Held on a regular basis, the Conference brings together the heads of Polish missions abroad: ambassadors, permanent representatives to international organisations, permanent chargé d’affaires. This year, it will also host consuls general and directors of the Polish Institutes. A total of over 160 heads of Polish missions will take part in the event: heads of 103 embassies and permanent representations (including Taipei and Ramallah), 35 consuls general, 25 directors of the Polish Institutes.

Traditionally, the Conference offers an opportunity for meetings with Poland’s top officials: President, Marshals of the Sejm and Senate, Prime Minister, along with other members of the Council of Ministers and state institutions. Special guests and participants include prominent foreign politicians, among others President Maia Sandu of Moldova—a special guest of the Conference, as well as representatives of international agencies such as Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Other figures include renowned experts, researchers and representatives of the world of culture from Poland and abroad including Kevin Rudd, Australia’s former prime minister and foreign minister and its current ambassador to the US, and Dino Patti Djalal of Indonesia, the former foreign viceminister, the former ambassador to the US and now the head of the country’s leading think-tank.

This year’s key themes of the 19 panels are: security and strategy of Poland’s foreign policy and the overall functioning of the Polish foreign service: regional and EU issues, new technologies, public and cultural diplomacy, staffing and organisational matters.