On 6 September 2007 the Marshall Center proudly supported a one-day conference in Warsaw titled “Civil-Military Cooperation in Crisis Management”. The event, which was held at the National Defense Academy (AON) and attended by over 140 representatives representing over a half dozen public institutions, was organized by Marshall Center alumni from the Department for Crisis Management and Defense Affairs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (MSWiA), with support from AON and the Ministry of National Defense (MON). Poland’s National Security Bureau (BBN), the Central Military Library (CBW) and the Marshall Center Alumni Association of Poland also played major supporting roles in executing the conference. Our thanks to the Polish team for their hospitality and skill in bringing this major inter-ministerial event possible to address a wide-range of issues associated with civil-military cooperation.

Click to enlarge The Polish team from MSWiA and AON host the Marshall Center team for a meal the day before the conference. From left to right: Dr. Bob Brannon (Marshall Center), Dr. Andrew Michta (Marshall Center), Mr. Tomasz Szewczyk (LPASS 2006-7, MSWiA), Dr. Michael Allswede (Marshall Center guest lecturer), Ms. Aneta Mach (LPASS 2006-4, MSWiA), Mr. Slawomir Lizak (PTSS 2007-2, MSWiA), Dr. Stanislaw Zajas (AON), Mr. Slawomir Gorski (EP 2004-5 and SES 2007-3, MSWiA) and Mr. Kamil Iwicki (LPASS 2007-4, MSWiA).	Click to enlarge Dr. Brannon confers with Tomasz Szewczyk prior to the conference. Tomasz impressed the team repeatedly with his incredible Polish-English interpretation skills.	Click to enlarge The Marshall Center and MSWiA teams meet briefly with AON Commandant BG Janusz Krecikij, Deputy Commandant BrigGen Zenon Smutniak and BG Andrzej Lelewski of the General Staff prior to the conference.
Click to enlarge BG Krecikij delivers opening remarks to a packed auditorium at the National Defense Academy.	Click to enlarge Dual MC graduate Mr. Slawomir Gorski, the deputy director of MSWiA’s Crisis Management and Civil Defense Affairs Department, provides an opening lecture on CIMIC and NATO.	Click to enlarge Dr. Bob Brannon presents his keynote lecture on Civil-Military Relations in Transition.
Click to enlarge Marshall Center classmates Maj. Mariuz Fryc (LPASS 2007-1, AON) and Mr. Marek Kret (LPASS 2007-1, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) share post-graduation war stories at the conference.	Click to enlarge LCDR Bogdan Tomaszycki (EPASS 2007-4, Polish Navy Command) and LCDR Grzegorz Dziatlik (LC 1998-5, Ministry of Infrastructure) review the Polish Alumni Recognition Book for corrections during a break in the conference.	Click to enlarge COL (ret.) Tadeusz Keson (EP 1999-1 and now a civilian specialist with Poland’s Ministry of Labor), asks a question during Dr. Michta’s panel moderation session.
Click to enlarge Classmates Kamil Iwicki and Ms. Anna Konarzewska (LPASS 2007-4, BBN) share a smile with the photographer.	Click to enlarge Ms. Aneta Mach, who devoted countless hours organizing the event, lectured on CIMIC and Media Relations at the conference.	Click to enlarge Dr. Michael Allswede’s lecture on the Security Aspects of Covert Attacks, as well as his expertise in biological and chemical weapons, were a major highlight during the conference.
Click to enlarge Dr. Michta, one of the Marshall Center’s leading specialists on CIMIC, as well as Poland’s post-Cold War defense transformation, poses with Anna Konarzewska and LtCol Mariusz Jurek (LC 2004-4, MON).	Click to enlarge Alumni Association President Mr. Krzysztof Puka (EP 1995-2, MON) poses with AON Conference Presenters Ms. Magdalena El Ghamari and Ms. Katarzyna Henn. Mr. Puka played a major logistical role bringing the event together and inviting as many Marshall Center alumni as possible.	Click to enlarge One day after the conference, Dr. Allswede demonstrates his Chem-Bio Weapons Online Database to Ms. Sabina Rudnicka, a chief crisis management and disease control specialist with MSWiA.