Speaker Biography
Marcin Woźniak
CEO at Swarmcheck | President of the board at Optimum Pareto Foundation.
Designer of a discourse system for detection of disinformation in the “Infostrateg” research and development program of the Polish National Center for Research and Development. Recently this works found continuation in HORIZON project “TITAN: AI for Citizen Intelligent Coaching against Disinformation”. Marcin served as a project manager in numerous strategic, policymaking, and participatory projects for local governments conducted by Swarmcheck. As part of the Optimum Pareto Foundation, he regularly participates in popular science and educational projects in the fields of argumentation, critical thinking, collective intelligence, and combating disinformation. He participated in the founding of NGOs such as the Polish Effective Altruism Foundation, All In UJ, and the Polish Transhumanist Association. He participated as a mentor in the Kuźnia NGO (NGO Forge) project, representing the Optimum Pareto Foundation among 15 organizations selected as the best managed NGOs by people under 30 in Poland.
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