PCEI Honorary Members

Long-standing editor-in-chief of Gazeta Targowa, for whom trade fairs proved to be a passion as strong as his love of wine and French culture. Closely associated with the Polish Trade Fair Corporation from its inception. He chaired the Statistical Data Verification Committee, which gave rise to professional auditing. As a journalist and editor, he performed the role of PKT spokesperson superbly, although he never officially held that position. His contribution to a culture of mediation in the new exhibition community is well known.

Studied at WSE (Higher School of Economics), 1963–1968. Member of the Board of the National Union of Student Cooperatives in Warsaw. From 1988, chief specialist at the Trade Fair and Exhibition Organisation Office of the Central Union of Labour Cooperatives in Warsaw.

1989–2004 – director of the Botir cooperative enterprise, a contractor for exhibitions and exhibition stands in Poland and abroad.

Long-standing member of PKT (BOTIR). An active figure in the Polish exhibition community, a long-standing member of the PKT Court of Honour, and chairman of PKT General Assemblies on many occasions.

Counsellor Member of the Polish Trade Fair Corporation.

Long-standing member of PKT, professionally associated with CHZ Textilimpex, and actively involved in the affairs of the Łódź and nationwide exhibition community.

In the exhibition industry, professionally associated with Hungexpo (Budapest), the largest trade fair organiser in Hungary. International exhibition expert, consultant, trainer and lecturer in communication and marketing (including trade fair marketing). Initiator, founder and Secretary General of AHEFO – the Association of Hungarian Fair and Exhibition Organisers. Initiator of the establishment of CENTREX – International Exhibition Statistics Union, its long-standing Managing Director and subsequently (to this day) its adviser. Expert in exhibition statistical standards (CENTREX, UFI).

In UFI – member and active participant of the Marketing, Exhibition Statistics and Education Committees.

He cooperated with the Polish Trade Fair Corporation.

Co-author of international standards for the auditing of trade fair statistical data. In 2008, in cooperation with PCEI, he introduced in Poland professional international auditing of the statistics of trade fairs organised by the Chamber’s Members. Since 2008 he has continued to audit trade fairs in Poland in cooperation with PCEI and to refine the statistical standards and definitions in this field.

1965 – began working at trade fairs, building stands for the clothing industry in Pavilion 20.

From 1979 – director of the National Centre for Artistic Crafts, where he immediately set up an Exhibition Organisation Department. Within just four months, the department had carried out the stand construction of Pavilion No. 2 using its own equipment and, at the same time, organised a touring Exhibition of Artistic Crafts, which visited 12 cities in the then Federal Republic of Germany.

1993 – one of the founders of the Polish Trade Fair Corporation and one of the four vice-presidents of its first Board of Directors.

Director of KORA i OW until its liquidation.

1997 – set up his own business as HELLWING-EXPO.

He rendered great service to the development of the Polish exhibition market. In 1993 he was one of the founders of the Polish Trade Fair Corporation and one of the four vice-presidents of its first Board of Directors. For health reasons, he had to step down from this position after three years.

1992–2003 – associated with Międzynarodowe Targi Łódzkie; from 1995 to 2003 President of the Management Board of MTP. From 1996 to 2000 she was actively involved, showing tremendous commitment to her work, as a member of the Corporation’s Statistical Data Verification Committee, which initiated the professional auditing of the trade fair statistics of members of the Polish Trade Fair Corporation.

2001–2006 – member of the PKT Board of Directors (until the date of the resolution to liquidate PKT), concluding this period as a member of the liquidation team.

Member of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry from 2007 to 2010.

Vice-Rector for Development and subsequently Rector (until May 2020) of the State Higher Vocational School in Włocławek.

Founder and long-standing president of Targi Bydgoskie SAWO, which organises specialised trade fairs of national scope in Bydgoszcz, Poznań and Tuchola. Organiser of the SAWO International Occupational Safety and Rescue Fair (1989–2003) and the EKO-LAS International Forestry Fair (1994–2008), the largest trade fairs in their respective industries in Poland. Co-founder of the Polish Trade Fair Corporation and the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry. Chairman of the PCEI Audit Committee from 2007 to 2009.

Involved in the exhibition sector since 1988. Until 2009, Vice-President of Międzynarodowe Centrum Targowe (organiser of the Złoto, Srebro, Czas trade fairs) and Vice-President of Pracownia Sztuk Plastycznych. From 1996 to 2000 he was actively involved, showing tremendous commitment to his work, as a member of the Corporation’s Statistical Data Verification Committee, which initiated the professional auditing of the trade fair statistics of members of the Polish Trade Fair Corporation.

In 2001 he joined the PKT Board of Directors and remained on it until 2006, i.e. until the date of the resolution to liquidate PKT.

Member of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry from 2007 to 2010.

PhD in Economics. Former President of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry (2011–2014).

Former President of the Management Board of the Poznań International Fair (1982–1987 and 2009–2014).

Former diplomat: Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Germany (1995–2001 and 2020–2006) and Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to France and the Principality of Monaco (2015–2016).

Awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Commander’s Cross of the same Order, the Grand Merit Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Estonian Order of the White Star, 2nd Class.

Recipient of numerous honours, including the title of doctor honoris causa of the Poznań University of Economics and Business.

Habilitated Doctor of Economics; from 2001 to 2017 a member of staff of the Department of Marketing at the Faculty of Management of Rzeszów University of Technology, and since 2017 an assistant professor in the Department of Process Management at the Faculty of Commodity Science and Product Management of the Kraków University of Economics.

For many years he has worked with trade fairs and the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry.

Author of doctoral and habilitation dissertations devoted to trade fairs; author and co-author of two books and more than 100 publications on trade fairs.

A promoter – in university journals, in the media and at conferences – of the idea of modern trade fairs; for years he has inspired students to take part, with success, in the PCEI competitions “Vision of Trade Fairs 2020” and “Trade Fairs 4.0”.

Participant and speaker at PCEI academic conferences and PCEI Winter Meetings, and member of the Awards Committee of the PCEI “Exhibition of the Year” competition.

Economist, graduate of the Academy of Economics in Poznań (now the Poznań University of Economics and Business).

Former long-standing Chairman of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry (2015–2020), thanks to whose tremendous commitment the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry was able, over those years, to carry out a number of important initiatives, both for the Chamber itself and its Members and for the development of trade fairs in Poland, as a result of which the prestige of our organisation and its positive perception among our partners – trade fair clients, the authorities and the media – grew steadily stronger.

Former long-standing President of the Management Board (2015–2020), and previously Vice-President of the Management Board (1996–2007 and 2009–2014), of Poznań International Fair Ltd; Director for Economic and Organisational Affairs.

Long-standing academic lecturer at higher education institutions in Poznań.

Graduate of Poznań University of Technology (1973), professionally involved in the exhibition industry for more than 30 years (1987–2019):

Inter-Service sp. z o.o. – one of three partners; among other things, he organised and prepared, on the grounds of the Poznań International Fair (MTP), a construction exhibition which after two editions evolved into the BUDMA trade fair; likewise SECUREX; he was involved in organising the 1st INFOSYSTEM fair in Wrocław, the 1st clothing fair in Łódź, the 1st POLAGRA in Poznań, and others.

– in 1997 he founded, and for 23 years ran, MAD-EXPO, a company specialising in the design and construction of exhibition stands.

As a partner in Inter-Service sp. z o.o., he took part in establishing (1993) the Polish Corporation of Trade Fair and Economic Exhibition Organisers, later renamed the Polish Trade Fair Corporation.

Founding Member (as Mad-Expo sp. z o.o.) of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry in 2006, in which he was active on a voluntary basis – as a Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee (2015–2019); he worked actively and served as chairman of the industry section of exhibition stand construction companies. For his services to the development of the Polish exhibition industry, he was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit.

Mr Andrzej Bobiński, a mechanical engineer by training and a graduate of Poznań University of Technology, worked professionally from 1971 primarily in the automotive industry. In this field he made a personal contribution to the economic development of the Wielkopolska region and the city of Poznań. As director of the “POLMO” Agricultural Vehicle Factory in the 1970s, Mr Andrzej Bobiński contributed, among other things, to the launch in 1972, in Antoninek near Poznań, of the production of the first Polish vehicle designed for agricultural use, the famous “Tarpan”.

