SPEAKERS

Michael A. Armstrong

Asana

Michael is a Nonprofit Program Manager at Asana, a leading work management platform for teams. Michael’s work at Asana has spanned global operations, nonprofit solutions development, community establishment, partner relations, and the creation of the Asana Advisors (a pro-bono skills based employee volunteering program). Prior to Asana, Michael was a teacher and co-founded a sustainable travel company in Montreal, Canada.

Michael Armstrong

Asana

Mateusz Bałuka

Onet

Mateusz Bałuka – Managing editor of Onet Wiadomości. Formerly editor-in-chief of Demagog.org.pl, the first fact-checking website in Poland.

Mateusz Bałuka

Onet

Sian Basker

Data Orchard

Sian is a social entrepreneur passionate about the role of data and digital technology for making the world a better place. Her primary focus is on helping non-profit organisations become more data-driven and achieve greater impact. Since 2015, Sian has led Data Orchard’s pioneering research on data maturity in the not-for-profit sector and our national and international ‘data4good’ strategic partnership work. Sian became a ‘data champion’ following over twenty-five years exploring new frontiers in digital technology and bringing the benefits to the non-profit sector. She developed services to promote awareness and build digital technology capabilities in four UK regions and was chair of the national ICT hub (2004-8).

Sian Basker

Data Orchard

dr Michał Boni

Martens Centre, SWPS

Michał Boni PhD was involved in many activities of Polish Transformation from 1989 as a minister and advisor, also author of the long-term strategy: POLAND 2030. The first minister of Digital Affairs in the Central Eastern Europe (2011-2013), one of the leaders of the consultations and work on GDPR from 2012, author of the unique document “DIGITAL POLAND” for using the EU structural funds (2014-2020) to develop digital economy and society. As a Member of the European Parliament (2014-2019), especially active in LIBE and ITRE Committees. Responsible for 5G Road Map and Gigabit society development report and others (with works on implementation). Currently cooperates with Martens Centre, SWPS University in Warsaw, APCO, SMEEurope and SMEConnect, Digital Enlightenment Forum, Blockchain for Europe.

dr Michał Boni

Martens Centre, SWPS

Tadeusz Chełkowski

Patronite

Tadeusz Chełkowski is the creator of Patronite.pl and the co-owner of Wspieram.to. He lectures at Kozminski University, studies the Free and Open Software communities, analyzes the relationship between current economic theories and changes in social structures under the influence of technology. Tadeusz works as the head of the international software prototype department at Adobe. In his spare time, he works on developing community-financed projects.

Tadeusz Chełkowski

Patronite

Konrad Ciesiołkiewicz

Orange

Konrad is the President of the Orange Foundation, professionally associated with Orange Polska since 2008. He manages corporate social responsibility (CSR) and public relations. He has worked in non-governmental organizations, advisory agencies and the government. He graduated in management, psychology and political science. His interests focus on organizational psychology, social issues and team management. Chairman of the Social Dialogue Committee of the Polish Chamber of Commerce.

Konrad Ciesiołkiewicz

Orange

Van Anh Dam

Kids Code Fun/Fundacja Girls Code Fun

Van Anh Dam – educator, former managing director at the Central House of Technology. Born in Vietnam, but raised in Poland. At work, she combines his experience in teaching, creative activities and passion for new technologies. She likes explaining to children and adults what programming is. Co-founder of the Kids Code Fun programming school and member of the Council of the Girls Code Fun Foundation.

Van Anh Dam

Kids Code Fun
Fundacja Girls Code Fun

Jarmo Eskelinen

Data Driven Innovation

Jarmo Eskelinen is a smart city and open data expert with a background in architecture, digital media and urban events. He is based in the University of Edinburgh as the Executive Director of the Data Driven Innovation programme. The 15-year, £660m initiative spans across ten industry domains from creative industries and healthcare to fintech and robotics, building five new innovation hubs connected to supercomputing infrastructure. The DDI programme is part of the £1.3bn Edinburgh City Region Deal. Jarmo is a member of the Smart London Board, board member of Open Knowledge International, founder and former vice chair of the Open & Agile Smart Cities network OASC and former President of the European Network of Living Labs ENoLL.

