Green Talks with GEF at the Polish Green Days

What does security mean in a time of geopolitical instability, technological disruption, and ecological transition? Join our Green Talks with GEF during at the Polish Green Days for a day of powerful discussions on security and resilience, democracy, technology, and energy transition. 

About the event

Green Talks with GEF is a special contribution by the Green European Foundation to the Polish Green Days,  a longstanding Polish Green summer school, taking place this year in the iconic Kozienice Landscape Park (Kolonka) from 9-12 July 2026. This 11th edition of the summer school seeks to bring a renewed focus on security, democracy, energy, technology, and ecology, in a region facing ongoing geopolitical, social, and environmental. This year, under the theme “Security for All“, we will explore issues that are urgent and essential – locally, in Poland, across Europe and around the world. 

GEF’s Green Talks, taking place on Saturday, 11 July 2026, will explore how Europe can respond to an increasingly complex and interconnected set of challenges. Through discussions on democracy, resilience, technology and gender, the programme will examine contemporary security issues from a Green perspective, fostering exchange between Green politicians, experts, activists and civil society representatives from across Europe. 

Bringing together Green politicians, experts, civil society actors, and grassroots activists from across Europe, GEF’s Green Talks create a space to exchange experiences and strengthen a distinctly European Green vision of security: one rooted not only in protection from threats, but also in resilient communities, democratic control, social inclusion and a just transition. 

Programme:

You can find the Green Talks with GEF sessions detailed below, but in case you’re interested in the full programme, please click here. 

Saturday 11 July 2026  

10:00-11:30 | New idealism: How to Build Security Through Values (EN/PL) 

• Richard Wouters, Researcher, Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks 

• Tomas Tomilinas, MP, Democrats for Lithuania 

• Gabriela Svárovská, MP, Zelení 

• Moderator: Joanna Kamińska, European Green Party Committee 

14:45-16:00 | Technology for People, not for Big Tech (EN/PL) 

• Katarzyna Szymielewicz, Fundacja Panoptykon (TBC)  

• Sophie Bloemen, Commons Network (TBC) 

• Arnika Zinke, Policy Advisor on Digital, Greens/EFA (TBC) 

• Moderator: Friederike Moeller, Green European Foundation 

17:15-18:30 | Gender Power. The energy transition from a gender lens. (EN/PL) 

• Barbara Nicoloso, Author, Gender Power; Director, Virage Énergie 
• Dr. Agnieszka Bem, economist and professor at University of Economics of Wrocław

Practicalities:

Date and Time: 11 July 2026
Location: Andrzej Zalewski Forest Educational Center, Kozienice Landscape Park (Kolonka), Poland
Language:  English / Polish (simultaneous interpretation provided)
Registration: via this link. Please note that the GEF sessions are free, but that you must pay a fee if you want to participate in the full summer school. 

This stream of sessions is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of Strefa Zieleni and with financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.