| 9.00 | Registration for conference participants |
| 9.30 – 11.00 | Prof. Michael Minkenberg (EUV) / Dr. Artur Kopka (EUV) Welcoming, introduction, presentation of the project approach and discussion of the realization of the pilot project in a German-Polish comparative perspective. Prof. Werner Patzelt (TUD) Political consulting and its legitimacy. |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30 – 13.30 | Panel 1: Presentation and discussion of the results of the German-Polish pilot project, part 1 Dr. Bartłomiej Biskup (UW) / Dr. Kamila Schöll-Mazurek (ZiP/EUV): The development of political consulting and the relation between “political consulting“ and “policy advice“ during political advisory processes in a German-Polish comparative perspective. Dr. Kamila Schöll-Mazurek (ZiP/EUV) / Dr. Bartłomiej Biskup (UW): The institutional and legal foundations of political consulting and lobbying in a German-Polish comparative perspective. Dr. Dorota Stasiak (IASS) / Dr. hab. Agnieszka Cianciara (PAN) The market for political consulting from the perspective of German and Polish Members of Parliament. Dr. Aleksanda Moroska-Bonkiewicz (NHW) / Dr. Kamila Schöll-Mazurek (ZiP/EUV): Between political consulting and lobbying – The role of non-governmental organisation from the perspective of German and Polish Members of Parliament. |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 – 15.45 | Panel 2: Presentation and discussion of the results of the German-Polish pilot project, part 2 Prof. Jarosław Jańczak (AMU/EUV): The concept of borders in the context of a differentiation between political consulting and lobbying in the political decision-making process. Prof. Jarosław Jańczak (AMU/EUV) / Dr. Artur Kopka (EUV): An empirical analysis of the boundaries between political consulting and lobbying in a German-Polish comparative perspective. Prof. Dorota Piontek (AMU) / Dr. Artur Kopka (EUV) The concept of „expert culture“ in the context of the international comparative analysis of political consulting and lobbying in the political decision-making process. |
| 15.45 – 16.15 | Coffee break |
| 16.15 – 17.45 | Panel 3: presentation and discussion of different issues regarding political consulting and lobbying in Central Eastern Europe Dr. Michel Perottino (CU in Prague) Political consulting in the Czech Republic. Dr. Jana Vargovčíková (CU in Prague) Actors of the lobbying process in the Polish-Czech comparative perspective. Dr. Viera Zuborova (Bratislava Policy Institute) Political consulting and lobbying in Slovakia. Dr. Norbert Merkovity / Péter Bence Stumpf (University of Szeged) Political consulting and lobbying in Hungary. |
| 17.45 – 18.00 | Coffee break |
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Prof. Dorota Piontek (AMU) / Dr. Artur Kopka (EUV) Summary and discussion about the planned comparison project concerning political consulting and lobbying in EU-countries. |
| 19.30 | End of the conference |
