POLISH INVESTFORUM 2010, 4-6 listopad,
Polska Filharmonia Bałtycka im. Fryderyka Chopina, Gdańsk
DZIEŃ 1, 04.11.2010
Arrival of guests and Lodging / conference – official part /Welcome evening- cocktail
13:00 - 14:00
Registration of participants
14:00 – 14:30
Welcome / introductory presentations
14:30 – 15:00
Position of Poland in Europe
Investment needs and opportunities
Competitiveness of regions
future of special economic zones
Response of Poland to global financial crisis – use of experience from recession and return to stable growth
Forecasts for Poland and concepts
Challenges to be faced during Polish Presidency „in EU”- opportunity
to shape a new image of Poland
economic forecasts for Poland
Investment financing
the use of EU funds
cooperation of state government/local governments with investors
Influence of large investment projects on the development
of city/region
Period following the recession as an opportunity for investors
Importance of European funds
Privatization - opportunity for investment
Everything you would like to know about outsourcing in Poland, but you are afraid to ask
15:30 –16:15 The perception of Poland in the world and the foreign investment inflows
15:30 –16:30 Advantages and disadvantages of low-cost locations- analysis of the situation-comparison with Europe and Asia
Comparison of costs
Location (travel time, availability of means of Communications, time differences)
Personnel: quality, language skills
Availability of office space
Administrative and language barriers
The geopolitical and economic situation
Support tools
16:15 –17:00 Experience and references of foreign investors
16:30 –16:40
Success Story
Presentation of chosen BPO/SSC investment In Poland
17:00 –17:45 Experience and successes of the city in supporting investors
16:40 –17:40 4 models of outsourcing
BPO or SSC?
Greenfield or acquisition?
Looking for local partner
Introduction, exlanation of concepts
The importance of BPO/SSC
in Poland
Relevance of model selection
to the company’s specific, process
observed when considering
the BPO/SSC sector?
17:45 –19:00 Investment financing / Capital market in Poland
17:40 –17:50 Success Story
Discussion of the model/models based on the experience of chosen company
17:50 –19:00 Forecasts for BPO and SSC sector In Poland
What is the current situation
of BPO/SSC sector in Poland?
BPO/SSC a rynek nieruchomości
How will investment flow? From which sectors will come the investment?
Support tools for BPO/SSC sector (including 4.5.2)
19:30
Coctail
DAY 2, 05.11.2010
Conference / Sponsored evening program
8.30 – 9.00
Registration of participants
9.00 – 9.15
Keynote speech
9:15 –10:45 Power of renewable energy sources industry
9:15–10:30 Afterinvestment care
Renewable energy sources – future of power industry
Financial suport for foreign investment
Types of renewable energy sources in Poland - which have the best chance of success
Changes in national law for the development of outsourcing investments
What are the development trends in renewable energy sources in Poland?
Support programs for staff development
Innovation in renewable energy technologies
Organizations supporting the development of BPO/SSC sector
Public-Private Partnership in the context of renewable energy projects
Afterinvestment care at the local level on the example of Gdansk and Wroclaw
Opportunities of Poland to win foreign investment in this sector (production of machines and equipment for energy generation)
Does Poland have an effective system of incentives for projects related to renewable energy sources?
European programs aimed at supporting technology development related to environment protection
Which technologies should be developed?, what should the public funds be spent on?
Clean coal technologies, barriers for development of other than coal energy sources, dialogue with society and its response to new investment, energetic effectiveness and new clean technologies
10:45 –12:00 India as a modern player in global economy
10:30 –10:40
Success Story
Economy of India and its development, structure, development prospects for foreign investment in India and India investment worldwide
After investment care based on the experience of chosen company
The most important sectors and industrial centers
10:40 –12:00 Outsourcing personel In Poland
Does Poland lose its opportunity in the India market which is enormous and very promising from the Polish perspective?
Availability of highly specialised staff
What can be changed to increase the involvement of the Polish capital and export to India?
India as a foreign investor in Poland – value of investment, sectors, the most promising sectors in the future
Investment and trade opportunities for Polish companies in India
Practical conditions of cooperation with market of India
Institutions supporting economic cooperation between Poland and India
CASE STUDY
- India investment in Poland
- Polish investment in India
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch
13:00 –16:00 Infrastructure / Construction industry / Real estate sector
13:00 –14:30 Cooperation with universities, scholarships
Poland as an attractive location
of infrastructure projects
Principles of cooperation between business and universities
Do the projects related
to the construction of motorways, modernization of railway or projects associated with EURO 2012 exhaust funds for infrastructure projects
in Poland?
Examples of cooperation
Does the study programs meet
the BPO/SCC sector needs?
How attractive can the projects related to the infrastructure construction in Polish regions, towns be?
14:30 –14:40 Success Story
Example of the company cooperating with universities
Does Poland need to develop
the presentation system for such projects, thus a system to obtain financing for such projects?
14:30 –16:00 Office space market in the context of BPO/SSC sector
How can local governments search for investors to implement their own infrastructure projects?
Available office space
Leasehold at short term
Lease costs to operating costs
Forms of financing the infrastructure projects
Development forecasts for office space in Poland (Warsaw, Wroclaw, Krakow, Gdansk and other locations)
Public-Private Partnership
for project implementation
How to obtain financing
from private foreign sources
Information system
for infrastructure projects
Status of preparations to EURO 2012 (hotels, stadiums) – life after Euro 2012
DAY 3, 06.11.2010
Study Tour – Sightseeing organized by the city of Gdańsk and Gdańsk Economic Development InvestGDA