Jarmo Eskelinen

Data Driven Innovation

Agata Foryciarz

Stanford University

Agata Foryciarz is a PhD student at the Faculty of Computer Science at Stanford University, where she studies machine learning methods used to support doctors’ decisions and leads the Computer Science and Civil Society group. In Poland, she cooperates with the Panoptykon Foundation.

Agata Foryciarz

Stanford University

Aureliusz Górski

Cambridge Innovation Center Warsaw

Aureliusz has been supporting the transformation of the innovative ecosystem in Poland for many years. He is a member of the Program Council of the Startup Poland foundation. In 2012-2015, he co-created the first network of coworking spaces in Poland and a comprehensive development support program for startups. For the past 5 years, he has been representing and building the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) brand in Poland – an American company creating innovative campuses where technology companies like Android and HubSpot were established. Co-founder of the innovative CIC Warsaw campus in the Varso Place office complex. Since 2019, he has been running the Venture Cafe Warsaw foundation that belongs to a global network of organizations implementing programs in the area of social innovation. Privately, as a social advisor, he worked on creating the Warsaw2030 strategy.

Aureliusz Górski

Cambridge Innovation Center Warsaw

Anna Grabara

EDISONDA

Anna Grabara – UX Researcher at EDISONDA. A graduate of Sociology, since 2006 associated with the market research and marketing industry. She has worked for Polish and foreign clients from many industries. She specializes in exploratory and evaluation quality research, concept and product tests, and also carries out quantitative research and usability tests. She reveals the tutorials of the users’ world to the clients and advises what to do next. She also conducts training in the field of UX research for project teams of large companies.

Anna Grabara

EDISONDA

Łukasz Grass

Former radio and television journalist, author of books. In 2016-2019, he was the editor-in-chief of Business Insider Polska, a business and information website which, within 3 years of its appearance on the market, became the second most popular business website in Poland and the first of the Business Insider family in Europe. He worked, among others in Radio TOK FM, as deputy editor-in-chief and head of news. For 6 years he was associated with TVN24, where he ran news services and the magazine “Polska i Świat”. In 2005, he was awarded by the Sukces monthly. He received the “Bull of Success” award in the Debut of the Year category. The author of the books: Hell hit me, The best. When weakness becomes strength, Three wise monkeys.

Łukasz Grass

Michał Guzowski

Developico

Michał is an entrepreneur, consultant and ex-programmer. He holds the title of Microsoft MVP in the Business Applications category. He has been working in the IT industry since 2012. He co-creates Application Academy and Developico, which help organizations make digital transformation. He tries to infect others with his passion for new technologies. He knows words such as: Power Platform, Common Data Service, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, REST API, Agile, Prince2, Windows Phone or WCF, and can also explain Microsoft Power Platform licensing. Blog: https://michalguzowski.pl/.

Michał Guzowski

Developico

Sterling Hawkins

Global Innovation Expert

Sterling Hawkins is out to break the status quo to create what’s actually possible for humanity in our time. He has spent his career igniting new views and inspiring people to act on them. In 2004, Sterling co-founded, launched and sold his first technology company, Convena, where he developed innova-tive approaches to beat competition, handle high-growth and achieve performance no matter the obstacles. He went on to be involved with the launch, growth or investment in over 50 companies. Today, Sterling reviews over 1,000 new technology companies every year further refining the keys to realizing breakthrough innovation and giving back that experience as a mentor to leading entrepreneurs working through exponential growth.

Sterling Hawkins

Global Innovation Expert

Radosław Jasiński

Polsko-Amerykańska Fundacja Wolności

Program Director at the Polish-American Freedom Foundation, where he creates and supervises the implementation of programs in the areas of education, volunteering, NGO support and new technologies. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lublin, MBA program – at the International Management School of L. Koźmiński, postgraduate studies in European Integration and CSR. He was a scholarship holder of The Johns Hopkins University. Associated with the third sector for over 20 years (including the founder of the OIC Poland Foundation, initiator and member of the Council of the Volunteer Development Foundation, the Academy of Civic Organizations Foundation). He has many years of experience in working for business (including sitting on the bodies of commercial companies, including large corporations). Projects for the benefit of local communities and in cooperation between business and NGOs are particularly close to him. Originator of the New Technologies Locally Program.

