New Year’s Meeting

The New Year’s Meeting for the affiliated companies and friends of the Chamber was held at a merchant house Mysia3 on 10th January. A welcome speech by the guest of honour, the Ambassador Jürg Burri and the President of the Chamber Marek Szymański, commenced the ceremony.

After an official reception of the guests, we had the opportunity to learn about the new air link Gdańsk-Zurich during the speech of the Country Manager of the Lufthansa Group, Frank Wagner, and to learn from Marcin Piotrowski, the General Manager of the CBP Group, about the pros of using the voyya.com platform, which helps its users manage business travels with 100% VAT return.

Traditionally, during the New Year’s Meeting, the award winners of the 5th edition of the competition “Swissstandards.pl. From theory to practice” were given certificates.

Subsequently, the guests indulged themselves in long conversations by the glass of wine and snacks.

We would like to thank the partners of the event, Swiss International Air Lines and Business Saving Club, and the guests for their numerous attendance.

New Year’s Meeting

The New Year’s Meeting for the affiliated companies and friends of the Chamber was held at a merchant house Mysia3 on 10th January. A welcome speech by the guest of honour, the Ambassador Jürg Burri and the President of the Chamber Marek Szymański, commenced the ceremony.

After an official reception of the guests, we had the opportunity to learn about the new air link Gdańsk-Zurich during the speech of the Country Manager of the Lufthansa Group, Frank Wagner, and to learn from Marcin Piotrowski, the General Manager of the CBP Group, about the pros of using the voyya.com platform, which helps its users manage business travels with 100% VAT return.

Traditionally, during the New Year’s Meeting, the award winners of the 5th edition of the competition “Swissstandards.pl. From theory to practice” were given certificates.

Subsequently, the guests indulged themselves in long conversations by the glass of wine and snacks.

We would like to thank the partners of the event, Swiss International Air Lines and Business Saving Club, and the guests for their numerous attendance.

Economic Outlook 2019- Current Trends Impacting Your Business

On 27 November 2018 the next edition of Economic Outlook 2019 took place. Traditionally, the event was organised with Advantage Austria.

The conference was opened by Mr Bernd Weidensteiner from Commerzbank with his macroeconomic presentation.

The keynote was followed by a panel discussion with experts from different lines of business.

The following experts took part in the discussion: Krystyna Boczkowska (Robert Bosch), Marcin Diakonowicz (Deloitte), Marek Kondrat (Mettler Toledo) and Zbigniew Płaza (Boyden). During the discussion we were talking about trends that will dominate the Polish market in the next year and the employee market.

After the panel discussion we organised a networking cocktail.

We would like to thank all experts for participation and interesting discussion. Special thanks go to partners of the conference: Boyden, Deloitte and mBank as well as to guests of the meeting.

Economic Outlook 2019- Current Trends Impacting Your Business

On 27 November 2018 the next edition of Economic Outlook 2019 took place. Traditionally, the event was organised with Advantage Austria.

The conference was opened by Mr Bernd Weidensteiner from Commerzbank with his macroeconomic presentation.

The keynote was followed by a panel discussion with experts from different lines of business.

The following experts took part in the discussion: Krystyna Boczkowska (Robert Bosch), Marcin Diakonowicz (Deloitte), Marek Kondrat (Mettler Toledo) and Zbigniew Płaza (Boyden). During the discussion we were talking about trends that will dominate the Polish market in the next year and the employee market.

After the panel discussion we organised a networking cocktail.

We would like to thank all experts for participation and interesting discussion. Special thanks go to partners of the conference: Boyden, Deloitte and mBank as well as to guests of the meeting.

5th Swiss-Polish Roundtable

On 6th November in Switzerland took place the 5. Polish-Swiss Roundtable. Cross Border Business in the Digital Age. Best Practices from Healthtech and Beyond.

The Polish-Swiss Roundtable aimed to bring together companies from Switzerland and Poland (ICT and Health Tech) to get to know each other and explore possibilities of exchange, collaboration and partnerships.

