Justyna Orłowska

GovTech Polska | Prime Minister’s High Representative for Government Technology

Leading expert in corporate finance and fund management. Having previously worked in consulting, in 2016 she became an advisor to the Minister of Economic Development. Responsible for management of the State's innovative projects portfolio, she spearheaded the MinFinTech programme as well as the creation of the Lektury.gov.pl portal. In 2017 appointed an Advisor to the Prime Minister on Innovation Policy and Finance. Since the Programme's establishment in April 2018, serving as Head of the GovTech Poland Programme - Poland's largest initiative aimed at bringing and implementing the innovation and digital revolution to the Public Sector. Appointed to Prime Minister’s High Representative for Government Technology in March 2020.

Robert Król

GovTech Polska | Deputy Director - Digital Skills & Innovation

Responsible for the team providing support to the public sector (administration and state-owned companies) in ordering innovations - setting goals, organizing tools, tenders, supervising implementation and implementation in battle.

Antoni Rytel

GovTech Polska

Wojciech Janek

GovTech | Civil Servant

Maciej Stalewski

BGK | IT Department Director

Seasoned IT Executive and Enterprise Architect with 20 years of experience in building high-performance IT systems for the financial sector. An expert in the design, implementation and maintenance of multi-channel platforms and system integration. At BGK, responsible for providing IT Services and IT Governance. Previously, he managed the development of banking systems at Inteligo Financial Services and built and maintained analytical systems in Aplikacje Krytyczne. A graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology and the University of Management and Law in Warsaw.

Sławomir Flis

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Managing Director

Managing Director of Innovation and Technology Division at Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego (UKNF). Experienced manager, responsible for implementing innovative IT technologies, in particular digitization of business and data processing. Speaker at various discussion panels and seminars regarding IT and new technologies. Innovation and Technology Division under his lead implements Digital Supervisory Agenda, which is a series of actions and initiatives focused on new technologies, innovations and cybersecurity regarding functioning of entities supervised by UKNF, as well as UKNF itself.

Marek Grac

Asseco Central Europe | COO and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

I graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the Slovak University of Technology (SUT) in Bratislava. During my professional career in Asseco, I have dedicated myself primarily to the area of development, implementation and operation of information systems for banking, ERP, insurance, building savings and healthcare. Currently I hold the position of COO and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asseco Central Europe.

Sebastian Jaworski

BGK | CIO

Sebastian is a CIO focused on effectiveness and transforming innovative technologies into effective customer solutions. He started his career as a specialist in creating modern-day IT contracts covering all sorts of process management software. After 5 years, he fully changed his tasks, by moving to purely technical area related to IT infrastructure as sys-admin. He evolved his career to software division, later on securing his deputy IT director and IT director roles. He also worked as a advisor or PM in multiple projects (cross-public and private sector ) including software development, open-source projects and IT infrastructure innovation.

Zbigniew Wiliński

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Director of the FinTech Department

A graduate of the University of Wroclaw and the University of Economics. A long-time employee of Polish tax authorities. Between 2016 and 2019 he was managing the Standard Audit File for VAT Tax project for the Ministry of Finance. He was responsible for the project and for that was awarded with the Poland Chapter of the Year (PMI) prize. He was also managing the MinFinTech project in the field of innovative IT tools, engaging start-ups and improving the operation of the National Revenue Administration. The project was conducted in the framework of GOVTECH Poland Programme, where he was also a mentor and ambassador. He was a lecturer at the Tax&Customs Academy and the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution, where he was focusing on the aspects of tax audit, OSINT, e-commerce and tax fraud.

Piotr Skrzypczyński

BGK | Business Strategy Director

- Strategic Business Director - BGK - Transformation and Developoment Director, Board Member - Elsen S.A. - Change Management Director - Santander Bank Polska S.A. - Head of Global Strategy and EU Funds - Selena S.A. - Strategic PMO Leader - DPD Polska - ING Group - various managerial roles

Peter Polák

Asseco Central Europe | Director of Omnichannel Division

Peter Polák studied computer engineering in the University of Žilina, Faculty of Informatics and Management Science. From the early beginning of his career he was especially interested in user experience and front-end applications. Starting with e-commerce systems, he eventually gravitated towards the finance industry, mainly banking. Currently he leads the Omnichannel division within the Banking business unit in Asseco Central Europe, a software vendor company. Besides this he also helped to create a system for managing medical tests for Slovak Republic in the beginning of the Corona crisis.

