The discussion with the participation of Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń will take place on Friday at 8:30–9:30 at the Grand Pavilion in Sopot. Henryka Bochniarz, chairwoman of the EFNI program council, will also participate in the panel.
Wirtualnemedia.pl asked Bochniarz why she invited Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń to EFNI. The European Forum for New Ideas is a place for open discussion about important and current topics. We do not avoid any topics if they are the subject of public debate, Bochniarz replied.
Participants of this panel will talk about cooperation between administration, business, science, culture and other environments in building Poland's reputation abroad. The program also included issues of coordination of activities and assessment of their effects. Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń was mentioned in the agenda as a former government plenipotentiary for the promotion of the Poland brand.
As Wirtualnemedia.pl reminds, Bochniarz publicly admitted that she suggested Mróz-Gorgoń's candidacy to Prime Minister Donald Tusk for the position of government plenipotentiary for the promotion of the Poland brand.
EFNI will feature, among others: Prime Minister
The European Forum for New Ideas (EFNI) is a conference dedicated to global trends, new ideas and the future of Europe. Participants will discuss, among others: on security, economy and international situation. EFNI will start this afternoon.
The event has been organized since 2011. The guests and panelists of EFNI 2026 will include representatives of the world of business, culture and science, as well as European and Polish public administration, including members of the Council of Ministers. Those who announced their participation included: Prime Minister Donald Tusk, deputy prime ministers: Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Krzysztof Gawkowski and ministers: Waldemar Żurek, Miłosz Motyka, Barbara Nowacka, Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Wojciech Balczun, Dariusz Klimczak and Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda.
Young Poles speaking Mandarin, or "Poles' Self Portrait"
Professor Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń became famous at the end of August. It was related to the report "Poles' Own Portrait" prepared by her. The document described Katowice as being in the "northern center of Poland", there were errors in the data, and it was also indicated that young Poles often use "Mandarin". After this confusion, Prof. Mróz-Gorgoń admitted to using artificial intelligence.
The report included information suggesting that the project was implemented as part of the public task "Brand Polska - tourism substrategy", co-financed by the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. The official profile of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism on X states that "the report presented on Platform X was not the subject of an order nor did it constitute the implementation of any contract to which the Ministry of Sport and Tourism was a party."
The Marka Polska Think Tank Foundation, whose president is Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń, denies in a statement issued in August that it was a party to the agreement with the Ministry of Sport and Tourism regarding the "Poles' Own Portrait" report.
"I'm paying a price no bandit has ever paid"
In September, the head of the Ministry of Science, Marcin Kulasek, announced that Professor Mróz-Gorgoń had asked for a one-year sick leave. He added that he obtained this information from the rector of the Wrocław University of Economics, where Mróz-Gorgoń is formally employed.
