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Simina Mut

Partner, Tax and Legal in Central Europe, Deloitte Legal Central Europe

Simina specializes in secured lending, being involved in drafting and negotiating complex loan and security packages in high level cross-border financial agreements, syndicated loans, corporate and real estate finance in transactions worth over EUR 1.5 billion. Simina has been involved in complex loan restructuring mandates, in the design and implementation of security enhancement structures, with a particular focus in real estate finance.

Miłosz Brakoniecki

Partner of Obserwatorium.biz (Poland)

He has co-created Poland′s biggest crowd-founding service Siepomaga.pl and of the the Siepomaga.pl Foundation, Poland 5.0 Foundation as well as Polish FinTechs: Rachuneo and Company.

He has spoken at several dozen industry conferences in Poland and abroad, and authored numerous publications on digital economy and banking.

Between 2016 and 2020 he was the member of the Supervisory Board at Diners Club Polska Sp. z o.o.

Between 2016 and 2018 he was the co-leader of the Digital Identity Team of the Paperless/Cashless Program at the Ministry of Digitisation.

Between 2006 and 2014 he was the electronic banking manager at Bank Zachodni WBK, where he was responsible for business development of electronic banking.

Between 2012 and 2014 he was a member of the Electronic Banking Council in the Polish Bank Association (ZBP).

Riccardo Genghini

Chairman of ETSI ESI (Italy)

Founder in 1990 of Studio Notarile Genghini, who has become the leading Notary Law Firm in the field of IT Security for legal documents and legal transactions.

Designer and inventor of the eWitness Technology, used in Europe by leading Banks, Insurance companies and severa PMIs

Founder in 2005 of the eWitness SA, Luxembourg

Founder in 2006 of the European Economic Interest Group "Euronot@ries" GEIE, Milan, Italy

Specialties: Software design for legal transactions

Contracts for digital legal services.

Kiryushkin Sergey A.

Deputy chairman of the PKI-Forum Russia Program Committee,
Adviser to the General Director, Gazinformservice LLC (Russia)

Advisor to the General Director of LLC "Gazinformservis"

PKI-Forum Russia Program committee vice-chair.

Graduated from the Mozhaisky Space Engineering Institute with a degree in Electronic computers, systems, and networks in 1992. He was one of the heads of the first Certification Authority in Russian Federation. He has been working in the electronic signature industry since 2002.

In 2002, together with a number of like-minded people, he took the initiative to organize and hold a specialized conference on the issue of electronic signatures, which later became known as the "PKI Forum". Since the conference was founded, he has been working as a member of the program Committee. Works in the Gazinformservice Group of companies. Since 2016, he has been an expert of the UN network of experts on paperless trade and transport in the Asia-Pacific region (UNNExT)

Candidate of technical Sciences (Ph.D.)

Jon Ølnes

Product Manager, Signicat AS (Norway)

Jon has more than 25 years’ experience from working with electronic identities (eID), electronic signatures and trust services services as researcher, consultant and in both the private and public sector. For the last 2,5 years he has been driving product development in the Nordics for Signicat. In addition, for over 20 years he has been heavily engaged in policy-level discussions around eID and trust services in the Nordics as well as in Europe more broadly. Jon has during the last 8 years been an active member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) Technical Committee on Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI), developing digital signature and trust services standardization in Europe. He is editor of ETSI’s upcoming standard on identity proofing for trust service subjects.

Michał Tabor

Partner of Obserwatorium.biz (Poland)

Michal Tabor since 2020 is taking part in the implementation of electronic signature and building information security management systems. Author of many solutions in the field of authentication, electronic signature, electronic document, electronic identification, and electronic transactions in Poland and Europe. An expert in the Polish Information Technology Society, an expert in the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications, a member of the ESI ETSI technical committee. A graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics at the University of Warsaw. Member of the board of Obserwatorium.biz.

Dan Johnson

Vice President Digital Identity, C&IS, Mastercard

Dan Johnson is vice president, Identity Products for Mastercard based in London. He is a key leader in Mastercard’s initiative to create an effective, efficient and principled model of digital identity in an increasingly connected world. His team is helping to define how a person’s identity, and the entities operating on their behalf, can be verified immediately, safely and securely, across multiple touchpoints in both the digital and physical worlds.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Mr. Johnson was head of digital identity at HSBC Digital Solutions, where he worked with the UK government and a public/private consortium to define a multi-sector, multi-jurisdiction digital identity ecosystem designed to streamline cross-border bank account opening. He has also held senior IT and project management roles at Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital and the General Medical Council.

