DAY 1: May 22 | |
17:00-18:00 | Registration |
18:00 | Inauguration, Welcome Reception, Copernicus Science Center |
18:05-18:10 | Welcome speech – Marek Kalbarczyk, Chairman of the IMC Host Committee, Chairman of the Chance for the Blind Foundation |
18:10-18:15 | Welcome speech – dr Marlena Kilian, Chairwoman of the IMC Scientific Committee |
18:15-18:20 | Speech – Elżbieta Witek, The Marshal of the Sejm RP |
18:20-18:25 | Speech – Tomasz Pactwa, Director of the Welfare & Social Projects Department of the City of Warsaw |
18:25-18:30 | Official Opening of the IMC18 Poland – Eileen Siffermann, Chairwoman of the IMC Executive Committee |
18:30-19:00 | Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland and the Chance for the Blind Foundation welcome Marek Kalbarczyk |
19:00-20:00 | „Music with no limits” – Natalia Kwiatkowska (concert) |
20:00-21:00 | Dinner |
DAY 2: May 23 | |
08:30-09:00 | Registration, Copernicus Science Center (only for not registered on the first day) |
09:00 | Substantive session – opening |
09:00-09:30 | Information resulting in mobility and ability Marek Kalbarczyk, Keynote Speaker |
09:30-13:00 | Discussion panels and presentations (5 thematic blocks) |
13:00-13:45 | Lunch |
13:45-15:15 | Discussion panels and presentations (5 thematic blocks) |
15:15-15:30 | Closing the second day session |
18:00 | Meeting at the Royal Castle |
18:00-20:00 | Gala Dinner Suterko – Cory Award Ceremony Bogdan Khyzhnyak, Ukraine (accordion concert) Hyuk Lee, South Korea (Chopin concert) |
DAY 3: May 24 | |
08:00 | A trip to the Róża Czacka’s Educational Center for the Blind Children in Laski |
09:00-13:00 | Study visit (lectures and workshops) |
13:00-13:45 | Lunch |
13:45 | Return to the Copernicus Science Center |
14:30 | Substantive session (continued) |
14:30-15:00 | Marek Jakubowski, Keynote Speaker |
15:00-18:00 | Workshops |
DAY 4: May 25 | |
08:30-09:00 | Registration, Copernicus Science Center (only for not registered in previous days) |
09:00-09:30 | Laura Bozeman, Keynote Speaker |
09:30-12:00 | Discussion panels and presentations (5 thematic blocks) |
12:00-13:30 | Workshops |
13:30-15:00 | Closing Ceremony |
15:00-15:45 | Lunch |
DAY 5, 6: May 26, 27 | |
Warsaw | City full of history and modernity |
Łódź | In the footsteps of many cultures – Polish, Jewish, German |
Cracow | I, II, III Republic of Poland: the Royal City |