8 May 2024
Międzynarodowe Centrum
Kongresowe in Katowice
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10:00-12:00

  • Inauguration. Europe – transforming for the future

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    10.00-10.40 | Inauguration of the 16th European Economic Congress

    10.40-12.00 | Europe – transforming for the future

    • Transformation, development, security. The summary of Poland's 20 years in the EU. Priorities of the Polish presidency. The new architecture of European security: solidarity, effort, geopolitical conditions. Ukraine in Europe – prospects for support, cooperation, membership. Strong and resilient, modern and attractive – what Europe do we want and how can we make it happen?

    • Economy, competitiveness, technologies. The global competitiveness of Europe's economy: potential, expansion, investments. Change towards sustainable economy and energy transition: where are we? What are we doing? What do we want? Digital transition, knowledge-based economy, innovations and creativity. Free market, communication and media vs. socio-economic development.

    • World, cooperation, investments. The Polish and European economies as perceived by investors from the Gulf.

12:30-14:00

  • Poland’s 20 years in the European Union

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    From a summary to the future. Poland in the EU – a new opening? Poland’s relations within the European Union versus our position on the international arena. EU 2004 and 2024: where we were, where we are: about the greatest enlargement of the EU and experiences that are useful today. Entrepreneurs, companies, exporters who have built their position in the past 20 years. Regions, cities and local government in the stream of transformations of the last two decades.

    Award ceremony in the "Our, My 20 Years" competition organized in connection with the 20th anniversary of Poland's presence in the European Union.

    • Jerzy Buzek

      Position: Member of the European Parliament, President of the European Parliament 2009–2012; Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland 1997–2001; Chairman of the Programme Board of the EEC

    • Teresa Czerwińska

      Position: Vice-President, European Investment Bank

    • Michał Kobosko

      Position: Deputy Chairman, Polska 2050

    • Adam Krzanowski

      Position: CEO, Co-Founder, Nowy Styl

    • Andrzej Szejna

    • Konrad Szymański

      Position: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2015–2019, Minister-member of the Council of Ministers between 2019–2020, Minister for European Union Affairs between 2020–2022

    • Maciej Zakrocki

      Position: Journalist, TVP Info

  • Education – a system to be improved

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    Changes in the education system in Poland – what kind of changes and how to make them so as not to cause harm? Desired changes in the education system in response to: technological developments, current and future labour market demands, volatility and instability in the economy, new models of social relations. How to heal the finances of Polish education? Staffing for education. The problem of the exodus of people from the teaching profession in Poland. Earnings and prestige of the teaching profession. Teacher training system. New roles for teachers and how to prepare for them?

  • Climate policy and sustainable economy

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    Climate policy and the economy – business in transition. Green investment – how to initiate and fuel; the role of the financial sector? Green business: motivations, transparency of actions, results. How will the findings of the global climate summit (COP 28) affect the European and global economy? European Green Deal in crisis? Can the EU economy cope with the new requirements? A current problem – the strong acceptance deficit of EU climate policy. Industries under particular pressure. New legislative initiatives related to taxonomy and reporting versus national realities and costs – opportunities for smaller entities to adapt. The role of the state, large financial sector players and companies in decarbonising Poland’s economy.

  • Female leaders: women’s time

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    Experienced female leaders and aspiring female leaders. Models and experience. Aspirations and their costs. What drives them to action? What impact do they have? What changes do they want, what are they fighting for?

    • Magdalena Bezulska

      Position: General Director, President of the Management Board, Veolia term SA

    • Joanna Burnos

      Position: Founder of LEADERIS Institute, Member of the Advisory Board of The Alliance of Her

    • Magdalena Chudzikiewicz

      Position: Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Board Member, home.pl

    • Urszula Jarosz

      Position: President of the Management Board, Transition Technologies-Systems

    • Anna Rulkiewicz

      Position: President, LUX MED Group, Deputy President, Lewiatan Confederation, President, Employers for Health Association

    • Olga Sobieraj

      Position: Founding Partner, Strategic Advisor, OLGA SOBIERAJ & Co

    • Magdalena Taczanowska

      Position: President and owner, Swiecąc

  • Talking about Europe and the world

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    European cooperation in the context of current geopolitical challenges. Threats and collective security. Transformation, commodities, fuels. Investment and the rule of law. Logistics and supply chains. Europe and its economic relations with countries in Asia and Africa.

