agenda european economic congress katowice 2010

Organizator: Polskie Towarzystwo Wspierania Przedsiębiorczości SA ul. Jana Matejki 3

40-077 Katowice e-mail: [email protected] www.eec2010.eu

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European Economic Congress 2010 Katowice, 14-16 April 2010

Agenda

14.04.2010 (Wednesday)

11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Inauguration

I. Opening

Wojciech Kuśpik – PTWP President, EEC initiator Zygmunt Łukaszczyk – Silesian Voivode; Bogusław Śmigielski – Marshall of Silesian Province; Piotr Uszok – Mayor of Katowice, President, Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia (GZM)

Inaguartional speeches:

Jerzy Buzek – President of the European Parliament Janusz Lewandowski – EU Commissioner for Budget and Finance Programming

Donald Tusk – Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Poland Leszek Balcerowicz – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance in the years from 1989 to 1991 and

from 1997 to 2000, Chairman of National Bank of Poland in the years from 2001 to 2007 II. New economic order, consequences of the financial crunch in Europe and around the world

EU countries’ response to the global financial crisis. Threats resulting from protectionist practices of some countries

Is it the end of capitalism or of pathology? What will happen to the world economy after the failure of neoliberalism?

A new order in the European Union. Return to a steady growth. Economy versus climate changes. Rebuilding trust and solidarity

Regulation and control in the financial markets. Benefits and threats. Universality of the new order and a question of its enforcement

Speech: The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Jan Krzysztof Bielecki – Chairman of Economic Council at the Prime Minsiter Office; Prime Minister in 19999; Stephen Gomersall – Chief Executive for Europe, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi; Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno – Chief Executive for Europe, ING Group; Jan Kulczyk – Chairman of Supervisory Board, Kulczyk Investments, President, International Green Cross; Janusz Lewandowski – EU Commissioner for Budget and Finance Programming; Poul Nyrup Rasmussen – The Prime minister of Danish Kingdom in the years from 1993 to 2001 Session moderator: Roman Młodkowski TVN CNBC III. Power policy, energy and climate package

EU energy and climate package versus arrangements of the world climate summit in Copenhagen EU energy security: a new look, new experience European energy market: achievements, weaknesses, challenges How to pursue the European policy of energy responsibility and to take care of the competitiveness of EU

economy at the same time? The package as an opportunity for development: energy efficiency, new clean technologies European energy community

Opening speeches(a list of people in an alphabetical order): Andrzej Kraszewski – Minister of Environment of Poland The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Mikołaj Budzanowski – Udersecretary of State, Ministry of State Treasury; Philippe Castanet – President, EDF Polska Sp. z o.o.; Jacek Krawiec – President, General Director, PKN Orlen SA; Per Langer – Executive Vice President, Fortum Oyj; Dariusz Lubera – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Paweł Olechnowicz – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Grupa Lotos SA; Maciej Owczarek – Chairman of the Board, ENEA SA; Joanna Strzelec-Łobodzińska – Undersecretary of State at Ministry of Economy; Michał Szubski – Chairman of the Board, Polish Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Company; Filip Thon – Chairman of Board, RWE Polska; Wojciech Topolnicki – Vice-Chairman of the Board, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (Polish Energy Group) Moderator: Wojciech Kuśpik – PTWP President, EEC initiator IV. Polish Presidency in the EU Council



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V. Awarding the Crystal Brussels Sprout awards of National Contact Point of the EU Research Programmes

14.04.2010 (Wednesday) 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Park Naukowo Technologiczny Euro-Centrum (Euro-Centrum Technology and Science Park) Industrial parks, science and technology parks: the development outlook

How is it being done in the world? Technology and industry parks as the cradle of the world technologies The parks as a basis for supporting clusters and collaboration networks Science and industry in industry and technology parks What now with the parks? Possibilities to provide financial support to the parks Expo 2010 as an opportunity for parks

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Rafał Baniak – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy; Artur Bartosik – Expert, Euro-Centrum Group, Świętokrzyska University of Technology; Patryk Białas – Chairman of the Board, Krakowski Park of Technology Sp. z o.o.; Paweł Błażyca – Chairman of the Board, Silesian Park of Technology and Industry Sp. z o.o.; Wojciech Dąbrowski– Chairman of the Board, Industrial Development Agency (Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu SA); Aline Daniel – Parque Technológico de Andalucia, Malaga; Daniel Escacena – Technical Director, CITAndalucia; Sławomir Kopeć – President, Kraków Technology Park (KTP); Paweł Kowalczewski – Vice-President, Association of National Forum of Industry and Technology Parks ; Sławomir Majman – Chairman, Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency SA; Piotr Moncarz – Chairman, US-POLISH TRADE COUNCIL, Consulting Professor, Stanford University, The Member of Council of National Centre of Research and Development; Andrzej Pieczonka – First Counsellor, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Shanghai; Emil Stępień – Director, NewConnect Development Department, Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie SA (The Warsaw Stock Exchange); Anna Tórz-Rzepczyńska – Head of Technology Parks Section, Polish Business and Innovation Centers Association; Eugeniusz Wycisło – Chairma of the Board, Upper Silesian Agency of Enterprise Transformation SA Moderator: Bronisława Kowalak – National Association Forum of Industry and Technology Parks

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Qubus Hotel Finance/economy: plenary session

Speech: Aleksander Grad – Minister of Treasury I Financial markets after the crisis (9 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.) • Reactions of international financial markets to the crisis: consequences for European and Polish economy • Bank sector strategies: tendencies and forecasts. Sources of capital alternative to loans. • Stability and balance of global finance: a natural condition or the desired effect of regulation? • A new paradigm of financial markets. Supervision and risk reduction. Advantages and threats resulting from

regulation. The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Jan Krzysztof Bielecki – Chairman of Economic Council at the Prime Minsiter Office, Prime Minister in1991; Jacek Chwedoruk – President, Rothschild Polska Sp. z o.o.; Zbigniew Jagiełło – pp of Chairman of the Board, PKO Bank Polski; Stanisław Kluza – Chairman, Polish Financial Supervision Authority, Undersecretary of State in Ministry of Finance in 2006; Małgorzata Kołakowska – Chairman of the Board, ING Bank Śląski; Wojciech Kwaśniak – Chairman Adviser, Polish National Bank; Mateusz Morawiecki – President, Bank Zachodni WBK SA; Ludwik Sobolewski – Chairman of the Board, Warsaw Stock Exchange SA; Jacek Socha – Partner, Deputy Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Minister of State Treasury in the years 2004-2005; Iwona Sroka – President, National Depository for Securities (KDPW) Session moderator: Roman Młodkowski –TVN CNBC

II Economic priorities in a period of revival (12 p.m. – 2 p.m.) Outcome of the economic downturn in Europe and in the rest of the world. First symptoms and main areas of

revival Effectiveness of anti-crisis measures in EU countries. Is protectionism a potential threat to the economic bases

of the EU? More for less. How should Europe’s economy be reformed in a weaker economic situation? European economic policy priorities; the principal stimuli for development of the new decade Polish economy: from economic slowdown to recovery The influence of the situation in financial markets on the real economy. Situation in companies of key sectors

(investments, access to capital, foreign expansion)



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The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order), among others: Rafał Antczak – Vice-president, Deloitte; Rafał Baniak – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy; Henryka Bochniarz – President, Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan; Robert Gwiazdowski – President, Adam Smith Center; Zygmunt Kostkiewicz – Chairman of the Board, KUKE SA; Tomasz Mironczuk – President, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego; Jarosław Myjak – Deputy Chairman of the Board, PKO Bank Polski; Joanna Schmid – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of State Treasury; Paweł Wojciechowski – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Session moderator: Jarosław Sroka – Member of the Board, Kulczyk Holding

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Qubus Hotel Law

Functioning of the judiciary in Poland: consultation and diagnosis Economic and social effects and costs of lengthiness of proceedings Means and methods to improve the situation

The following special guest has been invited to take part in the session: Krzysztof Kwiatkowski – Minister of Justice The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Jarosław Bełdowski – Chairman of the Board, Civil Development Forum Foundation FOR; Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski – Minister of Justice, Public Prosecutor General of Poland in the years 2007-2009; Bożena Lublińska-Kasprzak – President, Polish Agency of Enterprise Development (PARP); Janusz Niemcewicz – Vice-Chairman, Constitutional Tribunal; Andrzej Rajpert – Andrzej Rajpert and Karol Knosek Law Firm lub Law Office; Roman Rewald – Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce in Poland; Maciej Szpunar – Undersecretary of State responsible for EU law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Domański Zakrzewski – Palinka sp.k., creator of local government reform from 1990 and 1998 r. and a member of the team for sefl-government Round Table affairs

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 3.30 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Monopol Hotel Chemical sector: global market, European determinants

• Main development trends in European chemistry. New directions, product groups and technologies. • Competitiveness of the European chemical industry faced with new restrictions: reducing CO2 emission,

potential migration of companies and plants • In which areas can the European chemical sector be competitive (product segments, research related to

new technologies and collaboration between business and science, sources of development financing)? • Investment and innovation: a response to market challenges • Raw material availability and prices as obstacles to the sector’s development • Ownership transformation in the Polish chemical sector: privatisation, consolidation and restructuring.

Appeal of the privatisation offer. Sector investors. • The place of Polish chemical plants in Europe. Opportunities for global competitiveness.

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Jarosław Chęciński – Dyrektor Biura Sprzedaży i Marketingu, DB Schenker Rail Polska; Maciej Gierej – Member of the Board, Director of Investment and Development, Mint of Noble Metals; Olaf Günther-Borstel – Chairman of the Board, Yara Poland Sp. z o.o.; Michael Hepp – Chairman, BASF Polska Sp. z o.o.; Krzysztof Jałosiński – Chairman of the Board, Gemneral Director, ZAK SA; Paweł Jarczewski – Chairman of the Board, Puławy Nitrogen Processing Plant S.A; Ryszard Kunicki – Chairman of the Board, Ciech SA; Adam Leszkiewicz – Undersecretary of State, the Ministry of Treasure; Wojciech Lubiewa-Wieleżyński – Chairman of the Board, Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry; Bronislovas Lubys – Prezes Zarządu, UAB Achema Group; Jerzy Majchrzak – Director, Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry; Jerzy Marciniak – Chairman of the Board, Zakłady Azotowe w Tarnowie-Mościcach SA; Zenon Maślona – Chairman of the Board, Brenntag Polska Sp. z o.o.; Cezary Możeński – Director, Institute of Fertilizers; Waldemar Preussner – Chairman of Supervisory Board, PCC AG; Marek Serafin – Member of the Board for Petrochemistry, PKN Orlen SA; Wiesław Skwarko – Member of the Board, Nafta Polska SA Moderator: Dariusz Malinowski – Editor, Miesięcznik Gospodarczy Nowy Przemysł (New Industry), WNP.pl

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Qubus Hotel Food market

Competitiveness of the Polish and European food industry in the world going global How to improve competitiveness of Polish and European companies in the conditions of liberalised world

trade, in the context of the activity undertaken by the World Trade Organization (WTO)? Consequences of lifting the protection barriers for the food market in EU Should the EU support tools be maintained for EU companies? If so, what scale and mechanisms of

support should be?

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Threats to the European food industry from the “new” markets such as China, India and Brazil Russia. Is it a market or potential competition? How to arrange the EU relationships with that country?

