Congress 590: Major business conference in Warsaw

A crowd of businesspeople, politicians and academics has flocked to Warsaw to discuss a host of pressing domestic and international issues at Congress 590, a major annual business and policy conference that started in the Polish capital on Tuesday.

The two-day Congress 590 conference in the Polish capital includes dozens of panel discussions and debates with experts.

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During the two-day event, which is being held for the sixth time, several dozen debates will focus on challenges such as digitization in public administration and services, and staff shortages in the healthcare, education and IT sectors, according to organisers.

Other topics include ways of building a positive image of Poland in the world, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

Expected participants include Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen, who is in Warsaw on a visit to discuss bilateral ties and international policies.

The name of the conference comes from the first three digits of an international retail bar code signifying that a product comes from Poland.

Public broadcaster Polish Radio is a media partner of the event.

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Source: IAR, kongres590.pl