Framework Programme

10 September 2025 (Wednesday), Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

Young Geography Forum
9.00-10.00 Participant registration
10.00-11.00 Plenary session
Opening of the Forum and welcome address, Plenary lecture
11.00-11.15 Coffee break
11.15-13.15 Oral sessions (kaleidoscopic format)
13.15-13.45 Poster session
13.45-14.45 Lunch
14.45-17.15 Workshop sessions
17.15-17.30 Award ceremony and Forum summary
Congress of Polish Geography 2025 & Young Geography Forum
19.00-22.00 Ice breaking party

11 September 2025 r. (Thursday), Centre for the Meeting of Cultures, Lublin

Congress of Polish Geography 2025
8.00-9.00 Participant registration, refreshments
9.00-9.30 Official opening ceremony
9.30-10.30 Plenary Session I
10.30-11.00 Technical break – promotional clips
11.00-11.45 Discussion Panel I: Why Geography? A New Perspective on an Old Scientific Discipline
11.45-12.30 Discussion Panel II: The Applicability of Geography
12.30-13.00 Coffee break
13.00-13.45 Discussion Panel III: The Future of School and Academic Geography
13.45-14.30 Discussion Panel IV: The Future of Geography Through the Eyes of Young Scholars
14.30-15.30 Lunch
15.30-16.30 Jubilee Session: 80 Years of Lublin Geography
16.30-18.00 Polish Geography Gala: Awards, Medals, and Distinctions Ceremony, Speeches by Awardees
18.00-19.30 Formal dinner
GeoArt Lublin Festival
20.00-20.30 Diaporama
20.30-21.30 Music concert

12 September 2025 (Friday), UMCS Western Campus, Chatka Żaka

Congress of Polish Geography 2025
8.00-9.00 Participant registration, refreshments Western Campus
9.00-10.00 Plenary session
10.00-11.30 Thematic sessions
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-13.30 Thematic sessions
13.30-15.00 Thematic sessions
15.00-16.00 Lunch
16.00-17.30 Thematic sessions
17.30-18.00 Congress closing session
  Meeting of the Committee on Geographical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  Meeting of the Main Council of the Polish Geographical Society
19.00-21.00 Networking banquet Chatka Żaka

13-14 September 2025 (Saturday-Sunday), Field Sessions