The problem of EU solidarity The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Edmund Borawski – Chairman, Milk Cooperative Mlekpol; Maciej Duda – Chairman of the Board, Polish Meat Concern DUDA SA; Adam Dyszyński – Chairman of the Board, HJ Heinz Polska SA; Andrzej Gantner – Managing Director, Polish Federation of Food Industry (PFFZ); Piotr Grauer – Vice-director, KPMG; Tomasz Kurpisz – Chairman of the Board, Hortex Holding; Jan Kolański – Chairman of the Board, Jutrzenka Capital Group SA; Andrzej Kowalski – Director, Instytut Ekonomiki Rolnictwa i Gospodarki Żywnościowej, Państwowy Instytut Badawczy; Mirosław Mazuruk – Chairman of the Board, Warszawski Rolno-Spożywczy Rynek Hurtowy SA; Daria Oleszczuk – Deputy Director, Agribusiness Finance Department, Bank BGŻ; Krzysztof Pawiński – Chairman of the Board, Maspex Wadowice Group; Krzysztof Półgrabia – Chairman of the Board, Pamapol SA; Jannis Samaras – Chairman of the Board, Kofola-Hoop Groop; Czesław Adam Siekierski – Member of European Parliament; Krzysztof Tryliński –General Director, Grupa Belvedere; Janusz Wojciechowski – Member of European Parliament, Deputy Chairman of Agriculture Committee in European Parliament; Marian Zalewski – Undersecretary of State, Ministry for Rural Development and Agriculture Moderator: Jan Bazyl Lipszyc – Editor in Chief, Rynek Spożywczy (Food Market)

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 6.30-7.30 p.m.

UE Funds – awards

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 9 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Monopol Hotel Power industry. Fighting with climate changes – Plenary sessions

The world after Copenhagen. Global economy versus global challenge Europe a (lonely?) leader to fight climate changes. Self-restrictions versus competitiveness of the EU

industry The impact of climate regulations on Polish power engineering and industry Priorities of the common European energy policy. What to provide in place of coal: gas, renewable

sources or nuclear energy? The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress (a list of people in an alphabetical order):

Erik Geuss – Vice-Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Czech Andrzej Kraszewski – Minister of Enviroment of Poland

The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Andrzej Balcerek – Polish Cement Association, Chairman of the Board, General Director, Górażdże Cement SA; Maher Chebbo – Vice President of Utilities, SAP; Jiri Cienciala – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Trinecke Zelezarny, President, Czech-Polish Chamber of Commerce; Arkadiusz Krężel – President of Supervisory Board, Boryszew SA; Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz – Member of European Parliament; Maciej Nowicki – Minister of Environment in years 1991 and 2007-2009; Krzysztof Rozen – Partner, Firma Doradcza KPMG; Zbyszek Zaborowski – Deputy Marshal of Silesian Province; Krzysztof Żmijewski – Warsaw University of Technology, Social Consulting Council for Power Industry.

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Monopol Hotel

The future of power transmission and distribution in Europe Regulation systems in relation to transmission and distribution Evolution of business models in the transmission and distribution Innovations in the transmission and distribution The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Jerzy Andruszkiewicz – Vicepresident, PSE Operator; Gert Brunekreeft – Professor of Energy Economics at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany and Director of the Bremen Energie Institut, Germany; Jose Comabella López – Technical Director Endesa Network; Claude Counan – Director Grid Infrastructure Research & Development, EDF; Luca Lo Schiavo – Deputy Director Quality and Consumers Affairs Departament, The Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas, (AEEG) Italy; Michael Kranhold – Director, TSO cooperation 50Hertz Transmission, Germany; Piotr Ordyna – Vice-President Distribution, ENION Power Distribution System Operator; Christoph Riechmann – Director at Frontier Economics Ltd., Germany; Dan Roberts – Director at Frontier Economics Ltd., United Kingdom; Artur Różycki – President, ENEA Operator; Konstantin Staschus – Secretary



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General, ENTSO-E; Mariusz Swora – Chairman, Energy Regulatory Office (URE); Charles Zimmermann – Consultant at Nexant Incorporated, USA Moderator: Jan Kowalczyk – Power Industry Expert

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 11.30 a.m. – 3. p.m.

Qubus Hotel Knowledge Innovation Communities: fusion of sciences and business.

KIC-InnoEnergy in the field of sustainable energy. Knowledge Innovation Communities as a model collaboration between research centres, universities and companies Thematic areas of communities’ activity:

- preventing climate changes - sustainable energy - development of information and communication society

Knowledge Innovation Communities KIC-InnoEnergy in the field of sustainable energy: - Thematic areas - Partners - Innovation model - The Polish node: clean coal technologies - Structure, funding, initial experience and barriers to overcome

The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress; all local government topics (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Barbara Kudrycka – Minister of Science and Higher Education; Gérard de Nazelle – Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Claude Ayache – the French Atomic Energy Commission, CEA (France); Wiesław Banyś – Rektor, Silesian Univesrity; Hans-Joerg Bauer – Coordinator of KIC-InnoEnergy; Josep Bordonau – The UPC-BARCELONA TECH (Spain); Elena Bou – Director, GRACO Reaserch Group, ESADE (Spain); Juliette Cahen – the French Atomic Energy Commission, CEA (France); Magnus Callavik – Manager R&D, Corporate Research, ABB Sverige (Sweden); Józef Dubiński – Managing Director, Central Mining Institute; Krzysztof Jałosiński – Chairman of the Board, General Director, ZAK SA; Andrzej Karbownik – Rector, Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice; A.M.C. Lemmens – Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (Holandia); Dariusz Lubera – Chairman of Board, General Director, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Karol Musioł – Rector, Jagiellonian University; Paweł Olechnowicz – Chairman of Board, General Director, Grupa Lotos SA; Christine Patte – R&D Electricité de France EDF (France); Stanisław Rychlicki – Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo; Antoni Tajduś – Rector, the Stanisław Staszic AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Tomasz Szmuc – Vice rector, the Stanisław Staszic AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Coordinator of Polish Node within KIC-InnoEnergy; Marek Ściążko – Director, Institute for Chemical Coal Processing; Philipe Tanguy – Vice President, R&D Programs, Partnerships and International Relations, Total (France); Tadeusz Więckowski – Rector, Wroclaw University of Technology; Ramon Wyss – Vice President, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, KIC InnoEnergy Coordinator (Sweden) and chiefs of science research departments and development departments

15.04.2010 r. (Thursday) 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Qubus Hotel Management: between slowdown and recovery. Challenges for managers

Depression, rebounce, boom. Key experiences of business cycles in the last 20 years. Crisis ends, yet problems remain. New challenges faced by management boards and owners of Polish

companies Better, cheaper and wiser. Cost control and reduction Building the company value during a downturn and in a period of revival Employees as a cost and as an investment. Managing human potential Innovation meaning building the competitive advantage Boundless business. New possibilities for development and expansion. What will be the key driver of

business development in Poland and in Europe?

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order), among others: Rafał Abratański – Deputy Chairman of the Board, DM IDMSA; Grzegorz Dzik – President, Impel SA; Michał Goli – Owner, Armada Development SA; Zbigniew Jakubas – Multico Sp. z o.o.; Krzysztof Jędrzejewski – Kopex SA; Stanisław Rosnowski – President, Elstar Oils SA; Henryk Warkocz – President, TÜV NORD Polska Sp. z o.o.; Wiesław Wiśniewski – Presidnet, Liberty Poland SA; Michał Wuczyński – President, General Director, Awbud Sp.z o.o



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15.04.2010 (Thursday) 3.30 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Qubus Hotel Strategies of Polish government for the fuel and power sector.

Ownership structure of the fuel and power sector in Europe. Privatisation The future of coal-based power engineering in the light of fighting climate changes The state as an owner of power companies. Privatisation dilemmas The ownership structure of the power companies in EU countries: what should be the role of the state?

Competition, regulation and energy market versus interests of state captains of industry The role and constraints of gas engineering? Gas market liberalization Political risk impact (Poland’s and EU decisions) on the activity of power companies

Speech: Aleksander Grad – Minister of State Treasury of Poland The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Marek Beroud – President, Operator Logistyczny Paliw Płynnych (OLPP) Sp. z o.o; Wojciech Bogdan – Partner, Mc Kinsey&Comapny Poland Sp. z o.o.; Jan Bury – Secretary of State, Ministry of State Treasury; Andrzej Czerwiński – Member of Parliament of Poland; Petr Ivanek – Chairman of Board, CEZ Polska; Dariusz Lubera – Chairman of Board, General Director, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Dariusz Marzec – Director in Energy and Natural Resources Team, KPMG; Dariusz Mioduski – Chairman of Board, Kulczyk Investments; Paweł Olechnowicz – Chairman of Board, General Director, Grupa Lotos SA; Maciej Owczarek – Chairman of Board, ENEA SA; Robert Soszyński – Chairman of the Board, The Oil Pipeline Operation Company "Przyjaźń" Joint Stock (PERN “Przyjaźń); Tomasz Zadroga – Chairman of Board, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (Polish Energy Group S.A.)

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 9 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) Metropolises in Europe

The process of forming metropolises with the example of large urban organisms in Europe The key areas of metropolises functioning: separation of municipal and metropolitan functions Methods to promote metropolises: creating brand awareness in the environment Administration of metropolitan areas

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Ryszard Grobelny – Mayor of Poznań, Chairman of Polish Towns Association; Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – Mayor of Warsaw Town; Andrzej Stania – Mayor of Ruda Śląska; Jose Fillipe Torres – CEO, BloomConsulting; Piotr Uszok – Mayor of Katowice, President, Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia (GZM) Moderator: Marek Szczepański – Director, Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress; all local government topics (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Martine Aubry – Mayor of Lille; Ovidiu Dîmbean-Creţa – Personal Economic Adviser of the General Mayor of Bucharest; Henning G. Jensen – Mayor of Aalborg town; Vesna Jovic – Director of Municipal Office Huddinge; Petr Kajnar – Mayor of Ostrava; Siegfried Nagl – Mayor of Graz; Reinhard Paß – Mayor of Essen; Jürgen Roters – Mayor of Cologne; Iñaki Azkuna Urreta – Mayor of Bilbao; Maurice Vincent – President of Metropolis of Saint Etienne Panel organised by: Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia, (GZM)

15.04.2010 (Thursday)

9 a.m. – 1.30 a.m. Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) Infrastructure and transport. Motorways and roads

Infrastructure investments in Central and Eastern Europe (railways, roads); opportunities, problems and funding

European transport corridors: coordination and international collaboration Roads investment funding in the light of Central Europe experience Factors stimulating the growth of road investments (EU funds, Euro 2012, the role of local governments,

state policy) Construction market: competition versus the functioning of the tendering system Toll collection technologies and their verification

The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Cezary Grabarczyk – Minister of Infrastructure The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Dariusz Blocher – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Budimex SA; Artur Fojud – Chairman of the Board, Fojud Sp. z o.o., Deputy Chairman of the Board, Association of Polish Road Congress; Adrian Furgalski – Director, Zespół Doradców Gospodarczych TOR Sp. z o.o. (Team of Economic Advisers TOR); Konrad Jaskóła – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Polimex Mostostal SA; Andrzej Patalas – Chairman of the Board,



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Autostrada Wielkopolska SA; Jerzy Polaczek – Member of Parliament of Poland, Minister of Transport in the years 2005-2007; Radosław Stępień – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure; Tadeusz Syryjczyk – Senior Expert, Zespół Doradców Gospodarczych TOR (Team of Economic Advisers), Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy in the years 1998-2000; Paweł Szaciłło – Vice-director, Department of Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Emil Wąsacz – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Stalexport Autostrady SA, Minister of Treasury of Poland in the years 1997-2000; Lech Witecki – General Director, Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad (General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways)

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) Creative cities: creative metropolises as development nodes of the knowledge-driven economy Barriers and development challenges of global metropolises Metropolitan areas in Europe in the light of studies of European Spatial Planning Observation Network

(ESPON) Urban networks in Europe Polish metropolitan areas in European connections networks of knowledge-based economy The factors of creating economic attractiveness of metropolises Current development trends of large cities and metropolises Development challenges of metropolises in the 21st century

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Leszek Bartłomiejczyk – Director of Public Sector, SAP; Pascal Bonne – CEO, Veolia Energy / Dalkia Polska SA; Alfonso Martínez Cearra – Director General, Bilbao Metropoli-30; Stefan Denig – Vice President Head of Corporate Communications / Issue Management, Siemens; Gido ten Dolle – Head of Office Randstad Region Brussel, General coordination and regional positionnig; Andrzej Dziuba – Major of Tychy; Zygmunt Frankiewicz – Mayor of Gliwice, President, The Silesian Union of Municipalities and District; Adam Fudali – Mayor of Rybnik; Francis Glare – Director, Building Design Partnership, Manchester (UK), Doris Kampus – Director of 16th Department, Department for Development, Federal State of Styria; Piotr Kurpios – pp of Mayor of Częstochowa; Dominique Laousse – RATP, Paris; Jacek Majchrowski – Mayor of Kraków; Monika Matusiak – Poznan University of Economics; Joe Montgomery – Director General of the Ministry for Communities and Local Authorities (UK); Jan Olbrycht – Member of European Parliament; Roger Read – General Secretary of The Network of European Metropolitan, Regions and Areas (METREX); Javier Sanchez-Reaza – expert, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Michel Sudarskis – General Secretary, The International Urban Development Association (INTA); Piotr Uszok – Mayor of Katowice, President of Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia (GZM); Adam Wasilewski – Mayor of Lublin; Zygmunt Ziobrowski – Institute of Towns Development in Kraków; representative of SAP Polska Sp. z o.o. Panel organised by: The Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts

15.04.2010 (Thursday)

2 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office)

Railway transport I Market, competition and investments (2 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.)

