Vistula Valley

Vistula Valley is a global network of the brightest minds of Poland, its diaspora and international partners: a community of leaders, founders, scientists, engineers, investors, artists, designers and entrepreneurs, connected by Polish culture and ambition. Its vision is to empower Polish culture and talent to shape world-leading impact through coordinated soft-power networks, and its long-term ambition is to position Poland, the Polish diaspora and their partners as a leading cultural force and one of the world's top economic ecosystems. By its own count, in its first year the network hosted 13 events in 7 cities around the world, made more than 100 curated introductions and built one community platform. It is registered as a California Mutual Benefit Membership Corporation, and its next stage is formal membership and official chapters in San Francisco, New York and Warsaw; the Warsaw chapter is led by the investor and entrepreneur Bartek Kurylak. Four principles, which it calls the Compass, guide every collaboration: collaboration over individualism, recognition by substance and track record rather than titles, global reach with local roots, and giving back without keeping score. The first anniversary is planned for the 2026 Global Polonia Summit in Miami. At the 2026 festival the network co-hosted a community mixer with WarsawJS and Machine Cinema.