Speakers

Suparno Banerjee is Vice President of Government and Cities for Nokia Global Enterprise. In this role he leads a global team that shapes Nokia’s vertical segment strategy as well as business development efforts. Suparno and his team drive Nokia’s solutions and thought leadership in products, services and new business models related to connectivity, IoT, and analytics to enable digital transformation of cities and public sector agencies. The team also develops initiatives that extend Nokia’s value proposition to emerging areas, create new partnership models and for Nokia, expand its markets and drive long-term revenue growth.

Prior to joining Nokia, Suparno was Vice President of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) Public Sector Industry and was responsible for HPE’s Public Sector business. In a previous role at HPE, he was a member of the Office of the CEO and drove various new growth initiatives across the enterprise. During his career at HPE, he held positions responsible for HPE’s business strategy for Asia Pacific and Japan region during which time he was based in Beijing and then Singapore. He also held various leadership positions that had responsibilities for HPE’s products and services portfolio in the Public Sector vertical.

Earlier, Suparno was a Director with Deloitte Consulting and led the start-up of Deloitte’s Federal Government consulting practice in the US. Previously, he was an industry leader for IBM where he helped start IBM’s Government Industry consulting business. He also served as a faculty member at IBM’s Advanced Business Institute. Before joining IBM, Suparno led KPMG’s emerging markets technology consulting organization. Suparno’s career includes stints at the World Bank and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. He has worked with government and commercial clients around the world during his 30+ year career.

Suparno is a recognized thought leader in Smart Cities and Digital Government Transformation. He serves on two World Economic Forum panels – the newly formed panel on “Platform Economy and Systems” and as a member of the Steering Committee for “The Future of Urbanization”. He is a frequent advisor to policy makers, senior executives and presenter to industry analysts on topics related to Smart Cities, Digital Government and the enabling role of technology in complex transformations. He has authored numerous white papers on the topic of urbanization and technology-enabled transformation in government.

Suparno holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration.

He serves on the Board of TalentNomics Inc., a start-up, global, not-for-profit that focuses on developing the next generation of women leaders and increasing the global talent pool of women for executive and board positions.

Bartosz Bartoszewicz, Deputy Mayor of Gdynia, responsible for life quality. Former Councillor of the City of Gdynia, acted also as the Mayor’s representative for NGOs. Gained his professional experience through implementation of international new technology projects.
Since 2014 he has been responsible e.g. for Gdynia’s education system widely regarded as one of the best in Poland. The above is reflected in students’ achievements, including external exam pass rate.
His responsibilities also include supervision and coordination of activities involving the so-called smart city solutions. Today, Gdynia is an extremely rapidly developing city, perceived as the leader setting standards for the smartest cities in Poland and worldwide.

Regional civil servant, social activist, teacher and sportsman. During his social service he also has acted as the councilman in Ostrovian County. In the years 2010-2014 he has been the vice-starost of Ostrovian County. Currently, he is the Mayor of the city of Ostrov Mazowiecka since 2014. In years 1989-1990 he has acted as the chairman of the Independent Student Association at School of Physical Education. Graduate of the AWF (Jozef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw), Warsaw University in the field of geography and administration, SGGW ( Warsaw University of Life Sciences) in the field of property management. He has worked as a teacher for 20 years, including 9 years when he was the Principal of School Complex in Ostrov Mazoviecka. Since 1983 connected with Folk Sports Club OSTROVIANKA, at first as an lifiting weights athlete and then as a coach and the club president. The co-funder of the association called People with passion. The initiator of local ornithological meetings. The co-organiser of regular scientific and educational events in Ostrov Mazowiecka: Regional Conference – Passion. Culture. Heritage, The Development Forum of Ostrov Mazowiecka and Yearbooks of Ostrov Mazoviecka.
Husband and father of three.

Graduate of economics, project management and MBA studies (Franklin University). Certified office director (IPMA). Author of the project management policy and methodology at the City Hall, multiple laureates of awards for the best managed project in Poland. Since 2015, he has been developing the Smart City.

