Speakers 2022

Jarosław Stawiarski

An experienced self-government official and politician.
A graduate in history at the Humanistic Department of the University of Marie Curie Skłodowska in Lublin, an alumnus of postgraduate studies in management.

He was a teacher, headmaster, councillor and a deputy mayor in his hometown Kraśnik. Member of National Parliament for 4 terms. He had served as the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Sport and Tourism, where as the Vice-Minister had been responsible mainly for financial support of sports infrastructure. Under his management about half a billion PLN was annually spent on new sports facilities. He also supervised the National Stadium, the Central Sports Centre and the Institute of Sport. He is a member of the bureau of the European Committee of Regions and the president of the Presidential Council for Self-Government.

On 21st November 2019 elected for the Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship. Passionate about sport both in private and professional terms, always present at the most important sports events. Supports Polish national teams in different disciplines.

Mateusz Morawiecki

Jacek Sasin

Jacek Sasin was born on 6th November 1969 in Warsaw, Poland. He is a Polish politician, currently serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, since 4th June 2019. As of the 15th of November 2019 he holds the position of the Minister of State Assets.

He graduated from the University of Warsaw and holds a master’s degree in history, at the Faculty of History. He completed postgraduate studies in public administration management at the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management (currently: Kozminski University).

Sasin began his career by joining the Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation. In the years 1998-2004 he worked at the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression, where he headed the Department of Judicature.

Since 2007 he worked closely with the late President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński, initially as his advisor. In years 2009-2010 he served as the Secretary of State and Deputy Chief of the Chancellery of the President of Poland. In 2010, Sasin became a councillor of the Mazovian Voivodship Parliament.

Since 2011 he serves as a member of the Sejm. In the 2011 parliamentary elections, he was elected as a member of the 7th term Sejm, where he held the office of Vice-chairman of the Local Government and Regional Policy Committee and was a member of the Internal Affairs Committee.

In the 2015 parliamentary elections, he was reelected and became a Member of the 8th term Sejm. He served as the Chairman of the Public Finances Committee and the standing Subcommittee for the Local Government System and was a member of the Local Government and Regional Policy Committee.

On January 9th 2018 he was appointed the Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers, and later the Secretary of the Council of Ministers.

Henryk Kowalczyk

Member of the Polish Sejm of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th parliamentary terms. In 2006-2007 he was Secretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and government plenipotentiary for the shaping of the agricultural system. In 2015, he was appointed Minister without Portfolio in Beata Szydło’s government. In 2016, he served as Minister of the Treasury. Vice-Chairman of the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers. In 2017, he took up the post of Minister without Portfolio in the newly formed government of Mateusz Morawiecki. Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers. Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance since 2019. In 2018-2019, he was Minister of Environment. Since 2021, he has been part of Prime Minister Morawiecki’s Council of Political Advisors. On 26 October 2021, he was appointed by President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Anna Moskwa

Graduated from the Catholic University of Lublin in Sociology, from the Maria Skłodowska-Curie University in International Relations and completed postgraduate studies at the University of Warsaw in Enterprise Management. She is also a graduate of the Łazarski University, where she completed MBA studies.

She acted as the Vice-President and President of the European Meeting Centre – Nowy Staw Foundation where she started her work as a volunteer. In 2010, she directed the Polish branch of the Habitat for Humanity organisation. After 2012, she was involved in advisory activities with regard to HR, labour market and EU funds.

In the years 2016-2017, she was the Director of the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation. From 2017 to 2020, she was the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation. Later, in the years 2020-2021, she acted as the President of the Management Board in Baltic Power. Since 2021, she has been the Director of offshore wind farms office at the Orlen company. On 26 October 2021, she was appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, as the Minister of Climate and Environment.

PhD hab. Beata Surmacz, prof. UMCS

Professor at the Department of International Relations, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. Research interests: Polish eastern policy, Polish-Ukrainian relations; contemporary diplomacy. Author of numerous scientific papers and books including: Modern Polish-Ukrainian Relations. Politological Analysis of the Good-Neighborliness Treaty (2002), and The Evolution of Contemporary Diplomacy. Actors-Structures, Functions (2015).

Paweł Jabłoński

He graduated from Warsaw University Faculty of Law and Administration as well as the School of Spanish and European law at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and the University of Warsaw. In 2008-2015, he practiced in law firms. Attorney-at-law, member of the Warsaw Bar Association and its deputy disciplinary officer in 2016-2018. In 2018, he was appointed advisor to the Prime Minister, then a deputy director of International Projects Coordination Department at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. Since 2020, he has served as the Polish Government Plenipotentiary for the Three Seas Initiative. Also a Board member of the Institute of Central Europe.

Andrii Deshchytsia

Ambassador Deshchytsia is a graduate of the History Faculty at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, he earned MA degree at the University of Alberta in Canada and defended his PhD in political sciences. Mr Deshchytsia started his diplomatic career in 1996 in Poland, later on he represented the interests of Ukraine in Finland and Iceland. He was the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, as well as a special representative of the Chairman of OSCE for solving conflicts. After protests in Maidan and escape of the President Yanukovych on 27th February 2014, he was appointed acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. On 7th November, as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine, he presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Poland and officially started his diplomatic mission in Warsaw. Fluent in the Polish, English and Russian language.

Mark Brzezinski

 Ambassador Brzezinski previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2011 to 2015. In 2015, he was the first Executive Director of the White House’s Arctic Executive Steering Committee.  Previously he was a Managing Director at Makena Capital Management and a partner at the law firm McGuireWoods LLP. From 1999-2001, he served on President Clinton’s National Security Council staff, first as a Director for Russia and Eurasia, and then as a Director for the Balkans. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Poland in 1991-1993. 

Gediminas Varvuolis

Between February 2018 and October 2021 Mr Gediminas Varvuolis served as the Ambassador of Lithuania to Japan. From Tokyo he was also accredited to New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines as well as ASEAN & Asia Europe Foundation. Before coming to Japan, from 2013 to 2018 he served as ambassador of Lithuania to Belgium and from Brussels was also accredited to Luxembourg and Algeria.

After graduating from the Faculty of History at Vilnius University and the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris, Mr Varvuolis entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania in 1995. His assignments in Lithuania‘s diplomatic service included positions of Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO and Director of the Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department, Head of Crisis management and NATO divisions, Lithuanian Embassy in France.

Mr Varvuolis is awarded with Medal for the civilians „for merits“ of the Ministry of Defence of Lithuania (2011), Order for Merits to Lithuania, the Cross of the Knight (2004) and French National Order of Merits, (Chevalier de l‘ordre national du Mérite) (1997).

Konrad Popławski

Since 2009 in the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) dealing with politics and economics of Central Europe and Germany. Published more than 100 analyses and more than 10 longer reports concerning these topics. He was for more than 10 years an analyst for economy of Germany and defended the PhD in economics at Warsaw School of Economics. Since 2020 on a position of a head of Central European Department at OSW. He was a coordinator and a member of teams of experts preparing analyses for V4 ministries of foreign affairs.

Gabriela Masłowska

PhD in economics, researcher. Member of the Polish Parliament. He lives in Lublin. For many years, she has been involved in the Three Seas Initiative, Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Team for the Three Seas Initiative in the Polish Parliament. He is a supporter of strengthening family farms and pro-family policy. It demands a simplification of the tax system and support for Polish entrepreneurs, merchants and farmers. Married, 2 children.

