On 10 October the Polish Tourist Organisation headquarters hosted a session of the Chapter of the Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme. The mission of the Project Chapter is to select a body of Polish Congress Ambassadors – personalities who in their international environments will popularise the knowledge of our country’s assets, contributing to its growth.
6 members of the Chapter took part in the session, and a further 6, who could not make it to the meeting in person, voted by electronic means.
The session was attended by:
Prof. Janusz Lipkowski – President of the Society of Warsaw Science and Chairman of the Polish Congress Ambassadors Chapter
Jerzy Chmiel – Vice-President of the International Council of Organisations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Art,
On the part of Programme organisers, the chapter included Bartłomiej Walas, Vice-President of the Polish Tourist Organisation, Robert Kępiński – Director of the Marketing Planning Department, PTO, Piotr Wilczek, President of the Conferences and Congresses in Poland Association, and Irena Sokołowska, Vice-President of The Conferences and Congresses in Poland Association.
The following members sent their voices in writing
Andrzej Arendarski – President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce,
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,
Janusz Marcinkiewicz – President of the Polish Society of Experimental and Clinical Immunology
Maciej Mrozowski – Media expert and lecturer at the Institute of Journalism, Warsaw University
Krzysztof Celuch, representing the Poland Convention Bureau of the PTO also participated. The Chapter’s Secretary is Aneta Książek, who also represents the Poland Convention Bureau of the PTO.
Out of 16 questionnaires submitted by city convention bureaux, higher education institutions and industry entities, the Chapter elected 14 new Polish Congress Ambassadors by a majority vote.
Polish Congress Ambassadors 2011
- Piotr Augustyniak , D Eng. hab. – AGH University of Science and Technology
- Jacek Janiszewski, D. Eng. – Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
- Prof. Edward Czerwiński , MD PhD hab.- Jagiellonian University Medical College
- Paweł Lula, PhD hab. – Cracow University of Economics
- Prof. Marian Jaskóła, PhD hab. –Jagiellonian University Faculty of Chemisty
- Prof. Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska, PhD hab. – University of Gdańsk
- Piotr Kuropatwiński, PhD – University of Gdańsk
- Prof. Mirosław Patalon, PhD hab. – University of Gdańsk
- Anna Kalinowska – Żeleźnik, PhD – University of Gdańsk
- Prof. Jacek Antoni Pietrzyk, MD PhD hab. – Jagiellonian University Medical College
- Tomasz Schweitzer, D. Eng. – National Standards Body of Poland
- Prof. Piotr Wilczek, PhD hab. – University of Warsaw, Vistula University
- Prof. Ludwik Czaja, PhD hab. – University of Warsaw, Vistula University
- Andrzej Byrt, PhD in economics – Poznań International Fair
Diplomas will be handed over during the Polish Congress Ambassadors Gala, due to take place on 17 November 2011 in Toruń.
