The initiator and the president of the board of the SIEMACHA Association, a public benefit organisation operating in the field of education, sports and therapy; President of the board of the DEMOS Foundation; member of the international organisation for social entrepreneurs Ashoka. Since 1986 he has collaborated with social organisations in Malta. He is a connoisseur of Maltese culture and its promoter. Since 1999 he has collaborated with the local government of Krakow as the coordinator of the Municipal Program for Juvenile Delinquency Prevention, the representative and social advisor of the President of Krakow in the field of Youth. A member of the Priesthood Council of the Archdiocese of Krakow 2001-2011. In 2000 he started the construction of the multifunctional children’s centre in Odporyszów with reverend Kazimierz Augustyński. The centre comprises: an orphanage, a day care facility, a holiday centre and a modern sports centre. Reverend Andrzej Augustyński received many awards i.a. the title of the Cracovian of the Year 2014 in the category “Society”. In 2014 he received the Grand Prix Amicus Hominum, Pro Publico Bono and the Medal of Merit for the Lesser Poland Voivodeship Palatinatus Poloniae Minoris Meriti. In 2012 he received the Medal of St. George of the “Tygodnik Powszechny” weekly. In 2009 he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his outstanding merits in his activities for the needy and for his achievements in his professional and social work. He wrote the books “Coca kocha colę” (Coca Loves Cola), “Czyja jest socjoterapia?” (Who Owns Sociotherapy?) and “Wędrowiec” (Wanderer). He initiated and published “Dziennikarstwo i polityka” (Jurnalism and Politics) and “Jan Wnęk. Między niebem a ziemią” (Jan Wnęk. Between the Sky and Earth).

Graduate of Wrocław Univesity of Technology (chemical engineering processes) and Calgary University (MBA studies). She has spent 10 years in DOW Chemical on various positions in Warsaw and London. Katarzyna has started BASF career in 2005 in UK as a Head of Sales for UK & Nordics. Next 2 years Mrs. Byczkowska spent in Ludwigshafen (BASF Headquarter) and following years (2008-2012) in Warsaw on the position of Head of Sales for EUC & Russia. In 2013-2017 she has been delegated to Spain as a Vice President, Sales & Regional Market Development Iberia. And finally in 2017-18 Mrs. Byczkowska came to Vienna to work as a Head of Controlling and Projects for Central Europe. After coming back to Poland (May 2018) Katarzyna Byczkowska started her job as a Managing Director BASF Polska which is still one of the largest BASF legal entities in Europe. Currently BASF Polska has more than 870 employees and generates sales on the level of 860 million EUR (2019).

Vice-president of the board, general director of the Polish Federation of Food Industry Union of Employers (PFPŻ ZP), editor-in-chief of the quarterly “Food-Lex”, member of the Council of the Employers and Entrepreneurs Union, member of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Commerce, member of the Committee on Food and Nutrition Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He represents PFPŻ ZP in the largest European organization of the food industry, Food Drink Europe. For over 20 years associated with the food industry in terms of management, marketing, public relations, corporate social responsibility. Author of numerous publications and analyzes on the food market and the food economy.

A graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Economics in Krakow, Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, postgraduate studies in the Management of Capital Group at Warsaw School of Economics and MBA studies at the University of Minnesota. Since 2003 professionally connected with “Alventa” SA. Creator of “Alventa Invest” Group. Councilor in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Krakow.

Graduate of the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology Professional experience: Since 1991, he has been working in managerial positions in the area of sales and management in large international organizations in the B2B and B2C segment (Henkel, General Electric, Miele, Lafarge, Ursa). He has been working for Nordkalk for 10 years, including 9 years as the President of the Management Board of Nordkalk Sp. o.o. Since 2016, he has been the Commercial Director in the Central Europe Region (Poland, Germany, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Slovakia). Professional achievements: Changing the organizational and sales model at Nordkalk. He is responsible for the granulated lime project (trade name Nordkalk AtriGran), which has been successfully run since 2009. For several years he has been focusing on the development of sales and investments in Ukraine, mainly in the area of agricultural products.

