ATTENTION !

The conference date has been postponed.

The new conference date will be announced shortly.

Short Programme:

... Opening the conference. Plenary session. Welcome banquet.

... Presentations in particular thematic blocks. Additional activity (sport, languages, arts).

...  Tour WIELICZKA SALT MINE & KRAKOW (Old Town) and a visit to the partner production company.

CONFERENCE TRACKS/PANELS

Challenges of the 21st Century in Medical Sciences, Health and Physical Education.

We would like to invite representatives of medical and non-medical professions, related to various academic disciplines, practitioners and everyone interested in health. We encourage you to share your experiences, opinions, reflections and scientific reports within the following topics:

• Interdisciplinary dimensions of health and disease;
• Achievements of modern medicine in diagnosis, prevention and therapy; civilization diseases as the greatest health threat;
• Achievements and progress in medical science and health sciences: relations human-environment, quality of life, health education and health promotion, lifestyle factors, health behaviours and needs of society in terms of health preservation at different stages of life;
• Public health risks and challenges of health education, health education in the school practice of physical education;
• Physical culture and the challenges of the twenty-first century education, physical and health culture – theoretical and practical implications;
• Physical activity incontemporary health promotion, physical activity of various age groups.
  

Challenges of the 21st Century: Leading Innovations in the Economics, Management and Production Technologies.

 We would like to invite representatives of academics and practitioners in the field of economy, management and manufacturing technology to participate in presentations on the following topics:

• Entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity as areas of competitiveness of modern organizations;
• Knowledge and intellectual capital management;
• FPIancial management of modern organizations;
• Project management, risk management, process management, change management;
• Information technologies in the management and production engineering;
• Innovations in the design, manufacture and operation of machines and equipment;
• Modern materials and methods of forming them;
• Systems management, quality control and metrology in manufacturing techniques;
• Logistics of production processes.

Challenges of the 21st Century: Effective Communication – Pedagogical and Linguistic Aspects.

This special section invites papers exploring theoretical and practical aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication from the pedagogical and linguistic perspectives. In particular, we expect submissions on the following topics:

• Culture and communication;
• Communication in education, upbringing, rehabilitation, sociotherapy, pedagogical therapy, mediation and negotiation;
• Language and communication;
• Communication through art and music;
• Art of effective communication – in search of key competences;
• Modern communication and information technologies in education;
• The ownership of meaning - theories and practices of interpreting texts;
• Teachers, pupils and parents/guardians – new ways to improve their communication;
• Translator and literary critic;
• Communication with children, the elderly and people with disabilities;
• Cognitive and emotional dimensions of communication.

Challenges of the 21st Century – Mobility in Higher Education.

 We would like to invite representatives of Polish State Higher Vocational Schools, especially school and departmental coordinators of the Erasmus+ Programme and staff of the departments of international cooperation.

We invite you to take part in discussions, share your experiences, observations and practical solutions employed as part of the foreign exchange at the School:

• Interest among students and graduates in exchange options to study or train abroad;
• Opportunities and challenges in the implementation of student placements;
• Participation of employees in programmes with partner universities and institutions in order to teach classes and get training;
• Destinations – current trends;
• Participating in studying and traineeship programmes by students from partner universities;
• Participation of employees from partner institutions in teaching classes and getting training;
• Risks in the context of the social and political situation in Europe;
• Promotion of the Erasmus+ in your school;
• Various forms of international mobility – examples of good practice;
• Cultural differences and integration problems;
• Workshop “Ways of friendly integration in an international university”.

Presentation forms:

1. Presentations: up to 10 minutes
2. Poster sessions