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Dr. Witold Jankowski

Lecturer and business practitioner, one of the most experienced strategy consultants in Europe. He is the founder and president of the ICAN Institute and co-founder of the magazines "MIT Sloan Management Review Poland" and "ICAN Management Review".

As a promoter of spreading knowledge and continuous development, he initiated many groundbreaking meetings for Polish business with world authorities in the areas of leadership (including Marshall Goldsmith, Dave Ulrich, Heike Bruch, Daniel L. Shapiro), sales (including Neil Rackham, Andy Zoltners, Jeffrey Gitomer) and innovation (including Andrew McAfee, Hal Gregersen, Alex Osterwalder). He collaborates with the best research and training centers in the world. He is a proponent of the concept of evidence-based management - management that relies exclusively on proven, research-backed management practices.

From 1992 to 2000, he taught in MBA programs at business schools in Canada, and for more than 20 years he has led development programs for top managers in Poland (ManagementTM, Strategic Leadership AcademyTM, Personal Leadership AcademyTM). He is the creator of the ICAN Total SellingTM line of sales enhancement programs. He has worked with many companies as a consultant and trainer (including Astra-Zeneca, BNP Paribas, Benefit Systems, Continental, CITI Bank, BSH, Goodyear, ING, Generali, Gaspol, SAP, Shell, Tauron Polska Energia, Veolia Poland, Viessmann).

He studied management and economics in Canada and the United States. He also completed executive education programs in sales at the Kellogg School of Management (Accelerating Sales Force Performance and High-Impact Sales Strategy).

Stephanie Woerner

Stephanie explores how companies are using technology and data to create more effective business models, and how they are managing related organizational changes. Recent articles (with Peter Weill) include "Growing in an Increasingly Digital Ecosystem," "Is Your Company Ready for a Digital Future?" (Title of one of the most important articles of the decade by SMR) and "It's worth having a digitally savvy board" in Sloan Management Review. She is co-author, with Peter Weill, of the book "What's Your Digital Business Model? Six Questions to Help You Build a Next-Generation Enterprise."

Prof. George Westerman

New technology expert at the MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy. He leads research programs on digital transformation, innovation and IT leadership. He also teaches the Essential IT for Non-IT Executives course and helps boards and executives around the world achieve competitive advantage through technology. He is the author of the best-selling publications. Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation according to Business Digest is one of the top ten books of 2014, and The Real Business of IT: How CIOs Create and Communicate Value was ranked number one in its subject area in 2009. His articles appear in such publications as: MIT Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. He serves on the board of the Technology Business Management Council and co-chairs the MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Awards. Before becoming a research fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management, he earned a PhD from Harvard Business School. He also has more than a dozen years of experience in product development and technology management.

Mr. François Candelon

François Candelon is a Senior Partner and Managing Director of BCG, which he joined in 1993. Throughout his career, he has worked in several European countries, leading BCG's Global Telecommunications Sector from 2008 to 2012, and then spent seven years in China working with advanced tech companies. He is now based located in Paris, where he leads BCG Gamma's AI@Scale effort for TMT companies and has been Global Director of the BCG Henderson Institute since 2019. Candelon's research is focused on AI and digital as a source of competitive advantage for businesses and national economies. His work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Strategy Science, among other publications. He writes a monthly column on AI in Fortune and has been a speaker at such global conferences as Politico.AI Summit, MWC, TED, Web Summit, Global AI Summit and Wuzhen Internet Conference. In 2021, he was among the eight shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Digital Thinking Award. He holds a master's degree from the French Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines.

Sam Ransbotham

Sam Ransbotham is a professor of analytics at Boston College, Carroll School of Management. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, an MBA and a PhD, from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He teaches "Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence" and "Analytics in Practice." Sam was a senior editor at Information Systems Research, an associate editor at Management Science, and an academic editor at MIT Sloan Management Review. He co-hosts the "Me, Myself, and AI" podcast, available on all major platforms. He is a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School from 2022 to 2023.

Achilles Georgiu

Thought-provoking InfoSpher and professional MazeRunner. He thought about becoming a chef, but then found himself in the middle of the information age and began his quest for knowledge, asking fundamental questions about the ethical and moral aspects of the evolution of technology and its impact on business and society. He is an inspirational speaker , who has twice been recognized and awarded as the best teacher by two universities. His personal goal is to burn images into people's minds using metaphors and visual stories to transform them into future e-Leaders who understand the evolution of technology and adaptation to the everyday business environment.

