Day 1 – April 2, 2025 (Wednesday)
Workshops for 200 teachers and school principals, especially from smaller urban areas.
Each group will participate in selected workshop modules, culminating in recommendations for formal education reforms:
- The Digital World: The impact of artificial intelligence and modern technologies on education today.
- Lifelong Learning, Future Careers, and 21st-Century Skills: Creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and adaptability.
- Health Education for the 21st Century: Sschool engagement and counteracting exclusion.
Schedule:
9:00- 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 10:00 Opening of NEF Warsaw & motivational workshops for all six groups
10:00 – 18:00 Three sets of workshop (interrupted by 2x coffee breaks and a lunch break)
19:00 – 21:00 Opening Dinner for 50 VIP guests, including panelists at the Republic of Poland Palace
Day 2 – April 3, 2025 (Thursday)
8:00 – 8:55 Roundtable discussion summarizing recommendations from Day 1: One teacher/principal from each of the six workshop groups, six students, a representative from the Ministry of National Education.
Objective: To develop recommendations based on discussions and workshops, focusing on modern educational approaches in the context of 21st-century challenges—technology, future skills, health, and civic education.
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:20 Opening of NEF Warsaw Conference –Speeches by:
- Barbara NOWACKA, Minister of National Education
- Adam SZŁAPKA, Minister for European Union affairs
- Renata KAZNOWSKA, Deputy Mayor of Warsaw
- Joanna BOCHNIARZ, President of the Center for Innovative Education
9:20 – 10:20 Mayors’ Debate: What Does It Mean to Educate a ‘Happy Person’?
Moderator: Aleksandra KARASIŃSKA, Journalist
Panelists:
- Renata KAZNOWSKA, Deputy Mayor of Warsaw
- Maria KLAMAN, Deputy Mayor of Cracow
- Tomasz KLIM, Deputy Mayor of Białystok
- Mariusz WIŚNIEWSKI, Deputy Mayor of Poznań
Objective: To discuss a vision of education centered on students’ holistic development, well-being, and preparation for a conscious and fulfilling life. The debate will include shared experiences, challenges, and policy recommendations for the education system, taking into consideration depopulation and digital learning.
10:20 – 10:35 Summary of the Presidents’ Debate and NEF Warsaw Recommendations by Krzysztof SKÓRZYŃSKI, TVN journalist, high school teacher
10:35 – 10:55 Coffee break / Media briefing
10:55 – 12:25 Panel Discussion: The New Role of Schools and Teachers as Mentors
Moderator: Agnieszka JANKOWIAK-MAIK, teacher, Vicepresident of the Foundation Museum of Women’ History
Panelists:
- Jacek CHMIEL, Principal of the Social Elementary School No 26 STO
- Professor Jan ŁASZCZYK, former Rector of the Maria Grzegorzewska University of Special Education
- Maja MAZURKIEWICZ, President of the PZU Foundation
- Urszula WOŹNIAK, Vicepresident of the Management Board, Polish Teachers’ Association
- Szymon ŻEBROWSKI, student from a Warsaw Technical High school
Objective: Discuss the evolving role of schools and teachers in the face of social, economic, and climate changes. The panel will explore how schools can engage in health and social initiatives while supporting teachers in their roles as mentors and community leaders.
12:25 – 12:40 Discussion on parents’ influence on the changes in schools with Anna KALCZYŃSKĄ, journalist
12:40 – 13:25 Lunch break
13:35 – 14:55 Panel Discussion: Lifelong Learning, Future Careers, and 21st-Century Skills
Moderator: Jacek MĘCINA, Professor, University of Warsaw, former Deputy Minister of Labour
Panelists:
- Łukasz GABLER, Manager of public affairs in Central-Eastern Europe, TikTok
- Joanna GOSPODARCZYK, Director of the Education Office, City of Warsaw
- Mirosław HISZPAŃSKI, President, National Information Agency
- Sławomir KASPRZAK, Director of a Warsaw High School and Technical School No. 1
- hab. Marlena PLEBAŃSKA, STEAM Polska Foundation President
- Maja MUCHOWICZ, student from a Warsaw Czacki High school
Objective: Discuss job market trends and the role of education in strengthening in students transversal competencies, including teamwork, creativity, critical thinking, and adaptability.
14:55 – 15:10 Discussion on what is missing in school in the context of life long learning with Sławomir DRELICH, Management Board Member of the Foundation for the Development of the Education System, Erasmus+ National Agency
Moderator: Aleksandra KARASIŃSKA, Journalist
15:10 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Panel Discussion: How Artificial Intelligence and Modern Technologies Influence Education – Opportunities and Risks
Moderator: Aleksandra CZETWERTYŃSKA, Director of Kampus 42 Warsaw
Panelists:
- Ilona IŁOWIECKA-TAŃSKA, Director of Innovation, Copernicus Science Center
- Pamela KRZYPKOWSKA, Director of Innovation and Research Department, Ministry of Digitalisation
- Marta MARKOWSKA, Policy Officer, “Digital Education” Unit, DG EAC, European Commission
- Ada Florentyna PAWLAK, Anthropologist of Technology, SWPS University
- Andreas RIEPL, Head of eEducation Austria, Federal Ministry of Education project, Austria
- Mateusz BIEŻUŃSKI, student from a Warsaw Fototechnical High school
Objective: Examine the impact of AI and modern technologies on education, discuss opportunities and risks, and explore how responsible technology use can enhance learning.
17:00 – 17:15 Closing of the New Education Forum Warsaw with Katarzyna KASIA, philosopher and professor of the Academy of Arts and Theater Academy
17:15 Issuance of Certificates to Teachers
