Conference programme
DIGITALIZATION
Society - Business - Local Government - Technologies
Savings - Benefits - Opportunities - Challenges
Day I - 14.09.
Regional Studies:
Gorzów Wielkopolski - City Hall
Opole - Science and Technology Park
Katowice - RawaINK
Białystok - Podlasie Regional Development Foundation
Rzeszów - Rzeszów Regional Development Agency
Lublin - Science and Technology Park
10.00 Opening
Agnieszka Łasut, Polish IoT and AI Cluster - SINOTAIC
Mariusz Hetmańczyk, Future Industry Platform
Jacek Miketa, Vice-president, Upper Silesian Fund
Piotr Zabadała, Director, Ministry of Development and Technology
Jarosław Mamala, President, Science and Technology Park in Opole
Marcin Lorenc, Rector, Opole University of Technology
Krzysztof Kielec, President, Kostrzyńsko-Słubicka Special Economic Zone
Tomasz Haiduk, President, Polish Automation and Robotics Forum
Mateusz Dulewski Central Mining Institute
Maciej Stachura, Secretary of the City of Katowice
Konrad Fijołek, Mayor of the City of Rzeszów
Jacek Szymankiewicz, Deputy Mayor of the City of Gorzów Wielkopolski
Maciej Wujec, Deputy Mayor of the City of Opole
Magdalena Stachyra, President, Lublin Science and Technology Park
Arkadiusz Gałązka, Director, Lublin Center of Innovation and Technology
Marek Dźwigaj, President, Podlaska Regional Development Foundation
Wiesław Kamieński, Vice president, Podlaska Regional Development Foundation
Mariusz Bednarz, President, Rzeszów Regional Development Agency
11.00 Digitization of local government units - Path 1
Cooperation between local government units and SMEs in the implementation of modern technologies - how to work better and more effectively together? Examples of challenges and good cooperation.
Opening - Krzysztof Kielec, President, Kostrzyńsko-Słubicka Special Economic Zone
Jacek Szymankiewicz, Deputy Mayor of the City of Gorzów Wielkopolski
Mateusz Umer, Director of the Department of Geodesy and Cadastre, City Hall of Gorzów Wielkopolski
Magdalena Łabuza, Director, Center for Education and Business, Gorzów Wielkopolski
Maciej Wujec, Deputy Mayor of the City of Opole
Sławomir Świder, Director, IT and Telecommunications Service Office of the City of Rzeszów
Daniel Wolny, Katowice City Hall / Agata Kańtoch-Kucab, Syngeos
Marek Tokarz, President, MPWiK Piekary Śląskie / Andrzej Madej, AIUT
Michał Pelczarski, Deputy starost of the Łęczyński County
Marceli Erm, AIUT
Łukasz Wach, Member of the Board, Miejski Zakład Komunikacyjny in Opole
Special presentation: The Saxon concept of smart regions / EDIH Saxony
Marzena Schöne, Manager of the Future Initiative Simul + Member of EDIH Saxony
New Public Procurement Law - It can be done together. (practical tips for cooperation)
Arkadiusz Gałązka, Director, Lublin Center of Innovation and Technology
Patryk Hudziec, Upper Silesian Fund
Path 2
13.30 Development tools for SME start-ups. Financing and business development.
Opening - Jacek Miketa, President, Upper Silesian Fund
How to prepare for cooperation with investors? Practical tips and advice for Startups and SMEs.
Robert Bieleń, Vice President, Invento
Private financing (domestic and foreign investors and investment funds, including the USA) - with the participation of representatives of investment funds from PL and the USA. Examples of cooperation.
Tomasz Kierul, Skybrook VP
Acquiring new clients abroad with the help of the Enterprise Europe Network.
Iwona Czaplikowska, EEN Katowice
Anna Wrzesińska, EEN Białystok
Grzegorz Tabisz, EEN Rzeszów
National public financing - national grants, regional programs, commercial tools.
Lublin Agency for Enterprise Support
Wojciech Zbróg - Upper Silesian Fund SA
Ewa Kozłowska, Podlaska Regional Development Foundation
Path 1
13.30 SMEs and Startups - providers of intelligent digital technologies (examples and presentations of solutions using IoT, Big Data, AI, HPC)
Opening - Marek Gabryś, President, AIUT
Solutions for internal innovations (internal digital business processes, production processes, services).
