Agenda

Arrival of the guests

Welcome dinner

Moderator: Dominika Ćosić

Welcoming session and keynote talks

HOSTS

• Włodzimierz Dola, Chairman of the State of Poland Foundation

• Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka, President of the Management Board of Poland’s State Development Bank, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund

KEYNOTE TALK

• Paweł Jabłoński, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Polish Government’s Plenipotentiary for the Three Seas Initiative

First Block of Talks and Panel Discussion

TALKS:

• Dr Solomon Passy, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Founder and President of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, New Europe: From 3 Seas to 3 Oceans

• Dr Zoltan Szalai, Editor-in Chief of the Hungarian weekly newspaper Mandiner. He has been the Director General of Mathias Corvinus Collegium for over 10 years: The role of mass media in creating a positive image of the Three Seas in the West and globally

• Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka, President of the Management Board of Poland’s State Development Bank, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund: “The 3W” concept of sustainable development

• Edward Lucas, Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, Former Senior Editor at the Economist: Making the Three Seas Matter

• David Brazsil, Secretary General at the National Council of the Wine Communities Hungary: The Hungarian wine success story

Panel Discussion: Upon what foundations did the countries labeled Asian Tigers build their prosperity? Which factors, apart from economic growth, are critical to a country’s success, and what mistakes must we avoid?

PANELISTS:

• Barbara Socha, Deputy Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy, Plenipotentiary of the Polish Government for Demographic Policy

• Danuta Nierada, Creative Director at the State of Poland Foundation

• Paweł Kotowski, Deputy Director Department of Economic Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Üllar Jaaksoo, Founder and CEO of Greenergy Data Centers

• Dr Colin W.P. Lewis, Member of the Management Board of Vistula University

Three Seas 2050: Visions of the Future
Online talk by a special guest; second round of talks, followed by panel discussion

• Ian J. Brzezinski, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy: The Three Seas Initiative and the Future of Central Europe

• Mariusz Babula,  Vice-President of the Management Board of Zortrax: The Startup Valleys: How Three Seas companies enter global markets

• Velina Tchakarova, Director of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy: The Three Seas Initiative as a Geopolitical Approach and Austria’s role in it

• Madalina Sisu Vicari, Expert on Geoeconomics, University of Liege: Future energy policies as a key compenent of regional prosperity and security

• Jacek Bartosiak, Founder of Strategy&Future: Conditions needed for Three Seas success by 2050

Panel Discussion: The Future of Three Seas Initiative

Which technological and societal changes are bound to shape the Three Seas region in the coming 30 years?

PANELISTS:

• Grzegorz Lewicki, International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations

• Dominik Andrzejczuk, Atmos Ventures

• Andrey Bachvarov, Director of Digital Transformation at DNA

• Tiit Riisalo, Head of the Estonian President’s Office

• Jan Sechter, Deputy Minister of Transport and the Czech Government’s Plenipotentiary for the Three Seas Initiative

Evening event at the Jabłonki Swawole Food & Music Festival, Plaża
Poniatówka, Warsaw