SPECIAL GUESTS OF THE MARITIME ECONOMY FORUM 2025
Arkadiusz Marchewka – Secretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure, responsible for maritime economy and inland navigation.
Doctor of Economics. Graduate of the School for Civil Society Leaders and scholarship holder of the Millennium Leadership program implemented by the Atlantic Council. Professionally associated with the Institute of Management at the University of Szczecin, where he is an academic lecturer.
Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in the 8th, 9th, and 10th terms.
In 2019-2023, he served as vice-chairman of the Sejm Committee on Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation and worked in the Public Finance Committee.
Dr Gavin Gulia is currently the Ambassador of the Republic of Malta to the Republic of Poland. He was Chairman of the Malta Tourism Authority for more than a decade. (May 2013-January 2025)
He was educated at De la Salle College, Cottonera, Malta and the University of Malta at the Faculty of Laws. He graduated Doctor of Laws in 1988.
He was a practising lawyer for the 36 years specialising in private law, civil law, real estate law and tourism law.
He was a Local Councillor at Haz-Zebbug, his hometown (1993 - 1995)
He was then elected to the House of Representatives of Malta in 1996, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2021 and served as a Member of Parliament for 17 years.
In 1996 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Self-Employed and then Minister of Justice in 1998. Subsequently he served as Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, Shadow Minister for the Economy and Shadow Minister for Tourism.
During his tenure as Chairman of the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) Dr Gulia assumed various other positions within MTA including that of Executive Chairman of the MTA (2018-2020). He was also a Director on the Board of Directors of the European Travel Commission (2021-2024).
Under his watch tourism experienced a revival as tourist arrivals soared to 3.6 million in 2024 from 1.5 million in 2013 while also coping with the pandemic from which Malta emerged stronger.
Dr Gulia was nominated and unanimously approved as Ambassador by the Public Appointments Committee of the House of Representatives of Malta in August 2024. On 7th March 2025 he became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malta to the Republic of Poland. He presented his letters of Credence to the President of Poland Andrzej Duda.
Dr Dorota Lost-Sieminska serves as Director of the Legal Affairs and External Relations Division at the International Maritime Organization. In this capacity, she leads the Division's work on a range of complex and topical issues in international maritime and treaty law, overseeing the development of practical tools that strengthen the Organization's legal and external relations capabilities.
Her responsibilities include managing IMO's depositary functions, acting as Secretary to the Legal Committee, and providing first-line support to the Secretary-General in his roles as Secretary of the Council and the Assembly. She also directs accreditation, events, and protocol activities; offers guidance to Governments and inter- and non-governmental organizations; and heads the Outreach and Communication Services and the Maritime Knowledge Centre to ensure that internal and external stakeholders are well informed about the work of the Organization.
Prior to joining IMO, Dr Lost-Sieminska led the Polish delegation to the IMO Legal Committee and represented Poland at various IMO meetings. She served as Vice President of the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Diplomatic Conference and participated in numerous United Nations and European Union sessions.
Dr Lost-Sieminska earned her Master of Laws and PhD in international maritime law from the University of Gdańsk, and holds an additional Master of Laws from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute. She is called to the bar and is a member of the Pomeranian Bar Association.