Opening conference - EU funds Open Days and 15th anniversary of Poland in the European Union
May 10, 2019 – Ministry of Investment and Economic Development
2/4 Wspólna street, Grażyna Gęsicka hall
AGENDA
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:30 Opening ceremony
Opening speeches
- Jerzy Kwieciński, Minister of Investment and Economic Development
- Marc Lemaître, Director-General, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Discussion panel
9:30-10:30 Engaged in Europe
- To what extent did membership change Poland and how Poland influenced the European Union?
- How has the Polish economy changed over the last 15 years? What was the impact on the economy of the EU funds and how Poland used EU funds?
- New development challenges for Poland in the European Union
- The shape of the European Union's cohesion policy in the perspective of 2021-2027
Moderators
- Anna Popek/Maciej Kurzajewski
Panelists:
- dr inż. Wojciech Kamieniecki, Director, National Centre for Research and Development representative
- Jerzy Kwieciński, Minister of Investment and Economic Development
- Marc Lemaître, Director-General, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
- Małgorzata Oleszczuk, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
- Prof. Jacek Szlachta, Warsaw School of Economics
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
Power speeches
10:45– 11:45 Full of ideas and ambitious
- Piotr Krych – CEO Salue Technologies
- Tomasz Machaj – Director of Investment and Maintenance, AMICA SA
- Rafał Lachowski – Director for Development, Plantalux
- Jarosław Królewski – President of the Management Board, Synerise SA
11:45 – 12:45 Ecological and competitive
- Sławomir Sieradzki – Director of the Gas Market Development Division, GAZ-SYSTEM
- Paweł Engel – Director of the Department of Transport Analyses, Centre for EU Transport Projects
- Tomasz Tosza – Deputy Director of Municipal Road and Bridge Administration in Jaworzno
12:45 -13:45 Lunch break
13.00 – the official opening of the EU funds Township in the courtyard of the Ministry of Investment and Economic Development
13:30 – 14:30 Attractive and regionally strong
- Christopher Todd – Head of the “Poland” Unit, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
- Wojciech Magnowski – Director of the Regional Operational Programme Management Department, Marshal's Office of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship
- Michał Pilch – President of the Management Board, Bsafer Sp. z o.o.
14:30 - 15:30 Active and socially engaged
- Mirosław Grewiński – Associate Professor and Vice-Rector, College of Pedagogy Janusz Korczak in Warsaw
- Wojciech Bik – Medical Center for Postgraduate Education