2025 Design talks Business Sustainability Summit

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Program

Thu.

Nov. 27th

Networking & Check In
Time: 09:20 – 09:50
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Networking & Check In

Participants will start the day with check-in, followed by a morning networking session.
Morning breathing session
Time: 9:50-10:00
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Morning breathing session

After welcoming everyone in the C room participants will be invited to a short breathing exercise. In a simple and approachable way, they’ll be asked to close their eyes and take a few deep breaths.
Day One Welcome
Time: 10:00 – 10:15
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Day One Welcome

Change Maker – born to lead or trained to act?
Time: 10:15 – 11:30
Theme Block #1
Speaker: Marta Szadowiak
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Change Maker – born to lead or trained to act?

Are change leaders born with charisma, or do they learn it step by step? Using real-life case studies, I will explore whether becoming a change maker is a matter of innate talent or acquired skills, experience, and practice.
Future: change as continuity
Time: 10:20 – 11:30
Theme Block #1
Speaker: Edyta Sadowska
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Future: change as continuity

The dominant narrative reduces the future to constant change. Yet trend analysis reveals that change usually grows out of things that are already happening.
Facilitated Networking + Coffee Break
Time: 11:30 – 12:00
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Facilitated Networking + Coffee Break

Throughout the event, breaks will include structured networking activities designed to encourage conversations and connections among participants.
Independent Wellbeing Space
Time: 11:30 – 17:00
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Independent Wellbeing Space

A dedicated, unscheduled space that participants can access at any time during the conference.
Balancing the soft and the hard – applying designerly skills in tech industry
Time: 12:00 – 13:20
Theme block #2
Speaker: Oda Midtlyng Klempe
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Balancing the soft and the hard – applying designerly skills in tech industry

When the world is putting sustainability on hold, how do we make the superpower of design relevant?
Imagination, Improvisation and Regeneration
Time: 12:00 – 13:20
Theme Block #2
Speaker: Gilberto Morishaw
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Imagination, Improvisation and Regeneration

How can we embrace the power of imagination and creativity in the pursuit of creating a better planet while maintaining our own joy?
Day One Summary
Time: 13:30 – 13:40
moderator: Aneta Lehmann
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Day One Summary

Facilitated Networking + Lunch
Time: 13:40 – 14:40
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Facilitated Networking + Lunch

Throughout the event, breaks will include structured networking activities designed to encourage conversations and connections among participants.
Pause – slowing down and reconnecting with your breath
Time: 14:40 – 14:55
Place: Cinema

Pause – slowing down and reconnecting with your breath

We invite you to a short, restorative pause that will help you slow down, take a deeper breath, and return to the conference program with greater clarity and ease.
Vision Lab: Build Your Impact Compass
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Workshop #1
Speaker: Justyna Markowicz
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Vision Lab: Build Your Impact Compass

In a dynamic and unpredictable world, we need a compass that helps us act in alignment with ourselves while navigating the complex ecosystem of challenges, values, and impact.
SWIM – a simple method for lasting change. A way to create change that works.
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Workshop #2
Speaker: Angelika Zimny
Place: PPNT Gdynia

SWIM – a simple method for lasting change. A way to create change that works.

Most changes in organizations fail before they deliver results. SWIM breaks this pattern – helping implement changes that work, bring outcomes, and last.
Creative Leadership – From Enthusiasm to Change
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Workshop #3
Speaker: Hanna Sitarz-Pietrzak, Magdalena Szklarczyk-Kominko
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Creative Leadership – From Enthusiasm to Change

Creative Leadership is a new area of project competencies based on participation and responsiveness. It enables building teams capable of adapting in a rapidly changing reality – across business, social, and global contexts.
Dinner with a Stranger
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Dinner with a Stranger

An informal networking event where participants can sign up for dinner reservations at local restaurants in small groups.
DtB Party
Time: 21:00 – 01:00
Place: PPNT Gdynia

DtB Party

A casual, end-of-day gathering on the first day of the conference where speakers, organizers, and participants can unwind, continue networking, and just have fun.

Fri.

