This year’s nineth edition of Polish-Swiss Innovation Day was devoted to the topic “AI in Manufacturing and Services. Experiences, opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence for companies and institutions in Poland and Switzerland”.
The event took place on October 29 at Google for Startups Campus Warsaw. It was attended by over 160 people, including Chamber member companies and representatives of universities and institutions.
Polish-Swiss Innovation Day was organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland. The honorary patronage of the conference was provided by the Minister of Digital Affairs, Ministry of Development and Technology, and the Mayor of Warsaw. The media patronage was provided by Ringier Axel Springer Polska and Telewizja Biznesowa.
This interesting exchange of experiences was possible thanks to the support of Business Partners: IDEAS NCBR and member companies: ABB, Billennium, Nestle, Roche as well as host of the event: Google for Startups Campus Warsaw.
The event was opened by H.E. Fabrice Filliez, Ambassador of Switzerland to Poland, and President of the Chamber Michał Stępień. Moderators of the conference were Ulrich Schwendimann, Managing Director of the Chamber, Luca Laloli, Head of Economic, Financial and Scientific Affairs at the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland and Monika Ciemięga, Policy Officer at the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland. The official welcome was made by the host of the event Michał Kramarz, Head of Google for Startups, Central Europe.
As in previous years, we had the pleasure of hosting experts from Poland and Switzerland. During the conference, we had the opportunity to listen to:
Dariusz Standerski, PhD, Secretary of State, Ministry of Digitalisation
H.E. Ambassador Benedikt Wechsler, PhD, Head of Division for Digitalisation, FDFA State Secretariat, Bern
Patrick Warnking, Vice President Central and Eastern Europe, Google
Magda Kotlarczyk, Country Director Google Poland
Michał Kuszewski, Chief Specialist for Innovative Economy at the Economic Development Department, Warsaw City Hall
Prof. Dirk Mohr, Head of Institute of Virtual Manufacturing, ETH Zurich
Prof. Piotr Sankowski, PhD, University of Warsaw, MIM Solutions
Prof. Tomasz Trzciński, PhD, Research Group Leader at IDEAS NCBR, Warsaw University of Technology
Joost VandeVondele, PhD, Deputy Director for Science, Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS), Swiss AI Initiative.
The presentations were followed by a panel discussion “How Companies Approach AI”, moderated by Magda Kotlarczyk, Country Director Google Poland, with experts from Swiss companies, business partners of the event:
Przemysław Zakrzewski, Vicepresident, ABB E-Mobility Sp. z o.o.
Adrian Foltyn, PhD, Senior Manager Data Science & Analytics, Nestlé Poland
Natalia Baranowska, Data & Analytics Section Lead – Data Advisory & Insights, Roche
Marcin Kruczyk, PhD, AI & Data Director, Ringier Axel Springer Polska
Mariusz Kotyś, AI & Data Competence Center Director, Billennium S.A.
We would like to thank all Partners, institutional and business, for their invaluable contribution to the implementation of this joint venture as well as all guests, who participated in the event.
