Speakers

Member of the Board of the Polish Chamber of Commerce, responsible for communications and projects supporting business development. Actively works for SMEs, promoting among the largest companies the need to take responsibility for their smaller partners.

She has worked at the Polish Chamber of Commerce since 2008. Since 2016, she has been Deputy Director General. Since 2021, she has served on the three-member Board of Directors. She initiated such activities of the Polish Chamber of Commerce as the running of the Center for Creativity Targowa, the establishment of the ESG Committee, and the creation of the cross-border.pl platform in cooperation with Amazon.

It was on her initiative that the Polish Chamber of Commerce established the ESG School and undertook a number of other educational and development activities to support entrepreneurs in their green transformation.

In addition, she is a member of the Board of Directors and the Budget Committee of Eurochambres. As of 2024, within Eurochambres, she was elected Vice-Chair of the Sustainability Committee.

Karolina Opielewicz is also a member of a number of working groups at the national and European level that deal with sustainable development. Among them, POLSIF, Chapter Zero Poland, and the Sustainable Finance Platform at the Ministry of Finance.

Member of the board of directors of the Stonewall Group association and its president from 2019 to 2022. He studied international relations and journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He gained professional experience in PR agencies and worked with brands such as Cartoon Network, TNT and PKO Bank Polski. He worked on the social channels of Allegro, the largest online transaction platform in Poland.

In early 2020, he left the company to focus on his work at Stonewall Group. He is currently involved in online marketing, special projects and coordination of the association's training activities. He has conducted several hundred hours of webinars and lectures on the LGBT+ community, inclusive language and the movement's demands for Endemol Shine Poland, Converse, Deloitte and Heineken, among others. Originator and coordinator of the Poznań-based employee network "LGBT+ in the workplace".

Coordinator of the transpraca.pl campaign, which aims to improve the situation of transgender people in the labor market. Co-coordinator of the social campaign "We are good at being together" (Golden Clip 2022). Co-organized eight editions of the Poznań Pride Week festival and the Poznań Equality March. In 2024, he was included in the list of 100 people supporting sex education in Poland by Forbes Women and SEXEDPL magazine.

During the previous term, he submitted nearly 900 interpellations. He is a member of the parliamentary Committees on Infrastructure and Justice and Human Rights, chairman of the Parliamentary Group on Migration Policy and the Parliamentary Group on Bicycle Transportation. During his term in office, he has dealt with topics such as public transport development, infrastructure quality, green protection, labor safety, judiciary, health care, humanitarian crisis and LGBT+ rights.

Councilman of the St. Lazarus Estate. Architect, activist, cyclist. Initiator of the Poznan Chain of Light in defense of judicial independence. Graduate of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Arts in Poznan. Animator of urban culture. Curator of events related to architecture and long-time collaborator of festivals such as: MIASTOmovie, Short Waves Festival and Malta Festival. Organizer of actions such as Picnic on Liberty Square, Snap, Winter Funeral, and Parking Day, which, in addition to their recreational function, act as a commentary on the state of the socio-urban fabric of the city. In 2018 - 2019, Coordinator for the Development Strategy of the Poznań International Fair, responsible for opening the fair to the city.

Trained as a Polish language teacher, editor, oligophrenopedagogue, teacher and founder of the "Baba from Polish language" website, which has already attracted the attention of more than one million users for eight years. She shows that modern school does not have to be boring, and that you can make a meme out of any reading, because the basis of learning is fun. In his online activities he focuses on exposing the linguistic image of the world and encourages inclusive Polish, points out the absurdities of the education system, and deepens sensitivity to topics such as non-neurotypicality or minority rights. She loves learning and exploring new branches, so in addition to Polish studies, she has also graduated in animal psychology, educational management, oligophrenopedagogy and language editing of texts.

Pedagogue, anthropologist and sociologist of education. He is a member of the Polish Pedagogical Society, the Polish Religious Studies Society, the Polish Society for Comparative Pedagogy, and the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. In his research he deals with issues related to cultural and linguistic diversity, the processes of formation of new forms of cultural communities, migration processes and multiculturalism policy in educational contexts. In this research he undertakes qualitative and quantitative analyses, both in the Polish and global contexts. Other areas of research interest include issues related to bilingual and multilingual education, cultural theory, contemporary and popular culture, history and theory of education, processes of cultural change, the problem of enculturation and transmission of socio-cultural patterns, integration of immigrants, the problem of social inequality, democratic education, transformations of contemporary religiosity, processes of identity construction and youth subcultures. Contractor in the NSC grant "Elite secondary education in contemporary Europe. A study in sociology of education and comparative pedagogy". Head of the international research and implementation consortium INTERACT.

Kurt Vandenberghe was appointed Director General of DG CLIMA on 16 January 2023.  Until then, he was the Green Deal and Health advisor to President Ursula von der Leyen since 1 December 2019. He had joined the cabinet of the President coming from DG Research and Innovation where he was Director for Policy & Programming since 1 February 2016 and Acting Director for Research & Innovation Outreach since 1 June 2019. Before that, he was Director for 'Climate action and resource efficiency' at DG Research and Innovation since July 2013. He served in the Cabinet of Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin (1999-2004) and as Head of the Cabinet of Janez Potočnik, who was Commissioner for Research and Innovation (2004-2009) and subsequently for Environment (from 2010). Kurt joined the European Commission in 1996 as co-ordinator of the Commission’s Intermodal Transport Task Force and of the Transport Research Programme. Before entering the Commission, Kurt worked for 4 years as a manager at Ernst & Young Association Management, where he set up, managed and represented international trade associations. 

After reading French and Italian literature at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) and obtaining a degree in Public and International Affairs at the University Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL), Kurt gained a Master of Arts degree in International Relations at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (S.A.I.S.) in Bologna, Italy and Washington D.C., US. 

She is scientifically concerned with intra-psychic and environmental factors affecting human mental health. In recent years, she has focused on the relationship of a sense of community with nature (nature connectedness) with mental health,nature-based interventions and the mechanisms of influence of so-called "green therapy" on human mental well-being.

Research and teaching fellow at the Institute of Psychology at the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education in Warsaw. She has cooperated scientifically and didactically with the Piastów Śląskich Medical University in Wroclaw, SWPS University in Wroclaw, as well as the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Warsaw.

She has authored and co-authored more than 60 national and international publications, including the first Polish scientific monograph on the relationship between nature and mental health ("Nature and Mental Health," 2022). She carries out scientific research projects in the field of psychology and psychiatry. She regularly presents her work at national and international conferences.

Involved in the activities of the World Psychitric Association network (Climate Change/ Total Health Initiative), Member of the Committee on Climate Psychiatry of the Polish Psychiatric Association, reviewer in international scientific journals, popularizer of knowledge on mental health. Clinically, she works with individuals and couples experiencing mental disorders and psychosexual problems.

Graduate of the Faculty of Management and Mini MBA managerial studies at the University of Lodz. In addition, he is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, where he completed the Annual Postgraduate Management Studies with distinction. For many years he has been involved in the topics of social responsibility and sustainable development and non-financial reporting.

Member of the team, within the Association of Stock Exchange Issuers, which developed the Non-Financial Information Standard (SIN), which enables Polish companies to meet their non-financial information reporting obligations. In addition, he is a member of the University's Social Responsibility Working Group operating within the Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility Team at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy.

At the Warsaw School of Economics, he serves as head of the Sustainability and ESG Team and secretary of the Rector's Commission for Social Responsibility at SGH. 

Doctor of economics, assistant professor at the Warsaw School of Economics. Expert in macroeconomics, labor market and public policy evaluation with a strong analytical background. Author and co-author of publications in this area, participant in international research and policymaking projects. In the past, she has been associated, among other things, with the third sector, most recently working as chief economist for the Lewiatan Confederation.

Borys D. Sawicki specializes in banking and finance, focusing on investment finance transactions, including project finance, particularly in the energy, infrastructure and real estate sectors. He actively supports clients on issues related to sustainable transformation and sustainable financing, including assessing business compliance with the EU taxonomy and reporting on sustainability issues.

She will head the green representative office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Warsaw, which implements projects in Poland and the Baltic countries, starting in October 2019. She studied German, Slavic and Spanish philology at Karls-Eberhardt-Universität in Tübingen. Before devoting herself to journalism professionally, she was a researcher at the Department of Economics and Business Law at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt in Geislingen/Steige. After journalism school in Munich, she worked as an editor and political commentator at the Südwest Presse (economics and economics section) in Ulm, the Märkische Oderzeitung in Frankfurt/Oder and the Neue Berliner Redaktionsgesellschaft (political section) in Berlin. Her commitment to diversity - including in the media - led her to the NGO - Neue deutsche Medienmacher, which advocates for diversity in the media and ensures that texts and articles are produced with sensitivity to cultural diversity. There she was a member of the board of directors and managed media projects.

Joanna Maria Stolarek continues to publish in various media, taking into account the Polish-German point of view, commenting on current political events in both countries, trying to explain Poland to Germans and Germany to Poles. She voluntarily supports the development of women in media and politics as a mentor.

