Representatives of scientific community of Lodzkie region, under the leadership of Marshal  Jolanta Zięba-Gzik (in the middle of the first picture) and Honorary Consul of Austria in Lodz Szczepana Miłosza (in the middle of the second picture), visited Graz on January 22 and 23 stycznia. The delegation included representatives from University of Lodz, Medical University, Music Academy, , Akademii Muzycznej, Akademy of Fine Arts, and Lodz University of Technology, as well as from the Marshal Office.  I had opportunity to disciuss possibilities of collaboration with rectors or vice-rectors of four technical universities.  As a result talks about collaborative research as educational programs have already started with two of these universities.