WELCOME LETTERS
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the Steering Committee, I have the pleasure of inviting you to the 4th Central European Technology Forum CETEF’24, which will be held on 18 and 19 November 2024 in the Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University. The main thematic path of this year’s CETEF will be the problems of international scientific and industrial cooperation in emerging and breakthrough technologies.
Europe has made a special contribution to the development of science and technology. It was in this part of the world that the first industrial revolutions took place, it was in Europe that revolutionary theories were born, which are the foundations of modern science. In recent decades, however, we have been observing a shift in the frontier of technological research to other parts of the world. Further development of advanced technologies and high-tech industry requires a huge concentration of intellectual, material and financial capital, exceeding the capabilities of many small and even medium-sized European national economies. An indispensable condition for Europe to maintain its leading position, especially in technical sciences, is the development of scientific, technological and financial cooperation between EU countries, the creation of international research teams, especially in technologies that determine the achievement of the goals of digital and energy transformation.
During the two-day CETEF’24 conference, politicians, managers, scientists and technologists representing these countries will discuss how to strengthen and make more effective European scientific and technical cooperation, how to increase the participation of Central and Eastern European countries in it. I am deeply convinced that the CETEF’24 conference will make a valuable contribution to improving the instruments of European innovation and research development programs and will contribute to the expansion of international cooperation and the establishment of many personal contacts.
I wish all CETEF’24 participants a fruitful meeting.
Jerzy Buzek – Chairman of the CETEF Steering Committee
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great honour for us to invite you to the Central European Technology Forum – CETEF’24, which will be held in Krakow on 18-19 November 2024, on the eve of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
In the difficult time of growing global challenges and in the conditions of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the need to continue the long-term undertaking that is the Forum, enabling meetings and discussions of the new technology community and showing the technological potential of our region of Europe, is very strong.
We invite you to actively participate in the debate on the development of technical fields that are crucial for the success of the energy transformation in important technological areas. To achieve this goal, Europe should optimally use the strong research base, as well as the financial resources at our disposal, support the development of industry and the rapidly growing start-up sector.
This year, the two-day program of the Forum was enriched with study visits to leading Krakow research centers and the international networking meeting Horizon Europe Matchmaking Event. In this year’s edition, we invite you to seven technological conferences in the field, the topics of which range from innovative technologies of energy transformation, through innovations in automation, robotics and artificial intelligence, space and satellite technologies, innovations in biotechnologies, to materials engineering, agri-food technologies and social innovations in technologies.
This year’s edition of the Forum enjoys exceptionally great interest from the high-tech community, as evidenced by the record number of Partners of this event. We are pleased that both high-tech companies and leading universities and research institutes, as well as organizations representing an experienced group of engineers, PhD students and young scientists, both from Europe and beyond, have joined the cooperation. In particular, we value the direct involvement in the preparation of the Forum of the Mayor of the City of Krakow, which focuses on start-ups and technological development.
The European Commission has started work on the next, already 10th Framework Programme of Research and Innovation of the EU. The voice of the Polish high-tech community in the consultations on this program is clearly audible in Brussels. For the first time in history, the Media Partner of the Forum is the influential Science|Business network dealing with the topics of research and innovation policy and the Framework Programmes of the European Union.
What distinguishes the Central European Technology Forum – CETEF’24 from other international conferences is its focus on industrial technologies, openness to the world, the inclusion of the young innovators’ community, the debate on the shaping of the next 10th EU Framework Programme and building personal contacts between partners to undertake joint European projects. We hope that the high-class specialists gathered around CETEF’24 will show the way and prepare an action plan for the technological development of Europe.
Thanks to you, in November 2024, Kraków will become the European capital of advanced technologies and the industry of tomorrow. We hope that the exchange of ideas and experiences will be fruitful.
See you at CETEF’24!
Dr. Eng. Zygmunt Krasiński – President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technologies
Ewa Mańkiewicz-Cudny – President of the Management Board of the Federation of Scientific and Technical Associations, Central Technical Organization
Prof. Piotr Jedynak – Rector of the Jagiellonian University
Prof. Jerzy Lis – Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I cordially invite you to the fourth edition of the Central European Technology Forum in Krakow – an excellent city for creating cooperation networks to shape the future development of Europe. For years, we have been creating favorable infrastructural and financial conditions to support young companies, technology parks and industrial parks. We are a thriving scientific center, and employment in the area of research and development is constantly growing! Numerous technology transfer centers and special purpose vehicles of universities ensure a constant flow of knowledge to business. Every year, the number of institutions and enterprises ready to invest in Małopolska increases in our metropolis – also in the high-tech sector. We are ready to become the European capital of tomorrow’s industry thanks to your presence! See you
in November!
Aleksander Miszalski
Mayor of the City of Krakow