Remigiusz Nowakowski

From 2018 as the President of the Management Board at DISE Energy think-tank. In 2016-2019 vicepresident at Pracodawcy RP. In 2018-2020 CEO at PILE ELBUD SA. In 2016-2019 Member of the Board of Directors at EURELECTRIC. In 2015-16 – CEO at TAURON Polska Energia SA and chairman of the Board at TAURON Dystrybucja SA. In 2008-2015 and 2020 Executive Director at Fortum, Heating & Cooling, Poland and Baltics. University graduate: Master of Economics and business management at University of Economics in Wroclaw and Master of Commercial law, at University of Wroclaw.

Artur Soboń

Artur Soboń is a graduate of the Faculty of Humanities of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (MA’s thesis: Political power in the conservative thought of the Second Republic of Poland) and the Collegium of Business Administration at the Warsaw School of Economics (MA’s thesis: Value building strategy on the example of Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka).

He completed postgraduate studies in the field of European projects at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin and in accounting and finance at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. He also completed doctoral studies in economics at the Collegium of Social Sciences of the Warsaw School of Economics.

Since 2001, he has been associated with the Świdnik City Hall, initially managing the Strategy and Development Department, then since 2006 as the City Secretary. In the years 2006-2010, a poviat councilor and a social board member of the Świdnik district board. In the period 2010-2015, he was a councilor of the Lublin Voivodeship Assembly.

Since 2015 he has been a Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland. As part of his parliamentary activities, he serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Team for Reindustrialisation of Poland and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Team of Friends of Polish Aviators. Member of the national defense and public finance committee.

From January 9, 2018 to November 14, 2019, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Investment and Economic Development, responsible for, among others, construction and the Eastern Poland Programme 2014-2020. Then, until December 4, 2019, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, a ministry that was created from the transformation of the Ministry of Investment and Economic Development.

Since 2019, Secretary of State at the Ministry of State Assets, he has served as Government Plenipotentiary for the transformation of energy and coal mining companies. He exercised owner’s supervision in commercial law companies on behalf of the State Treasury and local government units.

Since October 8, 2021, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology and Government Plenipotentiary for Local Development.

Artur Wasil

He graduated in 2002 from the Faculty of Mining at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, with an M.Sc. Eng. degree in Mining and Geology, specialising in Mining Geotechnics. In 2002 he joined Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A. where he went through the levels of professional career from a trainee to a team foreman of extraction brigade. In 2012 Mr Wasil started work at PRG Linter S.A. where he performed the role of Mining Director, and in 2014 was appointed to the position of the President of the Management Board. Mr Artur Wasil also holds a post-graduate diploma in European Project Management and EU Law obtained at the Marie Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin. On 21 March 2018 he became President of the Management Board of LW Bogdanka S.A.

Jan Szewczak

He is a lawyer, economic analyst and expert in the field of finance, financial law, banking and macroeconomics.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, as well as doctoral studies at the Department of Finance and Financial Law. He also completed research internships in Amsterdam and Prague.
For many years he was a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw and the University of Economics and Information Technology (Vistula).
He has extensive experience in the financial sector. He sat on the Management Board of the PZU Tower Company, was the chief economist of the National Credit Union (SKOK), as well as a deputy of the 8th term of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee for Financial Institutions and vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Public Finance Committee and a member of the Digitization Committee.
He is an economic journalist and author of many opinions and expert opinions on economic processes and ownership transformations.
His interests include economic history and privatization processes in Poland and abroad.

Dr Robert Perkowski

Mr. Perkowski conducted Ph.D. in Economics at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Marketing and Management as well as the Faculty of Finance and Banking at the Independent University of Business and Public Administration in Warsaw. He also completed a post-graduate course in Management Analytics at ORGMASZ Institute of Industry Organisation and Management. His research articles concern subjects of virtual enterprises and digital technologies. Between 2006 and 2018, he served as Mayor of City Zabki and in 2017 was elected as President of the Polish Local Governments Association.

Paweł Cioch

Doctor of Law, manager and attorney-at-law specializing in providing legal services to commercial law companies and public finance sector entities. For many years, he provided legal services to corporations in the manufacturing, transport and construction industries, as well as local government units and organizational units of the State Treasury. Mr Cioch has experience in the implementation of corporate governance in joint-stock companies.
A graduate of the Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration of the Catholic University of Lublin.
He is the author of several dozen scientific publications in the field of civil procedure law, civil law and commercial law.

Jacek Janiszek

He has been associated with Zakłady Azotowe in Puławy since 1996. He has gone through virtually all career levels there. He has been working on the management board of Grupa Azoty Puławy – with a short break – since 2016.
From May 4, 2020, he is the vice president of the management board. Currently, he is responsible for such areas as: investments, energy, support, logistics and trade.
He knows the puławskie zakłady very well. Constantly takes care of it development. He is the originator of many valuable investments that have been made or are in the process of being made.

Ryszard Madziar

Graduate of the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization at the University of Warsaw, he holds the title of Executive Master of Business Administration and Doctor of Business Administration. Extensive experience in public and local government administration. He was the Mayor of Wołomin in 2010-2014, the Head of the Political Cabinet of the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Jacek Sasin and previously the Director of the Mazovian Branch of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture, the largest paying agency in the European Union.
Currently an advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin, involved in humanitarian aid for Ukraine.

Dr Michał Laszczkowski

Historian, lawyer, social activist, culture manager. He was the founder and long-time president of the non-governmental Cultural Heritage Foundation, which in the last ten years has carried out numerous conservation works on historic buildings in Poland, Ukraine, as well as in Belarus, Latvia, France, Moldova and Italy. After Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2022, he coordinated aid and collections of Polish cultural institutions to protect Ukraine’s monuments. From April 2022, Director of the National Institute of Monument Conservation.

Dr Marcin Mazuryk

Doctor of law, legal advisor, academic lecturer, graduate of MBA studies, author of several dozen publications in the field of administrative and security law.

Łukasz Turkowski

He has been associated with the media and communication sector since 2012, currently responsible for Public Affairs at the PZU Group. At the Ministry of State Assets, he is the Chairman of the Team for the Synergy Programme, which coordinates the cooperation of State Treasury companies and special actions, such as: humanitarian support for Ukraine, uniformed services on the Polish-Belarusian border, combating the effects of the pandemic.
He has worked for key corporate clients in the b2c and b2b sectors in the EMEA region. Co-owner of Gameset, the first gaming marketing agency in the CEE region. Privately interested in geopolitics, the role of modern media in global information rivalry, and issues of information sovereignty.

PHD Tomasz Sińczak

Ph.D., a graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, a graduate of MBA studies at the Academy of Social and Media Culture in Toruń. Manager, analyst and researcher, expert of the Trimarium Association, employee of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture, previously an expert of the National Institute of Rural Culture and Heritage and Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Member of the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science, laureate of the Award of the Gdańsk Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences for Young Scientists (2017) and the Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education (2012).

Przemysław Czarnek

He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in 2001. Afterwards, in 2006, he obtained a doctoral degree in legal sciences on the basis of the work „Principles of the rule of law and social justice in the systemic practice of the Third Republic of Poland” and, in 2015, a postdoctoral degree in legal sciences on the basis of his achievements and the dissertation “Economic freedom. The first pillar of the social market economy”.
He is a professor at the Catholic University of Lublin. He specializes in constitutional law and is the author of several dozen monographs and scientific articles.
He was the Lublin voivode in 2015 – 2019. During this period, he was involved in the implementation of the structural reform of schools and institutions in the voivodeship and actively participated in the debate on the shape of the education reform.
He was elected to the 9th term Sejm of the Republic of Poland (the lower house of the Polish parliament) in 2019, gaining over 87,000. votes. As a member of the Polish parliament, he performs the duties  of the deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
He was appointed the Minister of Education and Science on 19 October 2020.

