Under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

09.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
Participants’ registration

10.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
Opening of the conference
Grzegorz Benedykciński, Mayor of Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Wojciech Hardt, Chairman of the Grodzisk Mazowiecki County Elected Council
Stephan Raabe, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Poland
Jarosław Makowski, Director of the Civic Institute of the Civic Platform
Basil Kerski, European Centre of Solidarność
Aleksander Kaczorowski, Grodzisk Freedom Forum

10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
1ST DEBATE
SOCIETY. WHAT HAVE WE DONE WITH OUR FREEDOM?
Speakers:
Endre B. Bojtar (Magyar Narancs, Hungary)
Aleš Debeljak (Center for Cultural and Religious Studies, Ljubljana)
Jarosław Makowski (Civic Institute, Warsaw)
Wojciech Maziarski (Newsweek Polska)
Jiří Pehe (New York University of Prague)
Wolfgang Templin (Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Warsaw)
Aviezer Tucker (University of Tartu)
Chair: Edwin Bendyk (Collegium Civitas, Polityka)

12.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Lunch

2.00 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.
2ND DEBATE
EUROPEAN UNION. DO THE PRIORITIES OF THE POLISH EU PRESIDENCY MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE REGION?
Speakers:
Piotr Aleksandrowicz, Newsweek Polska
Paweł Kowal, European Parliament
Ferenc Kumin, Szazadveg Foundation
Agnieszka Łada, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw
Waldemar Pawlak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Minister for Economy
Tomáš Sedláček, Československá obchodní banka, Prague
Paweł Świeboda, demosEUROPA, Warsaw
Michal Vašečka, Center for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture, Bratislava
Chair: Jarosław Gugała, TV Polsat

3.45 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Coffee break

4.00 p.m. – 5.45 p.m.
3RD DEBATE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS. CENTRAL EUROPE – COMMON DEALS OR COMMON FEARS?
Speakers:
Adam Balcer, demosEUROPA, Warsaw
Tomáš Klvaňa, New York University of Prague
Ivan Krastev, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia
Jadwiga Staniszkis, Institute of Political Studies, Polsih Academy of Sciences
Kai-Olaf Lang, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
Chair: Piotr Śmiłowicz, journalist of Newsweek Polska

5.45 p.m– 6.30 p.m.
Coffee break

6.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
4TH DEBATE
ARTS. MISTERIUM MORTIS.
Speakers:
Andrzej Stasiuk - writer
Mariusz Szczygieł - writer
Krzysztof Varga - writer
Chair: Aleksander Kaczorowski, Newsweek Polska

In order to register for this event contact us via e-mail at hanna.dmochowska@kas.pl until the 30th of May 2011.