ABOUT EVENT
EVOLUTIONS 2026 is an event at the intersection of technology, business, and art, taking place on May 27-28th in Wrocław. It brings together entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and tech professionals, creating a space to exchange ideas and build valuable relationships.
In 2026, we are focusing on AI and creativity, examining how artificial intelligence impacts the way we work, create, and make decisions. We demonstrate how to leverage AI as a tool that supports humans, while simultaneously highlighting the vital role of experience, sensitivity, and creative thinking.
MAY 26:
Day Zero
KAYAKING & NETWORKING During Day Zero
14:30 – Meeting Point at Przystań Zwierzyniecka
15:00-17:00 – Kayaking Trip on Odra River
18:00 – Tech Tap Tuesday vol. 17 at Odra Pany Beach Bar
WORKSHOPS
9:00-17:00 at Ace of Space in Renoma.
Join us at workshops led by experts from startup scene.
FINTECH TRENDS POLAND
Start at 17:00.
Side event for fintech enthusiasts featuring a report premiere on Wrocław fintech sector.
BEFORE PARTY
Start at 17:00 at Pedet in Renoma.
CONFERENCE
15:30 – 21:00 at Ace of Space in Renoma
Great keynote speakers and panelists on the stage. This year we are mixing innovation with art and creativity!
AFTER PARTY
Start at 21:00 at Recepcja (Neon Side Gallery, Ruska 46C)
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CONFERENCE
Ace of Space
Świdnicka 40
THURSDAY | MAY 28
The conference will be in Polish with a few elements in English.
15:30
Opening & Registration
16:00
Where Ideas Become a City
Representative of the City of Wrocław
16:10
Sovereign AI: Building Intelligence, Building Community
Artificial intelligence is often described as a race for models, compute, and breakthroughs.
Nicolas Romele – Marketing Director, OVHcloud
16:30
Keynote speech “AI nas nie zabije, chyba..."
TBA
17:00
Panel Discussion "Is Europe building a more human-centered AI—or falling behind global scale?"
This debate brings together voices from open-source communities, model builders like Mistral AI, and infrastructure players such as OVHcloud to explore AI not just as technology—but as a cultural and creative act.
Gilles Closset – Global AI Ecosystem Leader at OVHcloud
Joanna Mercik – Bielik.AI & Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji
17:45
Panel Discussion "Creativity in the Age of AI"
Artists reflect on identity, authorship, and how AI reshapes creative work.
Joanna „frota” Kurkowska – Head of Strategic Research w ZAiKS Lab
Wojtek Hazanowicz – co-founder and CEO of Muzaic
Edyta Jadowska – Visual Communication Designer & Video Creator, Capgemini
Grzegorz Primus – CEO Powergam
18:30
Roast VC
Investors pitch themselves—and get challenged on their AI narratives.
19:15
Panel Discussion “AI in Art: Threat or Creative Amplifier”
Does AI replace creativity, or unlock new creative dimensions?
Marta Solik, moderator – Founder & CEO stereochromatic.io, Vice President of Institut EuropIA Poland
Joanna Parasiewicz – The author of the novels „Uskrzydleni”, “Mistyfikator”, “Tancereczka” and “Dziewczyna z sierocińca”
Oskar Zięta – Designer & architect, Founder of Zięta Studio & Ultre
Kasia Pakosa – Co-Founder & Vocalist at KOSY, Artistic Director at Slavic Year & Founder of Mojo Sounds
20:00
Closing Keynote
20:20
Networking
21:00
After Party
Drinks & networking at Recepcja in famous Neon Side Gallery (Ruska 46C)
SPEAKERS
Gilles Closset
Global AI Ecosystem Leader at OVHcloud
Read about Gilles
Gilles Closset is developing the AI Ecosystem at OVHcloud, where he focuses on building and scaling a trusted network of AI Service Partners, Startups and ISV. With a Master Degree in IT services and over 15 years of experience in the cloud industry, he combines deep technical expertise with strong business acumen in digital innovation.
