Open Lectures

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

10.30 – 12.00 Media versus Democracy – panel discussion

• Jarosław Gugała – Polish journalist, Polsat News anchor,
• Agnieszka Lichnerowicz – Polish journalist, Head of the Foreign Desk of Radio TOK FM,
• Inga Springe – Latvian investigation journalist, Co-Founder and Director of the Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re: Baltica,
• Roman Skrypin – Ukrainian journalist, Founder of Hromadske.TV
• Paweł Wroński – Gazeta Wyborcza daily,

Moderator: Marcin Celiński – Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Liberté!

Engine Hall, interpretation provided

12.30 – 14.00 Too Late for Modernity – panel discussion

Partner: Polish Chamber of Commerce

• Piotr Augustyniak – author of “Homo polacus. Essays on the Polish Soul”,
• Przemysław Czapliński – Polish literary critic, professor of contemporary literature at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan,

• Paweł Śpiewak – Polish sociologist, historian, commentator, Director of the Jewish Historical Institute,

Moderator: Magdalena M. Baran – Liberté!

Engine Hall, working language: Polish, no interpretation

15.00 – 16.30: What Reforms Does Poland Need to Catch Up with the West? – presentation and debate

Partner: Civic Development Forum (FOR)

• Anna Fornalczyk – Polish economist, first President of the Polish Antimonopoly Office, Founding partner in COMPER Fornalczyk and Partners,
• Ireneusz Jabłonski – Deputy Mayor of Lodz,
• Aleksander Laszek – Civic Development Forum (FOR), Warsaw School of Economics (SGH),
• Marcin Górski – Tataj & Górski Attorneys,
• Radosław Stepien – wiceprezes Banku Gospodarstwa Krajowego (tbc),

Moderator: Marek Tatała – Civic Development Forum (FOR)

Conference Room, working language: Polish, no interpretation

15.00 – 16.30: Migration – Ultimate Test for Europe – panel discussion

• Francesca Borri – Italian journalist covering Middle Eastern affairs, recently war in Syria
• Dimitris Christopoulus – Vice President of the International Federation for Human Rights

Moderator: Joanna Łopat – Liberté!

Engine Hall, interpretation provided

16.00 – 17.30 – Inclusive Economy – discussion

• · Elżbieta Mączyńska – Warsaw School of Economy (SGH),

Moderator: Jacek Żakowski – “Polityka” weekly

Lake of Memory, working language: Polish, no interpretation

17.30 – 18.15 – How to talk about science? – meeting

• Joanna Bagniewska – University of Reading,

Lake of Memory, working langauage: English, no interpretation

16:30 – 18:00: City of Future – Futurologist Variations – meet the author session

• Jacek Dukaj – Polish award-winning science fiction writer, philosopher

Moderator: Edwin Bendyk – Polityka

Conference Room, working language: Polish, no interpretation

16.30 – 18.00: Role of Culture in the Process of Revitalisation of Cities – panel discussion

• Małgorzata Ludwisiak – Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw,
• Osamu Okamura – Czech-Japanese architect, program director of reSITE Festival,
• Teele Pehk – CEO of the Estonian Cooperation Assembly, urbanist at the Estonian Urban Lab,
• Paweł Potoroczyn – Polish diplomat and culture manager, publisher, Director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute,

Moderation: Magdalena Prasoł – EC1 – City of Culture

Engine Hall, interpretation provided

18:00 – 19:30 Is Different Russia Feasible? – meet the economist session

• Vladislav Inozemtsev – Russian economist, founder and director of the Center for Post-Industrial Studies in Moscow,

Moderator: Maciej Nowicki – Polish journalist, “Newsweek” magazine

Engine Hall, interpretation provided

18.00 – 19.30 Landscape of Polish Cities – meet the author session

• Filip Springer – Polish photojournalist and reportage writer, author of four reportage collections on socialist architecture and the Polish landscape, and on the accomplishments of the renowned team Zofia and Oskar Hansen

Moderator: Marcin Wojciechowski – Liberté!

Conference Room, working language: Polish, no interpretation

19:30 – 20.30 How to Save Democracy? – closing speech

• Ivan Krastev – Bulgarian political scientist, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Co-founder of European Council on Foreign Relations

Engine Hall, interpretation provided

20.30 Refreshments (Lake of Memory)

Registration mandatory