LIV CICA – XV SECURITY FORUM KRAKOW 2020 7Th–8Th October 2020

LIV CICA – XV SECURITY FORUM KRAKOW 2020 7th–8th October 2020

15th ANNIVERSARY OF WSBPI “APEIRON”

Aparthotel Vanilla Bobrzyńskiego 33 Street 30-348 Kraków, Poland aparthotelvanilla.pl/en/

Main organisers

CICA International University of Public and Individual Security “Apeiron” in Krakow

Co-organisers

Nebrija University in Madrid, Spain Institute for National and International Security (INIS), Serbia Institute of Security and Management, Pomeranian University in Slupsk, Poland University of Security Management in Košice, Slovakia “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy in Sibiu, Romania Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia Autonomous University of Lisbon, Portugal Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Lviv University of Business and Law, Ukraine The College of Regional Development and Banking Institute – AMBIS, Brno, Czech Republic Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland Department of the Sociology of Dispositional Groups, Institute of Sociology, Wroclaw University, Poland Conference date and venue

7th–8th October 2020

Aparthotel Vanilla Bobrzyńskiego 33 Street 30-348 Kraków, Poland +48 12 354 01 50 https://aparthotelvanilla.pl/en/

We invite to the conference:

 scholars and experts studying security  officers and employees of institutions and services ensuring civic security  students and Ph.D. candidates

Proposed topics

 Europe’s chances, challenges, risks and threats  security and defence policy in the actions of the EU and NATO  international alliances and conflicts  the migration crisis  security sciences and security studies – global, local and personal research perspectives on security-related issues  national and international aspects of state security  public and personal security  security culture: personal, group, national and international dimension  conflicts and aggression – personal and group aspects Participation fee payment terms

The participation fee depends on the date of payment:  participation with presentation and publication, or participation without presentation (including lunch, coffee breaks and festive dinner):

payment before or on 3rd September 2020 – PLN 500 / € 120 payment after 4th September 2020 – PLN 550 / € 135

 article publication without participating in the conference – PLN 250 / € 50 Bank details for payments are given in the application form.

Presentations may be given in Polish or English. The participants are asked to prepare concise digital presentations in English – this is an obligatory re- quirement. Simultaneous translation from Polish to English will be provided.

To participate in the conference, it is necessary to fill in the application form, send it to the address [email protected], and make a payment at the indicated date.

The deadline for registration is 15th September 2020.

The organizers do not provide accommodation. We recommend the hotel in which the conference takes place:

Aparthotel Vanilla Bobrzyńskiego 33 Street 30-348 Kraków, Poland +48 12 354 01 50; aparthotelvanilla.pl/en/

Important! The hotel offers a discount for conference participants – please use the promotion code “Apeiron” when booking. For organizational reasons, participants who plan to book accommodation in Vanilla Aparthotel are asked to tentatively declare it in the application form. We suggest booking accommodation as early as possible.

Hotel authorities have assumed patronage over the events accompanying the anniversary conference.

Preliminary conference schedule

7th October 2020, Wednesday

10:00–10:30 – participant registration 10:30–11:00 – festive opening of the conference and 15th anniversary of WSBPI “Apeiron” celebration 11:00–13:00 – scientific session 13:00–13:30 – martial arts show, group photo 13:30–14:30 – lunch 14:30–16:00 – scientific session 16:00–16:30 – coffee break 16:30–18:00 – scientific session 18:30 – banquet

8th October 2020, Thursday

9:00–11:00 – scientific session 11:00–11:30 – coffee break 11:30–13:00 – scientific session 13:00–13:30 – closing of the conference 13:30–14:30 – lunch

During the conference, an exhibition of scientific books will take place. We will present you books issued by the publishing houses Difin, Adam Mar- szałek, and Research and Publishing Institute for Security and Defence Studies WSBPI „Apeiron” in Krakow. Participants will also have an oppor- tunity to visit the Erasmus+ information desk. We also invite you to participate in a poster session (more information can be found in the attachment).