Piotr Mirosław has almost 25 years of experience in management of sales, marketing and operations in international companies, both in B2C and B2B markets, in different cultures and organizational structures. Since 2014 heading up Lyreco Poland, being market leader in workplace products and services. Before head of Tech Data in Poland, one of top global IT distributors. Board member of Philips Poland, leading consumer sales and marketing in Poland and Central Europe. Sales Director and Managing Director in LG Electronics Poland. Graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, postgraduate study at Warsaw University, postgraduate program in Business School of Warsaw University of Technology and MBA graduate at University of Illinois.

Prof. dr hab. Witold M. Orłowski, economist, professor at the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology and the Vistula University, chief economic advisor to PwC Polska, lecturer in many academic institutions in Poland and abroad. Former economic advisor to the president Aleksander Kwaśniewski, member of the National Development Council of the President and the Economic Council of the Government. Author of 16 books and 200 scientific publications, popular economic commentator and columnist of major Polish newspapers.

A graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology (Faculty of Automotive and Machine Tools – 1982-1987) and the University of Warsaw (Ph.D. studies in the field of “Financial Institutions and Economic Strategies of Companies” – 2003-2006). Doctoral degree in economic sciences obtained at the Faculty of Economics, University of Warsaw (2012). Doctoral dissertation: “Mergers and acquisitions as an alternative strategy to organic growth of companies – studies of long-term economic effects on the example of the automotive sector”. Jacek Pawlak, after 5 years spent in Toyota Motor Europe as Director of Sales and Strategic Projects for Toyota Europe, in 2012 became the first Pole ever to manage the Polish branch of the concern.

Krzysztof Pikoń Prof. PhD, DSc. is a full professor at the Silesian University of Technology (SUT). Scientifically deals with the issues of environmental impact, circular economy, LCA, LCC analysis, waste management as well as the modern pedagogical approach and active learning methods. He participated in many scientific projects focused on LCA Analysis and optimization of environmental impact. He is head of Department for Technologoies and Installations for Waste Management. He was the manager of 15 projects, including 3 European projects (Innoenergy, Norway-Island Fund, EU-Turkish Fund), 2 National Centre Research and Development (NCBiR) projects, 3 NAWA project (PROM – academic international exchange and KATAMARAN – pedagogical development of new MSc program in the field of Energy Transition) and 2 Ministry of Science and Higher Education projects. The total budget of project managed by him is about EUR 10 million. He was the contractor of about 40 research and scientific projects (including international ones: Tempus, Eureka, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe). He is the author of two scientific monographs: The Circular Economy in a holistic approach (Silesian University of Technology Publishing House, 2018) and the Model of multi-criteria environmental analysis of complex technological systems (Silesian University of Technology Publishing House 2011). He is a co-author of the prestigious book published by John Wiley & Sons Publishing House in 2015 Handbook of clean energy systems. He is author of several pedagogical publication related to Challenge driven education, Project Based Learning and Case teaching. He was Program Director of Energy Transition MSc in EIT Innoenergy (Consortium of 13 EU Universities). He obtained the international management certificate PRINCE2 at the foundation and practitioner level and Agile PM. He also participated in a number of trainings focused on eduaction, pedagogy, new teaching methods including English Medium Instruction at UPC in Barcelona, Case Teaching at Harvard University and ESADE Business School as well as a number of training courses such as Problem Solving, Design Thinking and other soft skills. He was awarded with Medal of the National Education Commission (2019) and many Rectors Awards for scientific, organizational and pedagogical achievements. Statistics: H- index – Web of Science – 9; Number of citations– Web of Science – 307; ORCID: 0000-0003-1589-7247

A pioneer in building business relationships at the highest level. She is a graduate of the Catholic University of Lublin, the German-language MBA program at Kozminski University and the Higher School of Insurance and Banking. She has over a dozen years of managerial experience. She has worked for large retail chains HIT and Otto. She managed sales networks of several hundred people in financial institutions: the Austrian brokerage company Allfinanz and Skarbiec Asset Management Holding (BRE Bank Group). For over a decade she has also been involved in the executive search industry as Managing Partner at Cigno Consulting, which operates in the field of selection and recruitment and personnel consulting. She is the originator and CEO of the Executive Club, the most elite association of top management. She has worked with the entourage of all presidents of the Third Polish Republic, as well as with the most influential politicians of the European Union countries and intellectuals from such academic centers as Oxford, LSE, London Business School, IESE. She is responsible for the strategy of the Club, which integrates business elites and is a platform for top executives to exchange ideas and inspiration. She consistently promotes diversity, inclusiveness and equal treatment in business. She also supports charitable initiatives by linking business with selected foundations run by charismatic leaders. She has been honored with the “Honoris Gratia” medal, among other awards.