Gilles is particularly engaged in advancing sovereign and sustainable AI, working at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, data privacy, and ecosystem-driven growth. He regularly contributes to industry conversations on topics such as AI adoption, environmental impact, and the future of European tech sovereignty.
Nicolas Romele
Partnership and Ecosystem Marketing Director, OVHcloud
Read about Nicolas
Nicolas Romelé is cloud and ecosystem marketing leader with extensive international experience across business development, partnerships and digital transformation. As Partnership & Ecosystem Marketing Director, he plays a key role in strengthening OVHcloud’s partner network and driving collaborative innovation around trusted, sovereign and sustainable cloud solutions. Known for his strategic vision and strong relationship-building skills, Nicolas actively supports the growth of the European cloud ecosystem.
SPEAKERS
Joanna Parasiewicz
Author of novels & Head of Communications at OVHcloud CEE
Read about Joanna
A clinical psychologist and a psychotherapist currently pursuing certification.
She has been involved in the world of new technologies since the start of her career. She has led communication and marketing initiatives for companies including Amadeus, Alcatel-Lucent, HP, Microsoft Dynamics, and Symantec. Previously, she worked on two working groups for the European Commission.
A lover of French cinema, Russian literature, and mountain climbing, and a history enthusiast. In her personal life, she is the author of the books: “Uskrzydleni,” “Mistyfikator,” “Tancereczka,” “Dziewczyna z sierocińca,” “Przepowiem ci przyszłość,” and “Dziewczyna z jeziora.”
Edyta Jadowska
Visual Communication Designer & Video Creator, Capgemini
Read about Edyta
Visual communication designer and video creator working at the intersection of AI technology and authentic storytelling.
Based at the Applied Innovation Exchange in Wrocław, she creates explainer videos and brand content for business clients, using AI tools to accelerate production while preserving brand voice and the uniqueness of the final result.
In parallel, she creates short narrative videos using AI. Her short film Not Endings Not Beginnings has been presented and awarded at international festivals (including AI International Film Festival in Los Angeles and the Portugal Indie Film Festival).
On Instagram, she uses AI to visualize her own poetry, reflections, and social concepts, allowing her to create solo, without a production crew, while maintaining her own voice and creative control.
Working simultaneously in both business and artistic contexts, she has developed an approach to AI centered on a key question: when does AI accelerate the creative process and when does it sabotage it? She prioritizes context, communicative intent, and the artist’s own decisions over automation for its own sake.
Kasia Pakosa
Co-Founder & Vocalist at KOSY, Artistic Director at Slavic Year & Founder of Mojo Sounds
Read about Kasia
A vocalist, composer, lyricist, producer and voice educator from Wrocław, Poland. Rooted in traditional folk music and contemporary sound, she creates original compositions while reviving Lower Silesian folk songs through concerts, workshops and urban rituals in Poland and abroad. She is the co-founder of the band KOSY and the duo Jarmużek/Pakowska, whose work brings ancestral songs into modern collective experience.
She is also the founder of Gabinet Głosu, an original voice practice space combining vocal pedagogy, sound therapy and body awareness. Trained in piano, jazz and contemporary vocal music, she moves fluidly between artistic performance, education and ritual-based community work.
Between 2022 and 2025, six albums featuring her work were released, including projects with symphonic orchestras and choirs. Since 2019, she has led international women’s singing workshops focused on collective voice, cyclical traditions and emotional expression through folk songs. Since 2024, she has served as artistic director of the Slavic Year collective and co-created immersive listening and ceremonial projects exploring voice, transition and community.
