The former US president is set to participate in a live, moderated discussion on May 15 during the event’s 10th anniversary edition, organizers said.
This will be Obama’s fourth visit to Poland. His wife, Michelle Obama, spoke at last year’s Impact’24.
The conference, billed as a forum for global leaders in business, politics, technology and science, has previously hosted figures such as Finland’s former Prime Minister Sanna Marin, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Swedish politician Carl Bildt, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and historian Timothy Snyder.
Obama, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2012, was the first African American president of the United States and received more votes than any candidate before him.
During his two terms, Obama’s administration saw economic recovery measures, social reforms and a bolstered US role on the world stage.
He remains active in philanthropy and politics through the Obama Foundation, which focuses on nurturing future leaders.
He is also the author of three books, including his memoir A Promised Land.
Impact’25 lineup
Also confirmed for Impact’25 are former NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg; former US Secretary of State John Kerry; political scientist Francis Fukuyama; Age of Unpeace author Mark Leonard; psychiatrist and Dopamine Nation author Dr. Anna Lembke; and Soviet-born British journalist Peter Pomerantsev, known for This Is Not Propaganda.
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Source: Onet, Impact’25