds and public institutions. His research focus on Open Innovation, commercialization of science and technology R&D activities, including the determinants of investments by commercial funding in innovative companies. Development of start-up projects; Start-up Accelerator, Corporate Accelerator, Venture capital investments.

Since childhood, Wanda Tomczykowska, my mother, took me on various trips around Boston, New York, Miami, and then through the USA to San Francisco. The favorite Polish song was always sung: “They’re going, they’re going, dear children… how beautiful this world is!”

And so it is. I have already visited over 40 countries, I have described these various journeys in local newspapers and monthly magazines, and my passion for photography has gained more energy. Exhibitions in galleries in the United States and Poland were received with great success and were good opportunities to show others this beautiful world!

A diploma in history confirms my interest in what once was, created our reality, and what may be in the future. The fact that I live in such a beautiful state as California encourages others to visit our west coast, at least for a little while. There is a lot of variety here. I am glad that I can share my knowledge, passion for beauty and at the same time answer interesting questions from my wonderful guests. I invite you all!!

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