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INTERNATIONAL

Debate of the Regions: Security, stability and development of the regions in the context of the challenges and risks of the energy and fuel transition

Moderator: Wojciech Tabiś – President of the Energy Market Agency in Warsaw tbc
•	Jarosław Kwasek – Member of the Board of the Lubelskie Viovodeship  
•	Lyudmila Shatkovska – Deputy Head of the Rivne Regional State Administration 
•	Christian Debève - Chairman of the Cross-border, Europe and International Relations Commission of the Grand Est Region 
•	Wojciech Dąbrowski – Member of the Council to the President of the Republic of Poland for Strategic Development Projects
•	Renata Mroczek  – Vice-President of URE 

INTERNATIONAL

Debate of the Regions: Rebuilding Ukraine – How to cooperate and help Ukraine’s regions to rebuild and prepare for European Union membership?

Moderator: Prof. Beata Surmacz - Institute of International Relations of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
•	Zbigniew Wojciechowski – Chairman of the Committee on Regional Development and Foreign Cooperation of the Sejmik of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
•	Roman Saraj - Chairman of Zakarpattia Regional Council (Ukraine) 
•	Christian Debève - Chairman of the Cross-border, Europe and International Relations Commission of the Grand Est Region
•	Oleh Kuts – Consul General of Ukraine in Lublin
•	Michał Kacewicz – Chairman of the Committee of the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce for Local Government Cooperation

Signing of agreements between the municipalities from the Lubelskie Voivodeship and Khmelnytskyi Oblast

INTERNATIONAL

Federalization of the European Union in the context of the Three Seas Initiative and EU law
Content partner: Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School

Moderator: Dr hab. Marcin Szewczak, prof. KUL - Member of the Board of the Lubelskie Voivodeship, Catholic University of Lublin
•	Prof. Fabrizio Giulimondi – Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School
•	Dr hab. Przemysław Czarnek, prof. KUL – Catholic University od Lublin
•	Dr hab. Karol Dobrzeniecki, prof. UMK – Nicolaus Copernicus University
•	Dr hab. Tomasz Demendecki, prof. UMCS – Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
•	Dr hab. Krzysztof Szczucki – University of Warsaw, Copernican Academy

INTERNATIONAL

Debate on Culture: Culture as a tool to promote the region: cooperation between administration, institutions and the private sector

Moderator: Jarosław Cymerman - Department of Contemporary Polish Literature and Culture, Institute of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Faculty of Philology, UMCS
•	dr hab. Marcin Szewczak, prof. KUL - Member of the Board of the Lubelskie Voivodeship, Catholic University of Lublin
•	Łukasz Smółka – Marshal of the Małopolskie Voivodeship
•	Katarzyna Sołek – Secretary General of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship
•	prof. Łukasz Murzyn - President of the Three Seas Art Foundation, Prof. UKEN
•	Andriy Smorodin - President of the National Platform ‘Three Seas Initiative-Ukraine’

INTERNATIONAL

Debate on Culture II: The Via Carpathia Trail of Open-Air Museums
Content partner: Lublin Village Museum

Moderator: Bogna Bender-Motyka – Deputy Director of the Lublin Village Museum
•	Bartłomiej Bałaban – Director of the Lublin Village Museum
•	doc. dr Jaroslav Džoganík - Director of the Slovak National Museum – Museum of Ukrainian Culture in Svidník (Slovakia)
•	Marcin Krowiak – Director of the Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok
•	Dorota Łapiak - Director of the Father Krzysztof Kluk Museum of Agriculture in Ciechanowiec
•	Gita Šapranauskaitė - Director of the Lithuanian Ethnographic Museum (Lithuania)
•	Dr Aistė Lazauskienė - Deputy Director for Museum Activities at the Lithuanian Ethnographic Museum (Lithuania)
•	Wojciech Kowalczuk – Head of the Ethnography Department of the Folk Culture Museum in Wasilkow

Meet&Greet – networking for communes and NGO’s
Content partner: Network of the Three Seas Regions Bureau

Moderator: Michał Kasperuk – international relations, Marshal Office of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
•	Joanna Blajerska – communication manager, project Green Hydra, Interreg Europe 2021-2027, Marshal Office of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
•	prof. dr hab. Oleksandr Stasiuk- Advisor to the Rector of the Academy of Recreational Sciences and Law in Lutsk
•	prof. dr hab. Ivan Pankevych
•	dr Roman Sukchackyi - Head of the Department of Law and Economic and Financial Security of the Academy of Recreational Sciences and Law in Lutsk
•	Marina Lita - Ștefan Vodă, Mołdawia
•	Lucian Docea – Regional Development Agency Centru

Welcoming:

Jarosław Stawiarski – Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship

Speech
Mateusz Morawiecki – Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland

Appointments to the Lubelskie Voivodeship Economic Council

Presentation of the project “Economic Marketing of the Lublin Voivodeship III”

Elwira Lorenz – Director of the Department of Economy, UMWL

Seminar I: SMEs from Lubelskie in the global marketplace
Content Partner: Spiżarnia Sp. Z o.o.

