Międzynarodowe Centrum
Kongresowe in Katowice
- Day 1 2024.05.07
- Day 2 2024.05.08
- Day 3 2024.05.09
Multifunctional room D
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14:30-16:00
Digitization in practice. Talking about technologies
×– 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.
×Magdalena Chudzikiewicz - Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Board Member, home.pl
Andrzej Horoch - Chairman, Metaverse Committee, Owner, Connected Realities
Michał Kanownik - CEO, Digital Poland Association (ZIPSEE)
Christian Leutner - SVP, Head of European Platform Business and Managing Director, Fujitsu
Ewa Łuniewska - Deputy President of the Management Board, ING Bank Śląski SA
Ignacy Niemczycki - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Development and Technology, Poland
Ksenia Nowicka - Public Policy Manager, CEE, Meta
Sebastian Ogórek - Head of Economy Department, Gazeta Wyborcza, Head of Wyborcza.biz Editorial Office
Jakub Styczyński - Journalist, Rynek Zdrowia
Krzysztof Szubert - Member of the UN High-Level Council for Digital Cooperation, Strategic Advisor
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16:30-18:00
Women in business
×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?
×Weronika Achramowicz - Managing Partner, Baker McKenzie
Alia Abdullah Al Mazrouei - Chief Executive Officer, Khalifa Fund
Wioletta Januszczyk - Member of the Management Board, Managing Director, Consumer Services, Medicover
Aleksandra Kania - country manager ArcelorMittal Poland, government affairs & strategic partnerships director, ArcelorMittal Group
Aleksandra Karasińska - Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Women
Anna Kędziora Szwagrzak - President of the Management Board, Veolia Energia Łódź SA
Anna Kryńska-Godlewska - Member of the Management Board, Agora SA
Lucyna Stańczak-Wuczyńska - Chairwoman of the Council, BNP Paribas
Multifunctional room F
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10:00-12:00
Inauguration. Europe – transforming for the future
×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.
×Rashed Al Blooshi - Undersecretary, Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED)
Andrew Bester - Member Management Board Banking, Head of Wholesale Banking, ING
Rafał Brzoska - Founder, CEO, InPost
Jerzy Buzek - 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
Joanna Dunikowska-Paź - Journalist, TVN
Kazimierz Karolczak - Chairman of the Board, Upper Silesia & Zagłębie Metropolis (Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia)
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence
Marcin Krupa - Major of Katowice
Wojciech Kuśpik - President of the Management Board, PTWP SA, Initiator of the European Economic Congress
Ursula von der Leyen - EPP Lead Candidate for European Commission President
Jan Niedziałek - Journalist, TVN Warner Bros. Discovery
Anna Pruska - CEO, Comarch SA
Natalia Rasiewicz - Editor, PortalSamorzadowy.pl, WNP.PL, PulsHR.pl
Aleksandra Rutkowska - Journalist, TVP
Wojciech Saługa - Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship
Kadri Simson - European Commissioner for Energy
Donald Tusk - Prime Minister of Poland
Marek Wójcik - Voivode of Silesia
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14:30-16:00
Financing of investments
×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 - President, Polish Bank Association (ZBP)
Jerzy Bombczyński - Counsel, Baker McKenzie
Andrzej Domański - Minister of Finance
Katarzyna Kowalska - Vice-President, KUKE SA
Michał Lesiuk - Partner EY, Tax Advisory, CESA Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Leader, EY Poland
Mateusz Olszak - Director of the Department of Guarantees and Sureties, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)
Patrycja Otto - Journalist, Infor
Adam Pers - Vice-President of the Management Board, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, mBank SA
Kamil Pruchnik - PhD, Snr Structured Finance Officer, Equity Investment and Guarantees, EIF
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16:30-18:00
Poland, Ukraine, Europe
×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 - Deputy Director, Eastern European Studies at the University of Warsaw
Orest Hryniv - Head, Industry, Entrepreneurship and Investment Policy Division, Department of Economy of the Lviv Regional Military Administration
Mateusz Izydorek vel Zydorek - Director of the Customs Agency Office, PKP CARGO CONNECT
Sylwia Krasoń-Kopaniarz - Head of International Development at the Impel Group, CEO of Impel Ukraine
Jacek Piechota - President of the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce
Sonia Sobczyk-Grygiel - Senior Economic Analyst, Polityka Insight
Kamil Wyszkowski - Country Representative, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact Network Poland
Green Planet 3
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12:30-14:00
Climate policy and sustainable economy
×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.