Deputy Mayor of Wrocław since 2007, responsible for investments, economic development and raising external funding. He devised and established a modern institution responsible for organization and supervision of investment projects, which significantly increased city’s organizational capacity in this area (in the years 2006-2009 the volume of implemented investmen projects grew threefold). During Wrocław’s preparations to UEFA EURO 2012 Footbal Championship he was responsible for infrastructural investment projects. He introduced project management methodology to Municipality of Wrocław. He supervises the process of developing PPP projects.

He is engaged in Smart City and Open Data projects and he is responsible for their coordination and implementation. He is also responsible for providing good conditions for development of startup companies through establishing an eco-system Startup: Wrocław.

In 2003-2007, serving as Wrocław Treasurer, he restructured City’s debts and lowered the debt indicators. For the first time in Poland he introduced a wide use of municipal consolidated account. As part of efforts to create new jobs he devised and implemented a programme supporting businesses that were investing in Wrocław and employing new workers.

Since 2001 he has been actively engaged in the work of the Union of Polish Metropoles (UPM). He is a member of UPM’s Commission for Integration
of Development Plans and Municipal Investments, he wrote numerous reviews of bills for Joint Commission of Government and Local Self-government and authored several proposals of amendments in acts concerning self-govermnet.

– invests in local government projects, e.g. heating, waste management, energy efficiency, transportation infrastructure
– manages PFR’s Fund for Local Government Investments
– provides complex advisory services to local governments pursuing public-private partnership projects (PPP)

Maciej Borsa – the town planner, specialized in land use planning, regional policy and urban development. Graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at Silesian Technical University as well postgraduate studies on spatial economy (Silesian Technical University) and on the management in public administration (Danish School of Public Administration, Copenhagen, Danmark). Coordinator and the co-author of the Polish and international projects concerning spatial policy, development policies and towns’ renewal (revitalisation). Author of articles, reports and didactic materials or handbooks, as well as essays, films and television programs. Coordinator and co-author of the supranational, macroregional, regional and local strategies or analyses concerning town planning, transformations of the spatial planning system, public policies, multilevel governance in the public sphere, the partnerships and public participation as well as the role of information, incl. geo-information in the development policies. Through many years working in the structures of Polish government on managerial or advisory positions, in the regional or municipal structures, also at the economic and technical universities. Habilitated researcher (topic: Equilibrium and Partnerships in the Formation of Space), first vice-chairman of the Polish Town Planners Association, Chairman of the Commission of the Professional Competences, professor at the Katowice School of Technology.

A graduate of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice in the field of Electronics and Telecommunications.
Since 2003, an employee of Bosch Security Systems / Building Technologies specializing in advanced CCTV systems.
He has over 15 years of professional experience in the field of design, implementation and sale of city surveillance systems, ITS systems and Smart City solutions.
Co-author of the concept of CCTV solutions for many monitoring of public facilities, transport and critical infrastructure.

A graduate of Warsaw School of Economics (International Economic and Political Relations) and Collegium Civitas (Forecasting, Strategic Planning and Foresight). He also completed Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA). He has many years of experience working in public institutions, both central and local government. He was a councilor of the Capital City of Warsaw (2006-2010).
Since December 2018 he has been a deputy district mayor of Ursynów District of Warsaw recommended by the local association Otwarty Ursynów (Open Ursynow). He is responsible, among others, for greenery and housing resources.
In 2015 he started Smart City Blog project. Sustainable city expert and consultant. Lecturer in smart cities development. Speaker, moderator and participant of discussion panels during numerous conferences in the area of modern city development.

Katarzyna Dzióba, Deputy Mayor of Zabrze, graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the University of Silesia in Katowice. She also completed post-graduate studies in the field of operation of commercial banks at the University of Economics in Katowice as well as in the knowledge about the European Union at the Agricultural University of Wroclaw. She worked in the banking sector. She also has experience in marketing and project management.
Katarzyna Dzióba is responsible for the following departments: Construction Department, Ecology Department, Department of Municipal Infrastructure, Department of Strategy and City Development, Public Procurement Office, Zabrze Centre for Entrepreneurship Development as well as Department of Computer Science and Information Society Development.
She has been the Deputy Mayor of Zabrze since 2011.

