News from Krakow

The event will be an innovative medical and scientific symposium whose aim will be to build general medical teams capable of meeting the challenges posed by the astounding pace of advances in systemic cancer treatment, radiation therapy and spine surgery.

ICEM19 - the 19th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics - was held on July 17-21, 2022 in Krakow, for the first time in Poland. ICEM conferences are organized under the auspices of the European Society of Experimental Mechanics EuraSEM and gather internationally recognized experts and young researchers to exchange experiences, serve to establish connections between different research teams and stimulate the development of scientific cooperation.

Krakow has been nominated by Wanderlust for "Most Desirable City" (Europe) and Poland for "Most Desirable Country" (Europe). Internet users can vote via the Wanderlust Travel Awards website.

In early August, Northstar Meetings Group – a leading brand providing strategy, creative solutions and services to meeting planners – released a report on sustainability and DEI policies in the meetings industry, entitled First Look Research: The Slow Progress of Sustainability in Meetings.

During the July Summer Business Meeting in Katowice, members of the MPI Poland Chapter worked on strategy and the development of educational and business offerings aimed at the MICE industry. A new board of directors for the organisation was also elected on this occasion.

The Space Climate Symposium is an international conference held periodically in various places around the world. The first edition was held in 2004, in Oulu, Finland as the brainchild of world-renowned experts, including Prof. K. Mursula and I. Usoskin from Finland, E. Cliver from the United States and J.-P. Rozelot from France.

According to the new Accor Report, 20 percent of business meetings may disappear, replaced by virtual equivalents or done away with due to the realisation that they were simply not needed. There will be fewer business trips in the future, but they will be more focused on achieving business objectives. Those that remain will need to be business-critical to justify the financial and carbon costs.

The development of foreign tourism in Poland was handled by many organisations, including social and political ones. Examples of organisers included The Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society, the Union of Socialist Youth, the Polish Students' Association, the Polish Olympic Committee, the Holiday and Tourism Office of the Polish Teachers' Union, the ‘Turysta’ Tourist and Leisure Cooperative and the ‘Gromada’ National Tourist and Leisure Cooperative.

They provide information, recommend current cultural and sports events, ensure that the rules in force in our city are respected and monitor compliance with the regulations of the Cultural Park ‘Old Town’. City Helpers have been working on the streets of Kraków for more than two months.

Some Kraków inns did not provide accommodation services, but the focus was on running entertainment venues and drinking establishments for the city's residents and visitors. The inns of Kraków were distinguished in that they were all members of the Guild of Innkeepers and Brewers.