Events

The winners of the first Pan-European EUvsVirus hackathon were announced. The three-day competition gathered an extra-ordinary number of participants – over 20,00. The aim of the event was to create innovative solutions in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. Representatives of the Poznan Center took part in the hackathon as mentors.

The topic of the event was the first Polish test for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Remote questions were answered by representatives of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where the test was developed. PSNC provided the technical support to to the event.

The European Commission invites you to take part in a Europe-wide hackathon aimed at developing innovative solutions to overcome the social problems caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. The event will take place this weekend 24-26 April 2020. PSNC is officially joining the action.

Chinese Shenzhen has been a partner city of the capital of Wielkopolska since 1993. Last Thursday (March 26, 2020), a videoconference between the Shenzhen hospital and specialists from the Jozef Strus hospital in Poznan was organized. The connection from Poland was technically supported by PSNC.

Together with the Board of Education in Poznań, we invite you to a webinar on 25 March 2020 at 12:15 p.m. on the implementation of the Regulation of the Minister of National Education of 20 March 2020. This legal act of 20 March 2020 concerns special solutions in the period of temporary limitation of the functioning of the units of the educational system in connection with preventing, counteracting and combating COVID-19.

At Friday’s press conference, the Director of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor Marek Figlerowicz informed that due to the continuing epidemiological threat and the need to extend the diagnosis of coronavirus infections, the Institute decided to support the Sanitary and Epidemiological Station in Poznań with its resources. The Poznań scientists are working on their test for the virus.

This is the second event in the last few days co-organised by PSNC, which aims to support the society in the face of the coronavirus threat. Today, we invite you to partcipate in a live broadcast of “The Rosary with Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki” from the private chapel of the Bishops’ Residence in Ostrów Tumski.

In order to counteract the epidemiological threat caused by the coronavirus, one of the theater performance was presented to a wider audience. It was possible thanks to the cooperation of the Teatr Nowy in Poznań with PSNC, which made a direct broadcast of the show “Stan podgorączkowy” on the Internet.

On February 26 and 27, 2020, in Geneva, a meeting of the OpenQKD project partners related to Quantum Key Distribution technology was held. Piotr Rydlichowski from PSNC’s Network and Service Infrastructure Department took part in the event.

The implementation of innovative ideas in the teaching process using innovative technologies, programs, devices and concepts – these are the main issues of the 11th edition of the “Better Education” conference. PSNC was the event’s partner.

On February 18, 2020, the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw will host a conference inaugurating the NLPQT project – National Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Technologies. PSNC is part of the Consortium working on the project.

On Tuesday, February 11th this year in the Wielkopolska Voivodship Office during the conference “Children and youth online. Functioning and counteracting threats”, the acts of appointment to the Wielkopolska Team for Child and Youth Safety took place. The appointment was also handed to Dr Cezary Mazurek, Director of PSNC.