• 10:00 – 11:30 | Panel I: Technological sovereignty and defence

• How can we tackle the critical technological dependencies (including in components) – and do we need to?
• How can we increase innovation in the European defence sector?
• With all the increased defence spending – are European states going to compete or cooperate?
• How did the war in Ukraine force Poland to rethink adoption of defence innovation?
• How can we use military spending as a “multiplier” to help strengthen Europe’s broader tech ecosystem?

• • • Katja Bego, Senior Research Fellow, Europe Programme, Chatham House
    • Adam Mazgal, Department of Industrial Policy and Defence Industry, Ministry of Economic Development and Technolog
    • Gen. Wojciech Ozga, former Head of the Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre NATO-JATEC
    • Wojciech Przybylski, editor-in-chief of Visegrad Insight, President of Res Publica Foundation
    • Piotr Wojciechowski, Piotr Wojciechowski, Prezes Zarządu WB Electronics S.A. President of the Management Board, WB Electronics S.A.
    • Col. Michał Żołnierowicz, Deputy Director of the Innovation Department, Ministry of National Defence

Chair: Melania Parzonka, Chief Analyst on European Security, Łukasiewicz – ITECH

• 11:30 – 12:00 | One-on-One Fireside Chat: H.E. President Salome Zourabichvili (Georgia) in
  conversation with Raphael Minder, the Financial Times’ Central Europe Correspondent

• 12:00 – 12:30 | Coffee break

• 12:30 – 14:00 Defence Spending & Economic Growth

• What conditions must be met for higher defence spending to translate into durable economic growth?
• How can we mitigate the macroeconomic effects of large-scale purchases of off-the-shelf equipment from foreign partners, in favour of building high-margin links in the domestic value chain?
• To what extent have programmes such as PESCO and SAFE consolidated the European defence industry and technological unification?
• What are the key dependencies in the European defence industry, and how can we counter them?
• How effective are EU and NATO programmes in stimulating defence innovation in Europe?
• How can public support for high defence spending be sustained amid a growing budget deficit and pressure on public expenditure?

• • • Johannes Binder, Research Economist & Advisor to the President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
    • Janusz Jabłonowski, Chief Economist, Łukasiewicz Research Network
    • Magda Malec, Economic Consultant, World Bank
    • Konrad Szymański, former EU Affairs Minister of Poland
    • Mateusz Walewski, Director of the Research and Analysis Department, Chief Economist, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego

Chair: Paweł Marczewski, Head of the Department of Strategy and Analysis, Łukasiewicz – ITECH

• 14:00 – 15:00 | Lunch

• 15:00 – 15:30 | High Level Conversation
  • • Michał Baranowski, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Poland
    • Sabine Weyand, Florence School of Transnational Governance, EUI

Chair: Jan Kłapa, the Department of Strategy and Analysis, Łukasiewicz – ITECH

• 15:30 – 17:00 | Panel III: Redrawing the Board: Where Are We in the New Geoeconomic Order?

• How can Europe reposition itself at a moment when the rules of the global economy are being rewritten?
• What is Europe’s real room for manoeuvre between the United States and China?
• How are trade, technology and supply chains becoming instruments of strategic competition?
• What would genuine strategic autonomy require of European industry and policy?

• • • Hanna Cichy, Polityka Insight
    • Bartek Czyczerski, CEO, Business & Science Poland
    • Nicolas Kyriakides, Executive President, Cyprus Forum
    • Dalibor Roháč, Director of Research, GLOBSEC
    • Paweł Śliwowski, Deputy Director, Polish Economic Institute
    • Sabine Weyand, Florence School of Transnational Governance, EUI

Chair: Piotr Buras, Head of Warsaw Office, ECFR

• 17:00 – 18:30 | Panel IV: From Imitation to Specialisation: Innovation, Security and Asian Lessons for Poland’s Development Model

• How can innovation be linked with security so that military R&D seeds high-margin links in the domestic value chain?
• How can we effectively move from an imitation model to distinct economic specialisations, following the example of highly innovative countries?
• What experiences of countries with selective industrial policies (South Korea, Japan, Taiwan) can support Poland’s development model and its defence sector?
• Could Taiwan’s model, combining technological advantages with international positioning, serve as inspiration for Poland’s strategy?
• Where should Poland seek technological cooperation as Europe’s economy grows more interdependent with Asian markets?

• • • Alicja Bachulska, Policy Fellow, ECFR
    • Gordon Flake, Founding CEO, Perth USAsia Centre, University of Western Australia
    • Adam Rogoda, Department of Economic Theory, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Polish Economics Network
    • Denis Suarsana, Director, Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia & Global Geoeconomic Hub, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
    • Arkadiusz Tarnowski, Deputy Director, Investment Department, Polish Investment and Trade Agency
      

Chair: Adam Burakowski, Łukasiewicz-ITECH, former Ambassador of Poland to India

• 18:30 – 19:00 | “A farewell to forms: Europe’s defense simplification drive” — deep dive by the POLITICO Research & Analysis Division (Marta Krawczyk, Chiara Rinaldi)
• 19:00 | Dinner