Mr Bobiński translated the experience he had gained in the automotive industry into the success of his own company, TRANSMEBLE INTERNATIONAL Przedsiębiorstwo Międzynarodowej Spedycji Targowej, based in Poznań (a Founding Member of PCEI) – a leading Polish company providing specialist freight forwarding services to exhibitors, dynamic and professionally managed, which contributes to improving the quality of such services in Poland and the perception of the Polish exhibition market among Polish and foreign clients. A great professional achievement of Mr Bobiński is the creation of a technical base for handling equipment in Poznań. The company’s many trade fair clients appreciate the high qualifications of its office staff and forklift operators, as well as the high-quality handling equipment used in its forwarding work.

Throughout his life, Mr Andrzej Bobiński has successfully combined his professional work with community activity. He is a distinguished activist and currently Honorary President of Automobilklub Wielkopolska in Poznań – a motoring enthusiasts’ club that has been thriving since 1923 and today has several thousand members. On the initiative of Mr Andrzej Bobiński, Tor Poznań, the first motor racing circuit in this part of Europe, was built in 1977. Mr Bobiński also came up with the idea for the PKS coach station in Poznań, which served the residents of Poznań until 2013.

Mr Andrzej Bobiński is one of the founders of the Polish Logistics Society, on whose initiative the Poznań School of Logistics began its educational activity in the 1990s. As an expert in transport, logistics and freight forwarding, he has cooperated with many experts and academics from universities in Poland and abroad (Poznań University of Technology, Poznań University of Economics and Business, University of Gdańsk, Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Hochschule Neuss für Internationale Wirtschaft).

For many years Mr Andrzej Bobiński was also involved in publishing, sitting on the Programme Board of the trade journal Logistyka.

Since 1995 Mr Bobiński has been a co-founder and member of the Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Association, where he has also served as Chairman of the Programme Board; the Association was formed by entrepreneurs and representatives of science, culture and the arts, politics and the media in order to work towards creating conditions conducive to the development of Polish entrepreneurship.

Mr Andrzej Bobiński devoted a very important part of his community activity to trade fairs in Poland. As a Member of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry, he proved to be a person exceptionally committed to the affairs of the Polish exhibition industry and of the Chamber itself. He inspired action to improve the quality of trade fair services provided by Polish companies and to promote good practice, integrity and ethics in business. As Poland’s leading provider of trade fair transport and forwarding services, he always cared about a high standard of service, which he consistently demonstrated by engaging in discussions and initiatives aimed at solving the problems faced by the exhibition industry in Poland.

• Mr Andrzej Bobiński also has experience in the work of the PCEI governing bodies, having been a long-standing member and Vice-Chairman of the PCEI Audit Committee and of the PCEI Arbitration Committee.

For his community service, Mr Andrzej Bobiński has received numerous distinctions and awards, including, in 2013, the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, in recognition of his services to the Polish economy and the exhibition industry, on the 20th anniversary of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry.

Ms Agnieszka Strzelczyk-Walczak is well known to many members of our Chamber. She is an entrepreneur who has been active in the exhibition industry for more than 20 years. She was the founder, co-owner and President of the Management Board of A.S. Messe Consulting sp. z o.o. of Warsaw, which operated from 2004 to 2022, as well as a member of the Polish Trade Fair Corporation and a Founding Member (in 2006) and long-standing Member (until 2022) of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry.

As it happens, since 1989 Warsaw, the registered seat of A.S. Messe Consulting, and the city of Düsseldorf in Germany have been partner cities, cooperating in the economic and cultural spheres, and Ms Agnieszka Strzelczyk-Walczak became the exclusive representative in Poland of one of the world’s leading German trade fair companies – Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, based in Düsseldorf. In this way, Ms Strzelczyk-Walczak’s activities were also linked to promoting Warsaw as a business centre and supporting business relations between companies from both cities.

