EFNI – Europejskie Forum Nowych Idei

Sopot, 14-16 October 2026

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

October 14–16, 2026 — Sopot, Radisson Blu Hotel

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Panelists

Donald Tusk

Prime Minister of Poland

Krzysztof Gawkowski

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Minister for Digital Affairs

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Minister of National Defence

Grzegorz Ryś

Cardinal, Metropolitan of Kraków

Wojciech Balczun

Minister of State Assets

Marta Cienkowska

Minister of Culture and National Heritage

Barbara Nowacka

Minister for Education

Paulina Henning-Kloska

Minister of Climate and Environment

Waldemar Żurek

Minister, Attorney General, Ministry of Justice

Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda

Minister, Ministry of Health

Dariusz Klimczak

Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure

Kerstin Jorna

Dyrektor Generalna ds. Rynku Wewnętrznego, Przemysłu, Przedsiębiorczości i MŚP

Alexander Schallenberg

Former Chancellor of Austria

Rasha Al Jundy

Senior fellow, Dubai public policy and Research Centre, UAE

Maha Al Khouwairi

CEO, Doha Forum, Qatar

Alan Aleksandrowicz

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for Finance and Security

Piotr Andrzejewski

Analyst, the Western Institute, Institute of Social Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences

Erik Angner

Professor of Economics, Stockholm University

Piotr Arak

Chief Economist, VeloBank

Fredo Arias-King

Prezes zarządu, Casla Institute

Can Atacik

World Bank Adviser

Jerzy Baczyński

Editor-in-chief, Polityka

Edyta Bagińska

Members of the Board of Directors, Maspex

Leszek Balcerowicz

Prof. były wicepremier i minister finansów, założyciel FOR

Dalia Bankauskaite

University of Vilnius

Michał Baranowski

Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Development and Technology

Tomasz Bardziłowski

Chairman of the Board, Warsaw Stock Exchange

Diana Batko

Vice President of the Management Board for Logistics and Procurement at ORLEN S.A.

Bogdan Benczak

Chairman of the Management Board, PZU

Alan Beroud

Chairman of the Board, PKP S.A.

Dominika Bettman

Chair of the University Council, Warsaw School of Economics

Edwin Bendyk

The Batory Foundation

Vittorio Bianco

Chairperson, European Network of Cultural Centers

Magdalena Bigaj

Chair of the Foundation, Institute of Digital Citizenship

Katarzyna Bilewska

Professor, Partner, BLSK Law Firm

Katarzyna Błażejewska-Stuhr

Clinical Dietitian and Psychodietitian

Andrzej Bobiński

Managing Director, Polityka Insight

Henryka Bochniarz

Chairwoman, EFNI Program Council

Joanna Bochniarz

President, Center for Innovative Education; expert in outdoor learning; well-being coach

Jan Bolanowski

Euronews

Małgorzata Bonikowska

President, Center for International Relations

Leszek Bonna

Deputy Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship

Piotr Borys

State Secretary, Ministry of Sport and Tourism

Marcin Bosacki

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dominik Brodacki

Head of the Energy Department, Polityka Insight

Pierre Buhler

A long-time French diplomat who has served in the U.S., Poland, and Russia, among other countries

Andrzej Buła

MEP, EPP

Adam Burakowski

Professor, former Polish ambassador to South Africa and India, Polish Academy of Sciences

Piotr Buras

Director, ECFR Office in Poland

Jerzy Buzek

Former Prime Minister of Poland and President of the European Parliament

Michał Byliniak

CEO, INFARMA—Association of Innovative Pharmaceutical Companies

Zbigniew Canowiecki

The President, Employers of Pomerania

Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak

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

Magdalena Chudzikiewicz

General manager, home.pl

Hubert Cichocki

Chairman, Łukasiewicz Centre

Janusz Cichoń

Member of Parliament, Chair of the Public Finance Committee, Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Hanna Cichy

