PANEL 1: PEOPLE IN / HIGHER EDUCATION

15.00 -16.00 Multicultural classrooms to attract students to Łódź

Host: Adam Bednarek (PL/Canada) – Organiser Fujitsu SAN Academy

Special Guests:       

• Grażyna Budzińska – ESP Coordinator, International Faculty of Engineering, PŁ.
• Magda Cieślak – Assistant Director of Studies, English Philology, UŁ.

How well are we succeeding in integrating foreign students into our higher education classrooms?

Discussion Guests:

• Adrianna Kozłowska – Deputy Director, Centrum Językowe, PŁ.
• Agnieszka Rasmus – Assistant Professor, Institute of English Studies UŁ.
• Łukasz Sadowski – Head Lecturer, Academy of Fine Arts Łódź.

PANEL 2: PEOPLE IN / GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES

16.30 -17.30 Multicultural work environments to attract job seekers to Łódź

Host: Timothy J. Bridgman (UK) – Intercultural trainer, SZKOLENIA ŁÓDŹ

Special Guests:       

• Wiktor Doktor – CEO ProProgressio.

How well are we succeeding in supporting people who relocate to Łódź to develop careers in business services?

Discussion Guests: 

• Carlos Martins (Portugal) – EMEA VAT Manager, Tate & Lyle.
• Nicolas Jerzyk (France) – Managing Director, jobpoland/rentflatPOLAND.
• Anders Olvin (Norway) – Process Officer, Nordea

PANEL 3: IDEAS OUT / AND WHERE NEXT?

18.00 -19.00 Multicultural skills and best practices for businesses wishing to internationalise

Host: Sally Fairman (USA) – Management Consultant

Special Guests:

• Waldemar Olbryk – Managing Director, Enabling Functions, Skanska Polska.
• Richard Stephens (UK) – Founder and Editor, Poland Today.

Success stories: How have multicultural skills helped to unlock new opportunities and markets in your organisation?

Discussion Guests: 

• Michał Brzeziński – Head of Promotion and Foreign Cooperation Department, Łódzka Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego.
• Marta Moraczewska – GLAM Wiki Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation.

19.00 – 20.00 Buffet and networking