On 30th of September 2010 in The The Polish Tourist Organisation met the Committee of The Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme. As every year, during the meeting a group of Ambassadors were selected from 38 nominations submitted by city convention bureaux, universities and representatives of the Polish conferene industry. The vote was attended by 11 people, with 14 eligible.
In the Committee debate taking part were Prof. Janusz Lipkowski – President of The Society of Science in Warsaw, and committee chairman, Prof. Jerzy Woy – Wojciechowski – President of The Polish Physicians Society, and Jerzy Chmiel – Vice-President of the International Council of Organisations for Folklore Festivals and Folk Art. As Programme Organisers the Committee was represented by: Bartłomiej Walas – Vice President of The Polish Tourist Organisation, Robert Kępiński – Director of the Department of Marketing Planning at the Polish Tourist Organisation, Irena Sokołowska – Vice President of The Conferences and Congresses in Poland Association and the representatives of Convention Bureau of Poland: Krzysztof Celuch (Manager of CBP) and Aneta Książek (Programme Secretary).
Other members: Andrzej Arendarski – President of The Polish Chamber of Economics, Katarzyna Chałasińska – Macukow – Rector of the University of Warsaw, Alex Kloszewski – President of the Warsaw Destination Alliance, Elżbieta Penderecka – President of The Ludwig van Beethoven Association and Piotr Wilczek, President of The Conferences and Congresses in Poland Association, sent their votes, unable to personally attend a meeting of the Committee.
After a fruitful vote among the winners there were 17 new Polish Congress Ambassadors:
- Dr Alicja Adamczak (Patent Office of the Republic of Poland)
- Dr Piotr Buła (Cracow University of Economics)
- Dr hab. med. Dariusz Dudek (The University Hospital in Krakow)
- Prof. dr hab. Kazimierz Głowniak (Medical University of Lublin)
- Prof. dr hab. Leszek Kaczmarek (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of Polish Academy of Sciences)
- Dr inż. Jerzy Kicki (AGH University of Science and Technology)
- Dr n. med. Andrzej Kołodziejczyk (Lowersilesia Centre for Nuclear Medicine)
- Dr hab. n. med. Joanna Łaszczyńska (Military Institute of Aviation Medicine in Warsaw)
- Prof. Jan Madey (University of Warsaw)
- Prof. dr hab. n. med. Andrzej Milewicz (Wroclaw Medical University)
- Dr hab. Inż. Marek Pawełczyk (Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Automatic)
- Prof. dr hab. Marek Pietraszkiewicz (Institute of Phisical Chemistry of Polish Academy of Sciences)
- Prof. zw. dr. hab. Emil Walenty Pływaczewski (University of Bialystok , Faculty of Law)
- Prof. zw. dr hab. Jacek Purchla (Cracow University of Economics)
- Prof. dr hab. n. med. Marek Rudnicki (Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago)
- Dr n. med. Łukasz Wojnowski (Kuyavia and Pomerania Medical Chamber in Torun)
- Dr. hab. Dariusz Zarzecki (University of Szczecin)
The ceremonial Gala of The Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme, with diplomas presentation, will be held on 4th of November 2010, in Cracow.
