Cooperation of science, business and local self – government for development of modern economy

Place: Academy of Music in Katowice, 3 Zacisze street

Time: 1.00 - 2.30 p.m.

Host: Mr. Andrzej Arendarski, President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce 

 

• What are the most important challenges standing in front of the European economy? 
• What are the aims of the European Parliament and European Commission?  
• What role should be played by small and medium – size enterprises? 
• How can we strengthen innovation and competitiveness of this sector?  What is the role of science and self – government administration in building the support for small and medium – size support?

Economic self – government – entrepreneurs’ representative as a coordinator of cooperation with scientific circles, government administration and local self – government

Place: Academy of Music in Katowice, 3 Zacisze street

Time: 2.30 - 4.00 p.m.

Host: Janusz Steinhoff – President of the Chairman of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Commerce and Industry inKatowice 

• Is a model of cooperation of science, government and self – government administration with economic self – government possible?
• What are the real platforms of cooperation between economic self – government and science, government and self – government?
• What are the models and patterns of cooperation inEurope?
• What are the additional benefits coming from such cooperation for local and regional communities? 
• How can cooperation of science and business influence the creation of a modern model of education?

Strategic management

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 5

Time: 9.00 - 10.30 a.m.

• Is planning of a company’s activities possible or is it the market that rules the company?
• How to manage the unpredictability of changes in a company’s environment?
• What business model should be applied in a global and at the same time specializing economy?
• How to develop a company on the basis of innovative business models?
• How do modern technologies influence management?
• What is the role of a leader in modern companies?
• Is finding a consensus between risk and ethics possible?

Managing human resources

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 3

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

• How to effectively motivate and reward employees when labor costs exceed my profits?
• Who is responsible for employees’ development? coaching
• To dismiss or to perfect, what pays off more?
• How to connect employees with a company?
• What is the legal responsibility of employees and how to exact it?
• How to delegate authority and still control a company’s activities?
• The young and the elderly in a company – how to reconcile progress with tradition and how to guarantee a continuity of functioning?
• Training – a waste or profit for a company?
• May flexible forms of employment be an antidote for high costs of employment (good practices from European countries, ex. Austria)?
• Organizational culture – how to form it to make it helpful for a company’s development?

Financing of development and investments

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 2

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

• When is the right time for taking up development investments?
• How to safely finance a company’s development with participation of external capitals?
• How to avoid the risk of over-financing a company?
• What are the consequences of choosing particular forms of financing?
• What is the difference between equity and repayable financing?
• How to secure a credit and prove a credit capacity?
• What is the difference between loan and credit?
• How much does leasing cost? Is it really more expensive than a credit?
• What does the possibility of gaining capital from exchange or through emission of bonds consist in?
• How can one increase investment capability through joint enterprises, consortia and junction of companies?

Informal economy („grey zone”) – barrier in the development of tourism

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 6

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

• „informal economy” as a threat for tourism
• problem of the „grey zone” in selected countries
• methods of struggling with the phenomenon of „informal economy”
• consequances of the „economy of a shadow” for particular segments of tourism
• individuals, bodies or institutions responsible for taking up activities aiming to limit occurrence of the „grey economy” phenomenon
• ways of protecting a client (tourist) against the consequences of insolvency or bankruptcy of a tour operator
• security and guarantee systems which are obligatory for tour operators and their effectiveness in selected countries

Program is prepared by the Polish Chamber of Tourism, Chamber of Tourism of the Republic of Poland, Silesian Chamber of Tourism and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

Development of modern agriculture and its environment through support of the SME sector in rural areas

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 7

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

• Country areas and infrastructure management
• Development of modern agriculture environment companies

Invest in Zabrze: presentation of the offer of the investment area by the Ernest Pohl Stadium in Zabrze, part I

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 8

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

Making use of sports infrastructure (including stadium) after Euro 2012

• Can stadiums be maintained from sport only?
• What is the market potential of sports arenas, taking into consideration number of sports events, festivals, concerts, etc.?
• Experiences of other countries – to close, to transform, to reconstruct? (case of Austria and Portugal described in the latest edition of the Polityka magazine)
• Commercialization of the area around stadiums – what to invest into and what may be the role of SME?

Workshop: Academy of Marketing and Sales - Web-marketing, or fishing for a customer with the (Inter)nets' help

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, Didactic room

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

Event organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

Poland - Ukraine, part I

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 4

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

• What are the conditions of running a business in the a/m countries (selected elements)?
• What are the export and import possibilities?
• What are the non-tariff barriers of trade in Ukraine?
• What are the investment possibilities, including SEZ and other encouragements addressed to SME?
• Are the cultural and local conditionings an obstacle in running a business in Ukraine? (variability of legal regulations, local authority – business relations)
• What are the market niches and sources of obtaining information on the Ukrainian market? (Examples of good practices).

Europe - China

Place: Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library, 11a Bankowa street

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

Possibilities of the European – Chinese economic cooperation:

• China and Europe – together or separately on the world economic arena?
• What are the possibilities of economic cooperation and trade between Europe and China?

Polish – Chinese potential of economic cooperation and investment possibilities on the example of Hong Kong:

• Does Poland, against the background of other European countries, constitute an attractive partner for Hong Kong? (chances/threats and barriers)
• What Polish branches and sectors are interesting for Chinese investors? (examples of good practices)
• What Chinese branches and sectors (technologies, innovations, know-how) are interesting for Polish importers and exporters? (examples of good practices)

Influence of a climate package on the costs of SME’s functioning

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 1

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

• What will be the outcomes of lowering CO2 emission for energy receivers?
• What are the ways of saving energy, monitoring its consumption and optimizing the costs of its buying?
• What are the available energy – saving technologies, which may be used in my company?
• Who can be helpful when it comes to introducing new technologies in an entrepreneurship
• How to cheaply supply my company with heat and energy? Examples from Poland and abroad
• What are the possibilities of financing energy-saving and thermo modernizing projects

Modern IT supporting management, development and increase of SME’s competitiveness

Place: Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library, 11a Bankowa street

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

• Why don’t we want to use information systems in management?
• Can another company offer us ready information solutions? Why doesn’t it work?
• How to create a support system in management?
• What processes can be monitored?
• How to optimize processes in a company by using modern solutions?
• How to support the development and competitiveness of a company by means of modern solutions?
• How to effectively exploit the tools of Business Intelligence?

Financial management in SME – through a practician’s eye

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 3

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

• Is financial management more of a management or finances?
• Is planning of the development and budget necessary in the SME sector companies?
• How to generate from book-keeping records information essential for making decisions in management?
• In what scope should controlling be used?
• Complete accountancy – it is not that bad. Is it better to keep it on your own or commission it in outsourcing?
• How to effectively manage the expanses? Is it possible to minimize them even more?
• How to manage risk in a micro, small and medium – size enterprise?
• How does managing of finances change when the company transforms from a micro to small, from small to medium – sized and from medium – sized to a big one?
• Is it easier for a big company to survive a crisis? Experience and practice.

Marketing and PR

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 1

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

• How to effectively promote a company, its services and products on the market? New trends in advertisement.
• How to measure effectiveness of marketing activities?
• You know your client but does the client know your company?
• How to create the right message about a company?
• How to take advantage of new promotional possibilities in the Internet, e.g. social networks?
• Does promotion cost a lot?
• How to build relations with media?

