The most important business and technology event

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Patty McCord
SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTIONARY

Patty McCord is the co-creator of Netflix's success and a recognized consultant on building an engaging organizational culture and talent management. She advises global technology companies as well as start-ups. She is changing the way they work, proving that her fresh and innovative perspective on people management not only has a positive impact on employees, but most importantly on companies' business results.

It was she who created Netflix's unique corporate culture for 14 years. First as a talent recruiter and then as HR director, she created a whole new quality of HR, which today is emulated by companies around the world. In many of her statements, she emphasizes that at Netflix she worked with people who were changing the way entertainment was consumed, so she felt obliged to take an innovative approach to talent management.

Patty now runs her own company and promotes the freedom and responsibility-based concept of organizational culture. She described it in her book Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, which "The Washington Post" ranked among the 11 most important business books of 2018. She also shares her knowledge in numerous articles and interviews in "Harvard Business Review," "NPR," "Fast Company," "The Wall Street Journal," among others.

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Jason Pontin
RECOGNIZED VISIONARY OF THE FUTURE

Jason Pontin is one of the foremost authorities on the future of technology and innovation. As an acclaimed visionary and columnist, he asks bold questions about the impact of digitization on humanity. He believes that the development of big data, AI, robotics and life science technologies will solve the biggest problems of the modern world. His TED Talk in California, "Can technology solve our big problems?" was watched by more than 1.5 million people worldwide.

For more than a decade (2004-2017)he was editor-in-chief and publisher of MIT Technology Review magazine, publishing an annual list of 10 disruptive technologies. In that time, he developed a new standard for digital transformation, earning him the title of publishing industry innovator. Before joining "MIT Technology Review," he created "Acumen Journal," an authoritative journal on biotechnologies. Before that, he was editor of Red Herring magazine, called the Silicon Valley bible by the Wall Street Journal.

Keynote speaker at EmTech, an MIT conference on new technologies. He often shares his thoughts as a guest on popular television and radio stations. He has published numerous articles and columns, including in WIRED, The New York Times, The Economist, The Financial Times, and The Boston Globe. Currently, as a senior partner at Flagship Pioneering, he finances and develops business ideas to solve problems in health, food access or sustainability. In doing so, he works with governments of several countries, NGOs, academia, foundations and industry.

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Michael Schrage
A GLOBAL CYBER SECURITY PIONEER

Michael Schrage is one of the world's most provocative thinkers on innovation and a respected expert on cybersecurity. He has redefined the way we view innovation, focusing on customer acceptance of new products and services as an integral part of the innovation process. Recognized as a pioneer in rapid prototyping techniques, simulation and modeling, and monetization of innovation.

He was a senior advisor to MIT's Cyber Security Research Program and a consultant to the U.S. government on innovation in national security systems. He has conducted research on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). His current research focuses on the impact of innovation, new technologies and digital transformation on people.

Schrage has created a proprietary 5×5 method for achieving faster, better, cheaper and more creative innovation. No one knows more about maximizing the return on investment in innovation processes than he does. As a result, he is a sought-after advisor to many corporations, including Google, Prudential, Microsoft, PwC, Amazon, Accenture, among others.

In his view, technologies are becoming "smarter" than the people who use them, which is why he himself invests in start-ups developing machine learning. He shares his insights in numerous books, columns and articles. He is the author of many bestsellers in the field of innovation, including The Innovator's Hypothesis, Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become?, Serious Play. He is also one of the most popular columnists for the Harvard Business Review. In addition, he writes for "Fortune," "CIO Magazine" and "MIT Technology Review."

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Paul Michelman
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION GURUS

Paul Michelman is a recognized authority on digitizing knowledge sources, implementing digitization strategies and designing customer experience in the digital world. He is the creator of the online powerhouse "Harvard Business Review." He initiated the creation of a number of digital editorial products (including HBR podcast, HBR IdeaCast), which are still the backbone of the HBR.org online brand today.

Currently, as editor-in-chief of "MIT Sloan Management Review," ranked among the most influential magazines on digital transformation, he creates and implements the title's digital strategy. He keeps abreast of the role of technology in transforming management practice and shares his knowledge of disruptive technologies in the pages of "MIT SMR."