Iwona Schab

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Deputy Director

Iwona is a graduate of Warsaw School of Econiomics and IESE Bussines School. She is a senior risk manager with over 15 years’ experience in consulting and financial sector. She specializes in data analytics in different business and research domains. Her project experience ranges from business and conceptual considerations to analytic modeling and model deployment in business processes. She played a key role in development of analitycal models for the pourpose of advanced capital measurement methods, both for credit and operational risk (IRB - Internal Rating Based Approach, AMA – Advanced Measurement Approach), as well as IFRS9. She is the co-author of „Risk management in banking” and has several years’ experience as a lecturer of statistics, statistical data mining and risk mangement at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Krzysztof Marczak

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Manager

Head of the Strategy, Analysis and Monitoring of Financial Innovations Team in the UKNF. Business practitioner, manager, expert in innovation, strategy, research and development, analyst and researcher. Psychologist by profession, PhD student at SGH. The main area of professional and scientific interest is innovation, in particular the financial market, modern ICT technologies and corporate strategies. Author of many reports and industry analyses. He has experience in the field of submitting project initiatives, management and coordination of innovative strategic projects (e.g. based on blockchain technology).

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments and Informatization | Senior Policy Officer - Digital Agenda

Diplomat, feminist, former youth leader. Studied international relations and media policy. Youngest Slovak Member of the European Parliament 2009-2014 and MEP of the Year 2010. Served as diplomat at the the Permanent Representation of SK to the EU. Former advisor to Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia. Currently at the position of senior expert on digital agenda at Deputy Prime Minister Office of Slovakia More at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarina-roth-nevedalova-43643918/

Piotr Wiśniewski

BGK | Office Director

Experienced IT manager always focused on people. Strong experience in business/system analisis and Scrum.

Maciej Kurzajewski

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Advisor to the Chair of PFSA / FinTech and capital markets

He has been associated with supervision institutions of financial markets in Poland since 2001. His main professional focus is on capital market regulations and brokerage services. He actively participated in legislative work preparing draft legislation regarding trading of financial instruments, including works such as: implementing MiFID and MiFID II in the Polish legal system. Author of several publications dedicated to the capital markets e.g.: “Brokerage Services”, “Rights and Duties of client of investment firm”, “Investor Compensation Scheme”, “Profit and risk on Forex market” and “Compliance in Financial Institution”. As a participant or as a lecturer he took part in dozens of seminars, training courses and conferences dedicated to the capital markets. Member of the examination committee for tied agents of investment firms and examination committee for investment advisers. He also was a representative of KNF at ESMA’s and IOSCO’s committee on market intermediaries.

Zbigniew Baranowski

The Polish Ministry of Finance | Minister’s Advisor in the Department of Tax Collection

Minister’s Advisor in the Department of Tax Collection, Ministry of Finance; innovation leader in the Ministry of Finance, ambassador of GovTech Poland Programme, organised under the wings of Chancellery of Prime Minister’s office. Experienced tax authority official. Expert in both procedural and material tax regulations. Academic teacher and active lecturer in Tax & Customs Academy. One of leading consultants in „VATMAN” project aimed against tax fraud and evasion, executed by National Revenue Administration. Analitician working on perfecting polish tax system. Project Manager, making SupTech real, working hard on developing crucial tools and applications supporting everyday work of tax authorities.

Erik Lukac

Asseco Central Europe | eHealth Division Director

Results oriented senior enterprise program and delivery manager with long-term experience and a deep understanding of clients' business and technology needs, and with a proven track record in: -Effectively managing and planning portfolios, projects, resources, budgets, schedules and risks; -delivering comprehensive programs, projects and management for project portfolios of varying complexity; -Overseeing projects and programs throughout the whole software development lifecycle, from inception phase to completion of systems. -Successfully applying various project deployment frameworks according to the client’s requirements and the specific deployment environment Key skills and areas of experience - Leadership of programs and projects in various sectors of industry – notably IT, finance and banking, Telco and Healthcare - Operations and matrix management, with proven ability to manage performance and to motivate staff both individually and collectively. - Implementation of Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) processes and Project Management Office (PMO) tools on a company-wide scale. - Organizational/strategic analysis and improvement, and business process re-engineering. - Conflict management and prioritization. - Strong organizational and communication skills. - Ability to operate under pressure and meet demanding deadlines.

Marek Deutsch

BGK | CIO, Executive Director for IT

Executive Director / Operating Manager (working between IT and Business) responsible for creation and execution of company’s strategy and application of IT technologies in Business, with long-term experiences in big international financial enterprises and university practice.

Damian Bankiewicz

Asseco Poland | Department Director Healthcare Division

Expert in IT project management with technical background and business knowledge. Graduated in Computer Science at the University of Wroclaw (UWr), then completed postgraduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) in the field of Project Management. In his professional career was involved in large complex IT projects for public sector such as IACS for Agriculture Agency (ARIMR), CEPiK for Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (MSWiA) and KRUPGN-R for Statistic Poland (GUS). He gained professional experience in almost all roles related to the software life cycle and product life - from analysis trough design and development, to testing, implementation, maintenance, service, sales, management and supervision. His previous experience concerned international corporation (HP - Hewlett Packard), medium-sized organization (ABG), and startup on the beginning of his professional career - POTIS Software Development Tools. Nowadays, he has been building the largest Polish IT company - Asseco Poland. Since 2016, he has been involved in the area of health and value building for clients such as the National Health Fund (NFZ), the Center for Health Information Systems (CSIOZ), PZU Health and Lux Med.

