Dialogues of Agents of Change

Venue: EC1 – conference rooms, 1/3 Targowa St., Lodz

Session I

9.00 – 10.30: Consequences of the Increasing Role of States in the Financial Sector – meet the economist session

• Javier Capape – Spanish economist, Coordinator of the ESADEgeo Sovereign Wealth Fund Report

Moderator: Tomasz Kamiński – Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz, Liberté!

Plato Room, working language: English, no interpretation

9.00 – 10.30: Democratic Perspectives in Belarus – panel discussion

Partner: Svaboda Institute

• Andrej Sannikau – Belarusian politician, diplomat and civic activist, leader of the “European Belarus” civil campaign, Co-founder of the “Charter 97”,
• Vincuk Viachorka – Belarusian civic activist, former leader of Belarusian opposition party,
• Olga Zakharova – Russian human rights defender, Freedom Files, Civic Solidarity Platform,

Moderator: Katarzyna Peszyńska-Drews – Svaboda Institute

Aristotle Room, working language: English, no interpretation

9.00 – 10.30: Revitalisation of the City of Lodz – Key Concepts – presentation

• Marcin Obijalski – Director of the Revitalisation and Development Office in the Łódź City Office
• Comment: Teele Pehk – Urbanist at the Estonian Urban Lab

Socrates Room, working language: English, no interpretation

Session II

10.30 – 12.00: Does Promoting Democracy Have a Future? – panel discussion

Partner: People In Need

• Yuri Dzhibladze – President of the Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights based in Moscow,
• Pavel Elizarov – Russian democratic opposition activist, exiled dissident,
• Emin Milli – Director of Meydan TV, exiled dissident from Azerbaijan
• Francišak Viačorka – New Media Editor at RFE/RL, President of the Belarusian Svaboda Institute,

Moderator: Anna Zamejc – freelance journalist, cooperates with Liberté!

Socrates Room, working language: English, no interpretation

10.30 – 12.00: Practical State – panel discussion

• Wojciech Przybylski – President of the board of the Res Publica Foundation, Editor-in-Chief of “Eurozine”,
• Maciej Kuziemski – Board Member of Res Publica Foundation

Aristotle Room, working language: Polish, no interpretation

10.30 – 12.00: Polish Open Society: What Resources Do We Need to Change Poland and Does It Pay Off? – panel discussion

• Maria Belka – Mentors 4 Starters,
• Maja Isakiewicz – Global Shapers Warsaw Hub,
• Katarzyna Kamińska – MakeSense,
• Zuzanna Lewandowska – The Kings Foundation,

Plato Room, working language: Polish, no interpretation

Session III

11.30 – 14.00: Liberté! Roundtable “Polish Economy versus Globalisation”

• Jakub Borowski – Polish economist, Member of the Economic Council

Moderator: Grzegorz Cydejko – Polish journalist, Forbes magazine

Plato Room, working language: Polish, no interpretation

12.30 – 14.00: Who Owns the City? – panel discussion

• Tomasz Majewski – Vice-President of the Polish Association of Cultural Studies, Department of Literature Antropology and Cultural Studies, Jagiellonian University
• Borys Martela – Topografie Association, supporter of the participatory budget in Lodz
• Ryszard Kowalski – President of the Association of Employers-Producers of Construction Materials, Polish Confederation Lewiatan,

Moderator: Marcin Wojciechowski – Liberté!

Aristotle Room, working language: Polish, no interpretation

12.30 – 14.00: The Future Of The European Union – presentation and debate

Host: European Liberal Forum, co-funded by the European Parliament

• Presentation of the European Liberal Forum report: The Future Of The European Union – Giulio Ercolessi,

• Commentator: Jan Werner Mueller – German political scientist, Professor of Politics at Princeton University,

Socrates Room, working language: English, no interpretation

14.00: Lunch (Lake of Memory)

Limited number of participants

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