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Conference Program

The 2025 conference programme was updated on 15/04/2025.

MAY 14th, 2025

Morning registration and networking coffee

Chairman’s opening remarks

  • Grzegorz Boratyn, Journalist - TVP3 Rzeszów

Welcoming addresses

  • Władysław Ortyl, Marshal - Podkarpackie Region

  • Stéphane Castet, CEO - advanced business events

Beyond Earth: Advancing Space Exploration and Technology

  • Professor Grzegorz Wrochna, Expert

Overview of the Polish Aerospace Ecosystem

  • Marek Darecki, President - Aviation Valley Association

Panel Discussion - Unlocking Opportunities in the Future Supply Chain

  • Moderator: Kamil Lukasz Mazurek, Research Manager-Aerospace & Defence - Accenture  

  • Jacek Rybka, Supply Chain Director - Pratt & Whitney
  • Ewelina Kędziora, Director – Procurement - Collins Aerospace
  • Vince Papeleu, Senior Consultant Supply Chain & Network Operations - Deloitte
  • An EDGE Group representative

Global Engineering, Local Impact: Poland’s strategic role in Boeing’s worldwide network

  • Linda Hapgood, Senior Director of Engineering Poland and Ukraine - Boeing
  • Witold Grela, Senior Manager Engineering Poland - Defense Programs & Production Engineering - Boeing

Panel Discussion: Empowering Innovation: The Role of Local Government Governments in Shaping Aerospace and Defense Entrepreneurship

  • Moderator: Adam Głaczyński, Journalist

  • Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak, Board Member - Podkarpackie Region
  • Konrad Fijołek, Mayor of Rzeszów
  • Radosław Swół, Mayor of Mielec
  • Miranda Trojanowska, Deputy Mayor of Krosno
  • Jacek Śledziński, CEO - Stalowa Wola Regional Development Agency

End of the Plenary Conference