Nov. 28th

Networking & Check In*
Time: 09:20 – 09:50
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Networking & Check In*

Participants will start the day with check-in, followed by a morning networking session.
Day Two Welcome
Time: 10:00 – 10:10
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Day Two Welcome

After welcoming everyone in the C room and a brief introduction to the event, participants will be invited to a short breathing exercise.
Sustainability in Change
Time: 10:10 – 11:30
Theme Block #3
Speaker: Weronika Rochacka Gagliardi, Krzysztof Ożóg, Piotr Mach
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Sustainability in Change

Change requires not only strategy and processes, but also inner resilience and the ability to consciously shape one’s own role.
Sustain the spark – A Few Words on the Paradox of Enthusiasm
Time: 10:10 – 11:30
Blok tematyczny #3
Speaker: Weronika Rochacka Gagliardi
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Sustain the spark – A Few Words on the Paradox of Enthusiasm

How can we keep going when initial enthusiasm turns into burnout? This is a reflection on the trap of passion at work and what helps us survive it.
You are NOT just your job
Time: 10:10 – 11:30
Theme Block #3
Speaker: Krzysztof Ożóg, Piotr Mach
Place: PPNT Gdynia

You are NOT just your job

How to consciously manage your skills without losing adaptability. Success doesn’t always go to those with the most experience, but to those who know how to tell their story.
Facilitated Networking + Coffee Break
Time: 11:30 – 12:00
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Facilitated Networking + Coffee Break

Throughout the event, breaks will include structured networking activities designed to encourage conversations and connections among participants.
Independent Wellbeing Space*
Time: 11:30 – 17:00
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Independent Wellbeing Space*

A dedicated, unscheduled space that participants can access at any time during the conference.
Live Podcast – Change: Between Resistance and Opportunity
Time: 12:00 – 12:40
Speaker: Bartek Goldyn, Kari Goldyn
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Live Podcast – Change: Between Resistance and Opportunity

Changes fail not because the idea was bad, but because they were poorly implemented. So how can we successfully navigate change?
Conference summary
Time: 12:40 – 13:00
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Conference summary

Facilitated Networking + Lunch
Time: 13:00 – 14:20
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Facilitated Networking + Lunch

Throughout the event, breaks will include structured networking activities designed to encourage conversations and connections among participants.
Effective Communication of Difficult Topics
Time: 14:30 – 17:30
Workshop #4
Speaker: Agata Rzechówka, Paweł Drętkiewicz
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Effective Communication of Difficult Topics

How can we work with complex challenges in a way that motivates others to take action?
How to Lead Change that Lasts
Time: 14:30 – 17:30
Workshop #5
Speaker: Marta Bukowska
Place: PPNT Gdynia

How to Lead Change that Lasts

Change in an organization is not only about new processes and strategies – it is first and foremost about people, their emotions, and their engagement.
Everything is an input to everything else
Time: 14:30 – 17:30
Workshop #6
Speaker: Maciej Jakimiec
Place: PPNT Gdynia

Everything is an input to everything else

Design is the foundation of sustainable development – during this workshop, you will discover how the ideas of sustainable management and circular economy can be turned into practice, giving technologies a second life.
Dinner with Strangers
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Place: Gdynia

Dinner with Strangers

An informal networking event where participants can sign up for dinner reservations at local restaurants in small groups.

Agenda

Day 01

Nov. 27th /Thu.

09:20 – 09:50
Networking & Check In
09:50 – 10:00
Morning Breathing Practice
10:00 – 10:15
Day One Welcome
10:15 – 11:30
Theme block #1 Change as a sustainable (r)evolution
11:30 – 17:00
Independent Wellbeing Zone
11:30 – 12:00
Wellbeing session + Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30
Theme block #2 Improvisation in Emergency Mode
13:30 – 13:40
Wrap-up day 01
13:40 – 14:40
Facilitated Networking + lunch
14:40 – 14:55
Meditation
15:00 – 18:00
Workshops
18:30 – 20:30
Dinner with Strangers
21:00 – 01:00
DtB Party

Day 02

Nov. 28th /Fri.

09:20 – 09:50
Networking & Check In
09:50 – 10:00
Morning Breathing Practice
10:00 – 10:10
Day Two Welcome
10:10 – 11:30
Theme block #3 Sustainability in Change
11:30 – 17:00
Independent Wellbeing Zone
11:30 – 12:00
Wellbeing session + Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:40
Live Podcast
12:40 – 13:00
Conference Wrap-up
13:00 – 14:20
Facilitated Networking + Lunch
14:30 – 17:30
Workshops
18:00 – 20:00
Dinner with Strangers