This was the fifth edition of the most important business event in Central Europe. Economic prospects during the economic slowdown, issues overlapping politics and economy and investment opportunities in such sectors as the automotive industry, construction or heat engineering.
The consecutive political debates Poland in Europe and Economy is the most important consideration, moderated by Kamil Durczok, editor-in-chief of Fakty TVN, and Roman Młodkowski, editor-in-chief of TVN CNBC, were attended by representatives of various political factions: Andrzej Celiński, Leader of the Democratic Party and Minister of Culture from 2001-2002, Leszek Miller, Member of the Polish Parliament, Leader of the Democratic Left Alliance and Poland’s Prime Minister from 2001-2004, Waldemar Pawlak, Member of the Polish Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy from 2007-2012, Jacek Protasiewicz, Vice President of the European Parliament, Beata Szydło, Member of the Polish Parliament, Łukasz Gibała, Member of the Polish Parliament, and Przemysław Wipler, Member of the Polish Parliament.
The cycle of debates devoted to investments covered discussions, for instance, on the image of Central Europe among external investors, Poland’s investment appeal and the development of the modern business service sector in our country, the future of the European economy, European Union’s Development Policy, The capital market of Central Europe, Africa – Central Europe Economic Cooperation Forum, Poland-Czech Republic Economic Meeting, Innovative European economy, Energy & Energy efficiency in Europe, Shale gas, Renewable energy sources, Automotive, Gas market, Heat industry, Trends in the global hard coal mining industry, Smart specializations, The European steel market, Metallurgy in Europe, Climate policy as the new industrial policy, Nuclear energy in Europe and in Poland, Chemistry, Fuel sector, Agriculture, Food market in Poland, Polish consumer 2020, Sustainable development, Banking sector, Air transport and infrastructure, Commercial investments, The new financial prospect for the EU, Healthcare industry and many more.
Many discussions panels covered investment opportunities in particular. Funds from the European Union will continue to be the core funding sources of infrastructural investments in the new financial perspective for 2014-2020. The structure of application will be changed, and the financing principles will be modified. The issue of prospects in the energy market was expanded.
The investment panels were devoted to, inter alia, Foreign investors in Poland, Investment funding in Central Europe, Investments vs. economy development. Risk of the investor, Access to funding
Investor-friendly policy, Incentives and facilitations, Investment attractiveness of Poland, Dynamic development of the modern business services sector in Poland, Infrastructural investments in Central Europe. Investments in the transport infrastructure in Poland and their funding, Investments in the new 2013-2020 financial prospect for the EU and Construction sector, Investments in the energy sector in Poland.
Growth factors and prospects for the high potential sectors were discussed, such us, Telecommunications and the information society, E-commerce, New trends and technological changes, The 2020 Horizon. Politics, science, business – cooperation for competitiveness, Smart specializations and many more.
To read more please go to FB profile of EECKatowice