Doctor of Economics in the field of management and quality, graduate of the School of Economics in Warsaw. She is Deputy Head of the Inter-University Climate Academy Postgraduate Program. Author and co-author of publications on risk management in the context of sustainability and supply chain. She is currently the stream leader of a project on the impact of the quality of management of ESG aspects on the resilience of companies (research grant at the College of Business Administration of the Warsaw School of Economics) and the head of the study "Climate risk Climate Risk in Investment Decisions" (research grant at the College of Business Sciences SGH).

Business practitioner and advisor with many years of experience. She is director of ESG at CVI Dom Brokerage Sp. z o.o.

Involved in key substantive initiatives related to ESG issues - Responsible Business Forum, Sustainable Investment Forum Poland (POLSIF), Council of Innovators Polish ESG Association, Chapter Zero, the Sustainable Supply Chain Team of the Climate Positive program at the UN Global Compact Network Poland, the #EndPlasticPollution initiative, the ESG Committee at the Polish Chamber of Commerce. He is a lecturer at undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and MBA programs and a trainer at the ESG School at the Polish Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Experienced manager in the areas of climate change, risk management and governance systems. He supports companies in managing their climate impacts in such areas as organizational and product carbon footprint analysis, LCA, EPD, ESG audits, sustainable supply chain and sustainable purchasing. By virtue of his roles and experience, he has knowledge related to the general operation of certification systems in various sectors of the economy, as well as legal requirements in the areas of climate change, environmental protection and corporate social responsibility.

Beata Kozyra has more than 20 years of business experience, including the creation and operationalization of sustainability aspects. Her core competency is the creation of ESG Reports and the creation and implementation of the company's ESG strategy and business strategy, taking into account the integrated sustainability strategy and cascading strategic goals to the operational and tactical levels, as well as the development of the necessary to achieve the aforementioned goals: business models, action plans, resource allocation and budget, and managing the change process in the organization.

He is a member of the ESG Committee of the Polish Chamber of Commerce. She is also a member of the international Net Zero Carbon Events initiative and a member of the international Carbon Footprint Counting Methodology Team for the events industry.

She has worked with more than 50 companies both on boards and as a strategy consultant.

She is a published author and speaker at numerous conferences in the field of sustainability. She has completed a doctoral degree, 3 post-graduate degrees in broad management, and many training and certified courses in strategic analysis, strategy development and implementation, and ESG reporting.

Doctor of Engineering in the discipline of environmental engineering, specializing in water resources management including flood, drought and river ecosystem protection and restoration (river restoration). He is qualified to perform hydrological documentation issued in 2007.

President of the Healthy River Foundation (d. Hectares For Nature), expert on surface water restoration at the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management - PIB, coordinator of the WaterLANDS project at the Center for Wetland Conservation. Independent expert cooperating with the scientific and research community and NGOs, i.e. WWF Poland, Sendzimir Foundation, Shipyard Foundation or Clean Baltic Coalition.

She has extensive experience related to the preparation of key methodologies, analyses and databases for the development of water management plans, drought mitigation, flood risk management and their updates, and in conducting public consultations in this area.

Co-author of a number of expert reports, studies and planning works in the field of water management carried out since 2003. Coordinator and manager of a number of projects carried out for the benefit of water administration in Poland, including the project entitled "Development of the National Program for Restoration of Surface Waters" indicating the need and scope for taking action to improve hydromorphology for Polish rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Co-author of the concept on wetland restoration: Program and Spatial Concept of hydrotechnical structures on the Łasica and Zaborowski Canal within the Kampinos WetLIFE project, and the Concept of functional connection of the Drzewiczka and Wąglanka rivers and their valleys with the public space of Opoczno.

She has co-authored a number of publications on water issues, including recent ones on good practices in water management and surface water renaturalization.

In addition to her expertise, she is skilled in planning and leading projects, as well as building and coordinating project teams. Certified Project Manager - PRINCE2® Practitioner.

The topic of migration has long interested her, and she has written about labor migration from post-Soviet Central Asia to Russia and refugees from these areas in Poland. She is the author of the book "Worse Children of the Republic. On Algerians in France" (Wyd. Czarne 2020). The topic of migration is also present in her latest book, "Rebels of Afghanistan" (WAB 2022), about the fate of Afghan women's rights activists who had to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power.

25 years of experience reporting and estimating environmental and social risks. At the Bank, he is involved in due diligence and environmental and social risk analysis of energy, industrial and infrastructure projects in the Bank's countries of operation. Robert Adamczyk is an expert of the EU Platform for Sustainable Finance developing the European Taxonomy and an expert of the Task Force for Nature-related Financial Dislcosure (TNFD) on biodiversity reporting. He has worked on ESG reporting guidelines together with the Stock Exchange (WSE) and the Bucharest Stock Exchange, and is currently working on similar guidelines for the Prague Stock Exchange. Robert Adamczyk is also an EFRAG expert on reporting standards under the CSRD developing ESRS standards on pollution and biodiversity. He is also on the Technical Review Group of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and on the Climate Bonds Iniative (CBI) technical review groups for the Steel and Chemicals sectors. Since 2017, he has been a member of the Renewable Energy Working Group under the United Nations Convection for Migratory Species (UN CMS).

Until 2004, he was Director of the Environmental Department at WS Atkins Poland (Atkins), which he founded in 1997. Robert Adamczyk is a graduate of Kings College London and Imperial College London. In his career, he has participated in several hundred environmental audits and analyses including environmental impact assessments on behalf of industry investors, financial investors, the Treasury and international financial institutions. He is a leading IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment) auditor and environmental assessor and member of RICS Europe (Royal Instituation of Charted Surveyors), ISO 14001 auditor and verifier for ResonsbileSteel. He specializes in the implementation of European Union requirements and ESG reporting, including the requirements of the IED, and conducting Environmental Impact Assessments of investments against the requirements of international financial institutions as well as European Union Directives. Between 2012-2021 he was chairman of the staff council at the EBRD.

Wojciech Konecki graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics in 1991 with a master’s degree in economics.

He has worked in the household appliance manufacturing industry sector for the past 30 years. He has held both managerial and executive level positions in international companies, Whirlpool and Electrolux. Since 2004 he has been leading the APPLiA Polska (CECED), the domestic appliance manufacturers’ association which represents the industry’s interests towards the government, parliament and media, as well as market research and economic analysis activities. In 2020 he has been appointed as the President of the Board.

Since 2005, he has been working as Councillor and Vice-Chairman of the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG). He is also a chairman of the Committee of Electrical Consumer Goods in the Polish Committee for Standardization, he is a member of Board of Officers of CENELEC and holds the chairmanship of the supervisory board of the waste producer EEE collection system ElektroEko SA.

Wojciech Konecki has published many articles on the subjects of Circular Economy, EEE recycling, energy efficiency and market trends.

Decorated by the President of Poland with the Silver Cross of Merit and by the Minister of Economy with the decoration For Merit for the Development of the Economy of Poland.

She works in the Department of Risk Management at the Institute of Corporate and Investment Finance in the College of Business Administration of the Warsaw School of Economics. She has authored and co-authored publications on logistics, purchasing and supply chain management and is an expert in these fields speaking at conferences at home and abroad. In her scientific and research work, she attaches high importance to in-depth cooperation with the business community. He is currently heading a research project at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) on “The quality of ESG aspects management and resilience to crises. Enterprises - financial institutions - local government units”. The most recent co-authored publication in this area is “Sustainable transformation. State and determinants in the context of ESG”. He is a lecturer in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Dr. Anna Gorska is an assistant professor at Kozminski University and director of the Center for the Study of Women and Diversity in Organizations. She specializes in gender and diversity issues in organizations, particularly universities.

Dr. Górska has led and participated in numerous national and international grants funded by the National Science Center, EU Funds and Norwegian Funds. She has published in prestigious international journals such as Gender, Work and Organization, Gender in Management, Information & Management, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Journal of Global Information Technology Management. Her latest book, Gender and Academic Career Development in Central and Eastern Europe, was published by Routledge. She currently serves as co-editor of Tamara Journal together with Prof. Monika Kotera. She gained international experience at Columbia Business School (as part of a Fulbright award) and ESCP Business School.

He specializes in issues related to corporate financing in light of ESG concepts, sectoral and financial analysis, risk assessment of venture financing in terms of environmental risk and reporting requirements of credit institutions in the area of sustainable development.

He has nearly 20 years of professional experience in the field of corporate banking, gained in specialized and managerial positions at leading banks in Poland. Currently employed as Director of the Corporate Risk Processes Department at mBank SA.

Author or co-author of publications on sustainable corporate finance, risk assessment and sustainable banking.

Coordinator of the cement/chemical industry sector within the Working Group on the Application of EU Taxonomy under the auspices of the Ministry of Development and Technology. Member of the Due Diligence Working Group at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. Jury member of the 17th edition of the Sustainable Development Reports competition organized by the Responsible Business Forum and Deloitte. Member of the ESG Committee at the National Chamber of Commerce. 

