Thank you all for participating in the Economic Outlook 2023 conference. We are glad that you were with us once again to talk about economic forecasts for the coming year 2023.
Special thanks go to our Partners: Boyden Poland, Grant Thornton and mBank, as well as to the speakers of the conference, thanks to whom it was possible to organize this interesting and necessary event.
Traditionally, the conference began with a speech by Mr. Marcin Mazurek, Chief Economist at mBank, whose conclusions and forecasts were the starting point for the panel discussion. The following speakers spoke in the panel: Hanna Wojciechowska, CEO and Member of the Management Board of SCHILLER Poland, Andreas Maierhofer, CEO at T-Mobile Polska, Wojciech Trojanowski, Member of the Management Board at Strabag, Marcin Diakonowicz, Partner, Head of Warsaw Audit, Grant Thornton and Zbigniew Płaza, Managing Partner, Boyden Poland. Thanks to such a diversity of industries and companies, the discussion allowed to present a wide range of perspectives and challenges that business is currently facing. We would also like to thank Pablo Padrutt, Head of the Economic Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland, who perfectly summed up the entire discussion with a conclusion about the need to “think in scenarios” in the face of such an unpredictable geopolitical and economic situation.
We invite you to watch the photo report from the event. If you have any questions, please contact us: mb@swisschamber.pl
On Thursday, November 17, 2022, the second edition of the Nearshoring Partner Finder took place. The co-organizer, like at the premiere event, was DMS Schnee.
During this event three member companies of the Chamber from the IT industry had an opportunity to present themselves in front of potential Swiss clients. After the event, it was possible to schedule 1-to-1 meetings via dedicated platform. Each presentation was 20 minutes long.
Following companies participated:
ITELENCE, represented by Szymon Stadnik, CEO
LucidITy, represented by Paweł Jan Czochański, Deputy Software Engineering Team Manager
Sii, represented by Agnieszka Kościelecka, Regional Director & Switzerland Country Business Lead
The moderator of this event was Michał Muszyński, Operations Business Partner of the Chamber.
The presentations and recordings are available here.
On October 7, 2022, the 7th edition of the Polish – Swiss Innovation Day conference was held, the topic of which was innovation in financial services and FinTech. The conference was a hybrid – the event was attended by over 120 people and over 130 people followed it online. The venue of the conference was the Trading Room of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
We would like to thank all the Industry and Institutional Partners who contributed to the implementation of this event, as well as all the speakers whose substantive contribution made the event valuable and inspiring for all participants.
Recordings of live broadcasts in three language versions are available at the following links:
BROADCAST IN ENGLISH
BROADCAST IN POLISH
BROADCAST ORIGINAL LANGUAGE VERSION
We invite you to view photos from the event now. Interviews and a film report from the conference will also be available soon.
On September 13-15, 2022, for the 13th time we organized the Swiss Pavilion at the Energetab fair in Bielsko-Biała. The Pavilion is a joint initiative of Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Swiss Business Hub Central Europe within Swiss Embassy.
The Pavilion included stands of the following companies:
ABB
Baumer
Delta
EMC-FORTO
Enersys
Explosion Power
Franz Elkuch
Helmar Jacek A. Dobrowiecki
JMR
Pfiffner
TAT
We encourage you to read the whole e-brochure and watch a video from the Pavilion.
Traditionally the companies EP&M and Wamtechnik joined the initiative. Coffee at the Pavilion was served by Jura.
On the first day of the fair we organized Swiss-style apero for clients and business partners of Pavilion’s exhibitors during which Michel Prestinari-Skawiński served raclette.
We would like to thank all the exhibitors and invite you to the next edition that will take place on September 12-14, 2023!
On July 5, 2022, another, already the 12th edition of the Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue took place at the Swiss Embassy in Poland. While the previous editions of the Forum were open to the public (we invite you to watch the films from the 2021 edition at www.wspolpracadlazdrowia.pl), this year’s conference had a more intimate setting and took the form of a meeting hosted by J.E. Juerg Burri, Swiss Ambassador to Poland.
The meeting and the debate on “Digitization in the Health Sector” was attended by:
- Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter, National Councillor (Member of Swiss Parliament, since 2010), President of the Basel Chamber of Commerce and Industry, member of the political party “The Centre
- Hubert Życiński, Deputy Government Plenipotentiary for Digitalisation in the Ministry of Health
- Andrzej Sarnowski, Deputy Director, Centrum E-Zdrowia
- Irma Veberič, General Manager, Roche Poland
- Monique Clua Braun, Country President, Novartis Poland
- Przemysław Mitkowski, President of the Polish Cardiac Society
The discussion was moderated by Pablo Padrutt, Head of Economic, Financial and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of Switzerland in Poland.
You can familiarize yourself with the course of the debate and the most important conclusions by reading the report from the event, published in “Rzeczpospolita”. We also encourage you to see a short video report.
The organization of the Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue was possible thanks to the support of Roche Polska and Novartis Poland.
The Swiss Pavilion appeared for the 10th time at the ITM-Industry Europe fair in Poznań, in the Mach-Tool showroom. The fair was held on 31.05-03.06.2022. The Swiss Chamber together with the Swiss Business Hub Central Europe once again had the pleasure to organize the exhibition space for the Exhibitors under the Swiss barnd. We celebrated the 10th, round anniversary of the Pavilion with our great Exhibitors:
Astat Sp. z o.o., Baumer Sp. z o.o., Gudel Sp. z o.o., Jura Poland, Oberon Sp. z o.o. (marki: Sylvac, Trimos, Wyler), Schmiedewerk Stooss AG
WE INVITE YOU TO READ THE BROCHURE ABOUT THE EXHIBITORS AND PAVILION
4 days of the fair attracted over 10,000 participants and over 580 exhibitors from all over the world. This year, the Pavilion was again located in the exhibition hall no. 3, in a very convenient location. We would like to thank our Exhibitors for 4 intense but very interesting days spent in a pleasant atmosphere. Traditionally, a Swiss-style cocktail was organized for the exhibitors and customers, where we could enjoy the taste of delicious Raclette and Swiss wine.
On June 21, 2022, at the headquarters of Schindler Polska, the XXIV General Meeting of companies associated in the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce took place. The event was hybrid. The guest of honor was J.E. Juerg Burri, Ambassador of Switzerland to Poland. We would like to thank Paweł Wierzbicki, CEO of Schindler Polska, for hosting the assembly.
As a result of voting by representatives of member companies, a new Management Board and the Chamber’s Audit Committee for the years 2022-2024 were created. Then the Management Board selected the President and Vice-Presidents from among itself.
Management Board:
– Michał Stępień (UBS) – President
– Rafał Kijonka (SoftyLabs) – Vice-President for HR
– Przemysław Powalacz (Geberit Poland) – Vice-President for Cooperation
– Marek Szymański (Franke Polska) – Vice-President for Public Advocacy
– Stanisław Tański (ABB) – Vice-President for CSR
– Rafał Czarnocki (Sika Poland)
– Marzena Fijałkowska (Schindler Polska)
– Artur Jankowski (Nestlé Polska)
– Katarzyna Józefowicz (Credit Suisse)
– Marek Kondrat (Mettler-Toledo)
– Christian Spichiger (Stadler Rail)
– Tomasz Tutak (TAT)
– Irma Veberič (Roche Polska)
– Thomas Weigold (Sandoz)
Audit Committee:
– Marcin Diakonowicz (Grant Thornton)
– Emilian Dziemiańczuk (Baxter)
– Łukasz Zarzeczny (Axpo)
We encourage you to check the photos of the event.
MINUTES (PL)
On May 3-6, 2022, we had the pleasure to take part in the Swissbau fair in Basel, which takes place every two years. Our partners, the Polish Investment & Trade Agency and the Polish Construction Cluster also had their missions during this event.
Earlier, on April 7, 2022, an online workshop was also organized for companies interested in the Swiss market, the aim of which was to present trends on the Swiss construction market, legal aspects regarding work in Switzerland, as well as to provide detailed information about the Swissbau. Among the speakers were Mrs. Katarzyna Lasota Heller and Mrs. Aleksandra Serafin from LEXcellence and TAAC Solutions, our member companies.
In connection with the fair, PAIH has also created a catalogue of companies from the construction industry that were interested in the event. Links to the workshop agenda and the catalogue can be found below.
Agenda (PL only)
Catalogue
The members of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce met with a slight delay, resulting from pandemic restrictions, but with even greater enthusiasm at the New Year’s Meeting. This year, the company FRANKE, which was the main partner of the event opened its doors for us. Thanks to FRANKE we could meet in the extremely interesting spaces of their Showroom in Janki.
The guest of honor at the meeting was the Swiss Ambassador to Poland, His Excellency Mr. Juerg Burri. We would like to thank all the guests for coming and nice moments together, and wish that 2022 will be full of equally pleasant and even more fruitful business meetings within the Chamber.
Please see our photo gallery.
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, the premiere event of Nearshoring Partner Finder took place (online)! It was organized in cooperation with DMS Schnee. The partner of the event was also Chamber of Commerce Switzerland – Central Europe.
During the event four member companies of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce from the IT industry had an opportunity to present themselves in front of potential Swiss clients as well as talk with them in breakout rooms. Each of the presentation was 15 minutes long, whereas the time of the talks following the presentation was unlimited.
Following companies participated:
Airnauts, represented by Jacob Krzemień, co-founder and CTO
DMT Software House, represented by Artur Mikołajczyk, CEO
Polcode, represented by Mikołaj Brach, Business Development Manager
Scalo, represented by Marcin Szołno, Senior Business Development Manager
The moderator of the event was Ulrich Schwendimann, the Managing Director of the Chamber.
All the presentations and recordings are to be found here. We cordially invite you to the next editions!