• Effects of the current economic situation on the rail transport market • Areas of competition and collaboration for railways in Poland and in Europe. Progress of the liberalisation

process. • Essential investments versus the “price war”. Infrastructure access costs. • Competition in passenger transport • Railway infrastructure investments. Conditions for using EU funding • Modernisation and healthy competition. A vision of the Polish and European rail markets.

Speech: Cezary Grabarczyk – Minister of Infrastructure The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Wojciech Balczun – Chairman of the Board, PKP Cargo SA; Krzysztof Celiński – Chairman of the Board, PKP Intercity SA; Juliusz Engelhardt – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure; Adrian Furgalski – Director, Zespół Doradców Gospodarczych (Team of Economic Advisers) TOR Sp. z o.o.; Tomasz Moraczewski – Chairman of the Board, General Director,PKP Przewozy Regionalne Sp. z o.o.; Dariusz Nachyła – Partner, Deloitte; Janusz Piechociński – Member of Parliament of Poland, Deputy Chairman at the Parliament Infrastructure Committee; Zbigniew Rynasiewicz – Member of Parliament of Poland, Chairman of Parliament Infrastructure Committee; Zbigniew Szafrański – Chairman of the Board, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA (Polish Railway); Bogusław Śmigielski – Marshall of Silesian Province; Andrzej Wach – Chairman of the Board, PKP SA Moderator: Henryk Klimkiewicz – Chairman of the Board, (Team of Economic Advisers) TOR Sp. z o.o.; II Cargo rail transport (4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.)

• The logistics operator’s role in the international transport market. • How to build competitive advantage in the cargo rail transport market?



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• Infrastructure as the factor that shapes the market and the competition: condition, modernisation, development and availability.

• Directions for the development of rail cargo in Poland. Bulk transport. Intermodal transport. • Thinking about the future: competition and rolling stock depreciation costs • New technologies and organisational solutions in cargo transport

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Mirosław Antonowicz – Vice-president of Railway Transport Regulation, Railway Transport Office (Urząd Transportu Kolejowego); Wojciech Balczun – Chairman of the Board, PKP Cargo SA; Juliusz Engelhardt – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure; Adrian Furgalski – Director, Zespół Doradców Gospodarczych (Team of Economic Advisers) TOR Sp. z o.o.; Henryk Klimkiewicz – Chairman of the Board, (Team of Economic Advisers) TOR Sp. z o.o.; Dariusz Nachyła – Partner, Deloitte; Janusz Piechociński – Member of Parliament of Poland, Deputy Chairman at the Parliament Infrastructure Committee; Paweł Podsiadło – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Centrala Zaopatrzenia Hutnictwa S.A. (Supply Centre for Metallurgy); Zbigniew Szafrański – Chairman of the Board, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA (Polish Railway); representative of DB Schenker Rail Polska SA Moderator: Wojciech Paprocki – Kierownik, Zakład Ekonomiki Przedsiębiorstwa Transportowego, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 9 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) Copyright

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Bogdan Fischer – Mass media law specialist, Institute of Journalism and Social Communication; Cezary Kaźmierczak – Member of the Board, Adam Smith Center, Media and Comunication Expert; Marek Kutarba – Deputy Editor-In-Chief, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna; Wiesław Podkański – Chairman of the Board, Polish Chamber of Press Publishers Panel organised by: Dziennik Gazetę Prawną

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) City and regional brand: workshop

Special guest: Workshop with participation of Jose Filipe Toress, BloomConsulting CEO, the best place and country branding specialist according to The Economist

Panel organised by: Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia (GZM)

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) Infrastructure/Building Industry

• Current situation of the building sector. Consequences of the crisis. Harsh competition. Liquidity problems • Public infrastructure investments and EU funds as driving forces of the economy. How long will the boom

last? • The power industry, the raw materials sector, telecommunications and trade: prospective areas for the

building industry • Housing construction: permanent reasons for stagnation (taxes, finance, loans and others) • Prospects for growth in the areas supporting the building industry (construction materials and services)

The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Andrzej Balcerek – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Górażdże Cement SA; Dariusz Blocher – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Budimex SA; Olgierd Dziekoński – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure; Konrad Jaskóła – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Polimex Mostostal SA; Piotr Kroenke – General Director, Globe Trade Centre SA; Tomasz Lisiecki – Chairman of the Board, TriGranit Development Polska Sp. z o.o.; Andrzej Ptak – Chairman of the Board, Dyrektor Generalny, Grupa Ożarów SA; Paulo Silva – Member of the Board, Finance Director, Mota-Engil Central Europe SA; Dariusz Stachura – Chairman of the Board, Termo Organika Sp. z o.o.; Piotr Styczeń – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure; Leon Ucka – Chairman, Budus SA Moderator: Edmund Kubeczka – Executive Director for Building Sector, ING Bank Śląski

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 9.00 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.

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Capital for small and medium enterprises. Investments in SMEs. Dynamic development. Extraordinary profits.

Session I. Capital for innovations and dynamic development (9 a.m. –11 a.m.) During this panel we will discuss significance of SMEs for economies of developing countries (it constitutes over 50 % of GDP and 70 % of employees – so it is meaningful), problems and barriers to access to capital that SMEs encounter. Sources of financing SMEs development, for instance stock exchange, offers from banks, brokerage houses and institutions of private equity market will be presented Introduction: Grzegorz Pędras – President, Secus Wsparcie Biznesu (Secus Business Support) (9.00 am - 9.15 am) The significance of the SME sector for the European Union and Poland The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Speeches:

Rafał Baniak – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy; Małgorzata Handzlik – Member of the European

Parliament; Danuta Hübner – Member of the European Parliament, Chairwoman of the Committee on Regional

Development in the European Parliament; Bożena Lublińska-Kasprzak – Chairman of the Board, Polish Agency

of Enterprise Development (PARP); Aneta Wilmańska – Deputy Chairman, Polish Agency of Enterprise

Development (PARP); Maxime Woitrin – Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Belgium; Adam

Zdziebło – Secretary of State, Ministry of Regional Development; Capital market as a catalyst for the SME development The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Ludwik Sobolewski – President, Warsaw Stock Exchange Case study: showing the progress of companies which develop dynamically using various forms of financing, quoted on NewConnect Stock Exchange, operating on AIM – companies share their experience and tell how entering respective markets has influenced their development. The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Rafał Brzoska – President, InPost; Artur Fojud – President, Fojud Sp. z o.o., Vice-President, Association Polish Road Congress; K.R. Harris – Executive Chairman, Seymour Pierce Limited; Michał Wuczyński – President and CEO, Awbud Sp. z o.o. Session II. The role of institutions of business environment in supporting the SME sector (11.30 a.m. – 13.15 p.m.)

Modern forms to finance the development of enterprises: bonds (Catalyst), issue of shares (NewConnect and the key market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange)

Private equity/venture capital: opportunities, possibilities and requirements Legal aspects of the investment process and preparing a company to get an external investor Financing the current company's activity: new possibilities to build competitiveness Institutions of business environment. Models of collaboration, advantages for entrepreneurs An offer of financial institutions to MSPs

The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Mariusz Flak – Chairman, Economic Advisory Center, Ruda Śląska Development Agency "Inwestor"; Sławomir Jakszuk – Partner, Prof. Marek Wierzbowski i Partnerzy Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni; Jerzy Kurella – Deputy Chairman of the Board, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego; Arkadiusz Lewicki – Director , CIP National Contact Point at the Polish Bank Association (ZBP); Jacek Matusiewicz – President, Upper-Silesian Fund; Bożena Rojewska – President, Upper-Silesian Agency for Regional Development (GARR); Piotr Soroczyński – General Economist,

Export Credit Insurance Corporation (KUKE SA); Mariusz Wyżycki – Vice-Chairman, Credit Information Bureau

(Biuro Informacji Kredytowej SA) Session III. Small enterprises, big profits (1.45 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.) During this panel we will discuss problems connected with investments in SMEs from investors’ point of view. We will treat important issues concerning creation of mechanisms encouraging investors to invest their financial resources in this kind of assets (for example in Germany there are tax relieves etc.) Private Equity Market – Poland (and Central Europe countries) against the background of Western Europe countries Introduction: Grzegorz Pędras – President, Secus Wsparcie Biznesu (Secus Business Support) (1.15 pm -1.45 pm) Mechanisms boosting investing in SMEs The questions such as tax incentives for individual investors, creation of simple and safe institutions of collective investing will be tackled. Effectiveness of stock markets intended for SMEs (NewConnect) will be assessed. The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Hendrick Brandis – Chairman Venture Capital Council, European Venture Capital Association (EVCA); Wojciech Dołkowski – President, PolBAN – Polish Business Angels Network; Chris Masek – Chairman Mid Market Platform Council, European Venture Capital Association (EVCA); Barbara Nowakowska – Executive Director, Polish Private Equity

Association (PPEA) ; Arkadiusz Radwan – Chairman, Allerhand Institute; Marek Wierzbowski – Partner, Prof. Marek Wierzbowski i Partnerzy Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni



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IV. Inauguration of the creation of the Investors and Entrepreneurs Collaboration Network “Business Hunters” (3.30 p.m.) A 3D film showing the concepts of the project and an innovative company from the Business Hunters network, i3d Sp. z o.o. Bożena Lublińska-Kasprzak – President, Polish Agency of Enterprise Development (PARP) Jarosław Pawłowski – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Regional Development Grzegorz Pędras – President, Secus Wsparcie Biznesu (Secus Business Support)

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Sala Multimedialna RIG (Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice – Sala Multimedialna) Eastern Partnership as a European platform for economic integration

Summary of the past initiatives of the Eastern Partnership as an integral element of the EU policy

A geopolitical dimension of the Eastern Partnership

An energy dimension of the Eastern Partnership

A Swedish initiative of the energy saving programme for Ukraine

The significance of the Eastern Partnership for the tightening of economic relations with Eastern Europe countries

Business organizations in the Eastern Partnership, Business Forum 2010: second edition The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Andrzej Arendarski – Chairman, National Economic Chamber (KIG); Adam Balcer – Chief of „ Enlargement and neighbourhood policy of the EU” project, demosEUROPA Funadation – Center of European Strategy; Andrzej Cieszkowski – Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for East Partnerships; Tadeusz Donocik – Chairman, Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice, Deputy Chairman, National Economic Chamber (KIG); Dag Hartelius – Ambassador of Sweden in Poland; Aleksandra Hanzel – Vicepresident, KUKE SA; Marcin Korolec – Undersecretary of State at Ministry of Economy; Tomasz Ostaszewicz – Director, Department of International Bilateral Co-operation, Ministry of Economy; Paweł Podsiadło – Chairman of the Board, Managing Director, Centre of Metallurgy Supply SA; Rafał Sadowski – Kierownik Zespołu Partnerstwo Wschodnie, Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich; Maciej Woźniak – General Adviser of Prime Minister for Energy Security; Anna Zvolikevych – Director, EU Ukraine Business Council Moderator: Andrzej Kremer – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Panel organised by: Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice (Regionalna Izba Gospodarcza w Katowicach)

