Over 250 young leaders from 32 countries of the European Union, Eastern Europe and Caucasus as well as several dozen of VIP from politics, business and science with Richard Pipes (professor, Harvard Univeristy), Maros Sefcovic (Vice-president of the European Commission), Janusz Lewandowski (European Commissioner), Vaira Vike-Freiberga (former president of Latvia), Esko Aho (Vice-president of Nokia Corporation) and Luc Frieden (Minister of Finance of Luxembourg) among many others came to Nowy Sacz to discuss the future of Europe during Economic Forum of Young Leaders.
The 5th Economic Forum of Young Leaders took place between 7th and 11th of September 2010 in Nowy Sacz. The theme of this year’s Forum was "Europe – continent of innovation or regress?" The idea of the Forum is to create a meeting place for young people from the European Union, Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Caucasus. Participants took part in discussions, workshops and business evenings. Young leaders participated also in sessions of The 20th Economic Forum in Krynica.