10th International Factoring Congress 2019

19th September 2019, Warsaw

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Praga Koneser Centre, Koneser’s Square 2

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September 19th, 2019

The International Factoring Congress is one of the most important events in the calendar of meetings of factoring and finance managers and practitioners in Poland. Participated in it are renowned experts from around the world. The most important problems and challenges faced by factoring providers in Poland and other markets are discussed here.

This year, Congress will have its round jubilee – the X edition! We would like to cordially invite you to note on the dates of September 19, 2019.

We will be pleased to meet you!

The International Factoring Congress is an annual meeting of experts and factoring sympathizers from around the world. It has a large group of loyal listeners and participants. This year will be held for the tenth time. Therefore, it will have a unique character.

We will talk with entrepreneurs and managers using factoring. We will answer questions related to the use of new technologies in finance. We will look at legal changes regulating the functioning of entrepreneurship in Poland and in Europe.

A meeting full of exciting speeches, interesting discussions and important questions awaits.

I highly recommend and invite you to participate in Congress. See you on September 19 at the Praskie Centrum Koneser in Warsaw!

Sebastian Grabek
President of Executive Committee
of Polish Factors Association

Programme

08:30 – 09:30

Registration / morning coffee

09:30 – 09:35

Opening of the Congress

Sebastian Grabek, Chairman of the PFA Executive Committee

09:35 – 10:20

Special guest

Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, former Prime Minister of Poland, Chairman of the Partners Board at EY Poland

10:20 – 10:50

25 years of factoring in Poland – successes and challenges

Sebastian Grabek, Chairman of the PFA Executive Committee,

10:50 – 11:15

World factoring market

Patrick de Villepin, Chairman of the FCI Executive Committee, Factoring Global Head of BNP Paribas Group

11:15 – 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 – 13:00

Discussion panel: Legislative offensive in Poland and Europe – an opportunity or a threat?

Moderator: Ewa Guzowska (Partner of the Law Firm KGK Kancelaria Radcowska E.Guzowska i Ska, Sp.k)

Panelists: Zbigniew Makowski (Deputy Director of the Goods and Services Tax Department of the Ministry of Finance), Tadeusz Białek (Director of the Law and Legislative Department of the Polish Bank Association), Artur Krzykowski (Managing Partner AKLegal), Bartosz Nadra (Managing Partner Jaśkowiak Nadra Adwokaci), Tomasz Wagner (Senior Manager EY)

13:00 – 13:15

Awarding the winners of PFA competition “Golden Pen of PZF”

PFA Executive Committee

13:15 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 – 14:25

A survey about factoring

Grzegorz Sygnowski (Senior Project Manager ARC Rynek i Opinia)

14:25 – 14:35

Factoring – visions of development and directions of change

Michał Kowalewski (FSO Advisory PI SME / Corporate Banking EY Polska)

14:35 – 15:30

Discussion panel: Expectations and needs of entrepreneurs – do the factants recognize them correctly?

Moderator: Roman Maciejewski (President of the Management Board of Santander Factoring Poland)

Panelists: Maciej Górniak (Owner Gór-Tor), Katarzyna Kreczmańska-Gigol (Vice President of the Management Board KGHM Polska Miedź), Justyna Nałęcz-Chmielewska (Deputy Director of the Financial Department PKP Energetyka), Jadwiga Pyrka (Chief Accountant Confirme), Maciej Sioda (Sales Manager Indorama)

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:15

Discussion panel: New technologies in finance – time for factoring

Moderator: Michał Pawlik (President of the Management Board of SMEO)

Panelists: Wojciech Bublik (CEO Mint Software), Kevin Day (CEO HPD LendScape), Daniel Mączyński (Vice President of the Board of Pragma GO), Hubert Rachwalski von Rejchwald (CEO Nethone), Tomasz Rodak (Director of Innovation Department of BibbyLAB), Karol Sadaj (Country Manager Revolut), Bartosz Wójcicki (Director of the Antifraud Services Office of BIK SA)