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Sala Multimedialna RIG (Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice – Sala Multimedialna) Local government and economic self-government in the partnership for the development of the

regions Challenges in the economic development of the regions Common initiatives for the economic development Good practices in Poland and in Europe; tools and collaboration programmes The future of the act on economic self-government Division of competencies between a local government and economic self-government

The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Andrzej Arendarski – President, Polish Chamber of Commerce; Jerzy Bartnik – President, Polish Artisan Association (ZRP); Mirosław Bąk – President, Institute for Private Enterprise and Democracy (IPED); Lars Bosse – General Director, Polish-German Chamber of Commerce in Poland; Eugeniusz Budinok – Chancellor, Katowice BCC Chapter; Karl-Uwe Bütof – Director, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of North-Rhine Westphalia; Didier Decoupigny – Co-operation Director, Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lille; Marek Goliszewski – President, BCC; Zbigniew Jarzyna – President, Supreme Council of Trade and Services Associations (NRZHiU); Jan Klimek – President, Chamber of Crafts and Small and Medium Enterprise (Izba Rzemieślnicza oraz Małej i Średniej Przedsiębiorczości); Małgorzata Mańka-Szulik – Mayor of Zabrze; Andrzej Mikulski – Mayor Of Ogrodzieniec; Jan Olbrycht – member of the European Parliament; Jerzy Podsiadło – President of the Council, Polish Steel Association (HIPH), President, WĘGLOKOKS SA; Heinz Josef Schröder – Director, International Affairs, South Westphalian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SIHK), Hagen; Adam Szejnfeld – Member of Seym (Polish Parliament); Jerome Toulemonde – Co-operation Director, Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lille; Piotr Uszok – Mayor of Katowice, President of Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia (GZM) Moderator: Tadeusz Donocik – Prezes, Regionalna Izba Gospodarcza w Katowicach, Wiceprezes, Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza Panel organised by: Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice (Regionalna Izba Gospodarcza w Katowicach)



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15.04.2010 (Thursday) 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Park Naukowo Technologiczny Euro-Centrum (Euro-Centrum Technology and Science Park) Power engineering: renewable energy sources

EU achievements, experience and requirements in the area of renewable energy engineering Renewable sources of energy: Polish experience and ambitions Priorities at stake: which renewable energy sources may develop more than any other ones? Renewable sources versus the stability of electrical power system: threats and precautionary measures

Special guest: Andrzej Kraszewski – Minister of Enviroment of Poland The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Bernard Błaszczyk – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Environment of Poland; Mirosław Bobrzyński – President, Euro-Centrum Technology and Science Park; Andrzej Cylwik – President, CASE Doradcy Sp. z o.o.; Wojciech Górecki – Manager of University Department, Department of Energy Raw Materials, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Stanisława Staszica of AGH University of Science and Technology; Andrzej Kassenberg – Chairman of the Board, Institute for Eco-development; Piotr Knypiński – Director, Hoval Polska Sp. z o.o; Maria Królikowska-Olczak – Head of European Economic Law Department, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz; Gabriela Lenartowicz – Chairman of the Board, Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Katowice; Jan Mališ – Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions Department, ČEZ, a.s; David McNamara – Director for Investments in Continental Europe, ESB International Investments LTD; Jan Popczyk – Institute of Power Engineering and Control Systems, Silesian University of Technology; Krzysztof Prasałek – Vice-President, Polish Wind Energy Association; Jan Rączka – Chairman, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management; Andrzej Rejner – Dircetor for Regulation, Vattenfall Poland SA; Holger Rubel – Partner and Executive, The Boston Consulting Group Frankfurt; Bogusław Smólski – Director, National Centre for Research and Development; Marian Strumiłło – Vicepresident, Dalkia Polska SA; Bartosz Urbaniak – Director, Agribusiness Finance Department, Bank BGŻ; Wiesław Wójcik – Chairman of the Board, Polish Chamber of Commerce for Renewable Energy; Artur Zdybicki – Chairman of the Board, Polenergia SA; Krzysztof Żmijewski – Warsaw University of Technology, Social Consulting Council for Power Industry Moderator: Tadeusz Skoczkowski – Chairman, The Polish National Conservation Energy Agency

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 9 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.

Angelo Hotel Water management and sewage management in the aspect of the sustainable development of

regions Water Framework Directive as a basic tool of the contemporary water policy carried out in compliance

with environmental protection rules Innovative solutions regarding water supply systems for agglomeration inhabitants taking into

consideration rational management of regions’ water resources Sludge: tasks, threats, challenges and opportunities in the water supply sector Climate changes versus global water crisis. Innovative systems and technologies, alternative methods to

gain drinking water for populations in areas threatened by water deficit The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Bernard Błaszczyk – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Environment; Stanisław Gawłowski – Sekretarz Stanu, Ministerstwo Środowiska; Zygmunt Łukaszczyk – Silesian Voivode; Bogusław Śmigielski – Marshal of Silesian Province The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Paweł Chudziński – Chairman of the Board, Aquanet SA; Piotr Gepert – President, Veolia Woda Sp. z o. o.;; Jarosław Kania – President, Upper-Silesian Water Supply Company (Górnośląskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów); Miroslav Kyncl – Severomoravske vodovody a kanalizace; Marcos Dehm Neves – Degremont SA, Suez Group; Magdalena Pochwalska – President, District Water Supply and Sewerage Company in Sosnowiec; Marek Pyka – Water Supply and Sewerage Plant, Łódź; Augusti Ferrer i Sanchez – Catalan Water Partnership, Barcelona; Mirosław Wachulak – Vice-President, Deputy Managing Director, Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Company, Wrocław Moderator: Michał Czarski - President of Silesian Province Parliament (Sejmik Województwa Śląskiego) Panel organised by: Upper-Silesian Water Supply Company (Górnośląskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów)

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Angelo Hotel

Knowledge-based economy and society E-management meaning the creation of the competitive edge using modern data communication

solutions The role and significance of data communication tools in a modern company The future of the European media and telecommunications market



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The role of administration and business in the development of data communication technologies and new media

E-work: is telework the future for competitive and innovative economies? Opportunities and challenges on the way to create information society. The role of the state E-administration: national island projects or integrated electronic systems for inhabitants and offices of

Europe? The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Magdalena Gaj – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure; Mirosław Godlewski – , Chairman of the Board, Netia SA; Adam Góral – , Chairman of the Board, Asseco Capital Group; Wacław Iszkowski – Chairman, Polish Chamber of IT and Telecommunication; Piotr Kołodziejczyk – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Administration; Jacek Murawski – Dyrektor Generalny, Microsoft Polska; Cristiano Pinzauti – Secretary-General, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Poland; Grzegorz Rogaliński – Chairman of the Board, SAP; Anna Sieńko – General Director, IBM Polska; Borys Stokalski – Vice-Chairman of the Board, Infovide-Matrix SA; Paweł Świeboda – Director, DemosEUROPA Foundation – Centre of European Strategy; Stefan Widomski – Honorary Consul of Poland in Finland, former chairman of Nokia Corporation; Maciej Witucki – Chairman of the Board, Telekomunikacja Polska; Moderator: Jerzy Kalinowski – Partner, Manager of Advisory Group in the Sector of New Technologies, Telecommunication and Media, KPMG Counselling Group

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 9 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Angelo Hotel Innovative economy of Europe

Priorities of modernity: development directions of innovative technologies Effective methods, good practices: technology transfer, R&D Collaboration of science and industry: organizational, legal and mental barriers EU strategy in the area of innovation

Special guest: Barbara Kudrycka – Minister of Science and Higher Education The following guests have confirmed their participation in the discussion (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Maciej Adamkiewicz – Chairman of the Board, Adamed Sp. z o.o.; Janusz Filipiak – Chairman of the Board, Comarch SA; Peter Jones – Head of Security Solutions Group, Hitachi Europe Ltd.; Andrzej Karbownik – Rector, Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice; Sławomir Kopeć – Chairman of the Board, Krakowski Park Technologiczny Sp. z o.o; Piotr Moncarz – Chairman, US-POLISH TRADE COUNCIL, Consulting Professor, Stanford University, The Member of Council of National Centre of Research and Development; Martin Oxley – Chairman, British-Polish Chamber of Commerce; Luc Palmen – Chairman, InnCo Sp. z o.o.; Krzysztof Pawłowski – President, National Louis University in Nowy Sącz; Orazio Ragni – Chairman of Group, AVIO S.p.A.; Jerzy Toczyski – Chairman, GlaxoSmithKline Polska; Stefan Widomski – Honorary Consul of Poland in Finland, former chairman of Nokia Corporation; Tadeusz Więckowski – Rector, Wroclaw University of Technology

15.04.2010 (Thursday)

9 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Angelo Hotel

Economy in the time of crisis: mechanisms for supporting entrepreneurs Role of the Industrial Development Agency to support Polish businesses threatened by the crisis

• Public aid as a solution to support the economy in the time of depression. Principles, forms and European Commission supervision

• Range of measures and criteria for granting public aid by the Industrial Development Agency • Companies that have received financial support from the Industrial Development Agency; failure

examples: cause analysis (case studies) A guide for entrepreneurs who apply for receiving public aid from the Industrial Development Agency

Information concerning the government programme “Industrial Development Agency – ARP SA support of initiatives to stimulate the Polish economy”

• Limiting conditions and objectives of the government programme (difficulties to finance company development, stimulating economic growth, social costs of the slowdown)

• Goals and beneficiaries of the programme • Financing sources and principles of granting aid • Role and tasks of the Industrial Development Agency. Financing. Support forms and instruments

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Wojciech Dąbrowski – Chairman, Industrial Development Agency (ARP); Stanisław Jakubowski – Chairman, Polfa Tarchomin SA; Krzysztof Kalicki – Chairman of the Board, Deutsche Bank Polska SA; Małgorzata Kozak – Vice-Chairman, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów); Ewa Rzodkiewicz – Vice-director, Strategy and Development Department, Industrial Development Agency (ARP); Piotr Słupski – Director of Warsaw Office, Industrial Development Agency (ARP); Krzysztof Trofiniak – Chairman, Huta Stalowa Wola SA



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Panel organised by: Industrial Development Agency – ARP SA

15.04.2010 (Thursday)

12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Angelo Hotel

Technical security, risk management and quality in industry Methods to minimize the risk in large investment projects The development of technical culture in the aspects of

- Process security - Functional security - Safe equipment operation

The management of operational risk and quality: proven solutions in difficult times Video-speech: Jerzy Buzek –President of the European Parliament Speech: Marek Walczak – Chairman, Office of Technical Inspection (Urząd Dozoru Technicznego) The following guests have confirmed their participation in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order):

Marek Barnaś – Dyrektor Zespołu Koordynacji Inspekcji, Office of Technical Inspection (Urząd Dozoru

Technicznego); Eugeniusz Białoń – Construction Director of Power Plant Łagisza, Południowy Koncern

Energetyczny SA; Tomasz Branicki – Head of Infrastructure Office, Grupa Lotos SA; Wiesław Gontarek –Vice-

Chairman, Orlen Projekt SA; Wojciech Kowalski – Member of the Board, Gaz-System SA; Roland Krause –

Chairman, Viessmann Polska Sp. z o.o.; Mirosław Malinowski – Chairman, Chemar Rurociągi Sp. z o.o.; Mariusz

Różacki – Chairman of the Board, Fabryka Kotłów RAFAKO SA; Andrzej Twardowski – Director of Bełchatów

