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Is an interventional cardiologist and a professor at the Medical University of Warsaw. For years, he has been combining medicine with new technologies – developing applications of artificial intelligence and digital solutions in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.  

As Director of the University Centre for Clinical Research Support, he is responsible for conducting research into new therapies, including those utilising AI tools. On a day-to-day basis, he performs minimally invasive cardiac procedures, in which the physician’s decisions are increasingly supported by algorithms that analyse images from inside the coronary arteries. 

A member of the European Society of Cardiology’s Committee on Digital Cardiology and Artificial Intelligence, and of the Executive Committee of the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Solutions Section of the Polish Society of Cardiology. A health expert at the European Commission and a recipient of the MIT Technology Review’s ‘Innovators under 35’ award. 

Robert Dewor to lekarz i menedżer z ponad 25-letnim doświadczeniem w międzynarodowym sektorze farmaceutycznym. Od 2022 roku pełni funkcję Dyrektora Medycznego w AstraZeneca Polska, gdzie kieruje zespołem zajmującym się takimi obszarami jak: onkologia i hematologia, choroby układu oddechowego, immunologia, kardiologia, nefrologia, choroby metaboliczne, choroby rzadkie, szczepionki oraz Real World Evidence.

Aktywnie zaangażowany w rozwój zastosowań sztucznej inteligencji w medycynie. Współautor opublikowanej w npj Digital Medicine pracy dotyczącej algorytmu AI wspierającego wczesne wykrywanie nocnej napadowej hemoglobinurii (PNH), rzadkiej i trudnej diagnostycznie choroby hematologicznej.

Marek Szymaniak jest dziennikarzem i reporterem. Obecnie publikuje w Magazynie „Spider'sWeb+”, „Tygodniku Powszechnym” oraz „Piśmie”. Twórca podcastu o pracy „Pracownia”. Specjalizuje się w tematyce rynku pracy, w szczególności pracy zmienianej przez nowe technologie. Autor książek „Urobieni. Reportaże o pracy”, „Zapaść. Reportaże z mniejszych miast” oraz najnowszej „Młócka. Reportaże o pracy przyszłości”.

Laureat Nagrody Dziennikarstwa Ekonomicznego Press Club Polska i nagrody za reportaż prasowy przyznawanej przez jury Festiwalu Wrażliwego. Zwycięzca konkursu dla dziennikarzy „Pióro odpowiedzialności”. Trzykrotny finalista Nagrody „Newsweeka” im. Teresy Torańskiej.

Dr Marta Fikus-Kryńska jest absolwentką Wydziału Biologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Projektantka treści w Dziale Wystaw Centrum Nauki Kopernik. Trenerka i edukatorka, autorka tekstów, pokazów, warsztatów, koncepcji eksponatów i wystaw.

Pracuje z dziećmi i dorosłymi. Ciekawią ją procesy zachodzące w przyrodzie.

Patrycja Maksylewicz is an intermedia artist. In her work, she focuses on interactive relationships, particularly those between humans and machines. She is interested in the concept of computational creativity and the analysis of biometric data through the language of art. She explores the relationships between different media and the ways in which they are used in both the real and virtual worlds – including in site-specific projects.

She has taken part in exhibitions, workshops and conferences both at home and abroad. Winner of the 2018 Kraków Art Salon competition in the ‘Initiative of the Year’ category. A graduate of the Faculty of Intermedia at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where she currently holds the position of assistant professor. She is also associated with the Foundation for the Development of Intermedia Art.

Andreas Lutz is an artist who explores the relationship between humans and machines; on this basis, he seeks to create integrated and universal communication systems. He analyses the differences between reality and our perception of it, and portrays them through sculptures, installations and performances. He also creates experimental soundscapes that explore the relationship between semiotics and sound. He is the founder of KASUGA, a Berlin-based interdisciplinary studio and record label.

Lutz’s works were exhibited, amongst others, at the Antarctic Pavilion during the 57th Venice Biennale (Italy), the National Art Centre in Tokyo (Japan), at HeK in Basel (Switzerland), at the Times Art Museum in Beijing (China), at the Sónar+D festival in Barcelona (Spain) and Istanbul (Turkey), and at the B39 Art Bunker in Bucheon (South Korea).

Sefa Sagir is a multimedia artist, creative technologist, musician and performer who explores the space between the analogue and digital worlds. He creates interactive audiovisual systems in which gestures, media and data are combined in real time.

