XI INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
Poland’s role in strengthening regional and global security: 21st century challenges

Hel, 2-4 DECEMBER 2024

It is now more than three decades since the world came to believe in the 'end of history’ – a beautiful and desirable assumption after the Cold War period of fear and uncertainty. Poles began to adopt this perspective with the gradual political changes and accession to NATO and the EU. A consequence of this faith was the assumption that the 'peace dividend’ could begin to be paid and that international relations in Europe would be shaped in accordance with international law, including respect for its fundamental principles, such as respect for sovereign equality and the prohibition of interference in the internal affairs of other states. This belief has not been weakened by the war on terrorism. Although Poland was involved in the operations conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan, from a Polish perspective these operations were far, far from European calm and security.

Meanwhile, in the second decade of the 21st century, Poland’s security environment has become increasingly dynamic and turbulent, and more recently very hostile. The international order has been severely shaken in line with the announcements of Russia and China, thus two states challenging the existing international order (in Europe and Asia and the Pacific, respectively). The war in Ukraine provoked by the Russian Federation has triggered a multi-faceted crisis of regional and, in some areas, even global scope. The escalation of Russian aggression in Eastern Europe is destabilising national and international order and security. All areas of the functioning of states and societies are affected, with a particular focus on the political, economic and social. China’s aggressive policy also has its global consequences, including for the security of Poland and our region.

Thus, participants in the international community should intensify the security process and increase capacity and willingness to act, strengthen resilience and invest more and more effectively in common defence capabilities. This determines the democratic international community to review national and international systemic solutions that guarantee smooth functioning and development. This can be exemplified by the legislative changes taking place in the Republic of Poland in the areas of state defence, such as the enactment of the Homeland Defence Act, the procedure of the Civil Protection and State of Disaster Act, or the announcements of a significant strengthening (fortification) of our eastern border. The new legal solutions are to form the basis for thorough organisational and functional changes in the state security system. The changes in question include an increase in the size of the Polish Armed Forces (including the reconstitution of personnel reserves), the introduction of new states of the state’s operation (danger and alert), delegation of powers to introduce restrictions on civil rights and freedoms on the basis of regulations, expansion of the list of entities entitled to so-called mandate proceedings, etc.

The scientific community cannot and is not just a passive observer of the changes taking place. Within the framework of our University, in cooperation with other entities important for the scientific reflection on security, we have been organising regular conferences for more than 10 years, the aim of which is to project changes in the security environment, redefine the factors influencing state security, as well as to verify the currently binding legal and organisational solutions and to search for systemic solutions leading to an increase in the level of national and international security.

THEMATIC SCOPE OF THE PANELS

The organisers tentatively envisage the following thematic range of panels:

• Political dimension of national and international security;
• The military dimension of national and international security;
• Threats to security in the global and regional dimension;
• Changes in the administrative and legal area and their impact on the level of state security;
• Socio-cultural threats to national security;
• Threats in the sphere of information security and cyber security.

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OBJECTIVES

The main objectives of the conference are related to the presentation of scientific research in the field of national and international security. We assume that these objectives are:

• To deepen knowledge and enrich scientific discourse related to changes in the in the security environment of Poland. Changing security determinants in our region is a clear rationale for conducting research in this area and to present their results.
• Formulating expert recommendations on the basis of the presented research is addressed both to security practitioners and to representatives of central and local government authorities.

We believe that the presented research results may constitute an important element constituting the basis for decision-making processes related to the related to the process of ensuring security.

Moreover, the objectives guiding the 11th edition of the conference are: to integrate the scientific community in the face of problems of the present and the future; to search for areas and topics of cooperation; to exchange research experiences; to stimulate interdisciplinary debate on the past, present and future complex security environment in the areas of: international, political, military, economic, socio-cultural and information security, conditioned by the changes in this environment in the last decade. The material effect will be the publication of speeches, publications and papers on the organiser’s website.

CONFERENCE DATE: 

December 02-04, 2024

LOCATION: 

WDW REWITA Jurata Delfin in HEL

 ORGANIZERS:

• National Security Faculty of War Studies University in Warsaw (NSF of WSU);
• Institute of Security Sciences, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce;
• Department of Command and Naval Operations of the Polish Naval Academy;
• Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka (MIAT);
• The Association of Defence Communities Movement (SRWO);
• Consortium Universities Uniformed KONSMUND;

KEY DATES:

• sending the application for participation via the application form located on the website of the Association of the Defence Communities Movement – ​​by 12.11.2024. Application form (Registration closed)
• paying the conference fee to the account of the Association of the Defence Communities Movement (deadline for payment is 26.11.2024, the organisers reserve the right to remove participants from the list if the above deadline is not met).

ACCOUNT: ING Bank Śląski 89 1050 1025 1000 0022 7545 6594

Contact address for financial matters: Katarzyna Klimczyk, MA k.klimczyk@srwo.org.pl.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

