Events

The international conference “Computer Methods in Mechanics CMM-2025)” took place in Łódź from July 8 to 11, 2025. It was a meeting of the Polish Society of Computational Methods in Mechanics (PTMKM), a member of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM). During the event, specialists from PCSS conducted a workshop entitled “Demystifying Quantum Computing: A Practical Introduction.”

Following a successful series of European Quantum Systems and Software Summits (EQS3) over the past three years, the fifth edition of this event was held in Poznań. This year’s three-day meeting (25-27 June) was co-organized by a renowned quantum expert dr. hab. inż. Krzysztof Kurowski with the support of the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS). EQS3 is a closed conference, aimed at the European scientific community and its international partners, with the primary goal of further shaping a common vision and strategy for the development of European quantum and hybrid systems.

Following a successful series of European Quantum Systems and Software Summits (EQS3) over the past three years, the fifth edition of this event was held in Poznań. This year’s three-day meeting (25-27 June) was co-organized by a renowned quantum expert dr. hab. inż. Krzysztof Kurowski with the support of the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS). EQS3 is a closed conference, aimed at the European scientific community and its international partners, with the primary goal of further shaping a common vision and strategy for the development of European quantum and hybrid systems.

We are thrilled to announce our institutional partnership with the “Quantum Babylon” exhibition, currently on display at the National Museum in Szczecin. The vernissage, held on 26 June 2025, drew not only contemporary art enthusiasts and admirers of Roman Lipski’s work, but also an international group of experimentalists who harness modern technologies to create new dimensions in art & science.

On 25 June 2025, PCSS hosted a special meeting of POLFAR, combined with the opening of the LOFAR ERIC European Research Infrastructure Consortium’s operations in Poland. Among the guests were representatives from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre, ESO, CTAO ERIC, and, of course, members of the POLFAR consortium, including PCSS.

Today at PCSS a significant step towards making Europe a leader in AI technology has been taken. The PIAST-AI Factory at the Poznań Center was selected by the European Commission to participate in the “AI Factories” program. This makes the Capital of Wielkopolska region a crucial driving force in the development of fields such as: IT, cybersecurity, space technologies, robotics, and sustainable development.

Today, under the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, EuroHPC JU inaugurated PIAST-Q in Poznań (Poland). This first inauguration of a EuroHPC quantum computer marks a milestone in building a European quantum computing infrastructure. This is also the first EuroHPC infrastructure located in Poland.

On 17 and 18 June 2025, the Digital Summit conference was held at the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk. This event created a space for discussion on Europe’s digital future, involving ministers, technology industry leaders, scientists, and representatives of the most innovative companies; Robert Pękal, the Director of PCSS, was among them. During the conference, Poland’s presidency of the EU Council in the area of digitalization was summarized, and common plans for this area of activity for the coming years were outlined.

At the NVIDIA GTC AI conference for developers in Paris (10-12 June 2025), the PCSS’ name appeared among the leading European institutions in the realm of quantum computing during the speech of the NVIDIA co-founder and CEO, Jensen Huang.

It’s official – next year’s TNC is going to take place in Helsinki (Finland), and the host of the conference will be a Finnish educational network CSC Tieteen tietotekniikan keskus.

On 11 and 12 June 2025, the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is hosting the annual EUROPEANA conference, dedicated to European cultural heritage. The event is organized by the Europeana Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the National Institute of Cultural Heritage, and the conference host – the POLIN Museum. This year’s edition is a part of Poland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. PCSS is represented at this event by Aleksandra Nowak (Head of the Digital Libraries and Knowledge Platforms Department) and Paweł Marciniak (Digital Libraries and Knowledge Platforms Department).