Mr. Johnson’s career spans more than 20 years, predominantly in financial services, but also within the commercial and public sectors. Originally a COBOL programmer and software tester, he has designed and delivered global customer data management, account opening and financial product management systems.

Mr. Johnson holds a BSc Hons in Information Systems with German from Staffordshire University.

Monika Ścibor-Staniszewska

Deputy Director of Quality and Automatization Processes Department, Santander Consumer Bank

Deputy Director of the Quality and Process Automation Department at Santander Consumer Bank Polska.

Six Sigma Black Belt, Mentor, Certified Senior Manager of Process and Quality Management - certificate issued by the Polish Bank Association.

A graduate of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology in the field of Information Technology and Management. I define myself as a person who is focused on the goal and creating the highest value I can create. I've always wanted to create reality and take the helm, and that's what I do in change management. For 10 years I have been dealing with Change, Process and Project Management. Recently, I have the pleasure of co-chairing a major transformation program at Bank Santander Consumer.

Monika Zając

Product Owner / Senior Process Manager, Santander Consumer Bank (Poland)

Process and Quality Management Manager - certificate granted by the Polish Bank Association.

A graduate of the University of Wrocław at the Faculty of Law and Administration. Most of my professional life is related to the creation and improvement of processes in banks and companies from the financial sector. For 20 years I have been looking for simple solutions to complex problems. My goal is always to simplify and automate processes as much as possible. Currently, by participating in a large transformation program at Bank Santander Consumer implemented in the Agile methodology, I have the opportunity to implement changes in processes even faster and observe the positive effects of improvements.

Mateusz Benyk

IT Project Manager, Żabka Poland

IT Project Manager at Żabka Polska, for two years associated with the Organization. In his daily work, he focuses on facilitating the work of other employees of the company by providing them with tools and services that optimize work and internal processes. One of his projects was the implementation of electronic signatures for the Organization and its associates. During the implementation of the project, he learned the advantages and disadvantages of individual solutions available on the market and the electronic signature service itself. It also faced the non-standard challenges of implementing this tool. They resulted from the need to adapt the service to the uniqueness of the type and manner of operation of the Organization. Previously, he gained experience mainly in software houses, creating smaller and larger eCommerce websites, mobile applications as well as websites and websites.

Emilia Sęk

Coordinator, Operations & Settlement Center at BFF Banking Group

Works at BFF Polska S.A. as a Coordinator in the Operational and Settlement Center, responsible for the implementation of trust and electronic signature services at BFF Polska and their integration with the systems used.

Aleksandra Rudzka

Senior Lawyer, BFF Polska S.A.

Aleksandra Rudzka, legal advisor, employed as a Professional, Legal at BFF Polska S.A. responsible for legal support for the implementation of trust and electronic signature services at BFF Polska.

Grzegorz Wójcik

CEO, Autenti

Grzegorz is Autenti’s initiator and CEO. He is an Internet expert with a particular focus on digital media and e-commerce. He was one of the founders of Interia.pl, previously also working for RMF FM, TVN SA and Grupa Onet. As chairman of the Supervisory Board at PBI, Grzegorz initiated the development of the standard for online users measurement. He was CEO of Allegro Group and used to be a corporate relations consultant for the Naspers Group (Allegro). He also launched and co-founded the Chamber of Digital Economy, and is a Board Member at e-Izba.

Michael Butz

Chairman of the European Signature Dialog, CEO A-Trust Austria

Michael is serving as Chairman of the Board of the European Signature Dialog. He also is the CEO of A-Trust, the leading Austrian TSP and is regarded as an expert in the fields of IT innovation and digital regulation. Michael Butz acquired a post gradual degree in E-Government and an MBA in Strategic Leadership during his studies in Austria and the USA. In recent years in particular, he has also been heavily involved in regulatory affairs at the European level, becoming an expert on digital sector legislation and working with several EU authorities.

Bertrand Bouteloup

Vice President of Sales & ARIADNEXT Deputy General Manager

After more than 15 years in managerial positions in the IT industry, Bertrand had chosen to bring his skills and know-how to companies that would like to develop their footprints in France, in Europe or in Middle-East.

Before ARIADNEXT, Bertrand had been acting as "COO" for a first software company and then Head of Sales for Southern Europe/ Middle-East- Africa Region in a second company.

