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

June 17-20, 2025

 

Welcome to the Innovation Valley!

ACCOMMODATION

 

We recommend Warwick San Francisco, 490 Geary St, San Francisco, CA (Map). Transportation from this hotel to our venue will be provided.

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

The conference contact: +1 623 980-1998

 

 

7:45 AM – 9:00 AM (PST)   Transport San Francisco- Stanford

ADDRESS: Paul Brest Hall, 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305, Stanford University  (Map)

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM (PST)  Registration and coffee

9:30 AM – 12:30 PM (PST)  Welcome

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

• Welcome and opening remarks- Piotr Moncarz
• The Role of Policy and Governance in Guiding Technological Evolution- Gerard de Graaf
• Opportunities in Singularity – defining the topic

Moderator: Marcin Kawecki
♦ Alojzy Nowak
♦ Grzegorz Mazurek
♦ Bogusława Kaniewska
♦ Arun Mudjumdar

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (PST)  Lunch

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM (PST)  Parallel Poster Session

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (PST)  Session 1 – New Era of Urban Life and Infrastructure

Moderator: Jacek Chmielewski
♦ Larry Rielet
♦ Andrzej Szarata
♦ Maria Kaszyńska
♦ Marcin Jankowski

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (PST)  Session 2 – Humanity in the Space

Moderator: Artur Chmielewski
♦ Tomasz Zawistowski
♦ Scott Schlenker
♦ Joshua Madej
♦ Michael Niedziński
♦ Ilan Roth
♦ Tadeusz Uhyl

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM (PST)  Coffee Break

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM (PST)  Session 3 – Security in a Hyper-Connected World – Quantum Era

Moderator: Michał Banaszak 
♦ Paweł Morkisz
♦ Mark Bain
♦ Aleksander Nawrat
♦ Dominik Schmidt
♦ Jeff Hancock
♦ Mike McFaul

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM (PST)  Cocktail

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (PST)  Gala Dinner – Keynote speech- Singularity- where are we?  – Faculty Club, Stanford University (Map)

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM (PST)  Transport Stanford – San Francisco

 

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ADDRESS: Paul Brest Hall, 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305, Stanford University  (Map)

7:45 AM – 9:00 AM (PST)  Transport San Francisco – Stanford

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM (PST)  Registration and coffee

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM (PST)  Session 4 – Poland in Silicon Valley Center for Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Moderator: Piotr Moncarz
♦ Alojzy Nowak
♦ Jerzy Lis
♦ Adam Woźniak
♦ Piotr Jedynak
♦ Krzysztof Jóźwik
♦ Hamid Farzaneh

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PST)   Session 5 – AI in Practiced Medicine

Moderator: Jerzy Orkiszewski
♦ Marzena Konopko
♦ Mariusz Panczyk
♦ Joanna Gotlib-Małkowska
♦ Jerzy Kupiec Węgliński

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM (PST)  Coffee Break

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM (PST)  Session 6 – City Leadership in the AI Era

Moderator: Jonathan Reichental
♦ Mike Lepech
♦ Marcin Krupa
♦ Stanisław Mazur
♦ Jacek Jaśkowiak

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM (PST)  Lunch

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM (PST) Session 7 – AI Models: Go Global or Local

Moderator: Krzysztof Jassem
♦ Anna Timofiejczuk
♦ Joanna Jaworek – Korjakowska

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM (PST)  Lecture: Designing the Future: Human-Centric Approaches in a Technological Era- Barry Katz

3:15 PM – 5:00 PM (PST) Stanford Walk

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM (PST)  Transport to PolSV Center

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (PST)  Mixer at PolSV Center

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM (PST)  Transport PolSV Center – San Francisco

 

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ADDRESS: Golden Gate Club at the Presidio, 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129 (Map)

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM (PST)  Registration and coffee

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM (PST)  Introduction to UC System

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PST)  Session 8 – Revolution in Feeding the World

Moderator: Piotr Goliński
♦ Agnieszka Filipiak-Florkiewicz
♦ Agnieszka Jastrzębska
♦ Ted Kornecki

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (PST)  Session 9 – Quality of Life

Moderator: 
♦ Beata Drzazga
♦ Meredith Warsaw
♦ Barbara Więckowska

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (PST) Session 10 – Energy Revolution – When?

Moderator: Michał Kurtyka
♦ Ghazal Izadi
♦ Brian McDonald
♦ Celina Mikołajczak
♦ Robert Kostecki

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (PST)  Lunch

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (PST) Session 11 – Revolution in Healthcare

Moderator: Jeremy Sewel
♦ Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska
♦ Waldemar Priebe

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM (PST) Session 12 – The World of Sovereign Currency and Crypto Currency

Moderator: Konstanty Owczarek
♦ Daniel Chatelain
♦ Aleksandra Gren
♦ Dominik Schmidt

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM (PST)  Transport UC Davis – San Francisco

 

ADDRESS: Golden Gate Club at the Presidio, 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129 (Map)

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM (PST)  Registration and coffee

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM (PST) Session 13 – Ethical Considerations in an AI-Dominated Future

Moderator: Danuta Zawadzka
♦ Kamila Krawiec
♦ Rafał Stroińsk

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM (PST)  Coffee Break

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM (PST)  Session 14 – Technology Driven Mental Health Crisis

Moderator: 
♦ Joanna Kowalik
♦ Dorota Piekut-Kmiecik
♦ Joseph Wielgut
♦ Nancy Bailey

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM (PST)  Session 15 – Singularity Driven ESG

Moderator: Michał Kurtyka
♦ Julia Stroińska
♦ Soody Tronson

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM (PST) Lunch

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM (PST)  Session 16 – Student Session

Moderator: Małgorzata Tomaka

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM (PST) Session 17 – AI as a Personal Assistant in a Lifelong Education

Moderator: 
♦ Joanna Gotlib-Małkowska
♦ Jacek Marciniak

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM (PST)  Session 18 – Closing remarks

Moderator: Piotr Moncarz