     

    • Saad Saleah Alsaleh

      Position: Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Republic of Poland

    • Małgorzata Bonikowska

      Position: President, Center for International Relations and THINKTANK Leaders Hub, Assistant Professor, European Center, University of Warsaw and Vistula Academy of Finance and Business

    • Ewelina Dobrowolska

      Position: Minister of Justice of Lithuania

    • Yasser Faquih

      Position: Deputy Minister for Economic Research and Analysis, Ministry of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia

    • Aleksandra Helbin

      Position: Editor, WNP.PL

    • Alim Kirabayev

      Position: Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Poland

    • Robert Rostek

      Position: Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    • Anastase Shyaka

      Position: Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to Poland

    • Jennifer Tyldesley

      Position: Minister-Counsellor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland

    • Krzysztof Zalewski

      Position: President, Boym Institute

  • Financial condition of local authorities

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    Expectations of the new government on changes to local authority funding rules; how the state will share tax revenues with local authorities. Maintain current tax rules but increase compensation? Whether, and to what extent, to increase the tax shares of local government units? How do you increase revenue? Where to look for savings? Local taxation policy. Is there a need for a new law on revenues of local government units/public finances?

     

  • Wind energy in Poland

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    Regulations – more changes, this time for the better? Is there an opportunity to stabilise conditions for the development of onshore wind energy? Plans, calculations, investor concerns. The role of local authorities. Efficiency of offshore and onshore wind energy generation. Is offshore a viable competition for access to investment funds? The place of onshore wind energy in Poland’s mix and system.

  • The banking sector and the economy

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    Banks as a source of financing for the economy and its transformation processes. Regulatory environment – how does it affect the health of the sector and the plans of the sector? What solutions stimulate the activity of banks and their cooperation with economic operators, and what solutions discourage this? Banks versus technology – digitalisation, competition from fintechs. Green finance, ESG criteria in the strategies of banking sector players.

     

    • Brunon Bartkiewicz

      Position: Chairman of the Board, ING Bank Śląski SA

    • Tadeusz Białek

      Position: President, Polish Bank Association (ZBP)

    • Elisabetta Falcetti

      Position: Regional Director, Head of Poland and the Baltic States, EBRD

    • Przemek Gdański

      Position: President of the Management Board, Bank BNP Paribas

    • Stacy Ligas

      Position: Senior Partner, CEO, KPMG in Poland

    • Szymon Midera

      Position: vice president, PKO Bank Polski

    • Adam Pers

      Position: Vice-President of the Management Board, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, mBank SA

    • Marta Postuła

      Position: First Vice-President of the Management Board, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego

    • Andrzej Stec

      Position: Editor in Chief, Bankier.pl

  • Digitalisation: the dilemmas of a mature revolution

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    In what phase of digital transformation is Europe, the region, Poland? Key technologies of 2024 – which ones are worth investing in and why? How to encourage companies to invest in digitalisation? Market, regulations, security – where do we go from here, what to watch out for?

    • Dominika Bettman

      Position: former Director General of Microsoft in Poland and CEO of Siemens Sp. z o.o., Member of the Supervisory Board of Santander Bank Polska and KRUK S.A., Chairman of the University Council, Warsaw School of Economics

    • Michał Gramatyka

      Position: Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs

    • Bartosz Hojka

      Position: CEO, Agora

    • Andrzej J. Kozłowski

      Position: Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Emitel SA

    • Agnieszka Kubera

      Position: Country Managing Director, Accenture Poland

    • Thomas Meinhardt

      Position: Director CET Central & Eastern Europe at SD Worx

    • Ignacy Niemczycki

      Position: Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Development and Technology, Poland

    • Magdalena Nowicka

      Position: Vice President of the Management Board, Area of ​​New Technologies and Cybersecurity, BNP Paribas Bank

    • Szymon Wałach

      Position: Vice President of the Management Board for Digital and Strategy, InPost

  • Migration, politics, economy

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    Migration as a problem, challenge and opportunity. European and domestic migration policy. What kind of migration policy do we need. Its objectives, tools, expected impact on the economy and social development. Fast track – for whom, under what conditions? How to avoid the mistakes of Western countries.

  • Defence sector and capabilities

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    Developing Poland’s defence potential. Independence, self-sufficiency, cooperation with allies – priority investments in the domestic arms industry. Manufacturer or reproducer – what role does the domestic arms industry play in the face of the protracted war in Ukraine and Poland’s increasing defence needs? Rebuilding the arms potential eroded due to the support of Ukraine. How to finance modernisation and bear the burden of concluded import contracts? How to increase Poland’s defence potential with the involvement of the whole economy and the scientific world?

