PRELEGENCI
Radek Brzózka
Science journalist, technology enthusiast, and television presenter
Telewizja Polska
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Radek Brzózka
Event Sessions
One Day Event 12:25 pm
How does spatial AI open up a new dimension of business opportunities?
The development of AI, especially generative 2D models, is transforming the way marketing content is created. However, current tools do not address the challenges of scale and interactivity – two key issues for the fashion industry. During the session, we will discuss how leveraging 3D models can significantly reduce the cost of producing marketing materials and what new digital experiences we can expect in the near future.
One Day Event 9:00 am
Welcome & Opening
The official opening of CIO Summit Poland 2026, introducing the key themes of this year’s edition. The session will outline the strategic context of the event, highlight the most pressing challenges facing IT leaders in 2026, and present the main topics that will be explored in the subsequent agenda blocks.
Lapo Fioretti
Senior Research Analyst, Emerging Technologies and Macroeconomics
IDC
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Lapo Fioretti
Senior market intelligence analyst with 6+ years of experience specializing in emerging technologies, digital economy, and regulatory impacts. Proven expertise advising C-suite executives and technology vendors on strategic market entry, investment, and digital transformation. Skilled in delivering actionable insights, driving go-to-market strategies, and leading client engagements that support business growth and innovation.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:10 am
IDC Keynote: Modernize. Secure. Innovate. Lead with the power of Agentic-AI
As organizations accelerate digital investment, CIOs face a complex set of challenges: modernizing legacy systems, addressing rising technical debt, embedding cybersecurity, ensuring regulatory compliance, and preparing their workforce for technology-driven change. IDC research shows that nearly 40% of CIOs expect to overspend on digital infrastructure within the next 18 months, with technical debt cited as a primary driver, while only a fraction of digital initiatives deliver measurable business impact. At the same time, global digital transformation spend is set to surpass $4 trillion by 2027, underscoring the urgency for CIOs to deliver value, not just investment.
Jakub Łukasiewicz
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:30 am
Architecture of Freedom – How Technological Sovereignty Becomes the Foundation of Strategy
In a world of escalating hybrid conflicts, technological sovereignty is becoming the foundation for the survival of every organization’s digital fortress. The Sovereignty by Design approach enables organizations to regain real control over their data and infrastructure, eliminating risks associated with unpredictable jurisdictions and global dependencies.
In this session, we will explore how to turn digital autonomy into a strategy that ensures long-term business continuity in the face of geopolitical disruption. This is not just about security — it is a critical insurance policy, ensuring that when it matters most, you retain the keys to your own kingdom.
This is not a choice between innovation and isolation, but a deliberate approach to designing security that guarantees resilience in an unpredictable world.
Jacek Nawrot
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:45 am
CIO Through the Board’s Eyes – Strategic Partner or Still Just Head of Infrastructure?
This time, the CIO does not take the floor — the CIO becomes the subject of the discussion.
On stage, CFOs, COOs, CROs and CEOs will share their perspectives. They work with technology leaders every day and have well-formed and not always comfortable opinions. What does the board really expect from the CIO in the era of AI? How do they assess the CIO’s role in shaping key business decisions? When does a CIO become a true strategic partner, and when do they remain a highly capable executor of others’ plans?
This panel offers a rare opportunity to hear a perspective that usually remains behind closed boardroom doors – candid, thought-provoking, and relevant for both technology and business leaders.
Aneta Gawrońska
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:45 am
CIO Through the Board’s Eyes – Strategic Partner or Still Just Head of Infrastructure?
This time, the CIO does not take the floor — the CIO becomes the subject of the discussion.
On stage, CFOs, COOs, CROs and CEOs will share their perspectives. They work with technology leaders every day and have well-formed and not always comfortable opinions. What does the board really expect from the CIO in the era of AI? How do they assess the CIO’s role in shaping key business decisions? When does a CIO become a true strategic partner, and when do they remain a highly capable executor of others’ plans?
This panel offers a rare opportunity to hear a perspective that usually remains behind closed boardroom doors – candid, thought-provoking, and relevant for both technology and business leaders.
