On 22 March, on a special evening, the jury of the Olivia Prize competition will announce the winning initiatives in four categories: Business, Eco, Pro Bono and Impact. The last one is a special award, which will be awarded to the project with the greatest positive impact on the environment. The Olivia Eco Award is granted in partnership with the United Nations Global Compact Network Poland.
For the first time, the event is open to the public! So, let’s meet on the 34th floor of Olivia Star to meet the winning authors of the most interesting, innovative and daring initiatives of the past year. And these will be companies and teams from Olivia, so there is someone to cheer for!
Reserve your spot, tell others, and join the event to celebrate victory and be inspired.
We know that Olivia Centre is made up of people full of ideas. Although they work in various organizations and industries, they regularly implement valuable initiatives that make everyday life easier. The competition for the Olivia Prize was created to appreciate unconventional projects and outstanding activity of Olivia Residents. The authors of the awarded initiatives will receive commemorative statuettes and vouchers to be used in the restaurants and conference spaces of the Olivia Centre. The author of the project and the contractor of the statuettes is Prof. Tomasz Sobisz, Winner of many awards and scholarships, as well as the author of monumental projects and small architecture in Poland and abroad, m.in. in Germany, Sweden, Canada and Spain.
The prizes were awarded as a result of the work of the competition jury composed of:
Grzegorz Borowski – founder and CEO of InfoShare, Mirta Hegedusic – Managing Director thyssenkrupp Group Services Gdańsk, Mateusz Kusznierewicz – sailor, businessman and speaker, Marta Moksa – CEO of O4 Coworking, Piotr Nowosielski – CEO of Just Join IT and Remigiusz Wojciechowski – Head of Bayer GBS Gdańsk.
Schedule of the event:
- 17:00 – opening of the event
- 5:10 p.m. – lecture by Marek Wikiera : Everyone has their own desert, or when the impossible becomes possible
- 18:00 – speech by Kamil Wyszkowski:
Green financing
- 6:30 p.m. – announcement of the winners and award ceremony
- 7:00 p.m. – end of the ceremony and refreshments
Marek Wikiera
– a mentor and confidant of business owners, boards, managers, leaders, who supports them in crossing borders and achieving goals in business and personal life. Passionate about extreme ultramarathons and triathlons. In 2014, as one of 47 people in the world, he completed in one year – 4 Deserts – a gruelling series of 4 ultramarathons, placed by THE TIME magazine on the 6th ultramarathon. place in the TOP10 of the most difficult human endurance challenges.
Kamil Wyszkowski
– Director General of the UN Global Compact in Poland, expert in the field of UN and EU policies, in particular in the field of activities at the interface of business and administration and the involvement of the private sector in the implementation of UN goals, policies and standards. Specialist in development cooperation, multilateral cooperation and knowledge transfer.
We invite all Olivians to participate in the Olivia Prize award gala, reservation required.
About Olivia Prize
The Olivia Prize is awarded in four categories:
- Olivia Business – for an economic or business project, carried out individually or in teams by Olivia Centre Residents.
- Olivia Pro Bono – for a social project, carried out individually or in teams by the Residents of Olivia Centre.
- Olivia Eco – for an ecological project, carried out individually or in teams by Olivia Centre Residents.
- Olivia Impact – for the project that in 2022 had the greatest positive impact on the environment, in the business, social or ecological area.
Last year, the jury considered 36 applications. Here are the winners of the Olivia Prize 2021!
- Olivia Business – awarded to Omida for introducing intermodal transport to the new market.
- Olivia Pro Bono – for volunteers from Energa for the project Pier(w)si win!
- Olivia Eco – for ZR Trade for the #ZeroWasteWorking project.
- The Olivia Impact Special Award went to the Regional Volunteer Centre in Gdańsk – for its current and subsequent comprehensive activities for refugees from war-torn Ukraine.
