Paul H. Dembiński (economist, Friborg) – Humanity at work – towards a comprehensive statistical picture
Ladislau Dowbor (economist, Sao Paulo) – Our common human challenges – beyond political quarrels
Grzegorz Ekiert (political scientist, Harvard) – Dark side of civil society
Małgorzata Fidelis (historian, Chicago) – Marching with women: past and present
Marta Figlerowicz (cultural expert, Yale) – Internet counter-stories
Jan Grabowski (historian, Ottawa) – Polish problem with the Holocaust
Jan Tomasz Gross (historian, sociologist, Princeton) – The Holocaust is part of Polish history
Anna Grzymała-Busse (political scientist, Stanford) – Poland as an anomaly in relations between the Church and the state?
Krzysztof Jasiewicz (sociologist, political scientist, Lexington) – Two nations?
Maciej Kisilowski (lawyer, Vienna) – We want to strengthen Polish democracy? Let’s take an example from European institutions (with Wojciech Przybylski)
Elżbieta Korolczuk (sociologist, Stockholm) – Populism, inequalities and the seduction of social citizenship
Martin Krygier (lawyer, Sydney) – Return to the wrong path, sabotage and the rule of law: learning from mistakes
Jan Kubik (political anthropologist, UCL, Rutgers) – Cultural contradictions of post-communism
George Mink (sociologist, Paris) – Europe and its neighbors. History and national memory. Change of scale
Jan Pakulski (political scientist, Hobart) – Populism and the elite perspective
Krzysztof Pomian (historian of ideas, Paris) – Democracy: the art of compromise
Adam Przeworski (political scientist, New York) – Invisible sabotage
Wojciech Sadurski (lawyer, Sydney) – Poland after 2015: populism – authoritarianism – democracy
Jan Toporowski (economist, London) – Comments on populism and new ideas of Michał Kalecki
Nina Witoszek (cultural historian, Oslo) – Revolution of dignity and its driving forces
Anna Zalewska (economist, Bath) – FinTech, banks and stock exchanges
Jan Zielonka (political scientist, Oxford) – Where is the counterrevolution?

Agenda,
Palace of Culture and Science (12th floor of PKiN)

Tuesday, 9 July

8.30 am – opening reception – 12th floor of PKiN (Palace of Culture and Science)
9.30 am – opening of Concilium members bookstall
10.30 am – Press conference about Concilium Civitas, launch of the Almanac and of the Concilium Civitas website. Members of the Initiative Group and Jacek Żakowski
11.00 am – Inaugural session
Welcome on behalf of the host: Jacek Żakowski (Head of the Faculty of New Media and Journalism at Collegium Civitas, ‘Polityka’ weekly)
Opening: representative of the Initiative Group

11.20 am – Panel 1: Democracy as a Challange
Moderator: Konrad Piasecki (Collegium Civitas, TVN24)
(brief introduction to the panelists’ articles from the Almanac followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience)
Participants:
Jan Zielonka (Oxford): Counter-revolution: A Few Years Later
Maciej Kisilowski (Budapest): Is Decentralization a Remedy for Polish Democracy?
Martin Krygier (Sydney): Backsliding, Sabotage and the Rule of Law: Learning from Mistakes
Monika Nalepa (Chicago): Gradual Erosion of the Rule of Law
Jan Pakulski (Hobart): Populism and the Perspective of the Elites

Additional events to attend:
1.30 pm – promotion of Wojciech Sadurski’s book: ‘Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown”, Oxford University Press, Oxford, published May 2019; with the author’s participation via Skype.
Moderator: Jan Pakulski
Participation: Adam Bodnar
2.00 pm – promotion of Jan Zielonka’s book: ‘Counter-revolution’, Oxford University Press 2018/PWN 2018 with the author’s participation
Moderator: Grzegorz Ekiert
2.30 pm – Jak Kubik: about research on populism in the context of European Union’s research programs supported by Horizon 2020.
Moderator: Nina Witoszek

3 pm – Panel 2: Challenges of the New Economy
Moderator: Grzegorz Sroczyński (Collegium Civitas, Gazeta.pl)
(brief introduction to the panelists’ articles from the Almanac followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience)
Participants:
Beata Javorcik (Oxford, EBRD): Why it is Worth Attracting Direct Foreign Investments
Ania Zalewska (Bath): FinTech, Banks and Stock Markets
Paul H. Dembiński (Fribourg): Humanity at Work
Ladislau Dowbor (São Paulo): Our Common Challenges
Jan Toporowski (London): Populism and Michał Kalecki
4.30 pm – coffee break

Additional events to attend:
5 pm – promotion of Nina Witoszek’s book ‘The Origins of Anti-authoritarianism’, Routledge, 2018
Moderator: Grzegorz Sroczyński
5.30 pm – Special session: Political marketing 2.0 (Celebrating Ten Years of the Panoptykon Foundation)
Moderator: Edwin Bendyk (Collegium Civitas, ‘Polityka’ weekly)
Michał Kosiński’s short lecture: How we Make Electoral Decisions and how they are Influenced by Political Marketing
Discussion with experts from Poland: Katarzyna Szymielewicz, Dominik Batorski, Anna Mierzyńska, Krzysztof Izdebski

Wednesday, 10 July

10.00 am – Panel 3: New Society for New Times
Moderator: Rafał Woś (Collegium Civitas, ‘Tygodnik Powszechny’ weekly)
(brief introduction to the panelists’ articles from the Almanac followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience)
Participants:
Grzegorz Ekiert (Harvard): The dark side of civil society
Elżbieta Korolczuk (Stockholm): Populism, inequalities and the decline of social citizenship
Jan Kubik (Rutgers): The cultural contradictions of post-communism
Nina Witoszek (Oslo): The revolution of dignity and its drivers
Marta Figlerowicz (Yale): Genderqueer
11.30 am – coffee break

Additional events to attend:
12 noon – Promotion of Ladislau Dowbor’s book: ‘The Age of Unproductive Capital’ (Cambridge Scholars, 2019) with the author’s participation
Moderator: Grzegorz Sroczyński

12.30 pm – Panel 4: The new past
Moderator: Michał Komar (Collegium Civitas)
(brief introduction to the panelists’ articles from the Almanac followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience)
Participants:
Małgorzata Fidelis (Chicago): Marching with women
Jan Grabowski (Ottawa): The Polish Problem with the Holocaust
Georges Mink (Paris): Europe and its Neighbours
Krzysztof Pomian (Paris): Democracy: The Art of Compromise
2.00 pm – break

3.00 pm – Panel 5: New Poland – New Europe – New World
Moderator: Karolina Lewicka (Collegium Civitas, TOK FM radio)
Participants:
Beata Javorcik (Oxford, EBRD)
Ladislau Dowbor (São Paulo)
Grzegorz Ekiert (Harvard)
Jan Zielonka (Oxford)
4.30 pm – a glass of wine