Developing LLMs in Poland: Opportunities, Challenges, and the CEE Perspective

Poland is now a leader in generative AI adoption, with 63% of adults using AI tools (higher than most European countries). Local open-source LLMs like Bielik, have proven business value and strong community support, but the ecosystem still faces major hurdles: limited funding, talent shortages, and fragmented collaboration between academia, business, and government.This roundtable will focus on:
- What are Poland’s real chances to build competitive, sovereign LLMs for business, government, and society?
- How can Poland and the CEE region leverage strengths, such as high adoption, strong communities, and emerging AI infrastructure to compete globally?
- What are the main barriers (funding, organizational, regulatory, talent) and how can we overcome them?
- How can we foster better cooperation between universities, industry, open-source communities, and public institutions?
- What can we learn from Western and open-source LLM initiatives, and how do we ensure models meet local needs and regulatory standards?The goal: identify actionable steps to accelerate LLM development in Poland and CEE, and to move from being just AI users to becoming creators and exporters of advanced language models.

More information and the application form can be found here: https://infoshare.pl/conference/round-tables/