Joanna "frota" Kurkowska
Head of Strategic Research w ZAiKS Lab
Read about Joanna
Head of Strategic Research at ZAiKS Lab, where she is responsible for researching topics such as the impact of social media platforms on music distribution, the future of entertainment, and the synergy between music and gaming. She is also a co-host of the podcast “Wycinki z przyszłości” (Snippets from the Future), which focuses on futurism, tech businesses, discussing research, and commenting on industry events, as well as the author of “NetspherePop,” a series of essays and analyses on component culture and the future of entertainment. At AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, she teaches the course “The Future of Digital Entertainment” as part of the Trendwatching & Future Studies program.
Wojtek Hazanowicz
Co-founder and CEO of Muzaic
Read about Wojtek
A professional musician, engineer, and entrepreneur. His musical journey began with classical music and later expanded into the fields of innovation and arts education. As President of JM Poland and Secretary of the Polish Music Council, Hazanowicz has been actively involved in the development of musical culture for many years. He founded his first business—focused on IT and e-commerce—during his computer science studies (Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology) in 2006.
Marta Solik
Founder & Creative Director Stereochromatic Solutions & Vice President Institut EuropIA Poland and CEE
Read about Marta
AI fashion. Film. Immersive VR. Historical reenactments. She works where artificial intelligence becomes a language of storytelling.
In 2026, she curated the Polish selection of AI films for the World AI Film Festival in Cannes. Finalist of the AI Design Awards 2024 and 2025 in Barcelona, including in the Fashion category. Top 25 out of 1,500+ in the AIO Wear Designer Partner Program.
She teaches, advises, and connects people. She is building the Polish creative AI scene.
Dorota Rymaszewska
Founder and CEO of hiPets
Read about Dorota
Founder and CEO of hiPets, a rising star in global pet tech. After giving up a promising career in regional television and student musical theater, she went from sales expert to sales and business coach to top positions in corporate structures (P&G, PZ Cussons) and startups (Booksy).
She has worked with teams on five continents, from Brazil to Kazakhstan. One of the most intense and extroverted figures on the Polish startup scene.
Oskar Zięta
Designer & architect, Founder of Zięta Studio & Ultre
Read about Oskar
Designer, architect. In his work, he combines design and artistic qualities with modern technology. He developed one of the most advanced steel processing technologies, FIDU (Freie Innendruck Umformung – internal pressure forming), which has received numerous awards, including the Red Dot Design Award 2008, the Schweizer Design Preis 2008, the German Design Council Award 2009, and the Audi Mentor Prize 2011.
He designed the Plopp stool (a traditional Polish air-filled object), which is part of the permanent collection at the Centre Pompidou in Paris as one of twelve chairs that have changed contemporary design. The collection of products made using FIDU technology also includes chairs, coat racks and clothing stands, coasters, ladders, benches, and lamps. His designs intertwine technology, materials science, engineering, and art.
In Zurich and Wrocław, he runs the design and research studio Zieta Prozessdesign, where he develops the FIDU method and its industrial applications, such as ultra-lightweight frames in Ultre vehicles or rapidly deployable fortification structures.
His projects have been exhibited in the collections of the Cardi Black Box Gallery in Milan, the Stilwerk Limited Editions Gallery in Hamburg, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich, and the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe, as well as at festivals such as the London Design Festival 2010 and Vienna Design Week 2011.
Winner of numerous awards, including Materialica 2009, Good Design 2009, DMY 2008 for innovation in the production process, and YDMI 2008. Recipient of a scholarship from the ETH Zurich Institute of Technology.
Tomasz Serwan
Investment Director, Vinci S.A.
Read about Tomasz
Tomasz Serwan is an investment director at Vinci S.A. He has extensive experience in the venture capital industry. From 2019 to 2023, he managed the CVC fund at Alior Bank S.A., while also serving as the bank’s ESG director. Previously, he was an investment director at Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder and AIP Seed Capital. Since 2009, he has been actively involved in the startup ecosystem, making dozens of investments in companies at various stages of development.