Practical dimension of social corporate responsibility

Place: Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library, 11a Bankowa street

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

• Is CSR a strategy for big companies and corporations only?
• How can micro, small and medium – size companies implement CSR strategy?
• What measurable benefits does CSR bring?

Internationalization of cooperation in the field of tourism

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 6

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. 

• “informal economy” as a threat for tourism
• problem of international cooperation in the field of tourism
• evaluation of international cooperation presently pursued in the field of tourism
• methods of actions which bring positive effects for international cooperation in the field of tourism
• expectations relating to international cooperation in the field of tourism
• suggestions and offers of the host, which ought to support international cooperation in the field of tourism

Program is prepared by the Polish Chamber of Tourism, Chamber of Tourism of the Republic of Poland, Silesian Chamber of Tourism and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

 

 

Public – Private Partnership as a means for increasing investments of local government

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 2

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

• Legal regulations. Are changes necessary?
• How to prepare and realize a project? What are the critical moments?
• What successes and challenges are in the scope of realizing the PPP projects in Poland?
• How to finance such enterprises?
• What is the role of a consultant in the realization of PPP projects?
• What are the threats, barriers and benefits in realizing the projects for public – private partnership?
• “The fourth P”. Does public – private partnership still evoke negative associations?
• What are the Polish and European experiences? Examples of realizing PPP. Can we transfer experiences from other countries to the Polish realities?

Invest in Zabrze: presentation of the offer of the investment area by the Ernest Pohl Stadium in Zabrze, part II

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 8

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Can small and medium – size companies benefit from investments in large civic sports objects?

• In Poland, there have been 69 modern stadiums, aqua parks and tourist – resting zones built from the EU and self – government funds. How to use the boom in this branch?
• Does the SME sector offer products and services which may be connected with sports objects? (is a club’s souvenir shop the only proposition?)
• Sports object – can it be a foundation for a business and consumption zone?

Workshop: Academy of Marketing and Sales - Champions’ sales techniques

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, Didactic room

Time: 1.30 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Event organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

Open tax consultations

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, didactic room

Time: 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Duties of tax consultants reccomended by the National Chamber of Tax Advisers – Silesian Branch

Debate about the practical skills of university graduates in Poland – Round table

Place: Conference room NBP Katowice, 1 Bankowa Street

Time: 2.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Event organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

Development of rural areas

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 7

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Health – resort and tourist boroughs

Agro tourism

• What are the possible public aid funds for the development of agro tourism?
• What are the barriers to the development of agro tourism?
• What should the politics of state, local governments and government administration be like in the scope of development support of agro tourism?
• What are the development possibilities of agro tourism in Poland?
• Experiences in the Austrian region of Styria

Present state and prospects for development of loan and guarantee funds for MSME

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, Auditorium No 5

 

Time: 1.30 – 3.30 p.m.

 

(Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Polish Chamber of Commerce, Upper Silesian Fund, CCI in Katowice)

 

• What are the problems that micro, small and medium – size entrepreneurs interested in external financing of their companies’ development struggle with?
• To what extent has the loan and guarantee funds system, which has been developed in Poland in recent years, contributed to the actual reduction of a capital gap? 
• What kind of support may the European and Polish MSME expect from loan and guarantee funds?
• What conditions does a micro, small and medium – size entrepreneur, who would like to benefit from instruments offered by loan and guarantee funds, have to fulfill?
• What are the prospects of developing loan and guarantee funds in Europe and Poland? What are the institutional and legal barriers that hinder their dynamic development and actions shall be taken in order to overcome them?   
• Where can micro, small and medium – size entrepreneurs search for information on offers concerning loan and guarantee funds?

Poland - Ukraine, part II

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 4

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

• Polish export specialties on the Ukrainian market – present state and possibilities of trade exchange.
• Polish investments in Ukraine – present state and possibilities, and Policy of the Ukrainian government.
• Investment attractiveness of Ukraine and market niches.
• Barriers of the development of Polish entrepreneurship in Ukraine and possibilities of overcoming them:
• Personnel against the education system
• Jurisdiction
• Activities of administration offices
• Business safety
• Why does border still divide and are there any chances of improvement?
• Activities of business environment organizations in Ukraine – possibilities of support
• Good practices of Polish investors: PZU, PKO BP, Cersanit, Wiko
• Investment Park of the Eastern Partnership AGROGOROD Ługańsk as a solution for safe investments and trade exchange in the new Euroregion DONBAS – invitation for small and medium – size enterprises.

Swiss-Polish workshop panel

Place: Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library, 11a Bankowa street

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Program is being prepared by the Polish - Swiss Chamber of Commerce

Meeting of the Council of the Self – Government Loan Funds SELF – GOVERNMENT POLAND

Place: Euro Centrum

Time: 5.00 p.m.

Official supper with participation of Members of the Self – Government Loan Funds SELF – GOVERNMENT POLAND

Place: BELCANTO Restaurant

Time: 7.00 p.m.

Visit to Tyskie Brewery

Trip by coach connected with sightseeing of Brewery and beer casting organized by Silesia Trip and Hotels

Time: 4.30 p.m.

Informal meeting of participants of the II European SME Congress and concerts of musical bands

Place: „OKO MIASTA” Restaurant

Time: 6.00 p.m. – 11.00 p.m.

To disenchant the Silicon Valley – is it possible to repeat the success of the Silicon Valley in Poland?

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 5

Time: 9.00 – 10.30 a.m.

• The Silicon Valley, what is it? How did it come into being? How does it work? What are the factors of its success?
• Aviation Valley – Polish Silicon Valley. What are the similarities and differences?
• What models of inter – sector cooperation function in Europe and in the Word? Which can be applied in Poland?
• Which of the ready European and world solutions in the scope of science and business cooperation can be applied in Poland?
• What do the export consortia consist in? European countries’ experiences
• What is the potential for diffusion of Polish innovative import and export? (on the basis of a report on the last 2 years of Polish import and export, taking into consideration preferred export sectors and most import export markets)
• What is the effectiveness of a transfer of innovations through direct investments in Poland and Polish companies’ investments abroad?

Payment gridlocks – can a company from the SME sector avoid them?

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 2

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.

• Why do companies are so often in arrears with on-term payment of invoices towards their contractors?
• Where to search for information on a financial credibility of a potential contractor in Poland and Europe?
• What are the expenses connected with using tools for decreasing risk of losing financial liquidity?
• Can verification of the contractor’s financial credibility negatively influence mutual relations?
• What is the influence of the judiciary and execution of rulings on formation and keeping up of payment gridlocks?
• What is the role of the tax system in limiting payment gridlocks?
• Do the European and Polish law allow the SME sector companies to effectively exact debts?

Commercial companies

Place: Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library, 11a Bankowa street

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.

