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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.

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Panelists

Donald Tusk

Prime minister of the republic of poland

Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk

Minister for Family, Labour and Social Policy, President of the Social Dialogue Council

Barbara Nowacka

Minister of Education

Jerzy Buzek

Former Prime Minister, President of the European Parliament, Chairman of the EFNI Programme Board

Aleksandra Berg-Koza

Deputy Director, Development Services Department, PARP

Agata Bielik-Robson

Philosopher, publicist

Henryka Bochniarz

Chairperson of the General Council, Lewiatan Confederation

Michał Boni

Minister for Labour and Social Policy (1991)

Małgorzata Bonikowska

President, Centre for International Relations

Maxime Cerutti

Head of Social Affairs, BusinessEurope

Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak

Head of Social Affairs, BusinessEurope

Hanna Cichy

Head of Economics, Policy Insight

Aleksandra Czetwertyńska

Director, 42 Warsaw

Tymoteusz Doligalski

Prof. AI Lab Intercollegiate Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Platforms, Head of the e-Business Department, SGH

Maciej Duszczyk

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of the Interior and Administration

Bożena Soberka

Head of HR Poland and Baltics, BAT Polska

Marcin Stanecki

Legal counsel, graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Łódź and of the Postgraduate Studies in European Law at the University of Łódź.