Prof. Wojciech Cellary has been invited by Minister Michal Boni, President of the Board of Strategic Advisors to the Prime Minister of Poland, to participate in a debate of experts on a document "Poland 2030 Report". The Report is a summary of an analysis of development dilemmas faced by Poland. Resolution of the dilemmas will have a crucial effect on the further development of Poland, in a time perspective of one generation – in about 20 years’ time.

The Department of Information Technology hosted particpants of an international "Workshop on Polish – German Experience of e-Identity”. In the workshop participated the representatives of Fraunhofer Institut for Open Communication Systems FOKUS from Berlin, Prof. Dr. Radu Popescu-Zeletin, Mr. Jens Fromm, Ms. Marina Grigorian,  and Dr. Marian Margraf from German Federal Ministry of the Interior. In the workshop participated  also the representatives of Polish Ministry of the Interior and Administration involved in eID implementation. The  main goal of the workshop was to exchange opinions and experience on electronic identification cards which will replace conventional identiftication cards in most EU countries. In Germany, the eID cards were introduced in 2010, in Poland the procedure of eID implementaion will start in 2013. The workshop was chaired by Prof. Wojciech Cellary.

Prof. Wojciech Cellary participated in a debate of Polish government representatives and telecommunication sector representatives, devoted to the mutual expectations related to the European Digital Agenda implementation during Polish Presidency of the EU Council. The debate was organized in the framework of World Information Society Day 2011 which took place in Warsaw under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, the President of the European Parliament, the President of International Telecommunication Union and the Marshal of the Polish Parliament.

Dr Wojciech Wiza has been invited to visit the Interactive Systems Computer Graphics Centre at the University of Sussex in the framework of the project "Reanimating Cultural Heritage: digital repatriation, knowledge networks and civil society strengthening in post-conflict Sierra Leone”, realized jointly by Interactive Systems Computer Graphics Centre and Department of Information Technology.

Dr. Krzysztof Walczak participated in Brussels as an independent expert in the first phase of the evaluation process of the proposals submitted to FP7-ICT-2011-7-1.5 Call.