Academic Director of Corporate Responsibility Executive Programme, consultant and lecturer to many professional associations, governmental and commercial organizations. He was a successful entrepreneur for almost 20 years from 1989. Founder of the Responsible Business Forum, affiliated to CSR Europe, Advisory Board Coordinator for UN Global Compact Polska, founder of Responsible Companies Ranking, prepared annually from 2007 and published in the main business newspaper in Poland. He is working as a Chief Ethical Officer for Polish Gas and Oil Company (PGNiG), one of the biggest commercial group in CEE. Member of the special advisory CSR Committee to the Ministry of Economy, Leader of Sensegiving Business Network. He is a jury member in Polish National Sales Award, Marketing Director of the Year Award, Verba Veritatis: An Award for the Best Student’s Thesis on Business Ethics, member of the Advisory Board of Institute for Innovative Economy, mFoundation, etc. He has been a member in several international projects. His research interests lie in the intersection of business ethics, social innovation, corporate responsibility, sharing economy, sustainability and strategic management.

Jacek Siwiński – CEO of COMPO Polska, one of leading suppliers in European gardening market, sponsible for expansion strategy of the company in Polish market. Earlier active in different industries like: pluming, automotive, power tools and roof windows. Has many years of experience in business development and transformation in Poland and abroad, which he has gained working in managerial positions in the structures of Bosch and VELUX for three decades. Graduated Industrial Automation and Robotics at Warsaw University of Technology, as well as the Executive MBA program at the Business School Warsaw University of Technology.

Graduate of the Cracow University of Economics. She has several years of managerial experience. After graduation, she began her career in marketing at a large IT company, Comarch SA. Then, for 15 years, she was associated with the furniture industry as Director of Marketing, PR and CSR at Nowy Styl, where she was responsible for developing effective, creative marketing and sales strategies at home and abroad. She was involved in acquisitions of foreign companies and building the company’s post-acquisition strategy. In 2014, she was awarded the title of Marketing Director of the Year in the prestigious Mediarun competition, in which the Competition Jury selected the best marketers highlighting their key role in building competitive advantage for brands and companies. For the last 5 years she has been involved in the sanitary and heating industry – Armatura Kraków SA, first as a marketing and sales director, then as a member of the Management Board, and since 2022 as the President of the Management Board, where she was responsible for preparing a new development strategy for the 100-year-old company, which she is currently successfully implementing together with her dedicated team.

Marcin Ujejski President, of the Management Board of Blue Timber S.A., owner of the DrewnoDlaDomu brand, author of the book entitled “Mathematical formula for success”, Vice President of Oxygen Forest Poland, which mission is to plant trees as the simplest method in the world to reduce the carbon footprint. Appointed to the position of the President of the BeLeaf S.A. listed company.

For 26 years he has had connections with business practice while working in managerial positions in various organizations, among others he was Deputy Director of the Board of Municipal Houses Warszawa-Śródmieście, Director of the Department of Municipal Buildings Warszawa-Centrum Municipal Office and deputy director of the District Board Żoliborz- member of the District Board and Chancellor of Warsaw School of Economics. He specializes in the issues of human resources in the organization and corporate social responsibility. He conducts research on: personnel policy in enterprises operating in Poland, negotiations, measuring intellectual capital of enterprises, knowledge management in enterprises and corporate social responsibility. Teaches at full-time, MBA and post-graduate studies. Author or co-author of many publications on negotiations, conflict resolution, human resources management, measurement of intellectual capital and knowledge management in enterprise, corporate social responsibility. Cooperates with consulting and training companies. Practices in development of expert opinions for enterprises and in trainings for managerial staff.