Achilles is a senior adjunct professor in the Digital Transformation, e-Leadership and Sales & Negotiations courses in the Executive MBA program at the Department of Economics and Business at Central European University and a member of the board of directors of CEU Innovations-Lab. In addition, he is a visiting lecturer in the Executive MBA program at the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology.

In addition to his master's degrees in Computer Science and IT Management, he has more than 25 years of international and multicultural experience in these fields and extensive knowledge of standard IT management and control frameworks, with a particular focus on personalized people motivation, team building and innovation management. He has worked for several international companies in the past. He currently works at IBM as Technology Support Services Sales Leader for Eastern Europe Territory. In addition to being an ITIL expert, he is also a subject matter expert in solution sales and cross-industry specialization.
In his spare time, if he has any, Achilles still enjoys cooking....

Krzysztof Folta

Krzysztof Folta founded TIM Sp. z o.o. in 1987 as a unit of socialized economy. In 1994 it was transformed into a joint stock company, and in 1998 it debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. For many years it was a chain of electrical wholesalers, and since 2013 it has bet on a hybrid - it sells electrical goods online on TIM.pl, but with the support of a nationwide network of offices and sales representatives. This is a unique business model in the electrical engineering industry, which has brought the Company numerous awards. Today, TIM is a fully automated company, with more than 70% of its sales conducted in a digital model. Krzysztof Folta knows how important logistics are in online sales, which is why he founded his own logistics company - 3LP.

Piotr Markowicz

An expert in advanced ICT solutions, including the Internet of Things and cyber security. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing and implementing them, both for domestic and international companies.

He is responsible for Orange Polska's offer, which, in addition to cyber security, IoT, Industry 4.0, includes advanced communications, IT solutions - both in terms of hardware and software. It is also developing innovative solutions for business, which are based on modern cloud technologies, artificial intelligence and 5G networks.

Joanna Pommersbach

An expert with extensive experience in working with Boards and Executives in the area of improving leadership effectiveness. She has repeatedly supported organizations in preparing their HR strategy, modeling an organizational culture that supports the company's strategy and enhances employee engagement. She specializes in Inclusion and Diversity, helping clients develop D&I strategies and conducting D&I workshops and trainings at all levels of the organization. An important part of Joanna's practice is individual coaching based on the Leadership Impact approach, i.e. matching leadership styles to business challenges, and team coaching according to Prof. Richard Hackman's "Top Team Effectiveness" approach.

Ewa Stelmasiak

Pioneer of leadership and well-being culture in Poland. Author of the book entitled The Wellbeing Leader. How to create a supportive work culture in a hybrid world, many studies and media articles. She supports organizational and HR leaders in building a strategy and culture of well-being. She coaches boards and leaders. She runs a boutique consulting and training company, WellCulture Institute. She has implemented projects for clients such as Allegro, Skanska, Veolia, PwC, Citi, Deutsche Bank and Biogen, among others. Graduate of universities in Poland and the United States. A student at the Stern Leadership Academy Stanford Graduate School of Business. She serves on the advisory board of the International Association for Worksite Health Promotion (IAWHP). Speaker at Polish and global industry conferences (New York, Minneapolis, Athens, Budapest, London). Widely present in business, HR, medical, lifestyle and news media, as well as on radio and television.

Dr. Iwo Zmyślony

Iwo has more than a dozen years of experience in innovation process management, client-centric service design and transformational consulting for change leaders in business and non-profit organizations. He has implemented dozens of workshops, trainings and transformation projects working with HR, internal communications, R&D, marketing and B2B sales, among others.

He specializes in serving clients in the printing and e-commerce industries. He has experience working with manufacturing and logistics companies. For nearly 10 years, she has been developing her P2P learning competencies by conducting intensive courses for business practitioners at the UW Open University.

Since 2022, he has served as HR Director at the Center for Digital Poland Projects (250 employees).