Ms Agnieszka Strzelczyk-Walczak is a promoter of trade fairs as an effective tool of marketing and business communication. By spreading knowledge of exhibition marketing, she educated Polish entrepreneurs about the role that trade fairs play in promoting the Polish brand and Polish products at fairs abroad, thereby contributing to the internationalisation of many Polish companies and the growth of Polish exports. The main industries whose development she supported were: medical and medical equipment, occupational health and safety, mining, plastics processing, boat and yacht building, printing and metallurgy. Ms Strzelczyk-Walczak established business contacts with hundreds of Polish companies and supported them by comprehensively organising their participation in trade fairs abroad, mainly in Germany, in Düsseldorf, but also in Eastern markets – China, Thailand and Singapore – to which Messe Düsseldorf had extended its operations. We watched with pride the success of A.S. Messe Consulting and its dynamic growth under Ms Strzelczyk-Walczak’s leadership, as well as the successes associated with her running of the Messe Düsseldorf representation in Poland.

Ms Agnieszka Strzelczyk-Walczak was an active member of the exhibition industry’s self-governing community and was involved in the structures of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry and of its predecessor, the Polish Trade Fair Corporation. From 2005 to 2007 she was a member of the Court of Honour of the Polish Trade Fair Corporation. In the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry (PCEI), representing A.S. Messe Consulting, Ms Strzelczyk-Walczak served on the Audit Committee from March 2007 to June 2015, chairing it for two terms. In June 2015 she was appointed to the PCEI Council, on which she sat until the end of the 2015–2019 term, and subsequently, in May 2019, she was re-elected to the PCEI Council, remaining a member until May 2022, i.e. until A.S. Messe Consulting ceased its business activity.

As a Member of PCEI, Ms Strzelczyk-Walczak also consistently supported the work of the PCEI section of “Organisers of Trade Fair Participation Abroad and Service Providers for Companies Taking Part in Trade Fairs Abroad”.

After the death of the Section’s founder and long-standing Chairman, Mr Tadeusz Michalak (MAXPOL, Warsaw), she continued his work, showing outstanding commitment to the operating conditions of Polish organisers of Polish exhibitors’ participation in trade fairs abroad, and consulting on draft legislation concerning state financial support for this activity, i.e. the Council of Ministers regulation on the granting of de minimis public aid, which Polish exporters regard as very important in terms of supporting Polish exports.

We greatly valued Ms Agnieszka Strzelczyk-Walczak’s involvement in the life of our Chamber. She was not only a conscientious member of the Chamber’s governing bodies and its other teams and collegial bodies, but also proved to be a person full of initiative and energy, always willing to share her knowledge and experience, a participant in many projects carried out within our Chamber, and above all a wonderful person and colleague. Creativity, ethics and courage in her conduct are the traits of character that always distinguished Ms Strzelczyk-Walczak and helped our organisation in difficult times, when it stood “at a turning point”.

When A.S. Messe Consulting ceased operating, our Chamber lost a person exceptionally committed to the affairs of our organisation and of the Polish exhibition industry. Therefore, in recognition of Ms Agnieszka Strzelczyk-Walczak’s contribution to the achievements of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry and to the integration of the Chamber community, we submit to the PCEI General Assembly for a vote a resolution to confer on her the title of Honorary Member of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry.

From 1970 to 2018 Prof. Henryk Mruk worked as an assistant, assistant professor and, from 1992, professor at the Poznań University of Economics and Business (formerly the Academy of Economics). In addition, from 1995 to 2008 he ran his own marketing agency, FOCUS; from 2002 to 2014 he worked at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Poznań University of Medical Sciences; from 2014 to 2019 he ran the Kreisel Development Academy; and since 2016 he has been a member of the Programme Board of the EUROCASH Skills Academy.

Since 2018 Prof. Henryk Mruk has been a member of staff and lecturer at the School of Management and Banking in Poznań and, alongside his research and teaching, he works with companies from a variety of industries.

In the course of his academic and teaching career, Prof. Henryk Mruk has supervised 38 doctoral candidates to completion and educated several thousand master’s graduates and diploma students of universities in Poznań and other cities – on degree programmes, first- and second-cycle programmes and postgraduate programmes – in marketing and communication. At the Poznań University of Economics and Business his courses included International Trade Fairs and Exhibitions. He has also trained the management boards and staff of many Polish companies in marketing and trade fair marketing.

