9.30 -10.00 Participants registration
9.30 -16.00 Exhibition of the investment offers of municipalities
and counties accompanied by trade fairs of firms offering products and
services
10.00 - 10.20 Forum opening and participants welcome:
1. Welcome and presentation of aims of the Forum by Mr. Jan Olbrycht,
Marshal of the Śląskie Voivodeship
2. Speech given by Mr. Janusz Ogiegło, President of the Silesian Union
of Municipalities and Districts, initiator of the Forum.
3. Speech given by Mr. Jan Hoppe, President of International Trade Fair
in Katowice.
10.20 - 11.20 Conference - part I: Policy of the Government and the
Śląskie Voivodeship towards investors.
1. Speech given by a representative of Deputy Prime Minister/Economy
Minister concerning policy of the Polish Government towards investors.
2. Presentation given by Mr. Lucjan Kępka, Vice - President of the Board
of the Śląskie Voivodeship, concerning economic potential and investment
possibilities of the Śląskie Voivodeship in the context of the Development
Strategy of the Śląskie Voivodeship.
3. Speech given by Mr. Bogdan Traczyk, President of Bielsko - Biała
City and Member of the Union Board, concerning the policy of local government
authorities towards investors.
4. Speech given by Markus Kicia from Haarman Hemmelrath Chamber Ltd.
Tax and Legal Consulting Rechtsberatung Steuerberatung, concerning legal
basis for foreign investors - Polish tax law and company law, property
purchasing by foreigners.
11.20
- 12.00 Time for visiting stands (coffee break)
12.00
- 12.45 Conference - part II: the Śląskie Voivodeship as foreign
investments' area.
1. 'Foreign investments in the Śląskie Voivodeship in comparison with
the whole country', Mr. Paweł Kolas, Director of the Regional Cooperation
Department of PAIZ
2. 'Katowice Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) - previous investments and
a current offer of KSEZ Co.', Mr. P. Wojaczek, President of KSEZ Co.
3. 'High technologies - new image of the Śląskie Voivodeship: Silesian
Silicon Valley'
12.45
- 13.15 Conference - part II: Experiences of foreign investors in
the Śląskie
Voivodeship
1. FIAT - speech given by Mr. Massimo Gentilini - President of Board
of Fiat Auto Poland Co.
2. Mecalux - Mr. Rafael Trimińo, President of MECALUX Co.
13.15
-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-16.00
Theme parallel workshops (according to the following scheme: introduction,
projects presentation, discussion, summary):
1. Needs and investment projects in the area of transport and logistic.
Moderation and introduction: Mr. L. Kępka, Vice - President of the Board
of the Śląskie Voivodeship
2. Necessity to invest in development of high technologies.
Presentation of the main assumptions of the Draft of the Regional Innovation
Strategy, with special regard to the Regional Centre of Innovation and
Technology Transfer.
Moderation and introduction: Mr. J. Kania, Vice - President of GAAP.
3. Silesia: new possibilities for developers; tourism and recreation
development.
Moderation and introduction:
4. Environment protection policy and projects in the Śląskie Voivodeship
Moderation and introduction: Mr. K. Trzewicarz - Director of the Environment
Protection Department of the Marshal Office.
On Thursday,
on the MTK area, there will be also held a conference 'Economic Promotion
of the Śląskie Voivodeship in the East' organized by Polish - East Association.