10th edition of the Polish-Swiss Innovation Day is behind us! This year’s conference was on “Industry of the Future. The Next Evolution in Industrial Transformation.” We welcomed a broad audience of Polish and Swiss representatives from government, business and academia.
The conference was opened by moderators and hosts: Olga Teodorek (Trade Officer, Swiss Business Hub Central Europe), Monika Ciemięga (National Programme Officer, Swiss Contribution Office of the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland), Luca Laloli (Head of Economic, Financial, Scientific and EU-Affairs, Embassy of Switzerland in Poland) and Ulrich Schwendimann (Managing Director, Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce). As every year, at the beginning of the meeting, H.E. Fabrice Filliez, Ambassador of Switzerland to Poland and Michał Stępień (President, Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce) welcomed the guests.
We were honoured to listen to keynotes by Prof. Andrzej Szeptycki, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, as well as Dr. Rafał Rosiński, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs. Furthermore, H.E. Ambassador Alexandra Baumann, Head of the Prosperity and Sustainability Division at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, elaborated on the Swiss perspective of Science Diplomacy.
Very interesting was Fireside Chat about HPC (High-Performance Computing), in which the following speakers took part: Prof. Thomas Schulthess (Director, Swiss National Supercomputing Centre CSCS, Lugano) and Marek Magryś (Acting Director, Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET AGH). Discussion was moderated by Monika Ciemięga (National Programme Officer, Swiss Contribution Office of the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland).
The next part of the program featured case studies presented by:
– Philipp Brunner, Executive Vice President Division Central Europe, Stadler Rail,
– Tomasz Pronin, Managing Director, Geberit Production,
– Przemysław Zakrzewski, Vicepresident, ABB E-Mobility.
Host of the meeting was Olga Teodorek, Trade Officer, Swiss Business Hub Central Europe.
During case studies speakers presented practical ways to design manufacturing processes where humans and emerging technologies work hand in hand.
After coffee break there was a second Fireside Chat about the Power of Collaborative Ecosystems, in which the following speakers participated: Adam Gontarz, Board member, Head of Digitalization, Innovation and Technology, Swissmem and Prof. Roman Szewczyk, Chairperson of the Council of the Łukasiewicz Research Network Institute. The discussion was moderated by Dominik Halbeisen, DOH Dominik Halbeisen Training and Consulting.
The last part of the meeting was panel discussion with participation of:
– Maciej Alksnin, CEO, MAGMA S.A.P.,
– Dominika Bettman, Digital transformation leader, mentor, author,
– Philipp Brunner, Executive Vice President Division Central Europe, Stadler Rail,
– Zofia Dzik, President of the Humanites Institute,
– Przemysław Zakrzewski, Vice-President of the Management Board of ABB E-Mobility.
The discussion was moderated by Maciej Sieczka, Managing Director, Endress+Hauser Polska.
We sincerely thank for granting the patronage over this event from Marcin Kulasek, Minister of Science and Higher Education, the Minister of Digitalization, the Ministry of Development and Technology, and the Ministry of Finance. We would like to thank once again partners of the conference: ABB, Endress+Hauser, Geberit Polska, Magma S.A.P., Stadler and Lista as well as institutional partners: Swiss Business Hub Central Europe and Swissmem. We would like to thank our media partner: wnp.pl!
We sincerely thank all our guests for attending in such great numbers!
We are delighted that, together with the Embassy of Switzerland, we have been organizing the Polish-Swiss Innovation Day for 10 years now! See you next year!
