EUROPEAN FORUM FOR NEW IDEAS 2022 - THE ECONOMY, TECHNOLOGY AND GREEN TRANSFORMATION

What type of leadership is needed in the new era? How does Russia’s aggression against Ukraine impact international cooperation? What about green transformation? How do the war and the pandemic shape consumption? These are just some of the questions asked by the participants and panelists of this year’s 11th edition of the European Forum for New Ideas. Attempts to answer these questions will be made as well.

EFNI will be held at the Radisson Blu hotel in Sopot, from Wednesday, 12

October to Friday, 14 October. This year, all discussions will be divided into four thematic blocks. The first will be devoted to the future of Europe. The second will deal with the economy, the third with the green deal and energy-related challenges, and the fourth will focus on technology, artificial intelligence and the metaverse.

“This year’s edition of the European Forum for New Ideas will be dominated by the challenges faced by states, communities, the economy and markets which have been forced to tackle a number of broadly understood uncertainties. Those uncertainties are here to stay for a number of years and we all need to get used to them,” says Henryka Bochniarz, PhD, Chairperson of the Polish Confederation Lewiatan.

Guests of this year’s Forum will include the most prominent figures from the world of business, politics, science and culture. The following list of attendees have already confirmed their participation in EFNI 2022: John Keane, Professor of Politics, University of Sydney and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin; Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President, European Commission; Radosław Markowski, Professor of Sociology, SWP; prof. Piotr Wachowiak, Rector, Warsaw School of Economics; Prof. Jerzy Buzek, MEP, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and Speaker of the European Parliament; Mieczysław Struk, Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship; Jacek Karnowski, Mayor of Sopot; Justyna Orłowska, Prime Minister’s advisor on innovation and finance, Director of GovTech Polska; Gertruda Uścińska, President of the Polish Social Security Institution; Janusz Lewandowski, MEP, former European Commissioner; Prof. Magdalena Środa, sociologist and philosopher; and Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska of Koźmiński University.

For online registration, go to https://efni.pl/. You are invited to take part in highly inspirational conversations at this prestigious conference.