Arkadiusz Robaczewski

Philosopher and publicist, academic lecturer. Founder and long-time director of the Institute of National Education. Founding member of the Polish Society of Thomas Aquinas. Author of educational programs in the field of ethics and philosophical anthropology and numerous publications in the field of ethics, pedagogy, philosophy of culture and others.

Prof. dr hab. n.med. Wojciech Załuska

Wojciech Załuska, Professor, MD, PhD, DSc is a graduate of the Medical University of Lublin, a specialist in internal medicine, nephrology, public health, hypertensiology and clinical transplantology. He is the head of the Department and Clinic of Nephrology and since 2009 a provincial consultant in the field of nephrology. In previous terms of office of the university authorities, he served as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dean of this faculty and from 2020 he took over the function of the Rector of the Medical University of Lublin. Multiple scholarship holder of foreign scientific centers (Germany, USA), member of many prestigious international scientific societies, winner of the scientific award of the Minister of Health. In 2016, he became the Ambassador of the Lubelskie Voivodeship.

Dr hab. prof. KUL, Beata Piskorska,

Dr Filip Ludwin

Ph.D. in Law, University lecturer, author of scientific publications, editor-in-chief of a scientific journal Kultura Prawna [Legal Culture], director of the publishing department at the Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture, expert and analyst at the Confederation of Non-Governmental Initiatives of the Republic of Poland and at the Hipolit Cegielski Center for Legal, Economic and Social Analyses. His scientific and professional interests mainly concern history of political and legal thought, theory of political systems, civil society, constitutional law, agricultural law, philosophy,v and logic. In his doctoral dissertation he dealt with the influence of natural sciences, especially evolutionary biology, on contemporary political philosophy and philosophy of law. In his research work he also dealt with the principle of separation of powers, the issue of sovereignty of the people, the ideological foundations of European integration, the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Hans Kelsen and Antoni Peretiatkowicz.

Dr hab. Maciej Szymanowski, prof. PPKE

Maciej Szymanowski was recommended by Wacław Felczak on a scholarship in Budapest in 1987–1988. At the end of the 1980s, he was active in the Polish-Hungarian Solidarity. In 1991 he graduated from Hungarian studies at the University of Warsaw. In 2001, he obtained a doctorate in humanities, the discipline of history at the Jagiellonian University, on the basis of the work entitled National Values ​​in Communist Propaganda of Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary in the press of 1949–1953, written under the supervision of Andrzej Chwalba.

PhD Hab., Associate Professor Marcin Szewczak

Władysław Ortyl

Marshal of Podkarpackie Region, Poland (elected in May 2013), member of the European Committee of the Regions. Degree in aviation construction at Mechanical Department of Rzeszów University of Technology in 1979. From 1992 to 1998 – Chairman of the Board of Mielec Regional Development Agency. From 2005 to 2007 – Secretary of State at the Ministry of Regional Development where he was responsible for the implementation of Integrated Regional Operation Programme and preparation of Regional Operation Programmes, as well as the Eastern Poland Operation Programme and transborder programmes cofinanced by the EU. From 2005 he was also the Member of the Senate where he chaired the National Defence Committee.

Mykhaylo Golovko

Mykhaylo Golovko was born on May 3, 1983, in Toky, Ternopil region, Ukraine. Ukrainian politician, public and political figure. He holds a PhD in Economics. Member of the political party “All-Ukrainian Union ” Svoboda” (Freedom). The Deputy of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament) of the 7th and 8th convocations. Chairman of the Ternopil Regional Council since November 25, 2020.

Borys Voloshenkov

Rostyslav Dobosh

Ádám Karácsony

He is the CoR rapporteur on demographic change, clean air policy and EU strategy on combatting antisemitism and fostering Jewish way of life. In the CoR he coordinates the ECR Group work in the SEDEC Commission. He is also a member of the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional  Authorities.

Marcin Chruściel

Graduate of PhD studies in Political Science at the University of Wroclaw and Master studies in International Relations at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He gained his professional experience in organisations such as Europaeum, Tertio Millennio Institute, Projekt PL Foundation and Nowa Konfederacja Thinkzine. His research interests include European integration, regional parties and Visegrad cooperation.

Michał Kanownik

As the President of Digital Poland Association (ZIPSEE), he has been representing the largest manufacturers and distributors of electrical and electronic equipment in Poland for 16 years. Connected with Digital Europe, an organization of Europe’s largest association of the ICT sector, where twice held the position of Board Member. Chosen by the minister of digital affairs to take a seat in the ministry’s Council for Digitization. He is an initiator of nationwide debates regarding changes in copyright law, taxing, environment protection as well as public procurement and cybersecurity. As a manager in IT and consumer electronics industry with many years of experience, he is actively engaged in development and promotion of digitization in Poland. He successfully supports substantive and honest discussion regarding member – companies of Digital Poland Association, which comprise a significant share of consumer electronics and IT industry investing in Poland.

Andrey Bachvarov

Ph.D. in Computer Science with an emphasis on Artificial Intelligence. Frequent speaker on how AI helps solve real business issues. Serial entrepreneur with domain knowledge in renewable energy and electric distribution networks. He managed investments over EUR 100 mil invested in the above. Founder and investor in a data analytics startup that uses automated drones to collect and then AI to analyze visual data for predictive maintenance in the energy sector. Founder of a software company building R&D centers for corporations and high-tech startups.

Marta Poślad

She joined Google in 2012. Before becoming the Head of Public Policy & Government Relations in Central and Eastern Europe she was responsible for privacy & security issues in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Marta is a social scientist, graduate of the University of Cambridge and the University of Warsaw.

Virgilijus Dirma

Chair of Consumer Policy Working Group at DIGITALEUROPE. Expert in issues of digitalisation, real time economy as well as EU policy and green energy. Actively works in these fields in Lithuania, Baltic States as well as the entire Three Seas Initiative and EU.

PHD HAB. MIECZYSŁAW RYBA, PROF. KUL

Mieczysław Ryba, Ph.D., historian, prof. WSKSiM, researcher at the Catholic University of John Paul II; for several years head of the Department of the History of Political Systems of the 19th and 20th centuries; currently – the Department of the Spanish World, Politics and International Relations. President of the Club of Catholic Intelligentsia prof. Czesław Strzeszewski in Lublin. In 2007–2011, he was a member of the College of the Institute of National Remembrance. From November 2020, a member of the Advisory Team at the Ministry of Education and Science. On November 11, 2015, he was awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding services in disseminating knowledge about the recent history of Poland, for achievements in scientific and didactic work. Currently a member of the Chapter of the Order of Polonia Restituta. 

He was a long-term councilor of the city of Lublin (deputy chairman of the City Council for eight years). Currently, vice-chairman of the Parliament of the Lubelskie Voivodeship. 

Piotr Regulski

Chairman of Grupa Azoty Puławy Supervisory Board and Director of Corporate Department of Ownership Supervision and Legal Services in Grupa Azoty. Legal counsel with many years of experience in the area of ​​corporate governance, with particular consideration of companies with State Treasury shareholding. He actively participates in strategic projects of Grupa Azoty Capital Group.

Dariusz Dumkiewicz

Mr Dariusz Dumkiewicz is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Marie Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, from which he graduated in 2002 with a degree in law. He has also completed postgraduate programme in “Project Management and EU Law” organised by UMCS and the Lublin Development Foundation. In 2018 he completed his Master of Business Administration degree at the Lublin University of Technology.