858MW Project; Panel organised by: Office of Technical Inspection (Urząd Dozoru Technicznego)

15.04.2010 (Thursday)

12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Angelo Hotel

System solutions in innovation Directions for system changes in the planned science reform Functioning of the support system for innovative activity in Poland Mechanisms for stimulating knowledge-based enterprise

The following guests have confirmed their participation in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Marek Daszkiewicz – Secretary, The Chief Council of Research and Development Units; Grażyna Henclewska – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy; Bożena Lublińska-Kasprzak – Chairman, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development; Maria Elżbieta Orłowska – Secretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education; Krzysztof Pietraszkiewicz – Chairman, Association of Polish Banks; Bogusław Smólski – Director, National Centre for Research and Development Panel organised by: The Chief Council of Research and Development Units

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 2.30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Angelo Hotel Research institutes for economy and innovation

Activities of research and development units for innovation of economy Effectiveness of the long-term programme Transfer of technologies to large economic organisations with the example of power engineering The implementation of special projects Assessment of Polish scientific units compared to OECD and World Bank reports Implementation of new scientific solutions Innovation of production The activity of research institutes in EU

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Krzysztof Gulda – Director, Strategy Department, Ministry of Science and Higher Education; Christopher John Hull – Secretary-General, European Association of Research and Technology Organisations; Adam Mazurkiewicz – Director, Institute for Sustainable Technologies – National Research Institute; Leszek Rafalski – Director, Research Institute of Roads and Bridges, Chairman, The Chief Council of Research and Development Units; Józef Suchy – Deputy Chairman, Federation of Science and Technology Associations, Chief Technical Organization; Marek Ściążko – Director, Institute for Chemical Coal Processing; Moderator: Zbigniew Śmieszek – Director, Institute of Non-ferrous Metals , Deputy Chairman, The Chief Council of Research and Development Units



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Panel organised by: The Chief Council of Research and Development Units

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Galeria Rondo Sztuki (Rondo Art Gallery) Investment attractiveness of the Silesian Province

Factors of investment attractiveness: assets of the region such as infrastructure, human recourses, business environment

Choice of investor: services and industrial activity, new technologies An investor in the region and the impact of substantial investments on the development of the region;

collaboration possibilities Investment on the level of a local government as a local development impulse The role of the local government in the effective search for investments. Incentives for the investors

I 9 a.m. – 9.15 a.m. • Opening speech Bogusław Śmigielski – Marshal of Silesian Province; Zbyszek Zaborowski –Deputy Marshal of Silesian Province 09.15 a.m. – 10 p.m. • Presentation of the Silesian Province Tadeusz Adamski– Director, Economy Policy Department, Silesian Province; Andrzej Klasik – Rector, The Karol Godula Upper Silesian Academy of Entrepreneurship; Piotr Wojaczek – Chairman, Katowicka Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna SA 10 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. • Investors on Silesia Krzysztof Krystowski – Chairman, Avio Polska Sp. z o.o.; Roman Lubaczewski – Partner, Central and Eastern Europe Regional Leader for Shared Service and Business Process Outsourcing Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Enrico Pavoni – Chairman, Fiat Polska Sp. z o.o.; Grażyna Zielińska – Regional Director for Corporative Affairs in Katowice, ING Bank Śląski 10.45 a.m. - 11.15a.m. Presentation of the project: the integrated system of information about investment opportunities in the Silesian Province; inauguration Bogusław Śmigielski – Marshal of Silesian Province; Krzysztof Wilgus – Chairman of the Board, Business Consulting Sp. z o.o. in Katowice; Zbyszek Zaborowski –Deputy Marshal of Silesian Province Moderator: Tadeusz Adamski – Director, Economy Policy Department, Silesian Province Panel organised by: Business Consulting Sp. z o.o. 11.15a.m. -11.45a.m. Break II. Investments in the Silesian Province. Projects prepared by cities: an offer for private partners 11.45 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Katowice „Rebuilding the centre - building new congress center” Ruda Śląska „Iinvestments in the city of open opportunities” Andrzej Stania – President Rudy Śląskiej Częstochowa “Good City for Good Business- invest in Częstochowa” Marcin Biernat – Deputy Mayor

Częstochowy Rybnik "Change of Rybnik's character and image thanks to investments in the strict city centre" Adam

Fudali – President Rybnika Gliwice „Innovative Gliwice - Innovative Silesia: project Silesian Metropolitan Network” Zygmunt

Frankiewicz – President Gliwic Jaworzno „Jaworzno – economic gates od Silesia”. Paweł Silbert – Presidnet of Jaworzna Chorzów „Economic use of post-industrial areas – new space in Chorzów city” Marian Salwiczek –

Deputy Mayor of Chorzów

15.04.2010 (Thursday)

2.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Galeria Rondo Sztuki (Rondo Art Gallery)

Ruda Śląska: Presentation of the investment offer 15 minutes to 1 million: the presentation of offers of real properties situated along the Intercity Express

Road (Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa, DTŚ)

Like David with Goliath: a positioning strategy of the Ruda Śląska investment offer



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Wojciech Zamorski – Promotion Specialist, Rudzki Inkubator Przedsiębiorczości (The Ruda Slaska Business Incubator) Daniel Muc – Account Manager, Imago PR

15.04.2010 (Thursday) 9 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.

Sala Audytoryjna ING Banku Śląskiego (ING Bank Śląski Auditorium) The significance of audit and control in public administration on an international scale

An audit system in selected countries around the world The challenges of an external audit in the view of economic and natural disasters Methodology of conducting an audit and inspection in EU countries Counteracting abuse and corruption with the help of control institutions ISO 19011:2002 audit as a tool to verify the effectiveness and effects of the functioning and public

administration offices An internal audit in the Polish tax administration: opinions, views and controversies An audit in the sustained development concept The role of an audit to increase the reliability of financial statements Directions of collaboration between Poland and the Asia and Pacific region

The following guests have confirmed their participation in the discussion (a list of people in an alphabetical order):

Łukasz Czopik – Secretary of Silesian Voivodeship, Marshal Office of Silesian Voivodeship; Radosław Gumułka –

President, Gumułka Group in Katowice; Sławomir Kacprzak – Director, Financial Control and Internal Audit Co-

ordination Department, Ministry of Finance; Tomasz Lis – University of Economics in Katowice; Krystyna Lisiecka –

University of Economics in Katowice Anna Mickiewicz – Deputy Director, Department for European Social Fund

Management, Ministry of Regional Development; Małgorzata Moskal – Director, Tax Chamber in Katowice;

Daniel Palacz – Chief Superintendent, Provincial Police Headquarters in Katowice; Tomasz Papaj – University of

Economics in Katowice; Józef Pfaff – University of Economics in Katowice; Arkadiusz Pieniacy – President,

Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Poland; Jacek Przypasniak – Director, Treasury Control Office in Katowice;

Mariusz Siwoń – Chairman, Regional Chamber of Audit (RIO) in Katowice; Witold Spirydowicz – Director,

Bureau of Audit and Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Edmund Sroka – Director, the Supreme Chamber of

Control (NIK), Regional Branch in Katowice; Anna Szwengruben – Head of Independent Internal Control Section,

Tax Chamber in Katowice; Jacek Uczkiewicz – Member, European Court of Auditors – Luxemburg; Artur

Walasik – University of Economics in Katowice; Jarosław Wesołowski – Deputy Director, European Social Fund

Department, Marshal Office of Silesian Voivodeship; Maria Zacharczuk-Kakietek – Internal Auditor, the Supreme

Chamber of Control (NIK); Sylwester Zajac – Director, Certifying Authority Department, Ministry of Regional

Development Panel organised by: Marshal Office of Silesian Province

16.04.2010 (Friday)

9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Monopol Hotel

Innovation in the defence of climate The key meaning of innovativeness in the process of adjusting industry to the with climate protection

requirements The protection of climate must pay off; EU programmes for encouraging the technology development in

the environmental protection New clean market: environmentally-friendly solutions for industry; an offer and real demand An innovative character of power engineering: current trends in investments Clean coal technologies; concepts, original projects and pilot projects; cost aspect

Video-speech: Janez Potočnik – EU Commissioner for Environment Speech: Andrzej Kraszewski – Minister of Environment of Poland The following guests have confirmed their participation in the discussion (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Bernard Błaszczyk – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Environment; Michael Hepp – Chairman, BASF Polska Sp. z o.o.; Krzysztof Jałosiński – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Kędierzyn Nitrogen Processing Plant SA; Matthias Jochem – Senior Vice President Sales and Proposals, Hitachi Power Europe; Adam Milczarczyk – Vice-president, EDF Polska Sp. z o.o; Jacek Piekacz – Chairman of the Board, Vattenfall Poland Sp. z o.o; Zenon Pokojski – Member of the Board, Zakłady Azotowe Puławy SA; Mariusz Różacki – Chairman of the Board, Fabryka Kotłów RAFAKO SA; Wojciech Topolnicki – Vice-Chairman of the Board, Polish Energy Group (Polish Energy Group S.A.)

16.04.2010 (Friday)

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Monopol Hotel Investment attractiveness of the Eastern and Central Europe region

Dynamics of foreign investments in the region versus the world crisis Experience and competition of the countries in the region to search for substantial investments Strengths and weaknesses. Labour force, infrastructure, fiscal preferences and other boosting

mechanisms for investment. Investment climate. The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Rafał Baniak – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy; Andrzej Głowacki – Chairman of the Board, DGA SA; Ivan Jukl – General Director, Czech Agency for Trade Support CzechTrade; Ernst Kopp– Trade Adviser, Embassy of Austria; Marian Lebiedzik – Vice-president, Moravian-Silesian Region; Jacek Levernes – President of Board of Directors, Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL); Roman Lubaczewski – Partner, Central and Eastern Europe Regional Leader for Shared Service and Business Process Outsourcing Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Sławomir Majman – Chairman, Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency SA; Alexandra Rudyšarová – General Director, CzechInvest; Bogusław Śmigielski – Marshall of Silesian Province; Moderator: Piotr Wojaczek – Chairman of the Board, Katowice Special Economic Zone SA

16.04.2010 (Friday) 11.30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Monopol Hotel Power engineering: electrical energy market

Opportunities for a common European energy market. Barriers and difficulties in its organisation Domination and monopolization: economic threats connected with the ailing energy market Necessary actions to liberalize the energy market The degree of market liberalization in individual EU countries

The following guests have confirmed their participation in the discussion (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Maher Chebbo – Vice President of Utilities, SAP; Andrzej Czerwiński – Member of Parliament of Poland; Jarosław Dmowski – Principal, The Boston Consulting Group Warszawa; Wojciech Graczyk – Director, RWE Polska SA; Piotr Łuba – Partner, Department of Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Henryk Kaliś – President, Forum of Electricity and Gas Recipients, Plenipotentiary of Board of Management for Electricity Management and Measurement, Mining & Metallurgy Plant „Bolesław” S.A; Toralf Müller – Member of the Board for Logistics, DB Schenker Rail Polska; Chris Nicholson – Deloitte; Maciej Owczarek – Chairman of the Board, ENEA SA; Joanna Strzelec-Łobodzińska – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy; Mariusz Swora – Chairman of the Board, Urząd Regulacji Energetyki; Marek Woszczyk – Deputy Chairman, Energy Regulatory Office; Krzysztof Zamasz – Deputy Chairman of the Board, Commercial Director, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Arkadiusz Zieleźny – Managing Director, Alpiq Polska Moderator: Dariusz Ciepiela – Editor, Nowy Przemysł (New Industry); Marek Kulesa – Director, Association of Energy Trading

16.04.2010 (Friday) 11.30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Monopol Hotel Euro in Europe, Euro in Poland

Economic and social effects of introducing a common European currency Trust, responsibility and a common currency. The case of Greece: conclusions for the eurozone and for

the aspiring countries One year in the eurozone: the balance of the Slovakian’s experience When to join the eurozone? Polish aspirations, dilemmas and fears Meeting the convergence conditions versus the state of public finance

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Igor Barát – Plenipotentiary of Slovakian Government for Euro; Elżbieta Chojna-Duch – Member of Monetary Policy Council (RPP), Undersecretary of State in Ministry of Finance from 1994 to 1995 and from 2007 to 2009; Zyta Gilowska – Member of Monetary Policy Council (RPP), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance from 2006 to 2007; Ludwik Kotecki – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance; Cezary Mech – Chairman Adviser, Polish National Bank; Krzysztof Pietraszkiewicz – Chairman of the Board, Polish Bank Association; Jerzy Pruski – Chairman of the Board, Bank Guarantee Fund; Andrzej Rzońca – Deputy Chairman of the Board, Director of Analytic Department, Civil Development Forum Foundation – FOR, Member of Monetary Policy Council (RPP); Mateusz Szczurek – General Economist, ING Bank Śląski

16.04.2010 (Friday) 2.30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Monopol Hotel Investments providing the energy security

Investments in new production capacities in Europe. What is the cost of energy security? Who will pay for it? The point of view of business, finance sector and politicians.