Monika Porębska deals extensively with ESG issues, creating and implementing CSR and sustainability strategies. She is responsible for developing the company's sustainability reports and designing ESG activities, policies and procedures.

She represents Poland in the activities of the Forum of Competent Bodies and EMAS Article 49 Committee. Monika Porębska also participated in the work of the Team for Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility operating at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy and the Working Group for the Development of Non-Financial Reporting at the Ministry of Finance.

Monika Porębska cooperates with national institutions in the area related to sustainable development and non-financial reporting: Responsible Business Forum and the National Chamber of Commerce.

She acts as a moderator, panelist and speaker at conferences dedicated to corporate social responsibility, circular economy, environmental management systems, ESG (Envicon, Ministry of Climate and Environment, National Academy of Sciences, Military Technical Academy). She also conducts trainings on non-financial reporting, sustainability and environmental management for Enterprise Europe Network and Responsible Business Forum, among others.

Graduate of Lublin University of Technology (management and marketing) and an MBA from the University of Illinois.

Dr. Piotr Mikołajczyk graduated in 1986 from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw, specializing in insect physiology. His professional career began with academic research and teaching at his home Faculty, which also involved a research fellowship from the US Department of Agriculture. Then he became involved in activities related to environmental protection and biodiversity, subsequently working in the Environmental Protection Program of the American Peace Corps in Poland, and then in WWF Poland.

Dr. Mikołajczyk has been working at UNEP/GRID-Warsaw since 2001, currently as Chief Environmental Specialist. His main area of expertise is education, training, dissemination and promotion of environmental topics and project management. He is primarily involved in projects related to the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable local development.

Previously, also Deputy Head of the National Balancing and Emissions Management Center and Deputy Head of the National Administrator of the Emissions Trading Scheme (KASHUE).
Since 2016, Deputy Director for Emissions Management of the Institute of Environmental Protection - State Research Institute in Warsaw.

The main area of activity is the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system.

Long-time member of the chapter of the Polish Product of the Future competition organized by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. Member of the Consultative Council for GIS at the Minister of Climate and Environment.

Involved in the protection of refugees and migrants in Poland since 2000. Co-founder and co-manager of the Migration Consortium, a platform of cooperation between 9 organizations supporting people with migration experience in Poland. The Consortium runs the Cooperation and Integration Forum, currently connecting 51 organizations supporting migrants and migrant women from all over Poland. Initiator and originator of the Migration Academy - an online tool for building knowledge about migration among Polish professionals.

A promoter of cooperation and dialogue around the topic of migration, she strives for a wise and multifaceted discourse on integration, migration policy, cultural diversity and social cohesion - in recent years, this discourse has increasingly included the topic of climate change.

A journalist by training. Author of a blog on migration issues.

She graduated from the Faculty of Environmental Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology in 1999 with a master's degree in environmental biotechnology. In 2003, she received a doctorate in technical sciences, and in 2014, she received a postdoctoral degree in technical sciences, in the discipline of environmental engineering. Her main area of professional interest is water and wastewater management, especially innovative biological wastewater treatment systems and solutions to the challenges of a closed loop economy.

Author or co-author of more than 250 works, including 130 published in the form of monographs, articles and papers and posters at scientific and technical conferences. Other unpublished works are reports on completed research projects, reviews and expert reports prepared at the request of business entities.

By education a career mentor and Polish language teacher. By experience a migrant, founder of a community school in Belarus, career mentor, Polish as a foreign language teacher, trainer. She has been working with the Ocalenie Foundation since 2021 as a career counselor, and has also been a manager of a team of career counselors for over a year.

She works with foreigners on a daily basis, supporting them in understanding the Polish labor market and finding themselves safely on it. She conducts individual counseling, workshops and trainings, and coordinates projects aimed at integration and acquiring new competencies.

For 15 years he has worked at the interface of project acquisition, consulting services, lobbying, sales, management and marketing. Author of numerous expert reports and analyses. He advises entrepreneurs on management and process optimization, cooperates with accounting and audit departments. Przemysław Ruchlicki is also a participant in consultations of draft laws and regulations on economic law and national strategies.

He currently participates in legislative processes concerning business law and ESG. At the same time he is responsible for non-financial reporting of a large Polish company in the medical industry. 

Balkanist/orientalist by education and passion. Author of popular science articles and analyses on the situation in the Balkans. In 2018-2020, he was a member of the board of directors of the Common Europe Foundation and editor of the Balkan section of eastbook.eu. He has researched the activities of Islamic movements in the Balkans in the 20th and 21st centuries.

From 2019 to 2022, he worked at the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, where he was responsible for cooperation with Western Balkan markets. In 2019, he coordinated from the side of PAIH the organization of the Business Forum within the framework of the Berlin Process Summit. Since 2022, he has been professionally connected with the National Chamber of Commerce, where he is responsible, among other things, for coordinating program matters of the Greenpact. European ESG Summit, ongoing communications matters and lending books to colleagues.

Also: poet. He has published in numerous literary magazines, including Literary Oxygen, Polish Stoner, New Inscription, Helicopter and Plant Magazine. He considers combining office work with literary work as an homage to the literary and clerical tradition started by Franz Kafka.

Assistant professor at the College of Business Administration of the Warsaw School of Economics. Lecturer at MBA programs. Chairman of the supervisory board and member of several other supervisory boards. Former managing partner of a leading investor relations agency and former vice president of a brokerage house. According to student surveys evaluating lecturers, ranked among the "Top 10" lecturers at SGH, and winner of the student competition Inspiration of the Year 2022 and Inspiration of the Year 2023. Scholarship holder of the Academy of Capital Market Leaders of the Lesław A. Paga Foundation.

On the capital market since 2009, both as an investor and as a participant in many processes on the side of issuers. In his professional as well as academic work, he deals with corporate finance, the bond market and communication with investors. Advisor to the largest companies listed on the WSE. He was co-founder of a service for individual investors. Conducts lectures and trainings on investing and personal finance. Scientific reviewer for several scientific journals. Author of more than 60 scientific publications, including several books - , "Bonds as a source of corporate financing" and co-author of , "Shaping competitive advantages. A perspective on financing innovation processes and risk management in modern enterprises".

Economist, specializes in the economics of the forest-wood sector, co-author of industry reports aimed at companies in the sector ("Brexit. Implications for the furniture industry in Poland", "Wood construction stimulates the development of housing in Poland" and "Eco-design in furniture in Poland"). Speaker at events addressed to the wood and furniture industries (including the conference "Automation, Robotization and Artificial Intelligence. Strengthening the Potential of the Intelligent Specialization Wood and Furniture", the meeting "Connect & Scale Up: Opportunities and Challenges of Cooperation between Science and Business in the Furniture Industry" organized by PARP, the Meble Polska Fair, the All-Poland Furniture Congress, the All-Poland Convention of Carpenters).

He has experience in directing and participating in national and international research projects related to the forest-wood sector, including ROSEWOOD4. 0 European Union Regional Network for Sustainable Wood Mobilization and Digitization of Forestry (H2020, project manager in Poland), BASAJAUN (H2020, Creating sustainable rural-urban linkages through circular and innovative value chains in wood construction), PYRAGRAF (HE: Decentralized pyrolytic conversion of agricultural and forestry waste towards local closed-loop value chains and sustainable development), Internationalization and design innovation in the furniture industry - exploring interdependencies (NCN).

Member of the Board of Directors of the InnovaWood association (for 2022-2026), which brings together European research, scientific and educational institutions working in the field of woodworking.

PhD of agricultural sciences (fisheries). Graduate in environmental protection and postgraduate studies in CSR/ESG. Hydrobiologist, hydrochemist and limnologist with more than two decades of experience. He deals with the valorization of aquatic ecosystems - natural (including protected areas) and anthropogenically transformed. Expert in regional operational programmes for Warmia and Mazury since 2017 - field "water protection" and in Climate Leadership Programme (UNEP/GRID-Warsaw) - biodiversity protection, climate education, water protection.

He studies aquatic ecosystems for the protection of naturally valuable species, habitats and areas, and assesses the impact of various types of anthropopressions on inland waters.  He has participated in the development of protection plans for polish national parks (Wigry, Drawa, Bory Tucholskie) and nature reserves or the osprey (Pandion haliaetus) protection programme. He was involved in assessing the impact of thermal pollution on the functioning (ecological changes, chemical, miktic and thermal regime) of lakes and canals included in the power plant cooling system (cooperation with ZE PAK S.A. in Konin), as well as the discharge of post-production waters on ecological changes and chemistry of rivers (projects carried out e.g. for Mondi S.A, Vattenfall, OVE Arup) and river-lake systems. He also conducts monitoring studies (hydrochemistry and ichthyofauna) of lakes and rivers for the assessment of their ecological and trophic status/potential (e.g. for the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection).

He has co-authored numerous scientific papers and monographs on chosen aspects of the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, mainly lakes with different trophic state. In recent years, he has focused on the impact of various forms of anthropopression (including climate change) on their abiotic conditions, biodiversity and ichthyofauna. He also evaluates fishery management plans (more than 150 expert studies and ten years of expieience in this field).