He has many other successful and comprehensive digitization projects to his credit. He was editor-in-chief of Safari Books Online, a virtual library with resources of more than 40,000 titles, articles, books, videos and digital courses. He initiated the transformation of the print magazine Strategy + Business into a digital, award-winning online platform worldwide.

He co-authored the recent MIT SMR book Who Wins in a Digital World: Strategies to Make Your Organization Fit for the Future organizing the latest strategies for winning in an ever-changing business environment. He speaks at prestigious industry events where he shares his original insights on the digital future of management.

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Horace Dediu
KING OF APPLE ANALYSTS

Horace Dediu is a famous visionary, business analyst and expert on disruptive technologies. He is recognized by the world's most opinionated media, which have quoted him more than 350,000 times. Fortune magazine named him "King of Apple Analysts."

He created asymco.com, a market analysis site that revolutionized access to in-depth industry analysis. He is also the author of one of the most popular podcasts on technology and business strategy: The Critical Path. He regularly analyzes technology successes and failures, looking for cause-and-effect relationships and answers to the question "how do you become great?".

Observing the transportation and automotive industries, he saw great potential in the electrification and downsizing of vehicles. He is now focusing on popularizing the idea of micromobility in business and is considered one of the leading experts in the field. In his opinion, micromobility will not only change the way transportation means are used around the world, but most importantly, it will revolutionize many industries.

Dediu gained his knowledge directly from Professor Clayton Christensen, creator of the concept of disruptive innovation. He now advises the world's biggest players (among them are IKEA, IBM, Apple, Facebook) on micromobility and other disruptive technologies. A media favorite - he appears regularly in Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Economist, Forbes, among others.

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Dr. Anna Topol
DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER & MASTER INVENTOR

Anna Topol is an accomplished engineer who serves as the day-to-day CTO of the global THINK Lab established at the IBM Industry Research Group. The expert is recognized worldwide for her ability to create distinctive solutions for a wide range of industries. In her career to date, she has already patented more than 75 technologies (!) that have generated multi-million dollar revenues.

She has more than 17 years of experience in technology development and business development positions. She has advised on cloud computing, analytics, cybersecurity to a wide range of companies related to retail, travel and transportation, energy and utilities, and the telecommunications industry. She specializes in leading cross-cultural matrix organizations, launching offerings, generating new revenue streams and building strategic partnerships.

As head of the IBM Academy of Technology, she manages a community of IBM leaders working on breakthrough innovations. She is the author of more than 80 technical publications and three book chapters, often quoted in the media. She has been honored with many prestigious titles and awards, including IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Master Inventor, Society of Women Engineers Mission - Silver Professional Award, National Association of Professional Women Woman of the Year, among others. She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an activist for the activation of women in the new technology industry.

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Slawomir Idziak
MASTER OF THE CINEMATIC IMAGE

Graduate of the National Theater and Film School in Lodz, renowned cinematographer, as well as director, screenwriter and lecturer, creator of the Film Spring Open, Chairman of the Board of the Film Spring Open Foundation. As a cinematographer, he has shot more than 70 films in 19 countries - including cinematography for Krzysztof Kieslowski ("The Double Life of Veronica" "Blue"), Andrzej Wajda ("The Conductor"), Krzysztof Zanussi ("Year of the Pacific Sun"), Ridley Scott ("Helicopter on Fire"), Taylor Hackford ("Proof of Life"), Michael Winterbottom ("I Want You"), Johan Sayles ("Men with Gun"), David Yeats "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", Natalie Portman ("A History of Love and Darkness") Slawomir Idziak successfully combines a career as both an outstanding filmmaker and lecturer. He is Professor Emeritus of the Kunsthochschule fur Medien in Cologne (Department of Film and TV). He is and has been invited to lecture at the Department of Film and TV at the University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki, Filmhaus in Cologne, Hamburger Film Werkstatt in Hamburg ,Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, FOCAL in Geneva, The National Film and Television School in London, Film School in Sydney, Film School (DFFB) in Berlin, Film Centre in Galway, Iralndia, National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen, Berlinale Talent Campus 2007, State School of Theater and Film in Lodz, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Faculty Design, Dortmund. For his work as a cinematographer and also as a director, he has received numerous awards and honors at festivals in Gdynia, Berlin, Venice, Prague, Aucland, as well as nominations for BAFTA, César and Oscar awards. He received lifetime achievement awards at the Plus Camerimage, Marburg, Miskolc festivals.