Fuel imports. European power energy policy: solidarity or particularistic interest? Expansion of transmission and distribution networks: needs, possibilities and difficulties. Building transboundary links



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The revival of nuclear energy industry. (Financial, environmental, social and technological) conditions for investments). The place of atom in the Europe’s energy balance

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Mikołaj Budzanowski – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of State Treasury; Philippe Castanet – President, EDF Polska Sp. z o.o.; Jan Chadam – Chairman of the Board, Operator of Gas Pipeline Transmission GAZ – SYSTEM SA; Sławomir Jędrzejczyk – Vice-Chairman of Finance, Orlen SA; Stephan Lehrke – Partner and Executive Director, The Boston Consulting Group; Marek Litka – Vice-President, The Oil Pipeline Operation Company "Przyjaźń" Joint Stock, (PERN “Przyjaźń”) ; Adam Loewe – Director, Grupa Lotos SA; Paweł Mosak – Member of the Management Board, Operator Logistyczny Paliw Płynnych (OLPP) Sp. z o.o.; Kazimierz Rajczyk – Executive Director for Energy Sector, ING Bank Śląski; Janusz Steinhoff – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy in the years 1997-2001; Joanna Strzelec-Łobodzińska – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy; Bogusław Sonik – Member of European Parliament; Dariusz Stolarczyk – Vice-Chairman of the Board, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Michał Szubski – Chairman of the Board, Polish Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Company; Wojciech Topolnicki – Vice-Chairman of the Board, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (Polish Energy Group)

16.04.2010 (Friday) 9 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.

Qubus Hotel Hard coal mining

I Investments (9 a.m. – 11 a.m.) Situation in the world markets versus prospects of hard coal in EU Coal-based power industry. Twilight or new opportunities? Coal demand: forecasts and tendencies. Export/import: the policy and the market Clean coal combustion. Conditions for technology dissemination Investments in the Polish mining industry. Needs, realities and measures. Effectiveness and safety: new technologies and organisational models

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Jerzy Chachuła – Chairman, Elektrownia Rybnik SA, (Power Station Rybnik) Grupa EdF; Andrzej Jagiełło – Chairman of the Board, Sandvik Mining and Construction Sp. z o.o.; Tomasz Konik – Director, Deloitte; Marian Kostempski – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Kopex SA; Mirosław Kugiel – Chairman of the Board, Kompania Węglowa S.A. (Coal Company S.A.); Janusz Olszowski – Chairman of the Chamber, Mining Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Joanna Strzelec-Łobodzińska – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy; Antoni Tajduś – Rector, the Stanisław Staszic AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Stanisław Tokarski – Deputy Chairman of the Board, Director for Strategy and Development, Tauron Polska Energia SA II Privatisation (11.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.)

• Range, objectives and methods of privatisation in the Polish mining industry • Coal on the stock exchange: initial experience • Ownership and structural transformations. Restructuring. Consolidation (the role of the power sector and

of the coking industry) • A social factor in ownership transformations. A potential investor versus employee privileges

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Mikołaj Budzanowski – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of State Treasury; Stanisław Gajos – Chairman of the Board, Katowicki Holding Węglowy S.A. (Katowice Coal Holdiong S.A.); Marek Jelínek – Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, New World Resources N.V.; Andrzej Karbownik – Rector, Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice; Tomasz Konik – Director, Deloitte; Witokr Namysł – Partner, McKinsey&Company Poland Sp. z o.o.; Joanna Strzelec-Łobodzińska – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy; Antoni Tajduś – Rector, the Stanisław Staszic AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Mirosław Taras – President, Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka SA; Jarosław Zagórowski – Chairman of the Board, Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa SA (Jastrzębska Coal Company SA) Janusz Steinhoff – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy in the years 1997-2001

16.04.2010 (Friday) 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Qubus Hotel Automotive industry

Winners, the insecure ones and losers. The effects of the global crisis on the automotive sector for the industry as a whole

Automotive in Poland and in Europe Competition with support. The Polish automotive industry as a beneficiary of European demand-boosting

mechanisms How to benefit from the crisis: investments, restructuring and costs reduction, strategy adjustments and

modifications of the offer Green cars: an environmentally-friendly trend in the automotive sector. Regulations and incentives.

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The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Enrico Bologna – Member of the Board, Brembo Poland Sp. z o.o.; Cezary Droszcz – Chairman of the Association, Polish Automobile Holding Association, Member of the Board, Polish Automobile Association; Wojciech Drzewiecki – Chairman, Institute of Automobile Market Research SAMAR; Jakub Faryś – Chairman of the Board, Polish Automotive Industry Association; Antonio Francavilla – Director of the Plant, General Motors Manufacturing Poland Sp. z o.o.; Grażyna Henclewska – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy; Gonzalo Herrera – Tychy Plant Manager, Nexteer Automotive Poland Sp. z o.o.; Roman Kantorski – Chairman, Polish Automobile Association (Polska Izba Motoryzacji); Michał Luberadzki – Vice President, MAN Truck&Bus Polska Sp. z o.o.; Waldemar Łyżwa – Director, NGK Spark Plug Europe GMBH Sp. z o.o.; Mirosław Michna – Partner, Team manager for Automobile Sector, KPMG Consulting Company; Artur Ogiński – Director, TRW Polska Sp. z o.o.; Enrico Pavoni – Chairman of the Board, Fiat Polska Sp. z o.o.; Janusz Soboń – Chairman, Kirchhoff Polska Sp. z o.o.; Czesław Świstak – Member of the Board, Fiat Auto Poland SA; Leszek Waliszewski – Chairman of the Board, FA Krosno SA; Janusz Woźniak – Chairman of the Board, Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych SA (Manufacturing car plant); representative of Daimler AG / Mercedes-Benz Polska

16.04.2010 (Friday)

11.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. Qubus Hotel

Platforms and technological initiatives • The policy of the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education regarding innovative economy • Technology development support instruments • Polish technological initiatives • Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs)

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Agata Janaszczyk – Directorate-General for Research, European Commission; Konrada Jaskóła – Chairman of the Board, Polimex Mostostal SA; Mirosław Miller – President, WCB EIT+; Maria Elżbieta Orłowska – Secretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education; Bogusław Smólski – Director, National Centre for Research and Development; Antoni Tajduś – Rector, the Stanisław Staszic AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Tauron Polska Energia SA Moderator: Andrzej Siemaszko – Director, National Contact Point of the EU Research Programmes, Institute of Basic Problems of Technology PAN Panel organised by: National Contact Point of the EU Research Programmes

16.04.2010 (Friday)

2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Qubus Hotel

Clean Coal Technologies • Clean coal technologies (CCT) in the EU strategy • CCS Demonstration Programme • European power and climate policy • Geological aspects of the CCT implementation • The Polish CCT flagship programme • Polish CCT initiatives

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Józef Dubiński – Managing Director, Central Mining Institute; Paal Frisvold – Senior Policy Adviser, Bellona Foundation; Krzysztof Jałosiński – Chairman of the Board, General Director, ZAK SA; Henryk Jezierski – Secretary of State, Chief Geologist of the Country, Ministry of Environment; Jacek Kaczorowski – Chairman of the Board, PGE Elektrownia Bełchatów SA; Henryk Majchrzak – Director, Department of Energy , Ministry of Economy; Jacek Piekacz – Chairman of the Board, Vattenfall Poland Sp. z o.o; Wolfgang Schreier – Management Board Member, Chief Technical Officer, Hitachi Power Europe; Graeme Sweeney – Chairman ETP-ZEP; EVP, Future Fuels & CO2, Shell; Marek Ściążko – Director, Institute for Chemical Coal Processing; Antoni Tajduś – Rector, the Stanisław Staszic AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, the Chairman of Supervisory Board, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Stanisław Tokarski – Deputy of the Chairman of the Board, Director for Strategy and Development, Tauron Polska Energia SA; Piotr Tulej – Head of Unit, DG Environment; Marek Walczak – Chairman, Office of Technical Inspection; Herbert Wirth – Chairman of the Board, KGHM Polska Miedź SA; Bohdan Żakiewicz – Chairman of the Board, Polskie Laboratorium Radykalnych Technologii Sp. z o.o.(Polish Laboratory of Radical Technologies) Moderator: Andrzej Siemaszko – Director, National Contact Point of the EU Research Programmes, Institute of Basic Problems of Technology PAN Panel organised by: National Contact Point of the EU Research Programmes

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2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Qubus Hotel

Real properties, trends in the real property market in Central and Eastern Europe. Hotel investments Investment climate and attractiveness of Central and Eastern Europe The situation in the construction market; a deep recession or the return to balance New investment areas: logistics, BPO and modern town space Verified strategies: the latest plans of the biggest developers in the Polish and European market

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Chritian Fojtl – Vice Chairman of the Board, Warimpex; Michał Goli – Owner, Armada Development SA; Tadeusz Likus – Chairman of the Board, Holding Liwa Sp. z o.o.; Tomasz Lisiecki – Chairman of the Board, TriGranit Development Polska Sp. z o.o.; Maciej Madejak – Prologis; Michał Miniszewski – Chairman, Budus Developer Sp. z o.o.; Pedro Potocki-Radziwiłł – Prezes Zarządu, Neinver Polska Sp. z o.o.; Jean-Philippe Savoye – Chairman of the Board, Orbis SA; Thomas Willms – VP Area Director East & Central Europe for Starwood

16.04.2010 (Friday) 9 a.m. – 11.30 p.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) Finance of local governments

Towns versus crisis How did the world crisis afflict the economy of towns and what was its impact on the budgets of towns? How towns have already responded to the crisis: by changing their priorities, making adjustments in their

budgets and tasks to be performed? In the anticipation for the so-called second wave, what else can happen to local economies? How to secure town funds against the consequences of global crises in the future? How to pursue local finance policy and how to manage the development of a town in order to minimize

the risk of financial collapse The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Michał Bolesławski – Vice-Chairman of the Board, ING Bank Śląski; Adam Fudali – Mayor of Rybnik; Ryszard Grobelny – Mayor of Poznań, Chairman of Polish Towns Association; Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – Mayor of Warsaw Town; Danuta Hübner– Chairman of the European Regional Development Committee in the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament; Michał Kulesza – Partner, Domański Zakrzewski Palinka sp.k., creator of local government reform from 1990 and 1998 r. and a member of the team for sefl-government Round Table affairs; Joachim Link – Director for Central and East Europe, European Investment Bank; Tomasz Mironczuk – President, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego; Jan Olbrycht – Member of European Parliament; Andrzej Porawski – Director of Bureau, Polish Towns Association; Paweł Silbert – President of Jaworzno; Andrzej Stania – President of Ruda Śląska; Frédéric Vallier – secretary general, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)

16.04.2010 (Friday) 9 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) Airports; the world tendencies in the air traffic and the future of regional ports in Poland

Contrary to the crunch. Development of airport infrastructure: determinants of the market; technical and ownership determinants (the future of PP “Porty Lotnicze”)

