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 partici- pate 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 re- views 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 award- ed 20 points by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education), articles submitted in Polish will be