• Barriers connected with credit card acceptance
• The commonness of non-cash transactions and interchange fees
• Can entrepreneur have exercise a real influence on lowering payments for using credit cards?
• Sale in the company’s place or online sale – contemporary tradesman’s dilemma.
• Is it worth starting your own online shop or to sell on the existing platforms for sale?
• ABC of online trade
• Franchise in commerce

PROGRAM

II EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM – SIZE ENTERPRISES

KATOWICE, 24^TH -27^TH SEPTEMBER 2012

	24th September 2012
	INAUGURATION Academy of Music in Katowice 3 Zacisze street
	10.00 a.m.	outgoing session of the Committee of Polish Chamber of Commerce
	12.00 p.m.	Opening session: Welcoming of hosts and inauguration speeches of guests of honor – President of the Republic of Poland and representatives of Polish government and European Commission
	1.00 -4.00 p.m.	Plenary session - Science – Business – Local self – government – TOGETHER FOR ECONOMY
		I Panel discussion – Cooperation of science, business and local self – government for development of modern economy. Host: Mr. Andrzej Arendarski, President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce · What are the most important challenges standing in front of the European economy? · What are the aims of the European Parliament and European Commission? · What role should be played by small and medium – size enterprises? · How can we strengthen innovation and competitiveness of this sector? What is the role of science and self – government administration in building the support for small and medium – size support?
		II Panel discussion– Economic self – government – entrepreneurs’ representative as a coordinator of cooperation with scientific circles, government administration and local self – government. Host: Janusz Steinhoff – President of the Chairman of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice · Is a model of cooperation of science, government and self – government administration with economic self – government possible? · What are the real platforms of cooperation between economic self – government and science, government and self – government? · What are the models and patterns of cooperation in Europe? · What are the additional benefits coming from such cooperation for local and regional communities? · How can cooperation of science and business influence the creation of a modern model of education?
	4.00 –5.30 p.m.	Treat in the foyer of the Academy of Music
	5.30 –6.30 p.m.	Inaugural concert by the AUKSO Orchestra featuring Marcin Wyrostek
	6.30 p.m.	Cocktail in the foyer of the Academy of Music
	7.00 p.m. Belcanto Restaurant	Meeting of foreign delegations

	25th September 2012
	SUBJECT SESSION University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library, 11a Bankowa street
		Theme: Modern SME through good management
	9.00-10.30 a.m. auditorium No 5	Plenary session: Strategic management · Is planning of a company’s activities possible or is it the market that rules the company? · How to manage the unpredictability of changes in a company’s environment? · What business model should be applied in a global and at the same time specializing economy? · How to develop a company on the basis of innovative business models? · How do modern technologies influence management? · What is the role of a leader in modern companies? · Is finding a consensus between risk and ethics possible?
	10.30-11.00 a.m. SICaAL	Coffee break
	10.30 a.m. Exhibition tent	Official opening of the BIZNES EXPO Fair
	11.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m.	Parallel panel sessions
		Theme: Modern SME through good management
	auditorium No 3	Panel session: Managing human resources How to effectively motivate and reward employees when labor costs exceed my profits? Who is responsible for employees’ development? coaching To dismiss or to perfect, what pays off more? How to connect employees with a company? What is the legal responsibility of employees and how to exact it? How to delegate authority and still control a company’s activities? The young and the elderly in a company – how to reconcile progress with tradition and how to guarantee a continuity of functioning? Training – a waste or profit for a company? · May flexible forms of employment be an antidote for high costs of employment (good practices from European countries, ex. Austria)? · Organizational culture – how to form it to make it helpful for a company’s development?
	auditorium No 2	Panel session: Financing of development and investments. · When is the right time for taking up development investments? · How to safely finance a company’s development with participation of external capitals? · How to avoid the risk of over-financing a company? · What are the consequences of choosing particular forms of financing? · What is the difference between equity and repayable financing? · How to secure a credit and prove a credit capacity? · What is the difference between loan and credit? · How much does leasing cost? Is it really more expensive than a credit? · What does the possibility of gaining capital from exchange or through emission of bonds consist in? · How can one increase investment capability through joint enterprises, consortia and junction of companies?
	auditorium No 6	Tourism, part I Program is prepared by the Polish Chamber of Tourism, Chamber of Tourism of the Republic of Poland, Silesian Chamber of Tourism
	auditorium No 7	Panel session: Development of modern agriculture and its environment through support of the SME sector in rural areas Country areas and infrastructure management Development of modern agriculture environment companies
		Theme: From the local to the world without boundaries
	auditorium No 4	Panel discussion: Poland – Ukraine, part I · What are the conditions of running a business in the a/m countries (selected elements)? · What are the export and import possibilities? · What are the non-tariff barriers of trade in Ukraine? · What are the investment possibilities, including SEZ and other encouragements addressed to SME? · Are the cultural and local conditionings an obstacle in running a business in Ukraine? (variability of legal regulations, local authority – business relations) · What are the market niches and sources of obtaining information on the Ukrainian market? (Examples of good practices).
	SICaAL	Workshop session: Europe – China Possibilities of the European – Chinese economic cooperation: · China and Europe – together or separately on the world economic arena? · What are the possibilities of economic cooperation and trade between Europe and China? Polish – Chinese potential of economic cooperation and investment possibilities on the example of Hong Kong: · Does Poland, against the background of other European countries, constitute an attractive partner for Hong Kong? (chances/threats and barriers) · What Polish branches and sectors are interesting for Chinese investors? (examples of good practices) · What Chinese branches and sectors (technologies, innovations, know-how) are interesting for Polish importers and exporters? (examples of good practices)
		Theme: The world of innovations is created in SME
	auditorium No 1	Panel session: Influence of a climate package on the costs of SME’s functioning. · What will be the outcomes of lowering CO2 emission for energy receivers? · What are the ways of saving energy, monitoring its consumption and optimizing the costs of its buying? · What are the available energy – saving technologies, which may be used in my company? · Who can be helpful when it comes to introducing new technologies in an entrepreneurship · How to cheaply supply my company with heat and energy? Examples from Poland and abroad · What are the possibilities of financing energy-saving and thermo modernizing projects
	SICaAL	Panel session: Application of computer tools supporting the management of MSME. · Why don’t we want to use information systems in management? · Can another company offer us ready information solutions? Why doesn’t it work? · How to create a support system in management? · Which processes can be monitored? · Software tools – e.g. software for management, accountancy, and clients’ data bases.
		Accompanying events
	auditorium No 8	Invest in Zabrze: presentation of the offer of the investment area by the Ernest Pohl Stadium in Zabrze, part I Making use of sports infrastructure (including stadium) after Euro 2012 · Can stadiums be maintained from sport only? · What is the market potential of sports arenas, taking into consideration number of sports events, festivals, concerts, etc.? · Experiences of other countries – to close, to transform, to reconstruct? (case of Austria and Portugal described in the latest edition of the Polityka magazine) · Commercialization of the area around stadiums – what to invest into and what may be the role of SME?
	Didactic room	Web-marketing, or fishing for a customer with the (Inter)nets' help Event organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice
	1.00 – 1.30 p.m.	Coffee break
	1.30 – 3.30 p.m.	Parallel panel sessions
		Theme: Modern SME through good management
	auditorium No 3	Panel session: Financial management in SME – through a practician’s eye · Is financial management more of a management or finances? · Is planning of the development and budget necessary in the SME sector companies? · How to generate from book-keeping records information essential for making decisions in management? · In what scope should controlling be used? · Complete accountancy – it is not that bad. Is it better to keep it on your own or commission it in outsourcing? · How to effectively manage the expanses? Is it possible to minimize them even more? · How to manage risk in a micro, small and medium – size enterprise? · How does managing of finances change when the company transforms from a micro to small, from small to medium – sized and from medium – sized to a big one? · Is it easier for a big company to survive a crisis? Experience and practice.
	auditorium No 1	Panel session: Marketing and PR · How to effectively promote a company, its services and products on the market? New trends in advertisement. · How to measure effectiveness of marketing activities? · You know your client but does the client know your company? · How to create the right message about a company? · How to take advantage of new promotional possibilities in the Internet, e.g. social networks? · Does promotion cost a lot? · How to build relations with media?
	SICaAL	Panel sessions: Practical dimension of social corporate responsibility. · Is CSR a strategy for big companies and corporations only? · How can micro, small and medium – size companies implement CSR strategy? · What measurable benefits does CSR bring?
	auditorium No 6	Tourism, part II Program is prepared by the Polish Chamber of Tourism, Chamber of Tourism of the Republic of Poland, Silesian Chamber of Tourism
	auditorium No 2	Panel sessions: Public – Private Partnership as a means for increasing investments of local government · Legal regulations. Are changes necessary? · How to prepare and realize a project? What are the critical moments? · What successes and challenges are in the scope of realizing the PPP projects in Poland? · How to finance such enterprises? · What is the role of a consultant in the realization of PPP projects? · What are the threats, barriers and benefits in realizing the projects for public – private partnership? · “The fourth P”. Does public – private partnership still evoke negative associations? · What are the Polish and European experiences? Examples of realizing PPP. Can we transfer experiences from other countries to the Polish realities?
	auditorium No 7	Panel session: Development of rural areas Health – resort and tourist boroughs Agro tourism What are the possible public aid funds for the development of agro tourism? What are the barriers to the development of agro tourism? What should thepolitics of state, local governments and government administration be like in the scope of development support of agro tourism? What are the development possibilities of agro tourism in Poland? Experiences in the Austrian region of Styria
		Theme: From the local to the world without boundaries
	auditorium No 4	Panel session: Poland – Ukraine, part II · Polish export specialties on the Ukrainian market – present state and possibilities of trade exchange. · Polish investments in Ukraine – present state and possibilities, and Policy of the Ukrainian government. · Investment attractiveness of Ukraine and market niches. · Barriers of the development of Polish entrepreneurship in Ukraine and possibilities of overcoming them: · Personnel against the education system · Jurisdiction · Activities of administration offices · Business safety · Why does border still divide and are there any chances of improvement? · Activities of business environment organizations in Ukraine – possibilities of support · Good practices of Polish investors: PZU, PKO BP, Cersanit, Wiko · Investment Park of the Eastern Partnership AGROGOROD Ługańsk as a solution for safe investments and trade exchange in the new Euroregion DONBAS – invitation for small and medium – size enterprises.
	SICaAL	Workshop session: Swiss-Polish workshop panel Program is being prepared by the Polish - Swiss Chamber of Commerce
		Accompanying sessions:
	auditorium No 8	Invest in Zabrze: presentation of the offer of the investment area by the Ernest Pohl Stadium in Zabrze, part II Can small and medium – size companies benefit from investments in large civic sports objects? · In Poland, there have been 69 modern stadiums, aqua parks and tourist – resting zones built from the EU and self – government funds. How to use the boom in this branch? · Does the SME sector offer products and services which may be connected with sports objects? (is a club’s souvenir shop the only proposition?) · Sports object – can it be a foundation for a business and consumption zone?
	Didactic room	Champions’ sales techniques Event organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice
	auditorium No 5	Panel session: of the Program Council of the Self – Government Loan Funds SELF – GOVERNMENT POLAND
	2.00 - 4.00 p.m. Didactic room	Open tax consultations Duties of tax consultants reccomended by the National Chamber of Tax Advisers – Silesian Branch
	2.30 p.m.-4.30 p.m. Conference room NBP Katowice 1 Bankowa Street	Debate about the practical skills of university graduates in Poland – Round table Event organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice.