His vast experience as both a filmmaker and lecturer inspired him to open new doors in film education. He is the author and coordinator of the annual Plein Air Film Spring Open - an international educational workshop for the audiovisual industry, the 14th edition of which will be held from 15-24.10.2019 in Krakow.

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Jaroslaw Broda
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, he holds a postgraduate diploma in project management from Kozminski University. He has experience in the area of consolidation and operation of the power sector, privatization of state-owned power groups, creation of processes related to restructuring and building strategies and development projects of power entities.

Since the beginning of his career, he has been associated with entities in the energy sector, where he held senior managerial and director positions. He gained professional experience working at the Ministry of Treasury and at TAURON and GDF Suez Energia Polska. Most recently he was associated with GDF Suez Energia Polska - Katowice and GDF Suez (Branch Energy Europe), where he was responsible for market analysis and the development of the company's strategy, regulatory management and M&A projects. He also took part in building the strategy for business development in the area of sales and marketing in Europe. Since mid-2015, he has been responsible for the preparation of the commercial strategy and differential contract for a nuclear project in the UK.

As Vice President of Asset Management and Development, he oversees the work of the following areas: asset management, research, development and innovation, investment projects and programs, and health and safety.

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Jaroslaw Gracel
ASTOR BOARD MEMBER, DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY 4.0

He has many years of experience in the technical and business aspects of implementing MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) class production management systems, making economic analyses of investments in automation and production management systems. He helped build concepts for production management and automatic control systems for ArcelorMittal Poland, Nestle Poland, Cereal Partners Poland Pacific-Toruń, Koksownia Przyjaźń, IKEA Industry, LOTOS Asfalt, LotteWedel, among others. He is an expert in analyzing the economic efficiency of investments in automation systems, in IT systems in the area of production and supply chain management, robotization of industrial processes. He also has an international qualification in project management certified as a PRINCE2 Certified Practitioner. The British Chartered Institute of Marketing awarded him the prestigious Professional Diploma in Marketing. He was the originator and first editor-in-chief of a magazine for manufacturing companies - "Business and Manufacturing". He wrote the first articles on automation of production processes and Industry 4.0 on the Harvard Business Review Poland blog, and co-authored an original concept - Engineer 4.0 ®. In 2016-2017, he participated in the Industrial Transformation Team at the Ministry of Development. He is a graduate of Automation and Robotics (Computer Science in Control and Management) at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. He also completed postgraduate studies in production management at the University of Europe in Cracow. At AGH, he is currently conducting research on Industry 4.0, the impact of process automation on building strategic advantage for manufacturing companies, and the integration of industrial IT and automation systems. He is a member of ASTOR's operating board and director of Industry 4.0.

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Jacek Zawlocki
IT ARCHITECT, CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF CRAFTWARE

IT architect, CEO and co-founder of Craftware, which in 2019 won the "TOP EBU Partner FY19" and "TOP Marketing Cloud Partner FY19" awards for the best Salesforce partner in the region. His company has participated in several hundred Salesforce solution projects for clients around the world. He is an experienced digital transformation and CRM consultant, as well as a solution and integration architect. She places herself in the space between business and IT - she has an excellent knowledge and understanding of the needs and challenges facing modern businesses in the era of the digital revolution, while knowing what tools can be used to effectively bring about the expected results. He believes that agility and the ability to adapt to changing business expectations are key to project success in organizations.

"The overriding thing we want to drive at Craftware is to maximize the value we deliver to the customer."

By driving this value in every area and demanding the same from his colleagues, he has built an agile and effective organization focused on the success of his business partners.

