Events

In February 2022, the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC), affiliated with the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, became the first institution in Central Europe to join the IBM Quantum Network. Now, by signing a membership agreement with PSNC, the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan is joining the IBM Quantum Network Hub at PS

After two years, the Crisis Management Workshop (CLAW) – crisis management event for the GÉANT community – returned to the stationary form at the headquaters of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. For two days (November 29-30), participants of the meeting discussed, but also took part in practical activities to jointly solve a crisis in the fictional academic network GuilREN.

On November 26, 2022, the Art&Science space hosted a workshop on motion capture technology. Three demonstrations were presented during the one-day event. The workshop was organized by Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center in cooperation with Animatsuri Association and VocaLive.

On November 23, 2022, the 7th edition of the European Laryngological Live Surgery Broadcast will be held at the Polish Optical Internet Research Center, the headquarters of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. The session is organized by the European Laryngological Society, the Department of Otolaryngology at Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, and the Health and Social Issues Department of Poznan City Hall.

On November 21, 2022 at the headquarters of the Marshal Office of the Wielkopolska Region, a gala was held, summarizing the art contest “Superheroes in the fight against the pandemic” organized for elementary school under the REGIONAL COVID-HUB project. The organizers of the contest were the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.

The second edition of the PLANET-ON international climate hackathon will be held for two weend days – November 19 and 20, 2022 – in the spaces of PSNC Future Labs at 20 Zwierzyniecka Street in Poznan. Attractive prizes await the best originators.

After a two-year break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Supercomputing – the world’s largest conference bringing together the international HPC community, has returned to its traditional, stationary form. Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center together with the PIONIER Consortium (14-17.11.2022) will present the most relevant projects and activities durung the SC22 exhibition hosted in Dallas, Texas.

On November 15, 2022, the Institute of Human Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznan will host the second edition of the Hematology Day, organized within the framework of the European NEXT_LEVEL project. This year’s event will be devoted to CAR-T in the treatment of hematological cancers. PSNC will conduct a live broadcast from the conference.

On November 3, 2022, the final gala ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology to summarize the ‘AI4Youth Artificial Intelligence’ competition, aimed at students of public secondary schools and vocational technical schools participating in the ‘AI4Youth’ pilot project. The programme is a unique educational journey, covering 4 stages and allowing young people to gain knowledge and practical skills to create their own project using Artificial Intelligence.

The conference of PRACE-LAB Services and Infrastructure Users took place on October 27-28, 2022. The aim of the event was to present the scientific achievements implemented using the PRACE-LAB infrastructure within the framework of national and international research grants.

PRACE-LAB Summit 2022 is the first edition of the meeting, bringing together both users and providers of advanced computing services within the PRACE-LAB project. On October 24 and 25, a project meeting was held at the headquarters of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, while the following two days were devoted to the Users’ meeting.

For two days, on October 20 and 21, 2022, the Poznan Economic Congress was hosted at the Municipal Stadium in Poznan. This innovative event consists of multiple panels with experts to increase and exploit the potential of Wielkopolska Region for the development of Poland. The Congress also includes discussions, meetings and networking of business, economic, political, social and local government partners.