Business needs dialogue -12th European Economic Congress in Katowice starting next week

– We feel a strong need to exchange knowledge, information and experience. We will talk and try to understand the new reality – says Wojciech Kuśpik, organiser, president of the PTWP Group. – The International Congress Centre in Katowice meets all safety requirements and ensures comfortable participation in the event, even in such unusual circumstances – he adds.

The 12th European Economic Congress in Katowice will be inaugurated with a debate titled “Europe of the Future”. Jerzy Buzek, member of the European Parliament, Teresa Czerwińska, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, Hans-Gert Pöttering, member of the European Parliament and Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-Presudent for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, Eurpean Commission, have announced their participation in the debate. A number of debates devoted to the subject of the European Green Deal will be attended by the following figures, ready to share their knowledge and experience: Jadwiga Emilewicz, deputy prime minister, minister of development; Joanna Erdman, vice-president of ING Bank Śląski; Claudio Facchin, CEO Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Dawid Jakubowicz, president of Ciech; Wojciech Kamieniecki, director of NCBiR; Marcin Korolec, president of FPPE; Grzegorz Należyty, president of Siemens Energy for Poland; Mirosław Proppé, president of the WWF Poland foundation; Jacek Siwiński, president of VELUX Polska; Paweł Szypulski, programme director at Greenpeace Polska and Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President, European Green Deal, European Commission.

Debaters contributing to a thematic bloc titled “energy in climate” will include, among others: Rafał Gawin, president of URE; Zbigniew Gryglas, deputy minister of state assets of the Republic of Poland; Agnieszka Lipska, partner at Dentons; Joanna Maćkowiak-Pandera, president of Forum Energii; Paweł Jan Majewski, president of Grupa LOTOS; Monika Morawiecka, president of PGE Baltica; Paweł Przybylski, Managing Director Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy; Tomasz Stępień, president of GAZ-SYSTEM; Grzegorz Wiśniewski, president of EC BREC Instytut Energetyki Odnawialnej; Piotr Zaremba, president of ElectroMobility Poland; Robert Zasina, president of TAURON Dystrybucja, president of PTPiREE; Dawid Zieliński, president of Columbus Energy and Ireneusz Zyska, secretary of state, the government’s plenipotentiary for renewable energy sources in the Ministry of Climate of the Republic of Poland.

The remaining thematic blocs of the 12th European Economic Congress are: digitalisation, new technologies, development and environment, international economic cooperation, transport and mobility, industry, city, education and the labour market, investments, management, the food industry, market and marketing, finances, society– economy and health care. They will be joined by, among others: Andrzej Adamczyk, minister of infrastructure; Piotr Arak, director of PIE; Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, minister of agriculture and rural development; Brunon Bartkiewicz, president of ING Bank Śląski; Dominika Bettman, president of the management board and director of Digital Industries Siemens; Paweł Borys, president of PFR; Sonia Draga, president, chief editor of the Sonia Draga Publishing House; Natalia Hatalska, CEO, founder of infuture.institute; Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak, minister of development funds and regional policy; Wojciech Kostrzewa, president of the Polish Business Roundtable; Tadeusz Kościński, minister of finances; Ireneusz Merchel, president of PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe; Jowita Michalska, president of the Digital University Foundation, Singularity University Warsaw; Marek Niedużak, undersecretaty of state in the ministry of development; Krzysztof Niemiec, vice-president of Track Tec; Grégoire Nitot, president, founder of Sii; Rafał Sonik, president of Gemini Holding; Jarosław Sroka, member of the management board of Kulczyk Investments; Marek Staszek, president of DB Cargo Polska; Tomasz Suchański, president of Żabka Polska; Krzysztof Szubert, president of NCBR Investment Fund ASI; Gertruda Uścińska, president of the Social Insurance Institution and Wiesław Żyznowski, president of Mercator Medical.

The 12th edition of the European Economic Congress will be held in accordance with all health and safety regulations.