  • Law, economy, entrepreneurship

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    Stable laws, rational legislation, predictable fiscal policy and clear rules for business in Poland – still unfulfilled wishes. Stabilising the regulatory environment of the economy – what does it take to achieve this? The justice system in Poland versus economic activity. Length of court procedures. The importance of an intelligible, stable and functional legal order for the growth of the economy and the development of entrepreneurship in Poland. Legislative process taking into account the effects of legislation on the economy. How to heal the state-business relationship?

     

  • Transport infrastructure in Central Europe

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    Regional development versus EU transport policy. Modern infrastructure in the face of mobility trends, the development of sustainable transport and the geopolitical situation in our part of Europe. Key projects and cross-border projects. Investment on hold, cost of money, material and labour prices.

    • Alan Beroud

      Position: President of the Management Board, PKP SA

    • Marcel Klinowski

      Position: Deputy President of the Management Board, Polregio

    • Magda Kopczyńska

      Position: Director-General for Mobility and Transport (MOVE), European Commission

    • Marcin Piasecki

      Position: Editor, Columnist, Rzeczpospolita

    • Jana Pieriegud

      Position: Professor, Institute of Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

    • Dorota Pyć

      Position: President, Port of Gdansk Authority

    • Jan Sechter

      Position: Czech Diplomat, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Poland from 2008 to 2013

    • Julius Skačkauskas

      Position: Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania

    • Piotr Wyborski

      Position: President of the Management Board, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA

  • Energy market after the crisis

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    State interventions in the electricity market – excessive or accurate? Implications for energy generators and sellers and energy consumers. Freezing and unfreezing prices: experiences, plans, decisions, timing, risks of market deregulation. Looking ahead to the next few years – how much state in the energy market? The role of market mechanisms for transition, changing the energy mix, motivating investors.

  • Energy sector in Central Europe

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    How is the energy transition progressing in the countries of the region? The specifics of individual countries, their energy mixes and energy policies. International cooperation in the context of transition, moving away from Russian fuels, sovereignty and security. How do EU regulations affect transition processes? What accelerates them and what inhibits them? The role of modern infrastructure.

    • Krzysztof Bolesta

      Position: Secretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment

    • Luiz Hanania

      Position: President of the Management Board, General Director, Grupa Veolia w Polsce

    • Dariusz Marzec

      Position: President of the Management Board, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA

    • Kamil Šaško

      Position: State Secretary, Ministry of Economy of Slovakia

    • Kadri Simson

      Position: European Commissioner for Energy

    • Jarosław Wajer

      Position: Partner, EY, CESA Power & Utilities Leader (Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia), EY Poland

    • Albinas Zananavičius

      Position: Deputy Minister of Energy of Lithuania, -

14:30-16:00

  • Polish energy: ambitious and secure

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    Poland’s energy policy – prospects for the necessary changes in the energy mix. Recommended changes to EPP 2040 (Energy Policy of Poland) Energy costs versus investment in generation capacity: scale, pace, directions. Conditions for maintaining energy security during the transition. Green and distributed energy – how much, when and under what conditions? Transmission system and stability of energy supply in the face of changes in the energy mix and generation structure.

  • Public finance

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    Condition, forecasts, outlook – White Book of state finances. Macroeconomic parameters determining the outlook for the economy and the condition of public finances. Transparency of state expenditure – how to ensure its sustainable transparency and control? Debt servicing costs as a barrier to Polish growth. What measures should be taken to ensure that EU funds are used optimally for development in a diminishing time frame? Impact of demographic trends on the pension system and increasing transfers of public funds to the Social Security Fund.

     

    • Piotr Arak

      Position: Chief Economist, VeloBank

    • Alicja Defratyka

      Position: Economist, Author, ciekaweliczby.pl project

    • Jurand Drop

      Position: Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance, Poland

    • Paweł Jaroszek

      Position: Member of the Management Board, Finance and Income Collection Division, Polish Social Insurance Institution (ZUS)

    • Krzysztof Kluza

      Position: senior advisor, CRIDO, Professor of Finance, Warsaw School of Economics

    • Ryszard Petru

    • Paweł Wojciechowski

      Position: Chairman of the Programme Council, Institute of Public Finance

  • EU funds – it is high time

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    The role of EU funds in development and investment – as part of the transition of the energy sector and the economy as a whole. New programming period 2021-2027 – mobilisation at short notice. KPO [National Reconstruction Plan – NextGenerationEU] funds – adjustments to spending plans required? How does deadline pressure affect the market, contractors, prices? Operational and regional programmes, local government activity and capacity. The last such large funds? How to replace the stream of money from the EU?

