Program
EFNI programme
Day 1Wednesday, October 15th
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Opening ceremony
17:30 – 17:50
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Special guest speech: “Tomorrow’s security – shared responsibility in a changing world”
17:50-18:20
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Opening debate: “War or Peace?”
18:20-19:20
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Dinner
19:30-22:00
NIGHT OWLS
A conversation between Aga Kozak and Paweł Goźliński around the book “The Art of Masculinity: How Not to Be a Jerk”
22:00-00:00
NIGHT OWLS
From Leaflets to Pan-European Success – The Journey of Rafał Brzoska
22:00-00:00
NIGHT OWLS
Understanding Men – A Conversation with Andrzej Klesyk
22:00-00:00
Day 2Thursday, October 16th
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A morning walk on the Sopot pier with Olympic champion Robert Korzeniowski.
7:30-8:30
Lectures
Business and democracy – Prof. Jerzy Hausner
8:30-9:00
Lectures
The Morality of Public Life – Prof. Magdalena Środa
8:30-9:00
Europe in sustainable world
How to Smartly Support Company Investments in Innovation and R&D with EU Funds?
9:00-10:00
Europe in a multipolar world
Challenges and Perspectives of the Justice System
9:00-10:00
Europe and digital transformation
Poland in Search of New Growth Engines
9:00-10:00
Europe in sustainable world
Smart deregulation as an opportunity to boost Poland’s and Europe’s competitiveness
9:00-10:00
Healthy Path Europe
What kind of prevention do we need?
9:00-10:00
Secure Europe
Marching North: a new security vector?
9:00-10:00
The green change of Europe
Poland’s Hard Case of Energy Transformation: Industry, Competitiveness, and Security in Tomorrow’s
10:15-11:15
Europe in sustainable world
Quotas in Business – Necessity or Choice? Men’s Voices in the Equality Debate
10:15-11:15
Europe in a multipolar world
The transatlantic community in times of geopolitical uncertainty
10:15-11:15
Europe and digital transformation
Women Leaders in an Increasingly Digital Reality
10:15-11:15
Healthy Path Europe
What are the real costs of inactivity?
10:15-11:15
Europe and digital transformation
The future European labor market
10:15-11:15
Europe and digital transformation
Transformational Leadership in Poland – Do We Have Leaders for Our Times?
10:15-11:15
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Anna Rulkiewicz, CEO, LUX MED Group, about the book Obesity, Health, Sustainable Development. Poland’s First Interdisciplinary Compendium on Combating the Epidemic of the 21st Century
10:30-11:00
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Mateusz Mazzini on the book “The Real Italy. A Journey Through Mafia, Migration, and Crises”
11:15-11:45
Europe and green transition path
The European dilemma: how to save the climate without losing the economy?
11:30-12:30
Secure Europe
How to Ensure Citizen Safety and Build a Civil Defence System
11:30-12:30
Europe in sustainable world
Ethics or Strategy? Leaders Who Choose More Than Profit
11:30-12:30
Healthy Path Europe
Strategy Is Female. What About Women’s Health Prevention? Time for Effective Acti
11:30-12:30
Europe in sustainable world
Generation Z in the Labor Market. Prepared or Not?
11:30-12:30
Secure Europe
Strengthening Europe’s resilience and competitiveness: the North-East Flank countries’ approach
11:30-12:30
EFNI TALKS
Transformative AI: utopia, doom, or just another technology?
11:30-12:30
Restauracja Hotelu Radisson Blu
Lunch
12:00-14:00
Europe and digital transformation
Deregulation, artificial intelligence, and the geopolitics of innovation – what is the future of the EU?
13:30-14:30
Europe and green transition path
Reforming the Extended Producer Responsibility system in Poland – how to build a system that really works?
13:30-14:30
Healthy Path Europe
How to Help Europeans Live Healthily and Long?
13:30-14:30
Europe in a multipolar world
The Decline of the West in a Global World?
13:30-14:30
Europe in sustainable world
What kind of civic education does Polish society need?
