Can policy survive politics?
Bruegel’s 20th anniversary event in Warsaw, jointly organised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland
Speakers
Piotr Buras
Head, European Council on Foreign Relations, Warsaw
Agnieszka Gajewska
Global Government & Public Sector Leader, PwC Poland
Heather Grabbe
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Małgorzata Mroczkowska-Horne
Chief Executive Officer, Confederation Lewiatan
Ignacy Niemczycki
Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Poland
Kinga Stanisławska
Founder, European Women in VC
Former Board Member, European Innovation Council
Maciej Sobolewski
Director, Polish Economic Institute
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Bruegel Director
Jaroslaw Pietras
Visiting Professor, College of Europe
Agenda
Welcome coffee & check-in
9:30-10:00Agenda
Keynote speech + Q&A
10:00-10:30- Ignacy Niemczycki, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Poland
Agenda
Panel 1: Security and resilience in the face of geopolitical shifts: What investments should Europeans make to gain strategic autonomy? What strengths can Europe build on in a more contested and more multipolar world?
10:30-11:30- Chair: Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel Director
- Piotr Buras, Head, European Council on Foreign Relations, Warsaw
- Małgorzata Mroczkowska-Horne, Chief Executive Officer, Confederation Lewiatan
- Jaroslaw Pietras, Visiting Professor, College of Europe
Agenda
Break
11:30-11:45Agenda
Panel 2: Competitiveness in 2035: How will Poland's comparative advantages evolve over the next decade? How does Draghi's agenda fit Poland's economic potential?
11:45-12:45- Chair: Heather Grabbe, Bruegel Senior Fellow
- Agnieszka Gajewska, Global Government & Public Sector Leader, PwC Poland
- Maciej Sobolewski, Director, Polish Economic Institute
- Kinga Stanisławska, Founder , European Women in VC ; Former Board Member , European Innovation Council
Agenda
Lunch
12:45Poland and other European countries face the challenge of managing fundamental changes in geopolitics, with major consequences for the economy and domestic politics. In the face of threats to economic and physical security from hostile actors and climate change, they need to make investments in resilience and defence. How to finance these investments and ensure that they deliver over the longer term? How to gain strategic autonomy not only in defence, but also digital sovereignty? What will be Poland’s strengths as a security provider and dynamic economy in the EU single market? At this event, we will tackle these questions through two thematic sessions: one on security and resilience and the other on a forward-looking assessment of competitiveness in Poland.
In the frame of Bruegel's 20th Anniversary celebrations we are organising a series of events in our members states, to bring important European conversations to the capitals and hear views from national policy makers and experts on potential challenges and solutions.
You can see all of Bruegel's 20th Anniversary news and activities on our dedicated page.