{"id":2215,"date":"2026-10-21T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cognitivescience.umk.pl\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2026-10-29T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:15:52","slug":"2nd-expert-congress-human-centric-ai-ai-and-advanced-technologies-between-innovation-and-responsibility-development-risks-and-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cognitivescience.umk.pl\/index.php\/2nd-expert-congress-human-centric-ai-ai-and-advanced-technologies-between-innovation-and-responsibility-development-risks-and-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Expert Congress HUMAN-CENTRIC AI. AI and Advanced Technologies \u2013 Between Innovation and Responsibility: Development, Risks, and the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a co-organizer, the Department of Cognitive Science at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144 has the honor of inviting you to the 2nd Expert Congress HUMAN-CENTRIC AI, organized by the Centre for Security Studies and Education at the University of Wroc\u0142aw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Congress serves as a platform for dialogue among science, business, public administration, and civil society on the responsible shaping of artificial intelligence development and digital transformation. We invite researchers, experts, practitioners, business leaders, administration officials, and innovators who wish to co-create a constructive debate on the future of AI and emerging technologies. The Congress places particular emphasis on security issues: cybersecurity, information security, cognitive warfare, and the role of AI in defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> October 20, 2026 (Tuesday), 08:00\u201317:15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of Wroc\u0142aw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lead Organizer:<\/strong> Centre for Security Studies and Education, University of Wroc\u0142aw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Co-organizer:<\/strong> Department of Cognitive Science, Center for Cognitive Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Event Website:<\/strong> cseb.uwr.edu.pl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Security \u2013 The Central Theme of the Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main organizer of the Congress is the Centre for Security Studies and Education (CS&amp;E) of the University of Wroc\u0142aw, and security-related issues run throughout the entire program. Session IV (13:30\u201314:45) is entirely dedicated to &#8222;Security, Power, Information,&#8221; followed by presentations delivered by speakers from the Cybersecurity Department of the Ministry of National Defence (MON) and the General Tadeusz Ko\u015bciuszko Military University of Land Forces (AWL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Autonomy, security, and responsibility in the world of algorithmic decisions<\/strong> \u2013 Col. Micha\u0142 Malinowski, PhD, Eng., Cybersecurity Department, Ministry of National Defence (Session IV).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cognitive warfare<\/strong> \u2013 Engineered forced migration as an instrument of cognitive warfare (Col. Ireneusz Kulesza, PhD; Tomasz Ka\u0142do\u0144ski, AWL, Session IV); Cognitive processes in the face of cognitive threats in the algorithmic world (Assoc. Prof. Kazimierz Nagody-Mrozowicz, AWL, Session VI); Responsibility in cognitive warfare (Assoc. Prof. Teresa Grabi\u0144ska, AWL, Session VI).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI in defense<\/strong> \u2013 Battlefield management: opportunities and threats (Assoc. Prof. Rados\u0142aw Rudek, AWL, Session IV) and building trust in multinational military operations (Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Czai\u0144ska, Szymon G\u00f3ral, AWL, Session IV).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Information security and control over information<\/strong> \u2013 &#8222;AI Quo Vadis? Security or Control over Information?&#8221; (Assoc. Prof. Mariusz Fr\u0105czek, AWL, Session VI).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cyber threats and societal resilience<\/strong> \u2013 Cyber threats targeting adults and children, and AI in education and defense (Krzysztof Konieczny, Session III); Building societal resilience through educational processes (Assoc. Prof. Ilona Urych, War Studies University \/ ASzWoj, Session IV).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Biological and intelligence threats<\/strong> \u2013 AI in risk assessment and biological threat identification in Lower Silesia (Andrzej Jarynowski, PhD, Session V); The role of advanced technologies in Russian intelligence operations, including child recruitment (Agnieszka Merchut, Session V).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This theme directly ties into our team&#8217;s presentation: the mechanisms of attention and emotional manipulation employed by modern technology constitute a vital dimension of cognitive security for both individuals and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Presentation by the Department of Cognitive Science \/ Center for Cognitive Science (NCU) Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Session III \u00b7 11:25\u201312:25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lies, Scrolling, and AI: How Technology Exploits the Brain&#8217;s Biological Mechanisms, Weakens Agency, and Transforms Social Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 Prof. Arkadiusz Gut, Prof. Jacek Matulewski, Jan Nikadon, MSc, Andrzej Zykubek, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We warmly invite you to attend the presentation and join the discussion during the Q&amp;A session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a co-organizer, the Department of Cognitive Science at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144 has the honor of inviting you to the 2nd Expert Congress HUMAN-CENTRIC AI, organized by the Centre for Security Studies and Education at the University of Wroc\u0142aw. 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