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Programme Board

Create The 12th International PMI PC Congress we are based on the opinions of the members of our Program Board. It brings together practitioners and experts from different market sectors and organizations of all sizes. Every year, Program Board recommend the Congress slogan, key areas and topics that are important for project management.

This year, the flagship “Drive For Connection – People.Business.Technology” presents, on the one hand, presents a continuous drive to develop in terms of project management, both project managers and organizations (DRIVE), but also the need to combine and integrate multiple areas of knowledge and teams to improve performance (CONNECTION). During this year’s edition, we want to show you in three paths, the side of development of soft skills (Excellence In Leadership), the need to understand the specificity of the organization (Business and Strategy), but also we want to present the different types of projects that are currently affecting many organizations (Digital Transformation).

Purpose

The purpose of the Program Board is:

  • provide conference participants with the appropriate selection of areas and topics discussed during the Congress
  • recommendation and choice of speakers with theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the area of ​​specialization.

With great commitment, they watch over quality and content of the entire program of the 12th International PMI PC Congress to make the participants feel special during the most prestigious and recognizable event for the project management community in Poland.

The Program Board of the 12th edition includes:

  • Bartosz Górczyński
    Bartosz Górczyński
    Moderator
  • Szymon Pawłowski
    Szymon Pawłowski
  • Michał Rączka
    Michał Rączka
  • Maciej Bodych
    Maciej Bodych
  • Agnieszka Krogulec
    Agnieszka Krogulec
    Steering Committee, Programme Board
  • Małgorzata Miernik
    Małgorzata Miernik
    Steering Committee, Programme Board
Bartosz Górczyński
Moderator

For 25 years he has been involved in the IT industry in Poland and in the world. Manager, consultant, coach and social activist.

In his early years, he worked in commercial IT companies specializing in the management of customer service organizations. He managed nationwide service organizations and complex projects.

In 2000 he founded and managed CTPartners S.A., a consulting and training company, which became a leader in the management of IT service organizations. He was its president until 2012, as well as a trainer and consultant.

Bartosz is an active member of global IT organizations. He co-founded Help Desk Institute in Poland and acted as a founding member of the itSMF Association, where he was a long-term Chairman and in 2012 he was elected to the itSMF International Chairman.

Since 2014 he has been managing the CIONET community in Poland, which was set up by the Polish branch in mid-2014. CIONET is the 360 CIOs and IT Directors in the community who meet, share knowledge and experience, create interesting content, and collaborate on many ambitious fields.

Szymon Pawłowski

He graduated from the Cracow University of Economics and doctoral studies in management studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. Project manager, consultant and trainer with many years of experience in managing consultancy and implementation projects, currently working with Inprogress Ltd. He specializes in issues related to the implementation and operation of project management offices (PMO). It has PMP certificates, PRINCE2 Practitioner, TSPM, P3O Foundation.

A member of the Project Management Institute since 2012, PMI Poland Chapter is also the deputy editor of the quarterly magazine “Strefa PMI”. In his spare time he reads (mainly literature), wandering in the mountains, sailing, sailing. He leads the blog “PMO and surroundings”.

Michał Rączka
Project management expert, experienced in new technologies & digital leadership fields. In 2015 and 2016 named as the Top 100 Influencer in the Project Management Industry. Currently, he is the Head of IT Strategy and Project Management at mBank S.A and Leader of Advisory Board at the PMI Poland Chapter. He is also a project management lecturer at the Executive MBA programs and at the EY Academy of Business. He has conducted several organisational changes involving the optimisation of project management methods and agile transformations and is passionate about lean and agile approaches. Always keeps Team in the centre. Value and results focused with lean and agile approach. Individual with proven achievements in project & business management, process improvement and team leadership. Experienced in managing geographically distributed, multi-disciplinary projects and customer teams. Capable of leading and motivating individuals to build cohesive teams. Experienced in project excellence awards assessments. Conference speaker. Strategic Advisor. Lecturer. Volunteer. Mentor.
Maciej Bodych

Maciej is an expert in PMO, project and project portfolio management. He led IT and consulting projects in project management and project portfolio management, project office implementation and organizational maturity model assessment (including OPM3 ® and CMMI models). Trainer of mentioned subjects. Since many years experienced specialist in PPM system implementation.

In 2007-2010 worked as a Project Portfolio Manager at Raiffeisen Bank Poland, where he was responsible for implementation and management of the Bank's project portfolio, coaching and mentoring project managers; implementing project management methodologies. Since 2003 associated with the Project Management Institute (PMI ® ), where he was, President of the Warsaw Branch and of the Polish Chapter and the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Since 01.01.2011 has worked as PMI mentor responsible for Eastern Europe and as advisory in PMI Board Advisory Volunteer Committee.

He is a certified PMP, ACP, PfMP and also has certifications in field of quality (Six Sigma Green Belt and BlackBelt, ISO), software engineering (RUP, testing) and IT tools (IBM Rational, MS Project). He is an author of many articles in the field of project management and co-author of book: “PMO. Practise of implementation project and portfolio management in an organization” which describes the experiences with the implementation of the PMO and portfolio management in Polish organizations.

The founder and owner of training and consulting company WHITECOM Project Experience which specializes in the implementation of customized, integrated services in the field of project management and project portfolio (PMI®)

Agnieszka Krogulec
Steering Committee, Programme Board

Experienced project management expert, certified project manager (PMP®, PRINCE2®), mentor, coach and business trainer. For many years involved in the project management environment and the promotion of good practices. An active member of the PMI Poland Chapter, a Board Member, since June 2016 the President of the PMI Poland Chapter.  Assessor of the Project of the Year Award (PMI) and Polish Project Excellence Award (IPMA), juror at Enactus World Cup in Beijing and in Johannesburg. Member of Vital Voices Poland Leadership & Mentoring Network.

Several years of professional experience with cross-industries (financial institutions, gas and oil, telecom, real estate). Within Deloitte, implemented a number of projects focused on business process optimization, M&As, organizational and human-capital development for organizations in Europe. In 2010-2015, Manager of Projects Unit/PMO Lead at Strategy and Planning Department in KIR SA. Currently she manages implementation projects regarding the innovative payment solutions for banks and acquirers.

Passionate about social leadership, is involved in projects aiming to bring in quality change in order to make the world a better one, in line with her motto: Be the change you want to see in the world (Szlachetna Paczka, Project Management Kids Camp, Enactus).

Keen on mountaineering, traveling, exploring new worlds and cultures, and Latin American dances.

Małgorzata Miernik
Steering Committee, Programme Board

Project manager at Citigroup and banking insurance specialist.  She manages projects passionately in an international environment. Currently, leads teams and manages projects in the EMEA region. Passionate about managing global programs and projects.

Graduated from SGH Warsaw School of Economics in finance and accounting. She is an effective leader and organizer of conferences, events both at work and as a volunteer.

Volunteer in PMI PC since 2012. Besides, she is a vise-president of Education and Development in Warsaw Chapter PMI PC. Also, she is responsible for organizing International PMI Poland Chapter Congress since 2014.

Fascinated with travelling and learning about new cultures and places.