EFNI – Europejskie Forum Nowych Idei

Sopot, 15-17 October 2025

One of the most prestigious business events in Poland - a space for dialogue on global trends, new ideas, and the future of Europe.

October 15–17, 2025 — Sopot, Radisson Blu Hotel

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attendees

panellists

Panelists

Donald Tusk

Prime Minister of Poland

Maciej Berek

Minister responsible for overseeing the implementation of government policy

Marta Cienkowska

Minister of Culture and National Heritage

Paulina Henning-Kloska

Minister of Climate and Environment

Miłosz Motyka

Minister of Energy

Barbara Nowacka

Minister of Education

Waldemar Żurek

Minister of Justice and Attorney General

Wiesław Kukuła

Gen. Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces

Magdalena Adamowicz

PhD in law, MEP, EPP

Charlotte Andersdotter

Director of International Affairs, Head of the Brussels Office, Swedish Employers' Confederation SN

Bartłomiej Babuśka

President, ARP S.A.

Marieluise Beck

Former Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Miłosz Bembinow

Composer, conductor, educator, chairman, Board of Directors of the ZAiKS Authors' Association

Edwin Bendyk

Sociologist and publicist, chairman of the board, Batory Foundation

Michał Bernardeli

Dean of the Master's Programme, Warsaw School of Economics

Dominika Bettman

Chairwoman of the University Council, Warsaw School of Economics

Markus Beyrer

Director General, BusinessEurope

Artur Białkowski

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Medicover Ltd.

Magdalena Bigaj

President, Institute for Digital Citizenship Foundation

Katarzyna Bilewska

Professor, Partner, BLSK Law Firm

Øystein Bø

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Poland

Joanna Bochniarz

Center for Innovative Education

Henryka Bochniarz

Chairwoman of the Main Council, Konfederacja Lewiatan

Zu Bochniarz-Urbańska

Representative of the younger generation

Julia Boguslavska

Chairwoman, Ukrainian Women in Poland Foundation

Monika Bondarowicz

Sports menager

Michalina Boniecka

Bohaterów Westerplatte High School in Gdańsk

Alice Bota

Die Ziet

Elva Bova

Director, Analysis and Statistics Unit, DG EMPL, European Commission

Paula Bruszewska

Member of the board, Zwolnieni z Teorii Foundation

Rafał Brzoska

CEO, InPost

Sławomir Brzózek

Member of the board, director of the management board office, EKOPAK Employers' Association

Piotr Borys

Secretary of State, Ministry of Sport and Tourism

Małgorzata Bonikowska

President, Centre for International Relations

Leszek Bonna

Wicemarszałek, województwo pomorskie

Pierre Buhler

Diplomat, former French Ambassador to Poland (2012–2016)

Jerzy Buzek

Former Prime Minister, President of the European Parliament, Chairman of the EFNI Program Council

Andrzej Buła

MEP, EPP

Piotr Buras

Director of the ECFR office in Warsaw

Kamil Całus

Senior Analyst, Centre for Eastern Studies

Zbigniew Canowiecki

President, Pomeranian Employers

Łukasz Chaberski

President of the Management Board, Polish Airports Limited Company

Monika Chabior

Deputy Mayor of Gdańsk for Social Development and Equal Treatment

Krzysztof Chlebus

Prof. Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny

Marzena Chmielewska

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Bogusław Chrabota

Rzeczpospolita

Joanna Chrobak

Managing Director, HR Level UP

Tomasz Chruszczow

Emissions management expert, Eko Cykl Sp. z o.o.

Hanna Cichy

Polityka Insight

Konrad Ciesiołkiewicz

Vice-Chair, State Commission for Combating Sexual Abuse of Minors Under 15 Years of Age

Helen Clark

Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Julia Cydejko

Polityka Insight

Magdalena Czarzyńska-Jachim

President of Sopot, founder and chairwoman of the association Sopot for You

Piotr Czauderna

Prof. Health Protection Advisor to the President of Poland, Medical University of Gdańsk

Filip Czernicki

President of the Management Board, Central Transport Hub

Elżbieta Czetwertyńska

President of the Management Board, Citi Handlowy

Marcin Danił

Member of the Management Board for Finance and Trade, Polish Airports Limited Company

Karolina Demus

President of the Management Board of Sandoz Poland

Maria Descur

Fundacja Powszechnego Czytania

Piotr Dmuchowski

President of the Management Board of PFR TFI

Will Dobson

Journal of Democracy

Marcin Dornowski

Prof. Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education, Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk

Joanna Drewla

Managing Director, Servier Poland

Jurand Drop

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance

Witold Drożdż

Member of the Management Board for Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Orange Polska

Marina Dubakina

President and CEO of Sustainable Developement, IKEA Retail Polska

Katarzyna Dubno

Director of External Relations, ESG and Health Economics, Adamed Pharma SA

Sławomir Dudek

President, Chief Economist, Institute of Public Finance, Economic Research Department, Warsaw School of Economics

Aleksandra Dulkiewicz

Mayor of Gdańsk

Marzena Dusza

Managing Director, Center for Innovative Education

Paweł Dziekoński

Vice-President of the FAKRO Group

Ewa Ewart

Journalist and director

Ireneusz Fąfara

President of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, ORLEN S.A.