He has published more than 1,500 articles and books, including works on topics related to trade fairs. Among others, the academic publication “Targi a rozwój ekonomiczny państw” (Trade Fairs and the Economic Development of Countries) appeared in 2011.

The close cooperation of the exhibition industry and our organisation with Prof. Henryk Mruk has many dimensions. Here are some examples.

In 2006 the Polish Trade Fair Corporation published a work on modern trade fair marketing that was innovative on a European scale – “Marketing targowy. Vademecum wystawcy” (Trade Fair Marketing: An Exhibitor’s Handbook), edited by Prof. Henryk Mruk and Mr Alojzy Kuca. This book, aimed primarily at exhibitors, discusses the changing functions of trade fairs, which have evolved from a place of direct sales into a place of direct relationships between buyer and seller – an arena of direct marketing. The book also found its way into the libraries of universities of economics, and it should be emphasised that, thanks to the Polish Trade Fair Corporation, trade fair marketing was already being taught at six Polish higher education institutions.

In subsequent years Prof. Mruk provided expert support for PCEI’s participation in several academic conferences on the importance of trade fairs, as well as for the organisation by PCEI and by CENTREX – International Exhibition Statistics Union of academic conferences held in Brno, Budapest, Poznań and Warsaw, among other places. Prof. Henryk Mruk took part in these conferences as a speaker.

Among the most important conferences to which Prof. Henryk Mruk made an enormous expert contribution, mention should be made of the conference at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics in March 2011, held under the patronage of the Minister of Economy and attended by Mr Manfred Busche, President of UFI – The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry. For this conference, and on the occasion of it, the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry published the book “Znaczenie targów dla rozwoju gospodarczego kraju” (The Importance of Trade Fairs for the Country’s Economic Development), edited by Prof. Henryk Mruk. The book was the result of deliberations by an international team of authors, including Prof. Manfred Busche, on the evolution of the trade fair and exhibition industry in Europe and worldwide and on the challenges facing the industry, including privatisation issues and the related organisational, capital and structural transformations. The international character of the publication increased its value and made it possible to view these issues from different perspectives and through the prism of the experience of many different countries.

In 2012 Prof. Henryk Mruk promoted within the academic community the Polish version, prepared by the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry, of the course by UFI – The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry entitled “Rola targów w miksie marketingowym” (The Role of Exhibitions in the Marketing Mix), which was released on CD on the basis of the original UFI course. The course was intended primarily for lecturers teaching subjects in marketing and business communication, as well as for students – the future employees and heads of marketing departments of companies that use trade fairs as an instrument of marketing and business communication.

Prof. Henryk Mruk’s close, long-standing cooperation with the Poznań International Fair (MTP) should also be emphasised.

From 2002 to 2018 Prof. Mruk was Chairman of the Awards Committee of the ACANTHUS AUREUS competition for exhibitors, established by MTP in 2003. The award aims to reward the best architectural and graphic solutions that foster direct communication with customers and enhance the exhibitor’s marketing image. The Golden Acanthus statuette is awarded to the stands best designed and prepared to implement a company’s marketing strategy during a trade fair. In addition, in the last years before the pandemic, Prof. Henryk Mruk’s students presented their semester projects for the course “International Trade Fairs and Exhibitions” at MTP every year.

Education and early career

Born in 1933 (died 1996). Graduated in foreign trade from the Higher School of Economics in Poznań (1955). He began his professional career at the Polish Chamber of Foreign Trade (PIHZ), where he was responsible for representing Polish exhibitors on foreign markets and for overseeing the Poznań International Fair.

Career at the Poznań International Fair

Employed full-time at MTP from 1974, initially as Deputy Director for Commercial Affairs and, from 1976, as First Deputy Director General. From 1981 to 1985 he worked at the PIHZ office in Paris, developing contacts with UFI – The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry. In 1986 he became Director General of MTP. After the institution was transformed into a commercial company in 1990, he became its first President of the Management Board, holding this position until 1996.

Key achievements and the systemic transformation

Trade fair initiatives: During his term of office, key trade fair brands were introduced into the MTP calendar, including Polagra, Poleko and Tour Salon.

