Poznań Debate IX: “Silver tsunami – Poznań for seniors”

Poznań Debate IX: “Silver tsunami – Poznań for seniors”

On March 16, 2023, at 5:00 pm, the ninth Poznań Debate: “Silver tsunami – Poznań for seniors” will be held. It will be dedicated to the oldest residents of the capital of Wielkopolska region. Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Centeras a technology partner will prepare a live broadcast of this event.

The debate is organized quarterly by the the Foundation for the Development of the City of Poznań. The host of the upcoming event will be Tomasz Kayser – vice president of the Foundation.

The meeting will take place on March 16, 2023 at 17:00 in the form of a panel discussion with the participation of an interdisciplinary group of invited experts:

  • Prof. UAM, dr hab. Anna Michalska – Sociologist. Retired Professor of UAM, Head of the Department for Research on Social Problems and Social Work from 2000 to 2020,
  • Dr. hab. inż. arch. Ewa Pruszewicz-Sipińska – Prof. PP, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Poznan University of Technology, Architect, Co-owner of the Architecture Studio of Ewa and Stanisław Sipiński Sp. z o.o.,
  • Prof. dr. hab. n. med. Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis – physician, specialist in geriatrics and palliative medicine, researcher at the Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan (currently Head of the Department and Clinic of Palliative Medicine),
  • Wojciech Bauer – Director of the Center for Senior Initiatives in Poznan.

The event will be broadcast online on the FRMP YouTube channel.

The Poznań Debates are a civic initiative. The topics of the Debates concern selected socio-economic phenomena/trends occurring in the modern world with the identification of their practical implications for the functioning and development of the city of Poznan. The Debates are held in the form of a panel discussion with the participation of an interdisciplinary group of invited experts. Regardless of the availability of the debates on the Internet, the proceedings will be published in the form of special publications, which will be handed over, among others, to the authorities and councilors of the city and region.

The strategic partner of the Debates is Grupa MTP, the substantive partner is the Metropolitan Research Center Adam Mickiewicz University, the technological partner is the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, the media partners are Wydawnictwo Miejskie Posnania and Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, and the cooperating partners are TRIN and World Trade Center Poznan. Patrons of the Debates are the following companies: Ataner, Novol and UWI Inwestycje.