Application

It is our great pleasure to  announce that the Polish Investment and Trade Agency along with the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology are hosting the Business Forum within the framework of the Western Balkans Summit in Poznan. This forum will be organized in cooperation with the EU and non-EU partners -  Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and United Kingdom.

The motto of the Business Forum is “Growing together” and the main goal of the Forum is to strengthen the relations between participants, especially in a business context. The event will be organized on the 4th of July 2019 in the premises of Poznań International Fair. The Forum will include numerous panel sessions, presentations by business representatives of process partners at exhibition stands as well as B2B meetings. 

The main topics of the Forum are:

• Energy: renewable energy; production and distribution of energy, management and maintenance of nets and installations, energy construction
• Digital: IT and ICT, digital and BSS services, AI, automation, Industry 4.0, Govtech, data management and analysis, development of digital infrastructure;
• Food and agrotech: agriculture, food processing, production, agricultural vehicles, development of services in the rural areas.

The Forum will also include B2B meetings along with panel and workshop discussions.

• The language used during the discussion is English.
• Specific zones and areas will be organized for the entrepreneurs to hold the B2B meetings.
• All participants are welcome to take part in the panel discussions with the representatives of governments, think-tanks and civil society.

The Forum will also include B2B meetings along with panel and workshop discussions.

• The language used during the discussion is English.
• Specific zones and areas will be organized for the entrepreneurs to hold the B2B meetings.
• All participants are welcome to take part in the panel discussions with the representatives of governments, think-tanks and civil society.

 

Topics of above-mentioned discussions are as follows:

Financing Entrepreneurship – Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead for Western Balkans

At the crossroads of Business and Activism

Going Online– Preparing Public and Private Sector for Digital Transformation in the Western Balkans

Powering the Energy Market in Transition

Supporting Mobility: The Connectivity Agenda

The Next Generation: Better Skills for the Workplace of the Future

Western Balkans Partners Declaration on Roma and EU Enlargement

Launch of the Chamber Investment Forum – EU Business Platform

 

We are pleased to invite all interested companies to participate in the Forum. More information and a link to the recruitment form will be provided soon. Should you have any questions, please contact us at poznan2019@paih.gov.pl
 
Prepared by: The Polish Investment and Trade Agency

 

All of our guests are kindly invited to join us for lunch, served at 12.30 – 13.30 and dinner, served at 19.30 in the venue where Civil Society Forum and Business Forum take place. There are no coffee breaks foreseen at two Forums, however coffee is to be provided during the day.