Join us on 4 March 2026 at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences for the international conference “Cross-border cooperation in the era of challenges and transformation – space, energy, climate, culture.”
Venue: Wrocław-Pawłowice Education and Development Center, Pawłowicka 87/89, 51-250 Wrocław, conference room A (1st floor)
Conference program:
8:00-9:00 Registration of participants
9:00-11:00 Opening and keynote lectures (Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Piotr Krajewski)
9:00-9:10 Opening by Prof. Szymon Szewrański, Vice-Rector for External Affairs of Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
9:10-9:30 Keynote lecture 1: Ocskay Gyula, PhD – Towards a new European spatial vision? Reflections from beyond the border
9:30-9:50 Keynote lecture 2: Assoc. Prof. Sylwia Dołzbłasz – Cross-border cooperation under the Interreg program in Poland’s borderlands in 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 – analysis of projects, beneficiaries, and patterns of cooperation in project consortia
9:50-10:20 Keynote lecture 3: Dirk Gebhardt, M.Sc. -The triad of cooperation: Idea, concept and passion
10:20-10:50 Keynote lecture 4: Maciej Zathey, PhD – Bridges to the Future. Cross-border Spatial Planning as a Tool for Strengthening Development Policy and Territorial Cohesion
10:50-11:00 Discussion
11:00-11:30 Poster Session and coffee break (Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Marian Kachniarz)
Assoc. Prof. Marian Kachniarz – Structure and Competences of Local Government in Poland and the Czech Republic: Implications for Cross-Border Cooperation
Hynek Müller, B.Sc. – Barriers and opportunities for cross-border cooperation in the Euroregion Nisa
Assoc. Prof. Bartosz Bartniczak, Jerzy Ładysz, PhD – Hierarchical spatial structure of the national parts of twin cities on the Polish borders with neighbouring countries
Assoc. Prof. Izabela Sówka – The Role of Universities in Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for the Implementation of the SDGs in Cross-Border Contexts
Iga Kołodyńska, PhD – Senses of place in river landscape management – a progressive perspective
Iwona Pasieka-Göpfert, M.A. – Cooperation between Brandenburg and Lubuskie.
Assoc. Prof. Magdalena Raftowicz – Regional Determinants of Short Food Supply Chains and Their Role in Cross- Border Cooperation: The Case of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Leonie Wunsch, M.Sc. – b-solutions 3.0: Solving Border Obstacles to Facilitate Cooperation
Assoc. Prof. Hynek Bohm – Cross-Border Integration in a Historically Fragmented Region: The Case of the Praděd/Pradziad Euroregion
11:30-13:00 Session 2: EU Borderlands under Pressure: Cross-Border Cooperation, Cohesion Policy, and Regional Resilience (Moderator: Maciej Zathey, PhD)
11:30-11:45 Assoc. Prof. Elżbieta Opiłowska – The dynamics of cross-border cooperation in the German-Polish borderlands in times of the polycrisis
11.45-12.00 Prof. Oleksandr Shubalyi, Prof. Andrzej Miszczuk – Investment attractiveness of the Polish-Ukrainian borderland regions in the context of implementing the European Union’s cohesion policy
12.00-12.15 Julita Miłosz-Augustowska, M.A. – From Neighbourhood Policy to Practice: Building Resilient EU Border Regions
12.15-12.30 Justyna Strzyżewska, M.Sc. – Common Future Vision for the Polish- German Interaction Area 2050
12.30-12.45 Pavel Ptáček, PhD – Demographic changes and socioeconomic development in Czech-Polish borderland
12.45-13.00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 3: Sustainable Transformation of Cross-Border Regions: Data, Policy, and Practice (Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Magdalena Raftowicz)
14:00-14:15 Andreas Otto, PhD – Turning a fossil-based border region into a location of science and innovation? The case of Lusatia and the newly formed German Centre of Astrophysics
14:15-14:30 Lesya Korolchuk, PhD – Econometric Modelling of Sustainable Development in European Cross- Border Regions.
14:30-14:45 Gabriela Buniewicz, B.Sc – Standardisation of BIM Data in Cross-Border Cooperation – From Design to Operation
14:45-15:00 Karolina Czabanowska, M.Sc. – Mechanisms for Selecting and Categorizing Cross-Border Obstacles within the b-solutions Initiative: An AEBR Institutional Perspective
15:00-15.15 Kamil Monastyrski, M.Sc. – Breathe Together: Do the residents of Zgorzelec and Görlitz share the same air quality? – Pilot study
15.15-15.30 Discussion
🌍 Conference language: English