1/09/2021 WEDNESDAY
EUROPE WITH A VIEW TO THE FUTURE
THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION
THE 82nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II


languages / English, German, Polish, Russian

INTERNATIONAL FORUM
EUROPE WITH A VIEW TO THE FUTURE
10.00 am / ECS temporary exhibition hall, ground floor / free admission
Introduction /
Basil Kerski, the European Solidarity Centre
David Gregosz, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Edwin Bendyk, the Batory Foundation
 
10.30 am – 11.45 am / ECS temporary exhibition hall, ground floor / free admission
1991–2021. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. EUROPE 30 YEARS AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE USSR
Evaluation of events in the post-Soviet space. How does Europe build its relations with Russia? Can we still talk about the "post-Soviet space" as a specific region? What makes the post-Soviet states so different from one another? Have the revolutions for independence brought full sovereignty and democracy?
The 10th anniversary of New Eastern Europe
(with the College of Eastern Europe and New Eastern Europe)
key-note speech / Andri Portnov
panelists / Laurynas Vaičiūnas, Marina Skorikova, Magdalena Lachowicz, Mykola Kniazhytsky, Wolfgang Eichwede
moderated by / Iwona Reichardt, Adam Reichardt (NEE)
 
12.00 am / Obrońców Poczty Polskiej Square (Defenders of the Polish Post Office), Old Town
COMMEMORATION OF THE 82nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II
 
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm / ECS temporary exhibition hall, ground floor / free admission
DEMOCRACY IN RETREAT? IN DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES IN EUROPE
What is a threat to freedom, pluralism and democracy? How to defend the universal human rights? / with PEN Club
key-note speech / Taciana Niadbaj
panelists / Aleksander Kaczorowski, Marek Radziwon, Mykola Riabchuk, Magdalena Heydel, Georges Mink
moderated by / Jacek Kołtan

4.00 pm / ECS permanent exhibition / admission: online reservation + ticket available at the ticket office
STRIKE! The ECS permanent exhibition tours with the ECS certified guides

4.00 pm – 5.30 pm
/ ECS temporary exhibition hall, ground floor / free admission
CIVIC EUROPE. CIVIC DIPLOMACY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Seminar – workshop studio / with the Batory Foundation
On civic diplomacy and democracy rejuvenation in the Central and Eastern Europe. What forms of cooperation are possible?
panelists / Adam Balcer (Kolegium Europy Wschodniej), Anna Dąbrowska (Homo Faber, Lublin), Karolina Drozdowska (Uniwersytet Gdański), Lila Kalinowska (artystka i działaczka z Przemyśla), Anna Fedas (Program Aktywni Obywatele, Fundacja Batorego), Łukasz Galusek (Międzynarodowe Centrum Kultury, Kraków), David Gregosz (Fundacja Konrada Adenauera), Magdalena Jakubowska (Fundacja Res Publica), Myrosława Keryk (Fundacja Nasz Wybór, Warszawa), Anna Kieturakis (Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku), Małgorzata Kopka-Piątek (Instytut Spraw Publicznych), Marta Siciarek (Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Pomorskiego), Joanna Wowrzeczka (Świetlica Krytyki Politycznej w Cieszynie oraz Uniwersytet Śląski)
moderated by / Szymon Ananicz, Kacper Dziekan

6.00 pm – 7.30 pm / ECS temporary exhibition hall, ground floor / free admission
EUROPE AND THE WORLD. NEW OPENING, NEW LEADERS, NEW ALLIANCES
How has Joe Biden’s presidency influenced geopolitics? How will elections in Germany and France define Europe anew? Is solidarity in international politics possible in 2021? What alliances for democracy are possible?
key-note speech / Paweł Kowal
panelists / Hans-Gert Pöttering, Agnieszka Bryc, Tal Ben-Ari Yaalon, Edwin Bendyk, Bernard Guetta
moderated by / Basil Kerski

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EUROPE WITH A VIEW TO THE FUTURE
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