On October 17, a unique conference "Reading for Democracy and Business" will be held in Sopot, organized by the Universal Reading Foundation. It will be the opening of a broad discussion on the profitability of business involvement in reading, which FPC and other members have been talking about for some time as part of the coalition
#ReadingPoland.
The meeting will focus on the trend of using reading to build the success of your own company. It is an opportunity to meet interesting experts. Some of them will appear in Poland for the first time.
Scientists will introduce us to what reading gives to our brains, business representatives will share examples of using reading to build the development and social capital of a company and a strong image of a socially responsible organization, activists from non-governmental organizations will talk about effective, mutually beneficial partnerships with business.
During the meeting, a number of topics relevant to several sectors will be discussed:
– The transformative power of literature: political, social, tissue-forming;
at the level of society, at the level of the company community
– The role of the central institution as a visionary and servant in one, a vision of public-social-private partnership
– German experience, social-private-public partnerships and business profit
– Motivations of businesses joining #LiteracyBusinessPledge. Benefits for signatory businesses
-Motivation KPMG co-creating and financing a program for businesses encouraging them to invest in reading
– 10 years of companies operating in Poland and strongly committed to readership: Ladybird, Michelin
The meeting will be attended by:
– Maria Deskur, Universal Reading Foundation, Ashoka
– Joanathan Douglas, National Literacy Trust,
– Roisin Sharkey KPMG UK
(Jonathan Douglas and Roisin Sharkey have been running a joint corporate and social project for many years, #LiteracyBusinessPledge, which now has over 100 major companies participating.)
– Prof. Ewa Haman University of Warsaw,
– Magdalena Kozioł Michelin Polska SA,
– Prof. Ryszard Koziołek, University of Silesia in Katowice,
– Dr. Joerg F. Maas EURead Stiftung Lesen,
– Arkadiusz Mierzwa Jerónimo Martins,
– Michał Rydzewski, National Centre for Culture.
The conference will be held October 17, 2024, 5:00 PM, at Goyki 3 Art Inkubator (ul. Jakuba Goyki 3, 81-706 Sopot).
Participation in the conference is free of charge upon prior confirmation of registration. [email protected]
More information about the project at: Literacy for Democracy & Business – Universal Reading Foundation (fpc.org.pl)
