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:
When: May 8–9, 2026
Where: Poznań University of Technology, Poland
Tickets: ghostday.pl/#tickets
See you in Poznań!
Feels like a really strong lineup of applied ML work