  • The role of the state in the economy

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    Free market versus state ownership monopolies. Free competition versus public expectations of security and acceptance of greater state activity in the economy. What should be the optimum role of the state in the economy? The state as regulator and infrastructure manager versus the free market and competition. How do we restore market equilibrium and fair economic rules of the game?

     

    • Leszek Balcerowicz

      Position: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance 1989-1991 and 1997-2001, Governor of the National Bank of Poland 2001-2007

    • Jacek Bartmiński

      Position: Undersecretary of State, Minister for State Assets

    • Jadwiga Emilewicz

      Position: Member of the Polish Parliament, Minister for Entrepreneurship and Technology and Minister for Development 2018-2020, Deputy Prime Minister 2020, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation in 2023

    • Andrzej Mierzwa

      Position: Managing Partner, 21 Concordia Polska

    • Janusz Steinhoff

      Position: Deputy Prime Minister 2000-2001, Minister of Economy 1997-2001

    • Katarzyna Szarzec

      Position: Department of Macroeconomics and Development Studies, Poznań University of Economics, Author of the book "The State in the Economy"

    • Jacek Ziarno

      Position: Editor-in-Chief, ‘Nowy Przemysł’ Economic Magazine

  • Talking about Ukraine. Support and cooperation

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    Military, economic and humanitarian support for Ukraine from Europe and democratic Western countries. Solidarity and combined efforts for more effective support. Pre-accession funds for Ukraine. The role of local government and action at regional and local level. Maintenance and restoration of infrastructure and housing substance. Opportunities in cooperation between Polish, Ukrainian and European companies.

     

  • Digital infrastructure for transport

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    Accelerating the digital transformation of the transport system as part of the European strategy. Conditions for the development of intelligent transport and sustainable automated mobility. Network capacity and data transmission along major traffic routes. 5 G – Poland’s opportunity and necessity. Telecommunications investments in road and rail network extensions – regulations and synergies. Digital solutions in the logistics industry. Digitalisation in transport – benefits to business and society: competitiveness, territorial cohesion and social development, the unification of procedures, the efficiency of infrastructure use, safety.

  • Financing of investments

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    Changes in funding models: current and target role of state agencies and the private sector. The National Reconstruction Plan and other EU sources of investment funding – conditions for effective absorption of funds. How to organise efficient spending under time pressure? European priorities versus Polish potential and investment needs: infrastructure, sustainable economy, resilience, knowledge, digitalisation, innovation? Green investment – funds are there, what about the supply of good projects? Potential for investment under the new EU financial perspective.

    • Tadeusz Białek

      Position: President, Polish Bank Association (ZBP)

    • Jerzy Bombczyński

      Position: Counsel, Baker McKenzie

    • Andrzej Domański

      Position: Minister of Finance

    • Katarzyna Kowalska

      Position: Vice-President, KUKE SA

    • Michał Lesiuk

      Position: Partner EY, Tax Advisory, CESA Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Leader, EY Poland

    • Mateusz Olszak

      Position: Director of the Department of Guarantees and Sureties, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)

    • Patrycja Otto

      Position: Journalist, Infor

    • Adam Pers

      Position: Vice-President of the Management Board, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, mBank SA

    • Kamil Pruchnik

      Position: Senior Regional Representative for Poland, European Investment Fund, part of European Investment Bank Group

  • Healthcare system in Poland

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    Healthcare – where are we? How Poland’s health care system compares with the rest of Europe. The system and its efficiency: funding, governance, insurance, personnel. Key competences that are missing from the system today. Patient first – what does this mean in practice? Without an effectively functioning public system, a private system will not work.

