ACADEMY OF YOUNG DIPLOMATS | XIII EDITION II EXTERNAL SESSION KRAKÓW | 13 – 15 JANUARY 2017

Friday, 13^th January 

 14:00 – onwards | Check-in at the Hotel

18:00 –20:00 | Dinner at the Hotel’s restaurant

 20:30 | Introduction and Networking Workshop

Saturday, 14^th January

7:00 – 8:30 | Breakfast available at the hotel

 9:00 | Meeting at the hotel lobby – departing for the conference

Auditorium Maximum, Jagiellonian University (ul. Krupnicza 33, Kraków)

Conference title: The EU Migration & Refugee Crisis – Perspectives from Visegrad & Germany
Conference organized in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Jagiellonian University and the Bosch Foundation

 10:00 – 10:30 | Official Opening

• Dr. Katarzyna Pisarska, Director, European Academy of Diplomacy

• Dr hab. Dariusz Niedźwiedzki, Director, European Institute, Jagiellonian University

• Michael Quaas, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

10:30 – 12:00 | Managing the EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Lessons Learned & Challenges Ahead

• Marta Pachocka, Coordinator, EUMIGRO Project, Warsaw School of Economics

• Christos Iliadis, Political Scientist, Symβiosis Civic School of Political Studies

• Dr. Katarzyna Pisarska, Director, European Academy of Diplomacy (Moderator)

12:00 – 12:15 | Coffee Break

12:15 – 13:45 | Perceptions of Immigration in V4 & Germany: Is Solidarity Among States and People Possible inside the EU?

• Tomáš Jungwirth, Consortium of Migrants‘ Assisting Organizations in Czech Republic, VSPS Migration Program participant

• Dr. Grzegorz Pożarlik, Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University

• Michael Quaas, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

• Moderator: László Szerencsés, Johanniter Organization, VSPS Migration Program participant

13:45 – 15:15 | Lunch

15:15 – 16:45 | Refugees, Islamophobia and the Raise of Far-right Parties in Europe – Why Should We Be Worried?

• Dr. Ahmed Driss, Director, Tunisian School of Politics

• Dr. Patrycja Sasnal, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Project, Polish Institute of International Affairs

• Ms. Justyna Segeš – Frelak, Head of the Migration and Development Policy Programme, Institute of Public Affairs

• Elsi Adajew, Chairman, SINTAR Foundation

• Katarzyna Waksmundzka, Deputy Director, European Academy of Diplomacy (Moderator)

18:00 –20:00 | Dinner at the Hotel’s restaurant

22:30 | Integration

Sunday, 15^th January

09:40 | Meeting in the hotel lobby
10:00 – 12:00 | Polish history and culture workshop