Robert Cegliński
Marcin Zimny
Event Sessions
One Day Event 10:20 am
Stopping Fraud Before It Starts: Identity Intelligence Meets Agentic AI
Professionals across industries are in search for solutions to effectively prevent fraud while ensuring legitimate customers never feel the friction of fraud prevention. This requires combatting account takeover, unauthorized access, and new account fraud by integrating fraud prevention directly into the user journey. Many times, this involves incorporating friction when and where it is needed by building adaptive user journeys that evaluate and act on risk signals at key points such as registration, login, profile management, and transaction (either payment, check-out or subscription activation).
Andrei Dumitru
Event Sessions
One Day Event 10:20 am
Stopping Fraud Before It Starts: Identity Intelligence Meets Agentic AI
Professionals across industries are in search for solutions to effectively prevent fraud while ensuring legitimate customers never feel the friction of fraud prevention. This requires combatting account takeover, unauthorized access, and new account fraud by integrating fraud prevention directly into the user journey. Many times, this involves incorporating friction when and where it is needed by building adaptive user journeys that evaluate and act on risk signals at key points such as registration, login, profile management, and transaction (either payment, check-out or subscription activation).
Lucyna Michniewicz-Ślaska
Event Sessions
One Day Event 10:35 am
CIO’s Challenges in 2026
The role of the CIO has never been more strategic and never more demanding.
Transforming IT into a true business partner, leveraging AI as a source of real competitive advantage, building cyber-resilience as an operational foundation, and scaling innovation securely across complex organizations, these are the challenges technology leaders face every day.
CIOs from different industries come together for an honest conversation about what truly defines effective technology leadership in 2026.
Alicja Rybczyńska
Event Sessions
One Day Event 10:35 am
CIO’s Challenges in 2026
The role of the CIO has never been more strategic and never more demanding.
Transforming IT into a true business partner, leveraging AI as a source of real competitive advantage, building cyber-resilience as an operational foundation, and scaling innovation securely across complex organizations, these are the challenges technology leaders face every day.
CIOs from different industries come together for an honest conversation about what truly defines effective technology leadership in 2026.
Rafał Zbiróg
Tomasz Bednarczuk
Event Sessions
One Day Event 10:35 am
CIO’s Challenges in 2026
The role of the CIO has never been more strategic and never more demanding.
Transforming IT into a true business partner, leveraging AI as a source of real competitive advantage, building cyber-resilience as an operational foundation, and scaling innovation securely across complex organizations, these are the challenges technology leaders face every day.
CIOs from different industries come together for an honest conversation about what truly defines effective technology leadership in 2026.
Robert Tomaka
Event Sessions
One Day Event 10:35 am
CIO’s Challenges in 2026
The role of the CIO has never been more strategic and never more demanding.
Transforming IT into a true business partner, leveraging AI as a source of real competitive advantage, building cyber-resilience as an operational foundation, and scaling innovation securely across complex organizations, these are the challenges technology leaders face every day.
CIOs from different industries come together for an honest conversation about what truly defines effective technology leadership in 2026.
Şükrü Çakmak
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:15 am
Turning CIO Challenges into Measurable Outcomes with Oobeya
CIOs can transform today’s most pressing challenges, ranging from AI adoption and fragmented data to lack of execution visibility into measurable business outcomes. By leveraging engineering intelligence, Oobeya connects data across the software development lifecycle, turning insights into actionable decisions. Attendees will discover how to identify bottlenecks, align technology with business goals, and drive continuous improvement without manual reporting. The talk highlights a practical approach to moving from insight to execution, enabling CIOs and CTOs to deliver real, scalable impact in the age of AI.
Paweł Grabowski
Event Sessions
One Day Event 12:10 pm
AI in Żabka’s communication – case study
One Day Event 1:00 pm
AI Reality Check
Every company is “doing something with AI” but what has it actually delivered?
Practitioners from retail, fintech, media, and industry take stock of three years of experimentation: what has proven to be a central element of the CIO’s strategy, what real AI management looks like – from governance and risk assessment to measuring ROI, and why moving from pilot projects to full-scale deployment has turned out to be more difficult than anyone expected.
