Club Alpbach Poland integrates the community of former and future European
Forum Alpbach scholars, connecting them with the global community of
Alpbach. The Club serves as a platform for debate on the most pressing
European challenges and their wider reverberations for democracy in the
region and Poland in particular.
We cooperate with local and international partners, organising thematic events
and fundraising scholarships. Club’s overarching goal is that of strengthening
the Polish voice in redefining Europe’s future and making it more democratic
and resilient.
Founders
Łukasz Kremky
Łukasz has a strong background in NGOs, civic engagement, and public policy. He co-organized Poland’s Young Leaders’ Conference, fostering connections between emerging talents and key figures in business and politics, and served as the coordinator of the Polish Economic Forum in London. His experience spans political research and public policy, with a focus on digitalization and the energy sector, working with both the Polish government and the private sector.
Jan Farfał
Jan is a Doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford. He worked as a research contributor at the ‘Europe in a Changing World’ project at the European Studies Centre, led by Professors Timothy Garton Ash and Paul Betts. Jan also serves as Deputy Editor-in-Chief at ResPublica Nowa and Visegrad Insight Enlargement Fellow. Before his doctoral studies, Jan worked in Public Affairs and earned an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies from Oxford (2016-2018). He is a member of the Security Track Committee at the Forum and recipient of the Jerzy Giedroyc Fellowship at The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna.
Founded in October 2022 with the mission of amplifying the Polish voice in the international debate, Club’s team has grown to an active community of over 40 scholars and alumni around the world.
What Exactly Do We Do?
To fulfill its mission, the Club organises closed-door events, enabling our alumni community to engage with world-class experts, participate in debates at leading conferences and political committees, and produce media contributions to showcase the results of our work and research.
We organised closed meetings with Polish decision makers and experts, including Marek Prawda, Ryszard Schnepf, Piotr Łukasiewicz, Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz, and Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram.
We participated in meetings in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Sejm and the Chancellery of the Prime Minister to discuss the role of NGOs in foreign policy and priorities for the Polish EU presidency.
We led two debates during Campus Polska Przyszłości with Austrian Ambassador to Poland, Andreas Stadler, and met with the representatives of European Commission in Warsaw
During the European Financial Congress in Sopot, in partnership with the EFC Academy, our team members participated in an Oxford Debate addressing the most pressing economic and financial challenges facing Poland and Europe.
We published articles and interviews featuring Ivan Krastev, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Carl Bildt, Genevieve Pons-Deladriere, and Wolfgang Ischinger in leading Polish media outlets, including Onet, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Kultura Liberalna, and Euractiv.
Forum Alpbach Network - FAN
Together with over 30 other clubs across 21 countries, Club Alpbach Poland
is part of the Forum Alpbach Network. FAN was established to foster
collaboration among the Forum’s sister organisations and to connect the
global community of former participants and contributors with a shared goal:
to generate new ideas, spark action, and shape the future of Europe.
Club Alpbach Poland actively contributes to the European Forum Alpbach agenda
by participating in biannual FAN conferences, which promote dialogue among representatives
from all clubs, and by having representatives on the FAN Board.