Piotr Kowalik has almost 20 years of experience in legal advisory for business. He specializes in issues related to sustainable finance and sustainable investments, and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) in general. He combines this area with capital markets law and regulations concerning investment firms and financial instruments trading.

Currently Of Counsel in the Capital Markets and Mergers and Acquisitions team in the Polish office of Eversheds Sutherland. He has worked with leading international and Polish law firms and a global consulting firm. He is a member of the Sustainability Committee of the Association of Stock Exchange Issuers, a member of the Sustainable Investment Forum Poland, a member of the Scientific Council of the "ESG Ranking. Responsible Management" and an external expert of the Climate Leadership Programme UNEP GRID Warsaw. He lectures at the postgraduate program "Strategic ESG Transformation in a Company" organized by the Warsaw School of Economics.

Co-founder and Vice President of Envirly - a web-based solution for sustainability, ESG reporting, organization and product carbon footprint management. She has extensive experience in building business strategies and developing pro-environmental projects.

Expert of the Climate Leadership program at UN Environment. Member of the Working Group for the Application of EU Taxonomy at the Ministry of Development and Technology Poland, member of the Environment Committee of the Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry.

President of the Quantitative Finance Professional Development Foundation. The foundation's statutory goal is education in finance, including sustainable development.

Graduate of the London School of Economics (Economics, Philosophy) and the University of Warsaw (Economics, Mathematics). She gained experience on international scholarship and training trips (China, Singapore, United States, Czech Republic).

Since 1993, associated with the Foundation Institute for Research on Democracy and Private Enterprise in Warsaw, currently Director of Strategy and Programs, since 1999. President of the Board of Directors of a limited liability company. Fair Play Enterprise.

Participant in projects as project manager and member of project teams, co-author of research reports and publications. She has experience in researching issues related to business development and democracy, including: corporate social responsibility and business ethics, anti-corruption, development of small and medium-sized businesses, advocacy and legislative processes, development of NGOs and business associations, and democracy building. Together with the Foundation's team, she developed a Code of Ethics, which is an excellent model for entrepreneurs to create their own codes.

Co-author and coordinator of the nationwide Program for Promotion of Entrepreneurial Culture Business Fair Play, auditor in the program (verification of companies in terms of meeting the criteria for Business Fair Play) and member of the National Committee of the program. She has experience in developing and implementing strategies for the development of corporate social responsibility for entrepreneurs in the SME sector, in providing consulting services related to the launch of activities in this area. She is co-author of the Human Resources Management Standard Employment Fair Play - a professional human capital management system that helps maximize employee involvement in creating organizational success.

In addition, she has many years of experience in management, creating and implementing new projects, leading human teams, recruiting, motivating and educating staff. She is a graduate in Management from the Warsaw School of Economics.

Anja Limon, ORAM Director of Programs, holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and an LLM in International Law from the University of Bristol, where she focused on migration law and policy. Her master thesis explored the intersection between climate change and migration.

Following her studies, Anja worked for a law firm in Ljubljana, before joining ORAM in January 2017. Since then, Anja has become an expert in global LGBTIQ migration, and has managed programs both in the global north and south. Anja has also managed a number of research projects, as well as spoken at a number of international conferences raising the awareness of the needs and challenges of LGBTIQ asylum seekers and refugees

Bjørn Kaare Jensen is chairman of the EU co-funded Partnership, Water4All, since 2022. Water4All is probably the largest public R&I fund on water ever established, having 90 partners covering ministries, funding agencies, water associations, water clusters, and research organisations in Europe and beyond and with a budget of approximately 500 milion EUR to be spend the next 7 - 10 years.  He was president of European Water Association 2019 - 2022 and the former Deputy Director General of the Danish Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) 2008 – 2017.  He was the Danish national expert and member of the program committee of SC5 of Horizon 2020 until 2018. Among other tasks, he is also a board member of the second largest water company in Denmark, Aarhus Water.

Bjørn Kaare Jensen has during his whole professional career dedicated much of his time and effort working internationally, both in organisations and leading major international research and innovation projects, both in the EU and the Third World Countries. Lately, he coordinated the European funded project on Rural Water and Food Security in the framework of the China Europe Water Platform (CEWP), and currently his is leading projects on sustainable groundwater-based water supply in rural areas in Tamil Nadu, India, on Managed Aquifer Recharge in China and in Cape Town.

Sylwia Palgan is an experienced professional in sustainability and compliance, with roles spanning multiple global organizations. She currently serves as the Sustainability Sourcing Lead at Atlas Copco, where she manages supply chain due diligence and the Responsible Sourcing Program. She is also a Climate Leadership Expert, contributing to projects on ESG education and legislation. Sylwia has held significant positions at DeLaval, TCL Communication, Castorama, and Kingfisher plc, focusing on product compliance, ESG management, and sustainable development.

Sylwia holds a postgraduate diploma in ESG management and master’s degree in environmental science.

President of the Polish Zero Waste Association. Communications expert, environmental educator, initiator of the educational campaign postulating the introduction of a deposit system in Poland.
Coordinator of social projects, including Map Zero Waste, which promotes businesses operating in the spirit of zero waste. Consultant of circular economy strategies developed by public institutions. Speaker during zero waste trainings for companies, institutions, universities. For many years, she has been working with residents and NGOs on local projects focusing on waste prevention. She conducts classes with students on circular economy. Originator and coordinator of the Zero Waste Festival in Krakow.

Lawyer, expert on energy markets, Director of Program Development at WiseEuropa. He has gained professional experience in both the private and public sectors. In the latter, he managed the work of the department responsible for issues related to: operation of the wholesale energy market, energy security and energy infrastructure development.

His research interests focus on energy transition issues and the impact of climate policy on the direction of energy market changes and innovation.

She holds a PhD in finance and specializes in ESG sustainability, ESG transformation of corporate strategy and issues related to the functioning of financial markets, sustainable financing and investment (investment portfolios, mutual funds). She has authored and co-authored publications on topics related to the financial market, financial products and services, and ESG and socially responsible investment. She is the head of the postgraduate program “Strategic transformation of ESG in the enterprise” conducted at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Psychologist (Jagiellonian University), organizational development consultant (MA, Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust), certified management trainer (Edexcel International), executive coach (PCC, ICF), facilitator. Content Director of the Wszechnica Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. She is a member and representative of the Organization for Promoting Understanding of Society in Poland, co-organizes the international Group Relations conference and Listening Post social research every year. Member of ISPSO (International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organization). Since 1992 she has been active in consulting and training. Author and substantive manager of many consulting and training projects. Co-author of the book “Employee Training and Organization Development” and the publication “Team Building”.

She has extensive experience working in creative problem-solving groups and moderating synectic groups. She specializes in training in understanding group dynamics, developing interpersonal skills and improving leadership competencies. She facilitates groups and conducts individual coaching and team coaching from different levels of the organization.

Expert in responsible governance and sustainable development (ESG). For the past three years, she has managed the Environmental, Social and Governance area at a large energy industry group. She has successfully implemented management processes in the ESG area. Among other things, she specializes in non-financial reporting in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI 2021), EU Taxonomy reporting, implementation of Task for Climate Financial Disclosure recommendations, cooperates with the world's largest rating agencies from Moody's and Fitch Ratings, implements Sustainability Development Goals in accordance with Agenda 2030, prepares the capital group for non-financial reporting in accordance with EU CSRD/ESRS and CSDD directives. This year appointed to the working group on improving ESG reporting among Polish companies at the Ministry of Finance and appointed to the ESG Committee at the National Chamber of Commerce. Member of the Responsible Business Forum.

PhD in economic sciences with a specialization in business management. Graduate of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, majoring in Management at the Faculty of Law and Administration. Since 2000, a research and didactic employee of the Poznań University of Economics in the Department of Management, a long-time academic lecturer at the Poznań School of Banking, the Jagiellonian College in Toruń and the Leon Koźmiński Academy in Warsaw. Author of dozens of scientific publications on management and corporate governance or sustainable development.

Associated with the business world as an independent expert in such institutions as: Finansista Consulting and Center for Economic Expertise. She has many years of practical experience gained in managerial positions, mainly in large manufacturing companies, serving as a business advisor, product manager, marketing director or board representative and commercial director.

Owner of the training and consulting company “Alltraining”. She provides training and business consulting in management processes, strategic management, ESG, and B2B and B2C marketing. She is a certified Agile PM and facilitator of the Design Thinking method. She is a member of the Supervisory Board of Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Gdansk and a member of the Energa Foundation Board.

She specializes in constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, migration law and international human rights protection with a particular focus on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

In 2016-2017, she was an expert for the UN Women agency. Member of Women and Gender in Global Affairs Network (WGGA), Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University.

