Dr. Witold Jankowski
President of ICAN Institute

One of the most experienced strategic consultants in Europe, creator of development programs in the areas of leadership, innovation and sales. Initiator of groundbreaking meetings for Polish business with world leadership authorities, such as Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Prof. Heike Bruch, Prof. Jeffrey Pfeffer and Prof. Joseph L. Badaracco.

Andrzej Jacaszek, DBA
Managing Director ICAN Institute

He has held positions at the highest level of management for more than 20 years. In 2004-2005 he served as Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland. An experienced lecturer and speaker. He holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Business Administration from the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Dominika Bettman
CEO, Siemens Sp. z o.o.

Prior to that, she was the company's chief financial officer (CFO). Associated with Siemens for nearly 25 years. Advocate of corporate social responsibility, activation of women (mainly in science and technology industries); promoter of diversity and inclusive management.

Jaroslaw Gracel
ASTOR Board Member, Director for Industry 4.0

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 automated 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 for VW, WIKA Polska, Radiometer, GKN Driveline, Pratt&Whitney, among others. He was the originator and first editor-in-chief of a magazine for manufacturing companies - "Business and Production". He was also responsible for building the company's consulting department. He is the co-author of the "Engineer 4.0" concept. In 2016-2017, he participated in the work of the Industrial 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 has expertise 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 AGH (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 the author of the first articles on manufacturing process automation and Industry 4.0 on the Harvard Business Review Poland blog - http://blogi.hbrp.pl/blog-biznesowy/author/jgracel/.
Graduate of Automation and Robotics specialization "Computer Science in Control and Management" at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. He completed post-graduate studies in "Production Management" at the University of Europe in Cracow. He also holds an international qualification in project management confirmed by the PRINCE2® Certified Practitioner certificate. He holds the prestigious diploma "Professional Diploma in Marketing" from the British institute "The Chartered Institute of Marketing".

Krzysztof Grzęda
Project Services Leader, IBM Poland and Baltics

Experienced leader and manager of technical and sales teams. Possesses the highest qualifications in establishing fruitful cooperation with clients, business partners and leading technology providers. Focused on cloud computing and artificial intelligence projects implemented for Polish clients.

Jakub Jasinski
e-commerce director at CCC S.A.

Jakub Jasinski has served as Director of Ecommerce &Omnichanel at CCC SA for over 4 years. His extensive professional experience , 12 years in the e-commerce industry, allowed him to build CCC's online sales system from zero to digital hero. The multi-channel world of online shopping today boasts impressive results, and the number of new users is steadily increasing.

Dr. Beata Kozlowska-Chyla
president of PZU SA

Ms. Beata Kozlowska-Chyla graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw.

She earned a doctorate in law and later a postdoctoral degree in legal sciences. She is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in the Department of Commercial Law. She practices the profession of legal counsel and is a recommended arbitrator in the Court of Arbitration at the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw.

She served as a member of the Supervisory Board of PZU S.A., a member of the Supervisory Board of TFI PZU S.A. and PTE PZU S.A., and was twice a member of the Board of Directors of PZU S.A.. She also served on the board of directors of PZU Życie S.A. She currently serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lotos Group S.A. She worked as deputy director of the Legal and Licensing Department at the Pension Funds Supervision Authority, and served as President of the Management Board of Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne S.A.

Ms. Beata Kozlowska-Chyla is a member of the Legislative Council to the Prime Minister, a member of the Entrepreneurship Council to the President of the Republic of Poland and a member of the team of the Commission for Corporate Governance Reform to the Minister of State Assets. She also sits on the Council of the Polish Olympic Committee and on the Social Council for Sports at the Minister of Sports.

She is the author of dozens of scientific publications in the field of corporate law, securities law and insurance law, published in reputable Polish and foreign journals, as well as the author of popularization articles.

In accordance with the statement submitted by Beata Kozłowska-Chyła, she does not conduct activities competitive to the Company, as well as does not participate in a competitive company as a partner in a civil partnership, partnership, or capital company, and does not participate in a competitive legal person as a member of its body, and is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors, maintained pursuant to the provisions of the Act of August 20, 1997 on the National Court Register

Bożena Leśniewska
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 over twenty years. Consistently passed through successive career levels, starting from the position of sales representative (DHL), through regional manager and director (Polkomtel), director of departments in company headquarters (Polkomtel, PTK Centertel Sp. z o.o., Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.), executive director, up to the position of Member of the Board in Orange Poland. She is a graduate of Jagiellonian University, APP at the Business School of Warsaw University of Technology and AMP at INSEAD. 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 is a finalist in the international Women In Sales Awards 2014 in the Best Woman Sales Director category and in 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. Active mentor in programs supporting the development of young managers, including the Vital Voices Foundation and the Women's Entrepreneurship Foundation. Co-author of the first studies for women in Europe - Women's Leadership Academy at Kozminski University. She has a unique blend of skills in strategic thinking, motivating and developing people combined with passion and genuine commitment to everything she does. Privately, she travels a lot and is interested in psychology and sociology. She is passionate about reading books that allow her to understand the interactions in the world around her. In 2013 she climbed the Roof of Africa - Kilimanjaro.

Wojciech Orzech
chairman of the board of PKP Energetyka

Recognized manager with 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 has worked on the supervisory boards and management boards of many companies. Wojciech Orzech graduated from the University of Gdansk with a master's degree in economics. He completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra and earned a Certificate of Management Excellencee Harvard Business School in the USA. His business credo I aspire, I inspire, I realize helps him reach for ambitious challenges. Wojciech Orzech is passionate about Triathlon. He has two sons.

Kuba Piwowar
Digital Acceleration Lead, Google

Sociologist, analyst, at Google since 2008, working with the company's clients in Poland and Silicon Valley on digital transformation processes. Led the Insights Team, a team responsible for providing Polish businesses with knowledge about digital consumers and trends in markets, understood both vertically and horizontally. Member of the Polish Association of Market and Opinion Researchers. Graduate of Sociology at SWPS University, postgraduate Gender Studies at IBL PAN, Art History at Collegium Civitas and Marketing Academy at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies at SWPS University, where he studies ethical and social aspects of data analysis, algorithms and artificial intelligence from a cultural studies perspective.

Przemyslaw Polaczek
managing partner and partner at Grant Thornton

He has been with Grant 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, whose expertise he makes available to clients. He is a graduate of the Poznań University of Economics and Strategic Leadership - HARVARD Business, ICAN Institute.

Aleksandra Przegalinska
Philosopher, futurologist Leon Kozminski Academy

One of the names most often identified with the topic of artificial intelligence in Poland. Pro-rector and lecturer at Kozminski University, author of research conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Anna Strezynska
CEO, MC2 Innovations

A lawyer by education, she has been involved in ICT throughout her professional life (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). From November 15, 2005 to May 6, 2006 - Undersecretary of State for Communications at the Ministry of Transport and Construction. From 2006 to 2012 - President of the Office of Electronic Communications. From 2012 - 2014 - chairwoman of the supervisory board and from 2014 to November 2015 - president of the board at Wielkopolska Sieć Szerokopasmowa SA. In March 2015 - CEO of Internet for Mazovia. From 2012 to 2015 - member of various advisory and expert bodies, including the Council for Digitization in the Ministry of Administration and Digitization and the United Nations Global Compact Poland. Since 2013 - expert at the Republican Foundation, since August 2015 member of the council of the Center for Strategic Analysis. From 2015 to 2018 - Minister of Digitization, chairwoman of the Council of State Information Architecture and the Committee of the Council of Ministers for 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 emphasis on the social effects of the awardee's activities. In 2017. CIONET Poland awarded the Minister of Digitization and his team the 2017 Digital Excellence Awards for Digital Transformation.

Currently CEO of MC2 Innovations Group of IT companies.

Natasha Switalska
founder and CEO of Bio Market Poland

Founder and CEO of Bio Market Poland, which is developing the Bio Family Supermarket chain of organic food. The first chain of unmanned stores in Europe.

She has held positions in a public company in the field of commerce and real estate. She has extensive experience in the e-commerce industry through investments in early-stage companies.

A graduate of SWPS University, she is a lawyer by training. She also studied Business & Management at Regent's University London.

Katarzyna Swietochowska
NOSPR AI Project Leader

A creative producer and classically trained cellist, she is dedicated to integrating technology into the world of culture, with an emphasis on the social responsibility of art. She develops the technology-embedded part of the artistic program of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Poland, and collaborates with the creative studio Science Now on the creation of the permanent exhibition of the Polish Pavilion at the EXPO 2020 World Exhibition in Dubai. Since 2017, she has co-founded the Automatophone Foundation, which focuses on contemporary music and sound art projects, as well as cultural projects created with the Deaf community. Previously co-founder of ONSTAGE mobile app, she was also associated with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute's I, CULTURE Orchestra and Polska Music programs. Graduate of Google for Startups Founders Academy and Aspen Young Leaders Program.

Ewa Wernerowicz
CEO, Vivus Finance S.A.

Manager with many years of experience in international financial institutions. Fintech market expert with extensive knowledge of banking and technology in finance. Vice President of Employers of Poland, the largest employers' organization in Poland. In it she deals with fintech and cooperation between start ups and corporations. She participated in the creation of new financial institutions on the Polish market, where she built operational structures from scratch. Among them, along with Polbank EFG and Citifinancial, is 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.

Fintech market expert with extensive knowledge of banking and financial technologies. She is responsible for the success of Vivus.pl and Vice-President of the Employers of Poland. A member of the management and supervisory boards of 4Finance Group companies in Poland and abroad. She is a graduate of Company Management at Gdynia Maritime University, Innovation Leadership at the Warsaw School of Economics and IESE Business School.

Dr. Piotr Wisniewski
Managing Director of DB77 Group

Since 2016, he has been developing the DB77 group of companies which deals with process optimization in manufacturing and service organizations and production robotization in Europe and Asia. Founder of DBR77 Robot Platform, whose mission is to introduce robots also to 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 granted by such companies as VW, Audi, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover. For his successful restructuring, Piotr Wisniewski was awarded the TOP Manager of the automotive industry. While working in Maflow, he also created a talent management program - Talent Management Maflow, which was described on the pages of "Harvard Business Review Polska" as an integral part of the case study of the company's reconstruction thanks to the involvement of employees.

For the past 15 years, he has served on the supervisory boards of various European manufacturing and trading companies (to date, he has been a member of nearly 30 boards), responsible for building and selecting board members and creating strategy on behalf of the owners.

Witold Ziomek
President of the Management Board of MPWiK S.A. in Wroclaw

Graduate of the Faculty of Electronics at Wroclaw University of Technology and MBA in international option at Wroclaw University of Economics. Manager, engineer, financier. For three years on the position of President of the Management Board, earlier for ten years as Vice President of the company he supervised the areas of finance, controlling, IT, investments, asset management and customer relations. During that time, MPWiK obtained financing and carried out the largest investment program in its history worth more than PLN 1.5 billion. The successful execution of such projects was made possible, among other things, by the previous 20 years of experience gained in the private sector, in Polish and foreign companies - including a 3-year engineering contract in Tokyo, or in a financial consulting firm in the area of mergers and acquisitions. MPWiK leads in a modern and visionary way, as evidenced by numerous awards. Privately, he enjoys capturing a moment in a photograph, is a fan of sports competition and loves skiing.