Radosław Jasiński

Polsko-Amerykańska Fundacja Wolności

Aleksandra Kalinowska-Nowak

Google

Aleksandra has been with Google since 2007 as part of the team building the company’s first marketing activities in Poland. She introduced key Google products and services (Street View, Google Chrome, Android) to Poland and co-created global marketing initiatives, such as Getting Your Business Online (known in Poland as the Internet Revolution). In 2011, she joined the dedicated Emerging Markets team responsible for adapting Google’s activities to the specific challenges of developing markets in Asia, Africa and South America. Then, for over a year she was responsible for marketing communication aimed at small and medium-sized companies in the EMEA region. Since 2014, as Country Marketing Manager, she manages all Google marketing activities in Poland.

Aleksandra Kalinowska-Nowak

Google

Aleksandra Karasińska

Forbes Women

Journalist and editor of Polish and foreign media. She was a journalist for Radio Free Europe, Radio Zet, TVN24 and deputy head of Polsat’s Events. She was also the deputy editor-in-chief of the Wprost and Newsweek weeklies. For two years, she cooperated with CNN TV and worked in Kiev in Ukrainian media. She created and edited “Newsweek Historia” and recently “Forbes Women”. An expert in the field of Internet media, TV and radio production and the press. Teaches journalism at SWPS.

Aleksandra Karasińska

Forbes Women

Radosław Kita

Ringier Axel Springer Polska

Radosław Kita – Head of Data Science at Ringier Axel Springer Polska. He has worked in many different companies: from a startup, at the stage of preparing series B shares, to an international telecom holding (among the top ten in the world in terms of the number of clients). He has dealt with the subject of Internet measurement since the beginning of his career in 2000. He participated in building the methodology of measuring the Internet in Poland in terms of measuring the viewership of websites, as well as extending the methodology to video materials, streams and applications.

Radosław Kita

Ringier Axel Springer Polska

Łukasz Kołodziejczyk

Ringier Axel Springer Polska

Łukasz Kołodziejczyk – obecnie Product Manager w Ringier Axel Springer Polska, wcześniej przez lata specjalista SEO pracujący przy serwisach Onetu, sklepach internetowych a także dziesiątkach stron contentowych, wśród których były zarówno mniejsze i większe blogi jak i strony firmowe. Wychodzi z założenia, że na treść powinniśmy patrzeć z perspektywy wielu kanałów ruchu i tego jak mogą się one przenikać w kontekście dystrybucji contentu. Prywatnie miłośnik biegania, dla którego efektywne wykorzystanie treści jest niczym start w maratonie – trzeba się dobrze przygotować planując swoje działania w perspektywie pewnego horyzontu czasowego. Fan programowania w wolnym czasie, który poprzez kodzenie szuka nowych obszarów do automatyzacji, aby tego wolnego czasu było więcej.

Łukasz Kołodziejczyk

Ringier Axel Springer Polska

Ewa Konczal

EVPA

Ewa Konczal joined EVPA in May 2014 as the Central and Eastern Europe Manager. Ewa is spreading the knowledge about venture philanthropy and social investment in CEE. She manages the first Polish VP Fund Valores, inititiative of PE community in Poland. Ewa has over 15 years of experience in social entrepreneurship as Representative of Ashoka in Poland and as Ashoka Director for Central and Eastern Europe. Before Ashoka, Ewa worked in India with Global March Against Child Labor, and in Egypt with AIESEC and Egyptian-Polish Businessman Association. She has set up the Magic Mountain Foundation, using mountain sports and natural horsemanship as tools for change for people with disadvantages. Ewa is the recipient of the AIESEC Alumni Entrepreneurship & Leadership Award. Has Master in Marketing and Management.

Ewa Konczal

EVPA

Michał Kowalik

Twilio

Michał Kowalik is a Senior Manager of Twilio.org in EMEA, the dedicated social impact team at Twilio working to provide the world’s #1 cloud communication platform to the nonprofit, education, and philanthropy sectors. He believes that technology can change the World when applied in a smart and impactful way. He is a versatile professional with nearly 20 years of experience designing and leading sales and market development strategies in IT sector based on sound economic principals and comprehensive business analysis. Expertise developing statistical models to understand future markets and process big data. Articulate communicator, with proven track record of establishing solid relationships with clients, colleagues, and administration to enhance organisational effectiveness.

