Poland. Science and Education Days

Polish Earth Day

Organizers:Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), State Forests, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music

• Opening Ceremony: Minister of Science and Higher Education
• Screening of a Film about Polish Inventors
• SGGW Conference in the Business Zone in Osaka.
• Workshops in Front of the Poland Pavilion: SGGW and AGH – Building a Solar-Powered Boat and an Unmanned Vehicle ASTOR Company – Presentation of the ASTORINO Robot
• Ceremony of Planting Polish Trees on the Grounds of the Conservatory Campus in Osaka: State Forests, Minister of Science, University Rectors, Expo and Osaka Authorities, Commissioner

NAWA Day at the Expo

• Presentation of a Film about Polish Inventors
• Conference on the Internationalization of Higher Education (at the Expo): Discussion with the Minister of Science and Higher Education, conference sessions, and networking lunch (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM)
• Open Seminar on Studying in Poland
• Workshops in Front of the Poland Pavilion: Language Games and Activities in Polish – with Polish Studies Students from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; AGH – Building a Solar-Powered Boat and an Unmanned Vehicle; ASTOR Company – Presentation of the ASTORINO Robot

Polish Space Day – Under the Patronage of Dr. Sławosz Uznański

Organizers: New Space Foundation, Jagiellonian University

• Screening of a Film about Polish Inventors
• Workshops in Front of the Poland Pavilion: “From Nicolaus Copernicus to Sławosz Uznański”
• Jagiellonian University: Copernicus as a Physician, Economist, and Astronomer – Coin Minting, Building an Astrolabe with Origami, Medicine – In the Footsteps of Copernicus
• Manga Comic Drawing – Nicolaus Copernicus
• Light and Sound Show – The Achievements of Copernicus
• Concert by Leszek Możdżer + Presentation of the Decaphonic Piano (outside the Expo)

Polish Women in Science Day

Organizers: Polish Academy of Sciences, Ministry of National Education

• Conference with the Participation of Scientists from Poland, Jerusalem, Japan, and France

Discussion Panel 1: Women Leaders in the World of Science

Discussion Panel 2: Icons of Science – Conversations Around “Letters: Maria Skłodowska-Curie / Albert Einstein”: How Do Great Figures Inspire Us Today?

• During the event, participants will have the opportunity to view a digital exhibition in English and Japanese titled “A Continuous Thread: Maria Skłodowska-Curie 1867–1934”
• Presentation of an Artifact: Maria Skłodowska-Curie’s Doctoral Thesis and Radioactive Objects
• Workshops: Assembling Models of Radium and Polonium
• Presentation of Period Costumes Designed by Natalia Ślizowska
• In the Women’s Pavilion: Presentation of the SZYFRODZIEWCZYNY Project – 20 Women from Around the World Involved in Espionage Activities, Including a Showcase of the ENIGMA Phenomenon
• Invitation of Students from the School in Himeji – Partner School of the Nazareth Sisters’ High School in Warsaw
• Competitions of WORD SKILLS Laureates from Poland and Japan

Polish Medical Professionals’ Day for the Planet