For more than 4 years, Bertrand acts as Vice President of Sales at ARIADNEXT. His mission is clearly to drive ARIADNEXT Sales Team to support its ambition in Europe.

Andrea Caccia

Independent Consultant (Italy)

Member of ETSI/ESI TB, Chairman of CEN/CENELEC/JTC 19 on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

Senior consultant for process digitalisation with specific competences in electronic trust services, e-invoicing and e-procurement, and a long experience in international project management, in particular about the use of standards to ensure compliance and interoperability, in the public and private sector.

Andrea participates since 15 years to many standardization activities at national, European and international level such as ETSI/ESI (Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures), ISO/TC 307 on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 and SC 32 and is chairing also CEN/TC 434 on electronic invoicing.

Gabor Monori

Business Development Executive, Microsec (Hungary)

Has experience in leading international business development primarily within the IT sector of CEE, SEA and ME regions in the topics of IT security services, system integration, payment service and applied economic research. Works at Microsec since 2016, a QTSP and software vendor in Hungary, nurtures regional partnerships, supports new business lines (e.g. PSD2-specific services, CA software). The current focus is on the automotive industry, cooperative intelligent transport system security.

Andrea Valle

Sr. Product Manager Document Cloud, Adobe

Senior Product Manager with strong technical background over a wide variety of business areas. Known as a worldwide strategist of business and technologies related to the world of Digital Information and Electronic Documents.

Head of Digital Identity and Digital Signature solutions for Adobe Document Cloud products, including Adobe Sign, Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader.

Director of the Adobe Approved Trust List program (AATL) defining strategies and partnerships in the domain of global trusted identity.

Adobe delegate at ETSI ESI to develop global standards for Electronic Signatures and Identification systems. Main contributor and reviewer of ETSI TS 102778 and EN 319142 signature standard (PAdES) and expert in EU Regulation n.910/2014 (eIDAS).

President and Chairman of the Board of the Cloud Signature Consortium, the non-profit association gathering more than 40 members worldwide and focused on the development of standards and protocols for the interoperability of trust services in the Cloud.

Marta Gocał

Attorney-at-law, Managing Associate, Deloitte Legal

Marta specializes in various aspects of corporate, commercial and civil law, as well as in mergers and acquisitions. He also specializes in the restructuring of capital groups and ongoing support for business entities. She has carried out a number of mergers and acquisitions, along with conducting and coordinating due diligence processes. She participated in complex restructuring processes of capital groups (both in Poland and abroad). Marta also advises investors starting a business in Poland and deals with ongoing legal advice for clients already present on the Polish market. Her professional interests include legal aspects of digitization of business and administrative communication, electronic signature, electronic storage and archiving of documents.

Tomasz Chomicki

Business Development Executive, Samsung Electronics Poland

Active business developer and new technology enthusiast. For the last five years he has been working for Samsung Electronics Poland as the Director for Business Development. Responsible for business development, creating new strategic busines partnerships including creating innovative projects with public sector and commercial clients. A member of the largest IT, Telco Industry chambers KIGEiT, PIIT, ZIPSEE Cyfrowa Polska. Actively cooperating with the academic community of Warsaw School of Economics and Lomza State University of applied Sciences.

Magdalena Bartoszewicz

Department director B2B IM, Samsung Electronics Polska

Magdalena Bartoszewicz - a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (Management and Marketing) with over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, experience in sales and customer service gained at home and abroad in international corporations. For six months, she has been employed at Samsung Electronics Polska as a B2B Sales Director, responsible for selling solutions and products to companies (smartphones, tablets and accessories).

Marcin Maruta

Partner Maruta Wachta

I’m an IT lawyer with over 20 years’ experience, in love with new technologies and technology-based business models. I’m co-founder and Partner of MARUTA WACHTA - CEE’s largest law firm strictly specialising in tech projects and digital transformation (Chamber's BAND ONE TMT in Poland).

I do contracts, from standard ERP to huge dedicated systems (up to EUR 1bn). I do a lot of cloud contracts, policies and transformation and I head our audit & licensing department, focused chiefly on relations with leading IT vendors. I'm certified in ITIL Prince, Agile and Cordon Blue.

