National Scientific Conference entitled. "Communication and security in crisis, border and difficult situations".

Already on 5 and 6 June 2025 in Wrocław a unique scientific event on communication in difficult, crisis and border situations will take place. The conference, organised by Institute of Media and Social Communication of the University of Vocational Training will be a space for the interdisciplinary exchange of experiences and reflections of representatives from the world of science and practice.

A special place on the programme will be given to issues concerning mechanisms of conformity and resistance, socio-cultural barriers to Otherness and the challenges of the aid professions in the face of extreme situations - such as armed conflict, natural disasters or epidemics.

Film, debate and international voice

Event will open with a screening of the moving film "Waiting for Heaven" directed by Alina Mrowinska (2020)which will be held at the Factory of Sense and will be the starting point for a discussion that will also include the documentary's protagonist, Dr Paweł Grabowski, President of the Prophet Elias Hospice Foundation, and will also serve as an introduction to the main part of the conference. The meeting will be held in a stationary format (in the Sense Factory and Hotel Scandic).

Wrocław, 5-6 June 2025.
5.06, 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm | Sense Factory, 21/4 Benedykta Polaka St. - film screening and panel discussion
6.06, 9 a.m.-3.30 p.m. | Hotel ScandicPiłsudskiego Street 53-57 - the main part of the conference

Organised by: Institute of Media and Social Communication, University of Applied Sciences

For more information, see the conference programme:

Download the conference programme