On May 8–9, Poznań hosts GHOST Day: Applied Machine Learning Conference. This isn’t a high-level “strategy” summit; it’s a gathering for the people who spend their days building real-world ML systems. No corporate fluff. Just math, code, and breakthroughs.

It’s a rare opportunity to see what research teams from the world’s top AI institutions are actually working on.

The Lineup: Featured Speakers & Topics

• Michal Valko | Isara Labs

“The Genesis of Predictive Architectures: How AI Can Extract Meaning from Unlabeled Data”

• Przemysław Biecek | Centre for Credible AI

“Decode AI: A Few Thoughts on How to Analyse Complex Models (and Why)”

• Ondřej Dušek | Charles University in Prague

“How (Not) to Find Errors in LLM Outputs?”

• Pierre Ménard | Meta

“ARE: Scaling Up Agent Environments and Evaluations”

• Sagar Vaze | @MistralAI

“What’s Next in Vision Language Models?”

• Rebekka Burkholz | CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security

“Towards AI that is Smart and Sparse”

• Marina Esteban-Medina | ETH AI Center

“Learning Drug Responses Across Domains for Precision Oncology”

• Ivan Cimrak | University of Zilina

“If Mammography AI Works, Why Isn’t It Everywhere?”

• Karolina Drożdż & Kacper Dudzic | IDEAS Research Institute

“Patterns vs. Patients: Evaluating LLMs against Mental Health Professionals on Personality Disorder Diagnosis”

The roster also includes dr. Bartosz Naskręcki, Witold Wydmański , Krzysztof Ociepa, prof. Artur Dubrawski (Carnegie Mellon), and Mateusz Olko.

Why It’s Worth the Trip

• Real Recruitment: Sponsor booths from Allegro, AMD, Datarabbit, Google, and Pearson aren’t just there for branding. They are actively looking for talent. Bring your CV.

• High-Signal Networking: After the first day, we’re heading into central Poznań for a networking event. It’s the best place to debate architectures with people who actually know what a transformer is.

• Community Driven: The event is organized by the incredible team at Poznań University of Technology

Deep Dive: The Interviews

If you want to hear more about the vision behind the conference, check out the full interview with the GHOST Day team:

• English: fast-takeoff.com/p/ghost-day-2026

• Polish: trajektorie.pl/p/ghost-day-2026-wywiad

When: May 8–9, 2026

Where: Poznań University of Technology, Poland

Tickets: ghostday.pl/#tickets

See you in Poznań!

Next Frontier AI is the Europe’s most radical initiative designed to discover and define the next paradigm of artificial intelligence.

Managed by SPRIND (Germany’s Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation), this initiative provides the funding, freedom, and ecosystem required to establish three new Frontier AI Labs in Europe.

After successful stops in Paris and Munich, Next Frontier AI is landing in Warsaw on April 22. A €125 million funding pool is now accessible to Polish teams:

• 10 selected European teams will each receive €3 million in non-dilutive funding (zero equity taken).

• The top 3 teams can receive an additional €23.5 million over two years.

• The Ultimate Goal: A structured path to raise up to €1B to build a full-scale European Frontier AI lab.

If you are an AI researcher or deep-tech founder working on the next breakthrough—whether it’s radical new architectures, world models, or agentic systems—this is the platform to scale your hypothesis.

The event features a high-caliber lineup of researchers, operators, and investors:

• Carsten Dirks (SPRIND): Next Frontier AI Lead and former COO of Aleph Alpha.

• Prof. Tomasz Trzciński (Warsaw University of Technology): Director of ELLIS Unit Warsaw and NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper recipient.

• Prof. Krzysztof Pyrć (Foundation for Polish Science): Renowned virologist and head of the Jagiellonian University Virology Lab.

• Aleksandra Pedraszewska (vastpoint): Deep tech VC and early leader at ElevenLabs.

• Callum Hill (Creator Fund): Investor specializing in early-stage scientific founders and AI.

Registration is free of charge, and you can sign up at the link below:
https://luma.com/nfai-warsaw?tk=5IRfMv

I hope you will be there.