Marcin Skrzypczuk

Tax Collection Department Ministry of Finance | Head of IT Department

Longtime employer of the Tax Service, currently Head of IT Department of Tax Collection Department Ministry of Finance. Experienced trainer in tax administration on topics related to IT tools supporting tax control. Multiple participant and lecturer in exchange program experiences of tax administrations of the European Union countries - FISCALIS. Educated developer. Author of many programs and scripts within the Tax Administration.

Adam Maciejczyk

Wroclaw Comprehensive Cancer Center | Chief Executive Officer

Paweł Zawadzki

Wroclaw Comprehensive Cancer Center | Plenipotentiary for WCCC Development

Olga Janczyszyn

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Chief specialist

Olga is a graduate of Cracow University of Economics, Warsaw School of Economisc and University of Warsaw. The AMA project leader. She has experience in projects in the FinTech area, including the project of advanced analytics in the construction of a prediction model based on transactional data and the project using AI to monitor social media, the press and the Internet to analyze customers credit portfolio. Her interests are directed towards big data and the use of modern technologies in the risk assessment of the banking sector.

Szymon Chamuczyński

Asseco Poland S.A. | Mass Products Department Director | Healthcare Division

From the very beginning of my professional career I was closely related to healthcare IT. I gained experience strating from IT consultant position to a role of complex developers teams leader. As a project manager I ran succesfully many longterm projects in hospitals and other medical units. As a product manager, I was involved in the process of creating and launching a new comprehensive hospital software, which operates in over 200 locations across the country. Currently I manage departments that create software for patients (mobile apps), outpatient clinics (more than 8000 installations) and I supervise teams responsible for development, maintenance, implementation and HelpDesk. Since the beginning of my career, I have been actively participating in research and development projects and I'm constantly looking for interesting solutions and IT technologies.

Jan Ziomek

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Leader of the Financial Innovation Team in the FinTech Department

Leader of the Financial Innovation Team in the FinTech Department of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego). A lawyer by profession, admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association. He has experience in e.g. banking law, payment services, EIDAS, exchange of tax information with other jurisdictions FATCA / CRS. Since 2017, he has worked at the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego), where he supports entities from the FinTech sector, including through coordination of the Innovation Hub Programme, under which FinTechs receive legal support.

Sylwia Mrózek

BGK | Service Desk Manager

Service Desk manager. She deals with employees, solving day to day problems. Sylwia has previously held several service desk related positions in public companies. She graduated from Warsaw School of Economics, with master degrees in finance and accounting and project management.

Dawid Błaszczyk

Wroclaw Comprehensive Cancer Center | Coordinator of preventive programs

Coordinator of Preventive Programs

Mirka Makaruk

BGK | Senior IT Systems Analyst

I have been an IT analyst for 6 years. I gained experience in various projects and systems, both cor, workflow and supporting. I have knowledge of banking products and accounting. I participated in parameterization, implementation and data migration when replacing the Bank's central system - in the area of ​​credit, guaranteeing products and bills. New challenges, gardening, travels and friends are my passion

Łukasz Majek

BGK | Team Manager - Test and Implementation Team

Łukasz, an IT manager with almost 15 years of experience in managing the work of administrators, software testers, programmers, implementation specialists and help desk structures. His expertise in the area of IT project management is well supported by relevant qualifications and PRINCE2, ITIL and ISQB certificates. Experience in cooperation with business customers is based on high quality and relevant, timely and efficiently implemented tasks. Active in the computer security industry since 2004 and with the banking area since 2014. A happily married, proud father of two daughters with whom he loves to visit different locations and do all sorts of strange things to make the world more beautiful.

Lena Kruk-Pielesiak

BGK | HR Manager

People person with 15 years experience in HR. Recruiter, HR Business Partner and blogger www.niemowdomniekadrowa.com.pl (sorry only in polish but it contain memes so still is kind of funny) Previously worked in big consulting companies (Deloitte, McKinsey&Company) now having great pleasure to work in polish bank of development - not an ordinary bank 😉

Przemysław Rodziewicz

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Team Manager

Head of Analytical Tools Unit in the Insurance Supervision and Risk Monitoring Department with over 10 years’ experience. Responsible for data management and creating IT tools supporting effective supervision. Representative of KNF at EIOPA IT & Data Committee. Passionate about AI, data and morotcycles.

