Events

On July 29, PSNC was visited by Deputy Prime Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz, Minister of Development. During the visit, the current and planned activities of the Poznan Centre in the field of support for the digital economy and digital society were discussed, as well as tasks carried out within the framework of PSNC Digital Innovation Hub – HPC4Poland.

Droniada is a cyclical event organized since 2014, allowing to show competence in the field of industry 4.0 technology, with particular emphasis on drones, ICT and systems for information analysis. This year’s edition (July 1-4, 2020) is accompanied by a hackaton and online workshops in which representatives of PSNC take part as speakers.

The Immersify project will be presented during NEM Summit 2020, which is organized online this year. The NEM Summit is an international conference and exhibition, organized since 2008 by the NEM Initiative for all those interested in broad area of Media, Content, and Creativity.

This Thursday, June 25, we invite you to take part in the first edition of the Smart City Wielkopolska conference, which will be held online. PSNC is a Partner of this event, and the main organizer is the Wielkopolska Investment Support Center (WCWI). One of the invited speakers is Cezary Mazurek, Ph.D. (PSNC).

Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center once again took part in organizing the 11th edition of Logistics Gala (18.06.2020), which due to a coronavirus pandemic was held online in the form of a webinar, broadcast from the studio in the CBPIO building.

On June 16, 2020, the official opening of the Air Traffic Control Center in Poznan near the Poznan-Lawica airport took place. The building was visited by, among others: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk, CEO of CPK Mikołaj Wild, CEO of PANSA Janusz Janiszewski. The ceremony was also attended by the PSNC management and the rector of the Poznan University of Technology. PSNC had its role in this event, as the building is now connected to the PIONIER network, and the PSNC drone was able to demonstrate live the operation of the electronic flight control system for PANSA UTM drones.

Due to the special international situation caused by the restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Immersify project could not be presented at the Cannes International Film Festival in May this year. In return, the project partners, in particular, PSNC and Ars Electronica from Austria, decided to showcase the final results in a demonstration that will take place on June 17 at 11:00 am CET and will broadcast online.

This year’s edition of TNC Conference, to be held in Brighton in the first half of June, was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The winners of the Medal of Honour, awarded annually by the Karel Vietsch Foundation, were announced during a specially organised on-line session on 11 June. The winners were Bartłomiej Idzikowski from PSNC’s New Media Department and Erik Kikkenborg from NORDUnet.

A remote lecture entitled: “Advanced technologies for immersive visualizations and 8K streaming” was organized in the 8K studio at the PSNC headquarters. This event was a part of the Modern Computer Networks course, led by Maciej Głowiak and Eric Skotarczak (PSNC New Media Department) for students of the Faculty of Computer Science of the Poznan University of Technology.

Preparations to the performance entitled: “Beniowski. Ballade without a hero” directed by Małgorzata Warsicka are in progress at Teatr Nowy in Poznan. Once again, PSNC will organize the broadcast online. This is already the third initiative of this type recently.

The Wielkopolska Team for the Safety of Children and Youth, chaired by the Governor of Wielkopolska Region Łukasz Mikołajczyk, invites school teachers from Wielkopolska to participate in a webinar devoted to the challenges faced by class teachers in times of remote education. The co-organizers of the event, which will take place on May 14th this year, will be the Wielkopolska Voivodeship Office, the Wielkopolska Education Office and PSNC.

This is yet another time during the outbreak of the coronavirus, that PSNC will organize a direct broadcast from Teatr Nowy (the New Theater) in Poznan. We invite you on Friday, 8th May to the performance „Dziewczynka z za/przyszłość boli tylko raz” directed by Mariusz Zaniewski. The event will be available through social media channels.