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We are pleased to announce that our event has gained another valuable partnership, because the title of EFP’s Main Partner was taken by Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu S.A.

ARP S.A. is a commercial joint stock company of the State Treasury supporting the Polish state in mitigating the effects of unfavorable economic phenomena and actively supporting the increase in the competitiveness of Polish entrepreneurs. The company has its branch in Silesia, monitoring, the situation in mining.

This important partnership is also part of the jubilee nature of our event, because Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu S.A. celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

Attention attention! We reveal the cards of the Oxford Debates Tournament during the European Future Forum event. We already know which schools will compete with each other in the debates at the Silesian Stadium on October 6-8!

• I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Walerian Łukasiński in Dąbrowa Górnicza
• III Secondary School named after A. Mickiewicz in Katowice
• ZSO No. 1 for them. Nicolaus Copernicus in Katowice
• TEB Edukacja Tychy
• School Complex No. 1 for them. Adam Mickiewicz in Lubliniec
• IV High School with Bilingual Branches for them. St. Staszica

We also know the schedule and theses around which the debates will be held:

On the first day of the Forum

• Thesis: In schools, students should be able to choose esports instead of traditional physical education
• Thesis: European Union countries should introduce a 32-hour working week
• Thesis: The European Union should strive to include the countries of the former Yugoslavia as soon as possible, even at the cost of lowering the accession requirements.

During the tournament finals:

• Thesis: Climate movements should prioritize positive messages over negative messages.
• Thesis: The growing popularity of nihilism in popular culture has a negative impact on society.
• Thesis: The fastest possible extinction of hard coal mines in the Silesian Voivodeship will bring more harm than good.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are pleased to announce with great satisfaction, that the invitation to chair the Honorary Committee of the European Future Forum event was accepted by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. We would also like to inform you that the Prime Minister has assumed the honorary patronage of the European Future Forum.

For us, it is a great emphasis on the importance and scale of this event in the first edition. Before us is a decade of extremely dynamic changes that will affect almost every sphere of our lives. Our ambition is to create a platform for regular, cyclical dialogue with the participation of eminent personalities from the world of politics, economy and science on topics of significant importance for Europe, Poland and, of course, the Silesian Voivodeship.

100 applications were submitted to InSilesia Investment SFR Competition. The competition for startups is a joint initiative of the Silesian Development Fund and the famous accelerator from the Silicon Valley – Plug and Play. The final of the competition will take place on the 7th of October at the Silesian Stadium – on the second day of the European Future Forum. There are 150,000 zloty in the prize pool.

From among the submitted startups, the organizer and partner of the competition will select 20, which, together with Plug and Play representatives, will work on their presentations during the final pitching session, which will take place on the 7th October during the European Future Forum at the Silesian Stadium. During the finals, participants will present their solutions to jurors and the audience. The jury consisting of representatives of Plug and Play and the Silesian Development Fund, will select the winner and two winners from among the finalists, to whom they will hand out 100, 30 and 20 thousand zloty.

The organizers of the startup competition accompanying the European Future Forum are in the spotlight of innovative products, services and processes that will be used in regions implementing economic transformation processes and in post-industrial regions.

– The competition is international: technology transfer to Silesia and internationalization of Silesian technologies in the world. The mere participation in the competition gives startups the opportunity to develop, scale their business and build brand recognition in the international arena. And, of course, opportunities to implement your own concepts through active networking with investors present at the Silesian Stadium during the European Future Forum – says Benjamin Kloss, director of Plug and Play Austria.

The Viennese branch of the accelerator is the closest to Poland, while the rest, apart from the Silicon Valley, are located, among others, in Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris, São Paulo and Johannesburg. Plug and Play is one of the first investors to believe in PayPal, Dropbox, N26 or BigID.

The Silesian Voivodeship is in a phase of dynamic changes. We set a bold perspective for the development of high technology industries and innovative entities. The ambition of the voivodeship authorities is to implement a responsible economic transformation, including by supporting the development of smart specializations: green economy, medicine, emerging industries. We create space for startups. I hope that during the European Future Forum we will see ambitious and bold business proposals – says Jakub Chełstowski, Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship.

Awarded with the title of “Highly Recommended” in the category of the Best SEZ for Small and Medium Enterprises in Europe. KSEZ won as many as 5 awards in the fDi Intelligence report – Global Free Zones Rankings 2020. The international jury awarded Katowice SEZ in the following categories: infrastructure development, new investments, skills development, intelligent strategies, and an excellent talent base.

During 25 years of operation, both foreign and domestic companies (the number of which exceeded 500!) Invested over PLN 42 billion here, which allowed to create about 90,000,000 jobs.

