| The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Canberra has the pleasure to inform that during the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affdairs of the Republic of Poland Mr Radosław Sikorski in Australia there will take place a Polish Australian Business and Economic Forum & Mining Seminar. Taking the opportunity we would like to warmly invite you and your associates to participate in this important event.
Paweł Milewski
Ambassador
RSVP by 19th April 2013
Tel. 02 6272 1000
email:canberra.amb.sekretariat@msz.gov.au
Polish – Australian Business Forum & Mining Seminar,6th of May 2013, Hotel InterContinental Sydney.
Polish – Australian Business Forum – 10:30 – 14:30
Part I: Presentation of Poland as an attractive business partner – 1,5 hour (100 – 150 guests)
Address by minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski 5 min
Address by Hon. Dr Craig Emerson MP, Minister of Trade & Competitiveness (tbc) 5 min.[] 5 min
Address by deputy minister of Treasury Mr. Pawel Tamborski 15 min
Address by Australian consulting/advisory company Ernst& Young 10 min
Address by Dir. Trade & Intl Affairs, ACCI, Mr. Bryan Clark
5 min
Success story: Kopex – biggest Polish mining company (with branch office and production facility in Australia) 10 min
Success story: Macquarie – biggest Australian investor in Poland 10 min.
Participants: 100-120 companies representing various business & industry sectors in Australia
Q&A
12:00-13:00 - Lunch for all guests attending Part I & Part II – 1 hour
At the same time VIP lunch hosted by minister Radosław Sikorski.
13:00-15:00 – Part II: Mining & Energy Seminar (round table)
Address by director M. Kaliski, head of the mining department at the Polish Ministry of Economy, 10 min.
Presentation of Polish & Australian companies 5 min each. Polish side:
director Katarzyna Kacperczyk, department for economic cooperation, MFA
director Filip Grzegorzewski, department of Asia & Pacific, MFA
director Jakub Wiśniewski, department of foreign policy strategy, MFA
Marek Kijewski, economic counsellor of the Polish Embassy in Canberra
CEOs from 15-20 Polish mining companies, institutes, mining chamber, oil & gas
companies and dean of AGH University of Science of Technology in Cracow (names tbc)
Australian side:
Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration
Australian Coal Association
Australian mining and gas companies (shale/LNG/CBM), University of NSW, University of
Wollongong
Discussion
Additional remarks:
Part I is open to wide range of companies and associations.
Part II is dedicated to companies and associations from mining (coal) and energy (shale gas/LNG/CBM) sectors.
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