Since 2002 he has been associated with the United Nations. From 2002 to 2009 at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), he was responsible, among other things, for international and multilateral cooperation and program development in Europe and Asia. He worked in many countries implementing development programs and projects based on knowledge transfer from Poland. These included in particular such countries as Iraq, India, Thailand and Romania. He also worked at the UNDP headquarters in New York and the UNDP headquarters for Europe and CIS countries in Bratislava. From 2009 to 2014, Director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Office in Poland. From 2004 to 2021 Country Representative and President of the Council of the UN Global Compact Network Poland – UN GCNP (United Nation’s initiative to coordinate cooperation with business, cities, universities, public administration and NGO’s; read more: ungc.org.pl). Since 2021 Country Representative and Executive Director of UN GCNP. Since 2021 Vice Chairman of the Council of the United Nations Association Poland. From 2023 UNOPS Representative in Poland. Lecturer at such universities as Central European University, Catholic University of Lviv, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Kozminski University Collegium Civitas, SWPS – University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Cracow University of Economics, Ignacy Paderewski Institute of Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Warsaw University. Plenipotentiary of the Rector of SGH (Warsaw School of Economics) for Cooperation with the United Nations. Expert in UN and EU policies, particularly in the area of activities at the interface of business, administration and science and the inclusion of the private sector in the implementation of UN goals, policies and standards. Specialist in development cooperation, multilateral cooperation and knowledge transfer. As a UN staff member working on economic diplomacy, climate change, social and economic innovation, social economics, and designing development leaps and megatrends in business in particular in response to climate change and climate change adaptation. A lawyer specializing in international law. Graduate of the prestigious United Nations Development Programme Academy (UNDP VDA). Together with the team he leads, he received a medal from the Sejm of the Republic of Poland for his engagement and activities for people with disabilities, the development of a Social Economy model for Poland and support for the ratification process of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 2012, he received an award for creating and running the most innovative and effective UNDP office in the Europe and CIS region from the UN Deputy Secretary-General in charge of UNDP RBEC. From 2003 to 2006 in a member of the Strategic Group under the UN Deputy Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Europe and CIS countries. From 2009 to 2012 member of the Team of Strategic Advisors to the Prime Minister of Poland. On behalf of the Team of Advisors to the Prime Minister, among other things, he he coworked on the development of the Long-Term Strategy for National Development to 2030 and coordinated the Human Capital Development Strategy to 2020. In 2014, on the Board of Experts of the National Center for Research and Development on innovation in the economy and social Innovation. In 2016, among the members of the innovation team at the Ministry of Development. In 2019, advisor to the Minister of Investment and Development. From 2019 to 2023, expert of the Senate of the Republic of Poland on international affairs, development aid and climate policies. From 2019 to 2022 advisor to the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy. From 2023 UNOPS Representative in Poland. He is a commentator, among others, on TVN 24, TVN24 Business and World, POLSAT and Radio TOK FM, among others. He has published in Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza, gazeta.pl, ONET, RMF24, Puls Biznesu and WNP.pl Economic Portal.

Maciej is responsible for advisory services for the transport and infrastructure sectors in various areas of financial, transaction and business consulting, including the Public-Private Partnership. He has several years of experience in working with clients from the infrastructure, transport and industry sectors, both public and private. Involved in the implementation of many flagship projects in the field of infrastructure and transport in Poland, among others, in the field of railways, aviation, maritime and inland waterway transport, public and road transport, as well as in projects commissioned by the European Commission. Maciej is a member of international EY teams of experts from the transport, infrastructure and public sector consultancy in the EU, CESA and EMEIA regions, supporting the implementation of infrastructure projects in these countries. He actively participates in industry conferences and debates. Graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw. He has international CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) qualifications issued by the American CFA Institute.

Michał Mikołajczyk – lawyer, volunteer and employee of the Polish and International Red Cross, postgraduate studies in CSR at the Kozminski University. Since 2004, he has been associated with Rekopol Organizacja Odzysku Opakowań S.A. Author of many projects and campaigns promoting waste segregation and conscious shopping, e.g. the nationwide campaign “Day without Garbage”. Organizer of projects in the field of “green CSR” carried out jointly by entrepreneurs, local government, waste management companies, non-governmental organizations. Sales and marketing director since 2009, proxy since 2014. Participant in the work on the Circular Economy Package conducted by BusinessEurope in Brussels and on the concept of packaging and packaging waste management in Poland. Speaker and panelist at numerous conferences and seminars on, among others, Extended Producer Responsibility and the UN 2030 Agenda.