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Florian Hermle
MANAGING DIRECTOR SALES AND MARKETING

Florian Hermle is part of the fourth generation of Balluff Group managers. In 2010, at the age of 35, he took over the helm of the family company as a very young managing director - along with his sister, Katrin Stegmaier-Hermle, and Michael Unger, a long-time member of the management team. With an engineering background and knowledge of software and automation technologies, he is perfectly positioned to lead the Balluff Group into the coming era of IIoT (Industrial IoT). As early as 2002, his master's thesis dealt with the technology that enables an industrial coffee machine to connect to the Internet. For him, the company's sustainability is both a responsibility and a motivation, because managing an organization with almost a century of history, he has a special responsibility. Hermle therefore places a clear emphasis on ensuring the safety and sustainability of its employees and continuing to pass on the values it professes from generation to generation. As a member of the fourth generation of management, Balluff is convinced that being a family company has been and will continue to be a clear advantage in the future.

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Marcin Olszewski
MANAGING DIRECTOR

Before taking the position of Managing Director at HP Inc Poland in 2017, he worked at Fujitsu from 2003 to 2017. From 2014, in the position of Managing Director for the Eastern Europe region (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary) and later also served as the company's CEO in Poland. As Managing Director of Fujitsu Poland, he was responsible for the development and implementation of new sales strategies for various business sectors. He also held management positions in such IT companies as Ingram Micro Polska and Tech Data Polska, among others, and previously specialized in financial management. He is a graduate of the Higher School of Business and Administration in Warsaw.

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Bartosz Sokolinski
DIRECTOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION OFFICE OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

For more than 15 years, he was co-owner and CEO in a group of marketing and IT companies. He founded the first crowdfunding platform for the third sector - fundjesz.pl, a socio-political think tank - Forum Od-Nowa and a movement for better science in Poland - Citizens of Science. He is involved in management, vision creation, strategy oversight, innovation development and creative training and workshops.

He began his professional career while still a student at the University of Warsaw (Institute of Applied Social Sciences), at an international - one of the best and largest in Poland - public relations agency, Alcat Communications. After two years of working in Poland and the United States, he became head of the Warsaw office. He was responsible for Poland and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

He completed postgraduate studies with a specialization in PR and print journalism at the Center for Journalism run by the American Foundation for Free Media. In 1998-2002 he was a councilman in the Michalowice Municipality.

He has worked and advised, among others. Such companies and organizations as Agora, Al Khalediah, Alpha Consulting, Ardo, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Billenium, BlackPoint, C&A Poland, Cemex, Colgate-Palmolive, Compress SA, Cussons, Dynamics PR, Enevis, European Tennis Center, Fomar Borg Automotive, Foundation for the Development of Information Society, Forum for Dialogue, Fundacja Dobrej Edukacji, Fundacja Dzieci Niczyje, Gorenje, Schuman Foundation, Haier, Ignitus, Infor, Korporacja KGL, Kluthe Polska, Konstancin, Kwik-Fit, Infor, Marcato, Merkator, City of Warsaw, Murator, National Bank of Poland, PIAP, Civic Platform, Polish-American Freedom Foundation, Law and Justice, Projekt: Poland, Propsyche, Prokom SA, Rzeczpospolita SA, Prezydent.pl, Profile PR, Shell Autoserv, School of Leaders Association, Sygma Bank Poland, Top Employer, Unilever, World Young Business Achiever International.

He advises and provides training in innovation implementation, creativity, communicating through traditional and social media, content marketing, crowdfunding, making presentations, strategy, ux and education.

Privately, he is a husband, father of three children and a fan of squash, tennis, volleyball and basketball. He has a weakness for good food and white wines. As a rule, he reads several books at once - which is why he sometimes gets confused.

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Jedrzej Kowalczyk
PRESIDENT OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD FANUC POLAND SP. Z O.O.

Graduate of automation and robotics at Gdansk University of Technology. He has been with the Polish branch of FANUC since January 2009. Initially hired as a robot service engineer, he was promoted to head of robot service (2010), and eventually became a customer advisor for manufacturing robotization (2012). His extensive knowledge, passion and commitment to his work contributed to his rapid promotion to the position of director responsible for coordinating sales of all the company's products in the domestic market, and in April 2015 resulted in his appointment as President of the Board of Directors of FANUC Poland. He considers the main goal of his activities to be actively supporting Polish manufacturers in improving their market competitiveness by providing them with reliable production technologies along with the support of Polish engineers.

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Robert Chojnacki
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AT PRATT & WHITNEY KALISZ SP. Z O.O.

