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Poland and Norway 2025 Business Summit
- Two-day summit held 22–23 April 2025 in Gdańsk and Warsaw during Crown Prince Haakon’s visit to Poland, with Norway’s Foreign Minister and a State Secretary from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries also in the delegation. Day 1 focused on business ties in offshore wind, renewable energy, and shipbuilding; Day 2 on defence-industry cooperation.
- Objectives: strengthen Norway–Poland strategic-sector collaboration, foster public-private partnerships for the green transition, and position Norwegian companies as partners in Poland’s defence and renewable-energy sectors. Intended for private-sector representatives in defence, offshore wind, renewable energy, shipbuilding, and related industries. Polish-company participation was free; Norwegian companies paid a fee. Registration deadline was 11 April 2025.
- Programme: 22 April, networking reception 17:00–20:00 at the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk; registration 17:00–17:45, official programme 18:00–18:15 with remarks by Ambassador Øystein Bø, State Secretary Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad, and Innovation Norway CEO Håkon Haugli. 23 April, defence seminar 09:00–17:00 at Sheraton Grand Warsaw: registration/networking; opening; armed-forces perspectives; lunch; Crown Prince arrival at 13:45; official session 14:00–14:45 with Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and a panel on Norwegian security and defence cooperation; Polish–Norwegian defence-industry case presentations 14:45–17:00.
- Organisers: Norwegian Defence and Security Industries Association (FSi), Innovation Norway, and Royal Norwegian Embassy in Warsaw.