The inaugural Science Cafe meeting of the Institute of Aviation “Pilot, aviator, engineer women. Passion, gift, and courage” was held on 8th March 2016 at 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at the Institute of Aviation (Ikar Conference room), al. Krakowska 110/114 Warsaw. Program.
The meeting was organized under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda.
The meeting was transmitted live on the Internet here.
09:00 – 09:15 – Registration
09:15 – 09:30 – Welcome
09:30 – 09:55 – Captain Adelajda Szarzec-Tragarz, Pilot of Boeing 787, LOT Polish Airlines
09:55 – 10:20 – Galina Durmus, Aviation Marketing Expert, AIC Group Ukraine, Atlasglobal Ukraine
10:20 – 10:45 – Krystyna Boczkowska, Chairmen of the Board, Robert Bosch LLC
10:45 – 11:10 – dr Natalia Zalewska, a planetologist, Institute of Aviation
11:10 – 11:20 – Musical attraction – a saxophone mini-concert by Alina Mleczko
11:20 – 11:45 – Break
11:45 – 12:10 – Olga Malinkiewicz, Polish scientist, created a photovoltaic technology based on perovskites, Saule Technologies
12:10 – 12:35 – Pilot officer Patrycja Balcerowska, Navigator, 44th Naval Air Base in Siemirowice
12:35 – 13:00 – Dorota Dorn-Okoń, an engineer, General Electric Aviation
13:00 – 13:25 – prof. nadzw. dr hab. Romana Ratkiewicz-Landowska, Institute of Aviation
13:25 – 13:45 – “Spitfire Sisters”, a fragment of the documentary film about the remarkable ladies who flew for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in World War Two
13:45 – 14:00 – Summing-up
The main purpose of the meeting was to present the achievements of women who reached success in their businesses/industries connected with aviation and high-tech.The women invited talked about both their passions and ways to succeed.