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MATCHMAKING:
B2B International Matchmaking Event INTARG® talks organized by the European Europe
Network and the Upper Silesia Fund. The workshop was organized by the Future Industry
Platform and company “Mamy Energię”
ARTISTIC SETTING:
Both the inauguration and the final gala were provided with a rich artistic setting: a
performance by multi-instrumentalist Agata Zamirska and a concert during the closing
gala by artists Jerzy Jarosik, Piotr Wojtasik, Bartłomiej Kalicki, Michał Barański and Kacper
Kałuża. PROMOTION IN THE MEDIA, VISITORS It was with satisfaction that we observed TV,
radio and press journalists who spent many hours at the Show interviewing exhibitors,
resulting in numerous reports and ‘live’ reports on TV and radio, as well as articles
in the press and in social media - so important for disseminating the achievements of
exhibitors and promoting their innovative solutions and inventions and the event as a
whole. The Show attracted a great deal of interest from visitors representing a variety
of backgrounds - both professionals - entrepreneurs, as well as those interested in
technical and technological innovations as a hobbyist. The visitors also included school
and university students.
GUESTS OF HONOUR
Among the guests of honor who graced the inauguration and the final gala with their
presence were:
• Mariusz Jankowski Head of Investor Services Department of the City of Katowice
• Marco M. Alemán – Director at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• Alireza Rastegar – President of the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA)
• Edyta Demby-Siwek – President of the Polish Patent Office
• Joanna Kupka -Deputy Director of the Innovation and Communication Department Patent
Office of the Republic of Poland
• Eva Krováková – Director at the Patent Office of the Czech Republic
• Wiparat De-ong – Director, National Research Council of Thailand
• Sirirurg Songsivilai, Ph.D., M.D., Chairman of the National Research and Innovation
Promotion Commission of Thailand
• Arief Ramadhan – Economic Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Warsaw
• Prof. Dr. Marek Pawełczyk – Vice-Rector for Science and Development of the Silesian
IFIA Magazine September 2024 Cooperation of the Upper Silesian and Zagłębie Metropolis GZM
University of Technology)
• Łukasz Łata – Deputy Director of the Department of Socio-Economic Development and

Eddie Shih – Director of the World Intellectual Property Association
• Agata Jasik – Director of PIE Office, Environmental Specialist
• Andrzej Pakulski – President of the Polonia International Foundation
• Marlena Miąsko – Vice-President of the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice
• Piotr Wojtas – President of the Silesian Council of NOT FSNT in Katowice

of the Silesian University of Technology
• Lucyna Sikora – Director of the Enterprise Europe Network Centre, Upper Silesian Fund
S.A.
20 • Magdalena Letun-Łątka – Director of the Centre for Incubation and Technology Transfer