The Embassy of Ireland in Poland is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To mark this occasion, the Embassy invites you to a special webinar discussion the economic and social changes in Ireland and Poland in this generation.

Introduction by Emer O'Connell, Ambassador of Ireland to Poland

Panelists:

• Jakub Sawulski, Macroeconomics Team Leader at the Polish Economic Institute and author of Pokolenie'89. Młodzi o polskiej transformacji ("Generation’ 89: Young people and Polish Transformation").
• Kevin Myers, sociologist and research lead on Generation What? research project examining the chief attitudes of Europe's millennial generation
• Joanna Siewierska, President of the Students’ Union of University College Dublin

Moderator: Helena Keleher, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland to Poland.

The world has changed unrecognisably since Ireland opened its first resident Embassy in Warsaw in 1990. Young adults in Ireland and Poland today have more in common with each other than they do with their parents’ generation. This panel discussion will the examine the key experiences and persepctives shared by young people in Ireland and Poland: on work, on education, on activism, on the EU and more. In a world that seems increasingly unstable, what is the vision of today’s 30 year olds for the world 30 years from now?

The discussion will be held over Zoom and will be in English without interpretation.