Funding of the infrastructure investments for air service: the role of EU funds. Private capital share Regional ports for Euro 2012: the degree of preparations The future of air service in the context of the economic crisis and terrorism threat Prospects for the development of air cargo in Poland

The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Michael Cawley – Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Chief Executive, Ryanair; Michael Hupe – Managing Director, Flughafen Dresden GmbH (Dresden International); Tadeusz Jarmuziewicz – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure; Pavel Schneider – Airport Director, Letiště Ostrava a.s. (Ostrava Airport) The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order):

Krzysztof Banaszek – Chairman, Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (Polska Agencja Żeglugi Powietrznej); Adrian Furgalski – Director, Zespół Doradców Gospodarczych TOR Sp. z o.o. (Team of Economic Advisers TOR); Sebastian Gościniarek – Vice-director, Department of Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Grzegorz Kruszyński – Chairman, Civil Aviation Office; Dariusz Kuś – Chairman of the Board, Director, Port Lotniczy Wrocław S.A. (Wrocław Ariport); Michał Marzec – Managing Director, Polish Airports State Enterprise; Mariusz Szpikowski – Vicepresident, Air Italy Polska Sp. z o.o.; Tomasz Szymczak – Country Coordinator for Airports, PL.2012 Sp. z o.o.; Artur Tomasik – Chairman of the Board, Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze SA; Mariusz Wiatrowski – Chairman of the Board, Port Lotniczy Poznań-Ławica Sp. z o.o.(Poznań-Ławica Airport)

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12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office)

Public and Private Partnership • Public-Private Partnership: European experience. Models of best practices. Pilot projects. • Obstacles to the development of PPP in Poland. New legal regulations. The appeal of PPP for investors • PPP and the slowdown of the economy. Opportunities for completing investments when traditional

financing is difficult to obtain • Investments at the local government level: an anti-crisis impulse for development in the local/regional

market • Financing large infrastructure-related projects and other long-term projects based on PPP • A private partner in municipal management (heating, water, waste incinerating plants, local roads) • A clerk and a manager: limiting conditions for collaboration (different priorities and operating models;

communication) The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Regina Cablitz – Ministry of Finance of Nordrhein-Westrfalen, PPP-Task Force; Bartosz Clemenz – attorney-at-law, Salans; Adam Fudali – Mayor of Rybnik; Piotr Górnik – Head of Production and Distribution, Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o; Irena Herbst – Chairman of the Board, PPP Foundation Centre, Undersecretary of State at Ministry of Economy in the years 2002-2005; Tomasz Mironczuk – President, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego; Tomasz Nowakowski – Executive Director, TP Corporate Team, Telekomunikacja Polska; Marzena Rytel – Director, Business Consulting Department, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Adam Szejnfeld – Member of Parliament of Poland, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy in the years 2007-2009; Bogusław Śmigielski– Marshall of Silesian Province; Piotr Uszok – Mayor of Katowice, President of Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia (GZM); Matthias Vogel –Chairman of the Board, Veolia Usługi dla Środowiska SA Moderator: Krzystof Bień – Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Prawna

16.04.2010 (Friday) 12 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) ABC of energy efficiency

Energy efficiency in companies Energy efficiency in a company: an act on energy efficiency; consumers’ expectations White certificates: the significance of system of white certificates for final consumers. Obejctives; how it

works; methods of implementation. White certificates from entrepreneurs’ point of view. Possibilities to improve energy efficiency; methods of electrical energy and heat saving. Advantages

resulting from reduction of losses and energy consumption Rationalization of the consumption of power utilities. Diagnosis of energy potential. Quality and quantity

controlling. Energy-saving investments. Analysis of investment profitability; study of completed projects. Methods of financing.

The following people, among others, were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Mirosław Bobrzyński – President, Euro-Centrum Technology and Science Park; Daniel Borsucki – Chief Energy Specialist, Katowice Coal Holding (KHW SA); Szymon Liszka – Chairman, Polish Foundation for Energy Efficiency; Henryk Majchrzak – Director, Energy Department, Ministry of Economy; Ewa Maniecka – Head of Atmosphere Protection Team, Provincial Fund for Environment Protection and Water Management in Katowice; Janusz Mieloszyk – Chairman of the Board, Exide Technologies SA; Bronisław Pytel – Chief Energeticist, General Motors Manufacturing Poland; Masayuki Sorioka – Chairman of the Board, Bridgestone Poznań Sp.z o.o.; Jacek Szymczak – Chairman, Economic Chamber „Heat Engineering”

16.04.2010 (Friday) 2 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) ABC of energy efficiency

Energy in towns and regions Towns and regions versus energy challenges

How can towns and regions manage energy effectively? Responsibilities and challenges faced by towns and regions resulting from the European climate energy

package (3 x 20) Climate changes: European initiatives of the regions and towns to oppose climate changes The greenest regions and towns of Europe The climate package at the level of local governments “Low emission”, heat supply and energy efficiency

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Olgierd Dziekoński – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure; Piotr Górnik –Head of Production and Distribution, Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o.; Józefa Famielec -– Manager, Katedra Polityki Przemysłowej i Ekologicznej, Cracow U niversity of Economics; Piotr Kurpios – pp of Mayor of Częstochowa; Gabriela Lenartowicz – Chairman of the Board, Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Katowice; Gérard Magnin – Executive Director, Energie-Cités; Zbigniew Michniowski – Deputy Mayor of Bielsko-Biała; Jan Olbrycht – Member of European Parliament; Jarosław Orliński – Deputy Director,



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Department for Coordination of Infrastructurral Programmes, Ministry of Regional Development; Jan Popczyk – Institute of Power Engineering and Control Systems, Silesian University of Technology; Joanna Strzelec-Łobodzińska – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy; Jacek Szymczak – Chairman, Economic Chamber „Heat Engineering”

16.04.2010 (Friday) 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) Investing in sport facilities

The status and access to sport and leisure infrastructure in Poland Euro 2012 as an impulse to investing in sport facilities (impact on supporting investments) Government programmes supporting the construction of sport facilities Funding the sport investments at the local level. Possibilities, barriers, burdens and risk Life after Euro 2012: ideas for sport infrastructure functioning after the championships

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Ryszard Grobelny– Mayor of Poznań; Marcin Herra – Chairman of the Board, PL.2012 Sp. z o.o.; Elżbieta Jakubiak – Chairman, Parliament Committee of Sport and Tourism, Minister of Sport and Tourism in 2007; Rafał Kapler – Chairman of the Board, National Centre of Sport; Marek Kopel – Mayor of Chorzów; Jacek Majchrowski – Mayor of Kraków; Leon Ucka – Chairman, Budus SA; Sławomir Wojtas – Chairman of the Board, Wroclaw 2012 Sp. z o.o.; representatives of advisory companies (Deloitte)

16.04.2010 (Friday) 9a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) Logistics centres

• European logistics centres: an important element of the logistics chain • The synergy effect in the collaboration of a sea port and inland container terminal • A logistics operator: a ling connecting distribution channels • A role of a sea port in the organisation of goods transport/distribution • The development of logistics solutions in terms of organisation and technology while forming logistics

centres/inland terminals • A warehouse market in Poland

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order), among others Zbigniew Janicki – Chairman of the Board, Director, Trade Trans Sp. z o.o.; Bogusław Ney – Chairman of The Board, Cargosped Sp. z o.o.; Paweł Podsiadło – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Centrala Zaopatrzenia Hutnictwa SA; Zbigniew Rynasiewicz – Member of Polish Parliament, President of Infrastructure Comitte in Polish Parliament; Julian Skelnik – Marketing Director, Port Gdańsk SA; Dariusz Stefański – Chairman of the Board, PCC Intermodal SA Moderator: Wojciech Paprocki – Head of the Department of Economics of Transport Enterprise, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH)

16.04.2010 (Friday) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki (Silesian Provincial Office) The finance of local governments: workshop for financiers and local government members

How to finance investments (municipal bonds, debt buyback, public and private partnership)?

Presentations:

CATALYST – new bond market for local authorities. How to introduce bonds into Catalyst?

Catalyst market rules. Procedures and costs. Robert Kwiatkowski – Director of Business

Development Department, the Warsaw Stock Exchange

Preparing and taking care of bonds emission for municipalities. Grzegorz Szafran –

Department of Debt Securities Emission , ING Bank Śląski

Emission of municipal bonds in the CATALYST system – selected legal aspects. Jarosław

Rudy – Lawyer, Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni” Limited Partnership Izabella Żyglicka and Associates;

Izabella Żyglicka – Managing Partner, Associate, „Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni” Limited Partnership

Izabella Żyglicka and Associates The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Danuta Kamińska – Katowice City Treasurer; Ryszard Reszke – Gliwice City Treasurer; Jarosław Rudy – Lawyer, Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni” Limited Partnership Izabella Żyglicka and Associates; Elżbieta Stolorz-Krzisz – Silesia Province Treasurer; Ewa Wócjik – Częstochowy City Treasurer; Izabella Żyglicka – Managing Partner, Associate, „Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni” Limited Partnership Izabella Żyglicka and Associates

16.04.2010 (Friday)

9 a.m. – 3.30 p.m. Biuro-Centrum

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A current situation in the world metallurgy of iron and steel Forecasts Metallurgy in Poland Mergers, acquisitions and bankruptcies Strategies of companies in the time of crisis Steel distribution market (distributors, service centres, steel yards) Raw materials (coke and coking coal, scrap, iron ore)

I Metallurgy, resources (9 a.m.–11.30 a.m.) The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Andrejs Aleksejevs – Chairman of the Board Severstallat Silesia Sp. z o.o; Jiri Cienciala – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Trinecke Zelezarny, President, Czech-Polish Chamber of Commerce; Włodzimierz Hereźniak – Chairman of the Board, Polski Koks SA; Jerzy Kozicz – Chairman of the Board, General Director, CMC Zawiercie SA; Marek Jelínek – Executive Director, Finance Director, New World Resources N.V.; Konstanty Litwinow – Chairman of the Board, Director of the Plant, ISD Polska Sp. z o.o.; Sanjay Samaddar – Chairman of the Board, General Director, ArcelorMittal Poland SA; Edward Szlęk – Chairman of the Board, Koksownia Przyjaźń Sp. z o.o.; Przemysław Sztuczkowski – Chairman of the Board, ZŁOMREX SA; Romuald Talarek – Chairman of the Board, Smelting Chamber of Industry and Commerce; Roland Verstappen – Vice President in charge of International Affairs & Corporate Responsibility, Arcelor Mittal Steel Company Ltd ; Tadeusz Wenecki – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Coking Plant Czestochowa Nowa Sp. z o.o.; Jaroslaw Zaborowski – Chairman of the Board, Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa SA Moderator: Jerzy Podsiadło – Chairman of the Council, The Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Chairman of the Board, WĘGLOKOKS SA II Distribution (12 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.) The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Jerzy Bernhard – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Stalprofil SA; Andrzej Bulanowski – Sales Department Director, voestalpine Steel Service Center Polska Sp. z o.o.; Roman Czyżykowski – Commercial Director, ThyssenKrupp Energostal SA; Tomasz Milas – Chairman of the Board, TM Steel Sp. z o.o.; Juergen Nusser – Chairman, European Association of Steel Service Centres, Deputy Chairman, EUROMETAL Grzegorz Dołkowski – Vice President, Drozapol-Profil SA; Oleg Dupont – Central Europe Commercial Director, ArcelorMittal Stainless Service; Suzanne Freegard – Northern European Editor, Steel Business Briefing; Janusz Specjał –Chairman of the Board, Montan Stal Sp. z o.o.; Krzysztof Walarowski – Chairman of the Board, Centrostal SA Gdańsk/Złomrex Steel Services SA; Robert Wiącek – Chairman of the Board, Stal Service Sp. z o.o.; Robert Wojdyna – Chairman of the Board, Konsorcjum Stali SA (Steel Consortium), Chairman of the Board, Polish Union of Steel Distributors Moderator: Andrzej Ciepiela – Director, Polska Unia Dystrybutorów Stali