Leonard Kubanek

At Prologis, Leonard Kubanek is the leader and director of the Project Management department. He has been involved in the construction industry for 20 years and has experience at every stage of the investment process - he has worked on the side of the designer, general contractor, agent and developer. He started his career as a specialist in CAD / CAM systems at Ewatroniks in Gliwice, then worked with SMI Metal Bau in Germany and CFE, a general contracting company, and was director of the industrial department at Tebodin and later at CBRE. Privately, he is a fan of basketball, which he has been training since childhood. He believes that thanks to it he learned teamwork, which he particularly appreciates. He is associated with Bielsko-Biała and the Hustlers Andrychów club.

Michal Kwinta

Michal Kwinta has been with Mindspace since 2017, the beginning of the Polish branch of the network. Introducing Mindspace Koszyki to the Warsaw market, he took the position of Senior Community Manager. At the time, he was responsible for creating the company's local structure and team, managing Mindspace Koszyki and its expansion in 2019. Currently, Michal Kwinta serves as City Lead Poland and is primarily responsible for the development of the network, its expansion and Mindspace's operations in Warsaw. He also coordinates activities related to the commercialization of the investments (Mindspace Koszyki and Mindspace Skyliner) and ongoing cooperation with wider business partners, mainly brokers, real estate agents and tenants. Prior to joining Mindspace, Michal Kwinta spent 12 years in the hospitality and tourism industry. In managerial positions, he worked for LOT, Fly Away Travel and Louvre Hotels Group, among others. Michal Kwinta graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Kozminski University in Warsaw.

Luke Sennik

Experienced English teacher, methodologist and auditor. Author of the ebook Recruitment in English and the podcast HR Dreamer. Passionate about e-learning and enthusiast of modern tools in language learning. Today he shows HR departments how to bring education to the web using Digital Language Courses. For more than a dozen years, he has been leading language projects in companies, improving efficiency and increasing the potential of teams at every level of the organization.

Jaroslaw Nowak

Expert with 18 years of experience in the IT industry. For 12 years he has been supporting corporate clients in digital transformation, in areas such as security, cloud, storage, hardware and big data. Privately, a fan of new technology soccer and good coffee.

Ewelina Furtak

She has been involved in the IT industry for more than 8 years. She has worked with companies such as Google, Eizo, and IBM. She has marketing experience backed by working on various projects in the field of new technologies, including blockchain and cryptocurrency. She combines marketing with the world of technology, showing that the IT environment is constantly responding to the dynamically changing needs of business. At Cloudware Poland, she is responsible for creating and implementing marketing strategy, communication, and cooperation with partners. A business psychologist by passion and education.

Hanna Walczak

GS1 Standards Implementation Manager, consultant and advisor in the field of automatic identification based on GS1 global standards, with a special focus on identification of medical devices (UDI). For the past 18 years, she has been responsible for supporting new Participants in the implementation and use of the GS1 System. She is committed to conducting trainings and webinars introducing companies to the system:

• Market requirements for the use of GS1 standards (including UDI)
• AIDC technologies - data collection and identification
• Proper labeling of products, choice of symbols and numbering method
• Correct identification of products with consideration of quality issues

Małgorzata Pasek

Experienced manager and expert in trust services, electronic identification and online payments. Together with his team, he supports companies in the banking, finance, insurance and government sectors in implementing solutions and services for digitization and process automation. Enthusiast of new technologies, promoter of paperless and environmental protection, enthusiast of a healthy and active lifestyle.

Malgorzata Ignaczewska

Certified program & project manager with many years of experience gained at Asseco Poland, Orange Polska, Cap Gemini and EY, among others. He has unique experience in implementing IT projects, as well as streamlining and reorganizing business processes or building new services. He has been working at KIR since 2019 as a Program Manager responsible for delivering innovative services based on blockchain technology. She is currently coordinating the implementation and development of the National Blockchain Network and related value-added services, including integration with the metaverse (in the future). Graduate of the Faculty of International Management at the Cracow University of Economics and Hochschule Anhalt (Betriebswirtschaftslehre).

Agnieszka Operhalska

Manager with 20 years of experience in designing and implementing new technologies and business models in the commercial space market: shopping centers, offices, restaurants, factories and warehouses. For 12 years, she has specialized in building user experiences based on innovative lighting technologies. She is a creator of new design concepts and promoter of the Design Thinking approach in the CEE region, whose starting point is the expectations and needs of the end customer and their direct involvement in the creative process.

