Freedom Games Opening Night Gala – Thursday, 6pm, 15.10.2015

Venue: EC1 – Engine Hall, 1/3 Targowa St., Lodz

Registration open from 5.30 pm. Please come in advance.

18.00 – 18.15 Welcome of Freedom Games 2015 Attendees

• Błażej Lenkowski – President of the Board of Fundacja Industrial,
• Krzysztof Dudek – Director of the National Centre for Culture,
• Vaclav Bacovsky – Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom

18.15 – 18.40: “Agora for Lodz” – formal address

• Hanna Zdanowska – President of the City of Lodz

18:40 – 19:10: “Security Policy Challenges in the Region” – formal address

• Michaił Kasjanow – former Prime Minister of Russia

19.10 – 20.40: “Security Policy Challenges in the Region” – panel discussion

• Michaił Kasjanow – former Prime Minister of Russia,
• Janusz Lewandowski – Polish politician and economist, President of the Economic Council, Member of European Parliament,
• Adam Michnik – Editor-in-Chief ofGazeta Wyborcza

Moderator: Leszek Jażdżewski – Editor-in-Chief of Liberté!

20.40 – 21.20 „“Democracy versus China” – meet the author session

• Liao Yiwu – Chinese award-winning author, reporter, poet and human rights defender,

Moderator: Maciej Nowicki

interpretation provided

22.00 Concert: Marcin Masecki

23.00: Networking evening, festival’s club: 6. Dzielnica

Limited number of participants, registration mandatory