Minister of Science at AGH University

During the visit, the AGH University authorities also referred to the organisation and implementation of a Polish accelerator within the DIANA programme (Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic) and the prospects for its establishment with Krakow Technology Park. The aim of the acceleration activities is to support the development of cutting-edge dual use technologies which could be applied in line with NATO's security needs.

Also present at the meeting were Professor Jerzy Jedliński, Dean of the Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, and Professor Krzysztof Wojciechowski who introduced the Minister to a project developed at the Faculty devoted to efficient thermoelectric modules which may be widely applied in the field of energy engineering. The prototype solution with power density that exceeds that of photovoltaic cells, prepared in cooperation with researchers from the Łukasiewicz Research Network and the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, has the potential to compete on the European market but also with companies from the thermoelectric technologies sector worldwide. At the meeting, the Minister of Science learnt about possible perspectives for the development of this project as well as opportunities for the commercialisation of the future-oriented solution.