Honorary Patrons

Marietta Gieroń
Holder of commercial power of attorney | Operations Director

While studying at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University, she simultaneously completed the Academy of Capital Companies. She also completed the Data Protection Inspector Course, as she is convinced that the implementation of RODO minimizes the risk of data leakage incidents, which in the time of accelerated technological progress is a sensitive resource more than ever.

Łukasz Gawron
Chairman of the Board #CyberMadeInPoland

Graduate of international relations at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, where he also completed his BA studies. He coordinated the European Energy Hub project at the Institute of Public Policy. For many years associated with The Kościuszko Institute, where he was responsible for the organization of several CYBERSEC events. From January 2021 Vice-chairman and from December 2021, Chairman of the Board, of the first Polish Cybersecurity Cluster #CyberMadeinPoland in Poland. He has a PRINCE2 Foundation and Agile PM Foundation project management certificate.

 

Jarosław Kożuch
Chairman of The Kościuszko Institute

Graduate of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations at the Jagiellonian University. Coordinator of many international projects in cooperation with expert organizations in Ukraine, observer in Ukrainian presidential elections in 2004 during the Orange Revolution.

Associated with Kościuszko Institute for almost 20 years. Manager with many years of experience, business practitioner. He is interested in using new technologies in business.

 

Maciej Góra
CYBERSEC Project Manager

Maciej Góra is a Project Coordinator of the Kosciuszko Institute. He studied National Security at the Jagiellonian University, Cybersecurity at the AGH University of Science and Technology (both in Krakow) and International Relations at the Charles University, Prague. His research and professional interests include digital and cyber issues on a micro (reducing digital footprint, personal online safety) and macro scale (geopolitical dimension of cybersecurity, cybersecurity management, social processes related to digitalization, futurology).

Ewelina Kasprzyk
Programme Director | Chief Editor of the European Cybersecurity Journal

She holds MA in American Studies and MSc in International Relations (speciality: Strategic Studies), earned at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University. Her research interests were developed through both of her theses regarding respectively the impact of social media in shaping the political environment and Internet governance in the age of cyber warfare. After hours, she enjoys learning new languages and drawing.