Infrastructure development: He carried out the transformation of MTP into a limited liability company (1990), introducing a provision for the profits generated to be allocated to investment. This made it possible to build modern facilities, including Hall 15 (now Sala Ziemi) and Hall 5.

Protecting the achievements of MTP: He successfully resisted attempts to nationalise MTP’s assets or to sell them to foreign entities in the first half of the 1990s, safeguarding the identity of the Poznań exhibition centre.

Founder of exhibition industry self-government in Poland

Co-founder and first President of the Polish Corporation of Trade Fair and Economic Exhibition Organisers (the predecessor of today’s PCEI). On 17 June 1993 he chaired the founding meeting of the self-governing body, which brought together 118 exhibition industry entities. Thanks to his personal commitment and international contacts, the Polish organisation was admitted to UFI membership as early as November 1993.

Academic and educational activity

Initiator of Poland’s first international academic conference devoted to trade fair issues (1988), organised in cooperation with the Academy of Economics in Poznań. He promoted academic analysis of the role of trade fairs as a key marketing instrument in international trade.

He died suddenly on 12 December 1996. For his outstanding contribution to the integration of the exhibition community and the professionalisation of the Polish exhibition industry, the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry posthumously conferred on him the title of Honorary Member.

Education and early career

Born in 1949. Graduate of the Faculty of Foreign Trade Economics of the Higher School of Economics in Poznań (1972). He completed an MBA programme (Nottingham/WSB Poznań) and doctoral studies at the Poznań University of Economics and Business. He holds a state licence in real estate brokerage.

Poznań International Fair (1972–2010)

Professionally associated with MTP from 1972, rising through the ranks from trainee to President of the Management Board (a position he held from 1996 to 2007). During his presidency, infrastructure investments worth approximately PLN 300 million were carried out, the company was restructured and the first strategic plan for the fair was drawn up. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Director of Trade Fair Product Development and as an adviser to the Management Board.

Activity in exhibition industry self-government (PCEI)

From 1997 to 2010 he served as President of the Polish Trade Fair Corporation and subsequently (following its transformation on his initiative) of the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry. He brought PCEI into the structures of UFI – The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, and initiated the professionalisation of trade fair statistics in Poland.

International activity (UFI and CENTREX)

UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry): He was the only Pole to sit on the Steering Committee. He also served as Chairman of the Associations Committee and as a member of the UFI Board of Directors.

CENTREX: Co-founder and long-standing Chairman of the International Exhibition Statistics Union, based in Budapest. He was responsible for introducing certified audits of statistical data in the region.

Educational and publishing activity

Initiator of the first academic elective course on trade fairs in Poland, at the Academy of Economics in Poznań (2001). Co-editor of the handbook “Marketing Targowy. Vademecum wystawcy” (Trade Fair Marketing: An Exhibitor’s Handbook) and the originator of numerous initiatives promoting knowledge of direct marketing.

Międzynarodowe Targi Gdańskie (2010–2012)

Vice-President of the Management Board of MTG SA. He took part in the creation of the AmberExpo venue and coordinated industry promotion programmes for the jewellery and amber sector under the Innovative Economy Operational Programme.

Decorations

In 2011, for his services to the development of the Polish exhibition industry, he was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

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Grażyna Grabowska is one of the most distinguished and recognisable figures in the Polish exhibition market. As co-founder and long-standing President of Targi w Krakowie, she built a company that grew into a leader of the trade fair and congress market in Poland. She was behind events that have become permanent fixtures in the industry calendar – including the International Book Fair in Kraków® and the KRAKDENT® International Dental Fair – as well as the opening in 2014 of the EXPO Kraków International Exhibition and Convention Centre. Over the years she was involved in the work of the entire exhibition community, serving in the Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry as a member of the Audit Committee, a member of the Council and subsequently Vice-Chair of the PCEI Council. She oversaw the nationwide “Trade Fairs Deliver More” campaign and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, actively supported measures to protect the industry. She received the title of PCEI Honorary Member at the General Assembly on 29 June, in recognition of her invaluable contribution to the development of the Polish exhibition industry.