• Prof. Zoran ČEKEREVAC – Faculty of Business and Law, Nikola Tesla University in Belgrade, Serbia
• prof. ing. Jiří DUŠEK – Pro Vědu, Výzkum a Rozvoj, Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií v Českých Budějovicích;
• Col. Assoc. Prof. Tadeusz ZIELIŃSKI – Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs (WSU);
• Col. Prof. Leszek ELAK – Vice Rector for Educational Affairs (WSU);
• Col Prof. Florin Eduard GROSARU – Director of DRESMARA;
• Prof. Jerzy JASKIERNIA – Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the JKU;
• Prof. Waldemar KITLER – National Secuiry Faculty (WSU);
• Prof. Marian KOZUB – Faculty of Law and Social Sciences JKU;
• Prof. Krzysztof KUBIAK – Faculty of Law and Social Sciences JKU;
• Prof. Andrzej MAKOWSKI – Faculty of Command and Naval Operations of the Polish Naval Academy;
• Prof. Maciej MARSZAŁEK – SRWO;
• Prof. Ryszard SZPYRA – National Secuiry Faculty (WSU);
• Prof. Janusz ZUZIAK – Head of the Department of Security Sciences, WNS UJD;
• Prof. Jarosław GRYZ – National Secuiry Faculty (WSU);
• Assoc. Prof. Hanna BATOROWSKA – National Secuiry Faculty (WSU);
• Assoc. Prof. Rafał BAZELA – Military Institute of Armament Technology;
• Assoc. Prof. Piotr GAWLICZEK, prof. UWM – Director of NATO DEEP eAcademy;
• Assoc. Prof. Jarosław TESKA – Vice-Rector for Education and Student Affairs of the Polish Naval Academy;
• Assoc. Prof. Magdalena MOLENDOWSKA – Vice-Rector for Development and Finance UJK;
• Assoc. Prof. Marta GĘBSKA – Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs of National Secuiry Faculty (WSU);
• Assoc. Prof. Malina KASZUBA – Vice-Rector for Innovation and Cooperation University of Siedlce;
• Assoc. Prof. Marek LESZCZYŃSKI- Dean of Faculty of Law and Social Sciences UJK;
• Assoc. Prof. Adrian MITRĘGA – Director of the Institute of Security Sciences WPiNS UJK;
• Assoc. Prof. Todor KOLAROV – Head of Department of National and International Security;
• Assoc. Prof. Mateusz KUCZABSKI – National Secuiry Faculty (WSU);
• Assoc. Prof. Ryszard NIEDŹWIECKI – Institute of Security Sciences of JKU;
• Assoc. Prof. Przemysław WYWIAŁ – UUniversity of the National Education Commission i Cracow;
• Assoc. Prof. Roman Stawicki – Institute of Security Sciences WPiNS UJK;
• Brig. Gen. Assoc. Prof. Mariusz FRYC – Vice-Rector of Publishing matters (WSU);
• Cmdr. Assoc. Prof. Bartłomiej PĄCZEK – Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs of the Polish Naval Academy;
• Col. Assoc. Prof. Andrzej SOBOŃ – Dean of National Security Faculty (WSU);
• Cmdr. Assoc. Prof. Wojciech SOKOŁOWSKI – Dean of Command and Naval Operations Faculty of the Polish Naval Academy;
• PhD Justyna ŻYLIŃSKA – Rector of the Helena Chodkowska University of Technology and Economics;
• PhD Claudia Georgeta CÂRSTEA – Academia Forţelor Aeriene „Henri Coandă”, Brasov, Rumunia;
• PhD Klaudia JAGUSIAK – National Security Faculty (WSU);
• PhD  Anna MRÓZ-JAGIEŁŁO – National Security Faculty (WSU);
• PhD  Dariusz NOWAK – National Security Faculty (WSU);
• Col. PhD Anna OSOWSKA – REMBECKA – Stowarzyszenie Ruch Wspólnot Obronnych;
• PhD  Witold OSTATNT – National Security Faculty (WSU);
• PhD Wiktoria TRYBUŁ-KLEIN– National Security Faculty (WSU);
• pr. PhD Jacek ROSA – National Security Faculty (WSU);
• Lt. Col. PhD Jacek STEMPIEŃ – Military Faculty (WSU);
• PhD Marcin RADZIŁOWICZ – UWM branch in Ełk;
• Col. PhD eng. Paweł SWEKLEJ – Director of the Military Institute of Armament Technology;
• PhD Jerzy TOMASIK – NATO DEEP eAcademy;
• PhD Jarosław WALCZAK – Military Institute of Armament Technology;
• PhD Anna ZAGÓRSKA – Faculty of Law and Social Sciences UJK;
• PhD Marzena ŻAKOWSKA – National Security Faculty (WSU);
• PhD Mariusz Michalski – Faculty of Law and Security, ANS Kielce.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

• PhD Anna MRÓZ-JAGIEŁŁO, a.mroz@akademia.mil.pl (WSU) –  Chairwoman
• Lt. Col. PhD Jacek STEMPIEŃ, j.stempien@akademia.mil.pl (WSU) – Deputy Chairwoman
• PhD Anna OSOWSKA-REMBECKA, biuro@srwo.org.pl (SRWO) – Deputy Chairwoman
• PhD Anna ZAGÓRSKA, anna.zagorska@ujk.edu.pl (JKU) – Deputy Chairwoman
• PhD Klaudia JAGUSIAK (WSU)
• PhD Rafał KOŁODZIEJCZYK (JKU)
• PhD Paweł STOBIECKI (SRWO)
• PhD Wiktoria TRYBUŁ-KLEIN (WSU)
• PhD Jarosław WALCZAK (MIAT)
• PhD Alicja ŻUKOWSKA (PNA)
• PhD Paweł CHABIELSKI (JKU)
• PhD Piotr ZALEWSKI (JKU)
• Marta ADAMCZEWSKA, MA – m.adamczewska@akademia.mil.pl (WSU) – Secretary
• Katarzyna KLIMCZYK, MA – k.klimczyk@srwo.org.pl (SRWO)
• Małgorzata NADULICZ, MA –  (MIAT)

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION COSTS: 

Accommodation option	Cost
CON1 – Accommodation in a double room	1430 zł
CON2 – Accommodation in a double room for single use option unavailable	1570 zł
CON3 – Accommodation in a superior room option unavailable	1830 zł
CON4 – Student/PhD student	870 zł