POLAND DAYS IN SILICON VALLEY 2022
AI – An Accelerator Towards A More Resilient World
JUNE 14TH – 17TH, 2022
Subjects:
- In Industry 4.0
- In Transportation, Energy and Infrastructure
- In Healthcare, Medicine and Pharmacy
- In City and Climate
- In Communication and Security
- In Resilience build-up
- In Charity and philanthropy
- In Education and Knowledge Transfer
- In Blockchain
- In FinTech
Due to ongoing COVID-19 societal health concerns participation in the symposium is limited exclusively to individuals completely vaccinated
Registration:
Should COVID-19 restrictions prevent in-person participation, the on-site registration fee will be converted to the on-line registration fee, and the difference will be refunded.
AGENDA
TUESDAY – June 14TH
🇱🇷2:30 PM – 4:00 PM (PST)/ 🇵🇱23:30 – 1:30 (PL) Visit Stanford University with a guided tour by Professor Piotr Moncarz Meeting the front of the Faculty Club (public parking nearby)
🇱🇷4:30 PM – 6:00 PM (PST)/ 🇵🇱1:30 – 3:00 (PL) Stanford Faculty Club (cocktail reception)
WEDNESDAY – June 15TH
ADDRESS:4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto CA, 94306 – Palo Alto Room
🇱🇷8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (PST) / 🇵🇱17:00 – 18:00 (PL) Coffee
🇱🇷9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (PST)/ 🇵🇱18:00 – 19:00 (PL) Plenary Session
Moderator: Lukas Grabiec (Google, BoD USPTC)
- Piotr Moncarz (Chair, US-Polish Trade Council; Adjunct Professor, Stanford University)
- Jerzy Orkiszewski (President, US-Polish Trade Council; VP of Engineering, Cutera)
- Mariusz Tomaka (President, US-Polish Trade Council, Poland)
- Andrzej Nowak (President, Council of Polish Engineers in North America)
- Bogumiła Kaniewska (Rector, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Chairwoman of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities
- Mark Chandler (Director, International Relations, San Francisco City Hall)
- Shana Penn (Executive Director, Taube Philanthropies)
- Jarosław Łasiński (Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles)
- Michael Lepech (Professor, Stanford University; Vice-Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department)
- Michał Kurtyka (2018-2021 Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland, President COP XXIV – 2018)
🇱🇷10:00 AM – 11:30 AM (PST) / 🇵🇱19:00 – 20:30 (PL) Panel 1 – AI in Industry 4.0
Moderator: Marek Pawełczyk (Vice-Rector, Politechnika Śląska)
- Paweł Poszytek (General Director, FRSE; Director, the National Agency of the Erasmus + Program and the European Solidarity Corps)
- Michał Wieczorowski (Vice-Rector for development and cooperation with business and industry, Poznan University of Technology)
- Luke Kowalski, (VP – Corporate Strategy, Oracle)
- Dominik Schmidt (CEO Translarity Corporation)
- Jozef Glova (Professor, Technical University in Kosice Slovakia)
🇱🇷11:30 PM – 11:45 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱20:30 – 20:45 (PL) Coffee Break
🇱🇷11:45 AM – 12:45 AM (PST) / 🇵🇱20:45 – 21:45 (PL) Panel 2 – AI in Education and Knowledge Transfer
Moderator: Paweł Śniatała (Vice-Rector, Poznan University of Technology; EUNICE project leader)
- Paweł Poszytek (General Director, FRSE; Director, the National Agency of the Erasmus + Program and the European Solidarity Corps)
- Michał Strzelecki (Professor, Lodz University of Technology)
- Danuta Zawadzka (Rector, Koszalin University of Technology)
- Cristina Satriano (Professor, University of Catania, Italy)
- Małgorzata Wenerska-Craps (Minister Counsellor, Head of Economic and Trade Section, Permanent Representative of Poland to the EU)
- Bogumiła Kaniewska (Rector, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań; Chairwoman of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities)
- Renate Fruchter (Professor, Founding Director, Project Based Learning Laboratory, Stanford University
🇱🇷12:45 PM – 2:15 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱21:45 – 23:15 (PL) Lunch
🇱🇷5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱2:00 – 4:00 (PL) Dinner
THURSDAY – June16TH
ADDRESS: 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto CA, 94306 – Palo Alto Room
🇱🇷8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (PST) / 🇵🇱17:00 – 18:00 (PL) Coffee
🇱🇷9:00 AM – 10:30 AM (PST) / 🇵🇱18:00 – 19:30 (PL) Panel 3– AI in Smart City and in Climate
Moderator: Andrzej Szarata (Dean, Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology)
- Mark Chandler (Director, International Relations, San Francisco City Hall)
- Marcin Krupa (President, City of Katowice) / Mariusz Jankowski (Int. Relations, Katowice)
- Tempe Representative (Arizona)
- Houston Representative (Texas)
🇱🇷10:30 AM – 10:45 AM (PST) / 🇵🇱19:30 – 19:45 (PL) Coffee Break
🇱🇷10:45 AM – 11:45 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱19:45 – 20:45 (PL) Panel 4– AI in Communication and Security
Moderator:Adam Januszko (Professor, Military University of Land Forces, Wroclaw)
- Michał Kosiński (Associate Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business)
- Lech Grzesiak (Dean, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology)
- Marcin Pałys (Member of the Board, European University Association)
- Robert Hryniewicz (Director of Product Marketing, Cloudera)
🇱🇷11:45 AM – 12:45 AM (PST) / 🇵🇱20:45 – 21:45 (PL) Panel 5– AI in Healthcare, Medicine and Pharmacy
Moderator: Marek Żywno (Founder- CEO, Silicon Valley Ventures)
- Janusz Bryzek (Exo Imaging, Inc, Founder, Executive Chairman, serial entrepreneur, internationally recognized his ground-breaking work on Microelectromechanical Systems – MEMS)
- Karolina Nowak (Director of Innovation and Bio-Tech Medical Research Agency)
- Jerzy Orkiszewski (President, US-Polish Trade Council; VP of Engineering, Cutera)
- Zbigniew Nawrat (Professor, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice)
- Beata Drzazga (President, BetaMed)
- Paweł Strumiłło (Professor, Lodz University of Technology)
- Cezary Mazurek (Director of Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center)
- Joanna Jaworek-Korjakowska (Assoc. Professor, AGH)
- X Stanisław Dziekoński (Professor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw)
🇱🇷12:45 PM – 1:45 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱21:45 – 22:45 (PL) Lunch
🇱🇷1:45 PM – 2:45 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱22:45 – 23:45 (PL) Panel 6– AI in charity and philanthropy
Moderator:Shana Penn (Executive Director, Taube Philanthropies)
- X Stanisław Dziekoński (Professor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw)
- Bogusław Feder (Founder, Academy of Leaders, Bogusław Feder Foundation)
- Tad Taube (Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland, Founder and Honorary Director, Taube Philanthropies; entrepreneur)
🇱🇷2:45 PM – 3:45 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱23:45 – 00:45 (PL) Panel 7– AI in Transportation, Energy and Infrastructure
Moderator: Michał Kurtyka (2018-2021 Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland, President COP XXIV – 2018)
- Arkadiusz Kawa (Institute Director, Łukasiewicz – Poznań Institute of Technology)
- Ghazal Izadi (Vice-President, Geothermic Solution)
- Celina Mikołajczak (Vice President of Manufacturing Engineering, QuantumScape)
- Autonomous taxis
🇱🇷6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱3:00 – 6:00 (PL) Gala Dinner
ADDRESS: 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto CA, 94306 – Grand Ballroom
- Keynote Speaker:TBC
FRIDAY – June17TH
Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities of Technology
Council of Polish Engineers in North America & USPTC
ADDRESS: 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto CA, 94306 – Palo Alto Room
🇱🇷8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (PST) / 🇵🇱17:00 – 18:00 (PL) Coffee
🇱🇷9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (PST) / 🇵🇱18:00 – 19:00 (PL) Panel 8 AI in Montary Systems, Fintech and Blockchain Student Experience Exchange
Moderator: Daria Pawęda (Director, Volkswagen Bank, Poland)
- Paul Bryzek
- Aleksandra Gren (Founder and President, Leopolda Wild Foundation)
- Krzysztof Górski (Director, Science and Finance, Medical Research Agency)
- Tadeusz Białek (Vice-President, Polish Bank Association, Cybersecurity)
- Robert Trętowski (Vice-President, Polish Clearance Chamber)
🇱🇷10:00 AM – 11:30 PM (PST) /🇵🇱19:00 – 20:30 (PL) Panel 9 AI Student Experience Exchange
Moderator: Jacek Chmielewski (PhD, Auburn University)
- Michał Adamkiewicz (Masters Student, Electrical Engineering, Admitted Autumn 2017)
- TBC (Student, Poznan University of Technology) – 2 persons
- TBC (Student, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) – 2 persons
- TBC (Student, Stanford University) – 3 persons
🇱🇷12:00 AM – 8:00 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱21:15 – 5:00 (PL) Departure for Bay Area Exploration
Saturday – JUNE18TH
🇱🇷8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (PST) / 🇵🇱17:00 – 2:00 (PL) San Francisco Area Tour with a guided tour by Professor Piotr Moncarz; Meeting at the 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto CA, 94306 – in front of the Palo Alto Event Center
Recommended HOTELS NEAR THE CONFERENCE VENUE
- Hilton Garden Inn Palo Alto, 4216 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
- Dinah’s Garden Hotel, 4261 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306,USA
- Courtyard by Marriott Palo Alto Los Altos, 4320 El Camino Real, Los Altos, CA 94022, USA