Screening of “The Journalist” movie

The Polish Science Contact Agency and the Regional Office of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Brussels, operating within the East Poland House initiative, are pleased to invite you for the screening of the “The Journalist” movie. The screening will take place on 9th December 2019 (Monday) at 18.00 in the East Poland House. 

The film is about journalist – Leopold Unger, for whom journalism was a profession, a craft, a way of life, but also a great passion. Leopold Unger published his articles in ‘Życie Warszawy’ until emigration in 1969, then in the Belgian daily ‘Le Soir’. He was a regular collaborator of the Paris “Culture” and Radio Free Europe, he regularly printed comments in the “International Herald Tribune”.

The document is also an attempt to answer the question what is the serious journalism and what is the condition of modern journalism.

When: 9th December 2019 (Monday)

Time: 18.00-20.30

Where: East Poland House, Avenue de Tervuren 48, 1040 Brussels

Registration: https://forms.gle/8hLEfoCaczhR1PHdA

Registration deadline: 6th December

After the screening you are invited for a discussion with the director Mr. Mateusz Kasiak and the producer Mr. Tomasz Biaduń. The discussion is followed by the cocktail. 

Meeting with an expert: New trends in technology for renewable sources using nanomaterials

The Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels is delighted to invite you for a meeting with the expert prof. Monika Kwoka entitled “New trends in technology for renewable sources using nanomaterials”. The meeting will take place on 9th December 2019 between 9.30-11.30 at the PolSCA premises at Rue du Trone 98 (first floor).

Description:

Photovoltaics technology, which converts solar energy into electricity is expected to be the most promising strategy among the common clean renewable energy sources. It is well known that already the fourth generations of the photovoltaic cells based on the various type inorganic and organic semiconductor nanostructures (hetero-junctions) have been elaborated. Apart from above, the most important parts of every solar cell are the transparent electrodes, the light trapping layers, as well as electron transport layers, which are commonly based on the transparent conductive oxides (TCO), and directly determined its final efficiency.

This presentation will show a novel trends in the technology and characterization of the low dimensional TCO nanostructures for above mentioned potential photovoltaic, including mainly zinc oxide ZnO, titanium dioxide TiO₂ and tin dioxide SnO₂, with a special emphasis on their specific surface/interface properties playing a crucial role in electron charge transport inside the solar cells.

Prof. Monika Kwoka obtained her master’s degree in engineering in technical physics in 2003 – specialization: Optoelectronics, in 2007. doctoral degree in physical sciences, and in 2015 at the Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, postdoctoral degree in technical sciences, discipline Electronics. She deals with nanotechnology of electronic materials and their application in environmental monitoring and medicine, cooperating with the best research centers around the world.

Currently, she is a professor at the Silesian University of Technology, working at the Faculty of Automatic Control Electronics and Computer Science as deputy dean for Science and International Cooperation. Winner of many awards and distinctions, including the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for an Outstanding Young Scientist and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Award for scientific achievements. Participates in projects of the European Commission and financed by the National Center for Research and Development, National Science Center and Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Vice-president of the Academy of Young Scholars of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee for the dissemination of science.

PoliSSH perspective on Horizon Europe, 27th November 2019, PAS, Staszic Palace, Warsaw (gallery)

On 27th November 2019, the event “PoliSSH perspective on Horizon Europe” devoted to the role of social sciences and humanities in European research took place at the headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the Staszic Palace in Warsaw. Thank you all for coming and active participation and we encourage you to see photos from the event below.

Event “PoliSSH perspective on Horizon Europe”, 27th November, Warsaw

The Regained Freedom International Film Festival and the screening of the Polish documentary “Solidarity According to Woman”

Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels, Polish Institute in Brussels and Balassi Institute in Brussels are pleased to invite you for the Regained Freedom International Film Festival which will take place from 20 to 30 November 2019. A film festival marks 30 years of freedom in Eastern Europe, the Baltics and the Balkans.

“Solidarity according to woman” (“Solidarność według kobiet”) by Marta Dzido and Piotr Śliwowski is the Polish documentary taking part in the Festival. It will be displayed in Polish with English subtitles on Friday 22 November at 7PM in the Balassi Institut, 10 Treurenberg, 1000 Brussels.

