Wschodni Kongres 2014

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Preliminary subject area


MAIN SUBJECT AREAS

Eastern Europe – the economy, cooperation and the future

  • The situation beyond the eastern border of the EU: How does it determine the actions in the field of the economy? How can one pursue economic activity regardless of limitations? Where to look for possibilities and how to modify the plans to date?
  • The policy of the European Union towards Poland’s eastern neighbours and its influence on the economy of Eastern Poland. Economic cooperation and common international projects – the role of the EU and the countries outside the European Union. Risks for the EU Member States versus the tendency towards integration and common actions, including the sphere of the economy. Energy security of the countries of Eastern Europe versus the relations with Russi

Borderlands. Opportunities in the neighbourhood

  • Polish border – the EU border: Is it an open gate or an impenetrable barrier? An assessment of the current situation in border traffic. Border infrastructure – its condition, development and possibilities of modernisation and streamlining. Experience in the development of borderland regions. The European Union and the borderland regions. What type of cooperation does Brussels advocate in the years 2014–2020? Contacts between local governments and state administration. Twin towns in the close neighbourhood

The Regions of Eastern Poland – The Horizon 2020

  • The new EU financial framework – seven years of new opportunities. Where are we heading? What investments do we need? Infrastructure development. Pro-development projects: Go for innovations! Investment attractiveness of the eastern macro-region

Business in Eastern Poland

  • Current challenges for business entities (manufacturers, investors and exporters) related to the geopolitical situation and macroeconomic factors. New markets – an area of potential expansion. Necessary adjustment actions in the traditional markets of Eastern Europe. Risk management, business in a dynamic situation, forecasting, and flexibility. Barriers to the development of entrepreneurship – the opportunities for eliminating them

SESSIONS

The new EU financial framework

  • Did the Operational Programme “Development of Eastern Poland” meet its objectives? Success and deficiencies.
  • The Operational Programme “Development of Eastern Poland” – main objectives for the years 2014–2020. Amounts, programmes and preferred investment directions
  • Innovation, infrastructure, the energy industry and other areas of EU-funded investment activity
  • New rules in the EU programmes, new requirements, and the new situation of the beneficiary

Innovation as an opportunity for development

  • Innovations in the policy of the EU and in practice. Where are we? What possibilities are there for us? How do we utilise them?
  • The role of the state, the regulatory environment and the public (EU) funds in the development of innovation
  • Commercialisation of research results. Effective cooperation between science and business in the market terms

Foreign markets

  • New, alternative directions of export and expansion
  • Distant markets – prospective locations, as well as promising industries and products
  • Forms of state support for export and expansion

The economic East – cooperation in the traditional markets

  • Proven partners in the new reality
  • How to build economic relations in an unstable environment? Experience versus new business scenarios
  • Risk mitigation mechanisms. The strategies of building relations as part of economic contacts. Securities, recommendations and trust
  • Possibilities of utilising the difficult environment to achieve business goals (taking a position in the market and pursuing more effective competition).
  • Case studies
  • Investments that kick-start the potential. New transit directions versus transport infrastructure

Poland – Asia. New possibilities of cooperation

  • Asia as an output market for the Polish export. The opportunities for the food industry of Eastern Poland in the Chinese market
  • Eastern Poland as a gate for economic contacts between the EU and the countries of the Far East. The role of transport connections and modern logistics
  • Expansion of Polish exporters to distant markets – possibilities and barriers

Borderlands and border traffic – economic and social aspects

  • Border infrastructure – the current state and the possibilities of streamlining (political and regulatory as well as technical and financial conditions)
  • Local border traffic – its influence on the development of border areas
  • Neighbours on the other side of the border – contacts between local governments and state administration
  • Infrastructure, administrative and legal means that facilitate and support the development of local border traffic
  • Intensification of local border traffic as a condition for enterprise development. Economic projects that utilise LBT. Local labour markets versus migrations in the borderlands
  • Border traffic in the eastern regions versus the needs of their inhabitants, neighbours and tourists

Education and the labour market in Eastern Poland

  • There is a boom, but what next? Higher education after the period of dynamic development. The demand for educational services – their supply and quality
  • The situation of graduates. The causes and prospects of change
  • Vocational education – an answer to the current needs of the labour market in Eastern Poland
  • Education versus business. A dialogue and cooperation between employers and the educational system

The energy industry. Investments in infrastructure and manufacturing

  • Infrastructure investments in the energy and fuel sector in Poland
  • Cross-border connections in the East as an element of the European security architecture
  • The state of progress of key investments and projects in the eastern macro-region. Their significance for the relations with our neighbours
  • Network investments in Eastern Poland. The financing of the subsequent stages of infrastructure development
  • The most important investments in generation capacities. Plans and their implementation

Renewable energy sources in Eastern Poland

  • New regulations – their influence on investments and the RES market
  • Prospects of RES development in Eastern Poland

The prosumer energy industry

  • Development of the energy industry in agricultural areas
  • The potential of various energy sources and the opportunities of its utilisation
  • Projects and technologies that are profitable from the point of view of prosumers

Energy efficiency

  • Actions taken to date for the sake of energy efficiency. An attempt at assessing the situation
  • The potential for an increase in energy efficiency. Promising areas and directions of activity
  • How to stimulate efficient energy management? Elimination of barriers, education and financing

Via Carpathia and its influence on the development of Eastern Poland

  • The existing transport network in the eastern part of the European Union – road and rail connections
  • Critical areas in cross-border transport links between the Baltic States and South-East Europe
  • Current investment plans and the needs not included in the plans
  • The Via Carpathia route in the European transport network – its elements, links and functions
  • The route’s significance for the transport accessibility of the eastern part of Poland
  • Via Carpathia versus international trade and economic cooperation

Transport and public transport

  • Mobility as a factor in economic development. Expectations and social needs
  • Transport systems in urban and non-urban areas. The current state and the future
  • Smart traffic management systems. First examples of implementation and first results
  • Investments in infrastructure (roads) and their significance
  • Sustainable transport. Investments in the rolling stock. Benefits for the environment

Logistics

  • Development of logistics infrastructure in the east of Poland
  • Terminals, transport infrastructure and warehouses
  • New directions and streams in the movement of goods – new international projects
  • Is there a Polish “window to Asia”? Reactivation of the Silk Road

Waste management

  • The waste management system in view of the applicable regulations and current practice
  • Modern methods of waste management and investments in the sector
  • Separate collection, sorting and recycling of waste – experience, inefficiencies and control
  • Municipal waste as a source of renewable energy. How will waste incineration plants start their activity?

Investments in Eastern Poland

  • The local government as an investor. Investments in the strategies pursued by the regions and cities of Eastern Poland
  • Main directions of investments involving public funds
  • Projects in the road infrastructure that are crucial from the point of view of regional development
  • Relations between the local government and business. PPP projects

How to build investment attractiveness of the region?

  • What attracts and what hampers the inflow of investments to Eastern Poland?
  • Strategies pursued by local governments in attracting investors
  • Clusters as an instrument of the regional economic policy. Development of innovative undertakings
  • The BPO/SSC industry, medical services, IT, or maybe air transport? Specialisation as a condition for the development of Eastern Poland

New entrepreneurship and cooperation in business

  • How to unleash the entrepreneurship of young people? Incentives and support instruments
  • A boom in new entrepreneurship. The policy towards start-ups and examples of success
  • Technological parks and innovation versus creativity of young entrepreneurs
  • Cooperation networks in business. Experience and the future of clusters in Eastern Poland

Regional cooperation in the field of investor service

  • “The Creation and Development of Investor Assistance Centres Network” as a development element of Eastern Poland – a summary of the project
  • Creation of support instruments – examples of good practice related to project implementation
  • A summary of the results of COI functioning in the voivodeships of Eastern Poland

Tourism in Eastern Poland

  • Prospects of developing individual tourism in Eastern Poland
  • “Beautiful East”, but… Building the tourism brand of the region
  • Key investments in tourism in the region, as well as their financing and real influence on the situation in the industry. The role of EU funds
  • The role of local governments in charting strategies, stimulating investments and creating a tourist offer
  • Is agri- and green tourism the driving force behind the development of the industry along the Eastern Border?
  • It is tourism tailored to the needs of tourists. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the agri-tourism offer
  • Cultural and natural attractions along the Eastern Border of Poland – a magnet for tourists

Challenges for the hotel industry

  • The largest hotel investments in the eastern macro-region
  • How to build competitive advantage of the hotel offer in the region? Prices, attractions, the quality of infrastructure, or design?
  • Business tourism. Is there space for the MICE industry in the region?
  • Concerts, exhibitions and festivals. Congresses and fairs. Sport. The event market in Eastern Poland

Entrepreneurship. Family businesses

  • Management standards in family businesses in Poland
  • Succession: Is it a problem or an opportunity?
  • Parents and children in business – differences in their experience and attitudes. A new generation of owners and managers
  • Development and capital in family businesses. The role of external investors

The senior policy in the economic context

  • Demographic and social aspects of the senior policy
  • Assumptions of the Long-Term Senior Policy for the years 2014-2020
  • Services and products – adapting the offer to the needs of the elderly
  • The silver economy: How to stimulate its development in Eastern Poland?

Trade and consumer tourism

  • A trade map of Eastern Poland: investments, specialisation and distinguishing features
  • Consequences of the current political climate for the trade industry
  • The potential in consumer tourism. Customers from the East – their habits, expectations and needs
  • Prices, quality and additional services as an opportunity for the expansion of Polish brands
  • “Must have” – retail categories with the highest shopping potential
  • Retail trade versus setting trends for the Polish regional and niche products

Digitisation in Eastern Poland

Investments versus Internet penetration in less populated areas
The financing and profitability of projects in the ICT infrastructure
E-administration and e-business in contemporary trading
Education and social awareness. Utilisation of possibilities created by digital technologies

THE FOOD MARKET

Food safety

  • Global shifts in power and their influence on the European agriculture, agri-food industry and economic policy
  • The dynamics of nutritional needs worldwide and in Europe against the background of demographic trends
  • Nutritional needs in Europe. Poland as an important food exporter
  • The role of the Polish fertiliser industry, agricultural resources and the agri-food sector in ensuring food safety
  • The prospects and significance of the development of the resource base and production capacity in the agri-food sector in the eastern part of the country

The food market of Eastern Poland

  • The agri-food sector in Poland. The current state. Prospects of development
  • Changes to the structure of the agri-food market. Processes of consolidation in production, processing and distribution
  • Another wave of pro-development investments in the Polish food industry
  • The Polish food industry abroad. The brand and recognition of a product
  • The development of the agricultural stock market network as an impetus to the development of the food industry
  • The financing of innovations, research and environmental projects

Cooperation between industry and agricultural producers

  • Cooperation between farmers and industry for the development of the export of Polish food 
  • Cultivation contracts. Rules of cooperation between producers and processing plants
  • The development of a resource base and production capacity in the agri-food sector
  • The organisation of agricultural markets – gaining access to large batches of a uniform raw material. Supply chains

The Polish agri-food export: Are we living in an age of revolution?

  • Quality or low price? Dilemmas of the new export strategy
  • Utilisation of the potential of the domestic organic farming
  • The increasing role of innovations and processed food
  • Cooperation in entering new markets. Market survey and analysis. Building a comprehensive offer

THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Health and politics: What are we left with after the election campaigns?

  • Visions of the health policy pursued by the parties that wish to win seats in the Parliament as a result of the parliamentary elections 2015
  • Mapping health needs: Where are we?
  • The queuing and oncological package as seen from the nationwide perspective and from the point of view of selected health care units located in the eastern voivodeship
  • A bill on public health – the significance of such regulations for shaping the health policy in the region
  • Competitions for health care services. What type of contracting is ahead of us?
  • The financial situation of hospitals – restructuring, transformations and consolidations
  • The future of hospital health care: Companies, hospital chains or other solutions?
  • Specialist outpatient care and basic health care – their current and requested place and significance as part of the health care system

Research and development in medicine

  • What is innovation in medicine?
  • Selected trends in the pharmacological treatment; the clinical research and non-commercial clinical trials market
  • Medicines are not the only solution. Examples of innovative implementation in medical facilities (medical products, devices and equipment, IT solutions and innovations concerning the organisation of work and management)
  • Cooperation between science and industry – domestic experience and the models tested in other countries
  • Clusters in medicine. How can they stimulate the implementation of innovative projects in health care?

Demography, health and the economy

  • Demographic indicators, both nationwide and in the voivodeships of Eastern Poland – the current state, prospects and conclusions
  • The labour market and the social insurance system – the financial situation of the elderly, as well as their professional and social activation
  • The “Senior-WIGOR” programme in practice: How do local governments cope with the implementation of government programmes?
  • Challenges that the health policy in the region is facing: Do we have a system of healthy ageing?
  • The organisation and financing of elderly care facilities: What model do we intend to follow?
  • Geriatric care. The current state, needs and possibilities of satisfying them

ECONOMIC MEETINGS

  • Poland – Lithuania
  • Poland – Belarus
  • Poland – Ukraine

ACCOMPANYING EVENTS

  • TOP Investments of Eastern Poland
  • TOP Employers of Eastern Poland