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).

Dr. Brannon confers with Tomasz Szewczyk prior to the conference. Tomasz impressed the team repeatedly with his incredible Polish-English interpretation skills.

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.

BG Krecikij delivers opening remarks to a packed auditorium at the National Defense Academy.

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.

Dr. Bob Brannon presents his keynote lecture on Civil-Military Relations in Transition.

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.

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.

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.

Classmates Kamil Iwicki and Ms. Anna Konarzewska (LPASS 2007-4, BBN) share a smile with the photographer.

Ms. Aneta Mach, who devoted countless hours organizing the event, lectured on CIMIC and Media Relations at the conference.

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.

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).

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.

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.