×Weronika Achramowicz - Managing Partner, Baker McKenzie
Bogusław Chrabota - Editor-in-Chief, Rzeczpospolita
Ryszard Hordyński - Director for Strategy and Communications, Huawei Polska
Sebastian Jabłoński - President, Respect Energy Group
Michał H. Mrożek - Deputy President of the Management Board, ING Bank Śląski SA
Bartłomiej Pawlak - Deputy President of the Management Board, Polish Development Fund (Polski Fundusz Rozwoju SA)
Lucyna Stańczak-Wuczyńska - Chairwoman of the Council, BNP Paribas
Gustaw Szarek - Partner, McKinsey & Company
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14:30-16:00
Digital infrastructure for transport
×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.
×Marcin Karasiński - Member of the Board, PKP Intercity SA
Piotr Kubicki - Member of the Management Board, Director for Digital Transformation, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA
Joanna Lech - Director, Center for EU Transport Projects
Magdalena Mazur - Head of Public Policy, Poland & Hungary, Bolt
Jacek Niewęgłowski - Director, Business Transformation and External Relations, Cellnex Poland
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16:30-18:00
Green finance
×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?
×Małgorzata Bobrowska - Co-founder, Managing Partner, Resource Partners Sp. z o.o.
Paweł Czuryło - Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gremi Media
Jurand Drop - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance
Łukasz Pobudejski - Managing Director, Specialised Finance Division, Bank BNP Paribas
Michał Popiołek - Managing Director for Commercial and Global Banking, mBank SA
Grzegorz Rabsztyn - Head of the EIB Group Warsaw Office, European Investment Bank
Marek Szczepański - Director, Department of Environmental Programs, Bank for Environmental Protection
Marcin Terebelski - Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
Ballroom A
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12:30-14:00
Poland’s 20 years in the European Union
×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 - 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 - Vice-President, European Investment Bank
Michał Kobosko - Deputy Chairman, Polska 2050
Adam Krzanowski - CEO, Co-Founder, Nowy Styl
Konrad Szymański - 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 - Journalist, TVP Info
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14:30-16:00
Europe in a global market
×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.
ףukasz Dziekoński - Founder, President, Montis Capital
Yasser Faquih - Deputy Minister for Economic Research and Analysis, Ministry of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia
Przemek Gdański - President of the Management Board, BNP Paribas Bank Polska SA
Elwira Gross-Gołacka - Director, Export Department, Polish Investment and Trade Agency, Professor, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, Member of the Management Board, UW Foundation
Yelda Guven - VP Policy Development and Advocacy for Europe, Africa and Middle East region, ExxonMobil
Karolina Hytrek-Prosiecka - Communication Expert
Wiktor Janicki - President of the Management Board, AstraZeneca Pharma Poland
Tomasz Marciniak - Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company
Aleksandra Rutkowska - Journalist, TVP
Karolis Žemaitis - Vice-Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania
Ballroom B
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12:30-14:00
The banking sector and the economy
×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 - Chairman of the Board, ING Bank Śląski SA
Tadeusz Białek - President, Polish Bank Association (ZBP)
Elisabetta Falcetti - Regional Director, Head of Poland and the Baltic States, EBRD
Przemek Gdański - President of the Management Board, BNP Paribas Bank Polska SA
Stacy Ligas - Senior Partner, CEO, KPMG in Poland
Szymon Midera - vice president, PKO Bank Polski
Adam Pers - Vice-President of the Management Board, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, mBank SA
Andrzej Stec - Editor in Chief, Bankier.pl
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14:30-16:00
European mobilisation
×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 - 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 - Founder of LEADERIS Institute, Member of the Advisory Board of The Alliance of Her
Ewelina Dobrowolska - Minister of Justice of Lithuania
Aleksandra Gasztold - Editor-in-Chief ACIG, NASK National Research Institute
Iveta Radičová - Minister of Labor of Slovakia between 2005-2006, Prime Minister of Slovakia between 2010-2012
Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka - Undersecretary of State, European Union Affairs Division, The Chancellery of the Prime Minister
Monika Sus - International Security Research Center, Hertie School in Berlin, Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Expert of Team Europe Direct Poland
Ballroom C
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12:30-14:00
Digitalisation: the dilemmas of a mature revolution
×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 - CEO, Microsoft
Michał Gramatyka - Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs
Bartosz Hojka - CEO, Agora
Andrzej J. Kozłowski - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Emitel SA
Agnieszka Kubera - Country Managing Director, Accenture Poland
Thomas Meinhardt - Director CET Central & Eastern Europe at SD Worx
Ignacy Niemczycki - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Development and Technology, Poland
Magdalena Nowicka - Vice President of the Management Board, Area of New Technologies and Cybersecurity, BNP Paribas Bank
Szymon Wałach - Vice President of the Management Board for Digital and Strategy, InPost
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14:30-16:00
The role of the state in the economy
×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 - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance 1989-1991 and 1997-2001, Governor of the National Bank of Poland 2001-2007
Jacek Bartmiński - Undersecretary of State, Minister for State Assets
Jadwiga Emilewicz - 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 - Managing Partner, 21 Concordia Polska
Janusz Steinhoff - Deputy Prime Minister 2000-2001, Minister of Economy 1997-2001
Katarzyna Szarzec - Department of Macroeconomics and Development Studies, Poznań University of Economics, Author of the book "The State in the Economy"
Jacek Ziarno - Editor-in-Chief, ‘Nowy Przemysł’ Economic Magazine
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16:30-18:00
Nuclear energy – a reasonable acceleration
×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?