Przemysław Cieszyński

BGK | Board Member

30+ years of high-value consulting (strategy, turnarounds, program/project management, operating optimizations, financial restructuring, negotiations) Strong CEO profile derived from 30+ year long, diverse functional (Sales, IT, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, Strategy) and industry (banking, utilities, food production and services, media, retail, and consulting/system integration) experience and unique combination of educational background Extensive experience in supervising Polish listed companies – appointed to BoD of: WSiP SA, Sygnity SA, CIECH SA, Yawal SA, BOMI SA, TC Dębica, Rafako SA, DTP SA, JSW SA Entrepreneur with diverse experience – consulting, trade and food production + captive retail Particularly deep knowledge of the Polish banking sector coupled with thorough understanding of critical aspects of Information Technology management in financial services

Jakub Derulski

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Chief Specialist

He has several years of experience on the private market, helping e – commerce and financial institutions to comply with regulations. Experienced both in GDPR and financial data processing activities as well as technological risk assesment projects. In PFCA (Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego) uses his analytical skills working on both technological and legal projects, including, but not only to cloud, blockchain, data protection and other FinTech topics.

Stefan Bryndza

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Expert

Between 2006 and 2018 he was co-responsible for the projects related to implementation at Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski S.A. anti-money laundering and terrorist financing policies (AML/CFT). He participated, as a project manager (business / technical) and stream leader in the following initiatives of the bank: 1. Establishing the PKO BP S.A. Branch in Germany and the Czech Republic. 2. Implementation of the III and IV AML/CFT Directives in PKO BP S.A. 4. Setting up and integration of the system supporting the fraud risk management process at the bank. From the 2019, he was employed at the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, where he is responsible for strengthening analytical processes in the AML/CFT area.

Dariusz Kuszyński

BGK | .NET Developer

.NET developer with 5 years of experience. Specializes in web and desktop applications. I implemented projects for Insurance Companies and for Polish Television. Professionally associated with BGK for 2 years. In my free time I am a compulsive player. I am also a fan of Manga and Anime.

Jakub Karmowski

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Expert

Jakub Karmowski is a graduate of the University of Wrocław and the Wrocław University of Economics. A longtime employee of the tax administration. From 2018 to 2020, he was the head of the Open Source Information Analysis Department (OSINT) at the Ministry of Finance. For years, he taught at the National Treasury School in the field of OSINT, including the search for assets on the Internet and conducting analyzes using OSINT techniques. Co-author of three editions of the OSINT tool guide, dedicated to tax and uniformed services. Speaker at many conferences on the use of OSINT in business intelligence and cybersecurity.

Kamil Wysocki

BGK | Senior Specialist

Hi, My name is Kamil Wysocki and i'm 27 years old. I have 5 years experience in programming .NET Core, Angular 2+, .NET Framework and databases (SQL Server). In BGK I work in finance and housing programs projects .

Rafał Czupryński

Microsoft | Developer Audience Lead

Developer Audience lead in CEE @ Microsoft 12 years of experience in software/IT industry with accomplishments in developing CEE technology landscape. Combined ICT knowledge with business skills. My daily job is to work with developers and companies to let the newest technologies help their business.

Sylwia Kiertowicz

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Specialist of Analysis and Strategy Department

An experienced expert in the matters of consumer protection – in 2016-2018 she was responsible for oversight and case-handling within the Polish Financial Ombudsman’s (Rzecznik Finansowy) capacity. In particular, her work focused on the clients of banks, institutional lenders (firmy pożyczkowe) investment firms, fund managers (towarzystwa funduszy inwestycyjnych) and on those who became the victims of fraudulent financial schemes operated in unregulated market. In the PFSA she is responsible for supervisory activities connected with financial products’ market oversight, including product intervention proceedings and application of PRIIPs framework. Her expertise is very much focused on the European Commission’s sustainability agenda as she took up the leading role in this area in the PFSA as an active coordinator. She is a member of a project team entrusted with the task to strengthen digitalized supervision (CAN – Cyfrowa Agenda Nadzoru).

Filip Kołodziejczyk

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Senior Specialist

Senior Specialist at Financial Innovations Department at Polish Supervisory Authority (PFSA) with extensive experience regarding capital markets law (in particular regulations regarding investment funds) as well as GDPR. He gained experience in supervised entities, as well as in law firms. Currently he (inter alia) supports Innovation Hub, a PFSA’s programme, in which supervisory body conducts a dialogue with FinTech companies by providing them with appropriate explanations on the submitted enquiries.

Marcin Krzyżanowski

Marshal's Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship | Deputy Marshal

He graduated from the 9th High School Juliusz Słowacki in Wrocław and studies in international relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Wrocław. He worked in public administration and the private sector, dealing with the preparation and settlement of programs with EU funding (including education, professional activation and tools for stock market investors). In 2012, on the recommendation of non-governmental organizations, he was elected to the Wrocław Council for Public Benefit Activities, becoming the secretary in it. He also became a member of the Provincial Council for Social Dialogue. In 2014-2018 a councilor of the Wrocław City Council In 2018, he was elected to the Lower Silesian Regional Assembly of the 6th term. On November 19, 2018, he was appointed the deputy marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Responsible for the work of the Department of Health and the Department of Social Affairs.