Moderator: Dominik Figiel – Export Manager Spiżarnia Sp. Z o.o. 
•	Marek Wojciechowski – Vice-marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
•	Maciej Maniecki – President of the Board Medical Inventi S.A. 
•	Dominik Polak – President of the Board Pol-Mak S.A.
•	Marcin Kowalewski – Vicepresident of the Board Port Lotniczy Lublin S.A.  
•	Maciej Czernaś – President of the Board Arcus Systemy Informatyczne S.A

Seminarium II: Multimodal transport in Central Europe – cargo airports, rail, Via Carpatia
Content Partner: Network of the Three Seas Regions Bureau

Moderator: Marek Pierściński - Commercial Director of Lublin Airport
•	Piotr Breś – Vice-Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship 
•	Piotr Plich – Vice-Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship
•	Jozef Kanuščák – Vice-President of the Prešov Self-Governing Region 
•	Mihail Adrian Neatu-Breciuga  - Vice-President of Dolj County Council (Romania)
•	Dariusz Seliga - rail market expert, former CEO of PKP Cargo
•	Bartosz Połuszejko - lawyer, specialist in road investments

Secure future: innovations in nuclear energy
Content partner: Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School

Moderator: Marcin Chludzinski - Economic Expert, Center for Development Strategies
•	Jarosław Kwasek – Member of the Board of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
•	prof. dr hab. Inż. Wacław Gudowski - National Center for Nuclear Research
•	Prof. Dr hab. Elżbieta Jartych - Lublin University of Technology
•	Dr hab. Zbigniew Surowiec - Maria Curie-Skłodowska University 
•	Dr Remigiusz Kopoczek - Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School

Panel I: Development challenges of the Three Seas Regions in the context of cooperation and threats in relations with the US, Russia and China
Content partner: Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School

Moderator: dr. Marcin Zarzecki
•	Prof. Mieczysław Ryba, KUL – Chairman of the Lublin Voivodeship Assembly
•	dr Henryk Wojtaszek, Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School
•	Dr. Mariusz Kuryłowicz, prof. SGMK, Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School
•	Dr. Artur Krukowski, Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School
•	Rafał Mekler – Entrepreneur
•	Paweł Nierada – Senior Advisor, Three Seas Business Council

Panel II: Opportunities and barriers in cooperation between public and socio-economic entities on international projects
Content partner: Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School

Moderator: dr. Dariusz Budrowski
•	prof. Roman Niżnikowski - Warsaw University of Life Sciences
•	dr. Beata Zięba - prof. SGMK, Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School
•	dr. Renata Stefaniuk - Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School
•	dr hab. Rafał Wiśniewski - prof. UKSW, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
•	dr hab. Bartłomiej Biskup - University of Warsaw
•	Szymon Stachowiak - Association Nowa PL

Panel III: Energy security and Three Seas cooperation in the context of access to natural resources
Content partner: Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School

Moderator: dr. Remigiusz Kopoczek
•	dr hab. Jacek Reginia-Zacharski - prof. UŁ, University of Łódź
•	Marcin Chludziński - Economic Expert
•	Dariusz Dumkiewicz - Development Expert
•	Remigiusz Nowakowski - The Lower Silesian Institute for Energy Studies
•	dr. Mariusz Miąsko - prof. SGMK, Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School
•	gen. Artur Jakubczy - Brigadier General

Panel IV: Historical and Cultural Heritage and Identity of the Three Seas Initiative Region

Moderator: prof. dr hab. Mirosław Szumiło - UMCS, IPN
·	prof. dr hab. Arkadiusz Adamczyk – Jan Kochanowski University
·	Goran Andrijanić – publicist wpolityce.pl i „Sieci”
·	dr Robert Derewenda - Catholic University of Lublin, Director of the IPN Branch in Lublin
·	dr Imre Molnar - Hungarian historian and diplomat
·	prof. Jacek Gołębiowski
·	dr hab. Cezary Taracha – prof. Catholic University of Lublin
·	ks. dr hab. Mirosław Sitarz – prof. Catholic University of Lublin
·	red. Mariusz Pawłowski – Polonijna Agencja Informacyjna

Eastern Congress of Young Leaders

Organizer: European Meeting Center – Nowy Staw Foundation

11:30 AM
Congress Opening – Piotr Kuśmierzak, TV journalist

•	Mateusz Morawiecki – Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland
•	Agata Dziubińska-Gawlik - President of the European Meeting Centre - Nowy Staw Foundation
•	Tomasz Szabłowski – Lublin Superintendent of Education

