Łukasz Paciorkowski is a Principal Architect and co-founder of Architects for Business (a4bee.com) – an independent group of technical professionals on a journey to digitize the world. He is focusing on translating business vision into technical solutions. His main areas of expertize are the Internet of Things, Cloud, Mixed Reality and Digitization in general. Previously Łukasz worked in Accenture as a Senior Manager and the IoT Domain Lead. As part of Accenture Digital, he was combining strategy, business and technology views to create end-to-end engagement plans for global corporations from multiple industries. Before that he worked as in IBM as an Executive Architect and a Cloud Advisor focusing on digital transformation enabled by the cloud. He was also a member of the IBM Academy of Technology Leadership Team where he was co-leading the Organic Innovation program. Łukasz is a frequent conference speaker and university lecturer where he is sharing his passion for technology and business. In a very visual, unconventional and sometimes provocative way, he is encouraging listeners to think outside-the-box and look at the technology topics from an unusual perspective. He holds Master degree in Artificial Intelligence and is a co-author of multiple publications and one pending patent.

EMD Millipore (doing business as MilliporeSigma) is about making life science research, development, and production faster, easier, and more effective. The company is a US-based subsidiary and one of four main divisions of Germany's Merck KGaA. Outside of North America, it is known as the Merck Millipore division. The company is a top-tier supplier of a comprehensive set of products and services primarily to pharma, biotech, and academic markets worldwide. Its product portfolio includes more than 60,000 active pharmaceutical ingredients, drug delivery compounds, chemicals and reagents, and instruments. With the parent company's 2015 acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich, EMD Millipore began operating as MilliporeSigma in the US and Canada.