9:00 – 9:30

Conference registration

9:30 – 9:40

Conference opening & Welcome remarks

9:40 – 10.20

Key-note: European strategy for technological sovereignty  –  goals, priorities, instruments

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

Key-note: Polish contribution to the European plan for technological sovereignty

Dr Dariusz Standerski, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland

10:20 – 11.30

High-level debate: How to secure the achievement of the goal of regaining Europe’s technological sovereignty in the light of the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council

Moderator: Prof. Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland in 1997-2001, Chairman of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology (IZTECH)

Panelists:

Waldemar Pawlak,  Prime Minister of Poland in 1993-1995, Chairman of the National Economy and Innovation Committee of the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Prof. Maria Mrówczyńska, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education Republic of Poland

Emanuela Girardi, President of the AI, Data and Robotics Association

Antonio Novo Guerrero, President of the European Clusters Alliance

Jesus Valero, President of the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) and CEO TECNALIA Research & Innovation

Prof. Alojzy Nowak, Rector of Warsaw University, President of the 4EU+ Alliance

Żaneta Zemła-Pacud – Vice-President, Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

11:30 – 11:45

Coffee break

11:45– 12:00

Using artificial intelligence to rebuild Europe’s technological sovereignty

Prof. Piotr Sankowski, Informatics Institute, University of Warsaw

12:00 – 13:00

Plenary Session I: Assessment of the impact of EU Framework Programme’s instruments and European partnerships on the development of Europe’s technological sovereignty and the reconstruction of the European high-tech industry

Moderator: Dr Adam Piotrowski, President of VIGO Photonics S.A., Member of the Commission Expert Group on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe

Panelists:

Tomasz Mazuryk, Co-Founder, Co-CEO, FundingBox

Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk, Vice-President, Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology (IZTECH)

Florin Zubașcu, Executive Editor at Science|Business

Prof. Piotr Sankowski, Informatics Institute, University of Warsaw

Krzysztof Lipiec, EIT Manufacturing

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00

Plenary Session II: Success stories of H2020 and Horizon Europe projects – examples of science-industry cooperation and implementation of high technologies

Moderator: Katarzyna Jodko-Piórecka,  Łukasiewicz – ITECH Institute of Innovation and Technology

XTPL S.A. – Jacek Olszański, Management Board Member, XTPL S.A.

7bulls.com Sp. z o. o. – Katarzyna Materka, EU Project Manager/Quality Assurance Specialist at 7bulls.com Sp. z o. o

Projects in the area of civil security co-ordinated by ITTI – Krzysztof Samp, Vice-president of ITTI Sp. z o.o.

Centre of Excellence NOMATEN – Prof. Jacek Jagielski, Co-ordinator of the Centre of Excellence NOMATEN, National Centre for Nuclear Research

15:00 – 16:00

Key note and Discussion Panel: Valorisation of knowledge for effective implementation of technological solutions in a view of FP10

Key note: Ioannis Sagias, Deputy Head of Unit for valorisation policies and IPR, European Commission, Belgium

Moderator: Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk, Vice-President, Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology (IZTECH), Coordinator of the widerAdvance Facility project

Panelists:

Ioannis Sagias, Deputy Head of Unit for valorisation policies and IPR, European Commission

Dr Agata Wańcio, Deputy Director, Department of Innovation and Industrial Policy,Ministry of Economy Development and Technology, Republic of Poland

Michele Andolfo, CEO Artigo, Italy

Barbara  Świątkowska, National Science Center

Antonio Carbone, Expert at Horizon Europe EIC and EIE Programme Committee, Italy

16:00 – 17:00

Wrap-up and Networking session

EUTechSovereignty2025

Parallel events

Study visit

VIGO PHOTONICS

16:30 – 19:30

Horizon Europe

MATCHMAKING EVENT

by Network of Industry Contact Points

16:00 – 19:00