×Maciej Bando - Undersecretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, Ministry of Climate and Environment
Thierry Deschaux - Managing Director, EDF Representative Office in Poland
Joel A. Eacker - Vice President for new projects, Westinghouse Electric Company
Leszek Hołda - President, Bechtel Poland
Anni Jaarinen - Vice President, Nuclear Services, Fortum
Mark W. Lloyd - Managing Director, Accenture
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19:30-20:30
Investor without Borders 2024 Gala
×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.
Conference room 1
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12:30-14:00
Migration, politics, economy
×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.
×Maciej Duszczyk - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Member of the Scientific Council of the Migration Research Centre, University of Warsaw
Małgorzata Kopka-Piątek - Director of the European and Migration Policy Programme, Institute of Public Affairs
Rafał Rogala - Rafal Rogala, Senior Manager at EY, migration expert at People Advisory Services Tax, EY Poland
Jadwiga Wiśniewska - Member of the European Parliament
Maciej Witucki - President, Lewiatan Confederation
Karolina Zbytniewska - Chief Editor, Managing Director, EURACTIV Poland
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14:30-16:00
Public finance
×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 - Chief Economist, VeloBank
Alicja Defratyka - Economist, Author, ciekaweliczby.pl project
Jurand Drop - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance
Paweł Jaroszek - Member of the Management Board, Finance and Income Collection Division, Polish Social Insurance Institution (ZUS)
Krzysztof Kluza - senior advisor, CRIDO, Professor of Finance, Warsaw School of Economics
Paweł Wojciechowski - Chairman of the Program Council, Institute of Public Finance
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16:30-18:00
Polish sea ports
×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?
×Kamil Jedynak - President of the Management Board, OT Logistics SA
Anna Łopaciuk - Director of the Infrastructure, Transport and Logistics Programme, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
Cezary Łysenko - Member of the Management Board, Operational Director of Infrastructure Construction, Budimex SA
Adrian Ołdak - Deputy Editor-in-Chief, WNP.PL
Jarosław Siergiej - President of Board, Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority
Remigiusz Szymański - deputy director of the commercial office of the international and intermodal transport market, PKP CARGO SA
Conference room 6
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12:30-14:00
Law, economy, entrepreneurship
×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?
×Jacek Cieplak - Deputy President of the Management Board, Pracodawcy RP
Barbara Dolniak - Member of the Polish Parliament
Jakub Dzik - Member of the Management Board, General Director, Impel Group
Maciej Głogowski - First Deputy of the Editor-in-Chief, Radio TOK FM
Jarosław Hein - Lawyer, Tax Advisor, Partner, Rödl & Partner
Magdalena Kasiarz - Partner, EY Law Firm, EY Poland
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski - Senator of the Republic of Poland, President of the Supreme Audit Office from 2013 to 2019
Przemysław Rosati - President, Supreme Bar Council
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14:30-16:00
Rule of law and business
×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 - Attorney General, Minister of Justice
Włodzimierz Chróścik - President, Krajowa Rada Radców Prawnych
Rafał Dutkiewicz - President of the Management Board, Pracodawcy RP
Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz - Member of the Polish Parliament, Chair, Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Grzegorz Jurek - Head of Branch Office, Central Anticorruption Bureau, Katowice
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski - Senator of the Republic of Poland, President of the Supreme Audit Office from 2013 to 2019
Jacek Socha - Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission 1994-2004, Minister of the Treasury 2004-2005
Marcin Wiącek - Ombudsman
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16:30-18:00
Cyber security
×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 - Managing Director for Corporate Clients and Corporate Banking Development, mBank
Patryk Gęborys - Partner, Information and Technology Security Team, EY
Michał Gramatyka - Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs
Artur Józefiak - VP and Managing Director - Accenture Security Lead for Poland & Central Eastern Europe, Accenture Poland
Paweł Jurek - Director of Business Development, DAGMA IT Security
Krzysztof Malesa - National Security Officer, Microsoft
Ignacy Niemczycki - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Development and Technology, Poland
Conference room 7
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12:30-14:00
Financial condition of local authorities
×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?