Dagna Frydrych

Polish Development Fund | Manager

Manager in the Innovations Development Department at Polish Development Fund and responsible for educational programs for seed innovators: PFR Designers of Innovations, PFR School of Pioneers and more. Before that she was responsible for marketing, business operations and foreign expansion of startup Inteliclinic – founders of Neuroon mask, among others also worked in PR agency and in the marketing department of BMW Group Poland.

Natalia Ponikowska-Kietlińska

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Specialist

Specialist with two years experience in the Financial Innovation Team of the FinTech Department in Polish Financial Supervision Authority. She has experience as a lawyer in the field of capital market law, banking law and anti-money laundering. At PFSA, she is responsible for solving legal problems of Financial market participants, who applied to the Innovation Hub Programme.

Magdalena Fuczko

GE Healthcare | Technical Product Manager & Software Engineer

Insightful Technical Project Manager and compassionate Software Engineer focused on user experience. Future graduate of Digital Technical Leadership Programme, experienced in many technical branches of international digital company. Revising requirements, considering product value and orchestration of teamwork are parts of her daily basis. Standing strong with the software developer part and being involved in React/Angular projects.

Irina Morawska

BGK | Mentor

Irina has over 14 years of experience in the IT industry. Over the years, she has been involved in the construction and development of IT systems in various organizations. She also prepared functional specifications for projects in the banking, insurance, agriculture and public administration sectors. When working in team projects, basing on her experience, she always strives to be not only a colleague, but also serve as an advisor and support for the business side. She has experience in working with such methodologies as SCRAM and RUP. Irina’s interests include new technologies, history of the Middle Ages and spending time with her family traveling

Alicja Kula

UX Academic Laboratory | UX Designer

UX designer with 3 years of experience. Jagiellonian University graduate with spec. in video games development. New technologies enthusiast who develops VR eye tracking game in her spare time.

Ewelina Wasilewska

Juicy UX | Co Founder, UX Consultant & Mentor

Adept of user experience art with solid marketing and management background. I work as a UX/UI Designer on a daily basis, running my own company. I founded Juicy UX, organisation where we helping to spread knowledge in the field of UX. The theme of the design of products and processes interested me fo several years. I like talking and listening. Thanks to this I get to know the reality of others. It helps to understand the processes that surround us, helps design better. I want to co-create processes, products and services socially useful.

Katarzyna Smoleń-Drzazga

Juicy UX | UX Designer

Kasia is a Lead UX Designer in the Intellect Software House. She has over 7 years of experience in UX strategy. She helps companies to understand their users, develop their products, and connect the user world with the business world. Certified Business and Personal Development Trainer. As a workshop facilitator and speaker, she had the opportunity to perform at numerous meetups and conferences (including Product Camp 2019, Dark Side UX, Tipi UX Wroclaw, Design Ways Conf). Privately a fan of ballroom dancing.

Bartłomiej Jarosz

TK Games & VRealms | Main Programmer

Bartek - student of Computer Science at Wrocław University of Science and Technology and member of student club - TK Games. He also making VR experiences in VRealms as the main programmer. Organizer and participant of gamejams and hackathons - It's the best way to spend time for him. Interested in the psychology of game design. A big fan of simple and smart solutions - because as many programmers, he is lazy too.

Łukasz Wiśniewski

PKO Bank Polski | Blockchain Technology Expert

Analyst with professional experience in finance and IT. One of the first employees of the Polish Accelerator of Blockchain Technology. Currently, strongly involved in the research and development project of PKO Bank Polski and Warsaw University of Technology, as well as PKO BP implementation projects in the blockchain area. Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and blockchain technology enthusiast, who started his adventure with Bitcoin already in 2013.

Przemek Kondraciuk

Bank Millennium | Projects & Process Innovation Expert

Przemek is an expert in the area of digital transformation of financial services with special focus on building fintech solutions. He is also an expert in the field of Open Banking and new business models development. Przemek is experienced in project management aiming at implementation of new technologies, i.e. Artificial Intelligence, Cloud or Blockchain. During his career, he worked for the most innovative Polish banks on both strategic and operational projects, as well as he was engaged in creation of various strategies contributing to the business development. Since 2016 he has been representing corporate side (i.e. banking sector) in the Polish start-up ecosystem. Przemek graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics. He is also an alumnus of a couple of development programs for young leaders.

Marcin Sadomski

Forestlight Games | CTO

Co-founder and CTO of Forestlight Games - studio producing games for PC and consoles, currently on it’s way to NewConnect. My daily duties include team management, new technology research, game design, crafting game production pipeline, supervision of assets creation and optimization. During last decade I’ve been working on 3D graphics for many industries including gamedev, architecture and education.

Maciej Loch

Skyier | Co-Founder

Six years of experience working as a manager in Landingi (from $1k MRR to $150k MRR). Currently working on his own subscription based service - Skyier (course selling platform).