A conversation about what has actually been done, not what should have been done.
Przemysław Kadula
Event Sessions
One Day Event 12:25 pm
How does spatial AI open up a new dimension of business opportunities?
The development of AI, especially generative 2D models, is transforming the way marketing content is created. However, current tools do not address the challenges of scale and interactivity – two key issues for the fashion industry. During the session, we will discuss how leveraging 3D models can significantly reduce the cost of producing marketing materials and what new digital experiences we can expect in the near future.
Maciej Borowski
Evghenia Iarina
Event Sessions
One Day Event 12:40 pm
Leading Change for AI Adoption: Aligning Technology, Skills and Organization
Ewa Zborowska
Ewa Zborowska, an experienced technology professional with over two decades of expertise in the European IT services and cloud market. Since 2003, she has been a member of the IDC team, based in Warsaw, focusing on IT services research. In 2018, she joined the European team with a specific emphasis on cloud and AI.
Ms. Zborowska’s interests encompass a broad spectrum, from exploring new technology delivery models to delving into the relationship between business and IT, and understanding the societal and individual impacts of technology. She has authored numerous market publications and reports and advises on IDC projects throughout Europe. She also participates in IDC’s and third-party conferences as a keynote speaker, panelist, and moderator.
Prior to her role at IDC, Ms. Zborowska worked at Statistics Poland (formerly the Central Statistical Office) and worked at an IT company. She holds a degree in Management from the University of Łódź in Poland and has completed postgraduate studies in forecasting and foresight at Collegium Civitas University in Warsaw.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 3:45 pm
CTO Firechat
One Day Event 1:00 pm
AI Reality Check
Every company is “doing something with AI” but what has it actually delivered?
Practitioners from retail, fintech, media, and industry take stock of three years of experimentation: what has proven to be a central element of the CIO’s strategy, what real AI management looks like – from governance and risk assessment to measuring ROI, and why moving from pilot projects to full-scale deployment has turned out to be more difficult than anyone expected.
A conversation about what has actually been done, not what should have been done.
Paweł Majek
Event Sessions
One Day Event 1:00 pm
AI Reality Check
Every company is “doing something with AI” but what has it actually delivered?
Practitioners from retail, fintech, media, and industry take stock of three years of experimentation: what has proven to be a central element of the CIO’s strategy, what real AI management looks like – from governance and risk assessment to measuring ROI, and why moving from pilot projects to full-scale deployment has turned out to be more difficult than anyone expected.
A conversation about what has actually been done, not what should have been done.
Małgorzata McCarthy
Dariusz Korzun
Event Sessions
One Day Event 12:00 pm
Stochastic Mind: Evaluating Response Stability in Large Language Models
As organizations deploy language models in production environments, accuracy metrics alone are no longer sufficient. Equally important is the consistency of model behavior across different tasks. During this session, I will present the first results of a large-scale study on the consistency of language models, offering new insights into their application in agent-based systems. Conducted repeatedly under varying configurations, the study reveals not only what models get right, but also how reliable they are in practice—and where their consistency breaks down under real-world conditions. Attendees will gain a new perspective on selecting and evaluating language models, as well as a shared framework for discussing consistency as a key quality criterion in agent-based systems.
One Day Event 1:00 pm
AI Reality Check
Every company is “doing something with AI” but what has it actually delivered?
Practitioners from retail, fintech, media, and industry take stock of three years of experimentation: what has proven to be a central element of the CIO’s strategy, what real AI management looks like – from governance and risk assessment to measuring ROI, and why moving from pilot projects to full-scale deployment has turned out to be more difficult than anyone expected.
A conversation about what has actually been done, not what should have been done.
Robert Pławiak
Event Sessions
One Day Event 2:30 pm
Digital Transformation Exposes the True Capabilities of CxOs
Let’s be honest: most “digital transformations” are just cloud migrations, a new CRM, and a polished dashboard for the board.
The P&L doesn’t move. Customers don’t feel a difference. And 18 months later, someone asks: “So what did we actually gain?”
