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Record-breaking Made in Wroclaw 2025! Power of Synergy – at the Wroclaw Congress Centre

With over 2,000 participants, making it a record-breaking edition, 40 exhibitors, 100 speakers and special guests, and 11 months of preparation, the two-day Made in Wrocław 2025 event is underway. On 16 October, the Wroclaw Congress Centre at the Centennial Hall is the heart of innovation, business and technology thanks to the ninth edition of Made in Wroclaw organised under the slogan ‘Power of Synergy!’. Today, the conference and the open EXPO zone bring together leaders, visionaries and start-ups from across the region and around the world.

Karolina Misztal from the Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency opened the conference – the most important event at Made in Wroclaw 2025 – by recalling this year's slogan, ‘Power of Synergy’ i.e. the power of synergy and cooperation, which are the foundation of development, and invited Jakub Mazur, Deputy Mayor of Wroclaw, to the stage. On behalf of Jacek Sutryk, Mayor of Wroclaw, he welcomed the participants, company presidents, scientists, entrepreneurs, local government officials and students gathered in the Congress Centre.

This is a day that most of us here in Wroclaw and Lower Silesia have been waiting for. During the 9th edition of Made in Wroclaw, we are showing that this is a celebration of innovation and a place where ideas gain power. Here, we boldly represent courage and creativity. This courage means looking to the future with respect for the past. In the City of Meetings, the Power of Synergy is very familiar to us and we are guided by it. Cooperation and a bold, innovative strategy are important in our local government policy

Jakub Mazur, Deputy Mayor of Wroclaw.

Michał Rado, Deputy Marshal of the Lower Silesian Province, emphasised that Made in Wroclaw is a platform for the exchange of experiences and cooperation between science, business and local government. ‘This force can achieve anything together. We meet in Wroclaw and the region, which is innovative and supports entrepreneurship. Thanks to this, we are able to attract major international brands.’ he noted.

Dr Magdalena Okulowska, President of the Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency, thanked the partners and patrons of the event and the ARAW team for organising Made in Wrocław.

Made in Wroclaw grew out of our local pride, but also out of the extraordinary openness for which we are so famous. Openness to new ideas, projects, perspectives and new people from all over the world. Made in Wroclaw is a story about our path to success, building our advantage, but also a constant conversation about how to maintain and multiply these successes. This is especially important in times when everything is accelerating and changing rapidly. Thank you for coming, because you are Made in Wroclaw and Made in Lower Silesia

Dr Magdalena Okulowska, President of the Wrocław Agglomeration Development Agency.

A strong opening to the conference – Prof. Michał Kosiński, ‘Making Sense of Modern AI’

The main stage of Made in Wroclaw, an event dedicated to the synergy of innovation, belonged to a thinker whose work has been resonating around the world for years: Prof. Michał Kosiński from Stanford University.

His speech, entitled ‘Making Sense of Modern AI’, was a dose of sobering knowledge and intriguing questions about how new technology is revolutionising and changing societies.

The professor began with the history of artificial intelligence. He emphasised that today's AI is completely different from that of 10-15 years ago and is still changing. He recalled the famous chess match between Grandmaster Kasparov and Deep Blue, which ended with the IBM machine winning the rematch in 1997. ‘Kasparov won the first match in 1996, but in 1997, the computer defeated the world champion in the decisive game, becoming the first system in history to defeat a human world champion in a regulation match,’ he emphasised.

Then came 2016 and modern artificial intelligence in the game of Go – AlphaGo – Lee Sedol. The game of Go has long been considered the ‘Holy Grail’ for artificial intelligence because it has an astronomically large number of possible configurations. Traditional search-based AI methods (as in chess) were ineffective. AlphaGo used a modern approach: deep neural networks.

AlphaGo's victory showed that AI can master fields that require intuition, creativity and strategic reasoning, not just pure computing power

Prof. Michał Kosiński.

