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 | |
17:00-18:00 | Registration |
18:00 – 19:00 | Inauguration, Welcome Reception, Copernicus Science Center // Milena Rot, Kama Kępczyńska-Kaleta |
18:05-18:10 | Welcome 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 |
18:10-18:15 | Speech – Adam Struzik, Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship |
18:15-18:20 | Speech – Aldona Machnowska-Góra, Deputy Mayor of Warsaw |
18:20-18:25 | Speech – Paweł Kacprzyk, Director of the Róża Czacka’s Educational Center for the Blind Children in Laski |
18:25-18:35 | Official Opening of the IMC18 Poland – Eileen Siffermann, Chairwoman of the IMC Executive Committee |
18:35-19:00 | Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland and the Chance for the Blind Foundation welcome – Marek Kalbarczyk |
19:00-19:30 | „Music with no limits” – Natalia Kwiatkowska (concert) |
19:30-20:00 | Free time for Guests |
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 | |
7:30 | Meeting in front of the Copernicus Science Centre |
07:50 | 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 |
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: May 26 | |
Warsaw | City full of history and modernity |
Łódź | In the footsteps of many cultures – Polish, Jewish, German |