Michał Kowalik

Twilio

Jacek Królikowski

Fundacja Rozwoju Społeczeństwa Informacyjnego

Specializes in training methodology and project management. Jacek has experience in public institutions (Central Teacher Training Center) and non-governmental organizations (Foundation for the Development of Local Democracy). As an expert of the Council of Europe, he participated in programs implemented by this organization in the years 1995 – 2005, mainly in the Balkans. Since 2005, he has acted as an independent expert, providing services in the field of social analysis and research, project development, training and project management for companies, NGOs and public institutions. In the years 2006 – 2008 he managed large training projects carried out by UNDP and the Delegation of the European Commission for the civil service in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. From 2008, he managed training activities carried out by Information Society Development Foundation under the Library Development Program. In 2013, he became the vice president of the Foundation.

Jacek Królikowski

Fundacja Rozwoju Społeczeństwa Informacyjnego

Dagmara Krzesińska

Koalicja na rzecz Polskich Innowacji

President of the Coalition for Polish Innovation Foundation since 2017. She works with public administration as an expert in the area of digitization, CSR (working teams at MR), cybersecurity (she is a member of the Steering Committee of the Safer Internet Poland Program, co-created the assumptions of UKE Certificates), digital education and life-long learning and innovation. Member of the Program Council of the Broad Agreement for Digital Skills, the Committee of Experts at the Human Rights Defender and in the years 2017-2018 of the Council of the Activation Foundation. For 10 years, she has been independently running a project of educating teachers and parents on the safety of minors online as part of competence volunteering, and she is also a volunteer in the Little Brothers of the Poor Association.

Dagmara Krzesińska

Koalicja na rzecz Polskich Innowacji

Kamil Kubiczek

Microsoft

Kamil Kubiczek – a graduate of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, majoring in Applied Computer Science. He has been associated with Microsoft business applications since 2012, and for 3 years with Microsoft itself. Currently he works as an Architect of Dynamics 365 for Central and Eastern Europe. He gained his professional experience with implementation partners, working, among others as a functional consultant, project manager and architect.

Kamil Kubiczek

Microsoft

Michał Leksiński

Patronite

Michał Leksiński – the shaman of words and the wizard of public appearances. Evangelist of the idea of e-patronage and Patronite. Wherever he can, he tells stories and sows ideas about digital culture and the role of passion in life. Professionally, a strategist (associated with CEC Government Relations), a crisis man and a speaker. A graduate of political marketing and media communication. Collector of postgraduate studies: 5 diplomas in psychology, economic intelligence and communication. Passionate about high mountains – on his way to the Crown of the Earth as part of the “7 Happy Summits” project. Former project manager and spokesman for the Winter Expedition on K2 17/18. Author of the book Projekt: Wyprawa.

WIĘCEJ

Michał Leksinski

Patronite

Pietro Leo

IBM Italy

Pietro Leo – Executive Architect, IBM Italy Chief Scientist and Research Strategist at IBM Academy of Technology Leadership. He advises companies that want to embrace this new reality of data centric and highly automated world. Together, we design interactive platforms and real-time systems that empower them and their customers to make better decisions. His expertise is the future of artificial intelligence, big data, and advanced analytics and in general technology innovation blending research & business perspectives. He regularly teaches artificial intelligence, big data and technology innovation at top university courses in major universities in Europe and, direct IBM Italy Center of Advanced Studies. www.pieroleo.com

Pietro Leo

IBM Italy

Piotr Łęgowski

Ringier Axel Springer Polska

Piotr Łęgowski – Head of Digital Media Campus at Ringier Axel Springer Polska. An expert in the field of content management, digital strategy, internet marketing, internet advertising, social media and teaching these issues. Over 13 years of experience in digital publishing and over 25 years in the media. Creator of postgraduate studies at the SWPS University in the field of digital media Digital Media. An experienced journalist working for the national radio network RMF FM, Polish Radio in Białystok and Krakow and others, he also gained experience at the American radio station W.A.C.E 730 AM in Chicopee, Massachusets.