Mr Dariusz Dumkiewicz has 16 years’ work experience in leading development and investment projects. From 2002 to 2006, he was employed in managerial positions at the City Council of Lublin, where he managed EU-financed projects. In 2006 he took on the role of advisor to the Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and an expert on the Development of Eastern Poland in the Ministry of Development. In 2007 he took the position of Director of the Department of Strategy and Development in the Marshall’s Office of the Lublin Province. He was responsible for negotiations with the European Commission and financing strategic infrastructure investment projects for the province. Since 2008 he was a Member of the Management Board, Vice-President of consulting firms that provide advice to enterprises, primarily in the energy sector. In 2016 he took on the position of Director of the Lublin Branch of PSG sp. z o.o., the distributor of natural gas in the Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo Group. On 15 October 2018 he assumed the position of Vice-President of the Management Board in charge of Development at LW Bogdanka S.A.

Mateusz Wodejko

A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Warsaw. An expert in finance and banking, financial accounting and tax law. Vice President of the Management Board of PERN S.A. and a member of the board for financial matters in the Liquid Fuels Logistics Operator. Since 2020, Vice President of the Management Board of Poczta Polska.

Konstantin Bekos

Konstantin Bekos has been working for ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, Austria’s official trade promotion organisation of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, for more than 35 years. After serving as a Commercial Attaché for Poland, the UAE, the Sultanate of Oman and Germany, he became the Austrian Commercial Counsellor for Saudi-Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Jemen. Within the last decade he was the Austrian Commercial Counsellor for Turkey and Georgia and worked in Austria as the organisation´s Regional Director for Southeast Europe. Currently Mr. Bekos serves as the Commercial Counsellor for the Austrian Embassy in Warsaw, where he is supporting Austrian companies on the Polish market and strengthening the business ties between Poland and Austria.

Robert Zapotoczny

CEO, PFR Portal PPK. Co-author of the bill on employee capital plans. A political scientist and economist. He has many years of experience in the insurance sector. Having previously worked as a sales director in the leading insurance companies on the Polish market, in 2016 he became a member of the inter-ministerial team working on the Act on Employee Equity Plans in the structures of the Polish Development Fund capital group. Currently he heads the company PFR Portal PPK, and is responsible for promoting long-term savings in the framework of PPK. He comes from the region of Silesia, in his free time he enjoys traveling and deepening his interest in history.

PhD hab. Arkadiusz Jabłoński, Prof. KUL

Dr hab. Arkadiusz Jabłoński, professor of the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) – sociologist and social philosopher. Head of the Department of Social Theories and Family Sociology at the Institute of Sociological Sciences (KUL). Dean of the Department of Social Sciences of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Chairman of the Presidium of the Scientific Council at the Educational Research Institute for the years 2021-2025. Chief Editor of the magazine “ Education”. Initiator and organiser of numerous conferences and international events concerning social issues. His main scientific interests concentrate on contemporary development of the society of knowledge in theoretical and metatheoretical dimension, as well as concrete empirical symptoms.

Michał Grześ

Member of the Management Board of Photon Entertainment , a startup, supplier of educational robots for schools. A graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Białystok University of Technology (major in Automation and Robotics). A three-time winner of the Forbes 30under30. Passionate about raising the competences of the future in Education.

Weronika Kuna

“Technology and its impact on the development of individuals, society and the state are something that fascinates me for years and has also become the axis of my professional development. I am proud to be part of Microsoft – a company that I have followed for a long time, and I admire it for being an inspiring and responsible technology leader. I am also glad that I can join Microsoft at such a special moment for the company. I hope that my experiences and ideas will help achieve ambitious goals related to the investment in the development of the Polish Digital Valley ”.
Before joining Microsoft, Weronika Kuna was the director of the Digital & Fintech department at CEC Government Relations. She dealt with, among others consulting and advisory services for companies in the field of public policy, relations with the government and strategic communication. She was a co-founder of ImpactCEE, the largest Polish event devoted to the digital economy, where she was the head of public policy and government affairs, working closely with public administration in the digital transformation of this sector. She also worked at the National Bank of Poland as a specialist in the Foreign Department, where she cooperated, inter alia, with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Weronika Kuna is a graduate of International Relations at the University of Wrocław and the Masaryk University in Brno. She was also a PhD student at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw.

Michał Przymusiński

Michał Przymusiński is the Deputy Director for the Digitization of Education and Science at the Educational Research Institute. Responsible for the development of new IT systems development projects.

A graduate of Polish studies at the University of Warsaw, specializing in cultural animation. He deals with the design and implementation of IT systems. In 2017-2022, he supervised the construction and development of the main public administration portal www.gov.pl. He managed the construction and commissioning of the nationwide Sanepid service system – SEPIS (National Sanitary Inspection Register System), the processes of automating the service of the National Vaccination Program hotline and the National Sanitary Inspection hotline for citizens.

He worked in the Ministry of Digitization and the Chancellery of the Prime Minister as Deputy Director of the Service Development Department. At that time, he supervised the launch of the first stage of the e-delivery project (electronic registered delivery system), style guide for government administration, construction of e-services for citizens, centralized BIP system, preparation of a remote learning and work system for administration employees.

Previously, as the first director of the Nowe Media TVP SA Center, he designed and implemented the strategy of a public broadcaster in the area of ​​digital media and was responsible for the TVP HD program. As part of cooperation with the Polish branch of the BBC, on behalf of Netia, he co-created the sender’s information website, as the head of Internet technologies, he launched the Radio Zet portal and built the first website of HBO Poland. In 2010-2011 he was a member of the supervisory board of IAB Polska.

Justyna Orłowska

Leading expert in corporate finance and fund management. Having previously worked in consulting, in 2016 she became an advisor to the Minister of Economic Development. Responsible for management of the State’s innovative projects portfolio, she spearheaded the MinFinTech programme as well as digital initiatives in the fields such as education or finance. In 2017 appointed an Advisor to the Prime Minister on Innovation Policy and Finance. Since the GovTech Polska Programme’s establishment in April 2018, she is serving as Head of the GovTech Polska Programme – Poland’s largest initiative aimed at bringing and implementing the innovation and digital revolution to the Public Sector. She was appointed the Prime Minister’s High Representative for Government Technology in March 2020 and currently serving as Head of the GovTech Centre in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. For her actions, she has received multiple awards, including Forbes 30 under 30, Digital Shape, the Digital Eagle award and the Innovation Eagle award. 

Dr Marek Dietl

He is the CEO of GPW (Warsaw Stock Exchange) and the economic adviser to the President of Poland. He has spent almost 20 years in the consulting and venture capital industries. He collected experience as a non-executive board member of more than 25 organizations.
Marek Dietl frequently undertakes community and academic activities. He used to serve as a mediator at the arbitration court of the Financial Supervision Commission and adviser to the President of Energy Regulation Office. Marek Dietl is also an assistant professor at the SGH-Warsaw School of Economics.

Andrzej Jaworski

Founder and President of the Chamber of Commerce and Commerce of the Food Market, which brings together over 120 entities from the agri-food sector, from April 2022 a member of the Management Board of PZU Życie, and from May 2022 the President of the Management Board of PZU Zdrowie. Previously, in the years 2016-2017, he was associated with the PZU Group, in which he was a member of the Management Board. He successfully managed large enterprises, including m.in as President of the Management Board of the VRG Group, Member of the Management Board of Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa SA, President of Stocznia Gdańsk SA. Since 2016, he has been the chairman of the Council of the John Paul II Institute of Remembrance and Identity. He completed m.in doctoral studies at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, EMBA at the University of Applied Sciences in Dresden and WSHiU in Poznań. Member of the Sejm of three terms, chairman of the Public Finance Committee.