In the situation of the still dynamically developing investment market, stimulated by the strategically important (especially the variety of financial and procedural tools) formula of the Polish Investment Zone and the ongoing offensive of acquiring new business partners – the Jubilee of the Zone during the struggle with pandemic threats appears as a reason for far increasing satisfaction with the achievements and position of the Katowice Zone. The wealth of our investments, including the flagship project for the construction of the Polish electric car “IZERA” – determines the prospect of further challenges that we undertake to strengthen a wide range of strategic government programs building the economic position of the Republic of Poland.

Anniversary events in the Katowice Special Economic Zone – on the days of the European Future Forum – are an opportunity to present the offer of the Polish Investment Zone aimed at activities that combine investments, education, culture – activities that increase the attractiveness of the Silesian Voivodeship, but also perfectly fit into the National Reconstruction Plan.

We are pleased to inform you that the speaker of the European Future Forum is Mr. Ossi Savolainen, who will take part in the panel: the European Entrepreneurship Region – the role of regional authorities in stimulating entrepreneurship.

Mr. Ossi Savolainen has been the regional mayor of the Uusimaa council since 2008. The regional council is the authority of the Helsinki-Uusimaa region with a population of 1.6 million. Previously he worked as Mayor of Hyvinkää City and Deputy Mayor of Vantaa City. He is also a board member of the Organization for Subregional Cooperation of the Baltic States (BSSSC) and a member of the Finance Committee of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR). A graduate of the University of Helsinki – in 1992 he obtained a master’s degree in health protection.

We are pleased to inform you that the speaker of the European Future Forum is Mr. Zdeněk Karásek, who will take part in the panel: Responsible economic transformation based on knowledge and innovation.

Zdeněk Karásek is Hetman’s representative of the Moravian-Silesian Region for RESTART and the initiative of the Mining Regions in Transformation. His professional profile includes strategic consulting focused on the development of regions and cities as well as personal development focused on soft skills, an organizational culture focused on personal development, on the transfer of skills in the process of restructuring and change, consulting in the field of education and employment, the culture of innovation and ecosystems, and partnership of key actors of regional development under the Territorial Employment Pacts. Mr. Zdeněk is the organizer of talks in which he connects various partners and helps them find a common strategy and action plans to implement it. In addition to strategic consulting, Mr. Zdeněk has practical experience in project management in the field of strategic services aimed at finding new jobs for people laid off in the process of restructuring economic sectors, such as the steel industry.

What is Esport Today? Do we know for sure how enormously this sector has developed? Once upon a time, entertainment and passion, today it is a regular and strongly developing industry, and a global platform for building relationships and competences. The prospects for further development of this industry, because this is how you have to think about esports, are simply huge!

In the next episode of our EFP TV, Sandra Olkowska’s guest is Łukasz Trybś, president of the Electronic Sports Association. It is an organization that builds structures supporting the activities of players and esports environments.

The flagship project is, of course, the National Esport Team. As part of its activities, on October 8, at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, the NDE Cup will be held, during which the four best CS: GO teams in the country will compete to represent Poland at the tournament in the Hungarian capital – Budapest, in the V4 competition Future Sports Festival 2021.

Today, the Silesian Aviation Cluster is a thriving institution that shapes the directions of aviation development in the Silesian Voivodeship. Before us, however, there is a clear need to shape the future, hence the presence of the cluster at the European Future Forum.

The event accompanying the day of the 3rd Forum is the Conference of the Silesian Aviation Cluster. The aviation, drone and space industry as economic sectors enabling the development of the region, during which many very interesting discussion panels will be held:

• Two years of aviation with COVID19. Chances and directions for the development of the industry after the pandemic
• Drones in urbanized space. The importance of the sector for cities, metropolises and regions
• Test areas for drones in Poland and Europe
• Drones as a new branch of the aviation industry. Overview of the development of the sector in Poland and Europe. New projects, technologies, examples of international and intersectoral cooperation (especially with the defense and space industry)
• Cross-sectoral cooperation between the aviation and drone industries
• European cooperation within the drone sector and the aviation industry

Krzysztof Krystowski, President of the Silesian Aviation Cluster, told us about the development of the Silesian Aviation Cluster and what is still ahead of us in an interview with Sandra Olkowska. We invite you to watch the video.

A few days ago, we informed about the planned Oxford Debate Tournament during the European Future Forum. We have much more information for you, from the very source. This is an invitation from the perspective of young inhabitants of our region. The audible voice of the young can be checked in October.

We invite you to the next episode of EFF TV (EFP TV) on the beautiful arena of our event, which is the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów. Editor Sandra Olkowska talks with Rafał Scholz, vice-chairman of the Youth Assembly of the Silesian Voivodeship, which is the co-organizer of the “Young Eagles” tournament in Oxford.

From the material you will learn:

• what is the oxford debate, why is it organized and what are its goals?
• what will be discussed at the European Future Forum?
• How will the participants of the debates be selected?
• how to convince yourself to engage in social, economic, political or scientific topics?
• where did the name “Young Eagles” come from?

We invite you to watch the recording.