The Council of Expo Silesia

The Council of Expo Silesia is a group of people representing leading economic organizations as well as science and research centres operating in the southern macro-region, i.e. the Silesian, Małopolski and Opolski regions. Its task will be, among other things, to provide opinions on the development directions of Expo Silesia, so that this development will be cohesive and congruent with the development of the whole region, give expert advice related to scheduled trade fairs and support the growth of the trade fair centre.

Presidium of the Council:

• Janusz Steinhoff - Chairman of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice - Executive President of the Council of Expo Silesia
• Prof. Andrzej S. Barczak - President of the Board of the Polish Economic Society in Katowice
• Eugeniusz Budniok - Chancellor of the Business Centre Club Regional Chapter in Katowice
• Tadeusz Donocik - President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice
• Prof. Józef Dubiński - General Director of the Central Mining Institute
• Jan Klimek - President of the Chamber of Craft and Small and Medium Entrepreneurship
• Janusz Olszowski - President of the Mining Chamber of Industry and Commerce
• Prof. Zbigniew Śmieszek - Managing Director of the Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals
• Romuald Talarek - President of the Board of the Polish Steel Association
• Piotr Wojaczek - President of the Katowice Special Economic Zone Co.
• Andrzej Zdebski - President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Cracow
• Tomasz Raczyński - President of Kolporter EXPO - Secretary of the Council of Expo Silesia

Members of the Council:

• Grzegorz Chmielewski - President of the Katowice Charter of Polish Tourism Chamber
• Artur Gacek - President of the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Czestochowa
• Wojciech Gątkiewicz - Chancellor of the Business Centre Club Regional Chapter in Opole
• Zbigniew Gieleciak - President of the Regional Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Tychy
• Janusz Granat - President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Opole
• Prof. Janusz Janeczek - Rector of the University of Silesia
• Wojciech Kuśpik - Chairman of the Board, Polish Association of Entrepreneurship Support, the publisher of "Nowy Przemysł" ("New Industry") a monthly economic magazine
• Prof. Florian Kuźnik - Rector of the Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice
• Wiktor Pawlik - President of the Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Gliwice
• Prof. Jan Pilarczyk - Director of the Polish Welding Centre of Excellence
• Marek Piwowarczyk - Chancellor of the Business Centre Club Malopolska Regional Chapter
• Marian Rospond - Administrative director of the International Airport Katowice in Pyrzowice GTL S.A.
• Adam Schwedler - Director of Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy
• Klaudiusz Siwiec - President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Tarnowskie Gory
• Teresa Skowrońska - President of the Regional Department of the Polish Electrical Engineers Association in Katowice
• Jan Solich - President of the Bielsko - Biała Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Roland Stasiak - President of the Polish Economic Chamber of Non-ferrous Metals
• Prof. Józef Szczepan Suchy - President of the Polish Foundrymen's Technical Association
• Prof. dr hab. inż. Antoni Tajduś - Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow
• Prof. Wojciech Zieliński - Rector of the Silesian University of Technology
• Andrzej Żylak - President of the Industrial and Commercial Chamber in Rybnik