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International Interdisciplinary Forum of Innovative Medicine — one day on which clinicians, engineers, researchers and managers talk about artificial intelligence in medicine without jargon and without distance.

16 October 2026
starts at 9:00
Medical University of Silesia, Katowice
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Prof. Tomasz Francuz, MD, PhD
Prof. Tomasz Francuz, MD, PhD
Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice,
Medical University of Silesia

Invitation

You are warmly invited to the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to the fourth edition of the International Interdisciplinary Forum of Innovative Medicine. Artificial intelligence remains the leading theme — this time we ask not what is possible, but what already works at the patient's bedside and how AI can support medical education.

I2FIM is a space where clinicians, engineers, researchers and managers speak one language. I trust that on this day, too, the conversations in the corridors will matter as much as those in the lecture hall.

See you on 16 October.

Programme

International Interdisciplinary Forum of Innovative Medicine — the artificial intelligence edition

Date
16 October 2026
Start
9:00
Venue
Medical University of Silesia, Katowice
Programme as PDF
Opening

Forum opening

9:00–9:10
Prof. Tomasz Francuz, MD, PhD
Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia
Session 1

From idea to implementation. How to deploy AI in healthcare?

9:10–10:05
4 talks (10–15 min) + 10 min discussion
Chairs:Prof. Zbigniew Nawrat (Foundation for Cardiac Surgery Development and Medical University of Silesia; Zabrze) · Marcin Leśniewski, MD, PhD (Medical University of Silesia)
  1. Przemysław Czuma
    Orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, MBA; PSSiM
    15 min
    Artificial intelligence as a tool for making tools
  2. Agata Wijata, PhD
    Department of Medical Informatics and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology; Zabrze
    10 min
    The "black box" in clinical practice – how to build explainable AI models we can trust?
  3. Marzena Krawiec
    Digital transformation leader in healthcare; Katowice
    10 min
    AI innovation in the organisation. Do clinicians and managers speak different languages about the same thing?
    AI deployments seen from the perspective of a hospital manager, and the language gap between clinicians and managers.
  4. Roman Bieda
    Attorney-at-law and patent attorney, lecturer at Kozminski University; Warsaw
    10 min
    How to train AI under a lawyer's watchful eye?
    Selecting training data under Article 10 of the AI Act, its impact on model bias, and the legal consequences.
Short break · 10:05–10:15
Session 2

AI in theory and practice, part 1

10:15–11:00
3 talks (10–15 min) + 10 min discussion
Chairs:Prof. Tomasz Francuz (Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia) · Marzena Krawiec (Digital transformation leader in healthcare; Katowice)
  1. Prof. Lee Hwee Kuan
    Senior Principal Scientist, Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR; Singapore
    15 min
    Topic to be announced
  2. Daniel Ledwoń, PhD
    Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology; Zabrze
    10 min
    Towards Personalised Treatment of Retinal Diseases through AI-enabled Comprehensive Patient Assessment
  3. Andrzej Michnik, PhD
    Electronics engineer, Łukasiewicz Research Network — Krakow Institute of Technology; Zabrze
    10 min
    How to talk to a small Bielik (a Polish LLM)?
    A small local generative model for Polish: the trade-off between responsiveness and answer quality.
Coffee break · 11:00–11:20
Session 3

AI in theory and practice, part 2

11:20–12:05
3 talks (10–15 min) + 10 min discussion
Chairs:Prof. Marcin Basiaga (Dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology; Zabrze) · Tomasz Jaworski (Director of the Commercial Projects Management Department, Medical Research Agency (ABM); Warsaw)
  1. Murat Bilici
    Surgeon and data scientist; Basel, Switzerland
    10 min
    Teaching Machines to Read PubMed — All of It
    OKF (Open Knowledge Format) — an open knowledge format as the successor to classic RAG.
  2. Daria Hemmerling, PhD
    Department of Measurement and Electronics, AGH University of Krakow
    15 min
    Beyond Wearables: From Everyday Data to Clinically Meaningful Cardiovascular Phenotypes
  3. Mikołaj Basza, MD
    Physician, new technologies expert at the Silesian Medical Chamber; Katowice
    10 min
    AI on call: practical applications in cardiology
Panel

Artificial intelligence in education. How will AI change the face of universities?