Author of numerous scientific publications of international and national scope in the field of, among others, protection of foreigners' rights, mass surveillance and personal data protection, and anti-discrimination law. Participant in numerous national and international conferences. She has lectured and conducted research on the protection of migrants' rights, corporate social responsibility and the impact of new technologies on human rights at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights in Vienna (2009), American University Washington College of Law (2015. ), School of Law Queen Mary University of London (2016), Universite Libre de Bruxelles (2017), College of Law Syracuse University (2018), Walther Schucking Institute for International Law in Kiel (2019 ) and the University of Milan (2022).

She deals with the letter "S" in ESG issues within the framework of human rights in business. She advises and trains entrepreneurs in the area of sustainable development, international responsible business standards and ESG reporting. She is the originator and organizer of postgraduate studies in "ESG compliance in business" at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.

He gained theoretical as well as practical knowledge at the Poznań Science and Technology Park and by cooperating with numerous scientific, R&D and educational entities. He is the author of a number of publications addressing the issue of assessing the ecological condition of aquatic ecosystems.

He specializes in promoting informal education among diverse audiences (children, youth, students, adults) using both direct communication methods (workshops, lectures, scientific demonstrations) and social media. It places particular emphasis on innovative teaching methods and community involvement in the process of popularization and communication of scientific research. To this end, he draws on years of experience in applying citizen science as a research and educational tool.

Sociologist, CEO of the ArteMis Group - an organisation that has been building social innovation and positive impact for more than 12 years, author of the nationwide ‘Closer to Yourself’ campaign for mental health and a welcoming culture in the workplace.

Organizer of nationwide education and information campaigns to build awareness around mental health in the work environment: "Closer to You", "Understand. Feel. Act!", "Emotional Fitness", with which she has so far reached more than 130,000 employees and leaders. She is the author of nationwide studies and reports on mental fitness in the workplace.

She is a respected speaker at Polish conferences. She regularly appears in online and traditional media. She was recognized by Businesswoman & Life magazine among the 50 Influential Business Women.

She promotes a healthy lifestyle and self-development. She is guided by the motto: "Take care of people and they will take care of your business". She draws inspiration from world-renowned experts, completing numerous courses including "The Science of Well-Being" organized by Yale University.

She previously headed the Polish section of Amnesty International for many years. A graduate of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at Warsaw University and the Helsinki Foundation's School of Human Rights. In 2014 she was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski.

Lidia Deja is a consultant and business practitioner in the areas of sustainability/ ESG and DE&I strategy and communication and change management. She specialises in:

- dual materiality research, impact analysis and reputational risks, stakeholder management and communication,

- management and communication of change accompanying business innovation and investment projects,

- corporate and public affairs, crisis management.

Aleksandra Stanek - Kowalczyk, PhD, specialises in responsible management and sustainability strategies, sustainability reporting, sustainable finance, key stakeholder relationship management and responsible sales.

From 2019 to 2023 she owns a sustainability consultancy. From 2019, assistant professor at the Warsaw School of Economics. From 2009 to 2019, she was associated with the Big Four consulting firms. Completed several hundred consulting projects for the largest entities and capital groups operating in Poland and on foreign markets.

Member of the Global Reporting Initiative Stakeholder Council from 2019 to 2023, member of the Working Group for the development of non-financial reporting at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, the Working Group for the improvement of ESG reporting among Polish companies at the Ministry of Finance and the Working Group for the application of Taxonomy at the Ministry of Development and Technology. Vice-chair of the Council of the Declaration of Responsible Selling.

Author of numerous publications on the subject of responsible management and sustainable business.

Graduate of political science and management at the Jagiellonian University, the MBA programme Management for Central and Eastern Europe at Viadrina University and the international programme LEAD - Leadership for Sustainable Future. She defended with distinction her doctoral disseration at the Warsaw School of Economics, for which she was awarded second prize in the Verba Veritatis competition for the best works on ethics and responsible management.

Partner relations expert at InPost and InPost Green City expert. In InPost Group he is responsible for working with local governments, state institutions and non-governmental organizations through the management and development of the "InPost Green City" copyright program. The objective of the program dedicated to cities is to pursue a green, sustainable development policy by implementing specific green initiatives and smart city actions serving the city's inhabitants.

Experience in the area of building partnerships and developing CSR and ESG projects has been gaining for over 10 years, successfully implementing projects in the fields of science, higher education and finance, and participating as a speaker and trainer in key sectoral events. In previous years, director of education projects at the Warsaw Institute of Banking, president of the Students’ Parliament of the Republic of Poland, member of the Presidium of the Polish Accreditation Committee. Co-author of a series of interviews with the rectors of Polish universities on cooperation of science with business published in the Miesięcznik Finansowy Bank.

Financial industry expert with many years of experience in the areas of capital markets, investment funds and asset management. Member of the CFA Institute since 2009, holding the title of CFA Charterholder since 2012. Licensed investment adviser (no. 819). Holder of the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing since 2022.

Between 2007 and 2012, he worked for HSBC Global Asset Management developing the distribution of HSBC's global investment funds in Poland. Since 2013 he has been a Member of the Management Board of Millennium Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. supervising, among others, the areas of asset management, sales, marketing, communication and being responsible for the strategic projects of the Society.

Since 2022 member of the Council of the Chamber of Fund and Asset Managers (IZFiA). Since 2023 Chairman of the ESG Committee of the CFA Society Poland and President of the Sustainable Investment Forum Poland (POLSIF).

Experienced lecturer in areas with investment topics including ESG issues. Lecturer at postgraduate studies at Kozminski University - Sustainable Finance and ESG and lecturer at EFPA ESG certificate preparation courses for the Warsaw Institute of Banking in 2022-23.

Katarzyna Frankowiak holds a PhD in Earth Sciences. During her scientific work at PAS, she specialized in studying both modern and fossil marine ecosystems, with a focus on tropical coral reefs. She has led numerous research projects examining the impact of climate change on marine life and ecosystems.  She has experience working with non-governmental organizations and businesses, as well as leading educational campaigns on marine and ocean conservation, responsible consumption, and sustainable fisheries. She is an expert in marine biodiversity and ecosystems, sustainable food production, and climate and environmental education. In her current role, she focuses on the impact of business on biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Professor SANS, Ph.D. Eng. Architect, carbon footprint auditor, TEDx speaker. His research focuses on circular, bioclimatic and climate-adaptive design, as well as the impact of architecture on climate change; He is a promoter of the use of architecture as a tool for mitigating climate change. Professor at the Sopot Academy of Applied Sciences and a member of various organizations related to sustainable and ecological construction, a member of the Climate Leadership expert group at UNEP/GRID in the United Nations Environment Programme, a member of the Polish Green Building Council and a graduate of Professor Michael E. Mann's program Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact.

He has several years of experience in sustainability reporting and data management. He has worked for the Warsaw Stock Exchange, WSE Benchmark and EY Poland. He was responsible for the introduction of Central Europe's first socially responsible company indices RESPECT Index and WIG-ESG, coordinated the publication of ESG reporting guides for listed companies and the launch of the Warsaw Sustainable Segment.

He is actively involved in research and development. He co-created the postgraduate programme at the Cracow University of Economics ‘Manager ESG’ and the WSE Growth course ‘ESG in practice’. Author of research on the diversity of listed companies' boards and the impact of ESG factors on investment decisions of professional capital market participants.

In addition, leader of the ESG Reporting Working Group of the Sustainable Finance Platform and member of the Working Group for the development of non-financial reporting at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. Co-founder and member of the Audit Committee of the POLSIF Association. Winner of the special award of the 2022 Responsible Capital Congress.

Reporter, author of texts on climate, energy and economy. A graduate of the University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin, he previously worked, among others, in Radio Eska and Radio Cracow and published in the WP.pl magazine and on Wyborcza.pl.

Ms. Świątek has been a teacher and a school manager at four educational levels for over 20 years. For the past couple of years, she has been a deputy mayor for Pleszew Town and Commune and her scope of duties include managing and financing the local education and social assistance.

She is an author of numerous in-house designs, analyses and strategies, and as a result, she initiated significant organizational and functional changes. As she is tirelessly looking out to new and inspiring challenges, she focuses on the areas that are both strategic and prospective. Along with local leaders, she develops local support projects. She is behind town’s educational and social programs and she actively advances the conscious learning model which engages each person’s potential with an aim to improve future competences.

Ms. Świątek received her master’s degree in pedagogy from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and is a graduate of Wrocław University of Health and Sport Sciences. She also holds a certificate in education management.

For almost two decades, she has been involved in activities to promote and disseminate social responsibility and sustainable development. Associated with the Faculty of Management at the University of Łódź, the Responsible Business Forum and the Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business. Cooperates with companies and business environment institutions for sustainable transformation. Expert of the Climate Leadership programme of the UNEP/Grid-Warsaw Centre and coordinator of the due diligence working group in the Governance Compass programme of the UN Global Compact Network Poland (2024). Educator, trainer, mediator and passionate about modern teaching methods. Sustainable business models and value chains are particularly close topics for her. In her research and dissemination work, she strives to show the various possibilities of integrating ESG into strategic actions through various concepts and approaches such as business ethics, GOZ, risk management, etc. She pays particular attention to the topic of human rights in business as an underrepresented area in discussions about changing production and consumption patterns.