Dr inż. Joanna Rut, Assistant professor, Opole University of Technology
Marcin Szewczyk, CADVISION
Bernard Hajduk, ABAS
Rafał Sanecki, IS Wireless
Solutions for external innovations (technologies, solutions, examples).
Marcin Strzałkowski, President, InteliDesk
Grzegorz Mizia, Iteo
Witold Kempa, Netizens
Chris Parjaszewski, Skygate
Wojciech Pilorz, Ekoenergia Silesia SA
Cloud solutions for SMEs and local government units.
Damian Kolarczyk, Proxy, PNT Opole
Path 1
15.30 Digitization of SMEs (presentations with examples).
Opening - Paweł Nowak, Director, Future Industry Platform Foundation
Digitization of SMEs - can you develop without it?
Dr hab. Eng. Mariusz Hetmańczyk, FPPP
Cybersecurity in digitalisation
Marek Ostafil, Cyberus Labs
Intelligent knowledge management in the enterprise.
Dr Piotr Kaczmarek-Chicken, FPPP
The use of software-robots to optimize business processes with examples.
Jacek Dudkiewicz, FPPP
Energy efficiency - savings from day one.
Artur Pollak, President, APA Group
Wojciech Soroka, President, S2 Innovation
Marzena Mędrek, Sagitum
Paweł Przychodz, Sławomir Chrzanowski, InnFlow
Day II - 15.09.
Path 1
10.00 Intelligent digital technologies and society
Opening - Mariusz Jankowski, Head of the Katowice City Hall
New digital services for society in local government units.
Mariusz Jankowski, City of Katowice
Waldemar Wojtasik, University of Silesia
Przemysław Koncewicz, Save The City
Dr inż. Dariusz Masłowski, Opole University of Technology
Mateusz Dulewski, Central Mining Institute
11.00 A new dimension of business based on intelligent solutions - new business models.
Sławomir Tront, PANova,
Karol Magiera, Central Mining Institute
Tomasz Stypułkowski, President, Institute of Innovation and Technology, Bialystok University of Technology
New business environment for SMEs - what industry 4.0 really is.
Julian Malaka, FPPP
Rafał Szkop, ZP Polska Miedź
12.00 Digitization and people - socio-economic challenges.
Opening of the panel - Artur Pollak, President, APA Group
Social challenges of digitization
Aleksandra Radomska-Zalas, Dean, Academy of Jakub from Paradyż
Robotics and new supply chains - opportunities for Poland and Europe.
Tomasz Haiduk, President, Polish Automation and Robotics Forum
Data, information, knowledge, wisdom - analytical skills of 21st century workers.
Piotr Kaczmarek-Chicken, FPPP
New professions and specializations. Employment growth thanks to modern technologies.
Piotr Podgórski, Director, EMT Systems
Path 2
12.00 Foreign cooperation in the field of digitization - good examples from Europe (presentations in English)
12.00 Digitization in DACH region. Needs and opportunities
Agata Reichel-Tomczak, DREBERIS, Germany
12.20 The digital municipality metamodel
Andreu Francisco, General Director, LocalRet, Spain
12.40 European Smart City Project developed for the Metropolitan City of Milan
Paolo Tommasini, Safety21 SpA (EDIH4DT), Italy
13.00 Scaling Social Impact via the Smart City Accelerator
Dr. Olga Shvarova BSc (Hons), MSc, D. Phil (Oxon), Chief Innovation Officer, CYENS Center of Excellence, Cyprus
13.20 The challenges of Catalonian and Spanish local administration in digitalization
Judith Bayes, CEO & Founder, Tramit Smart App
13.40 Hack4Vilnius: finding smart solutions for sustainable city "
Laurynas Braskus, Sunrise Valley Science & Technology Park, Lithuania
14.00 Labs as facilitators of the digitization of SMEs and STEM
Cristina Murillo, GAIA, Spain
14.20 How a medium sized city in Sweden became one of the most innovative in Europe
Kristin Engholm, City of Helsinborg, Sweden
14.40 DIH4Society Perspectives on the Digital Transformation of the Public Sector
Paula Sipos, DIH4Society, Romania
15.00 Technologies Unlocking a City's Potential
Michael Lake, President & CEO, Leading Cities, USA
15.20 The development of critical public services in the era of the pandemic COVID-19
Nikos Vasilakis, Head of Strategic Planning & Coordination Unit, Ministry of the Digital Governance, Greece
16.00 Meeting and workshops for members of the group of European EDIH candidates in the area of Smart City / Digitization of the Public Sector
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