	25th September 2012
	ACCOMPANYING EVENTS
	5.00 p.m. Euro Centrum	Meeting of the Council of the Self – Government Loan Funds SELF – GOVERNMENT POLAND
	7.00 p.m. BELCANTO Restaurant	Official supper with participation of Members of the Self – Government Loan Funds SELF – GOVERNMENT POLAND
	4.30 p.m.	Visit to Tyskie Brewery Trip by coach connected with sightseeing of Brewery and beer casting organized by Silesiahotels.com
	6.00 – 11.00 p.m. „OKO MIASTA” Restaurant	Informal meeting of participants of the II European SME Congress and concerts of musical bands

	26th September 2012
	SUBJECT SESSIONS University of Silesia in Katowice Active international cooperation as an important method of developing an innovative economy in Europe
	9.00 – 10.30 a.m. auditorium No 5	Plenary session : To disenchant the Silicon Valley – is it possible to repeat the success of the Silicon Valley in Poland? · The Silicon Valley, what is it? How did it come into being? How does it work? What are the factors of its success? · Aviation Valley – Polish Silicon Valley. What are the similarities and differences? · What models of inter – sector cooperation function in Europe and in the Word? Which can be applied in Poland? · Which of the ready European and world solutions in the scope of science and business cooperation can be applied in Poland? · What do the export consortia consist in? European countries’ experiences · What is the potential for diffusion of Polish innovative import and export? (on the basis of a report on the last 2 years of Polish import and export, taking into consideration preferred export sectors and most import export markets) · What is the effectiveness of a transfer of innovations through direct investments in Poland and Polish companies’ investments abroad?
	10.30 – 11.00 a.m. SICaAL	Coffee break
	11.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.	Parallel panel sessions
		Theme: Modern SME through good management
	11.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m. auditorium No 2	Panel session: Payment gridlocks – can a company from the SME sector avoid them? · Why do companies are so often in arrears with on-term payment of invoices towards their contractors? · Where to search for information on a financial credibility of a potential contractor in Poland and Europe? · What are the expenses connected with using tools for decreasing risk of losing financial liquidity? · Can verification of the contractor’s financial credibility negatively influence mutual relations? · What is the influence of the judiciary and execution of rulings on formation and keeping up of payment gridlocks? · What is the role of the tax system in limiting payment gridlocks? · Do the European and Polish law allow the SME sector companies to effectively exact debts?
	SICaAL	Panel session: Commercial companies. Barriers connected with credit card acceptance The commonness of non-cash transactions and interchange fees Can entrepreneur have exercise a real influence on lowering payments for using credit cards? · Sale in the company’s place or online sale – contemporary tradesman’s dilemma. · Is it worth starting your own online shop or to sell on the existing platforms for sale? · ABC of online trade · Franchise in commerce
	auditorium No 7	Panel session: Family companies, part I Session organized in cooperation with the Family Business Initiative Association · What is the potential of family companies in Poland and abroad? · What are the challenges for the development of family companies? · What are the aims of the Family Business Initiative Association?
	auditorium No 6	Panel session: Women’s entrepreneurship · Entrepreneurship’s potential among women · How to reconcile women’s business activities and with family duties? · How to promote women’s participation in the economic life? · Importance of women in management and entrepreneurship for the development of economy and regions · Solidarity of women in business as a determinant of success · The problem of financial (social) security of women who run business · Parity in boards. Is it necessary, rational and in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland?
		Theme: From the local to the world without boundaries
	auditorium No 3	Panel sessions: Russia – Poland, part I · What is the general situation of SME and what are the perspectives of SME’s development in the Russian Federation? · How can the present state of SME in the Russian Federation be analyzed against the background of the general situation of SME in Europe – dynamics of development, role in the economy development, barriers and chances of development? · What is the role of business environment institutions and local self-government in supporting SME? · What experiences do Polish diplomatic institutions have in the range of a broadly understood cooperation with Russian economic environment and organizations of economic and local self-government? · What are the defined barriers and the chances of development of this sector’s development in the nearest future? · What are the conditions of conducting business in the a/m countries (selected elements)? · What are the export/import possibilities? · Role of a regional cooperation in support of economic activities of SME on the example of Olsztyn and Kaliningrad
	auditorium No 1	Panel session: Eastern Neighborhood (Armenia – Azerbaijan – Belarus – Georgia – Moldova – Ukraine) · What are the conditions of conducting business in the a/m countries (selected elements)? · What are the non-tariff barriers of trade in the a/m countries? · What are the investing possibilities (including the SEZ and other addressed to SME?) · Are the cultural and local conditionings an obstacle in running a business in the a/m countries? · What are the market niches and sources of obtaining information on the a/m foreign markets? (Examples of good practices). · Are there any government programs for support of export to the selected Eastern markets? · Can SME count on support on the a/m markets from banking and insurance institutions?
		Theme: The world of innovations is created in SME
	auditorium No 4	Panel session: Transfer of technology to business · Where do the new technologies come into existence? Where to search for them? · What is the role of an enterprise in the development of a new technology? · How to cooperate with a university for the purpose of developing a new technology? · How to order a technology in a research – developmental unit? Possibilities of cooperation with research – developmental units. · Purchase of license is also a transfer of technology. What are other forms of transferring? · How much does the development of technology cost? · What are the possibilities of financing the purchase of new technologies? · What should one pay attention to when transferring technology from abroad? · How to put technology into form? ABC of industrial design.
	SICaAL	Panel session: Satellite Technologies – new developmental perspectives for innovative SME and local self – governments, part I Panel sessions are prepared in cooperation with UNICORN · Poland’s accession to the European Space Agency – new challenges for Polish innovative SME. · What are the benefits for business from applying satellite technologies? · What are the satellite applications and which business sectors may use them? · What are the benefits for local self – governments from applying satellite technologies? · Examples of applying satellite applications in management and manufacture of new products and services.
		Accompanying sessions
