The new Chapter of The Polish Congress Ambassadors Program consists of:

• Andrzej Arendarski – President of The Polish Chamber of Economy
• Katarzyna Chałasińska - Macukow – Rector of University of Warsaw,
• Jerzy Chmiel – Vicepresident of International Council of Organizations for Folklore Festivals and Folk Art,
• Alex Kloszewski – President of Warsaw Destination Alliance,
• Janusz Lipkowski – President of The Sociaty of Science in Warsaw
• Janusz Marcinkiewicz – President of The Polish Society of Experimental and Clinical Immunology,
• Maciej Mrozowski – Media-expert and Jurnalism Lecture in University of Warsaw,
• Elżbieta Penderecka – President of The Ludwig van Beethoven Association,
• Konstanty Radziwiłł – President of The Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists,
• Andrzej Sułek – Director of The Fryderyk Chopin Institute,
• and Jerzy Woy - Wojciechowski – President of The Polish Physicians Society

met on the 2^nd of October  2009 in The Polish Tourism Organisation seat.

As a Program Organizers the Chapter was represented by: Bartłomiej Walas – Vice President of The Polish Tourism Organisation, Piotr Wilczek – President of The Conferences and Congresses in Poland Association, Irena Sokołowska – Vice President of The Conferences and Congresses in Poland Association and Krzysztof Celuch – Convention Bureau of Poland. The Polish Congress Ambassadors Program project manager was Aneta Książek – Convention Bureau of Poland.

12 from 15 representatives took part in the chamber debate with Janusz Lipkowski as a chairman. The Chapter selected 18 Polish Congress Ambassadors - professional people from fields as varied as life sciences and technology, sport, leisure and law, who have a major influence over their international associations’ choice of conference destinations.

 Among 2009 year laureates they are:

• Prof. dr hab. Med Janusz Andres (Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
• Prof. dr hab. n. med. Aleksander Araszkiewicz (Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz)
• Prof. dr. hab. med. Jacek Bomba (Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
• Pan Jan Pieter Brinkman (AXA-MAG Sp. z o.o.)
• Dr Kazimierz Bryndal (Regional Dentistry Center In Toruń)
• Pan Rafał Dutkiewicz (The President of Wrocław)
• Dr hab. inż. Janusz Frączek (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Prof. dr. hab. n. med. Jerzy Hołowiecki (Maria Skłodowska-Cuire Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch)
• Prof. dr hab. Jacek Jassem (Medical University of Gdańsk)
• Dr Marek Kozak (University of Warsaw)
• Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Małecki (AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków)
• Prof. dr n. med. Grzegorz Opala (Medical University of Silesia)
• Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Radzimiński (Rector, Nicolaus Copernicus University)
• Prof. zw. dr hab. med. Jerzy Sadowski (Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
• Prof. dr hab. med. Andrzej Urbanik (Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
• Pan Bogusław Węgliński (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Witkiewicz (The Regional Specialist Hospital In Wrocław)
• Prof. dr hab. Inż. Jan Maria Wójcicki (The Polish Academy of Science, The Bio-cybernetics and Engineering Institute)

Ceremonial Gala of The Polish Congress Ambassadors Program with diplomas presentation took place in  Sheraton Hotel in Warsaw, the 4^th of November 2009.

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Foto: L-R Piotr Wilczek, Krzysztof Celuch, Aneta Książek, Irena Sokołowska, Bartłomiej Walas, Elżbieta Penderecka, Jerzy Woy-Wojciechowski, Jerzy Chmiel, Janusz Lipkowski