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The Digital Oscars have been awarded! Here are 20 outstanding technology leaders from the past year.

The 18th TIME Economic Forum is behind us, during which the Digital Poland Foundation presented the statuettes known in the technology industry as the ‘Digital Oscars’ for the eighth time. Twenty outstanding personalities from the world of business, science and administration, who are shaping our digital reality with the greatest courage and effectiveness, have made it onto the prestigious Digital Shapers 2025 list. From the creators of global AI solutions, through outstanding educators and scientists, to the leaders of great transformations. Meet the people who are turning technological visions into measurable successes and changing Poland for the better.

The Digital Oscars have been awarded! Here are 20 outstanding technology leaders from the past year.

The 8th edition of Digital Shapers gala during the 18th TIME Economic Forum is behind us. We announced 20 winners of this prestigious list – outstanding personalities who, in 2025, shaped the digital world and the new technology market in Poland with the greatest courage and success.

We invite you to view the photo report from this unique event!

Here are this year's winners:

In the Education category:

  • Sylwia Czubkowska, journalist

  • Patryk Zakrzewski, Demagog Association

  • Tomasz Karwatka, Catch the Tornado

  • Katarzyna Starosławska, Bielik AI

In the Innovation and Technology category:

  • Andrzej Anton, Autopay

  • Prof. Agnieszka Dobrzyń, Nencki Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

  • Piotr Garstecki, Scope Fluidics

In the Investments category:

  • Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dabkowski, ElevenLabs

  • Rafal Modrzewski, ICEYE

  • Kacper Nowicki, Nomagic

In the Digital Transformation category:

  • Jaromir Pelczarski, Diagnostyka

  • Adam Sawicki, TVN Warner Bros. Discovery

  • Paweł Orlof, Veolia Energia Warszawa

In the Visionary category:

  • Prof. Piotr Sankowski, IDEAS Research Institute

  • Prof. Wlodzislaw Duch, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

  • Marianna Sidoroff, Ministry of Development and Technology

In the Cooperation category:

  • Piotr Nowosielski, Aula Polska

  • Marciński Włodzimierz, Broad Agreement for Digital Skills (SPRUC)

  • Paulina Muszyńska, Startup Wroclaw, Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency (ARAW), Startup Poland

Full profiles of the winners, along with the Digital Academy's justification, can be found in a dedicated article in Business Insider Polska and our press release.

During the event, the Polish Chamber of Commerce for Electronics and Telecommunications also presented an award on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Office of Electronic Communications and the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.

We warmly congratulate them on this prestigious distinction!

We would also like to express our gratitude to the List Partners and Media Partners – without you, this project would not have been so successful: Baker McKenzie Polska, Fujitsu, Polpharma, Ringier Axel Springer Polska, Symfonia, T-Mobile Polska, TVN Warner Bros. Discovery, Visa. Thank you for being with us!

Autor: Fundacja Digital Poland