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POLAND UNDER THE LENS: Shaping Poland's Image in Mainstream Media by APAC

Saturday, September 24, 2016, at 10:00am

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Examining and Shaping Poland's Image in Mainstream Media is a symposium hosted by the American Polish Advisory Council to discussion on how Poland, its history and politics are portrayed in mainstream media.

The goal of the symposium is to establish recommendations for how Poland, Polish American community and key stakeholders and influencers can shape Poland's image in mainstream media including eradication of historical inaccuracies and derogatory statements.

The event will feature three panel discussions followed by a question and answer session and will feature the Honorable Anna Maria Anders - Plenipotentiary of the President of the Council of Ministers of Poland for International Dialogue, Member of the Polish Senate as keynote speaker.

Open to public. Tickets:

$65 for public, including lunch

$35 for Kosciuszko Foundation members

$0 for acredited media

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The Agenda:

9:30am -10:00am	Registration
10:00am -10:15am	Welcome and opening remarks Gen. Edward Rowny -President, American Polish Advisory Council Alex Storozynski- Chairman, Kosciuszko Foundation
10:15am -11:00am	The Honorable Anna Maria Anders, Polish Senator, Minister for International Dialogue Poland's image abroad: shaping a narrative by Polish diaspora followed by Q&A
11:00am -11:45am	The Honorable Piotr Glinski -Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland Politics aside: promoting Poland through culture, history and heritage followed by Q&A
11:45am -12:30m	Lunch
12:30pm -1:00pm	For the record: correcting historical inaccuracies and defamation Maciej Swirski -President, Polish League Against Defamation
1:00pm -1:45pm	Panel 1: Poland and Polonia in the press: success stories Nick Sadowski- Executive Vice President, Nowy Dziennik Gregory Frye -President, PANGEA Alliance Agata Grenda- Director, Polish Cultural Institute of New York Agnes Marczak- Political Director, American Polish Advisory Council Moderator: Darek Barcikowski
1:45pm -2:30pm	Panel 2: Strategy 2.0: interest groups and their role in shaping Poland's image Susan Bysiewicz -former Connecticut Secretary of State Rafal Szczurkowski - Columnist, Instructor at City College in New York Waldemar Bienicki- Instructor, U. of Wisconsin, Partner at Bienicki Consulting Sabina Klimek -Consul, chief of Polish Trade Mission in New York Moderator: Darek Barcikowski
2:30pm -2:45pm	Next steps: discussion summary and ideas Darek Barcikowski -Publisher, White Eagle
2:45pm -3:00pm	Closing remarks Gen. Edward Rowny -President, American Polish Advisory Council John Micgiel-President, the Kosciuszko Foundation