Lukasz Rumowski

At Arcus S.A., responsible for managing the process of introducing new products and solutions to the company's portfolio. Manager for more than 20 years active in the area of creation and management of implementations of Managed Document Services class solutions. Repeatedly acted as an expert in the presentation of trends and application of document workflow systems.

Sylvester Pruszkowski

He has been involved in the IT industry for nearly 20 years. On his professional path he tested his skills as an administrator, designer, programmer, leader of a team of architects or managed larger teams responsible for the maintenance and development of one of the largest systems in Poland. More recently, he has been involved in IT in the public sector. Enthusiast of new technologies, although he approaches Cloud and AI solutions with a lot of caution. Advocate of solutions based on microservices and Kubernetes platform (including OpenShift) and DevOps culture. He works closely with the business and developers on a daily basis to develop the best possible technology solutions. IT for him is not only a job, but also a hobby.

Marek Walczak

Management practitioner for 30 years associated with the IT industry. In 1992-2010, involved in the processes of computerization of banks at home and abroad. In 2011- 2017, he managed a company that informatized the medical sector, including the largest Polish hospitals. Since 2018, he has been supporting the digital transformation processes of Poland's largest companies. Meanwhile, he is the founder of the IBM Technology Users Association - COMMON and co-organizer of Cloud Community Europe Poland.

Prof. Dominik Slezak

Lecturer, expert and practitioner in the field of artificial intelligence. He has co-authored more than 200 papers in the fields of data mining, databases, intelligent systems and rough sets. Dominik actively supports the academic community. He has chaired more than 20 scientific congresses in Asia, Europe and America. He co-edits scientific journals including Information Sciences and Intelligent Information Systems. He was one of the founders of the Communications in Computer and Information Science publishing series. And also president of the International Rough Set Society. He is Vice President of the Polish Society for Artificial Intelligence and Vice President of the IEEE CS Technical Committee on Intelligent Computing. He collaborates as an expert with many companies both in the Polish and foreign markets, including IINE, OvuFriend, Security on-Demand and Toolbox for HR. He is the co-author of more than 10 patent applications in the US.

Witold Wiliński

As of 2019. CEO of WSE Tech S.A., a company responsible within the WSE Group for the development and commercialization of software products and technology services for the financial sector. He has many years of experience in managing companies in the IT sector. He was Vice President of the Board of Directors at Asseco Systems S.A and Softbank Serwis S.A., among others. Member of the Supervisory Board of KDPW S.A. Professor at the Institute of International Economic Policy at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Dr. Piotr Wachowiak

Rector of the Warsaw School of Economics, director of the Institute of Management. Vice-chairman of the Committee on Organization and Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

For 30 years he has had ties to business practice working in managerial positions in various organizations. Among others. he was Deputy Director of the Board of Communal Houses Warsaw- Downtown, Director of the Department of Communal Buildings of the Warsaw-Center Municipality Office and Deputy Director of the Board of the Żoliborz District - a member of the District Board, Chancellor of the Warsaw School of Economics, Vice-Dean of the College of Management and Finance of the Warsaw School of Economics, Vice-Rector for Science and Management. He specializes in the issues of: managing people in the organization and corporate social responsibility. He conducts scientific research on: personnel policy in enterprises operating in Poland, negotiations, measurement of intellectual capital of enterprises, knowledge management in enterprises and corporate social responsibility

Author or co-author of many publications on negotiation, conflict resolution, human resource management , measurement of intellectual capital and knowledge management in a company, corporate social responsibility. Among others, the following books: "Professional Manager. Skills of performing managerial roles", "Managing a project team", "Measuring the intellectual capital of an enterprise", "Concepts and tools of strategic management", "Functioning of an enterprise in a market economy", " Cultural and personnel problems of internationalization of enterprises", "Formation of entrepreneurial attitudes and economic education", " Professional presentation. Theory and practice", "Man in the enterprise. Theory and practice", "Social sensitivity of the enterprise. Analysis and Measurement". He is also the co-author of textbooks for secondary schools: "Entrepreneurship without mysteries" and "Economics without mysteries". He was co-author of the core curriculum for the subjects "Basics of Entrepreneurship" and "Economics in practice" for high school.

Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Council to the President of the Republic of Poland. Vice-Chairman of the Chapter of the Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland, Member of the Chapter of the "Now Poland" Foundation. Member of the Team for Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, Chairman of the Task Force for Social Responsibility of Universities.

Paulina Zasempa

She has been professionally involved in the field of human resource management for nearly 20 years. She has built international HR shared service teams, supporting employees of global organizations. She has had the pleasure of implementing and training teams and leaders of various levels. She has been working with SD Worx since the brand appeared on the Polish market in 2021. Enthusiast of digitalization and modern technologies in HR and beyond.

Małgorzata Gawrysiak

For more than 20 years he has been involved in strategic customer service, process optimization and organizational effectiveness. He concentrates on CX/EX/CRM/AI/WFM/CC class systems. Leverages the power of technology to achieve comprehensive, strategic business goals. Synchronizes activities inside and outside the organization to eliminate "obstacles" at the customer, employee, interaction, channel and data levels. Builds a friendly Ecosystem of interaction taking into account customer and employee perspectives. Implements and combines Automation that eliminates costs and Innovation that maximizes loyalty to create an "Experience Orchestration" platform. Humanity and Empathy are the basis of her operation and guarantee of success A graduate of the School of Management and Marketing, the School of International Trade and Fianas and the City and Guilds Institute of London. She started her career at SAS Institute, continued, Dimension Data and for almost 10 years has been building develops and is responsible for the entire Genesys operation in Poland. This year she was nominated by Forbes and awarded as Strong Women in IT 23 Global Edition.

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Lukasz Lewicki

Specialist in contract logistics, VAS, e-commerce projects and related services. He has actively participated in many complex supply chain (complex supply chain) projects. He has in-depth knowledge of warehouse customer service. He also provides training in contract logistics. He has been in the logistics industry for more than 10 years.

Rafał Jastrzębski

Educational product manager with over 20 years of experience. Publisher of bestselling blended learning courses for English language learning at international publishers Pearson and Macmillan. At ICAN Institute, he serves as Head of e-Learning and develops digital solutions. He is a linguist by training.

Dr. Witold Jankowski

Lecturer and business practitioner, one of the most experienced strategy consultants in Europe. He is the founder and president of the ICAN Institute and co-founder of the magazines "MIT Sloan Management Review Poland" and "ICAN Management Review".

As a promoter of spreading knowledge and continuous development, he initiated many groundbreaking meetings for Polish business with world authorities in the areas of leadership (including Marshall Goldsmith, Dave Ulrich, Heike Bruch, Daniel L. Shapiro), sales (including Neil Rackham, Andy Zoltners, Jeffrey Gitomer) and innovation (including Andrew McAfee, Hal Gregersen, Alex Osterwalder). He collaborates with the best research and training centers in the world. He is a proponent of the concept of evidence-based management - management that relies exclusively on proven, research-backed management practices.

From 1992 to 2000, he taught in MBA programs at business schools in Canada, and for more than 20 years he has led development programs for top managers in Poland (ManagementTM, Strategic Leadership AcademyTM, Personal Leadership AcademyTM). He is the creator of the ICAN Total SellingTM line of sales enhancement programs. He has worked with many companies as a consultant and trainer (including Astra-Zeneca, BNP Paribas, Benefit Systems, Continental, CITI Bank, BSH, Goodyear, ING, Generali, Gaspol, SAP, Shell, Tauron Polska Energia, Veolia Poland, Viessmann).

He studied management and economics in Canada and the United States. He also completed executive education programs in sales at the Kellogg School of Management (Accelerating Sales Force Performance and High-Impact Sales Strategy).

Andrzej Jacaszek, DBA

He has spent most of his 20-plus year career at high levels of management in the sales and marketing divisions. Among other things, he specializes in sales force recruitment and the relationship between sales and marketing. From 2004 to 2005, he served as Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland. In 2016, he was elected vice president of Employers of Poland for the second time, where he is responsible for the areas of training and science and business. He is an experienced lecturer and speaker.