12:05–12:45
  • Prof. Marcin Basiaga
    Dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology; Zabrze
  • Prof. Tomasz Francuz
    Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia
  • Joanna Mercik, PhD
    Institute of History, University of Silesia in Katowice; leader of the GRAI section at the Ministry of Digital Affairs
  • Agata Wijata, PhD
    Department of Medical Informatics and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology; Zabrze
  • Prof. Zbigniew Nawrat
    Foundation for Cardiac Surgery Development and Medical University of Silesia; Zabrze
  • Moderator
    Bartosz Ziółko, DSc, Prof. AGH
    AGH University of Krakow
Coffee break with snacks · 12:45–13:10
Session 4

AI in theory and practice, part 3

13:10–13:50
3 × 10 min + 10 min discussion
Chairs:Przemysław Czuma (Orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, MBA; PSSiM) · Prof. Wojciech Wolański (Department of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology; Zabrze)
  1. Marek Trojanowicz
    Senior Consultant, IDEAS Research Institute & Co-Founder, BrainScan.ai
    10 min
    From breakthrough invention to painstaking deployment. Why not all that glitters is AI?
    How hard the road from a good solution to real-world deployment is, and why the best inventions do not always win.
  2. Elżbieta Maria Piątkowska, PhD
    Senior Venture Architect
    10 min
    MDR, the AI Act and innovation: a practical guide to certification in medtech
  3. Przemysław Jędrusik
    Head of the Centre for Distance Learning and Educational Outcomes Analysis, Medical University of Silesia; Katowice
    10 min
    Intelligent decentralisation: client-side LLMs and swarms of digital agents
Break · 13:50–14:00
PSSiM session

Contributions from association members

14:00–14:50
4 × 10 min + 10 min discussion
Chairs:Bartosz Ziółko, DSc, Prof. AGH (AGH University of Krakow) · Joanna Mercik, PhD (Institute of History, University of Silesia in Katowice; leader of the GRAI section at the Ministry of Digital Affairs)
  1. Marcin Szeliga
    Data scientist and machine learning trainer; Katowice
    10 min
    How AI understands medical knowledge: from meaning to clinical decision support
    Embeddings, vector search and RAG, illustrated by a decision support system for orthopaedic implant infections.
  2. Rafał Siedlarz
    President of the AKCJA PROFILAKTYKA Association; radiographer
    10 min
    Can AI save lives and patch the healthcare budget? Prioritisation strategy as the key to efficiency
    AI triage in diagnostic imaging: managing the patient queue and escalating critical findings.
  3. Kamil Więcek, Ania Adamiak
    OpenEHDS Foundation; Warsaw and Łódź
    10 min
    EHDS in practice — from regulation to real-world uses of health data and AI
    Interoperability (FHIR), secondary use of data, proof-of-concept examples.
  4. Ireneusz Szott
    Hearing care professional, PSSiM, Krakow
    10 min
    AI solutions in hearing diagnostics
Oxford-style debate · 14:50–15:35

An infallible machine should replace the fallible human

The decision we make today will shape the future. For the purposes of this debate we assume there is no point in fooling ourselves: if we let artificial intelligence develop without limits, it will ultimately surpass us in every respect — it will take people's jobs and replace them in medicine too. Only halting that development gives humans, doctors included, a chance of still being needed in the future.

No half-measures are on the table — the "human together with AI" option is out. Either a working human or an all-knowing machine. Which side are you on?

Debate marshalMarcin Leśniewski, MD, PhD
DebatersProf. Zbigniew Nawrat · Marzena Krawiec · Marcin Szeliga · Rafał Siedlarz and students
Closing

Forum closing

15:35–15:45

Working programme — as of 13 October 2026. Coffee breaks with snacks during the forum. PSSiM session: Polish Association for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine · inteligencja.org.pl

Previous editions

Three editions — over five hundred participants on site and online

Since the first forum in April 2025 we have met in Piekary Śląskie, Katowice and Zabrze. Summaries of all editions, session topics and patronages are collected on a separate page.

See previous editions
The lecture hall during the AI edition, 2025
Forum participants
The audience of the first forum
The organising team of the 3D edition with a social robot

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  • BrainScan.ai
  • ISMR — International Society for Medical Robotics
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