Agenda 2025 I day

Registration of participants

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Opening of the Congress
Jarosław Stawiarski – Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship

Opening session:

Three Seas initiative – summary of the 10^th anniversary and the future of the format 
Content partner: Chancellery of the President of Poland

Moderator: dr Konrad Popławski – Centre for Eastern Studies
•	Irena Georgieva – Deputy Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria
•	HE Juris Poikans – Ambassador of Latvia
•	HE Mimoza Halimi – Ambassador of Albania
•	HE Gediminas Varvuolis – Ambassador at large for connectivity and Three Seas Initiative, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

Signature of documents

•	Declaration on the establishment of the Three Seas Tourism Network
•	Official admission of new member to the Network of the Three Seas Regions
•	Declaration on Partnership and Cooperation of the Members of the Network of the Three Seas Regions for supporting the preparation and construction of the international transport corridor Via Carpatia

Speech: Artificial intelligence as a tool to internationalize and improve the competitiveness of companies

Prof. Michał Kosiński - Stanford University

Discussion panel: Artificial Intelligence – the new industrial (r)evolution? Impact on strengthening development potential of SMEs
Content partner: Lublin University of Technology

Moderator: Paweł Chrapowicki – Director of the LUT’s Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer
•	Piotr Breś – Vice Marshall of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
•	Prof. Michał Kosiński – Stanford University
•	Prof. dr hab. n. med. Maciej Banach – The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
•	Dr. hab. Inż. Kamil Jonak, prof. PL – Lublin University of Technology

Panel I
The role of the Three Seas Initiative in the development of inter-regional tourism
Content partner: Lublin Regional Tourist Organisation

Moderator: Marcin Kania – Vice-President of LROT 
•	Jarosław Kwasek – Member of the Board of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
•	Nikolay Kostov – Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Poland 
•	Mária Schvarczová – Representative of SLOVAKIA TRAVEL 
•	Danuta Nierada – Sobieski Institute Expert

Panel II
European Commission and European Parliament towards the Three Seas Initiative
Content partner: Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Political Science and Administration, UKSW

Moderator: Prof. Magdalena Bainczyk – Western Institute, Prof. Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski University
•	Arkadiusz Mularczyk – Member of the European Parliament (online)
•	HE Gedyminas Varvuolis – Ambassador at large for connectivity and Three Seas Initiative, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
•	Prof. Gertruda Uścińska – Rector of Mikołaj Kopernik University of Warsaw
•	Prof. Anna Skolimowska – Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
•	Prof. Agnieszka Orzelska-Stączek – Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences

Panel III
The Three Seas Initiative – future and challenges in the Euro-Atlantic context, cyber-security, economic relations, countering disinformation
Content partner: Schumans Thought Institute

Moderator: Tomasz Pysiak – Chairman of the Schuman Trimarium Forum, Managing Director of the Schuman’s Thought Institute
•	prof. Mieczysław Ryba – Chairman of the Regional Assembly of the Lubelskie Voivodeship 
•	Tomasz Zdzikot – National Development Council to the President of the Republic of Poland (member of the Security and Defense Council and the Council for Strategic Development Projects)
•	prof. Zbigniew Krysiak – Chairman of the Programme Council of the Institute of Schuman’s Thought
•	prof. Grigoris Zarotiadis – President of ASECU, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
•	dr Łukasz Lewkowicz – Researcher at UMCS

Official opening of the Economic Forum
Jarosław Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship 

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Opening session: Women’s Lubelskie

Moderator: Elwira Lorenz – Director of the Department of Economy, UMWL   
•	dr Natalia Buczyńska-Pizoń – PhD in social sciences, marketing and social media specialist, nutritionist and owner of personal brand natibuczi.co.uk, influencer
•	Maja Klajda – Miss Polonia 2025
•	Klaudia Kudełko – Pianist, President of C2 Management (online)
•	Joanna Karpińska – nurse, beauty entrepreneur

Press conference announcing the participation of the Lublin Voivodeship in the Polish Pavilion
during the World Exhibition EXPO 2025, Osaka, Kansai

