Hi, Two days ago there was an Open Educational Resources in Poland Conference. The conference was organized under the honorary patronage of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Mr. Bronisław Komorowski, by Coalition for Open Education of which Wikimedia Polska is one of 4th memebers. The conference took place on Thursday, April 23 at. 12.00-16.00 CEST in the Column Hall of the Sejm (Polish Parliament) of the Republic of Poland (Warsaw, ul. Wiejska 4/6/8). More than 100 people participated in the Conference, among others several Polish MPs, Minister of Eduaction, Marshal of Polish lower house of Parliament (Sejm) and several other VIPs. , Melissa Hagemann (Open Society Institute) who is also a member of Advisory Committee of Wikimedia Foundation had the final summary speach. CONFERENCE PROGRAM 12.00 - 12.30 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE Jarosław Lipszyc (Chairman KOED, Foundation Modern Poland) Bronisław Komorowski, Marshal of the Sejm Katarzyna Hall, Minister of National Education Ewa Kuziemska Director at Ministry of Science 12.30 - 14.00: SESSION I: OPEN EDUCATION - PRESENTATION OF ISSUES Moderator: Bożena Bednarek-Michalska (The Polish Librarians Association) Susan D'Antoni (UNESCO): "Open Educatonal Resources: Building a Culture of Sharing " prof. Richard Baraniuk (project Connexions, Rice University): "The Open Education Movement: A Modern Approach to Teaching and Learning " prof. dr hab. Marek Niezgódka (ICM UW): "An open model of communication in science and education" 14.00 - 14.20 COFFEE BREAK 14.20 - 15.20: SESSION II: OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN POLAND Moderator: Bożena Bednarek-Michalska (The Polish Librarians Association) Krzysztof Stanowski (Ministry of National Education) and dr Grażyna Czetweryńska (Warsaw University): "Polish school - open educational resources for the Pole-in outside the country" dr Alek Tarkowski (ICM UW): "The regulation of open education and learning" dr hab. Tomasz Ganicz (Wikimedia Poland): "Open access to the public contents" 15.20 - 16.00 DEPUTIES STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION Krzysztof Tyszkiewicz (MP) Marcin Zawiła (MP) Andrzej Celiński (MP) Comments and final remarks: Jarosław Lipszyc (Foundation Modern Poland) and Melissa Hagemann (Open Society Institute) We hope, the conference will bring more attention and understanding to the Open Educational Resources in Poland, especially in case of Polish MP's and members of goverment. -- Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ http://www.ptchem.lodz.pl/en/TomaszGanicz.html