     

    • Marek Augustyn

      Position: Deputy President, National Health Fund

    • Artur Białkowski

      Position: Managing Director of the Business Services Division, Vice-President of the Management Board of Medicover sp. z o.o., President of the Employers of Private Medicine

    • Weronika Dejneka

      Position: Acting CEO, PZU Health

    • Paulina Gumowska

      Position: Director of the Health and Lifestyle Segment and Deputy Director of publishing at PTWP Group

    • Klara Klinger

      Position: Editor-in-Chief, Rynek Zdrowia

    • Izabela Leszczyna

      Position: Minister of Health

    • Piotr Nowicki

      Position: Director, Provincial Hospital in Poznań

    • Łukasz Pawłowski

      Position: Chairman, Ogólnopolska Grupa Badawcza

    • Andrzej Podlipski

      Position: President of the Management Board, Scanmed

    • Anna Rulkiewicz

      Position: President, LUX MED Group, Deputy President, Lewiatan Confederation, President, Employers for Health Association

    • Adam Szlachta

      Position: Financial Director, President of the Management Board, American Heart of Poland SA

    • Zbigniew Torbus

      Position: Director, Independent Public Health Care Complex in Proszowice

    • Renata Wachowicz

      Position: Chief Executive Officer, Prof. K. Gibinski University Clinical Center of the Silesian Medical University in Katowice, Poland

  • Rule of law and business

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    Conditions for safe business operations. Length of court procedures. The oppressiveness of the current legal system versus human rights, security and stability of economic transactions. Abuse of the institution of pre-trial detention; so-called extractive detention. How an unprofessional and oppressive system deals with business.

    • Adam Bodnar

      Position: Attorney General, Minister of Justice

    • Włodzimierz Chróścik

      Position: President, Krajowa Rada Radców Prawnych

    • Rafał Dutkiewicz

      Position: President of the Management Board, Pracodawcy RP

    • Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz

      Position: Member of the Polish Parliament, Chair, Committee on Justice and Human Rights

    • Grzegorz Jurek

      Position: Head of Branch Office, Central Anticorruption Bureau, Katowice

    • Krzysztof Kwiatkowski

      Position: Senator of the Republic of Poland, President of the Supreme Audit Office from 2013 to 2019

    • Jacek Socha

      Position: Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission 1994-2004, Minister of the Treasury 2004-2005

    • Marcin Wiącek

      Position: Commissioner for Human Rights

  • Europe in a global market

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    Threats to the competitiveness of the Old Continent. How does the Union compare with other economic powers (USA, China, Japan) and where do we go from here as a European community. Threats/challenges in the years to come. Prospects for the European economy and changes in the Community operating model.

    • Łukasz Dziekoński

      Position: Founder, President, Montis Capital

    • Yasser Faquih

      Position: Deputy Minister for Economic Research and Analysis, Ministry of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia

    • Przemek Gdański

      Position: President of the Management Board, Bank BNP Paribas

    • Elwira Gross-Gołacka

      Position: Director, Export Department, Polish Investment and Trade Agency, Professor, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, Member of the Management Board, UW Foundation

    • Yelda Guven

      Position: VP Policy Development and Advocacy for Europe, Africa and Middle East region, ExxonMobil

    • Karolina Hytrek-Prosiecka

      Position: Communication Expert

    • Wiktor Janicki

      Position: President of the Management Board, AstraZeneca Pharma Poland

    • Tomasz Marciniak

      Position: Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

    • Aleksandra Rutkowska

      Position: Journalist, TVP

    • Karolis Žemaitis

      Position: Vice-Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania

  • Aviation in Poland – market and infrastructure

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    Air traffic structure in Poland – business and climate goals of the largest carriers in Poland. Strategy for the industry – main assumptions and potential impact on the market. Technology innovation and prospects for development of the aviation industry in Poland. The growing role of regional ports – investments. Staff and new positions of the future in the industry.

    • Michał Fijoł

      Position: President of the Management Board, Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT SA

    • Andrzej Ilków

      Position: President of the Management Board, Polskie Porty Lotnicze SA

    • Magdalena Jaworska-Maćkowiak

      Position: President, Polish Air Navigation Services Agency

    • Maciej Lasek

      Position: Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for the CPK, Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy

    • Riccardo Procacci

      Position: CEO, Avio Aero, a GE Aerospace company

    • Adam Sierak

      Position: Editor, WNP.PL

    • Artur Tomasik

      Position: President of the Management Board, Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze SA

  • Decarbonisation in practice

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    Companies facing the challenges of reducing their carbon footprint. Where should we start? Objectives and actions embedded in company strategy, reality, staging. Conditions for successful decarbonisation – does the process always have to mean higher costs? Examples of decarbonisation measures that reduce costs.

  • European mobilisation

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    European female policy leaders on key security challenges. Plans to increase the defence capabilities of EU member states – European cooperation in this field. Scenarios for developments in the event of a weakening of the NATO. European Parliament elections – the potential impact of the new balance of power on European defence policy. Fight against disinformation targeting the EU, member states and European values. Development perspectives, new objectives, Community enlargement policy.