Professor of legal sciences and criminology; head of the Human Trafficking Research Centre at the University of Warsaw; expert on modern slavery, crime, prisons, human rights and democracy at the UN, the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the OSCE; head of several international research projects funded by the European Commission; scholarship holder at, among others. Harvard University, Columbia University, London School of Economics, Sam Houston State University, University of Northern Colorado, John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York; author of more than 130 publications on human trafficking and forced labour, crime, prisons, policing, sociology of total institutions, torture prevention and civil society, member of the Council of the Justice Fund, member of the Council of the Discipline of Political Science and Security, former member of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture in Geneva.

Hanna Jahns PhD took up her position as Director for Strategy and Policy at the European Commission, Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid, in May 2023. Earlier, from 2019 to 2023, as Deputy Head of the Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn, she was in charge of the negotiations of the Multiannual Financial Framework, the annual budget and relations with the international financial institutions. From 2014 to 2019 she advised the Commissioner on neighbourhood and enlargement issues, and from 2010 to 2014 on regional policy and cohesion. From 2007 to 2010, she was Secretary of State at the Ministry of Regional Development in Poland. Prior to that, she was Head of the Regional Policy Department and Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU from 2003-2007.

She is an economist, graduated in international economic relations from the Poznan University of Economics in 1997. She received her doctorate in economic sciences from the Warsaw School of Economics in 2002.

Senior Associate at PwC Legal specialising in sustainability reporting and FinTech/RegTech innovation services advisory, certified by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. As a co-author of leading market recommendations in these areas, she supports with her expertise working groups at the central level - established by the Ministry of Development and Technology as part of the Polish Sustainable Finance Platform - as well as key industry organisations such as the Fintech Poland Foundation, the Polish Bank Association, the Chamber of Brokerage Houses and the Sustainable Investment Forum Poland. She combines her professional practice with her academic activity at the University of Warsaw, where she teaches ESG postgraduate studies, manages research projects and is a multiple award winner and winner of grant programmes of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scientists.

She has been managing projects in the field of environmental protection for more than 20 years, especially multi-partner and grant-funded projects. She specialises, among other things, in climate change adaptation, as well as water and wastewater management, and it is in this area that she has managed, among other things, one of the largest projects in Poland as Director of the Project Execution Unit for the ‘Integrated Water and Wastewater Management in the Parsęta River Basin’ project, implemented by 23 local authorities. Her area of interest is also energy transition, decarbonisation of construction, circular economy, climate migration and climate risk. Currently, she is professionally connected with the Institute of Environmental Protection - PIB, where she managed, among others, the project ‘Developing adaptation plans to climate change in cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants’(MPA) and the ‘Knowledge base on climate change and adaptation to its effects and its dissemination channels in the context of increasing the resilience of the economy, environment and society to climate change and counteracting and minimising the effects of extraordinary threats’- Klimada2.0. In addition to public projects, she also managed projects in the private sector, in a company from the wood industry. She gave lectures on ‘Project management with public funds’ at the School of Public Administration in Szczecin. For several years, she also managed one of the largest NGOs in the country, the Association ‘SOS Children's Villages in Poland’, where, among other things, she led the launch of development projects in Africa, in Cameroon and Zimbabwe. She holds a degree in environmental engineering from the Koszalin University of Technology, as well as three postgraduate courses: in business management at the Koszalin University of Technology, in urban management at the College of European Integration in Szczecin in cooperation with the Institute for Housing and Development at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and in investments implemented according to FIDIC contractual conditions at the Wrocław University of Technology. She is a certified Facilitator and moderator of the Climate Mosaic. She is very successful in moderating expert debates, as well as in conducting conferences, panel discussions, workshops and trainings.

She loves Africa, diving and running half marathons.

Legal counsel. UN Global Compact Network Poland expert on regulation of the sustainable textile sector.

Plenipotentiary of the Rector are ESG at Lazarski University.

Director of the Institute of Sustainable Development and Environment at Lazarski University and the MBA ESG programme.

Head of postgraduate studies Environmental Law, co-director of postgraduate studies Law and Management in the Fashion Sector.

Specialises in the areas of responsible consumption, creating reliable and authoritative communication on products, services and company operations, building responsible business strategies, sustainable development.

Ambassador of the Climate Pact designated by the European Commission since 2021.

Expert of the New European Bauhaus, at the European Commission.

Populariser of topics related to climate and environmentally responsible business. Author and co-author of reports on the textile sector. Speaker at conferences.

Since 2020, Arkadiusz Grądkowski has been responsible for implementing the objectives of the POLMED Chamber - the most representative organisation of medical device manufacturers and distributors in Poland. In his role as President of the Chamber, he holds direct talks with decision-makers and representatives of the administration who influence the shape and functioning of both the medical device industry and the healthcare system. In 2023, he became a board member of the international organisation MedTech Europe.

He is a graduate of Maria Sklodowska-Curie University in Lublin, where he obtained a Master of Laws degree. He has many years of experience in the field of medical devices, which he gained, among others, in the Lewiatan Confederation. He served as its representative in the Tripartite Team for Health and the Public Services Team of the Social Dialogue Council. He coordinated, inter alia, the amendment of the pharmaceutical law, the prescription regulation or the law on medical devices. He was deputy director of the Medical Devices Information Department at URPL, WM and PB. He co-authored the amendment of the Medical Devices Act 2016-2019 and the Medical Devices Act 2021, bringing Polish law in line with EU regulations. He was Poland's representative at meetings of the Heads of European Medical Devices Agencies ‘CAMD’ and EC expert in foreign projects.

Kobi Freedman is a visionary leader whose expertise spans across cybersecurity, ESG compliance, and sustainable finance. As a pioneer in integrating the principles of responsible investment with cutting-edge cybersecurity measures, Kobi has played a pivotal role in redefining the landscape of compliance and secure business practices.

His entrepreneurial journey began with the founding of his first company, where he navigated the complex challenges of establishing secure and sustainable business partnerships in a globalized economy. Recognizing the increasing complexity of third-party cybersecurity threats and their impact on sustainable business operations, Kobi co-founded Findings. This platform focuses on compliance, risk, ESG automation, and audit, with a strong emphasis on supply chain management.

By advocating for the integration of robust cybersecurity measures within the framework of ESG compliance, Kobi is helping to pave the way for a more secure, sustainable, and financially resilient global economy.

Managing Partner of CSR Consulting, an expert in the field of sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda - professionally related to the topic for nearly 25 years. Małgorzata was on the list of 25 Polish leaders of sustainable development announced by ForbesWomen. She has extensive experience in creating strategies and building the business context for the ESG activity of companies in Poland. Originator of the 17 Goals Campaign and enthusiast of joint business projects for the Sustainable Development Goals. Initiator of the Polish Plastic Pact. Propagator of new trends and innovative solutions in the field of sustainable development. She loves new models and system solutions.

Head of the External Submissions Unit in the Whistleblower Team of the Ombudsman's Office. Previously an expert in the Constitutional, International and European Law Team. From 2006 to 2017 an employee of the Office of the Constitutional Tribunal, since 2009 as an assistant judge of the Constitutional Tribunal. Member of the Polish Legislation Society.

Expert with several years of experience in capital market institutions, both in the ECM area of private financial institutions and on the supervisory authority side (Financial Supervisory Commission). Through a systematic expansion of her skills, she now specialises in the management of environmental, social and governance factors (ESG factors) and the integration of these areas into a company's business strategy. As part of her current tasks, she is responsible for the management of ESG issues at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. She has developed her professional qualifications in ESG topics through numerous courses and educational programmes, in particular through an international programme: The Swedish Institute Management Programme Northern Europe 2016 (a managerial programme dedicated to changes related to the implementation of sustainable ideas in business) and postgraduate studies - Sustainable Development Goals in Company Strategy (Kozminski University).
She also has specialist knowledge of public offerings, both at the stage of client acquisition and the process of their implementation (IPO/SPO transactions, ABB, calls for shares). She has gained experience in this area working in banking and brokerage teams executing equity transactions on the stock market. While acting as Relationship Manager at the WSE, she also developed investor relations support activities for Polish listed companies.

An expert in waste processing technology. After hours, she showcases the waste management industry on social media as “The Waste Lady.” A graduate of AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, with a degree in Environmental Engineering, specializing in Renewable Energy Sources. She also completed postgraduate studies in Quality Management at the Vistula University of Finance and Business, as well as the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology.

She has been in the waste management industry for 10 years, starting at the Ministry of the Environment, Department of Waste Management. Currently, she is involved in Waste to Energy projects.

CSR and ESG expert, creator of postgraduate ESG Management studies at Collegium DaVinci in Poznań, lecturer of social leadership at Kozminski University, founder of KAWA Dobra - the first good agency in Poland building helping strategies for show business, author of the KAWA Dobra podcast, mentor.

Karolina Adamska-Woźniak is a graduate of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, where she completed her master's degree and doctoral studies, defending her doctoral degree in medical sciences. A social activist, a volunteer with 20 years of experience, she is the long-standing president of the Mam Marzenie Foundation - a non-profit organisation dedicated to making dreams come true for children suffering from life-threatening diseases.