Konrad Fijołek was born in 1976 in Rzeszów. He is a graduate of the 4th Secondary School of General Education Mikołaj Kopernik in Rzeszów and the Faculty of Sociology of the Pedagogical University in Rzeszów. In 2018, he graduated from Apsley Business School of London with the title of of Executive Master of Business Administration
In the years 1998 – 2021 a councilor of the city of Rzeszów. In 2006–2010, he was the chairman of Rzeszów City Council, and since 2010, the vice-chairman of the Council.
For many years, he has been creating numerous initiatives for the benefit of the residents. In 2015, he established one of the first municipal movements in Rzeszów – “Rzeszów Smart City”. The movement has become, inter alia, promoter of the use of modern technologies in city management.
He is the co-author of the pioneering project of Urban Lab, a municipal laboratory in the center of Rzeszów. An open place for ambitious and creative people who want to improve the quality of life in the city. A team of scientists, people from non-governmental organizations and business help in this. All of this aims to solve local problems and facilitate the life of the local community.
On June 13, 2021, he won the early elections for the Mayor of the City of Rzeszów in the first round.

PhD (University of Silesia in Katowice). A graduate of the Executive Master of Business Administration studies (Apsley Business School in London and Collegium Humanum in Warsaw) and postgraduate studies in project management at the University of Economics in Wrocław (P2F, AgilePM). In 2018-2021 Deputy Director of the Department of Infrastructure and Communication, Marshal’s Office of the Lubuskie Voivodeship. In December 2021 he started working as the Director of the Development and Innovation Department, where he is responsible, inter alia, for the implementation of the assumptions of the Voivodeship Development Strategy and the Innovation Development Program. He has over 10 years of experience in the implementation of projects financed by the EU funds. In 2017 he started working as an assistant professor at the Department of Regional Policy, Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Zielona Góra.

Managing Director of the Renovation Wave Poland Association, which promotes energy renovation of buildings in the context of combating the climate crisis, energy poverty and as a response to the need to strengthen the energy security. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she earned her PhD in economic policy and Executive MSc in Cities. For several years she has been involved in regional development, EU funds programming and sustainable development, as well as social activism for better urban space. She served as Head Co-ordinator of Sustainability in Warsaw City Hall, as Deputy Mayor. Member of the Programme Council of the Civic Congress and THINKTANK Experts Council, as well as the Climate and Space Expert Committee operating at the Ombudsman’s Office.

Piotr Grzymowicz, BEng, Phd – a graduate of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Agriculture and Technology in Olsztyn. Doctor of Technical Sciences.
In 2001-2007, he was Deputy Mayor of the City of Olsztyn. The Mayor of Olsztyn since 2009. Until he was elected Mayor of Olsztyn, he was a lecturer at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.
During the presidency of Piotr Grzymowicz, a number of investments were implemented in Olsztyn: the tram search was restored, the shores of Lake Ukiel, the most beautiful parks in Olsztyn were revitalized, the constructed Water Recreation and Sports Center “Aquasfera” was built and tens of kilometers of Olsztyn streets were modernized.
For his activities, Piotr Grzymowicz was honored with the title of the “Leader of the Self-Government 2016” by the Rzeczpospolita daily and the winner of the “Golden Tens” ranking of the “Pearls of the Self-Government 2017”, a website by “Gazeta Prawna”.

Director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority from February 2019. For more than 25 years she has been related to the transport sector, she held, inter alia, positions of President of the Management Board, General Director, and Operations Director of companies owned by the Veolia Transport, Transdev, and Deutsche Bahn Group. She worked also in the Raben Group companies as the Chief Accountant. She graduated in management from the WSB University. She is experienced in managing complex organisational structures, also the dispersed ones.
She feels very well in crisis situations as well as in such that require restructuring. She is proficient in operational management and in finance management. Already during the first year of ZTM management she effectively carried out the process of three hitherto transport operators integration, she cut the costs of the company operations, and also reduced the employment. She initiates and supervises processes that optimise the organisation of public transport in the area of municipalities – members of the Upper Silesian-Zagłębie Metropolis. Under her management the ZTM modernises the business operation standards, implements programmes for staff personal development, building a strong and motivated team, as well as modernises the transport infrastructure, ensuring the top safety standards for transported passengers. She greatly focuses on operations consistent with procedures and professional ethics.

