2022

Dr Tomáš Kašaj is Consul General of Slovak Republic in Krakow. He studied at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (2002-2007), worked in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic and since 2008 till 2011 was a specialist in the Diplomatic Protocol. Since 2011 to 2015, he was a Consul and Deputy Consul General of Slovak Republic in Krakow. He is fluent in English and Polish and beginner in Hungarian. He likes sport, cinema and music.

Jonathan Goodacre, Senior Consultant, International Lead, The Audience Agency

Jonathan is responsible for the international work of The Audience Agency, which helps arts, cultural and heritage organisations to understand and engage with audiences, visitors, users and participants. He specialises in evaluation and audience development and is part of the team that evaluated Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.

Jakub Dürr (born 1976) is a Czech political scientist, Polish philologist and diplomat, in 2018-2020 he was the permanent representative of the Czech Republic to the EU, previously in 2008-2009 he was deputy minister of education, youth and physical education, and in 2016-2018 deputy minister of affairs foreign countries of the Czech Republic. He was also the vice-rector for foreign and external relations at the Palacky University in Olomouc. In December 2021, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Poland.