The Polish Route to National Maritime Policy – from Vision to Action The Cohesion Policy of Poland and the Baltic Sea Territorialisation Gdańsk, the 15th - 16th of September 2010 Venue: the Polish Maritime Museum, Gdańsk, Ołowianka 9-13

DAY 1 – VISION, 15th of September 2010 (Wednesday)

Simultaneous translation Polish - English

09.00 - 10.00 Registration

10.00 - 10.40 Opening Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Maritime Institute in Gdańsk – Prof. Bolesław Mazurkiewicz

    Sixtieth anniversary of the Maritime Institute in Gdańsk – Prof. Jerzy Młynarczyk
    Current directions of research of the Maritime Institute in Gdańsk – Ph.D. Kazimierz Szefler Director
10.40 - 11.20 Introductory papers
    Maritime Policy in Poland – Anna Wypych-Namiotko, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure
    Maritime Policy in the European Union – Jan Ekebom, EU DG MARE

11.20 - 11.40 Coffee break

11.40 - 13.10 SESSION 1 - MARITIME POLICY FROM NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
    Transformation of the maritime economy and contemporary economic changes in Poland – Prof. Jerzy Hausner (t.b.c.)
    Role of the maritime economy in Poland’s national economy – Prof. Mirosław Gronicki
    Innovation – a challenge and opportunity for the maritime economy – Prof. Jan Burnewicz

13.10 - 14.10 Lunch

14.10 - 15.10 SESSION 2 - MARITIME POLICY AND COHESION POLICY
    The influence of the maritime policy on local and regional development – Prof. Krzysztof Luks
    Territorialisation of sea space – Prof. Jacek Zaucha, Ph.D. Wiktor Szydarowski
    15.10 - 15.30 Coffee break

15.10 - 15.30 Coffee break

15.30 - 17.30 PANEL SESSION - MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGES OF THE MARITIME POLICY
    Transport accessibility and port’s competitiveness (scenarios)
    Polish research space in the innovation driven BSR
    Spatial conflicts in the coastal zone
    Energy industry and environment (North Stream, Super Grid)

17.30 - 18.00 SUMMARY AND CLOSURE OF THE CONFERENCE

18.00 DINNER

DAY 2 – ACTION 16th of September 2010 (Thursday)
English language

09.00 - 09.30 Registration

09.30 - 13.00 Seminar – Transport sustainability and green corridors in the Baltic Sea Region

13.10 - 14.10 Lunch