The meeting consisted of the following parts:

 Keynote presentation
Digital transformation in hearing healthcare by Francois Julita, Director Digital Experience, Sonova Group

Part 1: Cross border business
How Switzerland Global Enterprise supports Swiss SMEs – the case of Nufer Medical /
Benjamin Schwägli, Director Swiss Business Hub Poland
Benefits and pitfalls of working with IT partners
Anna Nowicka, International Business Development, JCommerce Sp. z o.o.
Innovation as a process. Defining the future of digital health and looking for a perfect solution / Izabela Sośnicka-Lipa, Head of Technology Center, Group Services, Global IT Solutions, Roche / Bartosz Łopiński, President, Billennium
Best practice approaches to get a footprint in the Swiss pharma/life science market
Antonio Monopoli, CEO & Founder, andPharma GmbH
     
Part 2: Blockchain business opportunities
Blockchain – a technological evolution and how to be a part of it / Ian Simpson, Chairman Communications WG, Crypto Valley Association
How to setup an ICO in Switzerland successfully?
Katharina Lasota Heller, Managing Partner, LEXcellence GmbH
Blockchain solutions – three elevator pitches
Niklas Leck, LifeBlocs (CH/USA)
Filip Pawczyński, Digital Assets Exchange (PL)
Kuno Bürge, Digital Ledger Systems AG (CH)

Roundtable discussion

How can blockchain facilitate cross border business?
Mateusz Kierepka, MedApp S.A.; Katharina Lasota-Heller, LEXcellence GmbH; Francois Julita, Sonova Group

We would like to thank the co-organizers for their cooperation during the organisation of the event and our sponsors Billennium, Roche and S-GE for the financial support of the meeting. Many thanks also to Polish Embassy in Bern for the patronage.

 

 

 

 

 

5th Swiss-Polish Roundtable

On 6th November in Switzerland took place the 5. Polish-Swiss Roundtable. Cross Border Business in the Digital Age. Best Practices from Healthtech and Beyond.

The Polish-Swiss Roundtable aimed to bring together companies from Switzerland and Poland (ICT and Health Tech) to get to know each other and explore possibilities of exchange, collaboration and partnerships.

The meeting consisted of the following parts:

 Keynote presentation
Digital transformation in hearing healthcare by Francois Julita, Director Digital Experience, Sonova Group

Part 1: Cross border business
How Switzerland Global Enterprise supports Swiss SMEs – the case of Nufer Medical /
Benjamin Schwägli, Director Swiss Business Hub Poland
Benefits and pitfalls of working with IT partners
Anna Nowicka, International Business Development, JCommerce Sp. z o.o.
Innovation as a process. Defining the future of digital health and looking for a perfect solution / Izabela Sośnicka-Lipa, Head of Technology Center, Group Services, Global IT Solutions, Roche / Bartosz Łopiński, President, Billennium
Best practice approaches to get a footprint in the Swiss pharma/life science market
Antonio Monopoli, CEO & Founder, andPharma GmbH
     
Part 2: Blockchain business opportunities
Blockchain – a technological evolution and how to be a part of it / Ian Simpson, Chairman Communications WG, Crypto Valley Association
How to setup an ICO in Switzerland successfully?
Katharina Lasota Heller, Managing Partner, LEXcellence GmbH
Blockchain solutions – three elevator pitches
Niklas Leck, LifeBlocs (CH/USA)
Filip Pawczyński, Digital Assets Exchange (PL)
Kuno Bürge, Digital Ledger Systems AG (CH)

Roundtable discussion

How can blockchain facilitate cross border business?
Mateusz Kierepka, MedApp S.A.; Katharina Lasota-Heller, LEXcellence GmbH; Francois Julita, Sonova Group

We would like to thank the co-organizers for their cooperation during the organisation of the event and our sponsors Billennium, Roche and S-GE for the financial support of the meeting. Many thanks also to Polish Embassy in Bern for the patronage.

 

 

 

 

 

CEOs Breakfast

On 4th October in AC by Marriott, Wroclaw took place the next CEOs Meeting. The event was co-organized by bilateral chambers: Belgian, French, German, Netherlands and Scandinavian.

Western Union was the Partner of the event. Its representative, Agnieszka Durlej (Country Manager) held a presentation on Are you ready for 2019? Currency management in times of change.

We would like to thank our Sponsor for support and all the Guests for such a wonderful attendance and networking.

Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue

On 5th October Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Swiss Embassy have organised Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue for the eighth time. The topic of this year’s edition was “Outcome-Based Healthcare (OBHC) as a catalyst for innovation in healthcare”.

The meeting was opened by Jürg Stephan Burri, the Ambassador of the Swiss Embassy that gave the floor to the Minister of Health, Łukasz Szumowski.

After the official welcome we had a pleasure to hear presentation of Dr Gerhard Pfister on “Global trends in healthcare- Switzerland as an example”, Dr Małgorzata Gałązka-Sobotka on “What is value-based healthcare and what kind of tools it employs?” and Prof. Beat Mueller on “A user-oriented hospital benchmarking that actually helps our patients – is that possible?”.