He currently focuses on theatre and audiovisual productions. He brings together a variety of fields – art, technology, politics and economics – into cohesive experiences that resonate with audiences.

He has collaborated with the Copernicus Science Centre, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the Sapporo International Art Festival in Japan. He teaches new media art at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.

Anna Klimczak is a visual artist. She creates site-specific installations and performance pieces. She is a curator of exhibitions and art projects. She has been working at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Computer Technology in Warsaw since 2009.

Agnieszka Rayss – photographer, co-founder of the Sputnik Photos association. She graduated in art history from the Jagiellonian University and completed her doctoral studies at the Poznań Academy of Fine Arts. She lectures at the School of Form at SWPS University. She has published the books ‘Ostatnia rozmowa z akademikiem Sacharowem’ (2022), ‘Z zapisków kolekcjonera’ (2019), ‘Tu się zaczyna koniec miast’ (2015) and ‘American Dream’ (2010).

A two-time winner of the Pictures of the Year competition and a two-time finalist in the Hasselblad Masters Award. She has also won numerous national awards, including at the Grand Press Photo competitions. She lectures at SWPS University.

Inez Okulska, PhD, spends her days charming agents, robots and, occasionally, people – she is the Principal AI Innovation Architect at UiPath and a lecturer at the Centre for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence at the Warsaw University of Technology. PhD in the Humanities and MSc in Automation Engineering; AI researcher and populariser. Creator of numerous models, datasets and algorithms; founder of the Department of Linguistic Engineering and Text Analysis at NASK-PIB; co-founder and former editor-in-chief of hAI Magazine – the first printed quarterly devoted entirely to the subject of artificial intelligence.

Former Director of the Department of Innovation and Technology at the Ministry of Digital Affairs, recognised in the following rankings: Forbes Women’s ‘Top 100 Women in AI’, ‘Top 100 Women in Data Science in Poland’ and ‘25 Women for 2025’. She explains non-human intelligence in human terms across a range of settings and media.

Marcin Rządeczka, PhD, is a cognitive scientist and philosopher specialising in the applications of artificial intelligence in mental health, computational psychiatry, evolutionary psychopathology and the philosophy of psychiatry.

Deputy Director of the Institute of Philosophy at UMCS and Head of the MultiLab Multimodality Research Laboratory. He has presented his research at over 50 national and international academic conferences, including the Computational Psychiatry Conference 2023 at Trinity College Dublin, AI for Mental Health 2025 at the University of Oxford, ECAI 2025 (28th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence) and IJCAI 2026 (the 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence). He has published in, amongst others, Springer Nature, JMIR Mental Health and Psychopathology. He is the author of a monograph on the philosophy of biology entitled ‘Problematyka metafizyczna we współczesnych naukach biologicznych’.

Photo by Anna Amarowicz,  taken for the PULSAR project: view the article

Maciej Behnke, PhD is a psychologist and a lecturer at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. He explores innovative ways of using existing data and AI technologies to develop research methodologies in the science of emotions. His earlier work focused on understanding how positive psychological phenomena, such as cognitive evaluation, emotions and attitudes, can support the performance of esports players.

Recipient of scholarships from the Foundation for Polish Science, the Minister of Science and Higher Education, and the Foundation of the University of Adam Mickiewicz, the 2026 Malewski Prize of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Project manager for projects funded through NCN calls for proposals. He undertook research placements at Stanford University, University College London and the University of Chieti-Pescara. He is a member of the Governing Board of the Cognitive Neuroscience Centre.

Photo by Władysław Gardasz

Monika Biłas-Henne, PhD, is an intercultural psychologist and holds a PhD in the humanities; she is affiliated with the Foundation for Polish Science and SWPS University in Warsaw. She is a research manager and lecturer, as well as an intercultural trainer: she runs training courses on intercultural communication and diversity management. She also worked as a curator for science, education and public diplomacy at the Polish Cultural Institute in New York.

Jakub Tołkaczewski is the coordinator of the ‘Evenings for Adults’ programme at the Copernicus Science Centre. He was involved in the preparation and delivery of numerous events, including the Ecsite 2025 conference, the Przemiany Festival, the Science Picnic and the Perseid Night, taking responsibility for specific aspects of production, programming and organisation. Between 2024 and 2025, he also acted as a moderator for debates and meetings at the Mazovia Development Forum. He also gained experience as a tutor and manager of arts camps, and by getting involved in organising academic events as a member of the student union at the University of Warsaw.