Dominika Bettman

As of December 2021, CEO of Microsoft in Poland. For 26 years associated with Siemens Sp. z o.o. (last years as CEO). Entrepreneur, advocate of new technologies and sustainable business. Graduate of the Faculty of Foreign Trade of the Warsaw School of Economics and the Advanced Management Program of IESE in Barcelona. An economist by education, a humanist by nature. Promoter of the idea of diversity and inclusive leadership. Active participant in the public debate on the digital transformation of the economy and society. Author of the book "Technological Magnolias."

Tomasz Chekhovich

He has been a Venture Capital/Private Equity investor for over 20 years. He is a founder and managing partner at MCI Capital, a speaker at many PE/VC conferences, including Noah & Websummit, and a member of the supervisory boards and advisory bodies of MCI Capital portfolio companies throughout Europe. In 2001, he was awarded the title of Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos for his extraordinary market sense, professionalism, vision and business effectiveness. He was the laureate of the "Top Managers of 2015" ranking organized by Bloomberg Businessweek Poland magazine, as well as one of the ten most influential people on the European Internet in Businessweek's TOP 10 ranking in 2000.

He is a graduate of Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw University of Economics and the Executive MBA program of the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Marek Dietl

He is chairman of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, economic advisor to the President of Poland and an adjunct professor at the Warsaw School of Economics. For 20 years he gained experience in strategic consulting and the venture capital industry. He has served on the supervisory boards, audit committees and investment committees of more than 25 organizations.

Jaroslaw Gracel

At ASTOR, he was responsible for technical aspects of implementing MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), economic analysis of investments in automation and production management systems. He helped build concepts for production management and automatic control systems for, among others, ArcelorMittal Poland, Nestle Poland, Cereal Partners Poland Pacific-Toruń, Koksownia Przyjaźń, IKEA Industry, LOTOS Asfalt, LotteWedel. He conducted managerial workshops in the area of Industry 4.0. He was the originator and editor-in-chief of the magazine for manufacturing companies - "Business and Production". He is the co-author of the concept "Engineer 4.0".

In 2016-2017, he participated in the work of the Industry Transformation Team at the Ministry of Development. He is a lecturer at the Warsaw University of Technology Business School (MBA Digital Transformation) and at Kozminski University (Manager of Industry 4.0). 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. At the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, he conducts research on technological maturity in 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 graduate of the Faculty of Automation and Robotics at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow. He completed postgraduate studies in "Production Management" at the Higher European School in Cracow. He holds an international qualification in project management confirmed by the PRINCE2® Certified Practitioner certificate and a diploma "Professional Diploma in Marketing" from the British institute "The Chartered Institute of Marketing".

Bozena Lesniewska

He is vice president of the Management Board of Orange Polska. She is responsible for the business market and Integrated Solutions and BlueSoft companies. She has been professionally involved in management and the technology industry for more than 20 years. She holds positions as a member of the Responsible Leadership Council at the Responsible Business Forum, the LeaderShe Association, the Professional Women Network association and the THINKTANK Expert Council. She was named a finalist in the 2014 International Women In Sales Awards in the Best Woman Sales Director category and the 7th edition of the Businesswoman of the Year competition. In 2016, she was recognized by the Innovative Economy Institute as one of the ten most influential women managing the Polish ICT sector. She is an active mentor in programs supporting the development of young managers, including the Vital Voices Foundation and the Women's Entrepreneurship Foundation, and co-author of the first studies for women in Europe - the Women's Leadership Academy at Kozminski University. She graduated from Jagiellonian University, APP at the Business School of Warsaw University of Technology and AMP at INSEAD.

Wojciech Orzech

He has many years of experience in building and successfully implementing business development strategies. He has a strong track record of achieving goals in challenging operational and commercial environments in demanding industries such as energy, the insurance sector and logistics. At PKP Energetyka (since 2015), he has led the transformation and digitization process, improving service quality, safety and employee engagement. He was Managing Director of Energa S.A. from 2013 to 2014, and Vice President of Energa - Operator S.A. from 2008 to 2013. During his career as a strategic advisor and manager, he worked on the supervisory boards and management boards of many companies. He is a graduate of the University of Gdansk with a degree in Economics. He completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra and received a Certificate of Management Excellencee Harvard Business School in the USA.