Event: the 5th Forum of Research and Innovation

The 5th Forum of Research and Innovation is organized in the context of the French-Polish Scientific Year for the 100th anniversary of re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Poland and France. It aims to highlight Polish-French cooperation in sciences and to promote partnerships between research and industry.

– When? November 19th 2019, 9H30-16H30

– Where? SGH Warsaw School of Economics, al. Niepodległości 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland

– Conditions: event in French and Polish with simultaneous translation

– Public: scientists, research administration, companies, students

The Regained Freedom International Film Festival and the screening of the Polish documentary “Solidarity According to Woman”

Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels, Polish Institute in Brussels and Balassi Institute in Brussels are pleased to invite you for the Regained Freedom International Film Festival which will take place from 20 to 30 November 2019. A film festival marks 30 years of freedom in Eastern Europe, the Baltics and the Balkans.

Event “Is another policy possible? Heritage of prof. Stomma in European politics”

What is the contemporary value of “stommism” developed in the conditions of communism and Soviet domination over Poland?

Can we still apply concepts such as ‘minimalism’, ‘reason of state’, ‘compromise’, ‘strategy of small steps’ in contemporary politics?

Can reconciliation between nations survive despite a difficult past returning like a boomerang?

Does “pursuit of hope” have to lose to the “fatalism of hostility” so prominent in today’s politics?

Publishing Social Institute “Znak”, “Tygodnik Powszechny” clubs, the Regional Office of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Brussels and Polish Science Contact Agency, invite you to the meeting Is another policy possible? Heritage of prof. Stanisław Stomma in European politics, which will take place on Tuesday, 12th November 2019. The event will be held in the European Parliament (ASP building, room A3F83) at 17.45.

In the discussion panel participation: prof. Radosław Ptaszyński, author of the book “Stommizm. Political biography of Stanisław Stommy. “(University of Szczecin), dr hab. Małgorzata Molęda-Zdziech (Polish Science Contact Agency), Henryk Woźniakowski (Znak Publishing House) and dr Jan Olbrycht (Member of the European Parliament). The discussion will be led by dr Michał Matlak (European Parliament).

One can register for the event by sending the email (with the date of birth, nationality and ID number) to the address: stommizm@gmail.com.  Registration deadline: 11.11.2019.

The event will be held in Polish.

Brokerage event H2020 – Europe in changing world (Societal Challenge 6)

On 12-13th November 2019 the brokerage event on Sixth societal challenge Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective societies will take place in Bratislava (Slovakia). The program includes information session, devoted to topics of upcoming calls, and also containing valuable tips on how to prepare the application, matchmaking event, which allows joining previously arranged meetings with other participants to identify potential partners and facilitate the configuration of project consortia, or the flash presentations’ part, which is an opportunity to present research projects.

Participation in the brokerage event is free, but the registration is obliged. Registration is open until 1 November. 

The registration link and other information can be found here.

This event is jointly organized by the European Commission and Net4Society, the international network of National Contact Points for the Societal Challenge 6 in Horizon 2020.

Event: ‘For a New European Social Contract United For Social Cohesion’

The House of European History, the Polish Institute in Brussels, EUNIC Brussels, Alliance Francaise, British Council and the Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels are pleased to invite you for the event ‘For A New European Social Contract United For Social Cohesion’, which will take place on 5th November, 2019 at the House of European History (Rue Belliard 135, Brussels).

“For A New European Social Contract” project is a series of discussions that aim to rethink the social contract, so that it no longer relies on the relationship between citizens and the state but goes beyond by taking into account the different dimensions of life today and the crucial issues citizens are facing. The main purpose of the event is to discuss the drivers and barriers  in terms of building social cohesion, the role of scientists in this process, as well as possible ways to strengthen the bond between the inhabitants of the European Union, civil society and EU countries.

Guests invited to participate in the panel discussion: Jacqui Broadhead (Director, Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, University of Oxford), Yves Sintomer (Paris 8 University) and the Director of the PolSCA Office, Małgorzata Molęda-Zdziech. The discussion will be moderated by Kélig Puyet, who is the Director of Social Platform.

The event is open but registration is required. Registration link available here.

Details of the event can be found on the Polish Institute website.

Discussions in original languages, interpreted into English.