PROGRAM

Conference

Post War Innovative Transformation of Ukraine
Lublin, Poland, 1-2 December 2022

Honorary patronage of Agata Kornhauser-Duda,
the wife of the President of the Republic of Poland

Organizers
Perspektywy Education Foundation
Ukrainian Talent Foundation
Lublin City Office

Partners
Lane Kirkland Program of the Polish American Freedom Foundation
Foundation of Development of Education System (FRSE)
Association of Rectors of Universities of Technology in Ukraine
Conference of Rectors of Polish Technical Universities (CRPTU)
Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology
National Agency of Academic Exchange (NAWA)
Kosciuszko Foundation Poland
National Information Processing Institute (OPI)
Intel Poland

Main conference topics

INCUBATING FREEDOM for Ukraine - Adapting Women to Digital Economy
Renewal Plan for Ukraine: an International Context
The Role of Science and Education in Building a New and Safe Europe

Venue
„Focus Hotel Premium Lublin”, Podzamcze 1, Lublin, PL

Draft program (as of 26 November)

December 1 (Thursday)

„Focus Hotel Premium Lublin”, Podzamcze 1, Lublin, PL

10:30-11:00 Opening of the Conference

• Dr. Bianka Siwińska – President, Perspektywy Education Foundation
• Yulia Grishina – Chairperson of the parliamentary Committee on Science, Education and Innovation (Ukraine)
• Janusz Cieszyński – Secretary of State, Govermental Plenipotentiary for Digital Security, Poland
• Vitalii Bilyi – Counsellor, Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Poland
• Krzysztof Żuk – Mayor of Lublin City

11:10-11:20 Special Statements

• Representative – Ministry of Education and Science (tbc)
• Mark Brzezinski – US Ambassador to Poland
• Mariya Gabriel – EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
• Helena Dalli – EU Commissioner for Equality

11:20-12:00 First session
Renewal Plan for Ukraine: an International Context

Chair: Jacek Kluczkowski – former Ambasador of Poland to Ukraine

Panelists:

• Prof. Mykhailo Zgurovsky - Rector, Igor Sikorsky University „Kiev Politechnik Institute”
• Aleksander Kwaśniewski – former President of Poland
• Justyna Orłowska – Minister, Chancellery of Prime Minister of Poland
• Valon Halimi – Chief of Mission, International Organisation for Migration

12:00-12:30 Coffee break

12:30-13:30 Second session
The Role of Science and Education in Building a New and Safe Europe

Co-chairs:

• Prof. Arkadiusz Mężyk – Rector, Silesian University of Technology, President, Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP)
• Prof. Mykhailo Zgurovsky - Rector, Igor Sikorsky University „Kiev Politechnik Institute”, Chairman, Association of Rectors of Universities of Technology in Ukraine

Invited panelists:

• Prof. Volodymyr Melnyk – Rector, Ivan Franko Lviv National University
• Prof. Alojzy Nowak – Rector, University of Warsaw
• Prof. Yurii Bobalo – Rector, Lviv Polytechnic National University
• Prof. Teofil Jesionowski – Rector, Poznan University of Technology
• Prof. Iryna Vakhovych - Rector, Lutsk National Technical University
• Prof. Celina Olszak – Rector, University of Economics in Katowice
• Prof. Rafał Witkowski – Vice Rector, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
• Prof. Marek Pietraś – Director, Institut of Political Science and Administration, UMCS
• Prof. Inna Stepanets - Vice-Rector, Taras Shevchenko National Uiversity of Kyiv
• Dr. Dawid Kostecki – Director, Polish National Agency of Academic Exchange (NAWA)

13:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:30 Third session
INCUBATING FREEDOM for Ukraine - Adapting Women to Digital Economy

Chair: Dr. Bianka Siwińska – President, Perspektywy Education Foundation

Speakers:

• Kateryna Stoian – President, Ukrainian Talent Foundation
• Prof. Piotr Stepnowski – Rector, University of Gdansk
• Dr. Jarosław Protasiewicz – Director, National Information Processing Institute (OPI)
• Prof. Paweł Poszytek – Director General, Polish National Agency for the Erasmus+

15:30-15:45 Signing of Polish-Ukrainian agreements in the field of IT education, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security

15:45-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:00 Fourth Session
Ukrainian refugees in Europe and Poland – challenges and solutions: Lublin experience

Chair: Dr. Mariusz Sagan - Head of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Departament, Lublin Municipal Office

Introduction: Dr. Marta Jaroszewicz – Head of Migration Policies Research Unit, Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw

Presentation of Lublin experiences:

• Prof. Arkadiusz Bereza – Vice Rector, Maria-Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin
• Prof. Tomasz Chorągiewicz - Medical University in Lublin, on behalf of the Rector Prof. dr hab. n. med. Robert Rejdak
• Krzysztof Stanowski – Director, International Cooperation Centre, Lublin Municipal Office
• Wiktoria Herun – Head of the division for cooperation with the academic community, Lublin Municipal Office

Discussion

19.30-22:00 Conference Dinner - given by President of Lublin
with Gala of Intel-Perspektywy Scholarship Program „New Technologies for Women – Ukraine”

„Focus Hotel Premium Lublin”, Podzamcze 1, Lublin, PL

December 2 (Friday)

9:30-11:00 Fifth Session
Polish-Ukrainian Academic Partnership in Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security, and IT Education

Chair: Michał Dżoga – Director, Intel Technology Poland

Invited spekers:

• Prof. Mykhailo Zgurovsky – Rector, Igor Sikorsky University „KPI”
• Prof. Marta Kosior-Kazberuk – Rector, Bialystok University of Technology
• Włodzimierz Marciński – f. Vice Minister of Science and Computerization, f. President of Polish Information Processing Society (PTI)
• Olha Dolia, Talent Acceleration Center Manager, SoftServe
• Dariia Riznyk - Talent Learning and Development Manager, Intellias: - Growth Mindset adoption in Talent Management
• Prof. Victor Sineglazov – National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine
• Piotr Paczocha - Vice President, Core Engineering, Goldman Sachs

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-12:45 Sixth Session – open discussion
Coalition for the Future - How to Organize Cooperation to Strengthen the Innovative Capital of Ukraine and Poland

Chair: Waldemar Siwiński – Founder of the Perspektywy Education Foundation, President of IREG Observatory

Invited spekers:

• Prof. Piotr Koszelnik – Rector, Rzeszow University of Technology
• Prof. Anna Jurkowska-Zeidler – Vice Rector, University of Gdansk
• Dr. Iryna Darvai - CEO, NGO “Ivano-Frankivsk IT Cluster
• Dr. Agnieszka Mazur – Program Director, Polish-American Freedom Foundation
• Prof. Dariusz Czerwiński – Vice Rector, Lublin University of Technology
• Dr. Grażyna Czetwertyńska – Director, The Kosciuszko Foundation Poland
• Galya Brovko - Advisor to the Chairman, Progresstechgroup
• Ela Bonda – Diversity & Inclusion Lead, NatWest Poland
• Dr inż. Zygmunt Krasiński – President, Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology (IZTECH)
• Dr. Yuliya Sporysh - Director of Ukrainian NGO Girls (ГО “Дівчата”)
• Dr. Agnieszka Różycka – Head, University of Warsaw for Ukraine Programme

12:45-13:15 Closing of the Conference

Chair: Waldemar Siwiński – Founder of the Perspektywy Foundation

Speakers: Representatives of Ukrainian Government, and Poland Government

13:15 Wrap-up lunch