Savvy management with good old fashion work ethic turned Poland’s textile manufacturer/outdoors advertiser Litex Group into Europe’s industry leader. Now, its founder pushes new frontiers: multispectral camouflage, solar-powered fabrics and technology transfers through offset trade programs. Militaries around the world take notice.

On March 26, Poland-specific panels organized by the US-Polish Trade Council filled the Facebook Conference Hall with a mix of academia, business, government and nonprofit. Aiming at sparking innovation entrepreneurship on both sides of the Atlantic, did they accelerate the process?

The title quotes legendary vertical aviation pioneer at the 2005 Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony. Frank Piasecki will be remembered next month at the Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow for his contribution to aviation, family, community and US-Polish business relations.