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Wrocław for Partnership – experience; plans; perspectives for cooperation – British-Polish PPP Forum

Venue: Congress Centre at Hala Stulecia, ul. Wystawowa 1, Wrocław, Poland
Start date: 2012-02-07 Time: 09:00 Organised by: British Polish Chamber of Commerce

British Polish Chamber of Commerce, the City of Wrocław, Wrocław Agglomeration Development Agency and the British Embassy in Warsaw invite you to: Wrocław for Partnership – experience; plans; perspectives for cooperation – British - Polish PPP Forum


Honorary Patronage of the Ministry of Regional Development, Ministry of Economy and Polish Chamber of Commerce.

Organisers provide simultaneous translation.

Cost:

Representatives of municipalities and local governments - free of charge.

Companies: 200 PLN + 23% VAT first person; (the second person from the same company 180 PLN + VAT, and a third and subsequent person 150 PLN + VAT)

The deadline for registration is Friday February 3rd 2012.

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Conference Programme:

8.30 – 9.00 Registration of participants

9.00 – 9.30Official opening of The Forum (Robert Gwiazdowski)
Rafał Dutkiewicz – Mayor of The City of Wrocław
Maciej Bluj – Deputy Mayor of The City of Wrocław
Robin Barnett – HM Ambasador of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Martin Oxley - UK Trade & Investment director
Joe Tunney – Chief Executive , The British Polish Chamber of Commerce

Part I. PPP in Poland and the World - macro and microeconomic factors, the perspectives:

9.30 – 9.45 UK experience with PPP projects – various sectors of economy. What are the perspectives? (Michael Dembiński, head of policy, British Polish Chamber of Commerce)

9.45 – 09.55 Summary of three years of the PPP in Poland in relation to the beginning of the PPP in the UK. Opportunities, benefits, risks (Katarzyna Dwórznik, legal& economic expert, Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza)

09.55 – 10.05 Redistribution of social assistance, the future of "soft" PPP projects in Poland - Foreign case studies (Marta Pawłowska, managing director MG Network)

10.05 – 10.25 The role of PPP in rectifying Poland’s infrastructure shortcomings - opportunities and threats, challenges for Polish local authorities (Marzena Rytel, Public Sector director, PwC Polska)

10.25 – 10.40 Coffee break

Part II. PPP in Poland – case studies and experience of The City of Wroclaw

10.40 – 11.10 Review and declaration of the experience of Wroclaw in PPP and new PPP projects - New Market parking lot, parking lot at Centennial Hall, construction of bus shelters, construction of the Great Island Avenue, construction of swimming pools in educational facilities, ICT network, (Introduction: Maciej Bluj, Deputy Mayor of Wrocław; Presentation: Elżbieta Urbanek, City of Wrocław Municipality, Infrastructure and Economy Department)

11.10 – 11.30 Road management in public-private partnership in Lower Silesia (Wiktor Lubieniecki, Infrastructure Departament Director, Marshall’s Office of Lower Silesia)

11.30 – 11.50 New criteria for the classification of Eurostat PPP projects - in or outside the public sector balance sheet (Witold Grzybowski, Wrocław Agglomeration Development Agency))

11.50 – 12.10 Summary and discussion (Robert Gwiazdowski)

12.10 – 12.25 Cooperation with a bank for PPP projects (Piotr Galas, Director of the Public Client Sector Department, PKO Bank Polski)

12.25 – 12.40 Project approach when investing in the PPP (Piotr Galas, Director of the Public Client Sector Department, PKO Bank Polski)

12.40 – 13.00 Construction and maintenance of local roads under the provisions of the Act on PPP - the experience of the tender procedure for selecting the private partner (Wadim Kurpias, Partner, Chief Executivefor IPF in Central&Eastern Europe, CMS Cameron McKenna)

13.00 – 13.15 PPP in practice - a presentation of selected PPP projects - airport infrastructure and waste incineration (Krzysztof Łyszyk, Michał Kurzyński, Partners at Kurzyński, Kosiński, Łyszyk & Wspólnicy)

13.15 – 13.35 Coffee break and cold buffet

Part III. PPP in Poland – examples of successful projects, the implementers’ and analysts’

13.35 – 13.55 The role of regulations and principles of a good contractor in PPP projects (Janusz Sobieraj, Bartosz Korbus; Korporacja Radex)

13.55 – 14.10 PPP in waste management (Arwid Mednis, Partner at Wierzbowski Eversheds)

14.10 – 14.25 Broadband networks in the PPP model (Piotr Zychowicz, Technitel Polska)

14.25 – 14.40 Partnership approach - expectations and reality - limitations, challenges, and flexibility in the context of current PPP projects (Mirella Lechna, Partner at Wardyński & Partners)

14.40 – 14.55 PPP projects in Healthcare- preparation phase (Nic Allen, CEO, Devereux Architects International)

14.55 – 15.25 The balance of expectations between the partners - the main factor in the success of PPP projects (Błażej Buraczewski, Business Development Director, Saritor Group)

15.25 – 15.40 Enterprise Europe Network Project – support for MŚP in obtaining new technologies (Anna Pytel, Wrocław Center for Technology Transfer)

15.40 – 16.10 Summary and discussion panel (Robert Gwiazdowski)

16.10 Buffet dinner and business mixer

Registration Form:

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Please note if you book and fail to attend without prior written notice, you will be invoiced in full.

The organisers reserve the right to make minor changes in the conference programme.


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