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It's a worldwide time filled with online initiatives.

These are hackathons, competitions and webinars that respond to the needs of modern society and a rapidly evolving world. We will go through the most important topics of digitization from scratch – supplementing knowledge and broadening horizons, the digital revolution, to a futuristic vision of the future. Choose your event! You can also organize an event with us, report it to us and become a GovTech Festival partner.

Week 4
23.11 - 29.11.2020
23.11
Digital Debutants #3
During the workshops, students learn how to use their resources in everyday life, how to install applications, how to use Internet e-mail, what are internet sources, and how to organize work on a computer. The facilitator of answers to questions and guides them through the successive topics to answer students' questions and guide them through the topics to answer students' questions and guide them through the successive topics to answer students' questions. During the workshops, practical knowledge is passed to the others and encourages everyone who would like to start from scratch how to use the computer of the day effectively and efficiently. Especially, on the occasion of the holidays, we decided to propose topics that will bring you closer to the knowledge of quickly navigating the Internet and using it, among others, for the implementation of tasks.
24.11
An Israeli Eye on A.I. - Embassy of Israel in Poland
The Embassies of Israel in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are pleased to invite you to “An Israeli Eye on A.I.”- an online conference focusing on Artificial Intelligence that will take place on the 24th of November 2020. The conference will bring together A.I. experts from different sectors from the V4 and Israel, that will discuss innovative solutions and best practices of A.I. technologies, alongside Israeli A.I. companies which will showcase their solutions.
24.11
INFO OPS EXE
In the exercise, the participant has the opportunity to face three basic practical tasks that introduce the process of identifying disinformation in a virtual information environment.
24.11
Showroom of the Factory of the Future hub4industry
The key point of the event will be a remote demonstration straight from the Factory of the Future, which will introduce the most important solutions and technologies of Industry 4.0. Participants will be able to learn about the latest production solutions, how they work in practice and what benefits they bring. Experts and practitioners of modern technologies will answer questions about planning and implementing changes in the factory: specific solutions, suppliers, costs and raising funds for investments.
24.11
Ethics of artificial intelligence: Expert Webinar
The Expert webinar "Ethics of Artificial Intelligence" dedicated to business and administration representatives with the participation of Mr. Robert Kroplewski (Ministry of Digitalisation, High Level Expert Group on AI) and Dr Sebastian Szymański (Warsaw University).
25.11 - 26.11
{no}code Bootcamp
It is a three-day series of workshops for those who want to learn how to effectively manage projects in remote work. Thanks to the Design Thinking method, participants will learn how to improve their idea and plan actions. They will also learn about no-code tools for remote work, available even for those who have no previous experience in using IT solutions. These tools will help to monitor progress and communicate effectively. Register and find out how to take the first steps in working on online projects!
25.11
Cyber Future - IT Conference for Business
CYBER FUTURE is a meeting of IT industry experts and entrepreneurs and people connected with the broadly understood business activity. The event is a space where it is possible to undertake both discussion and cooperation in the field of broadly understood information technologies. The programme of the CYBER FUTURE conference will focus on discussing the role of IT in business. The first parts will be divided into such problems as: tools, security or infrastructure (CRM, ERP, CMS, Cloud) - such a structured thematic scope makes Cyber Future a perfect place to find solutions adequate to specific business activity.
25.11
PAIH invites to Dubai Internet City
The Polish Investment and Trade Agency has invited Dubai Internet City, the leading tech business community in the Middle East region, which is located in Dubai, to discuss the opportunities Dubai and DIC can offer tech companies from around the world. Join us to learn more about Dubai, business hub of the middle east region, and the DIC, the ideal location to set up your business. You will get the opportunity to ask questions to both DIC and PAIH representatives and schedule one-on-one meetings.
25.11
Strong Women = Strong IT
How to start a career in technology? Why is it worth creating various teams also in IT areas? During the meeting, they will share their experiences, among others programmer and project manager from the perspective of long and short work experience. It will be an opportunity to ask a question and learn about the professional history of women working in the Allegro technology department. The meeting is aimed at female and male students of IT and technology, and anyone interested in a professional career in this area.
