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GeoNight for high school graduates at the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Management

The Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management at the University of Wrocław invites all high school graduates to a GEO-rehearsal, the so-called GeoNight for high school graduates, which will take place on 4 and 11 April from 15:00 to 21:00. The event will take place online. Participation in the event is free of charge, but for organisational reasons registration in the form Name/Nickname/Location/School is required.

Below is the programme for the event:

4 April 2025
15:00-15:15 – dr Janusz Łach and dr Elżbieta Słodczyk – Welcome and organisational matters
15:15-15:55 – dr hab. Robert Szmytkie, prof. UWr, director of the Institute of Geography and Regional Development – GEOGRAPH profession
16:00-16:55 – dr Janusz Łach – National Parks of Poland, a model of environmental knowledge
17:00-17:55 – dr Jolanta Muszer – Earth’s history written in the rocks of the environment
18:00-18:55 – dr hab. Waldemar Spallek – Cartography, fundamentals of modern geovisualisation
19:00-19:55 – dr Elżbieta Słodczyk – The geologist’s alphabet, or how to identify rocks and minerals
20:00-20:55 – dr Andrzej Traczyk – Geomorphology, old- and young-glacial relief

11 April 2025
15:00-15:15 – dr Janusz Łach and dr Elżbieta Słodczyk – Welcome and organisational matters
15:15-15:55 – dr hab. Magdalena Matusiak-Małek, director of the Institute of Geological Sciences
16:00-16:55 – dr hab. Marek Błaś – Atmosphere – climate
17:00-17:55 – dr hab. Jacek Szczepański, prof. UWr – Lithosphere, processes that shape the Earth
18:00-18:55 – dr Agnieszka Lisowska-Kierepka – Global demographic problems, migration, unemployment, human trafficking, persecution, refugees
19:00-19:55 – dr hab. Anna Potysz, prof. UWr – Man and environment, conflict of interest
20:00-20:55 – dr Paweł Brezdeń – Industry, tradition and modernity

The language of instruction at both meetings is Polish, not English!

If you have any questions, please contact the coordinators: Janusz.lach@uwr.edu.pl; elzbieta.slodczyk@uwr.edu.pl.

More information on the website.