Head of the Business Department, Polityka Insight

Helen Clark

Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Agnieszka Czajka

Chief Executive Officer, Otomoto

Magdalena Czarzyńska-Jachim

Mayor of Sopot

Elżbieta Czetwertyńska

CEO, Citi Handlowy

Paweł Czuryło

Jurnalist, Rzeczpospolita

Sławomir Ćwik

State Secretary, Ministry of Climate and the Environment

Krzysztof Dąbrowski

Managing Director of the Security Division, Financial Supervision Authority

Agnieszka Deeg-Tyburska

Members of the Board of Directors, Polpharma

Alicja Defratyka

Economist

Artur Dela

Entrepreneur, patron of the arts

Jurand Drop

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance

Jacek Dubois

Attorney, vice-chairman of the State Tribunal

Antoni Dudek

Historian, political scientist, UKSW

Słąwomir Dudek

Chair, Fiscal Council

Aleksandra Dulkiewicz

Mayor, City of Gdańsk

Joanna Dyduch

Proffessor, Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Monika Dziedzic

Partner, MDDP

Rania Ekaterinari

Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises.

Ewa Ewart

Journalist and director

Constantinos Filis

Director, Institute for Global Affairs, American College of Greece

Sven Franck

Chairman, the pan-European VOLT Party

Zygmunt Frankiewicz

Chair of the Committee on Local Government and Public Administration, Member of the Committee on Budget and Public Finance, Senate of the Republic of Poland

Mariusz Frankowski

Provincial Governor, Mazovia Provincial Office

Aleksandra Gajewska

State Secretary, Ministry of Family, Labor, and Social Policy

Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz

Member of the European Parliament

Konstanty Gebert

Journalist, university professor

Kuba Giedrojć

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Juliusz Gojło

Former Polish Ambassador to Iran

Anna Gołębicka

Economist, management and communications strategist, Warsaw University of Technology Business School

Jorge Gimeno Pawłowski

Founder and Director, Atland Consulting

Wojciech Grabowski

Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations, University of Gdańsk

Kinga Grafa

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Michał Gramatyka

State Secretary, Ministry of Digital Affairs

Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram

Co-founder and Board Member, Free Courts Foundation

Andrzej Grzyb

Member of Parliament, Chair of the National Defense Committee, Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Jerzy Hausner

Professor, former Deputy Prime Minister, Chair of the Program Council of the Open Eyes Economy Summit, GAP Foundation

Monika Helak

Senior Public Policy Analyst, Institute for Reform

Natalia Hatalska

CEO and Founder, infuture.institute

Krzysztof Hetman

MEP, former Minister for Development and Technology

Ola Hnatiuk

Ukrainian studies scholar, Polish studies scholar

Marta Iwanowska-Polkowska

Psychologist, author

Jacek Jastrzębski

Professor, Chairman of the Financial Supervision Authority

Mariusz Jaszczyk

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for Finance and Development, Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A.

Leszek Jeżdżewski

Editor-in-chief, Liberté!

Dariusz Joński

EEP, EPL

Ewa Monika Kaliszuk

Senator, Senate of the Republic of Poland

Maciej Kalwasiński

Senior Specialist in the China Team, OSW

Magdalena Kamińska

Chairwoman of the Board, Energa SA

Artur Kapelko

Member of the Board, Totalizator Sportowy

Katarzyna Kasia

Philosopher and columnist

Łukasz Kijek

Programme Director for Premium Services, Wirtualna Polska

Esa Kokkonen

Director, The Baltic Institute of Finland

Lena Kolarska-Bobińska

Professor and former Minister for Science and Higher Education

Marek Kolasiński

Prof.partner, Kancelaria Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak

Krzysztof Kopeć

President, National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers/PZPPF

Grzegorz Kołodko

Professor, former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Finance

Kinga Kołodziej

Director, Customer Relations Department, Benefit Systems

Michał Kołodziejczyk

Director, Canal+ Sport

Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka

Prof. Uniwersytet Gdański

Jacek Kowalski

Member of the Management Board for Human Capital, Orange Polska

Jacek Kunicki

Chief Financial Officer, Orange Polska

Macuej Kropidłowski

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Citi Handlowy

Przemysław Krych

Entrepreneur

Jarosław Kuisz

Editor-in-Chief, Kultura Liberalna, University of Warsaw, LibMod

Joanna Kulesza

Professor and Director of the ‘Lodz Cyber Hub’ Research Centre, University of Łódź