Urban planner and sociologist, PhD student at the Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology; studied sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia; board member of the collective antyRAMA and Urban Space Lab, director of the festival A

He has over 20 years of practical experience in the implementation of IT projects using predictive analysis, artificial intelligence in the public sector, local government, energy companies and the central government.
A graduate of the MBA at the University of Warwick United Kingdom and the Faculty of Electronics at the Warsaw University of Technology. A long-time employee of IBM, SAP, and currently Director of Sales and Business Development at MCX Pro, Member of the Board of DCX Innovations – producer of City Scanner – multisensor and aggregator of city data. Enthusiast and evangelist of digital transformation strategy at companies and green energy implementation as one of the ways of caring for our Planet.

A resident of Sopot, boy scout, and community worker since childhood. Former pupil of the Joseph Golec primary school “no.8” and grammar school no.2 in Sopot.
Doctor of Economics at the University of Gdansk. Graduate of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Gdansk. During his studies was Deputy Speaker of the Student Parliament. He completed a postgraduate in Local Government Law, and the School of Management at the University of Gdansk and Central Connecticut State University.
Councilman and vice-president of Sopot since 1990, and president of Sopot since 1998. In the years 1990 to 1998 Councilman of Gdansk Provincial Assembly and chairman of the Environment Committee. He holds the post of Vice-President of the Association of Polish Cities since 2007; delegate to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Co-Chair of the Team for Joint Constitutional Commission of Government and Local Government.
He began his political activism in college as a member of the Young Polish Authorities Movement. He was also co-founder and board member of the VERBUM Association of Academics. He was detained, and deprived of his passport for opposition activities. Co-founder and board member of the Conservative Party and the Conservative fraction.
From 2001 to 2008 was closely associated with the Civic Platform Political Party (PO). He was the plenipotentiary of the Gdansk Region and later a member of the Board of PO (Civil Platform) in the Pomerania region.
He was an employee of the Gdansk Railway Station Project Office from 1988 to 1990.
Honours:
• Papal medal “Pro ECCLESIA ET PONTIFICE” (The Church and the Pope)
• Medal “Pro Memoria”
• Badge of the Polish Minister of Culture “Cultural Activist of Merit”
• Silver Medal of Merit for the Fire Service
• Gold Badge of Merit for Physical Education
• Craftsmen Badge of Honour
• Silver medal for services to the Police
• Gold Badge of PZ Basket
• Grzegorz Palka award, also known as; the local government “Oscar”
An extraordinary member of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers and the Kashubian-Pomeranian Association.

Jacek Karnowski is a lifeguard and founder of the Sopot WOPR (Water Volunteer Rescue Service), holds a yacht and motorboats skipper certificate. He is also a ski instructor.

Od 9 grudnia 2014 roku Prezydent Miasta Ostrowa Wielkopolskiego. W latach 2010 – 2014 Radna Miasta Ostrowa Wielkopolskiego VI kadencji. Ukończyła studia na Wydziale Nauk Społecznych Uniwersystetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu na kierunku politologia, specjalność: administracja samorządowa. Działalność zawodową rozpoczęła w latach 80. jako pracownik Centrum Kultury w Ostrowie Wielkopolskim. Następnie przez około 10 lat związana z pracą w mediach (radiu oraz lokalnych i regionalnych tytułach prasowych). Od 2000 roku pracownik samorządowy Starostwa Powiatowego w Ostrowie Wielkopolskim. 30 listopada 2014 roku w II turze wyborów została wybrana Prezydentem Miasta, ubiegając się o to stanowisko z własnego komitetu wyborczego wyborców „Przyjazny Ostrów“. Od 2015 roku członek Zespołu ds. Funkcjonalnych Obszarów Metropolitarnych i Miejskich w ramach Komisji Wspólnej Rządu i Samorządu Terytorialnego. W swojej działalności samorządowej koncentruje się przede wszystkim na polityce prorodzinnej. Inicjatorka wprowadzonego w 2015 roku w Ostrowie Wielkopolskim: tzw. „miejskiego becikowego“ i bezpłatnego pobytu dzieci w przedszkolach dla których organem prowadzącym jest Gmina Miasto Ostrów Wielkopolski. Zainicjowała także wprowadzenie: Miejskiej Karty Seniora oraz Budżetu Obywatelskiego. Ma 53 lata, jest mężatką i ma dwoje dzieci.