Wojciech Augustynowicz

Tappaz Games | Mastermind

I am the founder of the TAPPAZ Games studio. I'm responsible for producing and publishing F2P games. My professional experience has mainly been gained through working on digital products. In my career, I have created mobile applications, SaaS products, enterprise applications, and online marketing strategies for many Polish brands. As a person, I focus on the process of continuous improvement.

Kamil Łątka

PKO Bank Polski | Innovation Expert

Project Manager with over 8 years of experience in implementing innovative products and services. He built his experience in the international consulting company KPMG where he was involved in projects in digital transformation, business process optimization and CX strategy. At present he is responsible for corporate-startup collaboration and R&D projects at PKO Bank Polski.

Wiktoria Wójcik

inSTREAMLY | Co-founder

inSTREAMLY co-founder. In her career she experienced gaming from many angles. She was an interviewer on esports events. A back office team member during the launch and first year of one of the leading Polish esports organizations - devils.one. Worked as a gaming creative and expert in campaigns for clients like Play, OldSpice, Netflix and Ubisoft. Passionate about how games, social media and new technologies change our reality. Now with inSTREAMLY she wants to build a better world for streamers and everyone working with them.

Marlena Olszewska

GE Healthcare | Operations Analyst

Hey there! I'm a last year's IT student working in GE Healthcare as Operations Analyst. I'm keen on data analysis and looking for improvement opportunities in business processes. On daily basis, I am leading operations initiatives across my department and working closily with ITIL processes. My role requires understanding business priorities, getting to the real source of the problem and preparing effective solution. I'm also a big fan of desing thinking. I have been working as a project and product manager of web application and have some experience leading a support team, coordinating international workshop and as a board member of students' association. My life motto: "People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing."

Filip Gapiński

Gameset | Head of Games Marketing

Graduate of Poznań’s University with a degree in ethnolinguistics. Working in advertisement focused on video games since 2017 as a strategy consultant and taking a head position in the games marketing department at Gameset in 2019. Responsible for cooperating and managing projects for developers and publishers.

Łukasz Masztalerz

Office IMP / shadowtech.pl | Lawyer

I'm a rookie lawyer specializing in new technology and criminal law. Interest in cybercrime and cybersecurity lets me cooperate with IT firms and the regulated industry. Speaking at blockchain and criminal law conference makes me happy. I write a blog available at: shadowech.pl, in my spare time.

Kamil Mrzygłód

The Cloud Theory | Microsoft MVP, Trainer, Speaker & Microsoft Azure Books Author.

For the last 10 years I’ve been working on designing, creating and delivering IT systems based on technologies created by Microsoft. In the recent year I’m mostly focused on leveraging Azure cloud in projects across various areas. In 2018 I was honored to be nominated as Microsoft MVP for my input in building community around Azure. Besides my regular work I’m also a trainer, speaker and Microsoft Azure books author.

Maciej Dymarczyk

Allera | CTO

Now I'am CTO in company, which creating tool to multi-levels manage Digital Signage devices. I am experienced developer, DevOps, and Project Manager. I have experience in big corporation and also in small startups. I prefere companies whereby people can improve skills and create new innovative things.

Natalia Walczak

Student Research Club .NET Technical University of Łódź

1st year student of Master's Degree in Automation and Control Systems, active member of scientific clubs, Microsoft Student Partner. Machine learning, AI issues in robotics are my main interests. I love to combine these issues with topics related to project management and teamwork.

Marcin Wylot

Data Scientist | Machine Learning Engineer | AI Advisor

He has almost 20 years of experience in Computer Science both in industry and academia. He is highly oriented on providing solutions to increase incomes and to optimize costs with a simplest possible set of means for a problem (KISS paradigm), often with non-standard but efficient and effective approaches. He has worked with a high variety of platforms and solutions involved in the whole data processing pipeline. From gathering, modeling, storing, data, trough analyzing, finding insights in the data, up to building and deploying in production machine learning models.

Wael Naguib

HSBC | Architect

Technologist with 14 years of experience in IT, leading large scale enterprise projects; long journey from software development to architecture, worked in different software houses and technology corporates e.g. Vodafone…since 2014 with HSBC, technology stack breadth in Cloud architecture (Azure, GCP), DevSecOps, chatbots, Web development, Application architecture, Mobile architecture, .Net development, Application security, CI/CD, Agile, team leading, and automation testing. Developed my first software program when I was 13 years old using DOS [the black screen] ???? Participated in a couple of Hackathons as member, mentor, and Judge. The latest are HSBC Global virtual hackathon 2019, Technovation Families 2019-2020, and Technovation Girls Judging 2020. I believe that everyone has his own unique talent, your job is to dig deeper and find it out. Life is tough, you should know how to tackle this to achieve your goals; discipline is the magic key. Don't fear from failure, and don't quit because failure is the first step for success.