13:30-14:30
Secure Europe
Challenges in defending civilians and critical infrastructure against modern threats
13:30-14:30
EFNI TALKS
National Financial Education Strategy – one year after implementation
13:30-14:30
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Agnieszka Klimczak on the book ‘Business in Arabic, or How to Close a Deal. On Cultural Differences in the Arab Gulf Countries’
14:00-14:30
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Kamil Całus on the book ‘Moldova. An Optional State’
14:30-15:00
Secure Europe
Competitiveness of the European economy as a security issue
14:45-15:45
Healthy Path Europe
Targeted Therapies – The Future of Medicine?
14:45-15:45
Europe in a multipolar world
Poland as a global investor
14:45-15:45
Europe and digital transformation
Digital Competences for SMEs: How Polish Entrepreneurs Leverage the Digital World
14:45-15:45
Europe in a multipolar world
Global journalism in times of multiple crises
14:45-15:45
Europe in sustainable world
RównoWaga: Best Practices and Business Challenges
14:45-15:45
EFNI TALKS
Generation Z on the climate crisis
14:45-15:45
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Tomasz Terlikowski on the book “Reformation 2.0. Will the Church in Poland Survive?”
15:45-16:15
Europe in sustainable world
The World According to Women
16:00-17:00
Secure Europe
Ukraine’s wartime resilience – lessons for Europe
16:00-17:00
Europe in sustainable world
Collaboration between sports and business – the role of sponsorship in the development of disciplines and brands
16:00-17:00
Europe and green transition path
Cities and Regions of Tomorrow: The Role of Local Governments in Times of Climate, Geopolitical, and Digital Transformations
16:00-17:00
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Investments of Polish companies in the UK. Launch of the report by the British Embassy, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, and Money.pl
16:00-17:00
Healthy Path Europe
Unhealthily sedentary. How to get the armchair civilization moving?
16:00-17:15
Europe in a multipolar world
Poland’s Economic Credibility Index (IWEP)
16:00-17:15
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Dominika Bettman on her book “When No One Is Looking. Ethical Dilemmas in Business”
16:15-16:45
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Krzysztof Jacek Hinz about his book “Wyspa nie z tego świata”, a story about the ‘Polish king of Haiti.’
17:00-17:30
Lectures
Discussion around the report “The new duopoly will overthrow this system”
17:15-18:15
Europe in sustainable world
Technology, freedom, or focus on the goal? What builds the competitive advantages of American companies?
17:15-18:15
Europe and digital transformation
Managing the revolution – is it possible to control the development of artificial intelligence? The European perspective, employee opinions. Conclusions for Poland and Polish companies.
17:15-18:15
Europe in sustainable world
Feminatives. What’s all the fuss about?
17:15-18:15
EFNI TALKS
Understanding Ukraine
17:15-18:15
Europe and green transition path
Increased efficiency and development of renewable energy sources
17:15-18:15
Europe in sustainable world
LEADIATION – a new leadership competency in the world of organizations and international politics
17:15-18:30
Wydarzenia EFNI
Lewiatan Awards Gala
19:30-22:00
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Meeting entitled ‘War next door. Stories of courage, injustice and solidarity’ with a screening of a documentary film
20:00-22:30
NIGHT OWLS
Conversation with Barbara Labuda titled “What Was in the Beginning and What Comes Next?”
22:00-00:00
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Danuta Rocławska about her book ‘Trial by Fire: How to Overcome Burnout and Regain Your Energy for Life’
22:00-00:00
NIGHT OWLS
Body, camera, closeness. Intimacy in an age when everything is for sale. A conversation with visual artist Kle Mens
22:00-00:00
Day 3Friday, October 17th
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Lectures
A generation in the minority: how to build the future when young people are fewer and fewer?
9:00-9:30
Lectures
The War in the Middle East – Its Prospects and Implications for the Unity of the Western World
9:00-9:30
Lectures
Poland’s Success Story: How We Became One of the Growth Leaders in the 21st Century
9:00-9:30
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Aleksandra Karasińska on the book “Why Feminism Pays Off?”
9:00-9:30
Healthy Path Europe
Health Reform 2030: A Strategic Roadmap for Poland
9:30-10:30
Europe in a multipolar world
The European Union as a major player in global trade – is this still a prospective model for building international influence?
9:30-10:30
Secure Europe
Modernization of the Polish army – opportunity or challenge?