Helen Ferro de Gouveia

Portuguese journalist and international affairs analyst, Portugal

Władysław Frasyniuk

Trade unionist, entrepreneur, politician, democratic opposition activist in communist Poland

Łukasz Filipowicz

Burmistrz Miasta Zakopane

Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz

MEP, EPP

Michał Gębski

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Kuba Giedrojć

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Kateryna Glazkowa

Executive Director, Ukrainian Entrepreneurs' Union (SUP)

Marija Golubeva

Former Minister of the Interior of Latvia

Paweł Goźliński

Editor-in-chief of the magazine ‘Książki. Magazyn do czytania’ (Books. A Magazine for Reading), Agora Publishing House

Bogdan Góralczyk

Prof. Centrum Europejskie Uniwersytetu

Marek Górski

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ERGIS GROUP, Deputy Chairman of the General Council, Confederation Lewiatan

Piotr Grodkiewicz

Vice-President of the Management Board, Eko Cykl Sp. z o.o.

Jyri Häkämies

Director General, Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK), Finland

Jerzy Hausner

Professor, economist, Chairman of the Programme Council of the Open Eyes Economy Summit

Krzysztof Hetman

MEP, former Minister for Development and Technology

Danuta Hübner

Professor of economics, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy (2004–2009), long-standing Member of the European Parliament

Marcin Idzik

Vice-President of the Management Board, Polish Armaments Group

Andrzej J Kozłowski

President of the Management Board, Nowa Era Publishing House

Milena Jabůrková

Vice-President, Czech Confederation of Industry (SPCR), Czech Republic

Vidmantas Janulevičius

President, Lithuanian Confederation of Industry (LPK), Lithuania

Wioletta Januszczyk

Managing Director of Consumer Services, Vice-President of the Management Board, Medicover Sp. z o.o.

Adam Jarubas

MEP,EEP

Mariusz Jaszczyk

Vice-President of the Management Board of the Polish Development Fund

Dariusz Joński

EEP, EPL

Marek Józefiak

Spokesperson, environmental policy expert, Greenpeace Poland

Mary Kaldor

ECFR, LSE

Aleksandra Karasińska

Journalist, Director of the RASP Foundation

Izabela Karolczyk-Szafrańska

Chief Marketing & ESG Officer, InPost

Sylvie Kauffmann

Editor-in-chief of the opinion section, columnist in the international section, Le Monde

Agnieszka Kępińska-Sadowska

Director of Communications and Government Relations, Poland and Central Europe, Haleon, PASMI General Council

Jan Kłapa

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Michał Kobosko

MEP, Renew Europe

Krzysztof Kopeć

President of the National Medicines Manufacturers Association

Aaron Korewa

Director, Atlantic Council Office in Warsaw, USA

Tomasz Kowalski

Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank Polska

Aga Kozak

Journalist, podcaster and writer

Eliza Kruczkowska

Director of the Innovation Development Department at the Polish Development Fund

Jarosław Kuisz

Editor-in-Chief, Kultura Liberalna, UW, LibMod

Michał Kulisewicz

Chief Specialist – Head of Business Cooperation Programme, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Merja Kyllönen

Member, European Parliament

Barbara Labuda

Politician, democratic opposition activist, former Polish ambassador to Luxembourg.

Agnieszka Lajus

Director, National Museum in Warsaw

Marcin Laskowski

Vice President of the Management Board for Regulation, PGE

Dominika Lasota

Activist, East Initiative

Andrzej Leder

Prof. philosopher of culture

Izabela Leszczyna

Member of Parliament, Polish Parliament

Bożena Leśniewska

EVP/ Chief Enterprise Officer, Orange Polska S.A.

Filip Lewandowski

Chief Transformation Officer

Janusz Lewandowski

MEP, EPP

Agnieszka LIszka-Dobrowolska

Board member, co-founder, Climate&Strategy Foundation

Witold Literacki

Vice-President of the Management Board for Corporate Affairs, First Deputy President of the Management Board, ORLEN S.A.

Elżbieta Łukacjewska

MEP, EPP

Iga Magda

Head of the Department of Economics I, Warsaw School of Economics

Maciej Makselon

Stefano Malia

former President of the Employers' Group and Vice-President for Transatlantic Relations, EESC

Beata Małecka-Libera

Senator, doctor

Adam Marciniak

President of the Management Board, VeloBank S.A.

