What Are the Development Prospects for Bolesławiec Ceramics?

Patronage of the event has been assumed by the Marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Cezary Przybylski. The organizer of the seminar-workshop “Development Prospects for Bolesławiec Ceramics Based on Cross-Sector Cooperation and R&D Projects Using Horizon 2020 Instruments” is Bolesławieckie Towarzystwo Gospodarcze.

Co-organizers:

• Bolesławiec County
• City of Bolesławiec
• Bolesławiec Ceramic Brotherhood in Bolesławiec
• Bolesławiec Center for Local Initiatives Association “Via Sudetica”
• Lower Silesian Non-Governmental Organization Advisory Point operating at Bolesławieckie Towarzystwo Gospodarcze.

Objectives of the seminar-workshop:

• Members of non-governmental organizations will gain knowledge and skills concerning:
  • the possibility of expanding their statutory objectives to include business activities
  • the possibility of conducting business activity in the ceramics sector using local ceramic raw-material resources
• Non-governmental organizations and producers of Bolesławiec ceramics will learn about:
  • modern production technologies
  • possibilities for implementing R&D projects financed through Horizon 2020 funds.

Seminar-workshop program:

• 21 August 2015, Friday, conference room of the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec, 13 Adama Mickiewicza Street
  • 14:00–14:30 Participant registration
  • 14:30–14:40 Official opening of the seminar and welcoming of guests – Karol Stasik – President of BTG
  • 14:40–14:50 Ceremonial address – Cezary Przybylski – Marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship
  • 14:50–15:00 Ceremonial address – Dariusz Kwaśniewski – Bolesławiec County Head
  • 15:00–15:10 Ceremonial address – Piotr Roman – Mayor of Bolesławiec
  • 15:10–15:30 “AGH Faculty of Materials Engineering and Ceramics – current educational and research offer” – prof. dr hab. inż. Jerzy Lis – Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Dean of the AGH Faculty of Materials Engineering and Ceramics in Kraków
  • 15:30–15:50 “AGH Department of Ceramics and Refractory Materials in Kraków – possibilities for cooperation with the ceramics industry: personnel, equipment and organizational capacity” – AGH professor, dr hab. inż. Mirosław Bućko; AGH professor, dr hab. inż. Zdzisław Pędzich
  • 15:50–16:10 Coffee break
  • 16:10–16:30 “Offer of research and implementation work in ceramic body and glaze technologies” – dr inż. Janusz Partyka; dr inż. Marcin Gajek
  • 16:30–16:50 “New research and technological possibilities in the rheology of ceramic bodies” – AGH professor, dr hab. inż. Piotr Izak
  • 16:50–17:10 “Possibilities for using Horizon 2020 funds and instruments in R&D projects in the ceramics industry” – mgr inż. Bartosz Ostrowski
  • 17:10–17:45 Discussion and seminar summary – mgr inż. Władysław Bakalarz, seminar moderator
  • 18:00 – Participation of seminar attendees in the official opening of the 2015 Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival, and presentation of the keys to the city to the Bolesławiec Ceramic Brotherhood; Market Square – Town Hall
  • 20:00 – Seminar participants’ dinner
• 22 August 2015, Saturday
  • 10:00–13:00 Workshop meeting between seminar participants and AGH researchers at ceramic production plants
  • 14:00–15:00 Workshop participants’ lunch
  • 15:00–19:00 Visiting ceramic stalls and attending events of the Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival
  • 19:30 Workshop participants’ dinner. End of the workshop.

The event’s media patron will be the Istotne.pl portal.

BTG Bolesławiec/ii