How to make Europe a place we want to live in? Business – social – economy
Workshops prepared by the Foundation for the Development of the Education System.
15.30
Opening session
Jacek Krupa – Deputy Marshall of Małopolska Province
Bożena Jawor – Deputy Mayor of Nowy Sącz
Anna Moskwa – Chairman of the European Meeting Centre – Nowy Staw Foundation
Tomasz Bratek – Deputy Director of the Foundation for the Development of the Education System
16:00
Presentation of the Report:
"Closer to the Union- A summary of 10 years of Polish membership in the European Union"
Support local government and civic dimension of Polish foreign policy in 2014
Michał Eryk Południok - European Meeting Centre - Nowy Staw Foundation
17:00
Panel discussion:
Europe - unsolved problems, new challenges. Seeking for a leader of change
Moderator: Tomasz Bratek - Deputy Director of the Foundation for the Development of the Education System
Jan Figel – Vice-president of the National Council of Slovakia
Stanisław Kluza – economist, Institute of Statistics and Demography, Former Minister of Finance of Poland
Peter Volten - Director of the Centre for European Security Studies, The Netherlands
Christoph Zoepel – Former Minister of State and Secretary of State, Professor
18:45
Business presentation:
From family business to global success
Moderator: Michał Eryk Południok – member of Program Council Economic Forum of Young Leaders
Ryszard Florek – President of FAKRO Sp. z o.o. Winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Award given by EY. He has received the Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland twice for his extraordinary involvement in building the prestige of the Polish economy in EU member states.
20:00
Reception at the Town Hall in Nowy Sącz
organized by the Mayor Ryszard Nowak (Town Hall, Rynek 1, Nowy Sącz)
DAY 2
September 3, 2014, Nowy Sącz
Thematic block: Europe and beyond
9:00
Panel discussion:
Transatlantic Space - a look from the outside. Economic sphere and safety.
Will Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership revive or plunge the cooperation between European Union and the United States?
Moderator: Barłomiej Martys – European Meeting Centre – Nowy Staw Foundation
Denis Mac Shane - Former Minister for Europe, Director of the European Policy Counsel
Mark Allen - Advisor to the Economics Department European Investment Bank (EIB)
James Hansen - Director of the East Magazine
Phillip Petersen - Senior Fellow of The Potomac Foundation
Nicolas Henry - Deputy Director of the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence
10:30
Opening of the photo exhibition:
For dignity, freedom and independence. Euromaidan 2013/2014.
10:45
Panel discussion:
Ukraine – Russia – Europe – paths of way out of the crisis
Partner of the panel: The Foundation for Polish – German Cooperation
Moderator: Michał Wójcik – Programme director of the Economic Forum of Young Leaders
Giorgi Baramidze - Wiceprzewodniczący Parlamentu Gruzji
Luigi Ippolito - Luigi Ippolito - Head of Foreign Affairs Department Corriere della Sera
Paweł Kowal - Poseł do PE w latach 2009-2014, Współprzewodniczący Delegacji UE-Ukraina
Paweł Lisicki - Editor-in-Chief Do Rzeczy Weekly
Gunter Pleuger - President of the European University Viadrina
Vitali Portnikov - Vitaly Portnikov - Anhorman, Espreso TV
– presentation of the Report of Technische Universität München / GFK / Amway
Prof. Jacek Klich – Krakow University of Economics
15.00
Panel discussion:
How to build value of the company and its position on the market?
The experience of business leaders
Moderator: Michele Turati – Programme council of the Economic Forum of Young Leaders
Anna Pietrzak - Director Amway Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
Rafał Bator - Partner and Board Member in Enterprise Investors
Jakub Karnowski - President of the Board PKP SA
Joost Leeflang - CEO for Philips
16:20
Lecture:
The Post – socialist Transition in Comparative Perspective: The Lessons
Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz - Chairman of the Council of the Civil Development Forum. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in three cabinets, former President of the National Bank of Poland.
17:20
Panel discussion:
Drivers of growth in Europe. When do we overcome the recession and youth unemployment?
Władysław Kosiniak - Kamysz – Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Poland
Dimitar Bogov – Governor of the National Bank of Macedonia
Tom Bevers - Chairman of the Employment Committee of the European Union (EMCO)
Thematic Block: Europe
18:00
Panel discussion:
Can Europe afford an independent foreign and security policy?
What should that policy be like?
Moderator: Malte Koppe – Programme council of the Economic Forum of Young Leaders
Boris Tadic – Former President of Serbia
Karel Schwarzenberg - Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee - Parliament of the Czech Republic - Czech Republic
Prof. Dieter Bingen - Director of the German Poland Institute
Marc Otte - Director General, EGMONT Royal Institute for International Relations
The role of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the European Union.
Economical and political perspective
Moderator: Tomasz Bratek - Deputy Director of the Foundation for the Development of the Education System
Janusz Piechociński – Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Ministry of Economy
Andrius Kubilius - Former Prime Minister of Lithuania, Member of Energy Commission, Seimas
21:00
Intercultural evening
(Bohema Restaurant, Rynek 13, Nowy Sącz)
DAY 3
September 4, 2014, Krynica
9:00
Plenary session:
Synergy Time. How to Unleash the Full Economic Potential of Central Europe?
Christian Lowe - Bureau Chief, Central Europe and the Balkans - Thomson Reuters
Alexander Guryanov - Deputy Minister - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
Władyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz - Minister - Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Elena M. Bryan - Senior Trade Representative - U.S. Mission to the European Union
Jan Mladek - Minister - Ministry of Industry and Trade - Czech Republic
Leonid Mukhamedov - President Central and Eastern Europe - Schneider Electric
Michele Nicoletti - Member of the Foreign and EU Affairs Committee, Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - Chamber of Deputies - Italy
Thematic Block: Entrepreneurship
11:00
Lecture:
Startups as a key factor of youth entrepreneurship
Bożena Lublińska – Kasprzak – President of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
11:30
Business presentation:
Be inspired. Presentation of startups. How did they start? How did they manage to be successful?
FlyTech Solutions sp.z o.o. - Przemysław Lekston, Michał Wojas
+moreplease - Konrad Kaczmarczyk, Kinga Krotos
Semanticad - Albert Czajkowski, Damian Klocek, Jakub Czekaj
12:15
Panel discussion:
How to help startup`s? Business angels, venture capitals, public funds. Other forms of suport
Peter Olajos – Deputy Chairman of SME Europe
Sandro Mendonca - Profesor ISCTE-IUL Business School
Andy Brandt – Scrum.org
Maria Luisa Delgado Medina - Deputy Director General of Technology Transfer, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain
Przemysław Lekston - FlyTech Solutions sp.z o.o.
Konrad Kaczmarczyk - +moreplease
Albert Czajkowski - Semanticad
13:10
Panel discussion:
Acquiring young professionals of Polonia for promotion brand of Poland in their country of residence
15:30
Plenary session:
25 Years after the European Autumn of Nations. Has Central Europe Grasped Its Historic Chance?
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz - Mayor - City of Warsaw
Andrius Kubilius - Former Prime Minister of Lithuania, Member of Energy Commission, Seimas
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero - Prime Minister (2004-2011), Honorary President - The Ideas Foundation
Jozef Oleksy - Member - Programme Council of the Economic Forum - Poland
Karel Schwarzenberg - Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee - Parliament of the Czech Republic - Czech Republic
Valdis Zatlers - Former President of the Republic of Latvia, MP, Chairman of the National Security Committee - Parliament of Latvia
Phillip Karber - President - The Potomac Foundation, USA