Kuba Piwowar

He is a sociologist and analyst. At Google, he has been working with clients in Poland and Silicon Valley on digital transformation processes since 2008. He led the Insights Team, a team responsible for providing Polish businesses with knowledge about the digital consumer and trends in markets understood both vertically and horizontally. He is a member of the Polish Association of Market and Opinion Researchers. He holds a degree in Sociology from SWPS University, a postgraduate degree in Gender Studies from IBL PAN, a degree in Art History from Collegium Civitas and a degree in Marketing Academy from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a doctoral student at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program at SWPS University, where he is studying the ethical and social aspects of data analysis, algorithms and artificial intelligence from a cultural studies perspective.

Przemyslaw Polaczek

He has been with Grant Thornton since 1995. He leads the Digital Drive team, with which he supports clients in driving digital transformation in almost every field of their business. Since the beginning of his career, he has been building the company's position internationally. He has lasting relationships with more than 300 Grant Thornton experts worldwide. He is a graduate of the Poznań University of Economics and Strategic Leadership at ICAN Institute.

Aleksandra Przegalinska, Ph.

She is a philosopher and futurologist, one of Poland's most recognized specialists in the field of artificial intelligence. In addition, she holds the position of pro-rector and lectures at Kozminski University. She is the author of research conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Anna Strzeżyńska

Throughout her professional life, she has been involved in ICT (Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Transport and Construction, Office of Electronic Communications, Center for Regulatory Studies, Wielkopolska Broadband Network, Internet for Mazovia, Ministry of Digitization, MC2 Innovations). She was Undersecretary of State for Communications at the Ministry of Transport and Construction from 2005-2006, President of the Office of Electronic Communications from 2006-2012, Chairman of the Supervisory Board from 2012-2014, and President of the Board of Directors at Wielkopolska Sieć Szerokopasmowa SA from 2014-2015. In March 2015, she became CEO of Internet for Mazovia. In 2012-2015, she was a member of various advisory and expert bodies, including the Council for Digitization at the Ministry of Administration and Digitization and the United Nations Global Compact Poland. Since 2013 she has served as an expert at the Republican Foundation, and since 2015 she has been a member of the council of the Center for Strategic Analysis. From 2015 to 2018, she was Minister of Digitization, Chairman of the Council of State Information Architecture and the Committee of the Council of Ministers on Digitization.

In 2008 she was honored with the Andrzej Bączkowski Award (awarded for fighting monopoly in the telecommunications market), and in 2010 she received the Bene Merito Badge of Honor (for glorifying Poland's name in the world) from the President of Poland. In 2012, she received the Mark Car Award, the highest honor in the IT sector awarded environmentally for achievements in the implementation of new technologies, with particular attention to the social effects of the awardee's activities. In 2017, CIONET Poland awarded the Digital Excellence Awards 2017 to the Minister of Digitization and his team for digital transformation. He is a lawyer by training.

Ewa Wernerowicz

He is a manager with many years of experience in international financial institutions and a fintech market expert. He has extensive knowledge in banking and technology in finance. She is vice president of Employers of Poland, where she is involved in fintech and cooperation between start-ups and corporations. She participated in the creation of new financial institutions in the Polish market, where she built operational structures from scratch. Among them Polbank EFG, Citifinancial and Vivus.pl. She is an active advocate of entrepreneurial development in Poland. She sits on the management and supervisory boards of 4Finance Group companies in Poland and abroad. She is a graduate of Enterprise Management at the Gdynia Maritime Academy, Postgraduate Studies in Leadership in Innovation at the Warsaw School of Economics and IESE Business School.

Dr. Piotr Wisniewski

Managing Director of the DB77 Group with more than a decade of experience in managing international companies. Since 2016, he has been developing the DB77 Group of Companies, which focuses on process optimization in manufacturing and service organizations, as well as production robotization in Europe and Asia. Founder of the World's First Robot Platform DBR77.com, which aims to support robotization and automation of production in companies that would not be able to do it on their own. Creator of the management model according to the Hyperreality concept.

For five years he served as CEO of Maflow, a global automotive company with subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and the Americas, employing more than 4,500 people. Thanks to the new development policy, the company rebuilt a strong position on the market and met the demands of customers, as evidenced by a number of awards from companies such as VW, Audi, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover. For the successful restructuring, Piotr Wisniewski was awarded the TOP Manager of the automotive industry.