Sławek Chojnicki
Wrocław-based engineer and ex-CTO
Read about Sławek
Sławek is a Wrocław-based engineer and ex-CTO. He’s spent the last several years building SaaS products from the inside — through the good parts and the expensive lessons. Today he builds independently and prefers bootstrapping over chasing rounds. His three favorite answers to most startup advice: “no”, “never”, and “what the fuck for”.
Jerzy Lipiński
Managing Partner, L Corp
Read about Jerzy
Founder of a consulting firm. He specializes in helping Polish private companies become more professional. He prepares businesses for profitable sales or secure succession planning. For nearly a decade, he has been associated with the Voelkel Group (one of the largest family-owned companies in Poland).
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WORKSHOPS
Ace of Space
Świdnicka 40
WEDNESDAY | MAY 27
9:00 - 9:30
Registration and Opening
9:30 - 11:30
Online Advertising from Scratch: Steps You Need to Take Before Launching a Campaign
Magdalena Bielawska – Digital marketing expert, founder of adsetterka.pl
language: Polish
Want to launch an online advertising campaign but don’t know where to start? This workshop will walk you through everything you need to prepare before spending a single dollar on ads.
We’ll start with the basics—you’ll learn how to set a specific campaign goal and choose the right KPIs to measure it. Next, we’ll check if your website is ready to handle ad traffic: we’ll discuss UX issues as well as legal requirements related to GDPR and Consent Mode.
We’ll walk you through the process of setting up ad accounts and configuring analytics—so that from day one of your campaign, you have full insight into its results. You’ll also learn what types of campaigns are available to you and how to choose the right ones for your goal. Finally, we’ll discuss practical guidelines for creating effective ads.
This workshop is designed for people who are taking their first steps in online advertising and want to avoid the most common mistakes made at the beginning.
A Partnership That Works: How to Generate Revenue with OVHcloud Solutions
Albert Tischbierek – Head of Sales, Hostersi
language: Polish
FREE ADMISSION
What does a partnership that really works look like? In this session, Hostersi will share their experience in building and growing a business using OVHcloud solutions. They’ll cover specific examples, their approach to customers, and insights you can apply to your own business.
Imagine You Are Setting Up a VC Fund… How Do You Do It?
Kamil Pruchnik, PhD – Senior Regional Representative of the European Investment Fund (EIF) to Poland
language: Polish/English
There are countless workshops on how to become a successful entrepreneur, raise funding from VCs, and pitch to business angels. But what about the “other side” of the table?
- What is it like to set up a VC fund?
- How do you start?
- What matters most?
- And how do funds raise capital themselves?
The purpose of this workshop is to give participants a practical, nutshell overview of how VC funds are created, what key elements matter in the process, and how fund managers raise capital from investors.
After this workshop, you will not be an expert in setting up a VC fund.
But you should have a clearer understanding of the process, as well as a better “feel” for what your investors — the VCs — are looking for when they review start-ups, and why they focus on these specific aspects.
Build Your GTM Foundations: ICP & Buyer Persona — with a dedicated AI Agent
Maciej Szott – CEO GoToSmith
language: Polish/English
A hands-on GTM workshop for B2B founders in the early stages of revenue generation. In just two hours, using your own laptop and your company’s data, you’ll build your ICP and Buyer Persona with the help of a dedicated AI agent. You’ll walk away with ready-to-use files—not slides—that you can immediately upload to Claude and start using.
11:30 - 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-14:00
What do the finances say about the startup?
Slawomir Borkowski – an experienced financial manager, currently an independent consultant and external CFO
language: Polish/English
A practical workshop on reading and preparing financial information for investors and others. Definitely aimed especially at non-financial professionals.
How do you go from raw accounting data to a financial model?
What information is included in a traditional financial statement, and what is included in a management report?
How can the presentation of financial data change perceptions of a company?
LinkedIn Expert Profile: How to Build Your Expert Brand, Gain Trust, and Attract Clients.