     

    • Elżbieta Bieńkowska

      Position: Chairwoman of the Council of the Center for European Policy Studies (Brussels), Minister of Regional Development from 2007 to 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Development from 2013 to 2014, Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs from 2014 to 2019

    • Joanna Burnos

      Position: Founder of LEADERIS Institute, Member of the Advisory Board of The Alliance of Her

    • Ewelina Dobrowolska

      Position: Minister of Justice of Lithuania

    • Aleksandra Gasztold

      Position: Editor-in-Chief ACIG, NASK National Research Institute

    • Iveta Radičová

      Position: Minister of Labor of Slovakia between 2005-2006, Prime Minister of Slovakia between 2010-2012

    • Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka

      Position: Undersecretary of State, European Union Affairs Division, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland

    • Monika Sus

      Position: International Security Research Center, Hertie School in Berlin, Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Expert of Team Europe Direct Poland

  • Leadership in difficult times

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    The role of leadership in institutions and companies under external pressures – a long list of new challenges. How do female and male leaders achieve goals in brittle, anxious, non-linear and often incomprehensible (BANI) times?

    • Dominika Bettman

      Position: former Director General of Microsoft in Poland and CEO of Siemens Sp. z o.o., Member of the Supervisory Board of Santander Bank Polska and KRUK S.A., Chairman of the University Council, Warsaw School of Economics

    • Magdalena Hauptman

      Position: Deputy President, LeaderShe Association, Lecturer, SWPS University

    • Piotr Krupa

      Position: President of the Management Board, KRUK SA

    • Adam Krzanowski

      Position: CEO, Co-Founder, Nowy Styl

    • Andrzej Pośniak

      Position: Managing Partner, CMS

    • Katarzyna Rozenfeld

      Position: Partner in Roseweald, Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of the SPV of the abrdn infrastructure fund, Member of the LiderShe Association, Initiator of the "Women for Elections" campaign

    • Izabella Wiley

      Position: SVP, General Manager, Central & Eastern Europe, A+E Networks UK

  • Digitization in practice. Talking about technologies

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    – Metaverse – the new face of the internet. How to function efficiently in a virtual world? Products, services, behavioural models and activities that exploit the possibilities of the meta-world. Metaverse platforms – business potential and future directions.

    – Digitalisation in the world, Europe, Poland. Devices and technologies of the future: how they are changing the economy, business, everyday life. Global trends in digitalisation and their adoption: opportunities and challenges, barriers and effects.

    – Implementations, experiences, standards. Companies in a digital business space: how do they implement new solutions, what do they expect, what can they expect? Technological innovation in the financial sector – new services, convenience and security.

  • American investment in Poland

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    The role of foreign investments in the transformation of the Polish economy. American investments in various sectors and industries: finance, services and shared services centres, IT, outsourcing, logistics, energy, security. The value of projects, their share in total FDI, company assets and revenues, employment. Investments most beneficial to the economy: cutting-edge technology, innovation, research and development, support for start-ups. Working with US investors versus corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Changes and trends in the global economy as an investment stimulus: nearshoring, friendshoring, reshoring. The situation in Europe as an opportunity for Polish-American cooperation in supporting and rebuilding Ukraine.

     

  • The euro in the light of experience

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    In or outside the euro zone? Is it worth returning to a serious discussion about our country’s adoption of the single currency in the coming years? An overview of the experience of countries that have adopted the euro in the recent past: Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia.

    • Rafał Benecki

      Position: Director, Macroeconomic Analyses Office, ING Bank Śląski SA

    • Eugeniusz Gatnar

      Position: Head, Department of Economic and Financial Analysis, University of Economics in Katowice; Member of the Board of Narodowy Bank Polski (NBP) 2010–2016; Member of the Monetary Policy Council (RPP) 2016–2022

    • Robert Gwiazdowski

      Position: Lawyer, Faculty of Law and Administration, Lazarski Univeristy, Founder, National Institute of Senior Economy, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Association of Entreprneurs and Employers

    • Sonia Sobczyk-Grygiel

      Position: Senior Economic Analyst, Polityka Insight

    • Małgorzata Starczewska-Krzysztoszek

  • Education for the future

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    Education in a world of instability and increasingly rapid, profound change. Education as a permanent and open process. Self-directed learning and self-development. Interdisciplinarity and a global perspective for teaching. Unknown professions of the future – how to prepare a young person for challenges we know too little about? Specialist knowledge, transferable skills – what kind of graduate is business dreaming of? Reskilling and upskilling – a potential that companies are failing to exploit.