11:40 AM – 12:40 PM
Panel 1: International Meeting Houses – Best Practices
Moderator: Agata Dziubińska-Gawlik – President of the European Meeting House – Nowy Staw Foundation
•	Dr. hab. Robert Żurek – Managing Director, Board Member of the "Krzyżowa" Foundation for European Agreement
•	Joanna Klęczar-Déodat - director of the International Youth Meeting Center in Oswiecim
•	Adela Gąsiorowska - Deputy Director of the National Liberty Institute - Center for Civil Society Development
•	Fr. Dr. Stefan Batruch – President of the Borderland Spiritual Culture Foundation and parish priest of the Greek Catholic Church in Lublin
•	Shorena Barbakadze - General Manager of International Language House, Associate Professor at Akaki Tsereteli State University

12:50 PM – 1:50 PM
Panel 2: Studies and Work. Opportunities and Challenges for Lublin Students
Moderator: Wiktoria Herun – Deputy Director for Academic Affairs and Economic Promotion of the Lublin City Office
1. Student Perspective (30 min)
Participants:
•	Liwia Arbatowska – Student, representative of the International Veterinary Students' Association (IVSA), member of the Student Council of Lublin
•	Oskar Biegański – Student, representative of the Higher School of Entrepreneurship and Administration in Lublin
•	Magdalena Józefczuk – Student, representative of the Vincent Pol Academy in Lublin, member of the Student Council of Lublin
•	Volodymyr Vityk – Chairman of the Internationalization Committee, Student Government of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS)
•	Łucja Walczak – doctoral student, representative of the Doctoral School at the Medical University of Lublin, member of the Student Council of Lublin
•	Jordan Wilk – doctoral student, representative of the Doctoral School at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin

2. Employer and Career Office Perspective (30 min)
•	Andrii Myrovych – team leader PwC Poland
•	Łukasz Stachowiak – Manager  PwC Poland, Gdańsk
•	Izabela Lutek - managing director of Publicis Re:Sources Poland
•	Magdalena Bis – Head of the Competence Development Office at UMCS, psychologist, sociologist, trainer, psychotherapist
•	Magdalena Siroń - Coordinator of the Career Planning Center, Higher School of Entrepreneurship and Administration in Lublin

1:50 PM – 2:20 PM
Break

2:20 PM – 3:20 PM
Panel 3: Career in Professional Sports – Do Successes Compensate for Sacrifices?
Moderator: Piotr Kuśmierzak – TV journalist
Panelists:
•	Mariusz Siembida – Swimmer, multiple national champion and record holder, gold medalist of the European Championships, Olympian from Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000)
•	- Zuzanna Kulinska - basketball player of Polski Cukru AZS UMCS Lublin, winner with the team of the Super Cup of Poland 2024
•	- Adela Piskorska - swimmer, Olympian, three-time medalist at the 2023 Universiade, as well as the Senior European Championships and in the U23 category
•	Paweł Markiewicz – President of the Board of the Tomasz Wójtowicz Foundation

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
"Creativity Without a Filter – How to Create Content and Take Care of Yourself on Social Media?"
Moderator: Andżelika Kolebuk - marketer, graphic designer and social media manager
Panelists:
•	Rafał Koszyk @racjonalny psycholog
•	Aleksandra Artyszuk - creator and educator, specializing in art therapy and creative use of mobile video
•	Aleksandra Kulik – President of the Sempre a Frente Foundation

Eastern Congress of Young Leaders

Organizer: European Meeting Center – Nowy Staw Foundation

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Panel 1: Poland's Presidency in the Council of the European Union – The Role of Youth in Building a Safe Europe
Moderator: Dr. Magdalena Lesinska-Staszczuk - assistant professor in the Department of Political Systems and Human Rights at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
Panelists:
•	Justyna Wasil, Ph.D. - Chair of Public Administration, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, UMCS
•	Anna Bielak - Dean of the Management Faculty at the College of Business and Administration in Lublin, Director of the Foundation for Managerial Initiatives
•	Dr Andrzej Dumała - Assistant professor in the Department of International Political Relations, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, UMCS

11:10 AM – 12:10 AM
Panel 2: Local Development – Why Not with Youth?
Moderator: Agnieszka Parol – Górna - Director of the Youth Policy Office of the Lublin City Office
Panelists:
•	Beata Stepaniuk-Kuśmierzak - Deputy Mayor for Culture, Sports and Participation
•	Ewa Woźniak – Member of the city youth council
•	Jakub Kloc - Teatrikon Foundation and the Parliament of Children and Youth of the Lublin Voivodeship

12:20 AM – 13:20 PM
#FactOrFake – Effective Tools in the Fight Against Fake News.
•	Dr Elżbieta Szulc-Wałecka - Institute of Political Science and Administration at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Expert at the Ministry of Digitalisation
•	Robert Turski – Vice President of the EDUKACJA 3.0 Association

13:20 PM
Event Closing

Business Lunch Zone

Special lunch menu for Congress participants