Preliminary program
Agenda for 10.4.2025
1st Finnish - Polish Business Summit
Market Entry to Poland: How to Access CEE Powerhouse?
Moderator: Piotr Hajdecki, Senior Advisor, Business Finland
 

10:30-10:55

Registration, coffee & snacks

 

11:00-11:10

Welcoming addresses

Mr. Antti Rahikka, Director, Business Finland

Mr. Marcin Wiśniewski, Director, KPMG

11:10-11:40

Moderated discussion: economic cooperation between Finland and Poland

Ms. Päivi Laine, Ambassador of Finland to Poland

Mr. Tomasz Marek Chłoń, Chargé d'Affaires a.i., the Embassy of Poland to Finland

11:40-12:00

Case Study: Fortum Group in Poland

Mr. Piotr Górnik, VP Heating and Cooling Poland, CEO of Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp z o.o.

12:00-12:20

Presentation: Business opportunities as a driver for market entry – key areas of opportunity for Finnish companies in Poland

Mr. Antti Rahikka, Director, Business Finland

12:20-12:40

Presentation: Types of support in Poland for launching or developing investments

  • Tax exemptions and tax reliefs: Polish Investment Zone, R&D relief and relief for innovative employers
  • Subsidies and grants - Program to support investments of significant importance for the Polish economy for 2011-2030
  • RRF & Structural Funds

Mr. Arkadiusz Kalwik, Senior Manager, KPMG

Mr. Eric Sandelin, Tax & Legal Senior Advisor, KPMG

12:40-13:00

Facilitated networking

 

13:00-13:30

Lunch

 

13:30-13:50

Fire chat with the special guest: “M&As as a form of international expansion: Finnish perspective”.

Dr. Ville Voipio, Chair of the Board of Directors, Vaisala Corporation; the Chair of the Board of the Technology Industries of Finland. Professor of Practice at the University of Turku.

13:50-14:30

Presentation: M&A – ways to enter new markets

  • Snapshot on the CEE market and how Poland looks compared to other countries in this market
  • Most common entry routes into Poland
  • Poland – investment corridor to Ukraine and CEE

Mr. Marcin K. Wiśniewski, Director at M&A, KPMG

Mr. Jakub Roszkiewicz, Partner at Transfer Pricing department, KPMG

14:30-14:50

The Premiere: Finnish premiere of the report “Finnish Companies in Poland” by Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Esko Kilpinen, Chairman of the Board at the Finnish Section of the Scandinavian Polish-Chamber of Commerce.

14:50-15:30

Moderated debate: “Poland – next steps”

 

Participants (alphabetical order):

Mr. Teemu Haataja, Tax & Legal Partner, KPMG Finland

 A representative of a company Stora Enso Poland S.A. (TBC)

Mr. Jon Lenck, a Finnish manager with long experience of working in Poland, former director of UPM Raflatac
Mr. Antti Rahikka, Director for CEE, Business Finland

15:30-15:40

Presentation of the Partners:

the Finland-Central Eastern European Countries Business Association

the Directors’ Institute Finland

 

15:40-16:00

Wrap-up, steps forward, family picture, discussion with experts