Julia Kozak, Expert

Specialisation: strategic communication

Coordinator of the Political Innovation programme. She serves as a representative of the Vienna Institute of Political Innovation for Poland, and for years she has been working in the field of international and intercultural relations. She graduated from the University of Warsaw in the Department of Indology. She is a member of the Expert Council at THINKTANK and the Polish Academy of PR Experts. In 2003-2106 she ran a Polish branch of FleishmanHillard, an international public relations agency and integrated communication. She created one of the first agencies specializing in public affairs in Poland.

She managed projects and communication for leading Polish and international companies and institutions. She has worked with teams from more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia; planned communication activities for more than 200 private and public sector organizations, winning many Polish and international industry awards during this time. For four years she served as vice-president of the Association of Public Relations Companies (ZFPR) and for 11 years was a member of the American Chamber of Commerce.