	auditorium No 8	Invest in Zabrze: presentation of the offer of the investment area by the Ernest Pohl Stadium in Zabrze, part III Urban sports investments as a chance for the development of hospitality business. · What is hospitality business (hospitality - transport, accommodation, catering, tourist services) · SME vs. network entities – accommodation and catering services · Cooperation of SME with big economic entities (ex. hairdressing salons, gyms, spas within the framework of large objects: sports center, aqua park, stadium) · Transport services within the framework of hospitality business – local transport, buses, taxis, coaches · Surplus value in the area of tourist attractions (offers such as: ride in a „syrenka” in Nowa Huta, ride in a horse – driven cab in a market place) · Market niches as a chance for SME – is it only a hire of bikes? · Franchise – a chance or a threat? Workshop: Area around the Ernest Pohl Stadium as an attractive place to run a business.
	auditorium No 5	Panel session: SME and a community enterprise – competition or cooperation? · What is a community enterprise? · Are social clauses in POL an unfair competition? · CSR and a community enterprise · How to make use of EU founding to finance social enterprises
	Didactic room	View your options and win the market, - strategic analysis for small and medium businesses Event organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice.
	1.00 – 1.30 p.m. SICaAL	Coffee Break
	1.30 – 3.30 p.m.	Paralel panel sessions
		Theme: Modern SME through good management
	auditorium No 7	Panel session : Family companies, part II – Values in family companies Session organized in cooperation with Family Business Initiative Association · Ethos of work in family companies – research report and owners’ point of view · How to form a brand of a family company? · What is a social role of family companies? · Questions to owners – what do I expect and what can I do?
	auditorium No 6	Panel session: Support of SME sector companies in a new EU financial perspective 2014-2020 What kind of support may European and Polish SME expect in the new financial perspective? What is the purpose of proposing joint strategic EU frames in the field of research and development under the name Horizon 2020? What activities will be realized within the framework of this initiative? What financial instruments for the development of SME are planned within the framework of new program Competitiveness and SME and what does their innovation consist in? Are the activities and programs supporting the SME sector proposed by the European Commission for years 2013+ sufficient? Which elements of the policy of supporting this sector from the EU level should be paid particular attention? Is it justifiable from the point of view of implementing institutions and entrepreneurs to substitute big irreclaimable subsidies with claimable instruments? Can entrepreneurs, and especially individuals starting a business, afford loans? What mistakes in the scope of distributing financial sources for SME have we made in the current period of programming? What should be changed or simplified in the system of supporting companies from the public sources after 2013? What hopes do entrepreneurs have concerning the new financial perspective? · Where can SME derive knowledge on topics connected with Union funds from?
	auditorium No 2	Panel session: “Grey zone” in the market economy. · Why some entrepreneurs operate in the grey zone? · Does a contradiction of legal regulations make possible or perhaps forces subjects to search for a possibility of acting outside law? · How to make the State, in the name of immediate budget income, not to reduce competitiveness of its own entrepreneurs and make impossible their development? · What should be the role of the European Union in standardization of tax rates in the situation of a valid rule of free flow of people, capital, services and products?
		Theme: From the local to the world without boundaries
	auditorium No 4	Panel session: Russia – Poland, part II · What is the general situation of SME and what are the perspectives of SME’s development in the Russian Federation? · How can the present state of SME in the Russian Federation be analyzed against the background of the general situation of SME in Europe – dynamics of development, role in the economy development, barriers and chances of development? · What is the role of business environment institutions and local self-government in supporting SME? · What experiences do Polish diplomatic institutions have in the range of a broadly understood cooperation with Russian economic environment and organizations of economic and local self-government? · What are the defined barriers and the chances of development of this sector’s development in the nearest future? · What are the conditions of conducting business in the a/m countries (selected elements)? · What are the export/import possibilities? · Role of a regional cooperation in support of economic activities of SME on the example of Olsztyn and Kaliningrad
	auditorium No 1	Panel session: Customs Union (Russia – Kazakhstan – Belarus) · What are the conditions of conducting business in the a/m countries (selected elements)? · What are the export/import possibilities (including the role of the Customs Union of Russia – Kazakhstan – Belarus)? · What are the non-tariff barriers of trade in the a/m countries? · What are the investment possibilities, including SEZ and other encouragements addressed to SME? · Are the cultural and local conditionings an obstacle in running a business in the a/m countries? · What are the market niches and sources of obtaining information on the a/m foreign markets? (Examples of good practices). · Are there any government programs for support of export to the selected Eastern markets? · Can SME count on support on the a/m markets from banking and insurance institutions?
		Theme: The world of innovations is created in SME
	SICaAL	Panel session: Security of information in modern SME. Session is prepared in cooperation with National Association for Security of Classified Information · What may entrepreneurs expect in connection with transformation of a national security system? · What are the threats in terms of information systems security and websites in a company? · When, how and why do we create a company’s secret? Profits and losses for a company · What are the duties of an entrepreneur in the scope of information security, protection of personal data and data of contractors? · Do we secure and archive the data well and destroy documents? · Why is it worth elaborating and introducing an information security policy in accordance with the ISO 27001 norm?
	auditorium No 3	Panel session: Modern telecommunication solutions. Session is prepared in cooperation with Milmex S.A. · Introduction of most interesting telecommunications solutions for business – presentation of companies and their products.
	SICaAL	Two panel sessions: Satellite Technologies – new developmental perspectives for innovative SME and local self – governments, part II Session is prepared in cooperation with UNICORN · Poland’s accession to the European Space Agency – new challenges for Polish innovative SME. · What are the benefits for business from applying satellite technologies? · What are the satellite applications and which business sectors may use them? · What are the benefits for local self – governments from applying satellite technologies? · Examples of applying satellite applications in management and manufacture of new products and services.
		Accompanying sessions
	2.00 – 4.00 p.m. Didactic rooms	Informational - Cooperative Exchange with participation of Commerce Counselors of Polish Embassies in Europe and Eastern Neighborhood countries as well as Ambassadors and Commercial Counselors of foreign Embassies in Poland. The Exchange will make possible obtaining detailed information on the conditions and possibilities of conducting business as well as investment – economic potential in particular EU and Eastern Neighborhood countries.
	1.30 – 3.30 p.m. Didactic rooms	Information is money. Techniques of obtaining market information Events organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice.

