The Ones to Watch Warsaw, Poland 2nd - 3rd September 2016 Friday, 2nd September Arrival of participants to the Amicus Europae Foundation, Aleja Przyjaciół 8/5, 00-565 Warsaw (+ 48 22 622 66 33; +48 22 622 66 03) 13:00 Lunch 13:45 Welcome: - Dr Ireneusz Bil, Director of Amicus Europae Foundation - Dr Ernst Stetter, FEPS Secretary General 14:00 Session 1: “Poland and Europe in the 21st century.” Meeting and discussion with: - Aleksander Kwaśniewski, the former President of Poland Moderation: Dr Ania Skrzypek, FEPS Senior Research Fellow 16:00 Coffee break 16:15 Session 2: “Political and socio-economic prospects for Poland” - Dr Maciej Gdula, Sociology Institute, University of Warsaw/Krytyka Polityczna - Dr Julia Kubisa, Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg - Dr Ireneusz Bil, Director of Amicus Europae Moderation: Jakub Kwaśny, City Councillor of Tarnow 18:00 Session 3: “State of social democracy in the region and the implications for the FEPS “Ones to Watch” programme.” - Input by Mindaugas Kuluonis on “Social democracy in post-national state.” - Discussion among the participants Saturday, 3rd September 8:15 Departure to the Willy Brandt Square and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Memorial 8:30 Commemoration moment at the Willy Brandt Square - With introduction by Dr Ernst Stetter, FEPS Secretary General 9:00 Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Anielewicza 6, 00-157 Warsaw Session 4: “Museum of the History of Polish Jews as a municipal public- private partnership project. Goals, experiences, lessons learned.” - Discussion with Jerzy Halbersztadt, the former Director of the Museum 1 10:15 Coffee break 10:30 Session 5: “The way forward for the EU and the CEE region in the light of the Slovak Presidency of the EU” - Dr Lubos Blaha, MP and Member of the FEPS Scientific Council Moderation: Barbara Nowacka, Leader of Inicjatywa Polska 12:00 Guided tour in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews 15:00 Official closing of the seminar and participant’s departures 2 .