‘A time of transformation – what will the Europe of the future look like?’ was the theme of the 34th Economic Forum in Karpacz, held on 2-4 September 2025. The event was attended by Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

Who will benefit from the digital revolution?

‘Robots, corporations and working people – a new class struggle, that is, who will benefit from the digital revolution’ – this was the title of the speech given by Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk on 3 September this year in Karpacz.

Today, alongside industrial factories with chimneys, there are network factories. The means of production are no longer just machines or land, but also digital platforms, Internet clouds/spaces and, most importantly, our attention and our time. Increasingly, digital technologies and de facto their specific owners decide who has access to the market, who can grow, who earns and who loses. (...) We need to understand this because it is up to us and our attitude towards these inevitable new phenomena to decide whether the future will be a world belonging to a handful of digital aristocrats or still a community of prosperity that can be enjoyed to a greater or lesser extent, but on democratic principles. And in which technology, innovation and creativity serve the common good, and not just big capital. These are the dilemmas we are facing. We must not and should not give in on these phenomena as if they were already a foregone conclusion

– said the Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk in Karpacz.

Women on the Polish labour market

On the same day, at the University of Warsaw Zone, the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy took part in a panel discussion entitled ‘Do Polish women not want to work? Women on the Polish labour market’.

What barriers do women in Poland encounter during their professional careers? How can the State support them in combining work and family life? How can the pay gap be tackled? The Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk answered these and similar questions together with other panel participants.

The discussion was also attended by:

• Katarzyna Lubiniecka-Różyło, Councillor of the Lower Silesian Voivodship Assembly 
• Karolina Hołownia-Twardowska, Councillor of the Lower Silesian Voivodship Assembly
• Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, PhD, Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics
• Renata Gabryjelska, podcaster at the Women's Department, actress and model in the 1990s
• Aleksandra Karasińska, moderator, journalist and activist.

34th Economic Forum in Karpacz

As indicated by the organiser, the Economic Forum in Karpacz is the largest meeting platform in Central and Eastern Europe, where not only security, economic development prospects, contemporary challenges and crisis management are discussed, but also specific solutions and innovative ideas are presented.

It is a place where, for over thirty years, people with a decisive influence on the fate of Poland, Europe and the world have been meeting.