Monday
9:00 – 10:00 Registration and Morning Coffee
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Professor Jerzy Lis, Rector of the AGH University
Professor Andrzej Szeptycki, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education
10:30 – 12:00 International Students at Polish Universities: Current Situation and Prospects
Moderator: Edyta Lachowicz-Santos, Board Member of the European Association for International Education, Director of Internationalisation Strategy, University of Economics in Katowice
Speakers:
- Professor Andrzej Szeptycki, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education
- Dr Wojciech Karczewski, Director General of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange NAWA
- Dr Jarosław Protasiewicz, Head of the National Information Processing Institute – National Research Institute
- Waldemar Siwiński, President of the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, Founding President of the Perspektywy Education Foundation
- Professor Jerzy Lis, Rector of the AGH University
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 14:00 Internationalisation Strategy of Polish Universities
Moderator: Professor Jerzy Lis, Rector of the AGH University
Speakers:
- Professor Andrzej Bednarczyk, Rector of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
- Professor Ewa Gruszczyńska, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, SWPS University
- Professor Anna Jurkowska-Zeidler, Vice-Rector for Cooperation and International Relations, University of Gdańsk
- Professor Marek Pawełczyk, Rector of the Silesian University of Technology
- Professor Dorota Niedziółka, Vice Rector for Development at SGH Warsaw School of Economics
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 International Alumni Success Stories – Part 1 (in English)
Moderator: Rene Helmans, Director of the Alumni Relations Office, Kozminski University
Speakers:
- Cyril Junior Dim, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
- Svitlana Sovinska, Cracow University of Technology (PK)
- Kudzai Chigubu, Cracow University of Economics
- Futo Murata, University of Agriculture in Krakow
- Dogra Rajat, Warsaw University of Technology
- Valentina Khodas, Kozminski University
- Ashutosh Mukerji, AGH University of Krakow
- Katerina Streltsova, University of Gdańsk
- Karim Otrok, Łódź University of Technology
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00 International Alumni Success Stories – Part 2 (in English)
Moderator: Rene Helmans, Director of the Alumni Relations Office, Kozminski University
Speakers:
- Elina Pyrohova, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
- Maatla Letsholo, University of Krakow
- Artur Lax, Cracow University of Technology (PK)
- Olga Kulish, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
- Buse Ismihan Ilhan, Łódź University of Technology
- Anis Atig, Cracow University of Technology (PK)
- Dmitrii Viatkin, AGH University of Krakow
- Ummet Avci, University of Gdańsk
18.00 – 19.00 Networking
19.00 – 21.00 Gala Dinner in the hall of building A-0
Artistic Part
Tuesday
08:00 – 09:00 Morning Coffee
09:00 – 10:30 Cooperation of Universities with Business and Industry for Improving the Attractiveness of Studying in Poland to Foreigners
Moderator: Professor Rafał Dańko, Vice-Rector for Students Affairs, AGH University
Speakers:
- Professor Jan Brzozowski, Head of the Department of Research on Social Change in Europe at the Jagiellonian University, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Migration Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Krystyna Pietrzykowska, Head of Technology Center, Hitachi Energy Krakow
- Marcin Kwiecień, Talent Acquisition Manager, ABB Poland
- Bakytbek Orozbaev, Graduate of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- Piotr Janus, Head of the AGH University Careers Centre
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Conclusions and Recommendations from the NAWA International Alumni Programme
Dr Piotr Kępski, Director of the Department of Programmes for Institutions, NAWA
11:30 – 13:00 Opportunities for Increasing the Attractiveness of Polish Iniversities to International Students
Moderator: Ewa Kiszka, President of the IROs Forum, Head of the Internationalisation Office, Medical University of Gdańsk
Speakers:
- Dr Piotr Kępski, Director of the Department of Programmes for Institutions, NAWA
- Liliana Lato, Director of the International Relations Office, University of Lodz
- Aleksandra Perkins-Oleszkowicz, Deputy Director of the Centre for International Affairs at AGH
- Professor Janusz Szpytko, Director of the UNESCO AGH Chair
- Anna Kiryjow-Radzka, Head of the Association of PR and Promotion of Polish Universities "PRom", PR Expert at SGGW, WP Dissemination and Communication Coordinator at UNIgreen
Aliance
13:00 – 13:30 Discussion and End of Conference
Professor Jerzy Lis, Rector of the AGH University
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch