Time | November 4th, 2005; 11:00-18:00 hours |
Venue | Hotel Polonia, Warszawa, Al. Jerozolimskie Street No. 45 |
Goals |
• To initiate in-depth discussion on Euro-Atlantic issues with a participation of important figures of Polish and international socio-political life
• To present the Fulbright Program as an important attempt to address crucial problems of the contemporary world . • To present the Polish Fulbright Alumni Association and the Polish Fulbright Commission as an active organizations that promote the Fulbright agenda. |
Main topics |
• Which direction the EU will take in terms of internal policy?
• To what extend and when further enlargement is possible? • What role the U.S. have to play in Europe? • What should be the European policy towards former Soviet countries such as Ukraine, Russia and Belarus? • To what extend and in what fields does Europe have ability to be a partner for the U.S. in shaping the world of today? • What challenges and prospects face Fulbright programs in Europe? |
The program |
10:00 - conference reception opens
11:00 - conference opens: Andrzej Ceynowa - President of PFAA - opening remarks Andrzej Dakowski - Director of Fulbright Commission to Poland - introduction 11:10 - 13:00 - 1st panel session : Transatlantic Relations and European Integration. At the panel (to be confirmed): Lech Wałęsa - former President of Poland Danuta Hübner - EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Timothy Garton Ash - Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford Jacek Saryusz-Wolski - Vice-President of the European Parliament Daniel Fried or Christopher Hill - former US Ambassador to Poland Moderator - Prof. Tadeusz Sławek, University of Silesia 13:00 - 13:30 - a press conference and photo-opportunity Moderator - Robert Moreń, member of the Board of PFAA 13:00 - 14:00 - lunch 14:00 - 16:00 - 2nd panel session: Fulbright and other educational programs in the XXI century: challenges and prospects At the panel (to be confirmed): Marek Belka - Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki - former Prime Minister Witold Orłowski - economic adviser to the President of Poland Michał Olszewski - Polish Confederation of Private Employers Hilary F. Renner - U.S. Embassy Moderator - Edward Kulakowski, Counselor of Public Affairs, US Embassy 16:00 - 18:00 - a banquet for the conference guests |
Conference fee : 50.00PLN |
Participants are kindly requested to transfer the fee onto PFAA account: XV O. PKO BP W-wa 48 1020 1156 0000 7902 0052 3969 with the remark "Conference Nov. 4th, 2005" |
Contact info | For further information, please email Ms. Elzbieta Pakszys at pakszyse@main.amu.edu |