×Arkadiusz Chęciński - Mayor of Sosnowiec
Jerzy Kwieciński - Deputy Chairman of the Board, Bank PEKAO SA
Danuta Lange - Treasurer of the City of Katowice
Łukasz Pawłowski - Chairman, Ogólnopolska Grupa Badawcza
Marek Wiewióra - Director, Department of Local Government Finance, Ministry of Finance, Poland
Maciej Żywno - Deputy Marshal, Senate of the Republic of Poland
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14:30-16:00
The euro in the light of experience
×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 - Director, Macroeconomic Analyses Office, ING Bank Śląski SA
Eugeniusz Gatnar - 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 - 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 - Senior Economic Analyst, Polityka Insight
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16:30-18:00
Industry – full mobilisation
×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 - Director, Cyber Security Centre, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków
Wojciech Dąbrowski - President of the Management Board, Polski Holding Rozwoju SA
Oleg Dubish - Chairman of the Council, Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
Robert Juodka - Chairman of the Board, Polish-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Board, Lithuanian Defense and Security Industry Association (LDSIA)
Krzysztof Kosiorek-Sobolewski - President of the Board, Zremb Chojnice SA
Piotr Myszor - Editor, WNP.PL
Conference room 23
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12:30-14:00
Defence sector and capabilities
×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?
×Mieczysław Bieniek - Social Adviser to the Minister of Defense, Deputy Strategic Commander of NATO in 2010-2013
Adam Bruliński - Management Consulant, WB ELECTRONICS SA
Andrzej Grzyb - Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland, Chairman, Parliamentary Commission on National Defence
Marcin Idzik - board member,PGZ SA
Tomasz Nieć - Journalist, WNP.PL
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14:30-16:00
American investment in Poland
×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.
×Max Mieszko Dropiński - Intel
Aleksandra Kosela - External Affairs Manager (Poland&Baltics), BAT
Mariusz Mielczarek - Director CEE Public Policy, Amazon
Marcin Moczyróg - Director, General Manager CEE, Uber
Dagmara Piasecka-Ramos - President of the Management Board, General Director, PepsiCo Polska
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16:30-18:00
Safety first
×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.
×Jacek Bartosiak - geopolitics and strategy expert, founder, owner, Strategy&Future
Mieczysław Bieniek - Social Adviser to the Minister of Defense, Deputy Strategic Commander of NATO in 2010-2013
Øystein Bø - Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to the Republic of Poland
Rafał Jędrzejewski - Deputy Director, Operations Division, PERN
Tomasz Nieć - Journalist, WNP.PL
Paulina Polko - Professor, AWSB, Head, Department of Security Studies, AWSB Academy
Michał Zygmunt - CEO, Elemental Strategic Metals
Conference room 24
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12:30-14:00
Transport infrastructure in Central Europe
×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 - President of the Board, PKP SA
Marcel Klinowski - Deputy President of the Management Board, Polregio
Magda Kopczyńska - Director-General for Mobility and Transport (MOVE), European Commission
Marcin Piasecki - Editor, Columnist, Rzeczpospolita
Jana Pieriegud - Professor, Institute of Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Dorota Pyć - President, Port of Gdansk Authority
Jan Sechter - Czech Diplomat, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Poland from 2008 to 2013
Julius Skačkauskas - Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania
Piotr Wyborski - President of the Management Board, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA
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14:30-16:00
Aviation in Poland – market and infrastructure
×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 - President of the Management Board, Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT SA, President of the Management Board, Polish Aviation Group
Andrzej Ilków - President of the Management Board, Polskie Porty Lotnicze SA
Magdalena Jaworska-Maćkowiak - President, Polish Air Navigation Services Agency
Maciej Lasek - Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for the CPK, Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy
Riccardo Procacci - CEO, Avio Aero, a GE Aerospace company
Adam Sierak - Editor, WNP.PL
Artur Tomasik - President of the Management Board, Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze SA
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16:30-18:00
Mega airport reinvented
×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 - President, Wizz Air Holdings PLC
Dariusz Kuś - President of the Management Board, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Sp. z o.o
Maciej Lasek - Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for the CPK, Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy
Krzysztof Łyszyk - Legal Counsel, Partner, LWW Łyszyk Wesołowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k.
Anna Midera - President of the Management Board, CEO, W. Reymont Airport Łódź Sp. z o.o.
Olga Palec-Furga - Country Manager, R-BAG Poland Sp. z o.o.
Adam Sierak - Editor, WNP.PL
Tomasz Szymczak - acting President of the Management Board, Mazowiecki Port Lotniczy Warszawa-Modlin Sp. z o.o.
Mikołaj Wild - CEO of CPK 2019-2024, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Government Plenipotentiary for CPK 2017-2019
Conference room 25
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12:30-14:00
Education – a system to be improved
×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?
×Zofia Dzik - Impact investor, funder, President of the Management Board, Humanites Institute – People and Technology
Rafał Flis - Co-founder, Vice-president of the Management Board, Zwolnieni z Teorii
Marta Florkiewicz-Borkowska - Teacher of the Year 2017, Winner of the Irena Sendler Award “For Repairing the World” and the Janusz Korczak Award, Teacher, Karol Miarki Elementary School in Pielgrzymowice
Tomasz Gajderowicz - Deputy Director, Institute of Educational Research
Michał Kaczmarczyk - Rector, Humanitas University
Ryszard Koziołek - Rector, University of Silesia
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14:30-16:00
Education for the future
×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.
×Ghaleb Ali Alhadrami Albreiki - Acting Vice Chancellor, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)
Teofil Jesionowski - rector, Poznań University of Technology
Krzysztof Koj - Dean, WSB Merito University in Chorzów
Barbara Kozierkiewicz - Vice President of the Management Board, AstraZeneca Pharma Poland
Jerzy Lis - Rector, AGH University of Krakow
Karolina Markowska - Journalist, PulsHR.pl, PortalSamorzadowy.pl, WNP.pl
Joanna Mucha - Secretary of State, Ministry of Education
Dariusz Wieczorek - Minister of Science and Higher Education
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16:30-18:00
Engineer job market
×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.
×Jacek Bańka - Editor, Radio Cracow
Przemysław Bokwa - President of the Management Board, PBI Group
Marek Gzik - Secretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Anna Karyś-Sosińska - Member of the Management Board, Head of the Human Resources Management Division, Budimex SA
Jerzy Lis - Rector, AGH University of Krakow
Krzysztof Pawiński - President of the Management Board, Maspex Group
Upper Lobby Stage
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12:30-14:00
Talking about Europe and the world
×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 - Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Republic of Poland
Małgorzata Bonikowska - 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 - Minister of Justice of Lithuania
Yasser Faquih - Deputy Minister for Economic Research and Analysis, Ministry of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia
Aleksandra Helbin - Editor, WNP.PL
Alim Kirabayev - Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Poland
Robert Rostek - Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Riyadh
Anastase Shyaka - , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Rwanda to Poland
Jennifer Tyldesley - Minister-Counsellor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland
Krzysztof Zalewski - President, Boym Institute
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14:30-16:00
Talking about Ukraine. Support and cooperation
×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.
×Valentyn Dunaievskyi - Director, Department of Regional Development, Chernivtsi Regional Military Administration
Kateryna Głazkowa - Director, Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs
Bujar Hoxha - Country Director, Save the Children
Yuliia Hrytsku-Andriesh - Advisor to the Head, Chernivtsi Regional Military Administration
Julia Kiryanova - General Director, PJSC Smart-Holding
Pavlo Kuts - Acting Deputy Head of the department for economic international cooperation and entrepreneurship, Department of Economy, Development and Industry, Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration
Jakub Lachert - journalist, WNP.PL
Vadym Tabakera - Manager, Regional Development Division of the Economic Policy Department, Lviv Oblast Military Administration
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16:30-18:00
Talking about business and the economy
×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.
×Michał Andrzejewski - Economist, Co-host of the podcast "Capital Conversations"
Leszek Balcerowicz - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance 1989-1991 and 1997-2001, Governor of the National Bank of Poland 2001-2007
Szymon Krawiec - Managing Editor of "Wprost".
Przemysław Krych - founder Cornerstone Investment Management and Griffin Real Estate
Andrzej Mierzwa - Managing Partner, 21 Concordia Polska
Jacek Ziarno - Editor-in-Chief, ‘Nowy Przemysł’ Economic Magazine