Keynote Speaker


Agata Duda-Płonka


Agata Duda - Płonka holds the position of the Director of the Department of Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) ofthe Republic of Poland, where she coordinates Poland's policies on global issues at the UN. Previously, she held the position of Deputy Director at the Department for Global Affairs, responsible for Poland’s human rights policies on various international fora. She served at the Polish Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (also during Poland’s membership in the Security Council) and in Geneva. She holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the Jagiellonian University and in Public Administration from Columbia University in the City of New York.​
Guest Speaker - Future Committee 

Dr. Marek Czajkowski

Professor of Geopolitics at the Jagiellonian University

Research interests:
  1. International security, with particular emphasis on military aspects and the impact of techniques and technologies on its state and prospects.
  2. The role of outer space in processes related to international security and international relations, space policies of states and their role in national security strategies.
  3. Missile defense as a special military instrument of states' security and foreign policies, and its impact on international security and its prospects.
  4. US-RF strategic relations, current status, history, perspective, global and regional significance, with particular emphasis on Europe.
  5. The Russian Federation, its foreign and security policy, armed forces, economy, place in the world and the evolution of its political role.
Research work carried out:
The role of space in contemporary international relations in political, economic, military, ecological, and other contexts. The security applications of space systems and their role in national security policies. The commercial use of space systems and their role in the global economy and national economic strategies. Space threats to global security, both anthropogenic and natural, and related international cooperation.
Guest Speaker - UNHCR


Natalie Reglinski 


Natalie Maria Reglinski is a lawyer and career diplomat from Berlin, Germany, who joined the Federal Foreign Office in 2022. For the past 2.5 years, she has been posted to the German Embassy in Warsaw, where she acts as the Deputy Head of the Political Section covering domestic policy, rule of law, and human rights.​
Guest Speaker - Security Council 


Robin Barnett

Robin Barnett CMG is a former senior member of the British Diplomatic Service who most recently served as the British Ambassador to Ireland (2016–2020). Over his nearly 40-year career at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), he held three ambassadorial posts, including missions to Poland (2011–2016) and Romania (2006–2010).
His extensive professional background also includes significant roles in trade and policy, serving as the Managing Director of the Business Group at UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and as Director of UKvisas. Earlier in his career, Mr. Barnett held various diplomatic roles in Warsaw, Vienna, and at the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations in New York. A law graduate of the University of Birmingham, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2006 for his services to British diplomacy.
Guest Speaker - World Bank

​Ary Naïm


Ary Naïm, a French national, began his career in the commercial banking sector in France and later in Morocco before joining the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in 2003. As a Financial Sector Specialist based in Washington, DC, Mr. Naïm has led advisory transactions with leading banking institutions across the Globe, and IFC strategy with Leasing and non-bank financial institutions. In 2010, he transitioned to regional responsibilities, serving as IFC Country Head for Haiti and the Dominican Republic, IFC Country Manager for Mexico, and IFC Regional Manager for Central and Southeast Europe, based in Belgrade and, more recently, in Warsaw.
In his current role, Mr. Naïm leads the design and implementation of the World Bank Group Country Partnership Framework for Poland, in collaboration with the Polish government, institutions, private sector, and civil society. The World Bank Group aims to help Poland build competitiveness, skills, and resilience for the next decades by accelerating investment, innovation, and technology adoption. 
Ary Naïm holds an engineering degree and a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence. He is particularly interested in the intersection of sustainability, technology, and finance, as well as the role of public-private partnerships in sustainable development.
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