16.04.2010 (Friday)

9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Angelo Hotel

Priorities of the Polish presidency in the EU Determinants of the Polish presidency: a new institutional architecture of the EU (the Lisbon Treaty), lack

of experience, the preparation of the bureaucratic machine Polish specialties? Energy security, EU Eastern policy, economy versus climate protection, security and

defence policy, economic laissez-faire in services, the future of the agricultural policy Presidency as an opportunity to create a new image of Poland

The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Henryka Bochniarz – President, Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan; Danuta Hübner –

Chairman of the European Regional Development Committee in the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament; Jacek Kucharczyk – Chairman of the Board, Institute of Public Affairs; Marek Migalski – Member of

European Parliament; Dariusz Rosati – Minister of Foreign Affairs in the years 1996 –1997; Jacek Saryusz-Wolski – Member of European Parliament; Paweł Świeboda – Director, DemosEUROPA Foundation – Centre of

European Strategy

16.04.2010 (Friday) 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Angelo Hotel Aviation industry

Prospects for the development of the aviation industry in Poland. International connections and innovativeness

Air clusters: competition, collaboration and synergy The role of off-set programmes in the development of the aviation industry: balance of results and

experience Green sky

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Linas Dovydėnas – Managing Director, Avia Solutions Group The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Józef Brzęczek – Chairman of the Board, Aviation Plant Margański & Mysłowski Sp. z o.o.; Tomasz Kośmider – Chairman, Technology Partners; Dariusz Piecuch – Chairman, Bielski Park of Technology Aviation, Enterprise and Innovation; Jan Sawicki – General Director, Goodrich Krosno Sp. z o.o.; Eugeniusz Wycisło – Chairman of the Board, Górnośląska Agencja Przekształceń Przedsiębiorstw S.A. (Upper Silesian Agency for Enterprise Transformations); Bogdan Zmyślony – Chairman of the Board, General Director, Pratt & Whitney Kalisz Sp. z o.o. Moderator: Krzysztof Krystowski – Chairman of the Board, Avio Polska Sp. z o.o.

16.04.2010 (Friday) 11.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.

Angelo Hotel Privatisation and financial markets

A response to the recession: privatisation or nationalisation? Privatisation as an impulse for development and a challenge for the Polish financial market. The role of the

Warsaw Stock Exchange, Open Pension Funds and sector investors. The Warsaw Stock Exchange: new instruments and outlooks for development. Dilemmas related to the

privatisation of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Investment banks: the Polish market at a glance. The role of the banking sector in the recovery process The following special guest has been invited to take part in the session: Aleksander Grad – The Minister of State Treasury The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Grzegorz Leszczyński – Chairman of the Board, DM IDMSA; Michał H. Mrożek – Vice-President, Citi Handlowy; Jarosław Myjak – Deputy Chairman of the Board, PKO Bank Polski; Andrzej Olszewski – Executive Director, ING Securities; Joanna Schmid – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of State Treasury; Ludwik Sobolewski – Chairman of the Board, Warsaw Stock Exchange SA; Jacek Socha – Partner, Deputy Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Minister of State Treasury of Poland in the years 2004-2005; Alina Wołoszyn – Managing Director, KPMG Consulting Company Moderator: Jacek Chwedoruk – Chairman of the Board, Rothschild Polska Sp. z o.o.

16.04.2010 (Friday) 2 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Angelo Hotel European Union funds. UE Strategy 2020

A financial prospect for 2014-2020. A spectrum of opportunities; new challenges The use of European funds in Poland. Their economic significance. Effectiveness, conditions and difficulties;

new experience The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Rafał Baniak – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy; Elżbieta Bieńkowska – Minister at the Ministry of Regional Development; Danuta Hübner – Chairman of the European Regional Development Committee in the European Parliament, Member of European Parliament; Bożena Lublińska-Kasprzak – Chairman, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP); Anna Szymańska – Wiceprezesa Zarządu DGA SA representative of: PKO Bank Polski

14.04.2010 (Wednesday) 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Biuro Centrum

Health care system. Poland-wide problems: regional outlook Key problems of stationary health care in the Silesian Province Financing services and access to therapies in selected areas of medicine Management and investments in the medical sector across the region

The following people (among others) were invited to participate in the session (in alphabetical order): Janusz Adamkiewicz – Director, Witold Orłowski Provincial Polyclinical Hospital in Częstochowa; Ryszard Batycki – Director, Provincial Hospital in Bielsko-Biała; Wioleta Błochowiak – Vice-President, ELECTUS SA; Krystyna Bochenek – Vice-Marshal of the Senate, Senator; Artur Borowicz – Director, Provincial Rescue Service in Katowice; Ewa Emich-Widera – Managing Director, Independent Public Clinical Hospital No 6, John Paul II Upper Silesia Child Health Care Center in Katowice; Zbigniew Grzywnowicz – Director, Sz. Starkiewicz Specialist Hospital in Dąbrowa Górnicza; Antoni Juraszek – Director, District Hospital in Żywiec; Henryk Kawalski – Director, Children’s and Adults’ Clinic, Mościcki Hospital in Chorzów; Mariusz Kleszczewski – Member of the Board, Marshal’s Office of Silesia; Zygmunt Klosa – Director, Silesian Province Branch of National Health Fund in Katowice; Bogdan Koczy – Director, Dr Daab Regional Independent Public Traumatology Hospital in Piekary Śląskie; Anna Kotuła – Deputy Director for Organisation and Management, Maria Skłodowska – Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch; Eugeniusz Kucharz – Head of Department and Clinic of Internal Disease and Rheumatology, Medical University of Silesia, Provincial Rheumatology Consultant; Iwona Łobejko – Director, St. Barbara Provincial Specialist Hospital No 5 in Sosnowiec; Bogusław Maciejewski – Director, Maria Skłodowska – Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch; Beata



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Małecka-Libera – Member of Sejm (Polish Parliament), Deputy Chairman, Sejm Health Commission; Włodzimierz Migacz – Managing Director, Leszczyński Memorial Hospital ; Elżbieta Nowara – Head of Clinical Oncology Clinic, Maria Skłodowska – Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Provincial Clinical Oncology Consultant; Artur Ostrowski – Operational Director, Siemens Sp. z o.o.; Marcin Pakulski – Deputy Medical Director, Silesian Province Branch of National Health Fund in Katowice; Kazimierz Pankiewicz – Director, Saint Mary the Virgin Provincial Specialist Hospital in Częstochowa; Bolesław Piecha – Member of the Sejm (Polish Parliament), Chairman, the Sejm Health Commission; Andrzej Płazak – Director, Kornel Gibiński Independent Public Central Clinical Hospital of Medical University in Katowice; Wojciech Poborski – Head of Oncology Ward, St. Leszczyński Memorial Hospital in Katowice; Ryszard Rudnik – Director, District Hospital in Racibórz; Krystyna Siejna– Deputy Mayor of Katowice; Andrzej Sośnierz – Member of the Sejm (Polish Parliament), Deputy Chairman, The Sejm Health Commission; Danuta Tarka – President, Health Care Managers Association (STOMOZ); Tadeusz Urban – Director, Specialist Hospital in Zabrze, President of Silesian Union of Health Care Facilities Employers; Ryszard Wąsik – Director, Silesian Hospital of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation; Barbara Wawrzeńczyk-Anders – Director, B. Hager Multispecialist District Hospital in Tarnowskie Góry; Ewa Więckowska – President, Municipal Hospital in Gliwice; Aleksander Zajusz – Deputy Director for Clinical Matters, Maria Skłodowska – Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch; Andrzej Zieliński – Governor of Żywiec District

I 16.04.2010 (Wednesday)

9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Angelo Hotel

Health care in EU countries: an attempt to answer several questions The key aspects of public health in Europe: what is the diagnosis? The examples of health care systems and financing services: how can politicians help patients? Health insurance: is there a perfect model? Functioning of the public and private sector in health care: market competition or collaboration of

entities? Patients’ access to the latest achievements of medicine: how to fund expensive treatments? Collaboration between EU countries in rendering health services Unused potential?

The following special guests have been invited to take part in the Congress (a list of people in an alphabetical order):

Zsuzsanna Jakab – Regional Director WHO in Europe, Deputy Minister of Health of the Hungarian Republic in the

years from 2000 to 2005; Peter Liese – Member of European Parliament , Member, Commission of environment

Protection, Public Health and Food Safety; Antonyia Parvanova – Member of European Parliament, Member,

Commission of Natural Environment Protection, Public Health and Food Safety.

II 16.04.2010 (Wednesday)

11.30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Angelo Hotel

Health care in Poland: European aspirations and domestic possibilities The sources of complexes and anxiety, but also reasons for being proud: the discussion on the data

defining the position of Poland against the health map of Europe: - epidemiology and the results of treatment of selected illnesses - indicators concerning funding of health care in Poland

What health care system are we making our way to? Health insurance: current status, politicians’ plans and the model expected by patients Management and organization in health care: how to ensure Polish patients to have the most effective

treatment in the limited conditions of their financing from public funds? The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order): Maciej Adamkiewicz – Chairman of the Board of Adamed Sp. z o. o.; Donald Bellamy – Chairman, Novartis Poland Sp. z o.o.; Krystyna Bochenek– Deputy Speaker of Senate, Senator of Poland; Wolfgang Fauter – Vice-Chairman, SIGNAL IDUNA Group; Wojciech Matusewicz – Chairman, Assessment Agency for Medical Technologies; Paulina Miśkiewicz – Director, Bureau of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Poland; Jacek Paszkiewicz – Chairman, National Health Found; Bolesław Piecha – Member of Parliament of Poland, Chairman of Parliament Health Committee; Andrzej Sośnierz – Member of Parliament of Poland, Deputy of Chairman, Parliament Commission of Health; Jakub Szulc – Secretary of State, Ministry of Health; Jerzy Toczyski – Chairman of the Board, GSK Commercial Sp. z o.o.; Marek Twardowski – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health; Tomasz Zdrojewski – Adviser to the President of Poland for Health Issues, Medical University of Gdańsk

III

16.04.2010 (Wednesday) 2 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.

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The development of medical technologies: this progress knows no limits? The main directions of research on new treatments (biological, targeted, gene ones and using stem cells;

other examples of research on new treatments) Supporting innovation and development of scientific research in medicine: the role of the state, universities

and non-governmental organizations Legal, financial and ethical issues connected with the organization of clinical research in Poland and in

selected EU countries The following guests have been invited to take part in the session (a list of people in an alphabetical order), among others: Maciej Adamkiewicz – Chairman of the Board of Adamed Sp. z o. o.; Jan Lubiński – National Consultant in the field of clinical genetics, Centre of Hereditary Neoplasm, Pomeranian Medical Academy in Szczecin; Lynn Marks – Senior Vice President, Centre for Clinical Study Excellence, GlaxoSmithKline; Jacek Spławiński – Expert in the area of Pharmacology

Events accompanying the EEC

13-15.04.2010 Logistcs, Warehousing and Transport Expo LOGISTEX 2010 Fairs are organized by: Kolporter Expo Sp. z o.o. 13-15.04.2010 SilesiaRAIL EXPO 2010 Fair Fairs are organized by: Kolporter Expo Sp. z o.o. 16.04.2010 (Friday) 10 a.m. –12 p.m. European Youth Forum – economy, democracy, politics Young people versus economic development Fairs are organized by: Youth Forum of RIG

16.04.2010 (Friday) 1 p.m. –4 p.m. European Youth Forum – economy, democracy, politics Young vision of democracy Fairs are organized by: Youth Forum of RIG 16.04.2010 r. (Friday) 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Workshops: support for business in Silesian Province through local authorities activities Fairs are organized by: Rudzki Inkubator Przedsiębiorczości Sp. z o.o. (The Ruda Slaska Business Incubator)

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