9:30-10:30
Secure Europe
Europe’s space ambitions
9:30-10:30
Europe and health
Restoring the rule of law in Poland – the case of the pharmacy market
9:30-10:30
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The present and future of Polish entrepreneurship
9:30-10:30
Europe and digital transformation
Media at the Heart of Digital Transformation
9:30-10:30
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Zyta Rudzka on her book “Only Fools Live to the End”
9:30-10:00
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Marek Józefiak on his book “The Polish Forest Republic”
10:00-10:30
Europe and green transition path
Energy of Tomorrow: How to Combine Green Transformation with Europe’s Competitiveness
10:45-11:45
Europe and digital transformation
Europe’s digital sovereignty: From technology to regulation – how to build independence in the 21st century?
10:45-11:45
EFNI TALKS
Different generations, different leadership models – how to build intergenerational dialogue in today’s world
10:45-11:45
Healthy Path Europe
Adherence as the Key to Effective Therapy
10:45-11:45
Europe in sustainable world
How to Strengthen the Social Dialogue Council to Support Economic Growth and Investment for the Benefit of Companies and Their Employees
10:45-11:45
Europe in a multipolar world
The Future of the European Union
10:45-11:45
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Prof. Bogdan Góralczyk on his book “Fathers of the Nation. Pillars or the Curse of the Hungarians?
11:45-12:15
Europe in a multipolar world
Democracy in global crisis. How to defend the rule of law in the era of populism and shifting boundaries in public debate?
12:00-13:00
Europe and digital transformation
Students’ Debate – Employer Market vs. Employee Market in the AI Era
12:00-13:00
Europe and green transition path
Green Taxation in Practice – A Balance of Gains and Losses
12:00-13:00
Healthy Path Europe
Between Today and Tomorrow: Well-being in Organizations
12:00-13:00
Europe in sustainable world
Poland’s plans for the Central Communication Hub (CPK) versus real global trends in the aviation industry
12:00-13:00
EFNI TALKS
Digital citizens: upbringing, responsibility, freedom
12:00-13:00
Europe in a multipolar world
Are we doomed to repeat the fatalism of September 1939? Poles and Ukrainians then and now
12:00-13:00
Restauracja Hotelu Radisson Blu
Lunch
12:30-14:30
Europe and green transition path
The Future of the Green Deal – what lies ahead?
14:00-15:00
Secure Europe
The new EU budget. What can Poland gain, and what might it lose?
14:00-15:00
Europe in a multipolar world
China’s gambit: geopolitics, trade, and the future of globalization
14:00-15:00
Europe in a multipolar world
Culture as soft power. Does Poland have a story for the world?
14:00-15:00
Europe in a multipolar world
The Weimar Quadrilateral – prospects for new formats of cooperation in the field of security
14:00-15:00
Healthy Path Europe
The Strength of the Domestic Pharmaceutical Sector
14:00-15:00
EFNI TALKS
Building psychological safety in teams. Preventing burnout
14:00-15:00
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Jakub Szczęsny on the book “Luxury versus Simple Life“
14:30-15:00
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Karol Wałachowski about his book “Beyond the Greatest: A Study of Former Provincial Capitals”
15:00-15:30
Secure Europe
European Competitiveness in the Spirit of the Draghi Report: A Foundation for Security and Renewal
15:15-16:15
Lectures
A generation in the minority: how to build the future when young people are fewer and fewer?
15:15-16:15
Europe in sustainable world
Reclaiming Poland: How to Take Control of the Narrative
15:15-16:15
Europe in a multipolar world
Swedish Spending, Low Irish Taxes, a Strong Army – Can We Afford It All? Or Is It Time for a War Tax?
15:15-16:15
EFNI TALKS
Invisible disease, real pain: Endometriosis in medicine and society
15:15-16:15
Europe and green transition path
The Biggest Challenges of Poland’s Energy Sector
15:15-16:15
Author's Meeting
Meeting with Karol Wałachowski about his book “Beyond the Greatest: A Study of Former Provincial Capitals”
15:00-15:30
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Special Guest Address
16:45-17:00
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Special Guest Address
17:00-17:10
Europe in sustainable world
Polish Economy 3.0
17:00-18:00
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EFNI Closing Ceremony
18:00-18:20
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Opening Speech by Prime Minister Donald Tusk
18:20-19:00
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Farewell evening – dinner and after party
20:00-2:00
