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1990 – 2010 – 2030” How Much State in the Market, How Much Market in the State? Experiences and Development Prospects of Polish and European Economy 1st CONFERENCE IN A SERIES ”FUTURE FUELLED BY KNOWLEDGE” ”1990 – 2010 – 2030” How Much State in the Market, How Much Market in the State? Experiences and development prospects of Polish and European Economy Warsaw, 16th September 2010 (Thursday) , Centre for Contemporary Art (Ujazdowski Castle) www.orlen.pl/conferences ”FUTURE FUELLED BY KNOWLEDGE” Idea of conference The 20th anniversary of privatization transformation in Poland served as the inspiration behind the Conference „1990 - 2010 - 2030. How much of the state in the market, how much of the market in the state. Experiences and growth perspectives of the Polish and European economy”. The ownership transformations served as the axis for the rebirth of a market economy system following 50 years of central control and bureaucratic rule. It was crucial to undertake privatization actions as without them it would not be possible to base the economy on financial indicators i.e. the proper allocation of capital and production power. However, the discussion will not be limited to the topic of privatization alone. Since 1990, Poland has welcomed many market stabilizing and regulating institutions. It was also possible to improve the relations between the state and the market. Therefore, the discussion will be a summary of experiences from the past two decades presenting both successes and missed opportunities. The historic perspective will be supplemented with an analysis of the effects of the global crisis and a forecast of further socioeconomic growth in Poland. Participants of the debate will also present the desired direction of civilization changes, including changes related to our country’s image in the world. The conference shall, moreover, serve as an opportunity for a broad discussion of the state-market relation in the European and global context. Experiences of the recent global crisis have changed the way some politicians view the dependency between the state and the market thereby considering a redefinition of the role of the state in the economy. This, then, is a very good moment to initiate a discussion on the direction towards which the market is heading and to define the scope of impact of state authorities on economic decision in the post-crisis world. With this year’s event, PKN ORLEN wishes to initiate a cycle of annual Conferences under the motto „Future Fuelled by Knowledge”. The Company’s ambition is to shape these conferences into a platform for the exchange of opinions, experiences and knowledge on the strategic economic and business issues of Poland, Europe and the world. www.orlen.pl/conferences ”FUTURE FUELLED BY KNOWLEDGE” Opening Ceremony 10.00 – 10.10 Welcome Speech Jacek Krawiec, President & Chief Executive Officer of PKN ORLEN S.A. 10.10 – 10.30 Guest of Honour Speech Lech Wałęsa, former President of Poland Panels 10.30 – 10.35 Introduction to Panel I Jacek Żakowski, journalist, publicist Panel Discussion I 10.35 – 12.05 Poland ’90 – ’10 – ’30. From transformation via integration to harmonization • How did the opinions on the key economic issues such as private ownership and redistribution change in the past 20 years? • Experiences of the Polish road to economic and regime transformation – a retrospective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of changes taking place in the early 90s in the aspect of politics, economy and society. A reflection on the possibility of adopting a different transformation path opposed to the one selected by the decision-makers of the time; • Poland’s transformation compared to changes taking place in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe as well as in the Western Europe states; • The impact of European integration on civilization development in Poland – conclusions on Poland’s EU membership (study results). Changes seen through the eyes of Poles (study results); • Key growth challenges facing Poland in the perspective of the next 20 years and a road map for the nation’s development until 2030. Speakers: Prof. Anders Aslund, economist, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Lecturer at Georgetown University, Chairman of CASE Advisory Council Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, President of the Economic Council of the Prime Minister Michał Boni, Minister - Member of the Council of Ministers, Chief of the Permanent Committee of the Council of Ministers, Chief of the Team of Strategic Advisers to the President of the Council of Ministers Janusz Lewandowski, Member of the European Commission for Financial Programming and Budget Tadeusz Mazowiecki, former Prime Minister of Poland Adam Michnik, Editor-In-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza Prof. Witold M. Orłowski, Chief Economic Advisor of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Member of the Economic Council of teh Prime Minister Aleksander Smolar, President of Stefan Batory Foundation 12.05 – 12.15 Coffee break www.orlen.pl/conferences ”FUTURE FUELLED BY KNOWLEDGE” 12.15 – 12.20 Introduction to Panel II Jerzy Baczyński, Editor-In-Chief of Polityka Panel discussion II 12.20 – 14.05 Has the economic crisis sprained the invisible hand of the market? State’s new role in the economy Lecture: A Financial Crisis or a Crisis of Thought? Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz Discussion: • Impact of the global economic crisis on the dependency between the state and the market. To what extent do the strategies and plans to counter the crisis adopted by individual countries redefine the mutual relations between the state and the market? • Advantages and disadvantages of state interference in business; • The target model of state-market relations in the post-crisis world. • The possibility to work out a universal model that would be effective in the conditions of the individual European states or, alternately, the search for individual methods of organizing such relations. Speakers: Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz, former Deputy Prime Minister and former Governor of the National Bank of Poland Aleksander Grad, Minister of Treasury Andrzej Klesyk, President of PZU S.A., Member of the Economic Council of teh Prime Minister Jacek Krawiec, President & Chief Executive Officer of PKN ORLEN S.A. Wiesław Rozłucki, former President of Warsaw Stock Exchange, Strategic Adviser to Rotschild Polska Sławomir S. Sikora, President of Citi Handlowy 14.05 – 15.00 Lunch break 15.00 – 15.05 Introduction to Panel III Grażyna Torbicka, journalist, film critic Panel discussion III 15.05 – 16.35 Brand means strategy National branding – a challenge for Poland? • Is Polishness an asset or rather an obstacle in achieving success abroad? How, in the past 20 years, has the image of our country changed? Have recent economic successes supported building a better image of Poland? • What is national branding? How important is shaping national branding www.orlen.pl/conferences ”FUTURE FUELLED BY KNOWLEDGE” in the world today? How much can the brand of a country support or hinder achieving success abroad by people of business, science or art? Or maybe the image of the country in general is not a point of reference and it really does not matter where you are from, but what is important is how and what you do? • How to build a good Polish reputation abroad? Why were we for so long unable to change the backward and narrow-minded image of Poland to a modern and attractive one? What are the barriers, strengths, opportunities and challenges in building an accurate image of Poland? What if provincialism is one of our strengths that we are just not able to make a good use of? • Polish icon brands, national heritage, Euro 2012, the EU presidency, the Chopin Year or maybe something else? What is necessary to make our country be constantly seen as an interesting place „worth not only investing but also living in? Speakers: Jan Borkowski, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrzej Chyra, actor, stage director Wojciech Fibak, tennis player, art connoisseur, businessman Janusz Głowacki, author and screenwriter Wojciech Kostrzewa, President and CEO of the ITI Holdings S.A. Krzysztof Pawłowski, former Senator, President of National-Louis University in Nowy Sącz Andrzej Seweryn, actor of the polish and frensch stage, theatre director Leon Tarasewicz, painter 16.35 – 16.40 Closing ceremony Jacek Krawiec, President & Chief Executive Officer of PKN ORLEN S.A. Evening 19.00 – 19.40 Concert by Leszek Możdżer 19.40 – 23.00 Banquet The Conference Partners www.orlen.pl/conferences ”FUTURE FUELLED BY KNOWLEDGE” GUEST OF HONOUR Lech Wałęsa, former President of Poland A statesman, independence activist, politician and trade union leader. In 1980-1990, he was a Chairman of the National Committe of the Solidarity Trade Union (NSZZ Solidarność”). From 1990 to 1995, he was President of Poland. During and after his term of office, he was a great advocate for Poland on the international arena. He actively promoted Poland’s efforts to join NATO and the European Union. He holds many awards, prizes and honours awarded in Poland and internationally. He is a Nobel Peace Prize winner (1983), Man of the Year according to Time magazine (1981), he was also honoured with the French Legion d’honneur. He received the honorary degree (doctor honoris causa) from over 100 universities, including Columbia University (1981), the Catholic University of Leuven (1982), Harvard University (1983), and Gdańsk University (1990). Furthermore, he has written several books, including Droga do wolności (The Road to Freedom, 1991), Wszystko, co robię, robię dla Polski (All I do, I do for Poland, 1995), Droga do Prawdy (The Road to Truth, 2008). In 1995, he founded Lech Wałęsa Institute, which mission is to support democracy and self-government in Poland and worldwide. At present he is continuing his mission of a strong advocate of solidarity. Travelling around the world, he reminds others about our Polish experiences and bloodless struggle for freedom and democracy. SPEAKERS Anders Aslund, Ph.D. Economist, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and lecturer at Georgetown University, Chairman of the CASE Advisory He was an economic advisor to the governments of Russia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.
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