Radosław Markowski

Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Centre for Democracy Studies, SWPS University

Marta Markiewicz

Rzecznicy zdrowia

Dariusz Marzec

President of the Management Board, PGE

Artur Mazurkiewicz

President, Lower Silesian Employers

Mateusz Mazzini

Gazeta Wyborcza

Jacek Męcina

Lawyer, advisor to the Lewiatan Confederation

Katarzyna Michniewska

President of the Management Board, EkoCykl

Marta Mikliszańska

Director of Public Policy, Allegro

Sebastian Mikosz

President of the Management Board, Poczta Polska S.A.

Karolina Mitraszewska

Chairwoman of the Management Board of PFR Ventures

Małgorzata Mroczkowska-Horne

Director general, Lewiatan Confederation

Aleksandra Musielak

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Krzysztof Narkiewicz

Prof. Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny

Dorota Niedziółka

Professor, Vice-Rector for Development, Warsaw School of Economics

Ville Niinistö

Member of the European Parliament, GUE/NGL, Finland

Wiktoria Nowak

Cofounder of the GenBoost project, OFF School Foundation

Artur Nowak-Far

Prof. Katedra Integracji i Prawa Europejskiego (KGŚ), SGH

Maciej Nowicki

President of the Board, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

Tadeusz Nowicki

President, Ergis Group

Michał Obiegała

President, bp Polska

Kacper Olejniczak

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Grzegorz Onichimowski

President, PSE

Piotr Ostrowski

Chairman, OPZZ

Sandra Parthie

Chair of the Single Market Section (INT), European Economic and Social Committee

Marcin Piątkowski

Prof. Kozminski University

Anna Radwan-Röhrenschef

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Zyta Rudzka

Writer, winner of the NIKE Literary Award

Anna Rulkiewicz

President, LUX MED Group

Andrzej Rzońca

Head, Department of International Comparative Studies, Division of Liberal Economics, Warsaw School of Economics

Adam Sanocki

Member of the Management Board for Strategy and Marketing, Polish Airports Limited Company

Geraldine Schenk

Country Director, J&J Innovative Medicine

Słąwomir Sierakowski

Sociologist, journalist, co-founder of Krytyka Polityczna

Pia Skrzyszowska

Polish athlete, European champion in the 100 metres hurdles

Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka

Undersecretary of State, Chancellery of the Prime Minister

Sławomir Staszak

Member of the Management Board for Energy and Energy Transition, ORLEN S.A.

Radosław Stępień

President of the Management Board, Polska Grupa Lotnicza S.A.

Mieczysław Struk

Marshal, Pomeranian Province Management Board

Linda Štucbartová

Founder of ESD Global, Vice-Chair of the Czech-Israeli Chamber of Commerce

Michał Szczerba

EEP,EPL

Jakub Szczęsny

Archiect, publicist

Konrad Szymański

Former Minister for European Union Affairs

Magdalena Środa

Philosopher, Professor, Department of Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, UW

Grzegorz Święch

OFF school Foundation

Marek Tatała

President, Economic Freedom Foundation

Tomasz Terlikowski

Journalist, philosopher, publicist

Marek Trepko

Member of the Management Board, Benefit Systems SA

Jakub Turowski

Public Policy Director, Central and Eastern Europe, Meta

Piotr Voelkel

Polish entrepreneur, patron of cultural and educational projects

Piotr Wachowiak

Rector of the Warsaw School of Economics

Marta Ewa Wachowicz

President, Polish Space Agency

Anna Wardecka

Managing Director for Human Resources at the PZU Group

Michał Wawrykiewicz

Member of the European Parliament

Karolina Wigura

Sociologist, Institute of Sociology, UW, Kultura Liberalna, LibMod

Maciej Witucki

President of the Lewiatan Confederation

Paweł Wojciechowski

Vice-President, Chief Economist, Employers of Poland

Paweł Zegarłowicz

Chairman, L. Kronenberg Citi Handlowy Foundation

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What is the European Forum for New Ideas

The European Forum for New Ideas is one of the largest conferences in this part of the continent, dedicated to global trends, new ideas and the future of Europe.

Business representatives, charismatic speakers, leaders and policy-makers as well as authorities from the world of culture and science discuss the most important challenges for business and societies in a changing world, global trends and the future shape of the European Union during dozens of events, panel discussions, open meetings, counterpoints or night owl discussions.

Every year, the Forum gathers over a thousand participants – representatives of the world of business, science, culture and administration, Polish and European alike.

The European Forum for New Ideas has been organised since 2011 by the Polish Confederation Lewiatan in cooperation with BusinessEurope and the city of Sopot.