Programme of the conference:

09:00 – 09:30 – registration of the participants

09:30 – 10:10 – The beginning of the conference

10:15 – 10:45 – Psychological and religious model of pilgrimage – Father prof. Zdzisław Kroplewski, the Dean of the Theology Faculty of the University of Szczecin

10:50 – 11:20 – Pilgern als Nischentourismus / The pilgrimage as tourism niche – prof. Wilhelm Steingrube / dr. Ralf Scheibe, The Faculty of Economic and Social of the University of Greiswald Geography

11:25 – 11:55 – The evaluation of the way of the Pomeranian Way of St. James in terms of sightseeing – geographical, cultural, and natural conditions of the development of the Way of St. James – dr. Tomasz Duda, The Faculty of Earth Sciences of the University of Szczecin

12:00 – 12:30 - Der Jakobsweg als touristisches Produkt? Eine kritische Analyse / The Way of St. James as a touristic product? A critical analysis - Gabriel Gach, The Faculty of Economic and Social Geography of the University in Greiswald

12:30 – 13:00 – coffee break

13:00 – 13:30 – The analysis of the potential service on the Pomeranian Way of St. James in the West Pomerania Voivodeship - prof. Aleksander Panasiuk, Faculty of Management and Economics of Services of the University of Szczecin

13:35 – 14:05 – “Sprachenvielfalt am Jakobsweg - Ein Beitrag zur Kategorisierung des Camino de Santiago als antropologischer Raum" / Linguistic diversity on the Way of St. James – a contribution to the categorization of the Camino de Santiago as anthropological space - prof. Javier Gómez-Montero (the Kiel University)

14:10 – 14:40 – Tourism with disabilities – dr. hab. Krzysztof Kaganek, Institute of Tourism and Recreation, University of Physical Education in Cracow

14:45 – 15:15 - Deutsch-Polnische Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen des Westpommerischen Jakobsweges / German-Polish cooperation on the basis of the West Pomeranian Way of St. James - Ewa Drozdowska, Ulrike Schulz, University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder

15:20 – the end of the conference