Prof. Bohdan M. Zakiewicz, with his family at the welcoming reception of the International Quality Summit Convention, New York.

B.I.D. ended at the meeting in New York with the proposition of nominating the Polish Prof. (Dr.) Bohdan Zakiewicz as a candidate for the Nobel Prize. Zakiewicz, honored by B.I.D. as a scientist, inventor and expert in mining and energy with more than 50 years of experience in the field of cost reduction and contaminant agents in the construction of mines. Profesor of the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow for 20 years, author of 348 processes and patents, President of Geothermic Solution, LLC, in the United States, and Director of the Polish Laboratory of Radical Technologies as well as President of Consolidated Seven Rocks Mining, Zakiewicz is among those innovative thinkers that unite business innovation from the point of view of the environment. B.I.D. would like to reinforce the life-long career of this prestigious Polish scientist and engineer who has dedicated himself to finding solutions to the energy crisis for the centuries to come. As a matter of fact, Zakiewicz became one of the great protagonists at the New York Marriott Marquis, where the participants recognized that he embodies, as few do, the essence of the award for his commitment to quality, technology and innovation. For many years, Zakiewicz has focused his message to the international community on the necessity of finding new sources of energy in a world where oil, diminishing as we speak, becomes more and more costly, and becomes the cause for frequent conflicts, both political and armed.

Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe. The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq mi), making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and one of the most populous members of the European Union.
The establishment of a Polish state is often identified with the adoption of Christianity by its ruler Mieszko I, in 966 (see Baptism of Poland), when the state covered territory similar to that of present-day Poland. In 1025, Poland became a kingdom and in 1569, it cemented a long association with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, by signing the Union of Lublin, forming the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth collapsed in 1795 and Poland’s territory was partitioned among the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire, and Austria. Poland regained its independence as the Second Polish Republic in 1918, after World War I, but was later occupied by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. Poland lost over six million citizens in World War II, emerging several years later as the socialist People’s Republic of Poland within the Eastern Bloc, under strong Soviet influence.
During the Revolutions of 1989, communist rule was overthrown and Poland became what is constitutionally known as the “Third Polish Republic”. Poland is a unitary state, made up of sixteen voivodeships (Polish: województwo). Poland is also a member of the European Union, NATO, United Nations, World Trade Organization, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).