Main entrance: Mälarsalen, Münchenbryggeriet, Söder Mälarstrand 29, Floor 7, Stockholm
08:00–09:00 – Registration and Coffee
09:00–09:45 – Inauguration of the Swedish-Polish Business Summit
Official opening ceremony with welcoming remarks by moderator Katrine Kielos and high-level speakers:
- Benjamin Dousa, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
- Andrzej Domański, Minister of Finance and Economy
- Maja Lundbäck, State Secretary to Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch
- Wojciech Wrochna, Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure and Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy
09:45–10:15 – The Business & Investor Perspective
Moderated panel by Katrine Kielos:
- Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman of Wallenberg Investments
- Adam Góral, CEO, Asseco Poland
10:15–10:45 – Inspirational Talks on Innovation
Moderated panel by Katrine Kielos:
- Jenny Nordlöw, CEO, Sferical AI
- Klaudia Kożusznik, Head of Growth, A4BEE
10:45 – 11:15 – Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 – High-Level Session: Swedish and Polish Business on Support for Ukraine
This session brings together high-level speakers from both public and private sectors in Sweden and Poland and will be moderated by Katrine Kielos.
Opening remarks by:
- Svitlana Zalishchuk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Sweden
- Ulrik Tideström, Special Envoy for Ukraine, Sweden
- Paweł Kowal, Chairman of the Council for Cooperation with Ukraine, Member of the Parliament and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Sejm
Businesses presenting inspirational cases of supporting Ukraine:
- Therese Lindé, VP & Head of Global Policy & Patient Access, Elekta
- Håkan Jyde, Managing Director, Scania Ukraine, Scania
- Krzysztof Zdziarski, CEO, PESA
Reflections on the importance of international business in supporting Ukraine:
- Andreas Giallourakis, Country Manager and Trade Commissioner of Sweden to Ukraine, Business Sweden
- Marcin Zieniewicz, Key Expert & Former Consul, Team Ukraine at Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH)
Financial tools available in Sweden and Poland that can support businesses to operate in Ukraine:
- Åke Nordlander, Director General, EKN
- Magnus Montan, Director General, SEK
- Katarzyna Kowalska, Deputy CEO, KUKE
- Michał Kapa, Manager for Ukraine & International Cooperation, PFR
- Magdalena Henderson, Expert, Department for International Development Instruments, BGK
12:45–14:30 – Networking Lunch
Joint lunch for all participants, networking opportunities and coffee-break.
12:45–14:30 – Defence Industry Lunch
A separate invite-only lunch focused on the defence industry will run in parallel, hosted by Peter Sandwall, State Secretary to Minister for Defence Pål Jonson.
14:30–16:15 – Parallel Afternoon Sessions Across Key Thematic Areas
1. 'Decarbonisation of the Energy Matrix' Roundtable (Invite-Only): This session will centre on discussing Swedish-Polish supply chain development and optimisation to accelerate the transition to clean energy, identify opportunities for direct collaboration in capacity building and knowledge transfer, as well as explore topics such as grid resilience, nuclear energy and sustainable cooling and heating.
2. 'Sustainable Infrastructure' Roundtable (Invite-Only): This session will explore how today's infrastructure choices shape our future and discussions will focus on sharing best practices as well as opportunities and challenges in delivering secure, efficient infrastructure with value-driven procurement and construction, and identify complementary strengths and opportunities for joint innovation, scalable solutions, and policy alignment to enhance EU-wide infrastructure impact.
3. 'Digitalisation as an Enabler' Roundtable (Invite-Only): This session will review how Sweden and Poland can collaborate to enhance cybersecurity, digital resilience and innovation competitiveness by investing in AI infrastructure, cloud sovereignty and workplace digitalisation, while leveraging EU AI initiatives to accelerate value creation and scale digital transformation.
4. Defence Industry Workshop (Invite-Only): After a moderated lunch discussion, delegates participating in the invite-only lunch will continue discussions into the afternoon.
5. Sweden and Poland - Macroeconomic Trends and Trade (Open): A presentation on the main stage will explore macroeconomic developments in, and trade relations between, Sweden and Poland. This insightful session is open to all participants and complements the closed sessions, taking place from 14:15 to 16:00. The presentation will be held by Georg Marthin, Senior Analyst at Business Sweden, together with Bogdan Zawadewicz , Head of Geopolitical Risk Analysis at Polish Development Bank BGK
Updated information and preparatory material will be shared ahead of the roundtables and defence industry workshop.
16:15–16:30 – Transition Break
16:30–18:30 – Closing Remarks & Networking Cocktail
To conclude the day, summarizing remarks will be delivered by Andrzej Dycha, Chairman of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH), and Annika Stål, Vice President and Head of Region Europe at Business Sweden. Their reflections will be followed by welcoming remarks from Karolina Ostrzyniewska, Ambassador of Poland to Sweden, officially opening the networking cocktail.