Programme

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Geopolitics

21 September 2021 • 09:30-11:00

European neighbours – opportunities for a revival

Germany, France, Poland: How to strengthen economic relationships in the Weimar Triangle. Areas of pivotal importance in the context of the reconstruction of the European economy.  Barriers to cooperation and ways of overcoming them.

participants:

Jerzy Buzek, Member of the European Parliament, President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2012, Prime Minister from 1997 to 2001, Chairman of the EEC Council

David Gregosz, Head of the Foreign Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Poland

Tomasz Kalinowski, Sopot School of Higher Education, member of the Team of Advisors to the Foreign Affairs and European Union Committee of the Polish Senate

Elżbieta Mączyńska, Chairman, Polish Economic Society, College of Enterprise Sciences, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw

Cornelius Ochmann, Director, Member of the Board, Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation

Moderation: Bartłomiej E. Nowak, Chairman, Vistula University Group

Poland’s future in the EU

Three decades of transformation and fifteen years in the European Union – an overview of Poland’s membership, achievements and ambitions. Community, cooperation, and integration vs. sovereignty – the art of measuring proportions.  A hierarchy of values and a model of democracy – a room for dialogue or conflict? Economic resilience of the Polish economy – Poland as an attractive market for investors.

Talk 1:1 

Marek Prawda, Director of the Representation of the European Commission in Poland from 2016 to 2021, Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union from 2012 to 2016

Moderation: Marcin Antosiewicz, journalist, lecturer, Faculty of Arts, Technology and Communication, Vistula University of Finance and Business

The West’s approach to the authoritative East

China and Russia in the changing architecture of global politics. Systemic rivals of the West – their economies and potential to innovate. Russia’s policy of “testing” and disintegrating unions, information warfare – how to respond to threats? Economic interdependence of Russia and the EU in terms of the fuel market. Prospects for Europe’s common energetic safety policy. The EU's and USA’s approach to China’s plan of technological, infrastructural and investment dominance. How to coexist without abandoning European values.

Talk 1:1

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Board member, Institute "Strategies 2050", Ambassador of Poland to the Russian Federation from 2014 to 2016, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2014

Moderation: Marcin Antosiewicz, journalist, lecturer, Faculty of Arts, Technology and Communication, Vistula University of Finance and Business