He has been working at FBSerwis for over 7 years, where he currently holds the position of Executive Director of the Facility Management and Street Lighting Division. He graduated from Department of Civil Engineering at Gdańsk University of Technology with a degree in civil engineering. He has 20 years of professional experience gained in Polish and international companies. He has been in facility management business for over 15 years, and for over 7 years he has also been involved in power engineering as well as street lighting modernization and maintenance contracts.

Tadeusz Krzakowski – a teacher, a member of local government and long-term Mayor of Legnica
Born on 25 January 1957 in Jelenia Góra, he has been connected with Legnica since the 1980s. He graduated from the Physical Education Academy in Wrocław and completed post-graduate studies in the field of Human Resources Management and Promotion of Local Government Units (Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw) and in the field of Education Administration at the Warsaw School of Economics as well as Management of Educational Institutions at the Baltic School of Humanities. He has been a member of the Union of Polish Teachers since 1982. He started working as a teacher in 1982 at the Consolidated Public School in Pieńsk and then at Primary School No. 18 in Legnica. In 1993 he became the headmaster of the Silesian Piast Integration School Complex in Legnica, which he and his colleagues established from the ground up. For years he was an expert in teacher promotion for the Ministry of National Education.
He has been associated with Legnica’s local government since 1990. From 1990 to 1998 he was a member of the City Council. From 1991 to 1994 he acted as a community member of the Legnica’s government. From 1994 to 1995 he held the position of the President of the City Council in Legnica. From 1998 to 2002 he was Vice President of the Lower Silesian Regional Assembly for the first term of office. In 2002 he was elected by the City Council to be the Mayor of Legnica. In 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 he was elected for subsequent terms of office by universal suffrage.
In 2019 he was elected to the Management Board of the Association of Polish Cities. Before that he had been the President of the Review Panel of the Association of Polish Cities for many years.

Tadeusz Krzakowski was awarded: the Badge of Merit for Legnica Province (1997), the Badge of Merit for Legnica (1999), the Medal of the National Education Commission (1999), the Silver Cross of Merit (2005), the Golden Cross of Merit (2011), the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding merits for self-governance (2016).

Legnica is his home. “I am proud of the city. Being an inhabitant of Legnica means dialogue and cooperation with inhabitants. I always try to work with people and for people, for the common good of the whole community of the city.”

Legal counsel, manager, graduate of the Law and Administration Faculty at Szczecin University. He has been the Mayor of Szczecin continuously since 2006. He is an initiator of many city-creating projects and implementation of an ambitious investment plan thanks to which Szczecin transforms and turns more towards the sea.

Representative of generation Y, supporter of new technologies, promoter of changes in public transport. Expert in the field of autonomous vehicles and innovative forms of transport organisation. Aims to develop mobility of tomorrow in Poland. Since 5 years responsible for marketing, sales and implementation of innovative solutions in Trapeze Poland. Led two pilot implementations of autonomous vehicles in Gdansk.

Graduate of the University of Economics (former Academy of Economics) in Wrocław, Department of National Economy (1995-2000) and University of Wrocław, Department of Law and Administration (1997-2002). 18 years of corporate and business experience: company agent and promoter, business consultant specializing in incorporation, floatation, including formation of start-ups. Successfully introduced economic entities to the Stock Exchange. Areas of specialty: IT, e-commerce, energy, advertisement, marketing, brand strategies and construction.
Co-author of the success of the European Capital of Culture 2016 in Wrocław – since mid-2015 to March 2017 Communication and Marketing Agent.
On the 21st of December 2018 appointed the First Deputy Mayor of Wrocław, supervising the Department of City Developement and Strategy. In charge of urban planning and land use plan management, architecture, construction administration, city aestetics, monument preservation, economic developement, geodesy and land cadastre.
Privately: married with two daughters.