Adam Lange

Standard Chartered Bank | VP, Cyber Threat Hunting

Adam has an over two decades of IT and IT Security experience on offensive (red) and defensive (blue) side. Currently he serves as Head of Cyber Threat Hunting Team in Global Cyber Defense Centre for one of the largest global financial institutions. He is responsible for driving proactive identification of abnormal or malicious indicators of cyber threats attempting to evade or bypass security controls. By doing so he protects the bank and its customers located in over 60 markets from cyber attacks. In his spare time, he hunts threat actors on pro bono basis, conducting malware analyses and coding security tools and systems. Frequent speaker at security related conferences such as Confidence, SECURE, Security bSides Warsaw and What The H@ck. Retro gaming and Demoscene fan.

Aleksander Włodarczyk

SKN .NET PŁ | Vice-Chairman

I am second year IT student in Lodz University of Technology where I help with managing .NET Science Club. I also work as a developer in Virtual Software House for about 2 years.

Paulina Wójciak

Qualaroo | Former Startup CEO

Paulina brings over 10 years of experience in the technology industry, building and developing not only products and services but also growing software engineering and product teams. She has 7 years of experience in UX research helping companies to understand their users and validate their products. Recently, she has been a CEO of Qualaroo, a user research platform for UX Designers, owned by Texas-based venture equity fund, Scaleworks. She was driving the company’s growth by being at the intersection of product management, design, analytics, marketing, and operations. She also has vast experience in HR and recruitment. Paulina is a keynote speaker and mentor and has been a pioneer for leading the path for women in the technology industry. She is an avid book reader, has a passion for UX research and neuroscience and loves to travel.

Katarzyna Kolasa

Kozminski University | Head of Health Economics and Healthcare Management Division

Professor of Health Economics at Kozminski University Head of Health Economics and Healthcare Management Division Driven with the passion to health economics, Katarzyna Kolasa has acquired more than 20 years of academic and commercial experience with the pricing & reimbursement chal-lenges of medical technologies and digital health solutions. Katarzyna Kolasa is the head of Health Economics and Healthcare Management Division at Kozminski University and the chair elect of the Digital Health Special Interest Group at ISPOR as well. She teaches the application of health economics in the field of digital health at MBA Healthcare Program at Medical University in Lublin and Corvinius University in Budapest as well Katarzyna holds a PhD degree in health economics and is an author of more than 40 scien-tific IF publications in the field of health technology assessment, health economics and pharmacoeconomics. Her extensive knowledge in the field of health economics was acquired at University of York, University of Lund, and University of Bergen as well as during International Doctoral Courses in Health Economics and Policy organized by the Swiss School of Public Health. Katarzyna Kolasa has authored more than 40 scientific IF publications and delivered more than 1000 lectures to different groups of students. She has given speeches at more than 40 international conferences. Prior to Kozminski University, she worked as Adiunct at Warsaw Medical University, Facul-ty of Pharamcy (2009-2015), Adjunct at Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Byd-goszcz (2014-2016). She was a Visiting Lecturer at Łazarski MBA in Healthcare program and College of Pharmacoeconomics, HTA, Marketing and Pharmaceutical Law at the Warsaw School of Businesss. Her business carreer developed across mutilpe commercial entities. At Bristol Myers Squibb and Lundbeck she was leading Market Access teams in Central Eastern European (CEE) and Nordic Region. She was part of Global and Regional Health Economics & Outcomes Re-search (HEOR) teams at AstraZeneca and BiogenIdec being based in Sweden and Switzer-land respectively. Her practical skills in the field of health economics were developed during six years employment contract at the Kalmar County Council in Sweden as well. For the last four years, she has been developing experience with the pricing &reimbursement challenges in the field of medical devices. Since 2016, Katarzyna has been representing Straub Medical as Global Market Access Lead for that Swiss family owned company. Prior to that, Katarzyna was employed as a Senior HEOR Director at GE Healthcare.

Piotr Godowski

IBM | CTO & Software Architect

Piotr is a seasoned software architect working at IBM, currently focused on Hybrid Clouds management and software licensing in the containerized world. Passionate of IT technologies, including AI, cyber security, BI, IoT and distributed systems. Member of ISO/IEC Polish National Body, owner of several software patents.

Mateusz Nowicki

Grid Dynamics | Senior Frontend Developer

Proactive developer with background from different fields of industry and solid experience in whole projects life cycle from small to enterprise level applications. Teaching Frontend technologies by conducting workshops and mentoring across whole Poland with DevMeetings.

Krzysztof Zalasa

Google | Cloud Customer Engineer

Started writing software in self-learning manner at the age of 15. Many years spent as software or solutions architect in various places like tech startup, interactive agency, end to end OTT provider working on projects for Fortune 500 companies. Builds cloud based solutions for 8 years including multimillion global deployments (USA, Europe, Asia, Australia). Studied psychology, fan of Kanban and continuous improvement. Currently as Customer Engineer in Google Cloud supports hundreds of customers in their architecture, selecting cloud components and implementing best practices. Google for Startups mentor.