Meanwhile, the world has changed.
AI is making decisions – where does the human leader fit in?
Edge computing is pushing intelligence to the edge of the network.
Data flows in real time from factories, warehouses, and hospitals.
In this new reality, a CxO who is still “the head of IT” is like a sailboat captain on a highway – moving, but not in the right direction.
So let’s talk about it without the buzzwords:
→ Why “digital strategy” is an oxymoron (there is only one strategy: business strategy)
→ How AI and edge computing are reshaping the value chain
→ The new CxO capability: not managing IT, but orchestrating value
Agnieszka Bochacka
Event Sessions
One Day Event 2:30 pm
Digital Transformation Exposes the True Capabilities of CxOs
Let’s be honest: most “digital transformations” are just cloud migrations, a new CRM, and a polished dashboard for the board.
The P&L doesn’t move. Customers don’t feel a difference. And 18 months later, someone asks: “So what did we actually gain?”
Meanwhile, the world has changed.
AI is making decisions – where does the human leader fit in?
Edge computing is pushing intelligence to the edge of the network.
Data flows in real time from factories, warehouses, and hospitals.
In this new reality, a CxO who is still “the head of IT” is like a sailboat captain on a highway – moving, but not in the right direction.
So let’s talk about it without the buzzwords:
→ Why “digital strategy” is an oxymoron (there is only one strategy: business strategy)
→ How AI and edge computing are reshaping the value chain
→ The new CxO capability: not managing IT, but orchestrating value
Edyta Zborowska
Event Sessions
One Day Event 2:40 pm
Technology Knockout: Finding Strategy in the Chaos
Digital arena, real challenges, and one key principle: the winner is the one who understands strategy best.
This presentation offers a perspective on the evolving world of technology and addresses the question of how to regain control amid chaos, AI pressure, and increasing complexity.
It is not a story about tools, but about mindset: how to stop “taking punches” and start building an advantage through a conscious, well-defined strategy.
Jarosław Smulski
Event Sessions
One Day Event 3:00 pm
Technological sovereignty – strategy or necessity?
Dependence on foreign technology providers is no longer solely an economic issue. In the face of rising geopolitical tensions and cyber threats, it has become a matter of national security. Poland and Europe now face a fundamental question: is building their own technological capabilities, sovereign computing infrastructure, and independent AI models a realistic strategy, or merely a political declaration?
Grzegorz Zalewski
Event Sessions
One Day Event 3:00 pm
Technological sovereignty – strategy or necessity?
Dependence on foreign technology providers is no longer solely an economic issue. In the face of rising geopolitical tensions and cyber threats, it has become a matter of national security. Poland and Europe now face a fundamental question: is building their own technological capabilities, sovereign computing infrastructure, and independent AI models a realistic strategy, or merely a political declaration?
Radosław Maćkiewicz
Director Centre for Information Technology
Centralny Ośrodek Informatyki
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Radosław Maćkiewicz
Wojciech Wilk
At HCL Technologies, he is responsible for the development of HCL Software in Central and Eastern Europe. He has been working in the IT industry for over 25 years, with a long experience at IBM, where he held various roles, functions from software implementation to technical sales support, direct sales, working with business partners, including being responsible for the development of such portfolios as Collaboration Solutions, Smarter Workforce, Watson Customer Engagement.
In recent years of work at HCL, he has been supporting Clients in the process of digital transformation, where the goal of HCL Software is to focus on increasing Clients’ success through continuous innovation in HCL products.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 3:00 pm
Technological sovereignty – strategy or necessity?
Dependence on foreign technology providers is no longer solely an economic issue. In the face of rising geopolitical tensions and cyber threats, it has become a matter of national security. Poland and Europe now face a fundamental question: is building their own technological capabilities, sovereign computing infrastructure, and independent AI models a realistic strategy, or merely a political declaration?
