The first Wrocław Global Forum was held in October 2010 . At the time , the event was under the auspices of the Atlantic Council , the DemosEUROPA Centre for European Strategy and the city of Wrocław . The stated aim of the Forum was " Strengthening the Transatlantic Dialogue to Tackle Global Challenges . " The second Forum , with about 200 attendees , took place in June 2011 , and focused on energy security and the role of NATO . The third Forum , held in late May and early June , 2012 , explored whether the transatlantic model of democracy can be applied to other parts of the world as the centers of wealth shift eastward and southward . The fourth WGF , for the first time co-organized by the Polish Institute of International Affairs , was held in June 2013 . The approximately 350 participants examined the role of Central Europe as an actor within the continent , the European Global Strategy and the global role of the U.S . In June 2014 , the fifth Forum focused on the events in Ukraine as well as taking a retrospective look at the 25 years that had passed since the fall of Communism in Europe , the 15 years since the enlargement of NATO and the 10 years since the first wave of former Soviet Bloc countries were admitted to the EU . The sixth WGF , held in June 2015 , introduced Business Leadership Dialogues , designed to facilitate communication between executives and policymakers on topics like defense , IT innovation and energy . The event also addressed the post-Crimea security environment . The most recent , seventh WGF took place in June 2016 and had more than 400 participants . Speakers previewed the 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw and surveyed the challenges facing the alliance . In July 2017 , together with the WGF will be the " Forum of Three sea " , which will be attended by 12 leaders of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe : Polish , Czech , Austria , Bulgaria , Croatia , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia and Hungary
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