CEO, Metroplan Polska Sp. z o.o., Wrocław, Poland Experienced in realisation of big, international industrial projects, especially in the fields of new location development, logistics consulting, planning and design of new production and logistics infrastructure, costs optimisation and comprehensive project management. Interested in implementation of new management strategies and organisation structures, as well as negotiations and dealing with unpredictable situations, where finding new solutions requires development of new approaches and procedures. Managed a number of big projects on three continents – Europe, America and Asia, with excellent feedback from the clients. Responsible also for managing a team of architects, engineers and construction and logistics consultants at the Polish branch of Metroplan Group in their two offices, in Wrocław and Warsaw. Graduated in Logistics at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from Wrocław University of Science and Technology.

Ireneusz Borowski has been Country Manager at Dassault Systèmes since July 2019. In this position, he is responsible for strengthening the local presence and expanding Dassault Systèmes’ market position in Poland. Ireneusz Borowski joined Dassault Systèmes in 2008 and until now, holding the position of Senior Manager Sales & Business Development Eastern Europe, he prepared business development plans for Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and managed sales in Eastern Europe. Previously, in his position as Senior Sales Manager Eastern Europe, Partner Success Management EUROCENTRAL, he managed sales in indirect channels. Ireneusz Borowski started his professional career in 1998 at AutoR KSI, then worked as Account Manager and Special Program Manager at CNS Solutions. In 2000, he joined Premium Technology as Product Manager and was involved at various management levels for the next 8 years. Ireneusz Borowski is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology, with a degree in Vehicle and Heavy Machinery Engineering.

Andrzej Bułka, President of the Management Board of Fracht FWO Polska Sp. z o. o. He has been associated with the transport and logistics industry for over 25 years. In 2010, he headed Fracht FWO Polska as its managing director, and since 2019 he has been the President of the company’s management board. He gained his professional experience as a merchant navy officer, and then developed his professional career in international logistics companies. A graduate of the Navigation Faculty of the Maritime University of Szczecin. He completed postgraduate studies in leadership psychology at the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology and Advanced Management Program at IESE in Barcelona. International logistics expert, panellist and speaker at conferences and economy events in Poland and abroad.

Outstanding specialist the field of chemistry and chemical technology in terms of the direction and strategy of development of the chemical industry, catalysis, organic synthesis and industrial recycling of plastic waste. Professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, Professor of the Institute of Industrial Chemistry. President of the SITPChem since 2002. Member of the Bureau of the Committee of Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Expert at NCN and NCBiR, Coordinator of Polish Technology Platform for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, Chief Expert at the Panel Foresight Poland 2020. 200 publications, 40 patents, several proces projects. A consultant in the chemical synthesis sector.

Jędrzej Kowalczyk is customer oriented business unit executive with strong engineering, sales and marketing experience. His interest in science and technology began in the early childhood thus the choice of the university was a simple matter. Jędrzej Kowalczyk is a graduate of robotics and automation at the Gdańsk University of Technology. He started his professional career at FANUC, as a Technical Specialist, in 2009. He was then quickly promoted to the position of the Service Coordinator (2010), Customer Service Coordinator (2012) and a number of new challenges and opportunities opened for him. In 2014 was appointed as the new Office Manager of FANUC Polska and one year later took office as General Manager of FANUC Polska. His main goal is to deliver the latest technology used in automation of production to Polish factories with full support of FANUC local staff.

Chairman of the Management Board and CEO at Grupa Azoty ZAK S.A. Chairman of the Board in The Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry. Vice President for Industry in The Cracow Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Chairman of the Board in The Pracodawcy RP.

Mr Roman Przybylski graduated from the Krakow University of Economics, Faculty of International Management. He also completed executive education programmes organised by Cambridge Judge Business School and Stanford University Graduate School of Business. In 2003 he joined the Nowy Styl Capital Group. In the years 2006-2009 he was Member of the Management Board of Baltic Wood S.A., and Nowy Styl Strategy and Business Development Director, with duties that included building foreign sales structures, as well as Managing Director of the Nowy Styl brand in charge of the whole commercial area. In 2009, he became Member of the Management Board of Nowy Styl, responsible for all sales, marketing and product management functions. Moreover, he was co-responsible for acquisition processes, and further for restructuring and integration of the foreign companies taken over by the Capital Group (in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and France). In March 2023 he became Vice President of the Management Board of Nowy Styl International. Since 1 January 2024 he has been Vice President of the Management Board, Director for Investments and Development of Grupa KĘTY S.A.

A graduate of the Faculty of Humanities of the Catholic University of Lublin and the University of Insurance and Banking (later Academy of Finance). Also a graduate of the MBA studies at the Kozminski University in Warsaw. In 1995-1996 she worked as a German translator at Hit Centrala Usługowa (later Tesco), in 1996-1998 at the Austrian brokerage company Allfinanz (a financial institution associated with the insurance and pension funds industry). From 1998 to 2002, he was a Sales Manager at Skarbiec Emerytura and Skarbiec Serwis Finansowy. From 2003 to 2005, Development Director in the HRC Group. From 2005, President of the Executive Club.

Prof. Andrzej Szarata is an expert in the areas of transportation, transportation systems, travel modeling, functional efficiency of transportation infrastructure development, with particular emphasis on modernization of railroad lines and road system. He conducts research on traffic behavior in urbanized areas, performs traffic forecasts for the expansion of national and provincial roads, and also analyzes strategic and planning documents of many Polish cities. As a transport consultant, he works both at home and abroad (Greece, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, the United States). He has implemented transportation projects (more than 250), related to the study of the functional efficiency of transportation investments. He led the work of a consortium (with Krakow University of Technology as leader), which was the first in Poland to develop a methodology for creating a public transport plan (using the example of the Małopolska province), and developed a methodology for conducting traffic surveys in Krakow in 2013 and carried out the Warsaw Traffic Survey in 2015. Since 2019, it has been the main consultant in the work on the construction of the transport model of Poland, conducted by the Center for EU Transport Projects. He is a member of many prestigious scientific and advisory bodies, including the Council for Higher Education, Science and Innovation to the President of the Republic of Poland, the Transport Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Construction Committee of the Krakow Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Task Force for Large-Scale Development Projects to the Committee for Spatial Planning of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Technical Sciences Committee of the PAU, the Polish Union of Construction Engineers and Technicians, the Association of Communication Engineers and Technicians, and the Commission for Science, Innovation and Development Projects of the Polish Olympic Committee. He serves as chairman of the Scientific Council of the Carpathian Euroregion and chairman of the Science Committee of the Association of Engineers and Technicians of Communication of the Republic of Poland. He belongs to scientific councils: Railroad Institute, Institute of Construction Technology, General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways, Warsaw Metro, Podhale Association, Galician Chamber of Construction and Polish Ecological Club, Łukasiewicz Network – Institute of Ceramics and Building Materials. He chairs the Program Council for the Development of the Transport System of the City of Cracow by the City President, and is also a member of the Program Council of the ITS Poland association. He is also a highly respected academic teacher and popularizer of science in the media.

Co-founder of SABUR Sp. z o.o. For over 25 years he has been associated with the IT and automation industries. In the company, he is responsible for contacts with the company’s foreign partners, the sale of their products and solutions successfully introduced to the Polish market, and the development of the distribution network. He has many years of and diverse experience in implementing infrastructure, industrial and building automation systems. He attaches great importance to reliability in running a business, the principles of sustainable development and pro-employee activities. He is a member of the Industry and Program Council of the Faculty of Mechatronics of the Warsaw University of Technology, and works in several business organizations. A graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology.