Agenda

9.00-11.00

Plenary session

9.30-11.00

SESSION

11.30-13.00

SESSIONS

• Duża scena

  The new EU financial framework

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  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
• Sala prób chóru

  The energy industry. Investments in infrastructure and generation

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  The energy industry. Investments in infrastructure and generation

  • 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
• Sala prób orkiestry

  The senior policy in the economic context – demography, health and the economy

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  The senior policy in the economic context – demography, health and the economy

  • 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?

11.30-13.00

THE MEETING “CAPITAL FOR DEVELOPMENT”

13.00-13.30

Tea time

13.30-15.00

SESSIONS

• Duża scena

  Public investments in Eastern Poland

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  Public investments in Eastern Poland

  • The local government as an investor. Investments in the strategies pursued by the regions and cities of Eastern Poland
  • An assessment of recent years and the main directions of further investments involving public funds
  • 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
  • Housing projects. Social, council and public housing
• Sala wystawiennicza

  Trade and consumer tourism

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  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 trend-setting for the Polish regional and niche products
• Sala prób chóru

  The food market of Eastern Poland. The effective co-operation between the industry and agricultural producers

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  The food market of Eastern Poland. The effective co-operation between the industry and agricultural producers

  • 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 financing of innovations, research and ecological projects
  • The Polish food industry abroad. The brand and recognition of a product
  • Co-operation between farmers and industry for the development of the export of Polish food. Agricultural procurement contracts. Principles of cooperation
  • The development of a resource base and production capacity in the agri-food sector
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• Green Room

  The economic East – co-operation in the traditional markets

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  The economic East – co-operation 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 the transport infrastructure

13.30-15.00

THE MEETING “CAPITAL FOR DEVELOPMENT”

15.00-15.30

Tea time

15.30-17.00

Sessions

• Duża scena

  The sources of development of Polish business

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  The sources of development of Polish business

  • Factors determining the pace and directions of development of private business in Poland
  • The weakening and growing driving forces behind Poland’s economic growth in terms of their importance
  • Export and foreign expansion versus goodwill and the prospects of development for an enterprise
  • The role of innovations and co-operation between business and science
  • Digitisation. New business management models
  • The staff and their competence
  • Traditional and new sources of financing of investments and trading
  • Business, the law and administration. Removal of barriers and impediments
• Sala wystawiennicza

  Renewable energy sources in Eastern Poland

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  Renewable energy sources in Eastern Poland

  • RES in Eastern Poland – an attempt to make an assessment
  • New regulations – their influence on investments and the RES market
  • Prospects of RES development in Eastern Poland
  • Support from EU funds. Public awareness and education
  • Best practice – adaptable solutions
• Sala kameralna

  Smaller cities – space, humans and the economy

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  Smaller cities – space, humans and the economy

  • The specific character of the situation of smaller cities in Eastern Poland
  • Main problems and barriers. Finance versus prospects of development
  • Entrepreneurship in smaller cities
  • A poviat capital as the centre of an agricultural area
  • Proven scenarios: examples of well-functioning smaller urban organisms
  • There is more than just metropolises – the investment offer of the cities of Eastern Poland
  • The role of social capital and co-operation in the life of smaller cities
• Green Room

  New entrepreneurship and co-operation in business

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  New entrepreneurship and co-operation 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
  • Co-operation networks in business. Experience and the future of clusters in Eastern Poland
• Green Room

  Poland – Lithuania Business co-operation with Lithuania: Opportunities and challenges

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  Poland – Lithuania Business co-operation with Lithuania: Opportunities and challenges

  • In the past five years (2010–2014), commodity trade between Poland and Lithuania has increased by 58%, which means two-digit increases on a yearly average. More recently, however, there has been a time of deceleration: Is it a temporary phenomenon, or maybe the possibilities of achieving dynamic growth have been exhausted?
  • Polish enterprises still express an interest in Lithuania and the Baltic States: What attracts them and where do they see their opportunities?
  • How to begin co-operation? Should it involve a local partner or should it be done on one’s own?
  • What problems do enterprises encounter in a partner’s market? In what respect do both Polish and Lithuanian markets differ from each other? In which areas does Polish and Lithuanian law differ and what causes the most difficulty for enterprises?
  • What about the Rail Baltica project on the part of Lithuania? Is there demand for this connection?

19.00

TOP Investments of Eastern Poland / Employers of Eastern Poland

9.00-10.30

Plenary session

10.30-11.00

Tea time

11.00-12.30

Sessions

• Sala wystawiennicza

  How to build investment attractiveness of the region?

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  How to build investment attractiveness of the region?

  • What attracts and what hampers the inflow of investments to Eastern Poland?
  • How to attract investors? Building the strategies to be pursued by local governments. Recurring mistakes and stereotypes
  • 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
  • Regional co-operation 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
• Sala prób chóru

  The prosumer energy industry

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  The prosumer energy industry

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

  Entrepreneurship. Family businesses

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  Przedsiębiorczość. Firmy rodzinne

  • 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
• Sala wystawiennicza

  Borderlands and border traffic – economic and social aspects

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  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

12.30-13.15

Tea time

13.15-14.30

Sessions

• Duża scena

  The timber industry and timber construction

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  The timber industry and timber construction

  • New trends, innovations and higher addend value – challenges for the timber industry
  • A wooden home. Prospects of development of segment construction in Poland
  • The Podlaskie Voivodeship as the region of segment timber construction
  • IKEA in the Orla commune – an example of a successful foreign investment
  • Logging – the rules governing wood sales, as well as prices and plans up to 2020
• Sala wystawiennicza

  Rynki zagraniczne/ Polska – Azja. Nowe możliwości współpracy

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  Foreign markets / Poland – Asia. New possibilities of co-operation

  • The situation in foreign (intra-EU) marketsNew, 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
  • Formy wsparcia eksportu i ekspansji ze strony państwa
  • 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
• Sala prób chóru

  Innovation as an opportunity for development

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  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 co-operation between science and business in market terms
• Sala kameralna

  Tourism in Eastern Poland

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  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 tourism industry in the east of the country?
  • Cultural and natural attractions along the Eastern Border of Poland – a magnet for tourists
  • 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
• Green Room

  Via Carpathia and its influence on the development of Eastern Poland

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  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 co-operation