Krystyna Kurczab-Redlich

Jurnalist

Marianna Kupść

Author

Jarosław Kurski

Journalist, former deputy editor-in-chief of “Gazeta Wyborcza”

Jakub Kwaśny

President, Tarnów

Piotr Kraśko

TV reporter

Krzysztof Kwiatkowski

Senator, Chair, Legislative Committee, Senate of the Republic of Poland

Barbara Labuda

An activist in the democratic opposition during the Polish People’s Republic, and a former minister in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland

Mateusz Labuda

An expert in the development of cultural and educational institutions, and a fundraiser. Chair of the Board of the Eneris Foundation

Nico Lange

Former Chief of Staff at the German Federal Ministry of Defense

Liwiusz Laska

Chairman, ZUS

Małgorzata Lelińska

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Elżbieta Lendo

Chairman of the Board, Polish Independent Hotels Foundation

Bożena Leśniewska

Vice President of the Executive Board for the Business Market, Orange Polska

Enrico Letta

Former Prime Minister of Italy (online)

Janusz Lewandowski

MEP, EPP

Katarzyna Leder Salgueiro

Attorney, Leder Law Firm

Fabrice Le Saché

Vice President, MEDEF - French Business Confederation

Katarzyna Anna Lubnauer

Member of Parliament, Secretary of State, Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Adrian Lubowiecki-Vikuk

Professor, Department of Consumer Behavior Research, Warsaw School of Economics

AdrianaŁukaszewicz

Professor, Department of Economics, Kozminski University

Bogusława Łuka

President, Children's University Foundation

Ryszard Machnikowski

Professor and Dean of the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Łódź

Radosław Maćkiewicz

Director, Central Information Technology Center

Marek Magierowski

Former Polish Ambassador to the United States and Israel

Erwan Marteil

Head of the Capacity Building and Preparedness Unit, European Commission

Radosław Markowski

Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences, SWPS University

Mateusz Mazzini

Gazeta Wyborcza, Kultura Liberalna

Anna Masłoń-Oracz

School of Management and Finance, Warsaw School of Economics

Agnieszka Majewska

Ombudsman for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Piotr Malepszak

Under-Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for the Central Transport Hub, Ministry of Infrastructure

Marek Matusiak

Coordinator of the “Israel–Europe” Project, OSW

Piotr Mazurek

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Jacek Męcina

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Henryka Mościcka-Dendys

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Maria Mrówczyńska

Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Jan Mróz

Vice-President – Communications and Public Affairs, TVN

Katarzyna Michniewska

Chairman of the Board, Eko Cykl Packaging Recovery Organization, S.A.

Szymon Midera

Chairman of the Board, PKO Bank Polski

Aleksandra Mirosław

Olympic champion, three-time world champion in sport climbing

Zbigniew Muszyński

Director, Government Security Center

Magdalena Namysłowska

M.D., Ph.D. Co-founder of WOPP. Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, supervisor

Maciej Nowicki

President of the Board, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

Radosław Nielek

Director, NASK

Artur Nowak-Far

Professor, Department of Integration and European Law, Warsaw School of Economics

Kacper Olejniczak

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Dmytro Oliinyk

Vice President, National Bank of Ukraine

Grzegorz Onichimowski

President, PSE

Henryk Orfinger

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Dr Irena Eris

Marek Orzechowski

Chairperson, Halina Konopacka LOTTO Foundation

Sandra Parthie

President of the Employers' Group, European Economic and Social Committee

Remigiusz Paszkiewicz

Chairman of the Board, KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

Marta Petka

Director of the Macroeconomic Analysis Office, PKO Bank Polski

Andrea Pető

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Tomas Petricek

Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Czech Republic

Normunds Popens

Deputy Director-General for Education, Youth, Sports, and Culture

Przemysław Pruszyński

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Aleksandra Przegalińska

Professor, Kozminski University in Warsaw (online)

Piotr Rachwalski

Member of the Board of Directors for Railway Investments, Central Transport Hub Company, Port Polska