Łukasz Dębski – Social Media Manager, OVHcloud
language: Polish
If you want LinkedIn to generate business opportunities for you, this workshop is for you. You’ll learn how to create an expert profile, what kind of content to post, and how to consistently build trust that leads to collaborations and sales.
Analog Prompting: Generate an Image with Your Own Hands
An intuitive painting workshop for overstimulated minds.
Anna Hałas – artist, creative educator, and founder of the POMALU studio
language: Polish/English
In a world where Midjourney can generate flawless images in three seconds, we are taking a bold step back.
Think of your brain as the processor, your emotions as the input data, and the paintbrush as your analog prompt.
I invite you to a 2-hour offline session where we shut down our laptops, close our tabs, and step off the digital grid. Together, we will create something no algorithm can ever replicate—an authentic, tactile, and physical record of your presence in the "here and now."
No technical art skills or prior painting experience required. Just bring your raw human curiosity, and let’s create some beautiful, un-programmable errors!
14:00-14:30
Refreshment & Snacks
14:30-16:30
CRAFTing Your Startup with Design Thinking
Yash Chawla, PhD – Deputy Head, Department of Computational Social Science, Founder of CRAFT Lab, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
language: English
A fast-paced, practical introduction to the mindset of human-centered validation. Instead of spending two hours rushing a product to market, the workshop will give you the essential tools needed to stop guessing and start proving your ideas. We will discuss how to structure discovery interviews to uncover real problems, translate those insights into a focused problem statement, and learn the techniques for building a "Low-Fidelity" MVP. Your take away will be a clear roadmap for testing your assumptions and a repeatable framework to ensure you are building something people actually want.
The Art of Letting Go: A Leader's Solitude—How Not to Let Your Mind Get the Best of You
Joanna Parasiewicz – Head of Communications at OVHcloud CEE
language: Polish
The higher up you are, the less often you hear the truth. The greater the responsibility, the harder it is to share it, but this workshop won’t be about delegating tasks.
It will be about why it’s so hard to let go, even when we know we have to. We’ll look at how identity influences business decisions, what it means to be a leader in isolation, and how to relinquish control without losing influence.
16:30-17:00
Networking
17:00-??
Before Party at PEDET (Renoma)
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EXPERTS
EXPERTS
Kamil Pruchnik, PhD
Senior Regional Representative of the European Investment Fund (EIF) to Poland
Read about Kamil
He acts as the ambassador of EIF and promoter of EU initiatives in Poland, with the ultimate goal to boost private investments in Poland and enhance competitiveness and innovativeness of the Polish economy. For his contribution in promoting EU instruments in Poland, he received a special recognition by the Polish Banks Associations. Before moving to Warsaw, Mr. Pruchnik led EIF commitments in 15 countries (worth EUR2.5bn) to financial intermediaries (banks, investment funds, leasing companies and fintech). In the past, Mr. Pruchnik worked at HSBC Group (in Poland and in the UK) in various roles including: corporate governance, strategy and commercial banking. Before transitioning to corporate banking, he started his career as an economist working at: NBP (Polish Central Bank), the World Bank and the UN. Mr. Pruchnik received Ph.D. at Warsaw School of Economics (thesis advisor: prof. L. Balcerowicz, f. Minister of Finance and f. Governor of NBP). He conducted parts of his studies and research at Georgetown University and Harvard University. For his dissertation, Mr. Pruchnik won first prize in the competition organized by the Polish Bank Guarantee Fund (2023).
Sławomir Borkowski
Experienced financial manager & external CFO
Read about Sławomir
An experienced financial manager, currently an independent consultant and external CFO specializing in supporting startups. With over 20 years of experience in venture capital funds, large and small companies, he has worked on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, management projects, and financial restructurings. An engineer by training, he worked at Arthur Andersen, where he gained financial expertise, the Impel capital group, the consulting firm Crido, and others. He is fluent in several languages and combines financial expertise with a passion for unconventional business projects.
