It is the second time that Selena Group has sponsored Wroc\u0142aw Global Forum, held by the city of Wroc\u0142aw and the Atlantic Council of the USA. Taking place 9-11 June 2011, the conference focused \u2013 among others \u2013 on strengthening translatlantic partnership and increasing the role Middle-European countries play in the global economy. The opening address was delivered by the Polish president Bronis\u0142aw Komorowski.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201eMiddle-European entrepreneurs \u2013 including the Polish as well \u2013 can take active part in the global processes and in building global economy.\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Wroc\u0142aw Global Forum is an excellent opportunity for discussing vital aspects of the transatlantic cooperation and current events of global importance. Selena is a globallyoperating company originating from Wroc\u0142aw; therefore the subjects addressed at the conference are close to us. What\u2019s more, we are glad to support regional initiatives \u2013 even more so, when they can bring positive change to the Polish economy<\/i>\u201d \u2013 says Krzysztof Domarecki, the president of the management board of Selena FM.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s edition of Wroc\u0142aw Global Forum gathered more than a hundred representatives of global business and politics.\u00a0The speakers included \u2013 among others \u2013 Herbert Wirth \u2013 the president of the management board of KGHM Polska Miedz SA, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs \u2013 Rados\u0142aw SIkorski, Deputy Secretary of Defence of the USA \u2013 Alexander Vershbow, former Minister of Defence of Latvia \u2013 Imants Liegis and the European Parliament representative \u2013 Ana Gomes.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201eLarge Polish companies are the key to the economic strength of our country and the basis for its stance on the international arena. They create the environment for small and medium-sized companies to operate it. That\u2019s why having an active development policy is so important not only to state-owned companies but to private ones as well. Such initiatives have been undertaken for a long time in many of the key EU countries, in Brazil, Russia and the USA as well. I hope Poland will follow their lead very shortly<\/i>\u201d \u2013 adds Krzysztof Domarecki.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Wroc\u0142aw Global Forum discussed challenges brought forth by globalisation, transatlantic cooperation, democracy and the future of Belarus or the North-African revolutions. Moreover, prestigious Freedom Awards were presented during the gala hosted by the American ambassador to Poland, Lee A. Feinstein, and the Polish ambassador to the USA, Robert Kupiecki. This year\u2019s Freedom awardees distinguished as special contributors to spreading freedom, civil rights and democracy, were \u2013 among others \u2013 the oppositionists from Belarus: Ales Byalyatski, Natalia Kaliada, Zhanna Litvina and the blogger, one of the founders of The April 6 Egyptian Youth Movement \u2013 Esraa Abdel Fattah.\u00a0Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rados\u0142aw Sikorski, Moldovan Prime Minister Vladimir Filat and the former presidential candidate from the USA, senator John McCain were awarded as well for spreading transatlantic values.<\/b><\/p>\n Apart from the Selena Group, Wroc\u0142aw Global Forum partners included, among others: the US Embassy to Poland, Polish Institute of International Affairs and the companies HP, Orlen, or 3M.<\/b><\/p>\n