10th of May 2025 - Polish Day
plenary hall
► Opening
Władysław Kosiniak - Kamysz - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence
Paulina Hennig-Kloska - Minister for Climate and Environment
Marek Woźniak - Marshall of the Greater Poland Region
► Summary of 20 years of the Polish countryside in the European Union
Aleksander Kwasniewski - former President of the Republic of Poland (1995-2005)
Waldemar Pawlak - two-time former Prime Minister (1992, 1993-1995)
Czesław Siekierski Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development
Andrzej Grzyb - Member of the Polish Parliament
► Assessment of the state of the Polish countryside from a regional perspective
Adam Nowak - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Adam Struzik - Marshall of the Mazovian Voivodship
Piotr Całbecki - Marshall of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship
Stanisław Jastrzębski - President of the Union of Rural Municipalities
Ireneusz Niewiarowski - President of the National Association of Village Leaders
Magdalena Marynowska - Mayor of Osiek Town and Commune
Krzysztof Grabowski - Deputy Marshal of the Greater Poland Region
Wojciech Legawiec - President of President of the Agriculture Restructurisation and Modernisation Agency
Marek Chmielewski - Polish Network for Rural Development and Renewal; Member of Parliament; Chairman of the Rural Development Team and the Parliamentary Local Government Team
LUNCH
► The future of the countryside - directions of change
Dr Wacław Idziak Kashubian Folk University in Wieżyca
Inga Demianiuk-Ozga - President of the Management Board of the Association "PARTNERSHIP for Barycz Valley"
Krzysztof Margol - NIDA Foundation
Prof. Barbara Fatyga - University of Warsaw
Mirosław Drygas - Director of the Agricultural Advisory Centre in Brwinów Polish Rural Network
Stefan Krajewski - Secretary of State for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developmen
► Challenges of today: economy, environment, climate, energy, security
Prof. Anna Górka - Gdańsk University of Technology
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Piotr Przybyłowicz - Dean of the Faculty of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering Warsaw University of Technology
Krzysztof Paszyk - Minister for Development and Technology
Jacek Czerniak - Secretary of State for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Paweł Bejda -Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence
► Presentations of the accompanying conferences positions
Scientific conference - Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz - President of the University of Life Sciences in Poznań
ZMW Conference - President of the National Union of Rural Youth - Szymon Migoń
Athletes' Conference/LZS - Konrad Gwóźdź
IGW Conference - Stanisław Jastrzębski - President of the Union of Rural Municipalities
Women's conference - conference organisers representative
► Silver economy
Dariusz Rhode - President of the Farmers’ Social Insurance Fund (KRUS)
Andreas Stadler - Ambassador of the Republic of Austrian to Poland
Janusz Gast - President of the Polish-Austrian Association
Monika Stanny - Director, Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences
► Congress Summary
Dr Czesław Siekierski - Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development (Poland)
Marek Woźniak - Marshall of the Greater Poland Voivodship
DINNER