Robert Piaskowski

Director, National Center for Culture

Marcin Piątkowski

Professor, Kozminski University in Warsaw

Marco Pierani

Director of Corporate Affairs and Public Relations at Euroconsumers

Jerney Pikalo

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of Slovenia

Krzysztof Płomiński

Former Polish Ambassador to Iraq and Saudi Arabia

Janusz Reiter

Former Polish Ambassador to Germany, Chairman of the Board of the Center for International Relations Foundation

Anna Rulkiewicz

CEO, LUX MED Group

Michał Romanowski

Professor, attorney

Ewa Rumińska-Zimny

Vice President of the Board, Women's Congress Association

Michał Rusinek

Professor, writer, literary scholar

Andrzej Rzońca

Professor and Vice Chair of the OEES Program Council, Warsaw School of Economics

Patrycja Sasnal

Senior professorial fellow, European Neighbourhood Chair, Kolegium Europejskie, Natolin

Tomasz Sawko

Director of the Strategic Clients, Defense, and Security Sector, Orange Polska

Jakub Safijański

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Grzegorz Schetyna

Senator, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senate of the Republic of Poland

Adrian Schout

Cligendael Institute

Maciej Siembieda

Author, jurnalist

Dorota Siudowska-Mieszkowska

PWN

Andrzej Silczuk

Professor and Head of the Department of Community Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw

Magdalena Skajewska

Polskie Radio

Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka

Secretary of State, Ministry of National Defense

Radosław Stępień

Chairman of the Board, Polska Grupa Lotnicza S.A.

Mieczysław Struk

Marshal, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Eugeniusz Smolar

Expert, Center for International Relations

Dan Şucu

President, Konfederacja Pracodawców Concordia

Michał Szczerba

Member of the European Parliament

Aleksandra Szymańska

Director, Institute of Creative Industries

Karolina Szymańska

Autor

Konrad Szymański

Former Minister for European Union Affairs

Reka Szemerkenyi

Equilibrium Institute, Hungary

Adrianna Śniadowska

CEO, CSM

Magdalena Środa

Professor of philosophy, affiliated with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw

Eliza Turkiewicz

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Agnieszka Turska-Kawa

Professor and Vice Rector for Research, University of Silesia

Piotr Wachowiak

Professor and Vice-Chancellor, Warsaw School of Economics

Marta Wachowicz

Chairman, Polish Space Agency

Sławomir Wasielewski

Member of the Management Board, ZUS

Michał Wawrykiewicz

Member of the European Parliament

Christian Welzel

Prof. Dr., Vice Chair, World Values Survey Association

Dariusz Wichniarek

Director of Defence Programmes, Advanced Protection Systems S.A.

Paweł Wideł

Chairman, Association of Employers in the Automotive and Industrial Goods Sectors

Alicja Wejdner-Cichy

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Zofia Wetmańska

Vice President, Institute for Reforms

Jakub Wiśniewski

Maciej Witucki

Pesident, BusinessEurope

Nadia Winiarska

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Jakub Wiech

Jurnalist, elektryfikacja.eu

Karolina Wigura

Professor of Sociology, Kultura Liberalna, University of Oxford

Jakub Wiśniewski

Director, Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation

Witold Włodarczyk

CEO, Polish Chamber of Commerce for Environmental Protection

Beata Wojna

Former Polish Ambassador to Mexico, Tec de Monterrey University

Paweł Wojtunik

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for Safety and Risk, ORLEN S.A.

Michał Wolański

Professor and Director of the Institute of Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility, Warsaw School of Economics

Leszek Wroński

Partner, THINKTANK

Jan Wróbel

Jurnalist, teacher

Mirosław Wróblewski

Chairperson, Office for Personal Data Protection

Maciej Wyczesany

Chairman of the Management Board, Apator S.A.

Katarzyna Zajda

Professor and Head of the Department of Rural Sociology, Urban Sociology and Social Change, University of Łódź

Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski

Member of the European Parliament

Paweł Zieliński

Solicitor, special adviser to the Minister of Justice

Marcin Zieliński

Chairman, FOR

Li Zhiqiang

Professor and Director of Sichuan University, China

Vołodymyr Yermolenko

Head of the Ukrainian PEN Club

Mariusz Zielonka

Konfederacja Lewiatan

Michał Zwierzewicz

Academy for Building the Future

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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.