Monika Piątkowska

Lawyer, expert in the field of economy and entrepreneurship support, scholarship holder of the International Leader Visits Program of the US Department of State. She has extensive experience in both private and public sectors, i.e. in central and local government administration.

For many years, she has been using his experience, consistently supporting Polish entrepreneurs, acting in the areas of economic diplomacy, promotion of Polish food and food security.

dr inż. Andrzej Gantner

Editor-in-chief of the Food-Lex quarterly, member of the Council of the Association of Employers and Entrepreneurs, member of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Commerce, member of the Food and Nutrition Sciences Committee at the Polish Academy of Sciences. He represents PFPŻ ZP in the largest European organization of the food industry, Food Drink Europe. For over 20 years associated with the food industry in the field of management, marketing, public relations, and corporate social responsibility. Author of numerous publications and analyses on the food market and the food economy.

Michał Moskal

Graduated in law from the University of Warsaw. Currently, Head of the Political Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister, Jarosław Kaczyński, Director of the PiS Presidency, President of the PiS Youth Forum. Previously, he worked at the Ministry of the Interior and Administration and the Ministry of National Defense. In 2015-17, he was the Chairman of the Board of the National Independent Students’ Association.

Marcin Wroński

A graduate of the Agricultural University in Poznań and the Poznań University of Economics. He also completed Executive Master of Business Administration studies. He has extensive experience in managing private companies and public administration units. He was, inter alia, Deputy President of the Agricultural Market Agency in Warsaw and the Provincial Inspector of Plant Health and Seed Inspection in Bydgoszcz. Author of many publications, expert opinions and analyses in the field of agricultural policy. Member of i.a. Kujawsko-Pomorskie Team of Post-Registration Cultivar Experimentation COBORU, Advisory Team for Rural Areas and Agriculture in Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship Office in Bydgoszcz and Sectoral Council for Trade Competences in the Polish Chamber of Commerce.

Waldemar Guba

Since 2002, he has been working at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, dealing with various aspects of the common agricultural policy, commercial policy and strategic planning. A graduate of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (1988), the University of London (1994) and the University of Göttingen (2000), where he obtained a PhD in agricultural economics.

Andrei Spînu

Andrei Spînu has a degree in business administration, and since 2018 he is pursuing a master’s program in governance at Harvard University Extension School. In 2019, he held the position of Secretary-General of the Government of the Republic of Moldova, and in the period 2015–2016, he was Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports. He also has extensive experience in the private sector, being an entrepreneur and co-founder of the organizations for the development of entrepreneurship Dreamups Innovation Campus and JCI Chisinau.

NIKOLAY SABEV

Bulgarian entrepreneur, innovator and visionary. He is an expert in business modeling and strategic analysis.

Founder of the logistics group with the Econt brand.

His professional career in the private sector started in 1993, and before that he held the position of commercial director in the Bulgarian River Shipping State Enterprise.

Nikolay Sabev was born in 1960 in Ruse.

He graduated Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna with honors, majoring in Marine Navigation in 1983. He successfully graduated the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, majoring in Economics and Transport Management in 1990.

He has completed numerous postgraduate courses. He studied classical and innovative scientific works in the fields of marketing, finance, communications and statistical analysis. Recently, he has been enlarging his expertise with blockchain analyses and other innovative technologies.

Sabev is the compiler of the textbook “For Boatmasters on the Danube”.

Nikolay Sabev is a major donor to the Municipal Foundation “Ruse – City of the Free Spirit”, which finances the renovation of symbolic city buildings, educational programs in the country and in the town of Ruse.

Andrzej Adamczyk

On 15 November 2019, he was re-appointed Minister of Infrastructure. Since 2005, he has been a member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of the V, VI, VII, VIII and IX terms of office. Long-term vice-chairman of the Sejm Infrastructure Committee and member of the Committee on Liaison with Poles Abroad. He participated in the work of subcommittees: for construction and spatial and housing management, for monitoring the use of European Union funds and for land transport. He specializes in road and railway infrastructure and construction.

In parliament, he dealt with, among others, the government’s bill on special purpose road companies, the amendment of the “Construction Law” act and the draft law on simplifying the investment process in housing construction. As a councillor of the Kraków poviat, he chaired the Infrastructure Committee for two terms. He is a member of the Małopolska Chamber of Civil Engineers. Has a university degree in economics

Oleksandr Kubrakov

Was born in 1982 in the city of Pershotravensk, Dnipropetrovsk region.

Education:

1999-2004 – Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman (specialty – marketing)

Work experience:

2003-2004 – Economist of the Marketing Department of the Joint-stock company “PRAVEX BANK” (“PRAVEX BANK” JSC).

2004-2006 – Research and Development Manager, LLC “P5 Commerce”.

2006-2007 – CJSC Kyivstar, Head of the Market Monitoring Department.

2007-2009 – JSCB “Finance and Credit”, Head of Strategic Marketing.

2009-2011 – PJSC “Kyivstar”, Head of Fixed Business Marketing.

2014-2016 – Director of the Directorate for Management of Transport Infrastructure Projects of the Municipal Enterprise of the Executive Body of the Kyiv City State Administration “Kyiv Investment Agency”.

2015-2016 – Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Head of the project office.

2016-2019 – Director, Deputy Director of LLC “City for People”.

08.2019-12.2019 – People’s Deputy of Ukraine.

11.2019 – 05.2021 – Head of the State Agency of Motor Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor).

On 20 May 2021, he was appointed Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine.

Linda Medne

An economist, entrepreneur and politician, a docent at the Latvia University of Agriculture. Linda holds a PhD in Economics. Currently she is a Member of the 13th Parliament (Saeima) of the Republic of Latvia, a member of the New Conservative Party. While working in the Saeima, she was actively involved in the work of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee.  Previously, Linda was a councilor of the Riga City Council, as well as an adviser to the Minister of Education and Science.

Julius Skačkauskas

Serves as Vice Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania from February 23, 2021. In the period from 2012 to 2021, he worked in the private sector and was an expert in marketing and business development at “LG Electronics”. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. Skačkauskas held several positions at the Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

Adrian George Foghis

Mr. Adrian George FOGHIS’ mandate as a Secretary of State within the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Romania started in February 2021 – a right expected outcome of his 9 years of extensive experience in infrastructure projects as general manager of his natal Oradea County’s Metropolitan Area, and later of the National Romanian Federation of Metropolitan Areas and Urban Agglomerations.

Holds a Bachelor Degree in political science and sociology, as well as in management and economics. His professional portfolio comprises, among many others, the international experience within the position of Programme Manager for the VATI JTS Romania Hungary Cross Border Cooperation Programme.

As Secretary of State within the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Mr. FOGHIS was in 2021 coordinator of air transport and health infrastructure and since the beginning of 2022 he is coordinating the road transport and road safety, 3 Seas Initiative and the Black Sea – Caspian Sea International Transport Route.

Ioannis Xifaras

Licensed engineer, graduate of the Electrical and Computer Engineering School of the Democritus University of Thrace. He has a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA-international) from the Athens University of Economics and Business and a Master of Science in Computer, Telecommunications and Networks from the University of Thessaly.

He has experience in projects of Infrastructure and Transport, Energy projects and Specialized Electromechanical Systems as well as in Infrastructure of Smart Applications. As the technical consultant of ERGOSE, he contributed in the implementation of co-financed projects and the design, tendering and projects’ management of new railway projects, with emphasis in electromobility and signaling systems. He has worked as a Project Manager in Intrakat. Furthermore, he has been the supervisor engineer for the National Power Transmission Operator, including the first phase of Cyclades interconnection with the Greek mainland.

He has been a Scientific Associate of the National Center for Research and Technology (CERTH) and has collaborated with the University of Thessaly for teaching the course of “Technical and Electrical Design”. He is also a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece.

Dr Piotr Kuszewski

Dr Piotr Kuszewski is an assistant professor at the Banking Institute of Warsaw School of Economics and head of the postgraduate compliance program at WSE. Piotr Kuszewski is also CEO at PTE PZU pension fund. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and Warsaw School of Economics. Piotr Kuszewski was Group CFO of the Digital Care Group, and regional manager of April insurance group. He also worked at the State Development Bank of Poland and PZU Życie insurance company. Piotr Kuszewski was non-executive board member of PGE Dom Maklerski, Krajowy Fundusz Kapitałowy, PZU Asset Management.

Marcin Gomoła

Wojciech Krysztofik

Legal advisor, currently director of the Ownership Supervision Department I at the Ministry of State Assets, responsible for the construction project of Krajowa Grupa Spożywcza S.A. He is a graduated in law at the University of Bialystok. He completed his legal adviser apprenticeship at the Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Lawin Warsaw. He specializes in corporate law, investment process and legal support of the company. In his practice to date, he has also dealt with energy law, mergers / acquisitions and due diligence as a member of advisory teams in the largest transactions of this type in recent years in Poland.

Pawel Kuśmierowski

Pawel Kuśmierowski has professional experience both managing businesses and as a consultant. He developed and implemented companies’ strategies, led big transformation programs for customer service improvement and launched new businesses. He managed sales, marketing, IT and M&A. He was a board member of PZU Zdrowie and recently vice-president of Neuca where he was responsible for clinical trials, digital-health, telemedicine, e-commerce, insurance, and clinics. Pawel Kuśmierowski is responsible for development of life sciences and healthcare advisory practice in Deloitte.

Marcin Kania

Master’s degree in hotel management and catering industry at the Academy of Hotel Management and Catering industry in Poznań.

An effective strategist and leader who involve his team in the brand’s mission and vision.

He puts the pressure on processes in the conference, congresses and fairs sector, which helps him to effectively create the MICE market.

He treats partnership as the key to success in the tourism industry.

The experience gained in France help him to create culinary experience for event agencies.

He prepared national and international meetings including: NATO Summit 2016 in Warsaw or UNESCO Summit 2017 in Krakow.

Michał Mulawa

Graduate of the Political Science at the University of Marie Curie-Skłodowska (local government and local politics) as well as post-graduate studies in social communication psychology at the Faculty of Psychology (UMCS). He completed numerous courses on programming and acquiring external funds, among others from the European Union, OSCE, EEA, Swiss mechanisms and the so called “ambassador” funds.
Expert in programming regional and local development. Member of Regional Assembly of the Lubelskie Voivodeship (2 terms). He was an advisor to the Minister of Labour and Social Policy, director of Chancellery of the Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship, university lecturer, plenipotentiary for acquiring external funds as well the spokesman of the Mayor of Krasnik.

Robert Głowacki

Graduate of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University and Lublin University of Technology (MBA). He has over 15 years of experience as a Finance and Economics Executive and Marketing Executive in manufacturing companies, where he was responsible for sales development in Poland and abroad. Since 2015, he has been on the Management Board of Targi Lublin S.A.

Nina Ermenc Pangerl, MA

After finishing her graduate studies in Salamanca, Spain and master studies in Siena, Italy, she started her carrier outside Slovenia. After a period of working for DCAF Geneva, she returned to Slovenia and begun working for Celje Fair PLC, largest trade and exhibition organizer in Slovenia, where she started in sales and organization of trade fairs, exhibitions and events. She specialised in external relations and internationalization of trade fairs and exhibitions. She prepared marketing and PR strategies for promotion and selling of services, and spent a lot of time preparing and optimizing communication strategies for massive events. During her long-term commitment to trade fairs and exhibitions she gained extensive knowledge on functioning of exhibitions venues, exhibition evolvement and future prospects for the industry. She has been a member of the management bord of Celje Fair since 2014, and Vice president of the management board 2020. In her personal life, she is a mother of two children, active in various sports activities, very creative and kin on traveling and gaining new experiences. She also likes to perform research on how to improve relations and make yourself happy.  

Radoslav Klepáč

Born 1960
Studied pedagogy, linguisitcs, German and English
1984 – 1990 teacher
1990 – 1994 promotion agency Austria, business management studies
1994 – 2010  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Embassy Vienna, London, Bern,
Commercial & Economic Counsellor
Since 2010  BVV Brno Trade Fairs, External Relations & Communications, Director

Hubert Grzegorczyk

Co-founder and secretary of the Economic Chamber of the Food Market. A graduate of political science at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, postgraduate studies in economic policy, finance and banking at the College of Social and Media Culture in Toruń, Executive MBA at the College of Commerce and Services in Poznań. From October 2020, Branch Director of Malbork Elewarr Sp. Zoo. Previously, he worked, among others in Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa S.A., Lechia Gdańska S.A. Member of the Fish Promotion Fund, supporter of economic patriotism.

Roman Niżnikowski, PhD, DSc, ProfTit

Born on October 27, 1953 in Warsaw. He graduated in 1977 at the Faculty of Animal Science of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. He obtained a PhD in agricultural sciences in 1981, dr hab. in 1989, the title of professor in 1996. From 2001 he was appointed to the position of full professor, where he works to this day. From 2020, he also works as a chief specialist at the National Institute of Rural Culture and Heritage. In the years 2001-2007 he was the Vice-president of the EAAP Sheep and Goat Breeding Commission, in 2007-2011 he was elected to the EAAP Council, since 2014 he has been the Vice-president of the EAAP Working Group for Natural Fibers, he is a member of the International Committee Scientific Committee for Dairy Use of Small Ruminants ICAR since 1998. From 2017, he is a member and chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Environmental Protection – PIB, a member of the Scientific Council of the National Research Institute of Animal Production – PIB and a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Soil Cultivation, Fertilization and Soil Science – National Research Institute (from 27/02/2019 – member of the Institute’s Research Activity and Development Committee) . In 2021, he became a member of the Scientific Council of the Polish Ecological Club and the Scientific Council of the 2nd and 3rd Congress of the Three Seas Regions. He is the author / co-author of a total of 605 publications, including 289 monographs and dissertations, 124 scientific reports and announcements, 155 reviews and popular science articles, 23 books, 14 unpublished typescripts.

Leszek Kowalczyk

Leszek Kowalczyk – a graduate of the Agricultural University of Lublin at the Faculty of Agricultural Technology and you are listening to the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Entrepreneur, local government official. For 25 years he has been running a business in the field of cooling and freezing installations. Contractor of a line for cooling and freezing products in food companies, including agricultural ones. Councilor of the Sejmik of the Lubelskie Voivodeship, Deputy Chairman of the Budget Committee, member of the Rural Development and Environmental Protection Committee. Vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Lublin. He coordinated, among others implementation of the government program “Clean Air”.

Daniel Alain Korona, PhD

Daniel Alain Korona, PhD, born on March 19, 1963 in Warsaw, an anti-communist opposition activist, doctor of economic sciences at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw. In 1994-2007, research worker at the Institute of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, lecturer at several universities. He has represented citizens in tax, administrative and court proceedings. From 2008, president of the Polish Association Euro 2012, member of the supervisory board, chairman of the board and then president of the management board of Elewarr in 2006/2007 and again president of the company from November 1, 2018.

Marcin Majerowski

Vice President of the Management Board of PTE PZU SA. A graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdańsk (major in Finance and Banking as well as IT and Econometrics) and the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk (major in Law). He completed doctoral studies at the University of Gdańsk and the Executive MBA program at the University of Commerce and Services in Poznań, where he obtained an MBA degree. In the years 2009 – 2016 he worked at the Office of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, where he was responsible for conducting inspections in entities on the insurance and pension market, and then pre-application and application processes of internal models to determine the solvency capital requirement. He represented the KNF Office in EIOPA Working Groups and colleges of supervisors. From 2016 in the PZU Group. In 2016-2020, he was a Member of the Management Board and Director of the Risk and Compliance Department at AAS Balta, the largest insurance company in Latvia.

Tomasz Olenderek

Graduate of the Faculty of Administration of the University of P. Włodkowica in Płock and the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. He also completed post-graduate studies at the Faculty of Financial Management and Marketing of the Warsaw University of Technology and “Psychology in Business” at the WSB University in Toruń.

From the beginning of his professional career, he was associated with the “Cukrownia Borowiczki” in Płock, where he worked as the Sales Department Manager. He was also the vice-chairman of the Works Committee of NSZZ “Solidarność” Employees of KSC “Polski Cukier” S.A. In the years 2004-2006 he was a Member of the Supervisory Board of KSC S.A. selected on behalf of the employees. In the years 2006-2018 and from 2019 until now he is a Member of the Management Board of KSC S.A.

In 2020, he was awarded the “Meritorious for Agriculture” badge.

Krzysztof Łyskawa, PhD, DSc

Assistant professor at the Department of Insurance Poznań University of Economics, Director of the Agricultural Insurance Office at Mentor SA. From the beginning of his work at the University of Economics, he has lectured on various subjects, most of which focus on the technical dimension of the insurance sector. Since 1998, he has been working in the insurance market, in brokerage companies. It deals with the preparation and service of insurance programs for the following industries: production, services, medicine and agriculture. He is the author of over 100 works in the field of economics and finance. He participated in the implementation of the project to create a mutual insurance company and the development of new products for agriculture. He actively worked on the implementation of research projects in the field of agricultural insurance in Poland (including Gospostrateg) and in Italy. From February 2017, a member of the Crop Insurance Team at the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, expert of the National Council of Agricultural Chambers in the field of insurance in agriculture, representative of Polish farmers in Copa Cogeca (Insurance and Risk Management Team).

dr Aleksandra Stanek-Kowalczyk

Expert in responsible management and sustainable development. She specializes in strategic projects, managing relations with key stakeholders, responsible sales, non-financial data disclosures, ethics and managing the impact an organization exerts on its surroundings. 

Assistant Professor in the Institute of Management at the Warsaw School of Economics. She has been affiliated with advisory firms from B4 for the last nine years. She has complete tens of advisory projects for the largest entities and groups operating in Poland and on international markets.  

She devised the program and was the subject-matter expert looking after one of the first post-graduate courses of study in Poland regarding corporate social responsibility at the Tischner European University in Cracow, a member of the Stakeholder Council Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and deputy-chair of the Council of the Declaration of Responsible Selling.  

Grzegorz Grzywaczewski, PhD, DSc

President of the Board of the Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Lublin. The Fund implements nationwide priority programs, incl. “National program of environmental regeneration of soils through liming”; “Agroenergia Part 1) Micro installations, heat pumps and associated energy storage”; “Clean Air”. In addition, an academic lecturer, scientist – author of monographs and publications in national and international journals, incl. Science, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Global Ecology and Conservation, PLosOne. Member of the State Council for Nature Conservation and chairman of the Scientific Council of the Poleski National Park and the Regional Council for Nature Conservation.

Mateusz Kowalski

He has experience in cooperating with corporate clients, subsidiaries and international companies. To date he has served in the capacity of Director of the Public Sector and Sustainable Development Clients Sales Division in Pekao TFI. He has also worked in the Public Sector Department in Bank Pekao S.A. He previously worked for KGHM Polska Miedź as the Director of the Asset Management Department, and prior to that as a manager and chief specialist in the Sub-Department for Corporate Supervision over Domestic Companies. He also worked in the Management Board Office of the Industrial Development Agency. 

Justyna Majsnerowicz

Vice President of the Board Grupa Azoty Puławy from the 26^th of May 2022. Experienced Manager – she has worked in various management boards and numerous supervisory boards. She has been associated with KGHM Polska, since 2006, where amongst her duties she supervised the portfolio of the Group’s subsidiaries. She works at Azoty Group S.A. and LW “Bogdanka” S.A. Within the Azoty group Puławy, she is responsible for the areas of finance and controlling, technology and development, investor relations  and ESG – related matters

Krzysztof Golubiewski

A graduate of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) and received a Master of Business Administration at the WSB University in Wrocław. From 2001 he worked in PKO Bank Polski as a Director of the Network and Process Optimization Department, then he became the Director of the Administration centre. From 2016 he is involved in the program „Od papierowej do cyfrowej Polski” (from paper to digital Poland), implemented by the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the Ministry of Development. He is a member of the Council of Experts in IT with the Minister of Health. He works together with the Institute for Market Research, Consumption and Business Cycles in the area of projects connected to „Polska Cyfrowa” (Digital Poland) and „”Opieka Zdrowotna” (Health Care). He participated in the following projects, Constitution for Business, Program for combating tax fraud and increasing cashless turnover. In July 2018 he took the position of Member of the Management Board of PKP S.A. In 2021, he completed Postgraduate Studies in Corporate Finance Management at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH).

Marlena Gołębiowska

International Economic Analyst of the Institute of Central Europe. Academic lecturer at the Institute of Economics and Finance of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Author of academic papers devoted to the economies of Central and Eastern European countries, including the author’s monograph: High-tech in Central Europe. The importance of the high technology sector in the decade between the crises, „Prace Instytutu Europy Środkowej” 2020, nr 12.

PhD Agnieszka Orzelska-Stączek

Expert on the Three Seas Initiative, head of the Department of Central and Eastern Europe and Post-Soviet Research at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. A graduate of the Institute of International Relations at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw and the Warsaw School of Economics, she also studied at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Dr Vít Dostál

He has worked for AMO since 2006. During that time he authored or edited many publications dealing with Czech foreign policy and Central Europe. He actively represents AMO at conferences and in the media.

Vít completed a doctoral program on European Studies at Masaryk University in Brno in 2017 with a dissertation on the Paradiplomacy of Czech Regions – Regions as Actors of International Relations. He did study and work internships in Warsaw and Brussels.

Dr Andrzej Pukszto

Historian and political scientist associated with the University of Witold the Great in Kaunas. In the years 2009 – 2020 head of the Department of Political Science at the aforementioned university. He is a member of the Lithuanian Political Science Society. Head of the Center for Eastern European Studies at the University of Warsaw in Vilnius, visiting researcher (from January 2020). Active commentator on political life in Lithuania and international events. His research interests focus on the history and politics of Central and Eastern Europe states.

