Kosobudzki at the Economic Forum in Karpacz: AI made in Poland

Michał Kosobudzki, Data Protection Officer at Sano, took part as a panelist on day two of the XXXIV Economic Forum in Karpacz, joining the discussion “AI made in Poland: innovation vs regulation” at the invitation of the Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology. The session brought together leading voices from academia and industry to examine how Poland’s AI ecosystem can responsibly accelerate innovation while staying aligned with emerging legal frameworks.

The panel featured Prof. Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, dr Jarosław Bułka, dr Piotr Maszczyk, and Prof. Dariusz Szostek, with moderation by Prof. Maciej Jaworski. Kosobudzki’s main area of discussion concerned the legal environment surrounding the use of AI, with a focus on areas related to medicine (including examples from our Research Foundation) in comparison with other EU countries.

Set against the Forum’s theme, “Time of transformation – what will the Europe of the future be?”, the debate connected AI policy with broader societal and economic shifts. The conversation focused on six areas identified by GRAI (the Working Group on Artificial Intelligence at the Ministry of Digital Affairs, of which Kosobudzki is a member) in the AI policy document for Poland. Our employee once again focused on the last point concerning AI in medicine and pointed to the great potential of Polish entities in this area. The general conclusion from the discussion was that good regulations do not necessarily slow down the development of AI in Poland, and in some areas may even stimulate it.

This year’s Forum gathered around six thousand participants and served as a unique meeting ground for political, scientific, and business leaders. Alongside academia and industry representatives, members of government and public administration also took the floor, underlining the forum’s role as the most important platform for dialogue on Europe’s future in this part of the continent.