Joanna Parasiewicz
Head of Communications at OVHcloud CEE
Read about Joanna
A clinical psychologist and a psychotherapist currently pursuing certification.
She has been involved in the world of new technologies since the start of her career. She has led communication and marketing initiatives for companies including Amadeus, Alcatel-Lucent, HP, Microsoft Dynamics, and Symantec. Previously, she worked on two working groups for the European Commission.
A lover of French cinema, Russian literature, and mountain climbing, and a history enthusiast. In her personal life, she is the author of the books: “Uskrzydleni,” “Mistyfikator,” “Tancereczka,” “Dziewczyna z sierocińca,” “Przepowiem ci przyszłość,” and “Dziewczyna z jeziora.”
Łukasz Dębski
Social Media Manager, OVHcloud
Read about Łukasz
He has been involved in the social media industry since 2007. He gained experience at interactive agencies such as 121PR, Dentsu, and Socjomania, where he conducted training sessions on communication on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms. For the past five years, he has been with OVHcloud, where he is responsible for the company’s social media communications in the CEE region. He is passionate about road and gravel cycling.
Magdalena Bielawska
Digital marketing expert, founder of adsetterka.pl
Read about Magdalena
A digital expert with over 7 years of experience in online marketing, gained at leading agencies in Wrocław. As a freelancer, she combines data analysis with creativity to develop personalized growth strategies. She specializes in scaling e-commerce sales and building brand image in the beauty, real estate, and legal industries.
Albert Tischbierek
Head of Sales, Hostersi
Read about Albert
With over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, he supports companies across Europe in achieving their business goals through effective collaboration with outsourcing service providers and technology partners such as OVHcloud, AWS, and Google. He specializes in building partnerships, developing sales channels, and creating synergies between business and technology. He is passionate about using modern tools—particularly AI, process automation, machine learning, and predictive analytics—to optimize organizations and foster innovation. In his personal life, he is a drummer and a lover of Japanese culture.
Yash Chawla, PhD
Deputy Head, Department of Computational Social Science, Founder of CRAFT Lab, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Read about Yash
With close to 15 years of international experience in academia and business, he specializes in research on diffusion of innovation, societal impact of technology, sustainable development, social media communication, and energy policy. He leads prominent projects, including the National Science Centre (Poland) funded MoSAic project and the Lower Silesian Startup Ecosystem Report – an initiative by ARAW and Startup Wroclaw. He regularly publishes in top academic journals while collaborating actively with industry as a consultant in R&D communications, C-suite personal branding, marketing, and sustainability. Driven by a commitment to social impact, Dr. Chawla has reached over 150,000 individuals of all ages through his initiatives such as Everyday AI and Effective Use of Social Media. His outreach and training efforts focus on empowering communities to leverage technology ethically and enhance digital literacy, fostering positive change at both local and global levels.
Anna Hałas
Artist, creative educator, and founder of the POMALU studio
Read about Anna
Artist, creative educator, and founder of the POMALU studio. She masterfully navigates between two seemingly opposite worlds. For 15 years, Anna has been professionally active in the IT industry, working within the realm of logic, systems, and technology. After hours, she swaps her keyboard for a paintbrush, letting raw emotions guide her creative compass. As the founder of Anna Hałas Art, she has spent years teaching others how to use intuitive painting to silence their inner critic, let go of the need for perfection, and embrace beautiful, un-programmable errors. Having a deep understanding of the fast-paced tech world, she designs her workshops as a proven, analog „system reset” for overstimulated minds.
Maciej Szott
CEO GoToSmith
Read about Maciej
For 18 years, he has served as a founder and operator at B2B industrial companies (Luxon LED — build, scale, exit; ZEME — marketplace, >70 million PLN). Today, he advises B2B founders on GTM strategy and builds an AI context layer to support the scaling of tech companies.
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