CASE (Center for Social and Economic Research) organized conference: “Split for a two-speed Europe. The role of think-tanks” on the occasion of “Day of think-tanks” on 30th January. Panelists on this conference were: Dr. Izabela Styczyńska (vice-president of the CASE), Michał Baranowski (director of the German Marshall Fund), Dr. Małgorzata Bonikowska (President of the CIR), Bartosz Wiśniewski (Head of the PISM Research and Analyzes Office). During the meeting, it was announced results of the Global Go To Think Tank Index 2017 (annually published by University of Pennsylvania). CIR once again was in the TOP5 of Polish think-tanks in the “Central and Eastern Europe” category.