9.00 – 9:45 Registration & Welcoming coffee
9:45 – 10.15 Opening remarks by
• Andrej Motyl, Ambassador of Switzerland to Poland
• Anna Streżyńska, Minister for Digital Affairs
• Aleksander Bobko, State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Higher Education
• Grzegorz Kunikowski, vice-dean of Faculty of Management, Warsaw University of Technology
• Marek Szymański, President of Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce
10:15 – 10:45 Keynote
Mapping the opportunities and challenges of digital transformation
Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, Diplo Foundation, Head of the Geneva Internet Platform
10.45 -11:45 Policy dialogue
How to join the leading digital economies?
• Polish and Swiss governmental approaches with moderated discussion panel:
– Magdalena Borowik, Advisor to the Minister for Digital Affairs
– Christian Wenger, President of Digital Switzerland
– Aleksander Kutela, CEO Grupa Onet
– Robert Firmhofer, Director of Copernikus Science Center
– Joanna Konopko, young academic representative and start-up entrepreneur
Moderation: Roman Młodkowski
• Short introduction to the Workshops
11:45 – 12:15 Coffee break
12.15 – 13:30 Shaping the digital ecosystem: strategic responses
Workshops – inspiring insights from business
• ABB Future of human-machine interfaces and related business models (Przemysław Zakrzewski Country Chief Information Officer ABB and experts)
• Nestlé Polska Drive Digital Transformation for Building of Powerful Nestlé Brands (Zbigniew Skarżyński Head of Brand Communication
Discussion – inspiring insights from academia
Academia and education as key factors in the digital ecosystem
• Relationship between technical change and academic teaching
• Role of academia in digital capacity building of the society
• Digital exclusion as a risk for society and politics
– Agnieszka Skala, Co-founder and CEO of Innovation Nest Entrepreneurship School (SPIN)
– Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, Diplo Foundation, Head of the Geneva Internet Platform
– Tomasz Trzciński, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology
Moderation: Bartosz Sawulski, MCI CAPITAL S.A.
13:30 – 13:45 Wrapping up session and concluding remarks
13:45 – 14:30 Networking lunch
