Programme
(detailed)
18 October (Tuesday)
Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University
33, Krupnicza St., Krakow
9.45 | Registration of participants
10.30 – 11.30
Inaugural sitting
Plenary session
Equilibrium or Threats?
11.30 – 12.10 | Lecture
His Excellency Mark Brzezinski, Ambassador of the United States of America to Poland
The Challenges Facing the Euro-Atlantic Community
Wyzwania stojące przed wspólnotą euroatlantycką
12.15 – 12.55 | Lecture
Prof. Timothy Garton Ash
European Studies in the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow
From Post-War Europe to Post-Wall Europe – and Back
Od Europy po wojnie do Europy po upadku muru – i z powrotem
13.00 – 14.00 | Break
Plenary sitting
14.15 – 14.55 | Lecture
Prof. Sir Leszek Borysiewicz
FRS FMedSci Chair, Cancer Research UK, Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, University of Cambridge
UK Research & Innovation Post Brexit
Badania i innowacje w Wielkiej Brytanii po brexicie
15.00 – 15.45 | Lecture
Prof. Maria Anna Ciemerych-Litwinienko
Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
Stem cells: past, present and future
Wczoraj, dziś i jutro komórek macierzystych
15.50 – 16.30 | Lecture
Laura Spinney
British science journalist, non-fiction writer
The Post-pandemic World
Świat postpandemiczny
19 October (Wednesday)
The Grand Hall of the PAU
17, Sławkowska St., Krakow
10.00 – 13.00
Session
Climate, Nature and Man in the Anthropocene
Moderator Prof. Elżbieta Pyza
Department of Cell Biology and Imaging, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Prof. Szymon P. Malinowski
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, Institute of Geophysics
Crisis of Climate, Planetary Crisis
Kryzys klimatyczny, kryzys planetarny
Prof. Jan Kozłowski
Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
The Difficult Road to Decarbonizing the Economy
Trudna droga do dekarbonizacji gospodarki
Prof. January Weiner
Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Changing Biodiversity: Formerly, Today, Tomorrow
Zmiany różnorodności biosfery – dawniej, dziś, jutro
11.20 – 11.50 | Coffee break
Prof. Michael A. Kaminski
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Geosciences Department, Dhahran
Is the Arabian Gulf Becoming Too Hot to Support Marine Animals?
Czy Zatoka Arabska (Perska) jest już za gorąca dla zwierząt morskich?
Prof. Alicja Józkowicz
Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
‘We Will Not Die so Quickly’ – How Challenges Shape our Resistance
„Nie zginiemy tak szybko” – jak wyzwania kształtują naszą odporność
Prof. Richard Frackowiak
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Emeritus Professor, University College London
AI Is Not All Bad – Lessons from Neuroimaging Analyses
Sztuczna inteligencja to nie samo zło – wnioski z analiz obrazowania mózgu
13.00 – 14.00 | Break
14.00 – 17.00
Session
150 Years of Modern Medicine
Moderator Prof. Marek Sanak
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow
Prof. Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski
The Dumont UCLA Transplantation Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles
How to Improve the Quality of Donor Organs Available for Transplantation?
Jak poprawić jakość organów dostępnych do przeszczepu?
Prof. Marek W. Radomski
University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Canada
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Triumphs and Challenges of Science
Pandemia COVID-19: blaski i cienie nauki
Prof. Józef Dulak
Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Prospects for Medical Biotechnology: Genetic Therapies and Stem Cells
Perspektywy biotechnologii medycznej: terapie genetyczne i komórki macierzyste
15.20 – 15.50 | Coffee break
Prof. Barbara Przewłocka
Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow
Pain, Endogenous Opioids and Search for New Drugs
Ból, endogenne opioidy i poszukiwanie nowych leków
Prof. Andrzej Pająk
Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow
Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Diseases
Styl życia a choroby układu krążenia
Prof. Rafał Ryguła
Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow
Who Believes in Fake News? Cognitive Mechanisms and Personality Traits Associated with Various Phenotypes of Susceptibility to (Dis)information
Kto wierzy w fake newsy? Mechanizmy poznawcze i cechy osobowości związane z różnymi fenotypami podatności na (dez)informacje
20 October (Thursday)
The Grand Hall of the PAU
17, Sławkowska St., Krakow
10.00 – 13.00
Session
Real and Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence
Moderator Prof. Maciej Nowak
The Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Prof. Krzysztof J. Cios
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Artificial Intelligence: Achievements and Failures
Sztuczna inteligencja: blaski i cienie
Prof. Krzysztof Diks
Institute of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw
Why We Need Algorithms
Po co nam algorytmy
Prof. Jan Kreft
Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology
The Power of Platform Algorithms – at the Root of the Power of Google and Facebook
Władza algorytmów platform – u źródeł potęgi Google i Facebooka
11.20 – 11.50 | Coffee break
Prof. Rafał Maciąg
Institute of Information Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Knowledge as a Story
Wiedza jako opowieść
Prof. Grzegorz J. Nalepa
Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Can Natural Intelligence Understand Artificial Intelligence?
Czy naturalna inteligencja może zrozumieć sztuczną?
Stefan Życzkowski
ASTOR
The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Innovations. Artificial Intelligence in Practice
Czwarta Rewolucja Przemysłowa. Innowacje. Sztuczna Inteligencja w praktyce
13.00 – 14.00 | Break
14.00 – 17.00
Session
Pandemic and Culture
Moderator Prof. Wojciech Bałus
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Robert Piaskowski
Mayor of Krakow’s Plenipotentiary for Culture
How Krakow’s Culture Coped with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jak kultura Krakowa poradziła sobie z pandemią COVID-19
Prof. Dariusz Czaja
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Pandemic and the Virus of the Apocalypse
Pandemia i wirus apokalipsy
Dr Katarzyna Pękacka-Falkowska
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Epidemics through the Eyes of a Historian
Epidemie oczami historyka
15.20 – 15.50 | Coffee break
Prof. Piotr Krasny
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
‘He that Looketh upon Him Shall Live.’ Works of Sacral Art as Visual Remedies against Pestilence
„Kto wejrzy nań, żyw będzie”. Dzieła sztuki religijnej jako wizualne lekarstwa przeciw zarazom
Prof. Krzysztof Loska
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Outbreak Narrative in Fiction Films and Television Series
Narracje epidemiczne w filmach fabularnych i serialach telewizyjnych
Prof. Maria Poprzęcka
University of Warsaw
Art and AIDS
Sztuka wobec AIDS
17.00
Conclusions and closing of the conference