CONFERENCE
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN POLAND 2017

Programme

Sunday,
February 26, 2017

15:00 - 18:00

Accompanying event

Meeting of the Committee of International Cooperation KRASP (by invitation)
Novotel Krakow Centrum

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15:00 - 19:00

Registration
Novotel Krakow Centrum

19:00 - 21:00

Welcome reception
Novotel Krakow Centrum

Monday,
February 27, 2017

08:30 - 09:30

Registration
Venue: Auditorium Maximum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, ul. Krupnicza 33

09:30 - 09:45

Conference opening

Chair: Prof. Stanisław Kistryn, Vice-Rector, Jagiellonian University

• Prof. Wojciech Nowak, Rector, Jagiellonian University
• Prof. Jan Smidt, President of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP), Rector, Warsaw University of Technology
• Prof. Jacek Majchrowski, President of the City of Kraków
• Waldemar Siwinski, President, Perspektywy Education Foundation

09:45 - 10:10

Guest of the conference

• Jarosław Gowin, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Science and Higher Education

10:10 - 11:30

Plenary Session I
Internationalization strategies - from the university and the country perspective

Chair: Prof. Wojciech Nowak, Rector of the Jagiellonian University, President, Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities

Speakers:

• Prof. Andrzej Mania, Jagiellonian University: Cooperation networks as a means for internationalization of academic education
• Prof. dr hab. Arnold Kłonczyński, Vice-Rector of the University of Gdansk: Internationalization of studies in classic universities
• Prof. Jerzy Malec, Rector of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University: Foreign students at non-public Higher Education Institutions
• Dorota Maciejowska, Head of International Relations Department at the Jagiellonian University,
  Kinga Drechny-Mucha – Director of the Department of Communications and Marketing:
  University cooperation with its enviroment at the local and national level as well as promotion activities as an indispensable element of internationalization strategy
• Prof. Tomasz Brzozowski, Head of Department of Physiology, Collegium Medicum UJ: 22 years of teaching medicine in the English language at the Faculty of Medicine of the Jagiellonian University - Collegium Medicum

Discussion

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 - 13:30

Plenary Session II (in English)
Support for internationalization – how others do it

Chair: Dr. Bianka Siwińska, Executive Director, Perspektywy Education Foundation, Board Member, Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)

Speakers:

Dr Stefan Zotti, CEO, Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD-GmbH Austria): OeAD experience in supporting the internationalization of higher education in Austria

Gebhard Reul, Head of Section Mobility Programmes and Student Support Services, German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD (Germany): How does the DAAD support integration of international students?

Gabor Dobos, Coordinator of the program "Study in Hungary," Tempus Public Foundation (Hungary): Internationalisation audit project

Discussion

13:30 - 14:45

Lunch

14:45 - 16:15

Plenary Session III (in English)
Internationalisation in practice - how to recruit students from China and India to Poland?

Chair: Prof. Marek Tukiendorf, Chairman of the Committee of International Cooperation CRASP, Rector of the Opole University of Technology

Speakers:

• Prof. Adam W. Jelonek, Rector's Proxy for Internationalization, Jagiellonian University: The promotion of Polish higher education from the diplomatic mission's perspective
• Mr. Ajay Bisaria, Ambassador of India
• Yingnan Sun, Chief of International Affairs, the Confucius Institute in Opole, Opole University of Technology

Discussion

16:15 - 16:30

Coffee break

16:30 - 18:00

Plenary Session IV
National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA): Poland’s DAAD or the BUWiWM+

Chair: Waldemar Siwinski, President, Perspektywy Education Foundation

Speakers:

• Representative of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
• Prof. Stanislaw Bielecki, Vice-Chairman of the Committee of International Cooperation of CRASP, former Rector of the Technical University of Lodz
• Prof. Ryszard Naskrecki, Vice-Rector for Research and International Cooperation, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
• Dr. Mariusz Sagan, Director od Department, City of Lublin, "Study in Lublin" Program Coordinator
• Dr. Paul Poszytek, CEO of FRSE: Research on internationalization of higher education in Poland - the opening of resources FRSE

Discussion

20:00 - 22:00

Conference dinner and Gala of INTERSTUDENT Competition for the best foreign student in Poland 2016

Venue: Sala Hołdu Pruskiego, Sukiennice, Krakow, Main Market Square

Tuesday,
February 28, 2017

Venue: Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, ul. Krupnicza 33

09:30 - 10:45

Plenary Session V
Universities and the state - how to prevent acts of aggression

Chair: Prof. Maciej Duszczyk, Vice-Rector for Research and International Cooperation, University of Warsaw

Speakers:

• Katarzyna Jurzak-Mączka, Rector's Proxy for the Safety of Students and Ph.D. Students, Jagiellonian University: Issues of foreign students’ security at Polish universities
• Ewa Kiszka, Head of International Relations, Promotion and Development Projects Department, Medical University of Gdansk: Gdansk model of integration of foreigners (tbc)
• Inspector Gerard Bah, Commander's Proxy of Swietokrzyski Provincial Police for Protection of Human Rights: The concept of cooperation between police and universities (tbc)

Discussion

10:45 - 11:00

Special Event

Presentation of the publication "Time of internationalization II. New forms, directions, priorities"

• Dr. Bianka Siwińska, Executive Director of the Perspektywy Education Foundation and Prof. Grzegorz Mazurek, Vice-Rector of Kozminski University in Warsaw

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30

Guests of the conference:

Chair: Prof. Stanisław Kistryn, Vice-Rector of the Jagiellonian University

Speakers:

• Dorothy Kelly, Chair of the Executive Board, Coimbra Group of Universities, Brussels; Vice Rector for Internationalization, Universidad de Granada (Spain): Internationalization as a strategy for curricular innovation at universities
• Juliusz Szymczak-Gałkowski, Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW): Internationalization in the priorities and activities of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in 2017

12:30 - 12:45

Promotional Session
Accomodation for foreign students

• Leszek Maciusowicz, Board Member, Student Depot
• Marcin Wyszomierski, Director for Cooperation, Student Depot

12:45 - 13:40

Plenary Session VI
Faces of internationalization - messages

Chair: Prof. Grzegorz Mazurek, Vice-Rector of Kozminski University in Warsaw

Speakers:

• Dr. Paul Poszytek, CEO of FRSE: Research on internationalization of higher education in Poland - the opening of resources FRSE
• Liliana Lato, Head of the Office of International Relations, University of Lodz: UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY - promotional campaign of the University of Lodz
• Joanna Domagala, Department of International Relations, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan: Awards for the leaders of internationalization
• Edyta Lachowicz-Santos, Director of Marketing Communications Office, University of Economics in Katowice: European Association of International Education (EAIE) - no secrets

13:40 – 13:50

Special Speech:

• Prof. Arkadiusz Mężyk, Rector of the Silesian University of Technology: Invitation to the conference "Foreign students in Poland 2018" (tbc)

13:50 – 14:15

Closing Session
The challenges of internationalization of higher education in Poland

• Prof. Wojciech Nowak
• Prof. Marek Tukiendorf
• Waldemar Siwiński

14:15-15:00

Farewell Lunch