Panel Discussions

Mar, 18 11:00 AM CET

Visionary Stage

Panel Discussion

Cultural Traditions vs Best GR Practices: How to Avoid Conflicts and Advance Interests?

What to do if local competitors use questionable tactics and circumvent national law
How to succeed while maintaining the highest ethical standards
How to make sure that local teams of global players are not hiddenly playing “dirty” games

Speakers

Rafal Stepnowski Director of Government Affairs at Boeing

Milly Doolan Managing Director at EuroNavigator, Head of Public Policy at Croatian Artificial Intelligence Association (CroAI)

Yuriy Sak Partner, Director of Special Projects at CFC Big Ideas

Weronika Kuna Government Affairs Lead at Microsoft Poland

Mar, 18 3:30 PM CET

Visionary Stage

Panel Discussion

Are face-to-face meetings a thing of the past? Are there better tools than making one’s case directly?
How are relationships supposed to be evolved, bearing in mind that the post-COVID world is around us?
What are the emerging GR tools and strategies for the post-COVID period?

Speakers

Tomáš Vlasák Director of Pardubice Regional Office at CzechInvest

Anar Rahimov Head of Legal Expertise, Public Relations and Protocol Section at TURKPA

Antonija Mršić Radas Head of Government Relations and EU Funding at Rimac Automobili; Management Board Member at K4I

Yuriy Sak Partner, Director of Special Projects at CFC Big Ideas

Mar, 19 11:00 AM CET

Visionary Stage

Panel Discussion

To what extent is lobbying still considered to be lobbying? Should it be regulated across CEE?
What shall be done to enhance transparency and safeguard integrity?
Is there any room for international, intergovernmental coordination to foster the process in some countries?

Speakers

Henryk Kwapisz Public Affairs Director at Saint-Gobain Poland

Iulian Groza Executive Director at Institute for European Policies and Reforms

Iga Wilczyńska Director and Head of Public Affairs department at Grayling Poland

Václav Nekvapil Managing Partner at CEC Group

Wes Himes President of SEAP

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Mar, 19 3:30 PM CET

Visionary Stage

Panel Discussion

How to assess the landscape, build up and foster partnerships and then end up winning coalitions under new conditions
How stakeholder resources (e.g., money, political, and community connections) shape the composition of coalitions and affect formal and informal relationships within
What makes third-party endorsements succeed or fail
How to manage escalating conflicts that arise amid coalition governance and handle them without undermining its foundations

Speakers