Piotr Łęgowski

Ringier Axel Springer Polska

Siyabulela Mandela

University of South Africa, Journalism for Human Rights

Siyabulela Mandela is currently a Ph.D. candidate (International Relations and Conflict resolution) in the Department of Politics and Conflict Studies at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa, where he is also a lecturer for the Politics and Conflict Studies Department. Mandela is passionate about conflict resolution, development and human rights in Africa, a continent characterized by chronic conflicts and underdevelopment. His doctoral dissertation is titled, “Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Provention in Africa: Examining South Africa’s Role in Conflict Resolution in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Mr. Mandela’s career interests and expertise include diplomacy, international relations, human rights, African politics, conflict resolution, foreign policy and history.

Siyabulela Mandela

University of South Africa, Journalism for Human Rights

Jessica Murrey

Wicked Saints

Jessica Murrey – the Creative (not-too-evil) Genius behind W!CKED SAiNTS Studio, designing interactive story games that are wickedly fun and actively good. She first discovered the power of creativity and stories to move people at a local TV station in Oregon. She created awareness campaigns around domestic abuse, sexual assault, child abuse, drug abuse and many other community issues. She witnessed a lot of pain. She uses what she’s coined the “Tattoo Method” to design creative campaigns, storytelling, and activities that have the power to shift people’s attitudes and behaviors. To date, Jess has collaborated with young lion-hearted warriors in Colombia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Myanmar, Burundi, Indonesia, Armenia, Thailand, and the US.

Jessica Murrey

Wicked Saints

Tomasz Organek

Ørganek

Musician, singer, prose writer. He graduated in English philology at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, he studied at the Jazz and Popular Music Department of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. Member of the ZPAV Phonographic Academy and the ZAiKS Authors’ Association. The leader and founder of the group ØRGANEK, with which he released two albums: “Głupi” (2014) and “Czarna Madonna” (2016). Both releases achieved the platinum status. Winner of four Fryderyki Awards and many other prestigious awards, incl. Music Award of Program 3 of the Polish Radio Mateusz Święcicki and the special award Superhero of the Year of Wysokie Obcasy 2018. Participant of the Żywiec Meskie Granie series in 2014 and 2015 and its music director in 2016 and 2017. In May, his debut novel entitled “Teoria Masterowania Trwogi”, published by W.A.B.

Tomasz Organek

Ørganek

Konrad Piasecki

TVN24

Konrad is a Polish radio and television journalist associated with TVN24, conducting morning interviews in the program Rozmowa Piaseckiego, host of the program Kawa na ławę. Lecturer at Collegium Civitas, author of the book Castles on the Sand. 20 pictures from a journalist’s life. Earlier, in the years 1994–2016 a journalist of RMF FM radio, in the years 2016–2018 a journalist of Radio Zet.

Konrad Piasecki

TVN24

Bartłomiej Polakowski

PwC CEE

Bartłomiej has been in the e-learning industry for over 10 years. He led teams involved in the implementation of effective solutions in the field of remote education, performance support, gamification, blended learning, consultant, lecturer and e-learning presenter. At PwC, he is responsible for the implementation, maintenance and development of new educational technologies. Author of the blog https://bartekpolakowski.wordpress.com and the website https://www.facebook.com/korpoelearning/. A relentless promoter and fighter in defense of the good name of e-learning on LinkedIn and Facebook. Privately, a crossfitter and boardgame geek.

Barłomiej Polakowski

PwC CEE

Vesselin Popov

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge Psychometrics Centre is a multidisciplinary research institute specialising in online behaviour and psychological assessment. As its Executive Director, Vesselin Popov is responsible for the Centre’s strategy and commercial partnerships. His work focuses on both the positive and negative impacts that Big Data and psychometrics can have on society. Vesselin is a passionate advocate of open science and coordinates many projects to raise awareness of digital footprint prediction and online privacy issues. For example, the Apply Magic Sauce project reveals how psychology can be predicted from social media data, and has been used by millions of people around the world to learn about their digital selves.

