Polish Science and Technology Summit 2026
Polish Science and Technology Summit 2026
Organized by Polish Club of Berkeley, the Polish Science and Technology Summit 2026 brings together researchers, entrepreneurs, students, and the Polish community for five panel discussions and networking.
Students, researchers, founders, professionals, and anyone interested in these topics are welcome.
📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026
🕙 10:00 AM–9:00 PM · Pacific Time
📍 Seaborg Room, Faculty Club, University of California, Berkeley
Agenda
10:00–11:00 AM — Registration
11:00–11:30 AM — Opening & partner remarks
11:30 AM–12:15 PM — From Poland to the Pacific
Polish identity, careers, and community on the West Coast.
12:15–12:30 PM — Coffee break
12:30–1:15 PM — Powering Tomorrow: Energy Security Meets the Energy Transition
Balancing reliable energy supplies with the transition to cleaner energy.
1:15–2:00 PM — Lunch break
2:00–2:45 PM — The People Before the Product
Choosing the right people to build a business with.
2:45–3:30 PM — Faster Than We Can Verify: Can We Trust AI in Biology and Medicine?
Trusting and verifying AI in research and healthcare.
3:30–4:00 PM — Coffee break
4:00–4:45 PM — Dropping Out: A Leap of Faith or a Step Too Far?
Leaving university to start a company: risks, trade-offs, and alternatives.
4:45–9:00 PM — Networking
Speakers
Shana Penn — Taube Philanthropies
Agnieszka Kulikowski — LOT Polish Airlines
Bogumiła Kaniewska — Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Robert Przekop — Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Michał Majerczak — Vistula Valley
Luke Kowalski — Oracle
Szymon Jackowski — Polish Club of Berkeley
Jan Bartkowiak — Econverse
Łukasz Bartoszcze — Wisent
Patrycja Brzozowska — Mos Health
Aneta Grabińska-Rogala — University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Matvii Kotolyk — Handshake
Marcelina Maciąg — Stanford University
Michał Nedoszytko — Abridge
Milena Nowaczewska — Mos Health
Wojciech Osowiecki — Lam Research
Maksymilian Rechnio — Mentic
Andrzej Rogala — Stanford University
Wiktor Stanisławek — Reactive AI
Weronika Wolszczak — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
More speakers will be announced soon.
Partners
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA)
LOT Polish Airlines
Taube Philanthropies
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles
Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Poland in the San Francisco Bay Area
Community Partner
Vistula Valley
Getting here
The conference takes place in the Seaborg Room at the Faculty Club, on Faculty Glade beside Strawberry Creek on the UC Berkeley campus.