	26th September 2012
	SUBJECT SESSIONS Silesian Voivodeship Office Silesian Government Hall
	11.00 a.m. – 12.30	Construction Industry IV Silesian Investment, Construction and Real Estate Forum Organizers of the conference: Silesian Chamber of Construction, Silesian District Chamber of Construction Engineers Co-organizers: Polish Chamber of Construction Engineers, Polish Association of Building Engineers and Technicians, The Chamber of Construction Designing in Warsaw, Silesian University of Technology, Częstochowa University of Technology Honorary patronage: Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy – Sławomir Nowak, Silesian Voivode – Zygmunt Łukaszczyk, Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship – Adam Matusiewicz Session I Assumptions of the act’s project – Construction Code Host: Andrzej Roch Dobrucki – President of the National Council Polish Chamber of Construction Engineers Introduction: Janusz Żbik – Deputy Prime Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy
	12.30 1.00 p.m.	Coffee break
	1.00 -12.30 p.m.	Session II Regulations concerning construction works in rules of public orders Host: Prof. Andrzej Borowicz – Faculty of Real Estate Investment, University of Łódź
	2.30 – 3.00 p.m.	Lunch

	26th September 2012
	ACCOMPANYING EVENTS
	6.00 p.m. GUIDO Mine	Sightseeing and feast in a historic GUIDO Mine in Zabrze
	6.00 – 11.00 p.m. „OKO MIASTA” Restaurant	Informal meeting of the II European SME Congress participants and concerts of musical bands

		27 września 2012r.
		SUBJECT SESSIONS Silesian Voivodeship Office
		11.00 am. – 3.30 p.m. Silesian Parliament Hall		Plenary session: Small and medium – size enterprises in the environment of Polish mining Organizer: Association of Mining Engineers and Technicians Bard in Katowice · Mining Boroughs Society Subject areas: Forming balanced relations between mining and its business and scientific: · Is and in what scope SME perceived as a significant partner that supports Polish mining? · The role of mining in raising the quality standards of services and deliveries provided by SME? · How does the restructuring process of hard coal mining industry support the development of SME, does it constitute a chance or threat? · How do science’s accomplishments in the field of mining and geology influence the technology’s innovation in SME? · How does SME’s innovation support mining and how does mining influence increase of high – innovation companies’ share in the general number of small and medium – size enterprises in its environment? Social responsibility of mining enterprises in relations with SME: · Use of innovation technologies and flexibility of SME in the development of modern and safe mining, · SME in a capital group of a mining enterprise, relations of capital, technological and organizational - legal connections, a chance or threat? · Is it better for mining enterprises to hire external companies or build their own background for specialist works? Creating the conditions of taking up and conducting business as an element of government strategy for mining’s development State of Polish mining as the key determinant of the strategy for the development of mining environment companies Problems and state of the mining and processed waste disposal as a chance for SME’s development, Financial liquidity in relations between mining enterprises and business environment, financial risk and barriers to SME’s development · How do obligatory legal regulations concerning mining support entrepreneurship’s development at the same time supporting the development of mining enterprises?
		3.30 p.m.		Lunch
	27th September 2012
	ACCOPMANYING EVENTS
	9.00 a.m. Centre Office 29 Mickiewicza street		Workshop: UNIVERSAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPT – why do small do not want to grow? Workshop organized by TŰV NORD Polska Sp. z o.o. Role of a leader in SME Proactivity of management – examples of instruments which help to make right decisions Business simulation presenting a strategic dimension of management
	11.30 a.m. Centre Office Biuro Centrum 29 Mickiewicza street		Workshop: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN SME Workshop organized by TŰV NORD Polska Sp. z o.o. From a unit to a team – evolution in SME Motivation of employees by other means than salaries 5 levels of assigning tasks in SME
	2.00 p.m. Centre Office Biuro Centrum 29 Mickiewicza street		Workshop: SECURITY OF INFORMATION IN SME Workshop organized by TŰV NORD Polska Sp. z o.o. Legal state and normative apprehension Responsibility of SME owners and managers Case study
	Concert Hall of the Academy of Music in Katowice		Gala concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Silesian District Chamber of Construction Engineers

The II European Congress of SME will be traditionally accompanied by the BIZNES EXPO FAIR,

Within the framework of which the following Salons:

Salon of EDUCATION AND INVESTMENTS IN HUMAN RESOURCES

Salon of INFORMATION SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS

Salon of FINANCES, BANKING AND INSURANCES

Salon of MODERN SOLUTIONS FOR COMPANIES

Salon of CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND REAL ESTATE

Salon of TOURISTIC, HEALTH – RESORT AND RECREATIONAL OFFERS

Salon of MUNICIPALITIES’ INVESTMENT OFFERS

Salon of MINING AND MINING ENVIRONMENT COMPANIES

Salon of BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONS

Salon of ENERGYSAVING

Salon of FRANCHISING

Salon of MEDICAL SERVICES OFFER

Salon of a MANAGER

The II European SME Congress is accompanied by the Poland-wide Program

Family companies, part I

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 7

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.

Session organized in cooperation with the Family Business Initiative Association

• What is the potential of family companies in Poland and abroad?
• What are the challenges for the development of family companies?
• What are the aims of the Family Business Initiative Association?

Women’s entrepreneurship

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 6

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.

• Entrepreneurship’s potential among women
• How to reconcile women’s business activities and with family duties?
• How to promote women’s participation in the economic life?
• Importance of women in management and entrepreneurship for the development of economy and regions
• Solidarity of women in business as a determinant of success
• The problem of financial (social) security of women who run business
• Parity in boards. Is it necessary, rational and in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland?

Invest in Zabrze: presentation of the offer of the investment area by the Ernest Pohl Stadium in Zabrze, part III

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 13.00 p.m.

Urban sports investments as a chance for the development of hospitality business.

