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Digital Future

Green Economy

Energy

Mobility

Urban Next by Metropolia GZM

Health

Art (Collectables)

Sport

Women Empowerment

Media & Marketing Insight

Digital Future

  • The AI Future. Where are we after pandemic?
  • Why is Anywhere Operations the Next Big Thing?
  • Industrial AI
  • Have you heard of AI, cloud, blockchain, 5G and quantum computing? Can these technologies work together to yield value?
  • Will Asia remain a key player in the technology-driven innovation race? How can Europe remain a proactive participant in it?
  • Is AI, machine learning and deep learning becoming smarter, faster than ever before?
  • What challenges await companies willing to take advantage of AI?
  • What is the impact of 5G on the world’s economy: connectivity and device management?
  • How to regulate, control, and impose taxes on using AI?

Green Economy

  • How can we identify ways in which trade can help rebuild a greener world economy after the crisis?
  • What are the best examples of environmental protection becoming an essential part of any trade?
  • What systemic solutions do we need to support the recovery and transition to a green economy?
  • Global economic governance enabling transformation at the national level.
  • Climate impact by decarbonising the supply chain – How to shape an industrial strategy for a circular economy?

Energy

  • Are we ready for offshore wind?
  • How come that renewables reduce the cost of energy and its production?
  • What is offgrid and how to produce energy in this model?
  • What technology can increase energy efficiency?
  • How to digitalise the energy sector?
  • How to create a green hydrogen market strategically?
  • How will the European Green Deal make the EU’s economy sustainable?
  • How to bring to life Poland’s objective for 2050: climate neutrality?
  • What is the impact of the new CO2 emission standards on production costs?
  • Can Poland be self-sufficient when it comes to energy production?
  • How to entail the prosumers’ role in long-term strategies?
  • How to shape policies to provide stability of the energy supply and protect the environment given the uncertainty of the consumer’s behavior?
  • What is cleantech? Can it really boost the economy?
  • Deliberating hydrogen’s role in achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and the future roadmap
  • Can countries build a successful global hydrogen export market?
  • The future of clean and sustainable hydrogen in Europe.

Mobility

  • Is e-mobility already a mainstream solution?
  • Hydrogen, batteries and the necessary infrastructure – how to practically “fuel” new transportation?
  • What are the best examples of effective implementation of innovative and eco-friendly infrastructure and transport systems?
  • Will mobility-as-a-service fully replace personal modes of transportation?
  • What are the key technological trends in post-Covid transportation?
  • How to finance the new transportation as an individual as well as a business entity?
  • What is the role of prosumer in new energy and mobility?

Urban Next by Metropolia GZM

  • Disruptive innovation in urban environments.
  • Climate-friendly local governments. How to invest in sustainable development?
  • Smart city networks. How to modernly manage public transport and communication networks?
  • Smart city for everyone. What initiatives engage residents, entrepreneurs and politicians to build smart cities?
  • Global trends: Low energy houses are becoming more affordable and profitable compared to conventional buildings.

Health

  • How to continuously improve healthcare to the society in most cost-effective ways?
  • How can we eliminate ineffective health spending in the world?
  • Is the healthcare system prepared for the needs of an aging society?
  • What is the health impact of the stress and psychological disorders we experienced during the pandemic?
  • What do healthcare leaders see as the future of digital health?
  • What are the latest projects enabling scientists to work on innovations in medicine and the healthcare system in Poland?

Art (Collectables)

  • Collectables
  • Małgorzata Szymankiewicz – A multitude of relations
  • Artistic dimension of business
  • Public-private cooperation – contemporary patrons
  • Collector’s jewelry
  • Wine as a collector’s item
  • Self-portraits of the 21st century

Sport

  • Now what? Five scenarios for the post-pandemic sports industry
  • Sport management in Poland: new methods of monitoring and supporting the management of the sports sector. How to build effective cooperation between sports associations – local governments – decision makers? Examples of good practices
  • Challenges of international sports organisation after the pandemic
  • Sport and finance: investments in sports, sportsman’s portfolio management, efficiency in the football transfer market, local government sports investments. The perspective of athletes, economists and managers, i.e. the economic realities of the Polish sports sector
  • Is the influence of the sports sector on consumer choices a way to protect companies from the crisis? Is the sector earning money and should it be earning money?
  • Education of sport managers in Poland – current state and future scenarios
  • How are TV and digital platforms changing sport?
  • Wellbeing: the importance of sport and recreation for our health and well-being. How to popularize physical activity?

Women Empowerment

  • How should socially responsible companies work to build equality and inclusion for women?
  • Diversity, equity & inclusion: what has to be done differently for the future of work?
  • Activities that can help combat gender bias and discrimination and accelerate gender parity
  • #ChooseToChallenge women’s roles at home, at work and in our society in response
  • Women driving the future of tech
  • How the development of technology and start-ups affect the areas of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in business?
  • Getting funded: how gender bias affects women founders
  • Women in leadership – strategies for increased participation of women in leadership

Media & Marketing Insight

  • Was Covid-19 the impetus needed to force companies to fight fake news?
  • What is the role of the media in the fight against fake news and deep fake video?
  • What is Silver Scociety and how brands should fit – in terms of value prop / go-to-market / service model
  • Can you find touchpoints in marketing to the Silver Tsunami and Gen Z?
  • During this pandemic, has sustainability taken a seat in the back seat to contain the spread of the virus and save lives?
  • What are the latest trends in event marketing?