Event Venue: Składowa 43, 90-127 Łódź, Faculty Council Room
Time: 12 June 2025 (Thursday) 1:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The event will be conducted in English.
We are proud to present our panelists:
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. First student-doctoral panel session: "Awareness of military and non-military threats to the security of the Baltic States".
The panel will include:
- Tomasz Kirdejka (SMK Aukštoji mokykla),
- Adam Kozlovski (Jagiellonian University),
- Jakub Radaszkiewicz (The Naval Academy of the Heroes of Westerplatte in Gdynia),
- Marcin Mikielski (Faculty of International and Political Studies of the University of Lodz),
- Aleksander Zalech (Faculty of International and Political Studies of the University of Lodz),
- Lila Bednarska (University of Helsinki)
- The meeting will be moderated by Igor Miśta (Faculty of International and Political Studies of the University of Lodz).
3.15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Coffee break
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Second expert panel session "What to do? How to fend off Russian aggression in the Baltic Sea region?"
The panel will include:
- Michael Malm (Swedish Armed Forces),
- Otto Tabuns (Baltic Security Foundation),
- Prof. Elżbieta Kuzborska-Pacha (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe),
- Wojciech Lieder (Nordic Institute),
- Michal Piekarski (University of Wrocław),
- Vidmantas Vyšniauskas (Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas),
- Prof. Krzysztof Zęgota (The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn),
- Ian Garner (Pilecki Institute),
- Bartosz Chmielewski (Centre for Eastern Studies),
- Timo Hellenberg (Hellenberg International) - online,
- Prof. Agnieszka Orzelska-Stączek (ISP PAN)
- The meeting will be moderated by Ryszard Machnikowski (Faculty of International and Political Studies of the University of Lodz).
The formula of both panels provides for discussion after short speeches by panelists.
The expert panel follows strictly the Chatham House Rule.
The event under the media patronage of the Defence24 and International Observer.pl portal.