Veselin Popov

University of Cambridge

prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska

Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego

Prof. Alexandra Przegalinska habilitated from management at Kozminski University and received her doctorate in the field of philosophy of artificial intelligence at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw. She is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Management in Digital and Networked Societies at the Leon Kozminski Academy and the Leader of AI in Management Program. Until recently, she conducted research at the Center for Collective Intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. She graduated from The New School for Social Research in New York. In Autumn 2020 she will start research in the American Institute for Economic Research on the automation of work, and then join the Labour and Worklife Program at Harvard University.

prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska

Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego

Kamil Puk

Netguru

Kamil Puk works as Agile Practice Lead in Netguru. He is responsible for the development of an agile approach and practices in various areas of operation of a technology and consulting company. With experience as a project manager and team leader, he had the opportunity to closely observe how interesting ideas are created both for successful products and spectacular flaps. Kamil has financial, technical and service design education; this kit allows him to analyze challenges from different perspectives and apply a wide range of tools and solutions. In his spare time he is an amateur cook, an aspiring sailor, and an incurable optimist in working on the obedience of his mongrel.

Kamil Puk

Netguru

Przemysław Radwan-Röhrenschef

Szkoła Liderów

Przemysław has been with the School for Leaders since 1995. He started as a man supporting all activities – workshops for young people, computer network and the first website of the School. A graduate of the Second School for Leaders, then its internal critic and at the same time the creator of most of the School’s programs for years. In 2014-2017, the president of the foundation. He bacame a great advocate of supporting leaders who have the courage to “lean out” towards the politics at every level.

Przemysław Radwan-Röhrenschef

Radwan-Röhrenschef

Monika Rozalska-Lilo

Creators

Monika has co-founded and served until August 2020 as the CEO of CREATORS, an innovation lab based in Tel Aviv that supports organizations in developing and improving innovation practices through a range of workshops and innovation programs, formed and tailored to your needs by experts in Israel’s Startup Nation with a track record of success. Monika’s expertise includes corporate innovation, startup ecosystems, ideation methodologies and building & facilitating innovation programs. Before founding CREATORS, Monika was a Deputy Director of TheHive by Gvahim, a startup accelerator program for international teams in Israel.

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/monika-rozalska

Monika Rozalska-Lilo

Creators

Michał Serwiński

Fundacja Rozwoju Społeczeństwa Informacyjnego

Editor of the Sektor 3.0 blog. A journalist and culture expert by education, professionally associated with the third sector for 13 years. He gained his experience as the head of the Fundraising Department at the Anna Dymna’s “Mimo Naj” Foundation and head of the regional office of the Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH). Co-founder and member of the board of the Stowarzyszenie Urządzacz.org. He cooperates with and advises social organizations.

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Michał Serwiński

Sektor 3.0

Katarzyna Słowik

Ladies that UX Warsaw

Katarzyna Słowik – UX Designer w Slowhop oraz UX & Service Designer w Design Provision. W startup-ie Slowhop odpowiada za rozwój produktu i dba o doświadczenia użytkowników. W butikowej agencji Design Provision tworzy innowacyjne usługi i pomaga zrozumieć potencjał projektowania w biznesie. Ukończyła studia podyplomowe Service Design na Uniwersytecie SWPS. Współtwórczyni społeczności Ladies that UX Warsaw zrzeszającej pasjonatki i pasjonatów User Experience w Polsce.

Katarzyna Słowik

Ladies that UX Warsaw

Dawid Szarański

Sektor 3.0

PhD student at the Faculty of Computer Science and Communication at the University of Economics. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Silesia. Scholarship holder of the University of Wolverhampton in Great Britain. He specializes in project management and digital transformation. From the beginning of his career, he has been associated with the tech industry. He worked for technology transfer centers and science and technology parks. He is the founder of the Sektor 3.0 program, which in 2018 received a distinction from the European Commission. He has PRINCE2, AgilePM, ISO27001, PSMI (Professional Scrum Master) certificates.

Dawid Szarański

Sektor 3.0

Cecylia Szymańska

Microsoft

Cecylia joined the Polish branch of Microsoft in 2010. She is the Director of Education, carrying out Microsoft research in primary and secondary education. She is responsible for government relations in this regard, shaping the company’s strategy and building communication. She has experience in managing international and local educational programs (Partners In Learning, Microsoft In Education, Shape the Future, School in the Cloud, School of New Technologies, regional platforms) focusing on the latest versions of IT in education at all levels. She develops innovative IT projects and builds teachers and educators.