Łukasz Maj

Pegasystems | System Architect & Aplikacje Krytyczne | IT Contractor

Lukasz gained his education at IT technical college, the Cracow University of Technology and the CISCO academy, which he graduated with scholarships for the best graduates. Leader of the winning team in the EU project called "Competences as a key path to career", a Google scholarship holder. His team took third place at the first edition of "HackYeah" hackathon - the largest stationary hackathon in Europe and also first place in the business category and third place in the technical category of the "MinFinTech" hackathon organized by polish government. Most importantly, all of his team's projects created as part of hackathons were later implemented in polish state systems. For over 2 years he ran his own business, after which he became involved with the company Aplikacje Krytyczne, software house of the Ministry of Finance. His role was to create software for eliminating the VAT loophole in Poland, which was a great success. To this day, he is associated with working for Poland as a contractor, bringing both technical and business knowledge. He also works as a System Architect at the American company called Pegasystems.

Marcin Janiszewski

IBM | Senior Manager

Over 20 years experience in IT. Passionate of Data, AI, Analytics and Cloud. Runner working WITH home.

Tomasz Zagórowicz

ABB | DevOps Engineer

On daily basis automating stuff for IoT/Cloud Platform project in ABB. Taking care about removing complexity, obstacles from others and maintaining scalability of project. Big fan of IaC approach. Out of work usually update wetware with data about cognitive science, different cultures and history… or Cthulhu stuff.

Mateusz Hoffman

ABB | R&D Group Leader / FE Development Team Lead

Technical speaker, R&D manager and frontend developer. Delivering innovative web solutions that supports Industry 4.0 in ABB Ability™️. Passionate about cloud computing (Microsoft Azure), IoT and web development (working mostly with Angular, React, Node.js and ASP.NET). Privately, fan of productivity techniques, Asian Cuisine and ‘60s music.

Tomasz Osowski

Project: People Poland | Lead UX Designer

He helps companies create an excellent user experience while ensuring the profitability of their business. His idea is to create products and services that are needed and bring satisfaction to both customers and business owners. Certified Coach of Business and Personal Development, Certified Moderator of Design Thinking. Entrepreneur for 6 years and sincerely in love with Lean methodology. He always tries to deliver the product to the market as soon as possible with the smallest capital expenditure. He has cooperated with companies such as: T-mobile, Ecard, inPost, ING, Nationale Nederlanden, Brainly, Publicis, Netguru. Organizer of DesignWays Conf.

Michał Żukowski

Innteo | CEO

CEO Innteo, Managing Partner Innteo Legal. For the past years, he was associated with the National Center for Research and Development, where he was the head of the legal department. He specializes in legal issues of financing research and development works as well as intellectual property rights. He gained many years of professional experience working for the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and renowned Warsaw law firms. Over the last years, he participated in several dozen legislative processes related to R & D funding and co-created models of public support for innovation. Winner of the “Rising Stars Prawnicy-Liderzy jutra” ranking organized by Lexis Nexis and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Paweł Łukaszuk

.NET Software Developer, Speaker, Trainer

Software developer with over 10 years of experience. Specialist in web technologies built with .NET platform and novice security engineer. He created projects for financial, e-commerce, energy and medical industry. Big fan of work organization and automation. Believes that the processes and tools should be adapted to the situation and the cargo cult is one of the biggest problems of the IT world. Recently, he regularly performs at meetups and conferences. During weekends teaches next generation of programmers. Free time spends on a shooting range, hiking in the forest or reading books. You can find him on LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/pawellukaszuk) and Twitter (@Lukaszuk_Pawel).

Maciej Kowalski

OPI PIB | Tech Lead

I work at the National Information Processing Institute and I am a tech-lead and programmer. Together with the team, we build IT systems for the Ministry of Higher Education. We have created the JSA (Uniform Anti-Plagiarism System) which has been available for free to all universities since last year. Specializes in Java and surrounding technologies. From time to time I deal with research problems in the field of NLP / AI. My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciej-kowalski-9868268a/

Karolina Bolesta

Scientific Association for Computer Science | CEO

Java Developer with international background. Works as a Research Assistant at Warsaw School of Economics. Conducts trainings on cybersecurity, programming and project management. Huge passion for AI in business and robotic process automation. Loves people who think outside the box. Eager to help in these categories: - Business, science & technology during the crisis - E-commerce and logistics - Education and leisure

Krzysztof Zbiciński

NodeSchool Łódź | A developer of all technologies specializing in JavaScript

Programmer of all technologies, specializing in JavaScript. A big fan of using common sense in following the latest trends in ever-changing world of frontend. Organizer of NodeSchool Łódź workshops. From time to time a speaker and a blogger (https://zbic.in/).

Wojciech Puzio

Hycom | Frontend Developer

Hey, I'm a frontend developer with a few years' experience. For over 5 years I live and work in Łódź 🙂 I work with React, Typescript, WCAG.