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Warsaw Stock Exchange invites you to join the Poland of the Future Zone at IMPACT’26

The Poland of the Future Zone, co-created by the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), is one of the thematic areas of the Impact’26 conference, taking place on May 13–14 in Poznań. The WSE participates as a supporting partner of the event. The zone has been designed as a dedicated space for full-day discussions and meetings focused on the capital market, economic development, and the long-term outlook for the Polish economy.

The Poland of the Future Zone at Impact’26 is a joint initiative of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, KUKE (Export Credit Insurance Corporation), and the Polish Development Fund. It serves as a platform for substantive dialogue on the role of capital markets in financing growth and the long-term development directions of the Polish economy. Over the two days of the conference, the zone will host debates, panel discussions, meetings, and presentations featuring representatives of public administration, financial institutions, and market experts, including speakers from the WSE.

Agenda

May 13, 2026

Poland of the Future Zone

• 09:00 – Opening of the zone: Tomasz Bardziłowski, President of the WSE Management Board; Dominika Niewiadomska‑Siniecka, Member of the WSE Management Board
• 11:50 – CEOs’ Debate: WSE, BGK, PFR, POLSA: Tomasz Bardziłowski, Mirosław Czekaj, Piotr Matczuk, Marta Wachowicz
• 14:00 – WSE IPO Academy – How to prepare a company for an IPO: Izabela Mikołajczyk, Director of the Primary Market Department, WSE
• 15:30 – Press conference: Andrzej Domański, Minister of Finance and Economy; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

IMPACT & Mastercard Stage

• 13:20 – Panel: New rules of the game in the economy: banking, stability, and economic growth in an uncertain world: Tomasz Bardziłowski, President of the WSE Management Board

May 14, 2026

Poland of the Future Zone

• 09:50 – OKI: Maciej Bitner, Head of Regulatory Analysis Team, WSE
• 11:50 – “Polish Investor” debate: Maciej Bitner, Head of Regulatory Analysis Team, WSE; Mariusz Jaszczyk, Vice President of the Polish Development Fund

The Poland of the Future Zone will be located in Pavilion 7A, within the dedicated “IMPACT CITY S7” area at the Impact’26 venue. The initiative is held under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Development and Technology, while the Polish Space Agency serves as the content partner.

Detailed agenda and more information about the Impact CEE conference are available on the organizer’s website: https://impactcee.com.

Impact CEE is a recurring international socio-economic conference held in Poland since 2016. It brings together representatives of business, public administration, the financial sector, academia, and culture to discuss the future of Poland and the Central and Eastern Europe region. The agenda focuses on sustainable economic growth, new technologies, and key development challenges, including the role of capital markets as a vital source of financing for investment, innovation, and long-term economic growth—an area in which the Warsaw Stock Exchange plays an active role.