Sławomir Górniak

Expert in Security Tools and Architecture at ENISA

Sławomir Górniak, CISSP, is a telecommunications engineer focused on network security. He works at ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) as expert in security tools and architecture. He is the author of ENISA reports covering areas of electronic identities, data protection and information security. He is also responsible for following up and supporting European security related R&D projects and technical developments in standardization.

Artur Miękina

Key Projects Sales Director, Asseco Data Systems (Poland)

A graduate of the Lazarski University. He specializes in the issues of paperless, eID, electronic signature, as well as trust and electronic identification services resulting from the eIDAS regulation. He co-founded one of the qualified Certification Centers in Poland and participated in key IT projects in the field of identification and authentication. ENISA and PIIT expert. Key Project Sales Director in the Security and Trust Services Division at Asseco Data Systems SA.

Michał Kanownik

President, ZIPSEE “Digital Poland”

President of Digital Poland Association

As the President of Digital Poland Association (ZIPSEE), he has been representing the largest manufacturers and distributors of electrical and electronic equipment in Poland for 15 years. Connected with Digital Europe, an organization of Europe's largest association of the ICT sector, where twice held the position of Board Member. Chosen by the minister of digital affairs to take a seat in the ministry’s Council for Digitization. He is an initiator of nationwide debates regarding changes in copyright law, taxing, environment protection as well as public procurement and cybersecurity. As a manager in IT and consumer electronics industry with many years of experience, he is actively engaged in development and promotion of digitization in Poland. He successfully supports substantive and honest discussion regarding member - companies of Digital Poland Association, which comprise a significant share of consumer electronics and IT industry investing in Poland.

Marcin Szulga

R&D Director, Asseco Data Systems (Poland)

R&D Director, Asseco Data Systems

Graduate of PhD studies at faculty of Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology of West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin and MA at Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Szczecin. Head of Research and Development Asseco Data Systems S.A. Specialist on ICT security and R&D project cost management. Over 10-year experience in IT, has cooperated with clients from both private and public sector. Responsible in Asseco Data Systems for delivery of innovative products and technologies. Contributes to building the business and technological strategy of Certum.

Karol Okoński

Managing Director, Cybersecurity Lead for Public Sector (PL & CEE), PwC

Karol Okoński is a Director responsible in PwC for cybersecurity in public sector in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. He advises on cybersecurity strategy and governance, especially from the perspective of process optimation, technological risk management and regulatory compliance.

Before joining PwC he was a Deputy Minister at the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs from June 2016 to December 2019. Additionally he was appointed as first Government Plenipotentiary for Cybersecurity from December 2018 to December 2019 and was a Board Member of European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) in years 2018-2019. In the Ministry he has supervised the area of cybersecurity, development of digital services as well as development and maintenance of national registers, taking also active part in international cooperation on digital policy. He was i.a. Vice-Chairman of the Digital Committee of the Council of Ministers, Chairman of the IT Architecture Council and Vice-Chair of the Information Society Team of Joint Committee of the Central and Local Government. He chaired Steering Committees for a number of key governmental programmes, among others, Central Register od Vehicles and Drivers, Digital Identity, Open Data, National State Registries and Common Cloud Infrastructure.

Previously, in years 2001-2012 he worked at Accenture and between 2012 and 2016 was IT Director at Polish Post Office Digital Services (PPUC) and at FM PBP Bank.

Mariusz Włodarczyk

Managing director, Santander Leasing

Managing Director, Santander Leasing, lawyer by education (UAM in Poznań) for 25 years in the leasing industry, currently responsible for law, compliance, complementary products, including insurance, relations with strategic partners, for many years he has been working in the legal group of the Polish Leasing Association, he is eager to learn about legal news, possibilities of applying new legal solutions in business, in particular regarding digitization, remote signature.

Dr hab. prof. UO Dariusz Szostek

expert in the European Parliament's AI Observatory

Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Virtual Department of Law and Ethics (consortium of several polish universities) Professor of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Opole, Head of the Centre for Legal Problems and New Technologies at the University of Opole, Partner and founder of the law firm Szostek-Bar and Partners. Expert in the European Parlament's AI Observatory; Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Katowice, expert in new technologies, co-author of the e-court concept, originator of the electronic confirmation of receipt (electronic stanza currently introduced in MS), author of the concept of the electronic administration office and changes in the code of civil procedure, parliamentary expert, lecturer, author of several dozen publications (including monographs and foreign publications including bestsellers, among others, co-author of Cyber Law - issue in New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Amsterdam, London) Author of monograph Blockchain and Law 2019 (Nomos).