2021 Belvedere Forum

15–16 September 2021

Day 1: 15 September (Wednesday)

14.30–15.00 CET (13.30–14.00 BST)  Opening of the Forum

• Dr Sławomir Dębski, Director, The Polish Institute of International Affairs–PISM
• Dr Robin Niblett, Director, The Royal Institute of International Affairs–Chatham House

                Opening Remarks           

• Professor Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Co-chair of the Belvedere Forum Steering Committee
• Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Co-chair of the Belvedere Forum Steering Committee

Ministerial Opening Addresses           

• H.E. Zbigniew Rau MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
• H.E. Wendy Morton MP, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom (pre-recorded address)
  
  15.00–16.30 CET (14.00–15.30 BST) Session I: Polish-British Relationship in the Post-Brexit
  and Post-pandemic World
   
• How Poland and Britain see the future of Europe?
• “New normality”: Which parts of “pandenomics” are here to stay?
• How might the PL-UK relationship be sustained and deepened?
• Assessment of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement implementation and its impact on bilateral relations
  
  Discussion moderated by Dr Przemysław Biskup, Senior Analyst, PISM
   
• Dr Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski MP, Member of the Polish-British Parliamentary Group
• Charles Grant, Director, Centre for European Reform
• Ewa Grosman, CEO, Centre for Democracy and Peace Building, Belfast
• Dr Rupa Huq MP, Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poland
  
  16.30–16.50 CET (15.30–15.50 BST) Coffee break
  16.50–17.00 CET (15.50–16.00 BST)  Presentation of the Forum’s media patron TVP World
  17.00-18.30 CET (16.00–17.30 BST)  Session II:  Generation “Z” in a Post-pandemic World
   
• Preoccupations and aspirations of Gen “Z” in Poland and the UK: how will the pandemic, economic prospects, and climate change affect young people’s career prospects and lifestyles?
• Youth political, issue-driven activism, and the metropolitan vs. non-metropolitan socioeconomic divide
• What should a post-pandemic education system provide?
• How will the UK’s post-Brexit immigration policy affect students and young academics?
  
  Discussion moderated by Dr Max Fras, Capacity-building Expert, EU DEAR Programme, International Consulting Expertise
   
• Dr Kasia Makowska, CEO, Polonium Foundation
• Thomas Matthew, European Youth Forum
• Paweł Musiałek, Director, Analytical Centre, Jagiellonian Club
• Robyn Stewart, Youth Activist, University of Glasgow
  
  18.30–18.45 CET (17.30–17.45 BST) Coffee break
  18.45–19.45 CET (17.45–18.45 BST) Session III: Polish-British Cultural Interactions
   
• Joseph Conrad and the dawn of a global world: lecture and Q&A by Professor Maya Jasanoff, Harvard University
• Moderated by Dr Patrycja Sasnal, Head of Research, PISM

Day 2: 16 September (Thursday)

           9.30–11.00 CET (8.30–10.00 BST) Session IV: Impact of the Katowice Rulebook on COP 26 Glasgow

• How do Poland and Britain plan to reach a low carbon future? 
• How do we best finance the green revolution?
• How can we make climate change economically and socially sustainable?
• What will be the climate-change impact of the post-COVID 19 pandemic recovery?
  
  Discussion moderated by Zuzanna Nowak, Senior Analyst, PISM
   
• Juliet Davenport, Founder and former CEO, Good Energy; Host of the Great Green Questions Podcast (participating remotely)
• Antony Froggatt, Deputy Director, Energy, Environment and Resources Department, Chatham House (participating remotely)
• Dr Honorata Nyga-Łukaszewska, Assistant Professor, Warsaw School of Economics
• Jakub Wiech, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Energetyka24
  
  11.00–11.15 CET (10.00–10.15 BST)  Coffee break
  11.15–12.45 CET (10.15–11.45 BST)  Session V: Politics and International Affairs, Transatlantic Relations and European Security
   
• Importance of NATO’s new Strategic Concept
• How can the EU and NATO improve their cooperation after Brexit?
• Biden’s push for multilateralism and against assertive China and revanchist Russia: How should Europe respond?
• What did the Cornwall G7 summit tell us about future management of global Britain?
• Should Europe build strategic autonomy and would the UK cooperate to this end?
  
  Discussion moderated by Łukasz Kulesa, Deputy Head of Research, PISM
   
• Alice Billon-Galland, Research Fellow, Chatham House
• Samantha Job, Director, Defence and International Security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom
• Robert Pszczel, Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation; Member of the Editorial Board, Polish Diplomatic Review (PPD)
• Dr Justyna Szczudlik, Deputy Head of Research, PISM
  
  12.45–12.50 CET (11.45–12.50 BST) Technical Break
  12.50–13.10 CET (11.50–12.10 BST) Forum Closing Session
   
• Professor Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Co-chair of the Belvedere Forum Steering Committee
• Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Co-chair of the Belvedere Forum Steering Committee
• Dr Sławomir Dębski, Director, The Polish Institute of International Affairs–PISM
• Dr Robin Niblett, Director, The Royal Institute of International Affairs–Chatham House

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