Event Programme

REGISTRATION

9.30-10:30

Participant registration, welcome coffee

CONGRESS OPENING

10.30-11.15

Congress opening

• Prof. Bogumiła Kaniewska, Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, President of CRASP
• Dr Wojciech Karczewski, Director General of NAWA

11.15-12.45

Plenary session: The assumptions of the National Strategy for Internationalisation – goals, priorities, perspectives

Session with RepresentativesSession with Representativesof the Team for the Development of the National Strategy for the Internationalisationof Polish Higher Education and Science

Moderation: Dr Łukasz Gołota, Deputy Director of NAWA, Secretary of the Team for the Development of the National Strategy for the Internationalisation of Polish Higher Education and Science

• Dr Wojciech Karczewski – Director General of NAWA, Chair of the Team
• Dr hab. Dominik Antonowicz, Prof. UMK – The Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Member of the Team
• Dr hab. Anna Jurkowska-Zeidler, Prof. UG – Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Internationalisation at the University of Gdańsk, Member of the Team

Special Address

Dr Eng. Marcin Kulasek, Minister of Science and Higher Education

13.15-14.30

“Models of science diplomacy – states and their strategies”

Introduction: Dr Mitchell Young, EU Science Diplomacy Alliance, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Moderation: Dr Mitchell Young, EU Science Diplomacy Alliance, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

• Dr Jean-Claude Arditti, AVRIST (The Association for the Enhancement of International Scientific and Technical Relations), EU Science Diplomacy Alliance
• Prof. Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway; EU Science Diplomacy Alliance (online)
• Ágúst Hjörtur Ingþórsson, Director General of RANNIS
• Tomas Kuchta, Director of the Science and Economic Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
• Prof. Dr. Luk van Langenhove, Brussels School of Governance (online)
• Dr Jan Marco Müller, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission (online)

14.30-15.30

Lunch break

15.30-16.45

“Implementation of tasks in the field of science diplomacy from the perspective of diplomatic missions and public-diplomacy institutions”

Moderation: Agnieszka Homańska, Head of the Minister’s Political Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Waldemar Dubaniowski, Director of the Support Department for Polish Entities in Brussels, National Centre for Research and Development
• Katarzyna Granat, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. (online)
• Shik Kim, Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Poland
• Dr Tomasz Łukaszuk, University of Warsaw, former Ambassador
• Jan Jerzy Malicki, Specialist in International Scientific Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Dr hab. Beata Piskorska, Prof. KUL – Vice-Rector for Students and Internationalisation, Head of the Centre for Diplomacy Studies, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

16:45-18:00

“International science made in Poland – Polish science and diplomacy in the Arctic and Antarctica (success stories)”

Moderation: Dr Monika Szkarłat, Institute of Political Science and Administration, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Modeling Center of UMCS, Chair of the Social & Human Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee

• Dr hab. Rafał Junosza-Szaniawski, Deputy Director, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Agnieszka Kruszewska, Administrative Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Chair of COMNAP (Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs)
• Dr Bartłomiej Luks, Assistant Professor, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Prof. Grzegorz Rachlewicz, Dean of the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
• Dr Piotr Rychlik, Ambassador for Arctic and Antarctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
• Prof. Mateusz Strzelecki, Vice-Dean for Research Projects, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Wrocław

SIDE EVENT

18.00-19.45

Side event – film screening of “Polarniczki” + 30 min. discussion

A discussion moderated by Marcin Zamaro, Deputy President of the Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Szczecin with the co-author of the film Dagmara Bożek

NETWORKING

19.30-20.45

Dinner

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS  (no online streaming or interpretation available)

9.30-10.45

Training for scientists

Speaking to the world: how to explain science to society and policymakers?” 

Target audience: researchers, university press officers, NGOs.

Topics: storytelling, crisis communication, communication with media, politicians and citizens.

Anna Kiryjow-Radzka, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, President of the Association for PR and Promotion of Polish Universities "PRom"

Training for institutions

“How to effectively support science in international activities?”

Training for staff of international cooperation offices at Polish universities and research institutes: what science diplomacy is, how to prepare for promoting a university abroad, how to use available support instruments, and what competencies are needed.

Alicja Gruszczyńska, Spokesperson of the Research Federation of WSB-DSW Merito Universities

Dr habil. Michał Szostak, Associate Professor at UC, Vice-Rector for Research and International Cooperation

Paulina Witomska, Strategic Partnerships Director, MERITO Center for  Higher Education Development

Dr Eng. Izabela Zawiska, Chair of the IROs Forum

training held under the patronage of the IROs Forum

10.45-11.00

Coffee break

11.00-12.15

“Communication and foreign promotion of science”

Moderation: Dr hab. Łukasz Zamęcki, Deputy Chair of the NAWA Council; Chair of the Advisory Team to the Minister of Science on the Promotion of Polish Science Abroad

• Dr Piotr Kajak, Deputy Director of Polonicum, University of Warsaw
• Dr Monika Koperska, science communicator
• Prof. Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice
• Dr Damian Syjczak, Deputy Director of NAWA

12.15-12.30

Coffee break

12:30-13:45

“International cooperation in the context of global challenges”

Moderation: Dr Katarzyna Maniszewska, Member of the Team for the Development of the National Strategy for Internationalisation, Civitas University

• Ágúst Hjörtur Ingþórsson, Director General of RANNIS
• Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwiak, Director of the National Science Centre (NCN)
• Prof. Tomasz Wojdacz, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, President of the International Society of Molecular and Clinical Epigenetics (iSMOCLEP)
• Dr hab. Małgorzata Makiewicz, Prof. University of Szczecin, Prof. Maria Grzegorzewska University

CONGRESS SUMMARY

13.45-14.15

“How to effectively develop science diplomacy and the internationalisation of Polish science?”

• Dr hab. Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, Prof. SGH, Chair of the NAWA Council
• Prof. Tomasz Nieborak, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

14.15-15.30

Farewell lunch