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Witold Karczewski

Witold Karczewski

Deputy Chairman of the Board, Contractus Sp. z o.o.

Mr. Witold Karczewski is a well-known and respected person due to many years of professional and social activity for the development of economic self-government, the integration of business circles, the activation of contacts between national and foreign communities. For more than 25 years, he has been actively involved in Contractus, continuously developing and extending its focus on agriculture.

He initiated his activity through social activities in the structures of the leading economic organizations of the region, namely the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bialystok, Podlaskie Business Club. Mr. Witold Karczewski was the initiator of establishing a joint consolidation initiative under the name Podlaskie Economic Forum on the basis of the existing economic self-government organizations of Podlaskie Voivodship. After the initiative, in 2001 he was elected for the annual term of office of the President of the Podlaskie Economic Forum, and he was twice appointed. The Podlaskie Economic Forum now brings together 15 business organizations and is described as a successful regional bottom-up entrepreneurial initiative.

For several years Mr. Witold Karczewski has also served as the social president of the St. Izydor Oracz association an organization working for the development and promotion of Podlaskie agriculture, which is an important element of the region's economic potential.

Participates in the sessions:

  • Plenary session: Where East Meets West

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    Plenary session: Where East Meets West

    • European economy here and now. Growth factors and barriers. Freedom vs protectionism. Opening vs isolation.
    • Development opportunities and pitfalls related to the socio-political and economic situation within the EU and in the East: Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
    • Eastern neighbours of Poland, Lithuania and Europe in times of crisis. What should our economic cooperation be like at this difficult geopolitical moment?
    • Eastern Poland on the flanks of a changing Europe. Political and economic contexts.
    • New EU financial framework for the 2020-2026 period. Consequences for Eastern Poland.

    Plenary session: Where East Meets West

  • Polish food industry in Europe and around the world

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    Polish food industry in Europe and around the world

    • Food companies on African, Asian and South American markets. Expansion opportunities and barriers.
    • Europe in search of new sales markets. Challenges of new free trade agreements.
    • Food exports in the EU under the pressure of protectionism. How to cope?
    • Building strong food and agriculture groups. Consolidation as an opportunity for the sector.
    • Effective methods for supporting exports and expansion. Promoting Polish brands.

    Polish food industry in Europe and around the world

  • Supporting exports

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    Supporting exports

    • How to efficiently support exports and foreign investment to Eastern Europe and Central Asia?
    • Polish expansion. Risks and fears. Looking for new paths and markets.
    • Priorities and promising directions for foreign expansion from the perspective of state administration and business.
    • Export production in the economic policy of Eastern Poland.
    • Demands of foreign market players. Quality, distribution, logistics.

    Supporting exports


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