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Polish-American Scientific & Academic Cooperation. Meetup Chicago 2025

WHEN: February 24, 2025, 3-8pm
WHERE: Alumni Hall at NEIU
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625

Complementary parking available in Lot D

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) in cooperation with Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) and the Chicago Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation will host an international exchange and research focused networking event entitled:

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“Polish-American Scientific & Academic Cooperation. Meetup Chicago 2025”

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WHEN: February 24, 2025, from 3:00—8:00 PM

WHERE: Alumni Hall at NEIU

The event will be attended by faculty and representatives from 15 institutions of higher education from across Poland.

The program will include panel discussions featuring exchange scholars, discussions about Polish-American academic and scientific collaborations, presentations by universities from across all regions of Poland, and dedicated time for networking so that participants may explore and begin to establish connections necessary for fostering new partnerships between the US and Poland. The goal of the event is to create a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experiences while jointly seeking solutions to enhance the internationalization of science and education.

Program invitation:

POLISH–AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC & ACADEMIC COOPERATION MEETUP CHICAGO 2025

AGENDA

3:00–3:15 PM Official opening

PM 3:15–3:20 PM Presentation about Northeastern University

PM 3:20–4:10 PM PANEL 1

Opportunities for Polish-American research and academic cooperation (strategic partnerships, international research mobility, individual mobility, etc.)

• Dr. Łukasz Gołota, Deputy Director of NAWA

• Prof. Lidia Filus, Kosciuszko Foundation Chicago Chapter

• Dr. Katarzyna Granat, Scientific Diplomacy Expert, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in the United States

• Claire Winter, Institute of International Education IIE, Program Officer, Multi-Regional Programs Fulbright Student and Scholar Programs

• Moderator: Magdalena Kachnowicz, Director of the Department of programmes for students (NAWA)

4:10–4:20 PM. Inclusion through Development in EMI (English Medium Instruction) – A Case Study as an outcome of international collaboration

• Dr. Izabela Mikolajewska, Assistant Professor at Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, (currently is successfully completing research internship at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, College of Education).

4:20–4:35 PM Coffee break

4:35–5:35 PM PANEL 2

Alumni of international programmes – why international mobility is important, experiences, advantages, internationalization as a driver of the higher education development.

• Prof. Mateusz Borowski, Jagiellonian University/University of Illinois Chicago, Fulbright Slavic Award • Prof. Christina Ciecierski, Northeastern Illinois University

• Dr. Paulina Langa, University of Chicago

• Dr. Scott W. Hegerty, Northeastern Illinois University

• Aleksandra Walaszek, School of The Art Institute of Chicago • Moderator: TBC

• Moderator: Dr. Nabil Kahouadji, NEIU

5:35 – 6:50 PM Turbo presentations

• NAWA

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

• Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

• Cracow University of Technology

• Jagiellonian University in Kraków

• Medical University of Lublin

• Medical University of Warsaw