Beata Moskal-Słaniewska, Mayor of the City of Świdnica. A graduate of full-time Master studies of Journalism and postgraduatestudies of European Integration at the University of Warsaw.
For over 20 years she had been associated with local, regional and nationwide media. She had been the editorial assistant and the editor in chief of a local newspaper “Wiadomości Świdnickie”, also she had been in charge of other local newsstands. She had cooperated with the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedziela”, Polish Radio Wrocław or the newspaper “Słowo Polskie”.
In a local government elections in 2010 on behalf of Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) she was elected a councillor in the City Council of Świdnica. In 2014 she had successfully run for the presidency in Świdnica town – she had won in the second ballot.
For years she has been involved in local social issues. She is an initiator of the event for children called “Nice Star”. Beata Moskal-Słaniewska collaborates with many NGOs, such as the Association of Friends of ill Children “Heart”. She is the co-founder of the Association of Women in Świdnica.

Petro Olenych — Chief Digital Transformation Officer of Kyiv (CDTO) and Deputy Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko. Coordinates the activities of the Departments of Information and Communication Technologies, Land Resources, Urban planning and Architecture.

Activities as the chief of the digital transformation of Kyiv In 2021-22, a number of projects were implemented in Kyiv:

– On January 5, 2021, the Kyiv Digital digital city app became available for free download on iOS and Android (operating system) Smartphone. The application was created by the Kyiv Municipal Enterprise “Main Information and Computing Center”.
– Kyiv became the first city in Ukraine to completely abolish paper coupons in public transport – Electronic ticket.
– in Ukraine for the first time built an urban infrastructure for the introduction of Internet of things technology.
– the introduction of an intelligent transport system has begun 100% of entrances to Kyiv are equipped with video surveillance cameras.
– using tools of e-democracy, more than 1,200 public projects have been implemented in Kyiv[9].
– more than 30,000 children were enrolled in kindergartens through the electronic queue, more than 120,000 electronic student cards orders were ordered.
– a tourist and cultural hub of Kyiv was created.
– created an automated system of accounting and management of land resources of the city and the city public cadastral map, which transferred the digital 3D modeling of Kyiv.
– 46 modern air quality monitoring sensors have been installed in all districts of Kyiv.
– At the end of 2021, Kyiv entered the top 100 Smart city in the world. During the year, the Ukrainian capital rose by 16 points in the world ranking of Smart City Index and took 82nd place

A graduate of Politechnika Lubelska (the Lublin University of Technology), financial management specialist with extensive experience gained in managerial positions in the private enterprise sector. Since 2014, he has been working for the second term as the Mayor of Jaroslaw. His priorities are infrastructure investments, which have a very strong impact on the city’s development, external funds, constant contact with residents, e.g. during individual talks in the town hall, or regular meetings in individual city districts organized twice a year. The most important activities of the mayor also include the continuous development of the Civic Budget, improving the quality of the educational system, enriching the city’s cultural and sports life, as well as promoting the tourist potential of the city.

Mr. Marek Piotrowicz is a senior manager with over twenty years of experience. He started his professional career while studying Management and Marketing at the University of Szczecin in the insurance sector (pensions, life, medical and legal protection insurance), mainly in the areas of business development. One of his professional experiences was also taken in the IT industry in Sopot-based Atena company, currently the international ERGO group. His great commitment, as well as his solid know-how of sales background had enabled him to expand his career with experience in ​​purchasing. Starting from purchasing consultancy at Profitia, Batna Group to the Purchasing Director of the Graal Capital Group. From April 2022, he joined the Limitless Technologies team as Head of Operations.

A declared hacktivist and ISO 27001 lead auditor, member of ISACA Polska, audit representative for key service operators, ethical hacker, security systems architect and pentester all in one.

A graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Prague University of Technology (Czech Republic). For 25 years associated with the IT industry, where he deals mainly with Smart City components and systems. He has held managerial positions in companies such as: Asseco Data Systems S.A., Mennica Polska, Bull Polska, City Parking Group and Aldesa. He was responsible for the implementation and development of ITS and Smart City projects. From August 2014 to June 2016, he was responsible for business development in the field of ITS and Smart City at Asseco Poland. From July 2016, he managed the Digital Urban Infrastructure Division at Asseco Data Systems, and then until February 2021 he was responsible for the Business Development Department in the Smart City Area at Asseco Data Systems, supporting other countries from the Asseco group as part of the competence center. Currently, he is the Sales Director of the Public Atos Polska Sector. In recent years, he has repeatedly served as project manager in projects such as: City Card Systems in Rybnik and Białystok, but also ITS projects: Rzeszów Intelligent Transport System and the Navigation System for parking spaces with their metering in Rzeszów. Being part of the key personnel, he participated in the implementation of the project entitled “An innovative concept of toll collection and settlement of urban services under SmartCity”, in cooperation with the National Center for Research and Development, and in the ITSM project for the European Commission at DG TAXUD. From October 2020, he is the vice-chairman of the SMART committee at the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

Jakub Sprusiński, Sales Development Director at T-Master S.A. has over 20 years of experience in the field of technology, including from 5 years of support for the development of the Individual Waste Segregation System and the offer of T-Master company. Thanks to his expertise in current organization of waste management in Poland, he provides technical advisory to representatives of local government units.
The expert who knows how to reduce the mass of waste generated by residents, increase waste segregation to 95% of households. On a daily basis, he implements effective tools to optimize the costs of waste collection and processing for local governments. He is convinced that technology may protect us from an ecological catastrophe.

Mr. Maciej Staszak joined Emitel in July of 2015. He has many years of experience in TV and telecommunication branches and Worked in managerial positions in many companies: Cyfrowy Polsat, Polkomtel, ATM, Eutelsat Polska, TP EmiTel and Vector
Since 2002 he is cooperating with Polish and international institutions in the matter of implementing on-ground digital television in Poland. Through years he has successfully carried out many telecommunication and media projects. He also has a rich experience in many fields: sales, introducing new products to the market, development, creating strategies and leading large teams.Graduate of the Electronics, Telecommunication and Informatics Department on Gdańsk University of Technology.

Coordinator for electromobility, autonomous mobility and UTO at the Municipality of Gdansk. Acquires and implements projects in the field of sustainable mobility and smart city. Coordinated the development and is responsible for the implementation of the Strategy for Electromobility in Gdansk.
Graduated from Sociology at the University of Gdańsk. She holds a PhD in economic sciences within the scope of management sciences. She is interested in marketing communication in the field of sustainable development and sport. Previously, she was responsible for marketing communication in Hevelianum, Gdańsk’s science centre. She also worked in local government in England, participating in a project on integration of migrant workers. She took her first professional steps as a reporter for Tricity editorial offices.

Mayor of the City of Podkowa Leśna since 2014.
Member of the Management Board of the Warsaw Metropolis Association, delegate of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, member of the Monitoring Committee of the Regional Operational Program of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship for 2014-2020, leader of the Project to establish the “Masovian Fiber-Optics Union” and member of the Smart City Forum Programme Board, member of the Project Steering Committee ZONE (Integrated Low Emission Reduction System).
He graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology. He studied at the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences. He completed post-graduate studies in Construction Management at the Faculty of Civil Engineering. He has a Certificate of the Polish Association of Construction Managers recognized by the Chartered Institute of Building. He graduated in Real Estate Management from the University of Real Estate Management at the Faculty of Economics.
For many years he has been interested in the activities of local government, the essence of local governance and strategic management in local government units. He is very willing to participate in various cultural, social and charity initiatives which serve the development of the local community.
Mayor Artur Tusiński’s work towards the development of the city found recognition among independent bodies. In 2019 and 2020, he was awarded 1st and 3rd prizes for the best financial management in Poland in the category of municipalities in the Local Government Financial Ranking. In addition, he was twice awarded second prize in the Best-Run Local Governments in Poland ranking by “Rzeczpospolita” in the category of urban and urban-rural-municipalities. In 2020 Podkowa Leśna took the first prize in the nationwide Ranking of Local Governments called “Education-friendly places”. Also in 2020, the jury of the international Innovation in Politics competition awarded the Mayor of the City, Artur Tusiński, for his innovative pro-environmental activities, in particular for his approach to water retention in the process of road construction.