Innovations for security. Importance and promotion
November 6-7, 2025, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation
• Prof. Dr. Eng. Rafał Łukasik, Director of the Department of Research, Innovation and Commercialization, Plenipotentiary for International Relations of the President of the Łukasiewicz Center, Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission (moderator)
• Piotr Szynkarczyk, PhD, DSc, Eng., Łukasiewicz Research Network – Industrial Institute of Automation and Measurements PIAP
• Przemysław Woźniak, Deputy Director of the Development and Innovation Office, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A.
• Izabela Najda-Jędrzejewska, Deputy Director, Department of Innovation and Development, Ministry of Science and Higher Education
• Sebastian Serwiak, Policy Officer European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration & Home Affairs
• 12.30-12.45 – Innovation in Education – Expectations vs. Reality. The Perspective of Students from Five Polish Academic Centers.
Dr Agnieszka Wilczyńska Strawa, assistant professor at the Institute of Civil Aviation Management, Faculty of Management and Command, War Studies University
• 12.45-13.00 – Defense marketing in practice. Integrated marketing communications regarding innovative American uniform fabrics for the Polish Army.
Sylwia Kuligowska, SCOPE Public Relations
• 13.00-13.15 – Innovation and security – consumer and business perspective
Piotr Zimolzak, Vice President of the Management Board, SW Research
• 13.15-13.30 – Political Advertising in the Age of AI and Disinformation – How New EU Regulations Support Information Security
Agnieszka Rapcewicz, Attorney, member of the IAPP, co-founder of the “Internet. Time to Act!” Foundation
• 13.30-13.45 – Drones and their importance for improving the security of strategic sectors of the economy
Joanna Wieczorek, Cybersecurity Manager and Compliance Officer at Baltic Power Sp. z o.o.
• 13.45-14.00 – Space Storytelling: A Case Study of the Ignis Mission
Anna Ambroszkiewicz, EAC Communication Team, ESA Communication Department, EAC – European Astronaut Centre
• 14.00-14.15 – “PUT Rocketlab behind the screen” – the impact of social media on the work of young engineers
Julia Kapela, PUT Rocketlab
• 14.15-14.30 – We did it in Poland
Dominika Jajszczak, Member of the WłączeniPlus Foundation’s Management Board and Marketing Director for Sukces Pisany Szminką (Success Written in Lipstick)
• 14.30-14.45 – Cyber Incidents: How to Talk About Them?
Iwona Prószyńska, Head of the Cybersecurity Strategic Communications Team, NASK Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Center
• 14.45-15.00 – Dual use in Horizon Europe
Witold Witowski, PhD, Eng., Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation, Industry Contact Point for Smart and Clean Mobility of the HORIZON EUROPE Programme
• Prof. Joanna Cygler, Warsaw School of Economics, Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation (moderator)
• Jan Grabowski, Vice President of the Management Board of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A.
• Col. Dr. Eng. Paweł Sweklej, Director of the Military Institute of Armament Technology
• Prof. Andrzej Żyluk, Ph.D., DSc, Eng., Deputy Director for Research – Air Force Institute of Technology
• Jacek Romanowicz, Head of the Education and Innovation Department at the Department of Innovation and Communication of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
• Bogusława Gradzik, PhD, Eng., Technology Broker at the Technology Transfer Center of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw
• Paweł Huras, PhD, Acting Director of the Innovation Development Department at PFR S.A. (moderator)
• Bartosz Józefowski, deputy director Krakowski Park Technologiczny
• Prof. Sylwia Sysko-Romańczuk, PhD, DSc, DSc Intelligent Systems Department Faculty of Management, Warsaw University of Technology
• Marcin K. Bączyk, PhD, Eng., SkyRad
• Maciej Niczyporuk, Head of the Defense Innovation Department at the Ministry of National Defense Innovation Department
• 14.00-14.30 – Virtual Security in the real world: A Marketing Study of WARMAGNET Innovations
Tomasz Zawadzki, Magdalena Ankiel, Poznań University of Economics, Department of Product Marketing, Poland
• 14.30-15.00 – Lost in Translation: Defining University Spin-Offs and Spin-Outs for Comparable Research and Policy
Piotr Paluch, Politechnika Warszawska, Centrum Innowacji
• 15.00-15.30 – Technology infrastructures – role, barriers and support measures from the perspective of the EU and Poland
Marcin Kardas, Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych, Polska