A graduate of the University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz. He started his career as a technologist to later become a team leader. Since 2010, he has led the organization, responsible for development projects including transformation and creation of production units.

In his work he was also responsible for the implementation of new products, the transfer of production between units of the corporation, so he is no stranger to working in an international environment of specialists. Privately, you can meet him on cross-country trails.

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Dariusz Kwiecinski
PRESIDENT OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD FUJITSU POLAND

Since 2017, he has been responsible for Fujitsu's sales and business in Poland. Since joining Fujitsu in 2006, Dariusz Kwiecinski has held many managerial positions within Fujitsu structures in Poland and Eastern Europe, including: Service Manager, Service Director, Head of Services and Country Head of Sales in Poland. He is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology.

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Grzegorz Gołda
SALES DIRECTOR AT CLOUDWARE POLAND SP. Z O.O.

He is a graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, where he gained knowledge at the Department of Transportation. He also developed his skills and experience through many courses and trainings, including at ICAN Institute. On a day-to-day basis, he is involved in planning and implementing strategies, as well as increasing sales effectiveness in his team. He is responsible for the results of the Sales Department, as well as the development path for each salesman. Both by education and aptitude, an engineer with a passion for technological innovation. He observes and analyzes the possibility of combining science and technology and applying them to different business areas.

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Pawel Motyl
MANAGING PARTNER OF ICAN LEADERSHIP LAB

Leading European expert in leadership, decision-making and personal effectiveness. Experienced inspirational speaker, consultant, trainer, coach and manager. In 2016, he was selected from more than 16,000 candidates to be part of the first 25 experts in the elite team of 100 Coaches, led by Marshall Goldsmith. He was the first Pole to graduate from the coaching program at the McClelland Center in Boston, and also holds an international executive coaching certificate from Stakeholder Centered Coaching™; he is a graduate of the Executive Program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. He has been associated with the Harvard Business Review Poland since 2007, and was CEO of ICAN Institute for over 7 years; he is co-founder and managing partner of ICAN Leadership Lab. He is the author of the best-selling book Labyrinth. The Art of Decision Making, which became a "Harvard Business Review Poland" bestseller in just six weeks, and was recently published in the US market, where it is receiving very positive feedback from the most influential leaders. Paul is also the author of an essay published in the book "Work is Love Made Visible: A Collection of Essays About the Power of Finding Your Purpose From the World's Greatest Thought Leaders." He spends his free time in the mountains.

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Krzysztof Mogielski
HEAD OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AT CBRE

Expert with more than 10 years of experience in the field of Digital & Technology. Creates and implements digital transformation strategies executing projects in the areas of CRM, marketing automation, eCommerce, data analytics and digital backoffice.

He built his experience working in Polish and international companies such as RTV euro AGD and PwC. At CBRE, as a leader in the Digital Transformation area, he implements new technologies and solutions to improve internal processes and services provided to clients.

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Dr. Sigvald Harryson
FULL PROFESSOR OF DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION

Dr. Sigvald Harryson, full professor of Disruptive Innovation at Hult International Business School, founder and president of iKNOW-WHO.com and of InnoVentum.se, author of the unique From Disrupting Innovation to Disrupting the Innovation program, an expert in large-scale innovation deployment.

He began his academic and research career studying how Toyota, Sony and Canon use a competency-based network to gain and maintain a technological edge.

He received his doctorate from the University of St. Gallen in 1994. At the same time, he worked as a consultant with Arthur D. Little and the Boston Consulting Group, developing corporate strategies for gaining and maintaining an innovation edge.

He received his second doctorate from the University of Gothenburg in 2000. He habilitated in the field of business models of cooperation between industry and universities. He received his first professorship from Lund University in 2006. In 2018, he became a full professor and assumed the chair of Breakthrough Innovation at HULT-Ashridge.

He founded two innovative companies.

Founded in 1999, iKNOW-WHO.com has become a platform used by corporations unable to innovate on their own. Clients include Porshe, Bang & Olufsen, Straumann, Tetra Pak, Nestlé, AkzoNobel, DSM, BASF, Bombardier and Philips, among others.

InnoVentum.se was founded in 2010 to innovate in the field of renewable energy and, by working with universities around the world, has quickly pioneered innovative solutions.