Miklós Mitrovits

Since 2014, he has been a researcher at the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and since 2019, a senior researcher at the Institute of Central Europe at the University of Public Service in Budapest. He is also a lecturer in Slavic studies at the Catholic University of Peter Pázmány.
His main research interests: the history of East-Central Europe in the twentieth century, Hungarian-Polish relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is the author of many monographs and editor of document collections.

Łukasz Lewkowicz

Dr Łukasz Lewkowicz – Political scientist. PhD in humanities in the field of political science. Assistant professor at the Department of Political Thought of the Institute of Political Sciences and Administration at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. Senior analyst in the Department of the Visegrad Group of the Institute of Central Europe. Research interests: historical and contemporary Polish-Slovak relations, Slovak foreign policy, functioning of the Visegrad Group and the Three Seas Initiative, cross-border cooperation in Central Europe, political communication, geopolitical thought. Intern at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Bratislava. He completed research internships in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania. Author of numerous scientific articles and books, including author’s monographs: Euroregiony na pograniczu polsko-słowackim. Geneza i funkcjonowanie, Lublin 2013; Federacja Rosyjska w polityce wewnętrznej i zagranicznej Republiki Słowackiej (1993-2020), Lublin 2020; Współpraca transgraniczna państw Grupy Wyszehradzkiej: uwarunkowania, struktury, perspektywy, „Prace Instytutu Europy Środkowej” 2020, no 13.

Zbigniew Wojciechowski

He oversees the regional development policy and economy of the Lubelskie region; a lawyer, local government official, entrepreneur and social activist. He served as Vice President of Lublin twice (in 1998 – 2002 and 2010 – 2011), Vice Chairman of the Lublin City Council (2002 – 2006) and Member of the Sejm of the 6th term. As academic lecturer, he received the title of doctor honoris causa of the Lviv Academy of Arts and the Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University.

Bogdan Kawałko

Member of the Task Force for Integrated Development Policy  of Poland and Europe of the KPZK PAN, Member of the Monitoring Committee of ROP LV (2007-2013 and 2014-2020) and the MC of the PBU Program and OP Eastern Poland (since 2008), Vice – Voivode of Zamojskie Voivodeship (1990-1998) and advisor  to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (1999 – 2001). Author of about 100 articles, studies and expert opinions in the field of regional strategy and policy. Academic lecturer since 1999.

Sławomir Tokarski

Sławomir Tokarski obtained PhD degree at the European University Institute in Florence in 1995. He joined the Polish administration and headed a team co-ordinating the preparations for the accession negotiations and preparing policy analysis for the Chief Negotiator. In 2004 he joined the Commission as a Cabinet member of the Commissioner responsible for the regional policy. In 2009 he was nominated Head of Unit dealing with economic policy and co-ordination of EU funding in DG MARE. In March 2012 he became Head of Defence, Aeronautics and Maritime industries in DG Enterprise. From 2016 until 2021, he was a Director in DG GROW responsible for Industrial policy and Innovation.

In 2021, Sławomir Tokarski joined DG REGIO as a Director for the European Territorial Cooperation, Macro-regions, Interreg and Programmes Implementation.

Rafał Baliński

He has been involved in European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg programmes) since 2005. He was in charge of the unit responsible for the management and control system for programmes managed by Poland. In 2011-2017, as deputy head of department, he supervised cross-border programmes on the western and eastern borders. As an expert in a twinning project, he supported Croatia in its preparation for Interreg programmes. Since 2017, he has been director of the department responsible for the implementation of Interreg programmes involving Poland.

Ph.D. Wieslaw Oleszek

Received the M.S. from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in 1975, and the Ph.D. in biochemistry with minor in phytochemistry in 1985. In 1997 he was nominated by President of Poland to the full professor degree. Since 2010 he is the Director of the Institute. The focus of his research is secondary plant metabolism. For number of years he was working at the Phytochemical Society of Europe, being the Committee Member, General Secretary and finaly the President of the society during 2008-2014. In 2010 became a member of Polish Academy of Science.  He actively participated in ten  EC FP, coordinating RegPot (Proficiency, FP7), Era Chair (BioEcon, H2020) and Bioeastsup (H2020).

Wojciech Żukowski

He got a master’s degree in history at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. He Has acquired a great professional experience working in local and central government administration and international cooperation. He worked as a Vice Chief Education Officer in Zamość since 1998 and a Chief Education Officer In Lublin Since 2001. In years 2002 – 2005 he was the President of the Tomaszów Lubelski City Council. In years 2005-2007 he was the Governor of Lublin. In 2007 he was elected a member of the Polish Parliament. He has been the Mayor of Tomaszów Lubelski Since 2010. 

Ph.D. Kajetan Kościk

Energy advisor.

From the beginning of professional career, he has been associated with the renewable energy and energy efficiency industry. Advisor, speaker, author of studies, speeches and analyzes as well as industry consultations. Publication output consisting of 54 items, including: articles in peer-reviewed journals, chapters in monographs or scripts, etc. PhD in agricultural sciences, specialization in agroenergetics, graduate of postgraduate studies in the field of research project management and development works (WSEI Lublin), functioning of energy markets (Warsaw School of Economics) and renewable energy for business (Warsaw Business School).

Tünde Szabó

She has about 20-year experience in regional development (partly as researcher at the University of Debrecen) and interregional collaborations. Working at Hajdú-Bihar County Government as regional development expert responsible for international cooperation, the following relevant themes have been in the focus of her activities among others: quadruple helix collaborations,  environmental management, mapping and utilizing rural potential for SME development, sustainable and responsible tourism with special focus on greenways and gastrotourism, circular economy, greening regional development programmes focusing on green and blue infrastructures, improving stakeholder involvement, strengthening participatory approach, development of university curricula for regional development courses.

Nina Taylor

She is a representative of E-zavod, the Institute for Comprehensive Development Solutions, based in Slovenia. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science from the University of Lund in Sweden. Currently she is combing her international experience in sustainability consulting and project management to develop, coordinate and deliver multi-sectoral sustainable development projects across European territories.  Her focus lies in advancing transition to carbon neutrality and material circularity through co-creation, experimentation, and learning.

Serhiy Gemberg

Two economic university degrees. 2004-2019: worked as a regional manager in international banks (Raiffeisen, OTP, Credit Agricole) and the Head of the Strategy and Investment Department of the Rivne City Council. Alumna of the programmes of Kyiv-Mohyla Business School. Alumna of the training programme for creative industries under the BalticLab (Stockholm, Sweden). Aspen Ukraine Alumni. Member of the Board of Alliance Française (Rivne).
15 years of experience in creative entrepreneurial activity.

Ilga Gruševa

She represents the National Authority for Interreg programmes in Latvia. She has been actively involved in preparation, monitoring and coordination of implementation of Interreg cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation programmes since 2011. Besides, she has acted as a national contact point for Interreg Europe programme in Latvia supporting applicants regarding programme requirements and communication tasks. Ilga has an academic background in political science and communication studies. Responsibility, strategic thinking, analytical and cooperative skills, being open-minded and goal oriented are her strengths. She enjoys exploring the new places and discover the charm they offer.

Tudor Drambarean

He has 4 years of experience in the European Parliament in Bruxelles and 10 years experience in project management at Alba Iulia Municipality working within projects financed through Horizon 2020, URBACT, Interreg Europe, Europe for Citizens, ERDF and ESF projects.

Yurii Buchko

Ks. Marcin Jakubiak

Urodzony w 1980. Ksiądz od 2005. W Caritas od 2018. Ma wielką radość w pomaganiu. Od 24 lutego odkrywa, że słowo Caritas oznacza Miłość a Miłość to imię Boga.