Poland
Name of organisation POLISH SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
PWN/WYDAWNICTWO NAUKOWE PWN SA
Address1 ul. Miodowa 10
Address2
Town Warszawa
Postcode 00-251
Country Poland
Phone (48)(22) 69 54 001
Fax (48)(22)826 71 63
E-mail grzegorz.boguta@pwn.com.pl
URL www.pwn.com.pl
Managing Director Grzegorz Boguta
Delegate 1 Grzegorz Boguta
Job title President
Responsibilities
Delegate 2
Job title
Responsibilities
Company size 500+
Key activities PWN was founded in 1951, privatized in 1992 and
transformed into a joint stock company in 1997. With over 350
titles and 30 journals published last year, Polish Scientific
Publishers PWN (Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA) is Central
Europe's leading publisher of scientific, educational and
professional literature as well as works of reference.
Key products Encyclopedias and Polish-language dictionaries are the main
items among PWN's wide range of publications. PWN also
publishes other books pertaining to the sciences and
humanities, such as academic and school textbooks). In
addition, PWN has begun to enrich its offer with multimedia
publications, including the first Polish multimedia
encyclopedia, up-graded every year, the PWN Computer
Dictionary of the Polish Language, as well as the educational
game Billion in Mind based on a successful TV quiz
co-produced by PWN and recently published The Great
Encyclopedia of the Tatra Mountain. Several new products are
scheduled for this year, including Polish Multimedia History
and A Dictionary of Tradition and Culture.
EU projects 1.Legisaltion for the Book World, Conference organized by
Council of Europe, Warsaw 1996
2. EuroPrix MultiMediaArt '98, Salzburg 1998
3. ENHANCEMENT FRANKFURT RIGHTS INFORMATION
SYSTEM (EFRIS), Frankfurt 1998/1999
Non-EU funded projects
Countries of Interest
No Austria No Belgium No Czech Republic
No Denmark No Estonia No Finland
No France No Germany No Greece
No Hungary No Iceland No Italy
No Latvia No Lithuania No Luxembourg
No Netherlands No Norway No Poland
No Portugal No Republic of Ireland No Romania
No Slovakia No Slovenia No Spain
No Sweden No Switzerland No UK
Specific Sectors
No Authoring and Design Systems
Yes Content Management and Personalisation
No Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Yes Education and Training
Areas of Interest
No 3D and virtual reality
No Applications software
No CD-ROM/DVD/Multimedia
Yes Content Owner
Yes Search engines
No Security and payment systems
No Systems hardware
No Systems integration
No Transaction and e-commerce
No User interfaces
No Web design
Areas of Specialisation
No 3D and virtual reality
No Applications software
No Artificial intelligence
Yes CD-ROM/DVD/multimedia
Yes Content Owner
No Search engines
No Security and payment systems
No Systems hardware
No Systems integration
Yes Transaction and e-commerce
No User interfaces
No Web design
Name of organisation Politechnika Krakowska (Cracow University of
Technology)
Address1 ul. Warszawska 24
Address2
Town Krakow
Postcode 31-155
Country Poland
Phone (+48)12 634 10 19
Fax (+48)12 634 10 19
E-mail pr@admin.pk.edu.pl
URL http://www.pk.edu.pl
Managing Director Marcin Chrzanowski
Delegate 1 Krzysztof Nowak
Job title M.Sc.
Responsibilities Web designer &
administrator
Delegate 2 Janusz German
Job title Ph.D.
Responsibilities Distance learning
Company size 500+
Key activities University of technology (architecture civil ,environmental ,
electrical, chemical and mechanical engineering)
Key products 13,000 students, 1,200 graduates annually
EU projects TEMPUS JEPs : 1087 , 8098
COPERNICUS CIPA : 0194/94
Non-EU funded projects Numerous research projects sponsored by KBN (State
Committee for Scientific Research)and industry sponsored
projects
Countries of Interest
Yes Austria No Belgium No Czech Republic
Yes Denmark Yes Estonia No Finland
No France Yes Germany No Greece
Yes Hungary No Iceland No Italy
No Latvia No Lithuania No Luxembourg
No Netherlands No Norway No Poland
No Portugal No Republic of Ireland No Romania
No Slovakia No Slovenia No Spain
Yes Sweden No Switzerland No UK
Specific Sectors
Yes Authoring and Design Systems
No Content Management and Personalisation
No Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Yes Education and Training
Areas of Interest
Yes 3D and virtual reality
Yes Applications software
Yes CD-ROM/DVD/Multimedia
No Content Owner
No Search engines
No Security and payment systems
No Systems hardware
No Systems integration
No Transaction and e-commerce
Yes User interfaces
Yes Web design
Areas of Specialisation
Yes 3D and virtual reality
Yes Applications software
Yes Artificial intelligence
No CD-ROM/DVD/multimedia
No Content Owner
No Search engines
No Security and payment systems
Yes Systems hardware
No Systems integration
No Transaction and e-commerce
Yes User interfaces
Yes Web design
Name of organisation VULCAN MEDIA Sp. z o.o.
Address1 ul. Grabiszynska 281
Address2
Town Wroclaw
Postcode 53-234
Country Poland
Phone + 48 71 3609521
Fax + 48 71 3609521
E-mail leszek@vm.wroc.pl
URL
Managing Director Leszek Lewoc
Delegate 1 Leszek Lewoc
Job title President
Responsibilities Overall strategy
Delegate 2
Job title
Responsibilities
Company size 11-50
Key activities VULCAN MEDIA is a software and editorial house prepering
electronic and multimedia publications. We usually work with
or for major Polish book publishers as PWN, WSiP, Bellona.
Key products The PWN Multimedia Encyclopaedia - first Polish electronic
encylopaedia
Encyclopaedia of Military Aviation - a joint work with Bellona
Publisher Adam Mickiewicz a Multimedia Almanac - work, life
and times of Polish greatest poet
Friendly Test - a series of testing software for schools,
prepared with PWN School Publisher
Der Die Das - German language course
EU projects
Non-EU funded projects
Countries of Interest
No Austria No Belgium Yes Czech Republic
No Denmark No Estonia No Finland
No France Yes Germany No Greece
No Hungary No Iceland No Italy
No Latvia No Lithuania No Luxembourg
No Netherlands No Norway No Poland
No Portugal No Republic of Ireland No Romania
No Slovakia No Slovenia No Spain
No Sweden No Switzerland Yes UK
Specific Sectors
Yes Authoring and Design Systems
Yes Content Management and Personalisation
No Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Yes Education and Training
Areas of Interest
No 3D and virtual reality
No Applications software
No CD-ROM/DVD/Multimedia
No Content Owner
Yes Search engines
Yes Security and payment systems
No Systems hardware
No Systems integration
No Transaction and e-commerce
No User interfaces
No Web design
Areas of Specialisation
No 3D and virtual reality
Yes Applications software
No Artificial intelligence
Yes CD-ROM/DVD/multimedia
No Content Owner
Yes Search engines
No Security and payment systems
No Systems hardware
No Systems integration
No Transaction and e-commerce
Yes User interfaces
No Web design