|
Organizers
The Armament Agency is responsible for carrying out tasks aimed at ensuring the conditions necessary to achieve the required operational capabilities of the Polish Armed Forces. In particular, the Armament Agency is responsible for defining equipment requirements for identified operational needs, initiating research and development activities, and conducting procurement procedures for military equipment and services for the Polish Armed Forces, along with related construction investments. The agency also oversees the quality of delivered products, prepares and supervises offset agreements, and manages intellectual property rights arising from research and development work.
The Military University of Technology, established by the Act of 1951, is a public academic institution overseen by the Minister of National Defense. As an open technical university, it serves the Armed Forces, science, economy, and society. It educates cadets and students, develops its academic and teaching staff, and conducts scientific research and development work in the fields of natural sciences, engineering, and social sciences, with a particular focus on military technology and security technologies. It collaborates with academic institutions both in Poland and abroad.
Conference Supervisors
Brig. Gen. Michał Marciniak, Ph.D. Eng.
is the Deputy Head of the Armament Agency and the Plenipotentiary of the Minister of National Defense for Integrated Air & Missile Defense Program. He is responsible for all aspects connected with new Integrated Air & Missile Defense System, including acquisition, training, technical specification, logistic package and sustain, infrastructure, as well as development of unit organization. Commissioned in 2000 as a graduate of Military University of Technology – master’s degree of engineering – aircraft and helicopters avionics. In 36th Special Airlift Regiment he has commanded helicopter maintenance unit and logistic section. In 2004 graduated Academy of National Defense – Air Force Management Postgraduate Studies and was posted to 36th regiment’s staff. In 2008 Brig. Gen. Marciniak graduated security assistance course in DISAM (USA) to be prepared for staffing position as an Air Force Affairs Officer in Foreign Services Division (FMS Office), Armed Forces Procurement Department, Polish Ministry of National Defence. Additionally, on behalf of the Undersecretary of State – National Armaments Director, Brig. Gen. Marciniak was C-130 FMS Program Coordinator. In 2011 Brig. Gen. Marciniak was appointed to a position of Armament’s Program Branch Chief in Aviation Technique Division in Armament Inspectorate. After that he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Aviation Technique Division. During his service in aviation area he supervised the acquisition of JASSM and JASSM ER missiles, FMS follow-on support cases for F-16s, aviation simulators, C-295M and M-28 aircraft acquisition. From mid-2016 until the end of 2021 he was responsible for acquisition and development to the Polish Armed Forces VIP aircrafts – Gulfstream G550 and Boeing B737-800/BBJ2. In 2017 he was appointed as the Plenipotentiary of the Minister of National Defense and since that time he was focused on Integrated Air & Missile Defense Program development. In 2019 he earned PhD in Engineering in Air Force Institute of Technology in Warsaw. In 2022 appointed for the position of Deputy Head of the Armament Agency and in 2023 promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.
Brig. Gen. Prof. Przemysław Wachulak, D.Sc. Ph.D. Eng.
is a professor of sciences and rector-commandant of the Military University of Technology. His works on the development of new laser-plasma sources and their applications in nanoscience and nanotechnology. He is a member of national and international scientific societies. For his works, he obtained several national and international scholarships and awards. A graduate of the Military University of Technology, which he graduated with 1st place in 2004 at the Faculty of Electronics, in the field of electronics and optoelectronics. He also completed postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Cybernetics of the Military University of Technology in the field of European integration and international security. He started his professional military service in 2004 in the 3rd Road and Bridge Regiment in Chełmno as a platoon commander. In 2005 – 2008 he was a Ph.D. student at the Colorado State University in the United States, wherein 2008 he obtained a doctoral degree. In 2009, he began his military service at the Military University of Technology at the Institute of Optoelectronics as a senior engineer, assistant, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor. In 2013, he obtained his habilitation degree at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw. On 30th of July, 2018, the President of the Republic of Poland awarded him the title of professor of technical sciences. On 29th November 2022 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general by the President of the Republic of Poland. He is an author and co-author of 1 book, 11 chapters in monographs, 114 JCR publications, 120 articles from other peer-reviewed journals, and over 330 conference abstracts. His work focuses on the development of new laser-plasma sources for the generation of extreme ultraviolet and soft X‑ray radiation for applications in nanoimaging, holography, absorption spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography, or radiobiology. He has participated in many national and international scientific conferences, including over 30 invited lectures and presentations. He is a member of national and international scientific societies, incl. Polish Young Academy of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Committee of Metrology and Scientific Apparatus of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Committee of Electronics and Telecommunications of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the American Chemical Society ACS, the Polish Society of Synchrotron Radiation PTPS. He is also a topical editor of the Applied Optics journal from 2017. During his academic career, he was a principal investigator in 7 projects, incl. financed by the National Science Center and the National Center for Research and Development (LIDER program). He also participated in 17 other domestic, foreign, and international projects. He obtained a scholarship from the Foundation for Polish Science (2009 – 2011) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2011 – 2014). Winner of many awards. For scientific and military activities he received the R&D 100 award (the USA, 2008), Young Scientist Medal (2014), Silver Medal for Merit for National Defense (2014), Medal for Merit of the Republic of Poland, 3rd class (2018), Silver Medal of the Armed Forces in the Homeland Service (2018) and the award of the Minister of National Defense (2013 and 2019).
Scientific Committee
Prof. Adam KAWALEC, D.Sc. Ph.D. Eng. – chairman (Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
Lt Col Witold BUŻANTOWICZ, Ph.D. Eng. – vice chairman (Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
Prof. Jean-Marc LE CAILLEC, D.Sc. Ph.D. Eng. (IMT Atlantique, Nantes, France)
Prof. István BALAJTI D.Sc. Ph. D. Eng. (Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary)
Peter A. GROGNARD M.Sc. Eng. (Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium)
Lt Col Josef ČASAR, Ph.D. Eng. (University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic)
Stanisław KACHEL, D.Sc. Ph.D. Eng. (Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
Jan PIETRASIEŃSKI, D.Sc. Ph.D. Eng. (Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
Col (Ret.) Tomasz JAKUSZ, Ph.D. Eng. (Armament Agency, Warsaw, Poland)
Lt Col Łukasz KISZKOWIAK, Ph.D. Eng. (Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
Marta WALENCZYKOWSKA, Ph.D. Eng. (Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
Maj Piotr TUREK, Ph.D. Eng. – secretary (Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
Organizing Committee
Col Jarosław GĄSIOR, Ph.D. Eng. – chairman (Military University of Technology)
Col Grzegorz POLAK, Ph.D. Eng. (Armament Agency)
Agnieszka HRYNKIEWICZ, M.A. (Military University of Technology)
Dominika BIAŁOBRZECKA, M.A. (Armament Agency)
Capt Jakub MAJCHROWICZ, M.Sc. Eng. (Military University of Technology)
2nd Lt Jakub DYJAK, M.Sc. Eng (Military University of Technology)
2nd Lt Natalia DANIEL, M.Sc. Eng (Military University of Technology)
Kacper BAKUŁA, M.A. (Armament Agency)
Kinga TUSZYŃSKA, M.A. (Armament Agency)
Cdt Scpl Aurelia ADAMCZAK (Military University of Technology)