Conference Program

DAY 1: May 22
17:00-18:00Registration
18:00Inauguration, Welcome Reception, Copernicus Science Center
18:05-18:10Welcome speech – Marek Kalbarczyk, Chairman of the IMC Host Committee, Chairman of the Chance for the Blind Foundation
18:10-18:15Welcome speech – dr Marlena Kilian, Chairwoman of the IMC Scientific Committee
18:15-18:20Speech – Elżbieta Witek, The Marshal of the Sejm RP
18:20-18:25Speech – Tomasz Pactwa, Director of the Welfare & Social Projects Department of the City of Warsaw
18:25-18:30Official Opening of the IMC18 Poland – Eileen Siffermann, Chairwoman of the IMC Executive Committee
18:30-19:00Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland and the Chance for the Blind Foundation welcome Marek Kalbarczyk
19:00-20:00„Music with no limits” – Natalia Kwiatkowska (concert)
20:00-21:00Dinner
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
08:00A 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
14:30Substantive session (continued)
14:30-15:00Marek Jakubowski, Keynote Speaker
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, 6: May 26, 27
WarsawCity full of history and modernity
ŁódźIn the footsteps of many cultures – Polish, Jewish, German
CracowI, II, III Republic of Poland: the Royal City
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