Members and members of the Alumni Association meet to share their knowledge, experience and professional interests. They will do this in a 20-minute presentation or lecture. Asking questions and discussion will be an integral part of the “Mosaic,” for which 40 minutes will be spent. After the content part, there will be a networking part. This will be the time to make new friends and consolidate the ones already made.
We want “Mosaic – sharing of experiences” to become a permanent part of cooperation between Alumni, to which we will also invite partners and friends of our Association. We will meet to share experience, inspire each other, and perhaps create joint projects or organize new events.
For the first meeting in the series “Mosaic – exchange of experiences” we invited on May 22 to the MDM Public Library, 55/73 Marszalkowska Street in Warsaw.
The guest of this meeting was Brigadier General Reserve Andrzej Pawlikowski.
The topic of the meeting: “Special services – psychology of command.
General Andrzej Pawlikowski:
Expert related to safety and security with many years of experience working in special units subordinate to the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration and the Prime Minister. Two-time former Head of the Government Protection Bureau (Polish: BOR) responsible for the security of the most important people in the country. He coordinated tasks concerning international cooperation in the field of VIP protection.
Gen. Pawlikowski participated in the work of a number of inter-ministerial teams on issues of national security, including the Inter-Ministerial Team for Combating Terrorism and the Polish-American Group for Combating Terrorism dealing with the construction of a system for countering terrorist attacks, cooperation of Polish services with the American side and the creation of legal solutions in this area.
He is a member of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Department of National Security at the Academy of Military Arts in Warsaw.
Andrzej Pawlikowski was a participant in the IVLP program (2008) and Vice President of the Alumni Association.
For the second “Mosaic” event, we met with former Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski.
The meeting took place on June 26 at the MDM Public Library in Warsaw.
The topic was : “Competences of the President of the Republic of Poland”.
Bronislaw Komorowski:
Historian, anti-communist opposition activist. In free Poland (after 1989), MP, Minister of National Defense, Speaker of the Polish Sejm. From 2010 to 2015, President of the Republic of Poland.
President Komorowski is also a former president of the Euro-Atlantic Association. In 2006 he was a participant in the International Visitor Leadership Program in the USA.
During the third event in the series “Mozaika – wymiana doświadczeń” (Mosaic – exchange of experiences), we met with Professor Marek Postuła. The theme of the meeting was “Longevity.”
Marek Postuła, as a promoter of a healthy lifestyle in the context of a long life in good health, presented the basic principles influencing longevity:
• diet, healthy sleep, physical activity,
• quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy weight,
• controlling cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose levels.
A long life in good health must be taken care of in advance, and what influences it most are good habits and a healthy routine. The professor emphasized the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence and innovative measurement technologies in longevity research. The lecture and discussion were rich in both specialist knowledge and inspiration on how to live healthily. We would like to thank all participants for their attendance and active participation.
On Thursday, September 25, a post-summer meeting was held as part of the “Mozaika – wymiana doświadczeń” (Mosaic – exchange of experiences) series. The guest was Dr. Łukasz Tolak, assistant professor at the Institute of International Relations and Sustainable Development at Civitas University. The topic of the meeting was “Nuclear energy in the energy transition process.”
As an expert on international security and nuclear energy, Dr. Tolak presented interesting aspects of the nuclear industry on a global scale. There are over 400 nuclear power plants in the world, and their number is increasing, especially due to China. After the lecture, an interesting discussion ensued with the participants of the meeting.
We would like to thank Dr. Tolak for his substantive and knowledgeable presentation and for his willingness to share his scientific perspective on reality.
During the fifth meeting in the series “Mozaika – wymiana doświadczeń” (Mosaic – exchange of experiences), we hosted Dr. Agata S. Nalborczyk, head of the Department of European Islam at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw.
Professor Nalborczyk, a distinguished Islamist, Iranist, and Arabist, gave a presentation entitled “Iran and the West. Did it have to be this way?” in which she introduced participants to the complex relations between the Iranian and Western worlds, combining historical, cultural, and religious perspectives.
The meeting, which took place at the MDM Public Library in Warsaw, attracted numerous participants interested in the contemporary world of Islam and intercultural relations. The lecture was followed by a lively discussion, with many questions asked about the current situation in Iran, the role of women, and the future of intercultural dialogue.
We would like to thank Professor Nalborczyk for her inspiring presentation and all participants for their active involvement!