Conference Program

Recordings of some of the lecture sessions are now available! Please visit the official channel of the Chance for the Blind Foundation on Youtube: LINK

Please book your places for the panels and workshops that you wish to attend, the slots are limited. You can book them here: https://form.imc18poland.com

DAY 1: May 22
17:00-18:00Registration
18:00 – 19:00Inauguration, Welcome Reception, Copernicus Science Center // Milena Rot, Kama Kępczyńska-Kaleta
18:05-18:10Welcome speech – Marek Kalbarczyk, Chairman of the IMC Host Committee, Chairman of the Chance for the Blind Foundation and Jacek Kwapisz, 1st Chairman of the Board of the Chance for the Blind Foundation
18:10-18:15Speech – Adam Struzik, Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship
18:15-18:20Speech – Aldona Machnowska-Góra, Deputy Mayor of Warsaw
18:20-18:25Speech – Paweł Kacprzyk, Director of the Róża Czacka’s Educational Center for the Blind Children in Laski
18:25-18:35Official Opening of the IMC18 Poland – Eileen Siffermann, Chairwoman of the IMC Executive Committee
18:35-19:00Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland and the Chance for the Blind Foundation welcome – Marek Kalbarczyk
19:00-19:30„Music with no limits” – Natalia Kwiatkowska (concert)
19:30-20:00Free time for Guests
20:00-21:00Dinner
DAY 2: May 23
08:30-09:00Registration, Copernicus Science Center (only for not registered on the first day)
09:00Substantive session – opening
09:00-09:30Information resulting in mobility and ability Marek Kalbarczyk, Keynote Speaker
09:30-13:00Discussion panels and presentations (5 thematic blocks)
13:00-13:45Lunch
13:45-15:15Discussion panels and presentations (5 thematic blocks)
15:15-15:30Closing the second day session
18:00Meeting at the Royal Castle
18:00-20:00Gala Dinner
Suterko – Cory Award Ceremony
Bogdan Khyzhnyak, Ukraine (accordion concert)
Hyuk Lee, South Korea (Chopin concert)
DAY 3: May 24
7:30Meeting in front of the Copernicus Science Centre
07:50A trip to the Róża Czacka’s Educational Center for the Blind Children in Laski
09:00-13:00Study visit (lectures and workshops)
13:00-13:45Lunch
13:45Return to the Copernicus Science Center
15:00-18:00Workshops
DAY 4: May 25
08:30-09:00Registration, Copernicus Science Center (only for not registered in previous days)
09:00-09:30Laura Bozeman, Keynote Speaker
09:30-12:00Discussion panels and presentations (5 thematic blocks)
12:00-13:30Workshops
13:30-15:00Closing Ceremony
15:00-15:45Lunch
DAY 5: May 26
WarsawCity full of history and modernity
ŁódźIn the footsteps of many cultures – Polish, Jewish, German
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