16:30-18:00

  • Industry – full mobilisation

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    Polish industry as a producer and supplier of services and dual-use goods (civil and military purposes). The potential of individual industries, key plants – their condition and their ability to convert production to military purposes. The role of “dual-use” companies in the modernisation of the Polish army. Their products and plans for European cooperation for defence production. “Regulated” production – EU export regulations. Responsibilities and costs – state support to key companies?

     

    • Izabela Albrycht

      Position: Director, Cyber Security Centre, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków

    • Wojciech Dąbrowski

      Position: President of the Management Board, Polski Holding Rozwoju SA

    • Oleg Dubish

      Position: Chairman of the Council, Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine

    • Robert Juodka

      Position: Chairman of the Board, Polish-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Board, Lithuanian Defense and Security Industry Association (LDSIA)

    • Krzysztof Kosiorek-Sobolewski

      Position: President of the Management Board, Zakład Budowy Maszyn ‘ZREMB-CHOJNICE’ SA

    • Piotr Myszor

      Position: Editor, WNP.PL

    • Paweł Poncyljusz

  • Safety first

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    The need for security as a motive for action in the economy and social life. How do we improve security without blocking activities or giving up basic freedoms? What does flexibility and resilience mean in practice? Active risk management, the role of knowledge and competence.

  • Polish sea ports

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    What’s new at Polish ports. Why containers? Construction of a deep-water terminal in Świnoujście and expansion of the Baltic Hub. Agro becoming increasingly important – investment in the handling of agricultural products. What next for the external ports of Gdańsk and Gdynia? Infrastructural response to changing geopolitics. The art of effective terminal management: bottlenecks and other problems. How technology will change the life of ports. Does Poland need a large port on the central coast?

  • Women in business

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    Women on management and supervisory boards – why an EU directive is needed, practices from other countries, research on gender equity and the gender pay gap. By June 2026, 40 per cent of top positions in companies should be held by women. What needs to be changed so that we catch up with Europe in this respect? The discriminatory wage structure against women in the EU and its causes. The pay gap between men and women – how to reduce it?

  • Talking about business and the economy

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    Capitalism and economic freedom. Politics, market, development. The role of the state in the economy: regulator, investor and owner. Law; the rule of law vs. entrepreneurship.

     

  • Engineer job market

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    Engineering personnel an asset to the Polish economy. What kind of engineers does the market need? Digitalisation and the IT sector as a source of “demand” for scarce specialities. New fields of study respond to changing competence needs. How to educate engineers for the dynamic transformation of the economy. Collaboration between business and education.

  • Renewable energy sources

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    The role of green sources and technologies in Poland’s current and future energy security architecture. Conditions for the further development of RES in Poland. The potential of specific sources, new, more efficient and more accessible technologies. Growing green power versus system stability. Power grids. Energy storage as a necessary system stabiliser with an increasing share of RES. Local content in green energy investments. European experience in the development of various types of renewable energy sources.

  • Nuclear energy – a reasonable acceleration

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    Large-scale nuclear power in Poland – what do we already know and what is still questionable? Procedures and deadlines: a step back or an acceleration? Costs of the Polish nuclear programme and energy prices – will it be competitive? Contractors and technology providers, their readiness. Possible participation of Polish companies in the construction of nuclear power plants – do we have the competence? 

  • Green finance

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    Financial institutions in transition – their role, internal integration around purpose, tactics and strategy towards customers and the market. The role of knowledge, education, guidance and relationships. The financial sector as a factor in mobilising private capital for transition efforts. Transparency and verification of activities. Access to and conditions for using sources of green capital. Demand for and supply of green investments. When will all investments be green?

  • Mega airport reinvented

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    What’s next for the CPK concept? Economic rather than political foundation – what does this mean in practice? An audit is underway – what is already known? Changes to the hub concept and associated investments – what are they and how are they justified? The potential and real role of the mega airport in the national transport structure, the impact of the investment on the economy and the possibilities for its development.

     

    • Robert Carey

      Position: President, Wizz Air Holdings PLC

    • Dariusz Kuś

      Position: President of the Management Board, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Sp. z o.o

    • Maciej Lasek

      Position: Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for the CPK, Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy

    • Krzysztof Łyszyk

      Position: Legal Counsel, Partner, LWW Łyszyk Wesołowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k.