• What is hospitality business (hospitality - transport, accommodation, catering, tourist services)
• SME vs. network entities – accommodation and catering services
• Cooperation of SME with big economic entities (ex. hairdressing salons, gyms, spas within the framework of large objects: sports center, aqua park, stadium)
• Transport services within the framework of hospitality business – local transport, buses, taxis, coaches
• Surplus value in the area of tourist attractions (offers such as: ride in a „syrenka” in Nowa Huta, ride in a horse – driven cab in a market place)
• Market niches as a chance for SME – is it only a hire of bikes?
• Franchise – a chance or a threat?

Workshop: Area around the Ernest Pohl Stadium as an attractive place to run a business.

SME and a community enterprise – competition or cooperation?

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 5

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 13.00 p.m

• What is a community enterprise?
• Are social clauses in POL an unfair competition?
• CSR and a community enterprise
• How to make use of EU founding to finance social enterprises

Workshop: Academy of Marketing and Sales - View your options and win the market, - strategic analysis for small and medium businesses

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, didactic room

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 13.00 p.m.

Workshop - Marketing and Sale Academy

Event organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

Russia – Poland, part I

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 3

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.

• What is the general situation of SME and what are the perspectives of SME’s development in the Russian Federation?
• • How can the present state of SME in the Russian Federation be analyzed against the background of the general situation of SME in Europe – dynamics of development, role in the economy development, barriers and chances of development?
• What is the role of business environment institutions and local self-government in supporting SME?
• What experiences do Polish diplomatic institutions have in the range of a broadly understood cooperation with Russian economic environment and organizations of economic and local self-government?
• What are the defined barriers and the chances of development of this sector’s development in the nearest future?

• What are the conditions of conducting business in the a/m countries (selected elements)?
• What are the export/import possibilities?
• Role of a regional cooperation in support of economic activities of SME on the example of Olsztyn and Kaliningrad

Eastern Neighborhood (Armenia – Azerbaijan – Belarus – Georgia – Moldova – Ukraine)

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 1

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.

• What are the conditions of conducting business in the a/m countries (selected elements)?
• What are the non-tariff barriers of trade in the a/m countries?
• What are the investing possibilities (including the SEZ and other addressed to SME?)
• Are the cultural and local conditionings an obstacle in running a business in the a/m countries?
• What are the market niches and sources of obtaining information on the a/m foreign markets? (Examples of good practices).
• Are there any government programs for support of export to the selected Eastern markets?
• Can SME count on support on the a/m markets from banking and insurance institutions?

Transfer of technology to business

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.

• Where do the new technologies come into existence? Where to search for them?
• What is the role of an enterprise in the development of a new technology?
• How to cooperate with a university for the purpose of developing a new technology?
• How to order a technology in a research – developmental unit? Possibilities of cooperation with research – developmental units.
• Purchase of license is also a transfer of technology. What are other forms of transferring?
• How much does the development of technology cost?
• What are the possibilities of financing the purchase of new technologies?
• What should one pay attention to when transferring technology from abroad?
• How to put technology into form? ABC of industrial design.

Satellite Technologies – new developmental perspectives for innovative SME and local self – governments, part I

Place: Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library, 11a Bankowa street

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 13.00 p.m.

Panel sessions are prepared in cooperation with UNICORN

• Poland’s accession to the European Space Agency – new challenges for Polish innovative SME.
• What are the benefits for business from applying satellite technologies?
• What are the satellite applications and which business sectors may use them?
• What are the benefits for local self – governments from applying satellite technologies?
• Examples of applying satellite applications in management and manufacture of new products and services.

Family companies, part II

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 7

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Session organized in cooperation with Family Business Initiative Association

• Ethos of work in family companies – research report and owners’ point of view
• How to form a brand of a family company?
• What is a social role of family companies?
• Questions to owners – what do I expect and what can I do?

Support of SME sector companies in a new EU financial perspective 2014-2020

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

• What kind of support may European and Polish SME expect in the new financial perspective?
• What is the purpose of proposing joint strategic EU frames in the field of research and development under the name Horizon 2020? What activities will be realized within the framework of this initiative?
• What financial instruments for the development of SME are planned within the framework of new program Competitiveness and SME and what does their innovation consist in?
• Are the activities and programs supporting the SME sector proposed by the European Commission for years 2013+ sufficient? Which elements of the policy of supporting this sector from the EU level should be paid particular attention?
• Is it justifiable from the point of view of implementing institutions and entrepreneurs to substitute big irreclaimable subsidies with claimable instruments? Can entrepreneurs, and especially individuals starting a business, afford loans?
• What mistakes in the scope of distributing financial sources for SME have we made in the current period of programming? What should be changed or simplified in the system of supporting companies from the public sources after 2013?
• What hopes do entrepreneurs have concerning the new financial perspective?
• Where can SME derive knowledge on topics connected with Union funds from?

Tax system for the development of SME

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 2

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

• Why some entrepreneurs operate in the grey zone?
• Does a contradiction of legal regulations make possible or perhaps forces subjects to search for a possibility of acting outside law?
• How to make the State, in the name of immediate budget income, not to reduce competitiveness of its own entrepreneurs and make impossible their development?
• What should be the role of the European Union in standardization of tax rates in the situation of a valid rule of free flow of people, capital, services and products?

Vocational education in Poland. Necessity of fixing it.

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 5

 

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

 

 

Panel organized in cooperation with the Marshal’s Office

Workshop: Academy of Marketing and Sales - Information is money. Techniques of obtaining market information

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, didactic rooms

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Events organized by the Youth Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

Russia – Poland, part II

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 4

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

• What is the general situation of SME and what are the perspectives of SME’s development in the Russian Federation?
• How can the present state of SME in the Russian Federation be analyzed against the background of the general situation of SME in Europe – dynamics of development, role in the economy development, barriers and chances of development?
• What is the role of business environment institutions and local self-government in supporting SME?
• What experiences do Polish diplomatic institutions have in the range of a broadly understood cooperation with Russian economic environment and organizations of economic and local self-government?
• What are the defined barriers and the chances of development of this sector’s development in the nearest future?
• What are the conditions of conducting business in the a/m countries (selected elements)?
• What are the export/import possibilities?
• Role of a regional cooperation in support of economic activities of SME on the example of Olsztyn and Kaliningrad

Customs Union (Russia – Kazakhstan – Belarus)

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 1

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

• What are the conditions of conducting business in the a/m countries (selected elements)? 
• What are the export/import possibilities (including the role of the Customs Union of Russia – Kazakhstan – Belarus)? 
• What are the non-tariff barriers of trade in the a/m countries? 
• What are the investment possibilities, including SEZ and other encouragements addressed to SME? 
• Are the cultural and local conditionings an obstacle in running a business in the a/m countries? 
• What are the market niches and sources of obtaining information on the a/m foreign markets? (Examples of good practices). 
• Are there any government programs for support of export to the selected Eastern markets? 
• Can SME count on support on the a/m markets from banking and insurance institutions?

Informational - Cooperative Exchange

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, didactic rooms

Time: 2.00 – 4.00 p.m.

The Exchange will make possible obtaining detailed information on the conditions and possibilities of conducting business as well as investment – economic potential in particular EU and Eastern Neighborhood countries.

