• Students, Ph.D. students, experienced researchers, practitioners, and all others interested in the above-indicated fields of research can actively participate in the conference as speakers.
• Passive participants (audience) do not need to possess any prior academic knowledge or background.

💬𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄

Presentations can be delivered in English or Polish.

• Prof. Elizabeth Zechenter (Emory University) – Chairman of the Conference Committee.
• Prof. Christopher Kelley, LL.M. (University of Arkansas School of Law) – Vice-Chairman of the Conference Committee.
• Prof. David Jones (professor emeritus, American Studies Center, University of Warsaw) – Member of the Conference Committee.
• Attorney Valery Loumber, J.D. (Gavrilov & Brooks, Sacramento/Los Angeles) – Member of the Conference Committee.
• Dr. Wojciech Walczak (University of Bialystok) – Member of the Conference Committee.
• Lilya Kurii, Ph.D. (Country Director of the Center for American Studies Ukraine; formerly: Khmelnytskyi National University).
• Luke Darby Bartosik, LL.M. (President of the Center for American & European Studies) – Secretary of the Conference Committee.

➤ ACTIVE PARTICIPATION (INFORMATION FOR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS)

Steps necessary to register for the conference as an active participant (conference speaker):

1️⃣ Submit an abstract (200-300 words) and fill out the Speaker Application Form at: https://forms.gle/wqtufqehhTBoQSn9A

2️⃣ Register via the Speaker Application Form by 23.59 on August 27, 2025 (we will not extend this deadline).

🔓 We reserve the right to select abstracts.

📣 The results of the abstract selection process will be announced by August 28, 2025.

3️⃣ Pay the conference fee to the bank account number that will be provided to the qualified speakers in an e-mail – the fee must be paid by August 30, 2025 at the latest.

➤ PASSIVE PARTICIPATION (CONFERENCE AUDIENCE)

Steps necessary to register for the conference by a passive participant (audience):

1️⃣ Fill out the Audience Registration Form at: https://forms.gle/ZbviNAoY1ek5VqkQ6

2️⃣ Register via the Audience Registration Form by 23.59 on August 30, 2025 (we will not extend this deadline). Failure to fill in the form will result in the inability to passively participate in the conference (and thus the inability to receive a passive conference participant certificate).

3️⃣ Pay the conference fee to the bank account number that will be provided to passive participants via e-mail. The fee must be paid by September 1, 2025, at the latest. Registered audience will receive the conference schedule with a full list of speakers and titles of their presentations via e-mail before paying.

➤ Speakers – 2 options:

✔ 259 PLN / 65 EUR – digital certificate (PDF for self-printing) sent via email (widely-accepted equivalent of the traditional certificate).

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✔ 289 PLN / 75 EUR – digital certificate + traditional certificate sent via post.

➤ Audience – 2 options:

✔ 149 PLN / 40 EUR – participation as an audience + digital certificate (PDF for self-printing) sent via email (widely-accepted equivalent of the traditional certificate).

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✔ 169 PLN / 50 EUR – participation as an audience + digital certificate + traditional certificate sent via post.

Important! Please use the following pattern when filling in the transfer title field when making the payment of your conference fee*: " – fee for active / passive participation (select the appropriate one) – Human Rights Conference>

* Failure to do so may result in delays in posting the fee on the appropriate account and, consequently, even exclude your participation in the conference.

In the case of a co-authorship of a presentation by two or more speakers, please pay the fee for each of the co-speakers separately.

The organizers anticipate the possibility of publication in the form of a monograph. However, such possibility will depend on the number of authors willing to publish their text (chapter) in a monograph. The price for participation in the conference does not include the publication fee.

• It is possible to receive a VAT invoice (please make your request in the registration form – requests made later may not be satisfied).
• If your participation in the conference is to be financed by the university (or another institution/company), we suggest that you pay for your participation from your personal funds and then obtain reimbursement from the university (institution/company) on the basis of an invoice issued by the Center to your university (institution/company).
• The fee is non-refundable (since it grants you the right of entry to the conference).
• The link to the online conference room will be made available to registered participants within 24 hours before the start of the conference.
• It is possible to deliver a conference presentation by two or more speakers (the fee should be multiplied by the number of speakers).
• The presentation time is 15-25 minutes (depending on the fact of giving a solo or duet presentation and the total number of presentations during the conference).
• Traditional paper certificates are usually sent via traditional post within 2 months after the conference – because of the approaching scholarship deadlines, we will do our best to deliver them faster.
• Digital certificates are sent to *all* participants within one week from the conference.
• The Center For American Studies arranges the order of presentations. The exact time of speaking at the conference is pre-determined by CFAS (it will be not possible to change the time of your conference presentation set in the conference schedule).
• All Participants will receive an affidavit confirming the composition of the Academic Conference Committee.
• All Participants will receive an affidavit confirming the Organizer’s status of a scientific society.
• Terms of Service (Conference Rules and Regulations): https://www.cfasofficial.com/en/terms-of-use