    • Anna Midera

      Position: President of the Management Board, CEO, W. Reymont Airport Łódź Sp. z o.o.

    • Olga Palec-Furga

      Position: Country Manager, R-BAG Poland Sp. z o.o.

    • Adam Sierak

      Position: Editor, WNP.PL

    • Tomasz Szymczak

      Position: acting President of the Management Board, Mazowiecki Port Lotniczy Warszawa-Modlin Sp. z o.o.

    • Mikołaj Wild

      Position: CEO of CPK 2019-2024, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Government Plenipotentiary for CPK 2017-2019

  • Poland, Ukraine, Europe

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    Ukraine on the path to Europe. On what principles should we base Ukraine-Poland-Europe relations? Infrastructure and logistics for economic support and cooperation. The common interest and the business rationale of industries and communities – how to reconcile them, how to avoid friction? Pre-accession funds for Ukraine as an opportunity to increase trade. Poland’s experience in absorbing EU funds – useful for Ukraine.

    • Adam Eberhardt

      Position: Deputy Director, Eastern European Studies at the University of Warsaw

    • Orest Hryniv

      Position: Head, Industry, Entrepreneurship and Investment Policy Division, Department of Economy of the Lviv Regional Military Administration

    • Mateusz Izydorek vel Zydorek

      Position: Director of the Customs Agency Office, PKP CARGO CONNECT

    • Sylwia Krasoń-Kopaniarz

      Position: Head of International Development at the Impel Group, CEO of Impel Ukraine

    • Jacek Piechota

      Position: President, Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce

    • Sonia Sobczyk-Grygiel

      Position: Senior Economic Analyst, Polityka Insight

    • Kamil Wyszkowski

      Position: Country Representative, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact Network Poland

  • Cyber security

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    The increasing scale and specificity of cyber threats in various areas of life and the economy. Cyber security – an investment not a cost. The days when an organisation’s digital security was decided by IT staff are over. Accountability and awareness of managers and managements. Critical infrastructure and how to protect it. Cyber security in a small business. Prevention, knowledge, education; analytical methods and AI in cyber security. Cyber resilient Europe – the EU cyber security strategy and its implications for operators and providers of services and products. Diplomatic cooperation for cyber security. Sanctions for cyber attacks.

    • Krzysztof Gerlach

      Position: Managing Director for Corporate Clients and Corporate Banking Development, mBank

    • Patryk Gęborys

      Position: Partner, Information and Technology Security Team, EY

    • Michał Gramatyka

      Position: Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs

    • Artur Józefiak

      Position: Vice President, Head of the Cyber Security Services Centre for Europe, Accenture in Poland

    • Paweł Jurek

      Position: Director of Business Development, DAGMA IT Security

    • Krzysztof Malesa

      Position: National Security Officer, Microsoft

    • Ignacy Niemczycki

      Position: Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Development and Technology, Poland

  • Healthcare as part of the economy

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    Industry and manufacturing for the health system. Drug safety on the agenda of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council. Investment – the key role of innovation, the potential of the Polish R&D and biotechnological sector. Foreign expansion of Polish health sector companies. Production and services for health as an element of safety and a source of benefit for the economy and for patients. Research and development centres and hubs, knowledge transfer and new technologies – the non-manufacturing contribution of the health industry to Poland’s GDP.

     

    • Katarzyna Dubno

      Position: Director for external relations, ESG and health economics at ADAMED Pharma SA, Deputy President of the Management Board, the Polish Association of Employers of the Pharmaceutical Industry – Domestic Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

    • Wiktor Janicki

      Position: President of the Management Board, AstraZeneca Pharma Poland

    • Krzysztof Kępiński

      Position: Director of External Relations, Member of the Management Board, GSK Commercial Ltd.

    • Klara Klinger

      Position: Editor-in-Chief, Rynek Zdrowia

    • Krzysztof Kopeć

      Position: President of the Board, Polish Association of Employers of the Pharmaceutical Industry - National Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Vice President, Lewiatan Confederation, Member of the Board, Mediciens for Europe

    • Maciej Miłkowski

      Position: Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health

    • Daniel Rutkowski

      Position: President, Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification

    • Rafał Staszewski

      Position: Deputy President for Research Financing, Medical Research Agency

    • Agnieszka Szadkowska

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  • Investor without Borders 2024 Gala

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    Another edition of awards granted to the most effective Polish investors pursuing foreign expansion and active, responsible foreign investors in Poland, having a positive impact on the economy and the labour market.

     
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