Conference: Economy of IP Rights: Tax Instruments Supporting Film Production and Valuation of Copyrights

Doctor of Economics and Lawyer. Tax advisor. Lecturer in Tax Law at the Faculty of Economic Law of the University of Economics in Katowice and trainer in tax law for various external entities. Chairman of the Board of the Silesian Branch of the National Chamber of Tax Advisors during the 6th term of office.

Halina Cegielski holds dual citizenship; she was born in Poland and resides in the US since 1991.  She is bilingual professional with extensive mediation, negotiation, litigation, as well as client representation experience.  For the last 19 years, Ms. Cegielski represented major corporations, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, PNC, HSBC and Deutsche Bank, in multidimensional types of court proceedings including civil trials, code enforcement hearings and mediations. Ms.

Diego Conte is an Italian lawyer authorized to represent before the Higher Courts and a member of the Milan Bar Association, with extensive expertise in national and European tax law. Alongside his legal practice within prestigious international firms, he has developed a solid and recognized track record as an international lawyer over the years. He has positioned himself as a strategic point of reference for companies aiming to expand their global reach, supporting them in resolving complexities and negotiating agreements.  

Daniel Fridell is a director and writer educated at the European Film Academy in Berlin. He has secured several first-look deals with major studios and publishing houses, and has produced and developed films for, among others, Fox, Paramount, Nordisk Film, SF, and Canal+.

Member of the Polish Parliament, economist, and entrepreneur with practical experience in the SME sector. In his parliamentary work, he focuses on legislation related to the digital economy, innovative technologies, and the regulation of the crypto-asset market (including the implementation of the MiCA regulation). As a legislator, he places particular emphasis on building a competitive tax system, as well as the effective protection and valuation of intellectual property rights, viewing them as essential capital in the modern economy.

 

Katarzyna Gwizdak is a tax advisor and an advocate trainee. 
She specialises in tax and administrative court litigation, with a particular focus on anti-avoidance regulations. 
She serves as Chair of the Tax Law Section at the Warsaw Bar Association. She is a member of legislative teams in the field of tax law at the Polish Bar Council and of the Presidium of the Legislative Committee of the Warsaw Bar Association. 
She is also a member of the National Audit Committee (7th term) of the National Chamber of Tax Advisors. 

Doctor of Law; tax advisor and attorney-at-law; a practitioner with many years of professional experience in income taxation, in particular international tax law and corporate group restructuring; a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, which he completed with distinction; author of numerous academic publications on income taxation, as well as a speaker at conferences devoted to these issues. Member of the Anti–Tax Avoidance Council, University of Łódź.

Marcin Jamroży, Ph.D., Professor at SGH - University Professor at the SGH Institute of Finance, Director of the Institute of Finance since 2024, Head of the Department of Taxation, Doctor of Economic Sciences (SGH, 2015), Doctor of Laws (Adam Mickiewicz University, 2004), Doctor of Economic Sciences (Europa-Universität Viadrina, 2001), Head of Postgraduate Studies in International Taxation and Postgraduate Studies in Transfer Pricing and Tax Management.

Jules Jones is an award-winning filmmaker whose career has spanned the American and European markets, with a particular focus on stories that travel across cultural and linguistic borders. After building a wide-ranging career producing indie features, music videos, and hundreds of commercials, she co-wrote or did story work on several of Poland’s highest-grossing films, projects that collectively generated multiple sequels, a Canal+ series spinoff, and a Lithuanian remake.

He is currently a member of the Scientific Council at the SME Ombudsman and has been serving as an arbiter of the Copyright Commission since September 2024. ​He gave lectures at the Faculty of Management of the University of Warsaw, Kozminski University, and the Warsaw School of Economics, AMU in Poznań.

Director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, educator, and cartoonist. Professor at the City University of New York, Doctor of Film Arts and the recipient of the Distinguish Pole Award 2022. Krakowski studied directing at the Polish National Film School in Łódź. Expelled from Poland during anti-Semitic purges in 1968, he continued his studies at the American Film Institute. He has made over seventy films and TV series. Director of the award-winning “Looking for Palladin”, “Farewell to My Country”, “Campfire Stories”, “The Politics of Cancer”.

Education: studied programming languages in Vilnius, Lithuania and then Media, culture and production in Southampton, UK.

Main work experience business development, new business cases tests, and the last 5 years helped to develop a couple regional TV stations, mostly focusing on engineering and new technology implementation into business, focusing on costs and business leverage.

Founded UAB Autor as a startup with focus on helping agencies and artists through internet revolution with AI and blockchain technologies.

 

He is a film producer based in Germany, where he founded the company Latteplus. Over the years, he has co-produced several films in collaboration with various European countries, developing strong expertise as a consultant in regional, national and European funding, including Creative Europe MEDIA. He also manages collaborations with institutions such as ESA and FAO for the production of fiction, documentary and animated films. 

Monika Piosik, PhD is a lecturer at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw. She teaches financial mathematics, derivative instrument valuation, investment portfolio management, and corporate finance. In her scientific research, she focuses, among other things, on analyzing the impact of tax policy on the stakeholders to whom the regulations are targeted.

Deputy Director of the Cabinet and Press Spokesperson for the SME Ombudsman. A strategic communications expert with nearly 20 years of experience in public relations, crisis communication, CSR, and public affairs. She heads the Ombudsman’s Press Office, where she is responsible for the institution’s media strategy and reputation management. A former journalist, she has authored over 150 interviews with leaders from the worlds of business, sport, and culture. An academic lecturer, as well as the author of publications and training programs.

LL.M. (Köln), tax advisor, lecturer at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). Expert in legal and tax handling of investment processes and cross-border transactions. 2019-2022 Deputy Minister of Finance in charge of the tax legislation in Poland, responsible for the implementation of tax reliefs for SME-s, manufacturing and new technologies industry (e.g. Estonian CIT, VAT groups, Polish Holding Company, family foundations, allowances for robotization and expansion). 2024-2025 Member of the VAT Expert Group of the European Commission.

Dr. Yochanan Shachmurove is a Professor of Economics and Business at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He is affiliated with the Department of Economics at New York University. His main research interests are applied econometrics (including vector auto regressions, Bayesian vector auto regressions, emulative neural networks, non-linear deterministic systems, and chaos), international economics, international finance, economic growth, industrial organization, entrepreneurial finance, law and economics, futures and options. Dr.

Martyna Skrodzka is an international technology and commercial lawyer specializing in tech, AI, and cross-border innovation. She is the founder of Legally on Court, a boutique legal consultancy advising startups and high-growth technology companies on IP strategy, structuring, and global market expansion, especially in USA.

Tax advisor specialising in corporate income tax, international tax law, and transfer pricing. Member of the Board of the Mazovian Branch of the National Chamber of Tax Advisors (7th term), serving as Chair of the Training Committee. Holds degrees in economics from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and the Warsaw School of Economics, and completed postgraduate studies in business valuation at Kozminski University in Warsaw. Currently pursuing a PhD focused on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) and the global minimum tax (Pillar 2).

PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies at the University of Warsaw. She holds a PhD in Social Communication and Media. Her main research interests are: Polish movies, particularly contemporary trends and directions, production and distribution chains of cinematography. Member of Polish scientific associations: the Polish Society for Film and Media Studies, as well as the Polish Digital Library, and international ones: The International Association for Media and Communication Research.