Prof. Michał Kosiński, a social psychologist and data scientist, is a world-renowned lecturer at Stanford University (Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Graduate School of Business). He is considered one of the leading specialists in the field of psychometrics and is ranked among the top 1% of most frequently cited researchers.

  • His fame stems from his pioneering research at the intersection of psychology,
  • Big Data and artificial intelligence, focusing on studying people through the analysis of digital traces left on the internet (e.g. on digital platforms).

It was a strong opening to the conference, which immediately took the Wrocław debate to a global level – it was in Lower Silesia, thanks to Kosiński, that business and technology leaders confronted the most social challenges of the AI era.

Today, knowledge, people and innovation are what count

This year, the conference is built around three pillars:

  • knowledge,
  • people,
  • innovation.

Among the knowledge-related topics discussed by the event participants were the transformations associated with the development of Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence and digitalisation. Representatives of science and business are discussing how to create effective partnerships between universities, industry and start-ups in order to respond effectively to the challenges of the new era, as well as how to build the economy of tomorrow in Lower Silesia.

Another topic that aroused a lot of emotion was the combination of psychology and AI in the context of solving real social and economic problems.

Inspiring speeches and innovations at your fingertips

The part of the event devoted to human capital addressed the following issues:

  • building new bridges between Poland and the United States,
  • changes in the labour market,
  • the role of people as the driving force behind technological development,
  • migration,
  • intergenerational challenges,
  • leadership development,
  • investment in education, upskilling and reskilling
  • thinking outside the box.

The conference stage will host a series of inspiring speeches by leaders who are bringing real change to their industries and showing that innovation starts with people.

They presented a report and signed an agreement

The part of the conference devoted to innovation addresses issues such as solutions that are already within reach today, and whose implementation depends only on good cooperation, strategic decisions and a little bit of daring. In this part of the event, you can learn about groundbreaking projects created by local innovators - from artificial intelligence, through the aerospace and fintech industries, to energy and security.

One of the main points on the agenda is the premiere of a report presenting the current situation of the Lower Silesian start-up scene, ‘Wroclaw & Lower Silesia Startup Ecosystem Report’.

Today's meeting also includes the signing of a letter of intent on cooperation between the Wrocław Agglomeration Development Agency and the International Institute for Advanced Telecommunications Research (ATR) from Kyoto (Japan).

Key points of the Made In Wroclaw 2025 Conference

  • Keynote Speech: ‘Making Sense of Modern AI’ – opening speech of the conference – Prof. Michał Kosiński from Stanford University, world-renowned expert on AI and psychology.
  • Discussion Panel I: ‘Knowledge in action: how to build the economy of tomorrow in Lower Silesia’ – A conversation about strategic directions for regional development.
  • Presentations on semiconductors: An important item on the agenda, highlighting Poland's growing role in the global technology supply chain.
  • ‘5 minutes, 5 ideas’: Dynamic presentations of innovative projects by Wroclaw scientists and start-up founders, covering topics from city acoustics to robotics (e.g. Łukasz Koźlik from Clone Robotics).
  • Innovation Showcase: Quick presentations of breakthrough technologies (including AI, aerospace, fintech, energy) prepared by global corporations and local brands, e.g. Scanway S.A. (‘Polish eyes in space’) and Capgemini Polska (‘Innovations that save lives’).
  • Report premiere: Presentation of the latest ‘Wroclaw & Lower Silesia Startup Ecosystem Report’, which analyses the potential of the local startup scene in detail. 

EXPO: Technology and Networking Zone

Parallel to the conference, the Congress Centre hosts an EXPO zone open to everyone (free admission after registration). It is a kind of ‘innovation park’ where you can see, touch and test the latest technologies created in Wroclaw with your own eyes. What you can see at EXPO:

    • Over 40 exhibitors presenting groundbreaking solutions in areas such as medicine, climate, drones, robotics, Industry 4.0 and space technologies.
    • The opportunity to talk directly with the creators of innovations and establish valuable business contacts.
    • Stands of companies, universities and start-ups that are driving the future of the region.