In the second part of the meeting a panel discussion moderated by Joanna Bekker, Business Development Director, Polityka Insight was held with the following guests from Poland and Switzerland:

•     Prof. Dr med. Beat Müller, Medical Director, Medical University in Aarau
•    Dr Gerhard Pfister, Member of the Swiss National Council and Social Security and Health Committee. President of the Swiss-Polish Parliamentary Group
•    Dr Małgorzata Gałązka-Sobotka, Director at the Healthcare Management Institute at Łazarski University
•    Beata Ambroziewicz, President of the Polish Union of Patients’ Organizations “Citizens for Health”
•    Dr n. med. Grzegorz Juszczyk, Directory at the National Institute of Public Health and the National Institute of Hygiene
•    Prof. Tadeusz Pieńkowski, President of Polish Society for Breast Cancer Research

We would like to thank the Ambassador of Switzerland for the official welcome and Minister of Health for the attendance and patronage as well as the panellists and participants of the Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue.

Below you can find photographs and press articles.

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The Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue has been held eight times so far:
– Market-State Balance in Healthcare: Competition among payers – Swiss experience (2011)
– Preventive medicine and health promotion – new perspectives for the national and local government (2011)
– Dialogue as the best mechanisms to find optimal solutions in healthcare (2012)
– National policy for Senior Citizens in Europe, illustrated by the Example of Switzerland. Interministerial Challenges in senior citizens care in Poland (2013)
– How to implement a cancer strategy? Challenges for Poland. Swiss experience – reform of the system, the role of dialogue between stakeholders (2014) – event report
– How do we treat cancer in Poland? The availability of modern cancer treatment for Polish patients (2015) – event report
Patient-oriented and coordinated healthcare (2017)event report

CEOs Breakfast

On 4th October in AC by Marriott, Wroclaw took place the next CEOs Meeting. The event was co-organized by bilateral chambers: Belgian, French, German, Netherlands and Scandinavian.

Western Union was the Partner of the event. Its representative, Agnieszka Durlej (Country Manager) held a presentation on Are you ready for 2019? Currency management in times of change.

We would like to thank our Sponsor for support and all the Guests for such a wonderful attendance and networking.

Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue

On 5th October Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Swiss Embassy have organised Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue for the eighth time. The topic of this year’s edition was “Outcome-Based Healthcare (OBHC) as a catalyst for innovation in healthcare”.

The meeting was opened by Jürg Stephan Burri, the Ambassador of the Swiss Embassy that gave the floor to the Minister of Health, Łukasz Szumowski.

After the official welcome we had a pleasure to hear presentation of Dr Gerhard Pfister on “Global trends in healthcare- Switzerland as an example”, Dr Małgorzata Gałązka-Sobotka on “What is value-based healthcare and what kind of tools it employs?” and Prof. Beat Mueller on “A user-oriented hospital benchmarking that actually helps our patients – is that possible?”.

In the second part of the meeting a panel discussion moderated by Joanna Bekker, Business Development Director, Polityka Insight was held with the following guests from Poland and Switzerland:

•     Prof. Dr med. Beat Müller, Medical Director, Medical University in Aarau
•    Dr Gerhard Pfister, Member of the Swiss National Council and Social Security and Health Committee. President of the Swiss-Polish Parliamentary Group
•    Dr Małgorzata Gałązka-Sobotka, Director at the Healthcare Management Institute at Łazarski University
•    Beata Ambroziewicz, President of the Polish Union of Patients’ Organizations “Citizens for Health”
•    Dr n. med. Grzegorz Juszczyk, Directory at the National Institute of Public Health and the National Institute of Hygiene
•    Prof. Tadeusz Pieńkowski, President of Polish Society for Breast Cancer Research

We would like to thank the Ambassador of Switzerland for the official welcome and Minister of Health for the attendance and patronage as well as the panellists and participants of the Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue.

Below you can find photographs and press articles.

forsal.pl
politykazdrowotna.com
niezalezna.pl
gazeta prawna
rynek zdrowia
deon
gazeta biznesowa
prosto z mostu
finanse i księgowość

 

The Polish-Swiss Forum for Health Dialogue has been held eight times so far:
– Market-State Balance in Healthcare: Competition among payers – Swiss experience (2011)
– Preventive medicine and health promotion – new perspectives for the national and local government (2011)
– Dialogue as the best mechanisms to find optimal solutions in healthcare (2012)
– National policy for Senior Citizens in Europe, illustrated by the Example of Switzerland. Interministerial Challenges in senior citizens care in Poland (2013)
– How to implement a cancer strategy? Challenges for Poland. Swiss experience – reform of the system, the role of dialogue between stakeholders (2014) – event report
– How do we treat cancer in Poland? The availability of modern cancer treatment for Polish patients (2015) – event report
Patient-oriented and coordinated healthcare (2017)event report