Cecylia Szymańska

Microsoft

Andi Brinn Thomas

Thomas, NASA, Earth Observatory Group

Andi has been a part of the NASA community since 2015. She started out cataloging astronaut photography of Earth and quickly moved into writing stories for Earth Observatory, operating an ISS payload (Crew Earth Observations) and providing GIS and data visualization support for the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division at Johnson Space Center. In January 2019, she joined the SERVIR Science Coordination office at Marshall Space Flight Center and spent a little over a year working with their Eastern & Southern Africa hub to help build remote sensing applications in water resources management and communicate out SERVIR’s hard work in supporting sustainable living in developing countries. She continues a passionate journey in Earth Science exploration as the Earth Science Outreach Specialist for the Earth Observatory Group and the Earth Science Data Systems Program. When promoting NASA Earth Science isn’t on her mind, she is happiest hanging out with her husband and furry children, in nature, and sharing food and drinks with friends.

Andi Brinn Thomas

NASA, Earth Observatory Group

Bartosz Węglarczyk

Onet.pl

Bartosz was a journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza, where he was the head of the foreign department 1989-2011. He was a correspondent of Gazeta Wyborcza in Moscow, Brussels and Washington. In the years 2012-2013 he was the editor-in-chief of the monthly Success. In 2013-2016 he was the deputy editor-in-chief of the daily Rzeczpospolita. He hosted the programs The World According to Węglarczyk and The Elephant and the Polish Case in Superstacja. From September 2008 to Apr 2016, together with Kinga Rusin, he hosted the weekend editions of the morning program Dzień Dobry TVN. From Jan to Dec 2014, he ran the Świat magazine on TVN24 BIS. Since Mar 2016 he is the programming director of Onet.pl and since Dec 2018 – the editor-in-chief of Onet.pl at Ringier Axel Springer Sp. z o.o.

Bartosz Węglarczyk

Onet

Francis S C Yeoh

National University of Singapore

Dr Francis S C Yeoh has been involved in various aspects of R&D, technology management, start-up companies, venture funding, innovation and entrepreneurship. He had been a research scientist, research institute director, internet start-up CEO, investor, professor and government policy maker. He was the first CEO of the National Research Foundation of Singapore (NUS) in 2006-2012. The NRF was set up to drive research, innovation and enterprise in Singapore. Retired from full-time employment, Dr Yeoh is presently spending part of his time as Professorial Fellow for Entrepreneurship at the School of Computing at NUS, driving the school’s innovation and entrepreneurship efforts, teaching undergraduate and graduate classes and mentoring start-up companies.

Dr Francis S C Yeoh

National University of Singapore

Grzegorz Zajączkowski

Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji

Grzegorz Zajączkowski is a graduate of the Silesian University of Technology, engineer, programmer, social animator and an expert in projects in the area of information society development within the Data Management Department of the Ministry of Digital Affairs. Since 1998, he has been dealing with the application of information technologies in education, the development of civil society and the popularization of cultural heritage. Since 2008, he has been cooperating with many government institutions as an advisor, expert and project coordinator (Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others). From September 2017, he was appointed the “Digital Champion of Poland” of the European Commission.

Grzegorz Zajączkowski

Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji

Gloria Ziencina-Kawula

Quora in Polish

Gloria Ziencina-Kawula – Head of Community Quora in Polish – a global platform created to share and grow the world’s knowledge, which is available for users in Polish since 2019. Gloria is responsible for the process of product location, building brand awareness on the Polish market, building an online community, and managing relationships. She teaches the best practices on the platform and shows the possibilities of creating a personal brand. Gloria shares her knowledge and many years of experience in building and managing online communities during numerous presentations and lectures she gives. She is an active contributor to Quora in English since 2015, where she wrote almost 1,5k answers, which gained ~6 million views.

Gloria Ziencina-Kawula

Quora in Polish

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Van Anh Dam

Jarmo Eskelinen

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Kamil Puk

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Dawid Szarański

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