As part of her original podcast, KAWA Dobra, she talks to representatives of foundations and associations, initiators of social campaigns, originators of aid campaigns - people who change the world for the better. Karolina is the originator and founder of KAWA Dobra - an agency of goodness that builds helping and social engagement strategies for show business.
She holds a postgraduate degree in CSR and Sustainable Development from Kozminski University and Psychology of Image in Public Life and Business from SWPS in Warsaw.

Karolina is the initiator and implementer of the ESG Management postgraduate programme at Collegium DaVinci in Poznań.

She is passionate about people and their motivations, and is energised by her work and absolute belief that it is possible to change the World and herself for the better.

Krzysztof Mączkowski, environmental analyst, environmental educator, development project advisor and lecturer at WSB Merito University in Poznań

National coordinator of the Tree Francis Programme, editor-in-chief of the drzewofranciszka.pl portal, associate of the Poznań Metropolis in the field of climate change adaptation, organiser of the cultural-ecological Run for the Earth.

Professional interests: climate change adaptation, environmental management, ESG strategies, water management, biodiversity protection, spiritual and cultural inspirations for pro-ecological attitudes.

Piotr Lachowicz's professional interests include climate transition and transport decarbonisation feasibility analysis, carbon footprint analysis, ESG risk analysis including climate risks, impact assessment and due diligence processes and non-financial reporting. Participant in the work of the EFRAG consultative team for the development of standards for the transport sector, co-author of recommendations for the application of the EU Taxonomy for the construction and road transport sectors developed under the work of the Working Group for the Application of the EU Taxonomy under the auspices of the Ministry of Development and Technology. Previously, he was professionally involved in the chemical sector, where he was responsible, among other things, for communication and ESG.

An engineer with many years of practical professional experience in the lighting industry. He has been associated with Philips Lighting since 1992. He took an active part in the transformation of the company and building a modern sales structure for lighting solutions in Poland and Eastern Europe. As an expert in energy efficiency and sustainable development, he managed the implementation of the IFC / GEF Poland Efficient Lighting Project and for many years he has been participating in Polish and international initiatives improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Currently the Chairman of the Development Council of the Association of Lighting Equipment Manufacturers "Pol-lighting". For many years he has been actively engaged with the Polish Lighting Committee holding the Vice-Chairman position.
He is also one of the founding members of the “Fala Renowacji” Association, a cross-sectoral expert group dealing with issues related to the energy efficiency of buildings.

Marcelina leads the sustainable development area at ORLEN S.A. She is responsible for creating and implementing the Decarbonization Strategy and the Sustainable Development Strategy. She has coordinated the implementation of the EU Taxonomy and reporting on sustainable development, in particular  climate risks and opportunities. She supervises ESG ratings and supports communication with stakeholders on sustainable development issues. Educator and promotor of energy transition and sustainable development within the organization. Before joining ORLEN S.A. in 2012, she gained professional experience at Deloitte audit team. She holds the qualifications of a certified auditor and an ACCA certificate.

Mateusz Zreda is an legal advisor (OIRP in Warsaw) and an attorney at law (Bar Association in Warsaw), a graduate of the University of Warsaw and the Jagiellonian University, he completed a 2-year study of European and British Law organised by the University of Cambride.

Co-founder and partner in Destrier group, chairman of the audit committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Alternative Investment Companies.

He specialises in corporate law, with a particular focus on transactional advisory, compliance and ESG issues. His experience includes providing comprehensive advice to organisations on sustainability, including in the areas of environmental regulation, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance issues. He is involved in assessing business compliance with regulatory requirements, particularly in the capital markets, life science and data protection sectors, and advises on venture capital, private equity and investment fund investments.

Mateusz also advises on the implementation of ESG policies and the conduct of legal audits, helping organisations to comply with increasing sustainability requirements. He supports entities in developing sustainability strategies while ensuring compliance with Polish and international regulations.

Mateusz has also dealt with issues of implementation, as well as the assessment of the compliance of Polish law with European Union law for several years, working as an expert on legislation at the Chancellery of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. He has also cooperated with the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Nobody's Children Foundation (currently Dajemy Dzieciom Siłę Foundation).

61 years old, Master of Philosophy, worked as consul (1991-1996) in Los Angeles and Montreal. Founder and General Manager (1996-2000) of the Polonia Cup company - organiser of the Polish Motorcycle Racing Championship and importer of Ducati motorbikes.

Worked (2000-2003) as a manager and trainer for the training companies Cedho and Chiltern. Since 2003, he has been managing the Marketing Communication Association SAR. From 2005 to 2021, he was a member of the Management Board of ZKDP, from 2007 to 2009 President of the Advertising Council. Since 2010 he has been a member of the National Associations Committee of EACA - the European Association of Marketing Communication Agencies based in Brussels. Since 2021 Chairman of the Effie Partners Council.

Barbara Kądziela, strategic partnerships specialist at WWF Poland. On a daily basis at the Foundation, she works to connect the business world with the need to protect the environment. She is responsible for building lasting relationships with companies, creating innovative alliances that support actions for sustainable development and the fight against climate change. She persuades business to make a long-term commitment to projects aimed at protecting natural resources and combating their degradation. This work not only builds bridges between the private and environmental sectors, but also inspires collective action for the future of the planet.

Piotr Jabłoński has been the Managing Director at BGK (Polish Development Bank) since 2023 with responsibility for the Product and Financing Division, including the product offer for financing sustainable investments. Presently responsible for International Relations.

He has 25 years of experience in corporate banking gained at Raiffeisen Bank Poland, where as Managing Director he was responsible for the corporate network and the structured finance and investment projects division and at BNP Paribas Bank, where he managed the trade finance area and managed the corporate centres network, including distribution of pro-ecological products and services for corporates.

President of the Association for Legal Intervention. Lawyer, anti-discrimination trainer. Author of publications on migration, discrimination and human rights. Recipient of the Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellowship. Develops innovations to facilitate access to legal aid for groups at risk of exclusion.

Expert in sustainability and corporate social engagement. She has many years of experience in cooperation between business and cultural institutions, prevention activities and social campaigns.

Currently, she manages activities in the area of sustainable development in the PZU Group. She creates, implements and supervises the PZU Group's Sustainable Business Development Strategy and ESG action plan. Responsible for the management and implementation of the sustainability policy and new processes resulting from ESG regulations. Oversees and coordinates the PZU Group's human rights protection activities in line with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

Collaborates with PZU Group entities, industry organisations and social partners on ESG, environmental protection and climate impacts and sustainable finance.

Chairperson of the Sustainable Finance Group at the Polish Insurance Association, which aims to lead the dialogue on sustainable development and sustainable finance.

Board member of the Responsible Business Forum, the largest organisation promoting the idea of sustainable development in Polish business.

Member of Chapter Zero Poland - Polish branch of the international Climate Governance initiative established by the World Economic Forum, raising awareness of the consequences of climate change for business and the impact of business on climate.

Graduate of the MBA programme of the Warsaw School of Business and the Advanced Leadership Program course delivered by the Center for Leadership.

Konrad Wilczak holds the Deputy Head of Poland position at the EBRD’s Warsaw office. An accomplished corporate finance professional, Konrad has more than 14 years of experience at the EBRD, where he has played a key role in business development and project delivery in Poland. He was instrumental in originating and structuring projects across the Corporate sector, contributing to over EUR 1 billion in signed investments. Over the last couple of years, Konrad also played a pivotal role in generating substantial pipeline in the real estate sector, opening the Bank’s activities to new asset classes. Prior to working at the EBRD, Konrad honed his financial expertise as an Investment Associate in BZ WBK (Santander), focusing on capital market transactions. His earlier career at EY involved advisory and financial modelling for infrastructure projects, public-private partnerships, and restructurings. Konrad is a member of CFA Institute and holds the CFA charter.

She has a broad international experience in strategy consulting and project management. Dedicated to driving the energy transition in the oil and energy industry. Her focus areas include renewable hydrogen, circular economy, decarbonisation and other key aspects of sustainable development.

In 2020 she joined ORLEN where currently she's a manager in Sustainable Development and Energy Transition Office , focused on hydrogen, hydrogen derivatives and circular economy.

She holds a Master degree in Business Administration and Management from Warsaw University as well as Executive Master’s from ESADE Business School in Spain and Santa Clara University in USA.

Leader of the sales and sales support teams, with over 16 years of experience in corporate banking in Poland and abroad. Together with her team, she supports clients of the Corporate Banking Division (MIDcaps and SMEs) in their ESG transformation, providing them with the knowledge and tools necessary for this process.

She is a graduate of the Executive MBA at Kozminski University.

Climate communication and project management expert. Anna has many years of experience in designing and running climate and social campaigns, including in the area of countering climate misinformation and engaging vulnerable groups. She is involved in strategic planning and coordination of communication projects. Anna is a member of the Council of NGOs for the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

She gained experience in Polish and foreign NGOs and social impact agencies, including Amnesty International Poland, Anna Dymna's ‘Despite Everything’ Foundation and Purpose Climate Lab. She studied in Poland, the Netherlands and Singapore.