26.11
Debate "2021 Year of Stanisław Lem - the prophet of technology"
In his work, Lem very often asked about the role of man in the development of new technologies. He looked at innovations with a humanistic and a little suspicious eye. He saw emerging technologies as an opportunity, but also as a threat. He connected two worlds: the humanistic world with the technological one. This is also what the debate will focus on - bringing together representatives of these two worlds. Participants in the debate: Participants: Piotr Witwicki - moderator (Polsat News, privately a fan of Lem's works, member of the Program Council of the Lem Institute), Justyna Orłowska - Prime Minister's Plenipotentiary for GovTech, Director of the GovTech Polska Program, Robert Paszkiewicz - VP, Central and Eastern Europe at OVHcloud, Wojciech Zemek - former secretary of Stanisław Lem, Barbara Schabowska-Maszenda - Director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Maciej Kawecki - President of the Board of the Lem Institute. The debate starts at 18:00.
26.11
Venture Cafe Thursday Gathering - E-commerce & Digital Habits
On Thursdays, hundreds of people from every part of the innovation community gather to enjoy, connect and learn from each other. This event is called the Venture Café Thursday Gathering – the central innovation community event in Warsaw. Participation is always free for everyone.
26.11
Digital State - DigitalPoland
Digital State – learn great ways how public sector can embrace innovation. Our Speakers will present how they have implemented technological solutions in various state offices and agencies. Digital State is to share knowledge about how digitalisation helps to build a truly modern state and local governments. This is an fully online event.
26.11
Blockchain Technology and its Benefits for Public Administration Sector
The Foreign Trade Office of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) in Tashkent jointly with the Fund for Support of Digital Economy Development “Digital Trust” of the National Agency for Project Management under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan invites for the webinar on the blockchain technology applications in the public administration sector. The webinar is organized in collaboration with SI-Consulting Sp. z o.o. (part of the IMPEL Group), Blockchain Poland Association and LITPAY sp. z o.o.
27.11
Digital Ethics - the consumer and technology
During the webinar we will talk about how consumers and technology users perceive it in the context of moral and ethical standards. We will reflect on the ethical concerns that are emerging in different dimensions of the market and try to find out why and when technology can become a source of manipulation. Together we will look for answers to questions about the level of security in the world of technology and think about the high risk of our behaviour in the digital space.
27.11
HackJunior
National competition for primary school youth as part of the Govtech Festival - an event organized by the GovTech Polska Department of the Prime Minister's Office. The event is open to students and teachers from primary schools from all over Poland.
27.11 - 29.11
HackYeah
The largest stationary hackathon in Europe. The event brings together people from many industries: programmers, UX designers, graphic designers and product managers. Participants face the task of solving a specific problem on a global scale. To this end, they form groups of 6 and work together to solve a selected task, thus fighting for high cash prizes.
27.11 - 29.11
GameJam
The event lasts for three days, during which developers and video game designers will be able to create a completely new game while collecting attractive prizes. For all those interested in following Game Jam, a lot of attractions await, including a visit to the event by interesting guests. Registration will be on-line at hackyeah.pl. There will be a possibility to create a whole new team. Teams will consist of up to 6 people.
28.11
I click with a brain - what does it mean?
The UKE & Foundation's "Zwalcz nudę" webinar, entitled "Klikam z głową" ("Clicking with Wisdom") is a part of the free webinars series entitled "Opanuj nudę" ("Get over boredom"). The Internet is a source of both fun and learning. We click at it frequently. We click willingly. We click almost everything we can. But is it possible to click consciously? What does that even mean? How do we make our clicks not only enjoyable but also safe? We would like to invite you to a webinar concerned with web security, which the representatives of the Electronic Communications Office will tell us about.
28.11
Artificial Intelligence in everyday life
a creative competition for students. ZIPSEE Digital Poland in partnership with the National Information Processing Institute National Research Institute, GovTech and the Łódź Special Economic Zone are announcing a competition for secondary school students. There are electronic equipment and attractive financial prizes to be won. The competition task is to create a multimedia work on the presence of artificial intelligence in everyday life or ideas for the development of artificial intelligence - these can be, for example, photos, videos, computer programs and everything that comes to your mind creative. Surprise us! What counts is the unconventional nature, creativity and functionality of the proposed solutions. Works must be sent by January 20, 2021 to the following address: kontakt@cyfrowapolska.org