•	Jarosław Stawiarski – Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
•	Elwira Lorenz – Director of the Department of Economy, UMWL 
•	Kamila Lendzion – Director of the Lublin Opera
•	Bartłomiej Bałaban – Director of the Lublin Village Open Air Museum
•	Marta Zielińska - Deputy Director of the Expo Department, Regional Promotion Programme Coordinator

Seminar: EXPO 2025 World Exhibition Osaka, Japan – opportunities for Lublin SMEs and the region’s economy
Content partner: Polish Investment & Trade Agency

Moderator: Marta Zielińska – Deputy Director of the Expo Department, Regional Promotion Programme Coordinator (tbc)
•	dr hab. Marcin Szewczak – prof. KUL, Member of the Board of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
•	Elwira Lorenz – Director of the Department of Economy, UMWL 
•	Kamila Lendzion – Director of the Lublin Opera
•       Bartłomiej Bałaban – Director of the Lublin Village Open Air Museum
•	Patrycja Nowak – Owner Lov Organic Sp. z o.o.  
•	Paweł Przychodzeń – President of the Board Innflow Sp. z o. o.

The Three Seas University Network
Content partner: John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin https://3sun.kul.pl/

Opening of the conference by HM Rev. Prof. Mirosław Kalinowski, Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin

Official admission of new members to the 3SUN Network

Panel I

Three Seas Universities Network: Science, Innovation and Cooperation for Sustainable Development and the Future of the Region

Moderator: Prof. dr. habil. Maciej Banach – M.D., Ph., John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
•	Prof. dr. habil. Marcin Szewczak – Member of the Management Board of Lublin Voivodeship
•	Prof. Vaja Vardidze – Doctor of Theology, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University
•	Dr. Tomas Nikodym – Head of the Research, Development and Accreditations Centre, Metropolitan University Prague
•	Prof. dr. habil. Markijan Malski – Dean of International Relations Department, (former) Ambassador of Ukraine in Poland, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Panel II

Education and cooperation – values that connect: Leveraging the potential of the Three Seas Initiative and the Erasmus+ program for the region’s future

Moderator: Izabela Witkowska – MBA, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
•	Prof. Jasna Ćurković Nimac – Vice-Rector for International Relations, Catholic University of Croatia
•	Dr. Angela Kahil – Department of History, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
•	Prof. Darine Zacca – School of Architecture and Design, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
•	Dr. Michaela Moravčíková – Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law, Trnava University
•	Prof. dr. habil. Małgorzata Ganczar – Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
•	Mr Łukasz Wawer – Director for development and innovation, PCG Academia

Panel III

Science for health and the future of healthcare systems: Opportunities, challenges, and perspectives in the Three Seas Initiative countries”

Moderator: Prof. dr. habil. Maciej Banach, M.D., Ph. – John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
 and Prof. dr Dan Gaita, M.D., PhD .– European Society of Cardiology, University of Timisoara
•	Prof. dr. Željko Reiner, M.D., PhD. – University of Zagreb  
•	Prof. dr. Daniel Pella, PhD. – Rector of the University of Kosice  
•	Prof. dr. habil. Robert Gil, M.D., Ph. – National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration
•	Prof. dr. Gustavs Latkovskis, M.D., PhD. – University of Latvia  
•	Prof. dr. Zlatko Fras, M.D., PhD – University of Ljubljana  
•	Prof. dr. habil. Michał Zembala – M.D., Ph. – John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Panel IV

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Innovations, Legal, and Ethical Challenges in the Future of Healthcare

Moderator: Prof. dr. habil. Maciej Banach, M.D., Ph. – John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin 
and Prof. dr. Dragos Vinereanu, MD, PhD. – University of Bucharest     
•	Prof. dr. habil. Dariusz Dudek, M.D., Ph – Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University
•	Prof. dr. Ivan Pećin, M.D., PhD – University of Zagreb
•	Dr. habil. Kamil Jonak – Lublin University of Technology
•	Dr. Mohsen Mazidi – Oxford University
•	Prof. Pierre Sabouret, Sorbonne University
•	Prof. dr. Peter Penson, PhD – Liverpool John Moores University
•	Dr. Ivana Bičanić – School of Medicine, Catholic University of Croatia