Conference Honour Committee

Prof. J. Martín Ramírez, Ph.D. – President of CICA, Madrid, Spain

Assoc Prof. Juliusz Piwowarski, Ph.D. – Rector of University of Public and Individual Security “Apeiron” in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

Prof. Juan Cayon Peña, Ph.D. – Rector of Nebrija University in Madrid, Ma- drid, Spain

Prof. Eng. Ghita Barsan, Ph.D. – Rector of “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy in Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania

Brig. Gen. Plamen Nikolov Bogdanov – Rector of Vasil Levski National Mili- tary University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Prof. Adam Frączek, Ph.D. – UNESCO, Poland

Agnieszka Górska, Ph.D. – Rector of Olsztyn Higher School, Olsztyn, Poland

Gen. Andrzej Kapkowski, Poland

Dr. h. c. prof. Ing. Marián Mesároš, DrSc., MBA – Rector of University of Secu- rity Management in Košice, Košice, Slovakia

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Zbigniew Osadowski, Ph.D. – Rector of Pomeranian Univer- sity in Slupsk, Slupsk, Poland

Doc. Ing. Jozef Puttera, CSc. – Rector of Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik in Liptovsky Mikulas, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia

Prof. José Amado da Silva, Ph.D. – Rector of Autonomous University of Lis- bon, Lisbon, Portugal

Brig. Gen. Assoc. Prof. Ing. Tadeusz Szczurek, Ph.D. – Rector of Military Uni- versity of Technology in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Prof. Larisa Yankovska – Chancellor of Lviv University of Business and Law, Lviv, Ukraine

Conference Scientific Committee

Chairs of the Conference Scientific Committee: Prof. J. Martín Ramírez, Ph.D., Madrid, Spain Assoc Prof. Juliusz Piwowarski, Ph.D., Krakow, Poland

Conference Scientific Committee Members:

Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Aleksandrowicz, Ph.D., Szczytno, Poland Prof. Vanya Banabakova, Ph.D., Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria Prof. Ing. Josef Blažek, Ph.D., Košice, Slovakia Assoc. Prof. Monika Blištanova, Ph.D., Košice, Slovakia Assoc. Prof. Lech Chojnowski, Ph.D., Slupsk, Poland Prof. Wojciech Cynarski, Ph.D., Rzeszow, Poland Assoc. Prof. Krzysztof Drabik, Ph.D., Warsaw, Poland Assoc. Prof. Janusz Gierszewski, Ph.D., Slupsk, Poland Prof. Andrzej Glen, Ph.D., Siedlce, Poland Prof. Teresa Grabińska, Ph.D., Wroclaw, Poland Assoc. Prof. Karen Hallberg, Ph.D., Bariloche, Argentina Prof. Kuba Jałoszyński, Ph.D., Szczytno, Poland Prof. Ing. Vojtech Jurčák, CSc., Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia Assoc. Prof. Rastislav Kazanský, Ph.D., Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Prof. Waldemar Kitler, Warsaw, Poland Assoc. Prof. Stanislav Križovský, Ph.D., Košice, Slovakia Prof. Mariusz Kubiak, Ph.D., Siedlce, Poland Prof. Jan Maciejewski, Ph.D., Wroclaw, Poland Prof. Piotr Majer, Ph.D., Olsztyn, Poland Prof. Jana Müllerová, Ph.D., Bratislava, Slovakia Prof. Jerzy Ochmann, Ph.D., Krakow, Poland Assoc. Prof. Antoni Olak, Ph.D., Krakow, Poland Assoc. Prof. Camilla Pagani, Ph.D., Rome, Italy Prof. Andrzej Pieczywok, Ph.D., Bydgoszcz, Poland Prof. Viktor Porada, DrSc., dr. h. c., mult., Prague, Czech Republic Assoc. Prof. Luis Garcia Segura, Ph.D., Madrid, Spain Assoc. Prof. Piotr Siemiątkowski, Ph.D., Torun, Poland Prof. Miroslaw Skibniewski, Ph.D., Maryland, USA Prof. Lyubomyr Sopilnyk, Ph.D., Lviv, Ukraine Prof. E. h. Dr. h. c. Otto Stammermann, Markhausen, Germany Prof. dr Darko Trifunović, Beograd, Serbia Prof. Łukasz Trzciński, Ph.D. Krakow, Poland Assoc. Prof. Agata Tyburska, Ph.D., Szczytno, Poland Prof. Andrzej Urbanek, Ph.D., Slupsk, Poland Prof. Bernard Wiśniewski, Ph.D., Szczytno, Poland Assoc. Prof. doc. Vasyl Zaplatynskyi, Ph.D., Kiev, Ukraine Prof. Waldemar Zubrzycki, Ph.D., Szczytno, Poland Prof. Dr. Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė, Ph.D., Vilnius, Lithuania