Journalist at Gazeta.pl since 2015. Specialises in climate and environment and foreign affairs topics. Author of, among others, the series Fridays for Climate, as well as reports from the Middle East and other parts of the world. Live interviewer on the Green Morning programme. Graduate of journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the Polish School of Reportage. Winner of the Journalist for the Planet award, awarded as part of the Andrzej Woyciechowski Radio ZET Prize in 2023; nominated for the Teresa Torańska Newsweek Prize for his reportage film ‘Zdychy. This is where the eggs come from'.

Director of sustainability and community relations at Dr. Miele Cosmed Group S.A. (manufacture of cosmetics and household chemicals, exports to 40 markets, listed company). Lecturer in sustainable marketing at The Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Efficient and creative, she gained experience working in marketing, communication, sustainable development departments in, among others, PwC consulting company, UNDP, Danone and ENERIS (the largest Polish environmental company) creating products combining business, environmental and social goals, social ambassador of green intelligence.

She is currently implementing corporate responsibility principles by being responsible for sustainability reporting to the Polish Stock Exchange, implementing the idea of responsible production and product. She is a leader of the ESG Council - an advisory and executive body to the company's Board of Directors, leads Working Groups (e.g. on Climate Policy, Code of Ethics, Supply Chain, Biodiversity, etc.) and at the same time widely promotes ideas related to corporate responsibility and sustainable marketing (e.g. as part of postgraduate studies at The Chartered Institute of Marketing).

For years, she has also managed the area of corporate, local, internal and crisis communication, led social consultations for investments and numerous social engagement and circular economy programmes. She has created cross-sectoral initiatives, i.e. Koalicja 5 frakcji (5frakcji.pl), BHP coalition, social innovation solutions. Winner of numerous awards including EFFIE, IPRA Golden World Award, ESG Innovator, Sustainable Award and People Who Change Business.

Associated with corporate banking for more than 20 years specializing in the implementation of strategic corporate projects; held a number of managerial and highly specialized positions from 2008 to 2024. Responsible for relations with the largest corporate entities on the Polish market; member of the ESG Council of Bank Pekao.

Beata Frankiewicz-Boniecka currently manages the Strategic Clients Department at Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. where she is responsible for preparing financial structures for the most important investment projects and the largest mergers and acquisitions on the Polish market. She has many years of experience in structuring specialized projects in Poland and abroad (project finance, M&A, investment banking).

A graduate of the Poznań University of Economics, she completed Executive MBA studies at the University of Warsaw. She completed a number of postgraduate studies at Stanford Graduate Business School in the USA, the Warsaw School of Economics and the EU in Poznan. She has participated in numerous training courses for top executives including the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD in France, the Digital Transformation Programme at IMD in Switzerland and the Oxford Leadership Academy in the UK.

He has worked in banking for 21 years and was responsible, among other things, for the development of relationships with key customers, the management of business teams and the development of the Food & Agri and TSL sector policy. He gained experience at Rabobank Group (in Poland and the Netherlands), Santander and BNP Paribas. Previous role was responsible for sector policy, sustainable transformation and Food&Agri sector banking development of BNP Paribas Group banks in CEE and Turkey. He is currently responsible for sustainable transformation, decarbonisation and biodiversity restoration, with a focus on nature-based solutions.

He coordinates the process of ESG assessment of ORLEN Group by rating agencies, on whose assessment depends the amount of ESG margin liked bonds with a total value of PLN 1 billion.

Previously chief ESG specialist at Energa. Former member of the electromobility working group at Eurelectric, where he represented the voice of the Polish energy industry (i.e. Energa, Enea, PGE and Tauron). Made his first contribution to the CSR report in 2013. He participated in the preparation of 5 reports on non-financial information.

Graduate of economics, administration and political science at the University of Gdansk and postgraduate studies ‘Principles of sustainable development for business’ at Kozminski University. Multiple scholarship holder for the best doctoral students at the University of Gdańsk. Scholarship holder of SKOK Stefczyka. Conducted research on social acceptance of electromobility in Oslo as part of the National Science Centre programme and in New York as part of the National Academic Exchange Agency. Co-author of the publication History of the Polish Oil Industry.

Noemi holds the position of general manager for Europe at the Israeli-American company FINDINGS. She is responsible for business development and operations in the European market and cooperation with the US, Israel and Singapore.

FINDINGS is an exponentially growing company that has built a solution to automate compliance and audit processes, with a specialisation in the supply chain sector. We are responding to growing regulatory requirements, covering ever broader issues (IT risk, data protection, ESG), ever smaller entities and wider supplier chains.

Noemi, gained her first international experience in Israel, working for the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce in the International Department. She then became involved in the Venture Capital industry, where she served as an analyst and then as an investment manager. After several years as a board member, she was appointed as a board member and COO of the fastest growing portfolio company of the Giza Polish Venture fund, i.e. HiProMine S.A. and then co-founded an IT outsourcing company and built its 4 subsidiaries in the US and Europe.

Finalist of the Businesswoman of the Year competition organised by Sukces Pisany Szminką.

Graduate of the Wrocław University of Technology and the European Academy of Diplomacy.

Privately a ‘year-round cyclist’ and passionate about the well-being lifestyle, including daily training, solo travel, relationship building and happiness creation.

Sustainability expert, responsible at LPP for mitigating ESG risks and analysing changes in the business environment resulting from current environmental and climate challenges. Involved in the process of adapting the company's development to new regulatory requirements, including industry legislation and non-financial reporting. She specialises in circular economy issues, biodiversity impact topics and innovative materials, among others. She is responsible for the implementation of a project to develop fully recycled clothing technology.

Legal advisor and real estate development manager with over 18 years of professional experience, currently serving as vice-president of the Polish Association of Development Companies (PZFD).

He has been at the forefront of initiatives that have had a fundamental impact on organisational activities such as training and analysis. His expertise extends to significant roles in the sector, including Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Archicom S.A. and a respected lecturer at the Warsaw School of Economics, where he imparts knowledge to aspiring property developers.

His educational achievements are noteworthy, with advanced studies at Columbia Business School and the University of Warsaw. His contributions have earned him recognition as one of the most influential lawyers in Poland and a leader in promoting green initiatives in the real estate development industry through the EcoAvengers initiative.

His dedication to the real estate sector is matched by his commitment to sustainability and professional development, making him a visionary leader and a key figure in shaping the future of real estate development in Poland.

She has comprehensive and long-standing experience in the commercial real estate market. Since 2013, she has headed the Strategic Advisory and Retail Department at Colliers. She is a member of the Colliers EMEA Core Retail team, where she represents countries in the CEE region. She has worked with many investors and owners of shopping centres, retail parks and mixed-use projects both in Poland and in the CEE region, advising them on developing optimal business strategies and executing marketing and leasing processes for retail space. She also implements business development consultancy for retail chains and advises investment funds on retail business acquisitions.

Since 2021, as Colliers' Vice President of Strategy, she is responsible for the development and implementation of the company's strategy in Poland in the designated areas aimed at building additional value in the company's service chain. At the same time, she manages selected strategic consulting projects for Colliers' clients. As part of the creation and implementation of the organisation's sustainability strategy, she oversees and is responsible for Colliers' Sustainable Transformation area, supporting the work of the team targeting the company's internal sustainability areas.

For years she has been actively sharing her knowledge and experience by speaking at various industry conferences at home and abroad. She is active in the industry organisations Urban Land Institute (ULI) , ABSL, Chapter Zero. Since 2020, as a mentor in the ULI mentoring programme, she supports the development of people in the early stages of their professional development.

He has been involved in corporate banking since the beginning of his career. He started his work at BNP Paribas in 2007 in the area of corporate customer service and then in the development of new products and services. He represented corporate banking in many projects (e.g. MiFID, PSD). Since 2017, he has been co-founding the Digital Transformation area. He coordinates cooperation with startups and scaleups. Co-created an offering for innovative companies. Represented BNP Paribas in two Autenti investment rounds and an investment in Envirly. Mentor in numerous accelerator programmes. Privately a photographer and new technology enthusiast.

President of SMD Eco Ltd, which is part of the SMD Group. She supports companies in improving energy efficiency. Manager with more than 20 years of experience in managing entities and projects in national and international settings. First female Minister for Climate and Environment in Poland, previously Deputy Minister for Water Management. She has extensive knowledge in energy, including RES; environmental protection, including environmental decisions; and water management, including water law. She managed an international offshore wind energy project.

In residential branch of Skanska, Artur Łeszczyński is responsible for the implementation of innovative solutions, digitalization and the company's activities in the field of sustainable development - with strategic focus on energy efficiency of buildings, resulting in long-term carbon footprint decrease. An enthusiast and advocate of new technologies, especially those aimed at reducing the negative impact of human activity on the environment.

He is interested in physics, cosmology, and science development history.