The 7th edition of the Digital Festival, Poland's largest event combining new technologies with digital education, has just come to an end. For six weeks the festival showed how important connectivity is in everyday life, business and administration. This year's theme – "connectivity as the lifeblood of a modern state" – perfectly captured what was happening throughout Poland.
In an era when American and Chinese social media platforms dominate our infosphere, Europe faces the challenge of regaining full control over democratic processes, cultural identity and information sovereignty. Today, the vast majority of disinformation is generated by bots and entities outside Europe. This was demonstrated, for example, by the events of the weekend – the revelation of the source of the account on X.
We received this award for nearly two years of intensive work by the Digital Seniors Coalition. From the outset, this initiative has had one clear goal: to ensure that senior citizens in Poland not only keep up with the digital revolution, but also become full participants in it.
The second edition of the Symfonia Digital Day conference, held under the patronage of the Digital Poland Foundation, brought together hundreds of business leaders, experts and representatives of public administration. The event, organised by Symfonia in cooperation with the Digital Poland Foundation, the Digital Business initiative and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, and under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Development and Technology, focused on the strategic dimension of digitalisation. The National e-Invoice System (KSeF) was not only a technical challenge here, but also a starting point for a broader discussion on the future of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Poland.
Together, we will consider how technology changes people and how people shape technology. The event brings together experts from academia and business to explore the positive impact of technology on society.
At the end of October, an important meeting organised by the European Commission and chaired by EU Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva took place in Brussels. The meeting was devoted to the creation of a new fund – the Scaleup Europe Fund. It is a multi-billion fund supporting the most innovative European technology companies.
The Digital Poland Foundation, as a strategic partner, is proud to support the 2nd edition of the Competition for the best theses on artificial intelligence in Poland. This is a joint initiative promoting young researchers and innovators who develop and analyse the impact of artificial intelligence on technology, the economy and society.
You praise others, but you don't know your own. Warsaw is a very interesting example of a smart city in the world! This is confirmed by the latest IMD Smart City Index 2025, in which the Polish capital rose by as many as 10 positions and took a high 28th place among the 146 cities from around the world analysed.
Today Onet Rano hosted Piotr Mieczkowski, managing director of the foundation, who talked about the foundation's latest report and the ongoing 7th Digital Festival
Has the internet become as important to us as electricity or water? The latest Tech4Society 2025 report prepared by the Digital Poland Foundation leaves no doubt: as many as 76% of Poles believe that digital connectivity is a critical infrastructure, without which it is difficult to imagine everyday life.