Wiesław Wilk
Marcin Mazurek
Event Sessions
One Day Event 3:35 pm
The Missing Layer Between AI Agents and Your Enterprise – Governance, Security & Operational Control in the Age of AI
Employees and AI agents are connecting to enterprise systems faster than security and governance teams can keep up. This session explores the emerging control gap, where agents access sensitive data, trigger actions, and consume resources without centralized oversight. Drawing from real enterprise experiences, we’ll walk through a practical architecture for a secure gateway layer that gives CIOs visibility, policy enforcement, and cost control across all AI tool usage – without slowing down innovation.
Norbert Franke
Tomasz Kędziora
Event Sessions
One Day Event 3:55 pm
Secure by Design – when security, infrastructure, and business speak with one voice
Cybersecurity is no longer the sole domain of the IT department. Today it is a strategic foundation of the entire business, challenged by AI, regulation, and the growing complexity of hybrid environments. Panel participants will address key questions around resilience architecture, risk management, and building a culture of security in organizations that aim to treat cybersecurity not as a cost, but as a real competitive advantage.
Marek Ługowski
Marek Laskowski
Event Sessions
One Day Event 3:55 pm
Secure by Design – when security, infrastructure, and business speak with one voice
Cybersecurity is no longer the sole domain of the IT department. Today it is a strategic foundation of the entire business, challenged by AI, regulation, and the growing complexity of hybrid environments. Panel participants will address key questions around resilience architecture, risk management, and building a culture of security in organizations that aim to treat cybersecurity not as a cost, but as a real competitive advantage.
Przemysław Szulecki
Event Sessions
One Day Event 3:55 pm
Secure by Design – when security, infrastructure, and business speak with one voice
Cybersecurity is no longer the sole domain of the IT department. Today it is a strategic foundation of the entire business, challenged by AI, regulation, and the growing complexity of hybrid environments. Panel participants will address key questions around resilience architecture, risk management, and building a culture of security in organizations that aim to treat cybersecurity not as a cost, but as a real competitive advantage.
Monika Kozakiewicz
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:45 am
CIO Through the Board’s Eyes – Strategic Partner or Still Just Head of Infrastructure?
This time, the CIO does not take the floor — the CIO becomes the subject of the discussion.
On stage, CFOs, COOs, CROs and CEOs will share their perspectives. They work with technology leaders every day and have well-formed and not always comfortable opinions. What does the board really expect from the CIO in the era of AI? How do they assess the CIO’s role in shaping key business decisions? When does a CIO become a true strategic partner, and when do they remain a highly capable executor of others’ plans?
This panel offers a rare opportunity to hear a perspective that usually remains behind closed boardroom doors – candid, thought-provoking, and relevant for both technology and business leaders.
Diana Skotnicka
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:45 am
CIO Through the Board’s Eyes – Strategic Partner or Still Just Head of Infrastructure?
This time, the CIO does not take the floor — the CIO becomes the subject of the discussion.
On stage, CFOs, COOs, CROs and CEOs will share their perspectives. They work with technology leaders every day and have well-formed and not always comfortable opinions. What does the board really expect from the CIO in the era of AI? How do they assess the CIO’s role in shaping key business decisions? When does a CIO become a true strategic partner, and when do they remain a highly capable executor of others’ plans?
This panel offers a rare opportunity to hear a perspective that usually remains behind closed boardroom doors – candid, thought-provoking, and relevant for both technology and business leaders.
Jens Löhmar
Jens Löhmar joined Workday in 2017 and has served as Chief Technology Officer for Continental Europe & DACH since 2022. He is responsible for communicating and building Workday’s technology vision and strategy with IT executives in region. His previous role at Workday included supporting prospects and customers in their evaluation of Workday solutions as an Enterprise Architect. Prior to joining Workday, Jens served in various roles along the Customer Engagement Lifecycle with SAP. He holds a Diploma in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 12:50 pm
The CIO Mandate: Scaling Enterprise Intelligence and Business Value
In the Future of Work defined by Human & Machine Collaboration, IT Executives are the lead architects. They need to scale not only AI adoption, but more than ever also assure Business Outcomes, Security & Governance. Learn how Workday can accelerate this Transformation, act as an operational multiplier while seemlessly intetrating in your Business Platform Stack.