Security of information in modern SME

Place: Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library, 11a Bankowa street

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Session is prepared in cooperation with National Association for Security of Classified Information

• What may entrepreneurs expect in connection with transformation of a national security system?
• What are the threats in terms of information systems security and websites in a company?
• When, how and why do we create a company’s secret? Profits and losses for a company
• What are the duties of an entrepreneur in the scope of information security, protection of personal data and data of contractors?
• Do we secure and archive the data well and destroy documents?
• Why is it worth elaborating and introducing an information security policy in accordance with the ISO 27001 norm?

Modern telecommunication solutions

Place: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, 11b Bankowa street, auditorium No 3

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Session is prepared in cooperation with Milmex S.A.

• • Introduction of most interesting telecommunications solutions for business – presentation of companies and their products

Satellite Technologies – new developmental perspectives for innovative SME and local self – governments, part II

Place: Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library, 11a Bankowa street

Time: 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Session is prepared in cooperation with UNICORN

• Poland’s accession to the European Space Agency – new challenges for Polish innovative SME.
• What are the benefits for business from applying satellite technologies?
• What are the satellite applications and which business sectors may use them?
• What are the benefits for local self – governments from applying satellite technologies?
• Examples of applying satellite applications in management and manufacture of new products and services.

Sightseeing and feast in a historic GUIDO Mine in Zabrze

Place: GUIDO Mine

Time: 6.00 p.m.

Informal meeting of the II European SME Congress participants and concerts of musical bands

Place: „OKO MIASTA” Restaurant

Time: 6.00 p.m. – 11.00 p.m.

IV Silesian Investment, Construction and Real Estate Forum

Place: Silesian Voivodeship Office, Silesian Government Hall

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 12.30 

 

IV Silesian Investment, Construction and Real Estate Forum

Organizers of the conference: Silesian Chamber of Construction, Silesian District Chamber of Construction Engineers and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

Co-organizers: Polish Chamber of Construction Engineers, Polish Association of Building Engineers and Technicians, The Chamber of Construction Designing in Warsaw, Silesian University of Technology, Częstochowa University of Technology

Honorary patronage: Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy – Sławomir Nowak, Silesian Voivode – Zygmunt Łukaszczyk, Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship – Adam Matusiewicz

Assumptions of the act’s project – Construction Code

Place: Silesian Voivodeship Office, Silesian Government Hall

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 12.30

Host: Andrzej Roch Dobrucki – President of the National Council Polish Chamber of Construction Engineers

Introduction: Janusz Żbik – Deputy Prime Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy

Regulations concerning construction works in rules of public orders  

Place: Silesian Voivodeship Office, Silesian Government Hall

Time: 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.

Host: Prof. Andrzej Borowicz – Faculty of Real Estate Investment, University of Łódź

How to become an innovative company – alternative or necessity  

Place: Sosnowiec Science and Technology Park, Wojska Polskiego 92 street

Time: 9.30 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. 

 Subject areas:

• How to fit innovation into the strategy of a company for good?
• Common formation and measurement of intellectual capital
• Building of clusters – what is a butterfly effect?
• Connection of science and business – still a theory?
• How much is an integrated system without a good concept worth?
• How will your company be evaluated by potential investors?
• Dreams „bought” by shareholder – are you able to make them come true?
• Exchange market – a market which discounts future events Rynek

Session is organized by the City Hall in Sosnowiec, company Business Service Ltd. and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

 

Small and medium – size enterprises in the environment of Polish mining

Place: Silesian Voivodeship Office, Silesian Parliament Hall

Time: 11.00 am. – 3.30 p.m.

Organizer:

• Association of Mining Engineers and Technicians Bard in Katowice 
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice 

Subject areas: Forming balanced relations between mining and its business and scientific: 

• Is and in what scope SME perceived as a significant partner that supports Polish mining? 
• The role of mining in raising the quality standards of services and deliveries provided by SME? 
• How does the restructuring process of hard coal mining industry support the development of SME, does it constitute a chance or threat? 
• How do science’s accomplishments in the field of mining and geology influence the technology’s innovation in SME? 
• How does SME’s innovation support mining and how does mining influence increase of high – innovation companies’ share in the general number of small and medium – size enterprises in its environment? 

Social responsibility of mining enterprises in relations with SME:

• Use of innovation technologies and flexibility of SME in the development of modern and safe mining, 
• SME in a capital group of a mining enterprise, relations of capital, technological and organizational - legal connections, a chance or threat? 
• Is it better for mining enterprises to hire external companies or build their own background for specialist works?

Creating the conditions of taking up and conducting business as an element of government strategy for mining’s development

• State of Polish mining as the key determinant of the strategy for the development of mining environment companies
• Problems and state of the mining and processed waste disposal as a chance for SME’s development,
• Financial liquidity in relations between mining enterprises and business environment, financial risk and barriers to SME’s development 
• How do obligatory legal regulations concerning mining support entrepreneurship’s development at the same time supporting the development of mining enterprises?

Investment possibilities for SME in special economic zones 

Place: Silesian Voivodeship Office, Grey Room

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

Organizers: Marshal of the Opole Voivodeship, Mayor of Opole City, Opolskie Centre for Economy Development, Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Opole and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

 

Export support for SME 

Place: Silesian Voivodeship Office

Time: 1.30 – 3.30 p.m. 

Organizers:  Marshal of the Opole Voivodeship, Mayor of Opole City, Opolskie Centre for Economy Development, Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Opole and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

• Practical aspects of functioning of the Investor and Export Service Center
• Rules and conditions of functioning on the selected foreign markets 
• Possibilities of using the EU funds on fairs and exhibitions by SME 
• Possibilities of establishing cooperation with Foreign contractors 
• Market analyses for entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur’s controlled insolvency – a chance or threat for his/her business environment

Place: Marshal’s Office of the Silesian Voivodeship, 46 Ligonia street, Blue Room

 

 

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. 

Information meeting within the framework of the campaign We Mean Business  - National Information Day – executed by the operator P.A.U. Education on the initiative of the European Commission 

Place: Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice 15 Opolska str.

Time: 9.00 a.m.

• What benefits may an employer derive from admitting trainees included in the Leonardo da Vinci or Erasmus programs?
• How to increase employees’ professional qualifications?
• Presentation of good practices
• Discussion on the assumptions of the Erasmus program for Everyone 2014 – 2020

 

Workshop: Universal management concept 

Place: Centre Office, 29 Mickiewicza street

Time: 9.00 a.m. 

Workshop organized by TŰV NORD Polska Sp. z o.o. and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

• Role of a leader in SME 
• Proactivity of management – examples of instruments which help to make right decisions 
• Business simulation presenting a strategic dimension of management

Workshop: Human resources management in SME 

Place: Centre Office Biuro Centrum, 29 Mickiewicza street

Time: 11.30 a.m. 

Workshop organized by TŰV NORD Polska Sp. z o.o. and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

• From a unit to a team – evolution in SME 
• Motivation of employees by other means than salaries 
• 5 levels of assigning tasks in SME

Workshop: Security of information in SME 

Place: Centre Office Biuro Centrum, 29 Mickiewicza street

Time: 2.00 p.m.

Workshop organized by TŰV NORD Polska Sp. z o.o. and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice

• Legal state and normative apprehension
• Responsibility of SME owners and managers 
• Case study

Gala concert on the occasion of the 10th  anniversary of the Silesian District Chamber of Construction Engineers

Place: Concert Hall of the Academy of Music in Katowice