Family businesses are the last mainstay of private capital in Poland! That is why the stakes are huge in the face of massive generational change of business. 30 years have passed since the political changes, in many companies, the family business is being handed over to the young generation. In many companies, the question is: "What next?"
How to meet the responsibility of facing each business family? How to prepare a family business for new challenges in 2020? The OWNERS of well-known family companies from Poland and abroad will answer these questions on March 16 and 17 during the VII International Family Business Congress in Poznań.
Speakers include renowned foreign entrepreneurs and experts such as Carl Elsener Junior (CEO of Victorinox AG) and his wife Veronica Elsener (Marketing Director, Member of the Management Board of Victorinox AG) and prof. Alfredo de Massis from Free University of Bolzano, as well as representatives of well-known Polish family companies Justyna Frankowska (member of the Management Board for Trade and Marketing, Graal SA Capital Group), Bogusław Kowalski (President of the Management Board of the Graal SA Capital Group), Barbara Woźniak (President of Ovotek, Proxy of the Management Board Fermy Drobiu Woźniak)
Among the congress topics will be undertaken:

•    Balance of economic and emotional elements as a ground for building the competitiveness of family enterprises.
•    The path of development of a family business and business family. Does it have to be difficult and complicated?
•    Why are the goals of owner families not limited only to economics? Common values as a bond connecting generations, i.e. management through values.
•    Entrepreneurs plant trees that live longer than they do - how to convey to the successor what is most important in a business family?
•    The family character of the company and its impact on its sustainability.
•    Multi-faceted co-responsibility of the family ownership. More than business at stake!

In addition, inspirational discussions and meetings with experts await the participants. An opportunity to establish interesting business relationships.

The decisions and choices of today's entrepreneurs affect not only the family, but also the company itself, and through it on society. The values and goals of most owner families are not limited to economics. And how is it in your case? Do you take responsibility for more than just your business?
Join a group of entrepreneurial families and take advantage of the knowledge of experienced experts. Discover foreign trends and find inspiration for the further development of your family business. Registration for the Congress is ongoing. Sign up at https://kongresfirmrodzinnych.pl/en