Conference Organisation Committee

Wojciech Czajkowski, Ph.D., Krakow, Poland Marzanna Farnicka, Ph.D., Zielona Gora, Poland Zbigniew Kuźniar, Ph.D., Wroclaw, Poland Wojciech M. Hrynicki, Ph.D., Krakow, Poland Paweł Pajorski, Ph.D., Krakow, Poland Jarosław Stelmach, Ph.D., Wroclaw, Poland Inga Uriadnikova, Ph.D., Kiev, Ukraine Andrzej Wawrzusiszyn, Ph.D., Olsztyn, Poland Dariusz Jurczak, Ph.D., Olsztyn, Poland Doc. Anatolij Kibysh, Ph.D., Kaliningrad, Russia Anna Seweryn, Krakow, Poland Ewelina Brodziak, Krakow, Poland Agnieszka Górska, Krakow, Poland Jacek Piwowarski, Krakow, Poland Kamil Domagała, Krakow, Poland

Conference Organisation Committee Office – contact

Ewelina Brodziak +48 535 082 794

Anna Seweryn +48 534 082 589

Agnieszka Górska +48 535 082 201

Conference e-mail: [email protected]

Important dates

15th September 2020 – deadline for application forms and presentation abstracts

15th November 2020 – deadline for conference proceedings articles before or on 3rd September 2020 – conference fee: PLN 500 / € 120 after 4th September 2020 – conference fee: PLN 550 / € 135

Conference proceedings

After the conference, submitted proceedings article that receive positive reviews will be published in journals issued by WSBPI “Apeiron”:

 articles submitted in English will be intended for publication in “Security Dimensions” half-yearly (publication in the journal is awarded 20 points by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education),  articles submitted in Polish will be intended for publication in „Kultura Bezpieczeństwa” half-yearly (publication in the journal is awarded 5 points by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education).

We additionally invite students and Ph.D. candidates to submit articles to the journal of Security Systems Research Circle at WSBPI “Apeiron” in Krakow – “Security, Economy & Law” half-yearly (publication in the journal is awarded 5 points by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education).

In order to publish a proceedings article, the author has to pay the conference fee (see section Participation fee payment terms) and their article has to receive two positive reviews. The decision about the publication of the article is made by Conference Scientific Committe.

Articles are to be submitted by 15th November 2020 to the address [email protected].

Formal requirements

Manuscript length & page format

The Editorial Team accepts articles at least 10 normalised pages in length (12 pts, Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, 2.5 cm standard margins). Articles should be submitted in formats supported by Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx, .rtf). The Editorial Team reserves the right to abridge and edit submissions.

Language version

Articles must be written in English or Polish. In case of articles in Polish, all article metadata (abstract, keywords, references etc.) must be provided in two versions: Polish and English.

Style Guide

All information regarding formatting, metadata, graphics, references, foot- notes and article structure are provided on our journals’ websites in sections “Instructions for Authors”  “Style Guide”:

 for articles in English: https://securitydimensions.publisherspanel.com/resources/html/cms/MAINPAGE

 for articles in Polish: https://kulturabezpieczenstwa.publisherspanel.com/resources/html/cms/MAINPAGE