Energy security of Europe – the war in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia in the area of ​​energy supplies as an impulse to change Europe’s energy policy. Revision of strategic sources of energy supplies for Europe – common EU purchasing policy and individual strategies of the main European countries. REPower EU and FIT for 55 strategies – what has been achieved so far? Energy security of EU countries – new projects and initiatives in the development of energy infrastructure of European importance. The new architecture of the common energy market in Europe. EU strategy for the development of offshore renewable energy. New levels of cooperation between the Baltic Sea countries as a response to Russia’s energy blackmail. Poland’s energy policy in 2040 in the context of the European Green Deal – the need for updating and basic directions of change. The place of nuclear energy in the new energy policy: the level of advancement of the Polish nuclear program, financing models, large-scale energy and small nuclear facilities. Experience of EU countries in counteracting the negative effects of rising energy prices on the energy industry and the economy. The role of the US in stabilizing Europe’s energy policy. War as an impulse for the creation of a sustainable, efficient, modern and competitive energy sector. Funds from the KPO and the acceleration of the Polish energy transformation.

The following people will take part in the debate:

Päivi Laine – Ambasador Finlandii w Polsce; Renata Mroczek – Prezes Urzędu Regulacji Energetyki; Agnieszka Pomaska – Przewodnicząca Komisji ds. UE, Wiceprzewodnicząca Zgromadzenia Parlamentarnego Rady Europy; prof. zw. dr hab. Marta Postuła – Pierwsza Wiceprezes Zarządu, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego; Anders Rasmussen – Energy Attaché, Ambasada Królestwa Danii w Polsce; Sławomir Staszak – Członek Zarządu ds. Energy, Orlen S.A.; Dariusz Standerski – Sekretarz Stanu, Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji; Beata Viršumirska – Attaché ds. energetyki, Ambasada Republiki Litewskiej w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej; Wojciech Wrochna – Pełnomocnik Rządu ds. Strategicznej Infrastruktury Energetycznej, Sekretarz Stanu w Ministerstwie Energii; Eliza Zeidler – Sekretarz Stanu, Ministerstwo Aktywów Państwowych;

Moderator:

Wojciech Jakóbik – Energy Security Analist, Ośrodek Bezpieczeństwa Energetycznego

• Necessary changes in the strategies of energy groups and their main causes.
• Amendment to the 10H Act – assessment of the effects of new regulations and their impact on the development of the renewable energy market in Poland.
• New investments included in the sector’s energy transformation strategies.
• Hydrogen as the fuel of the future, opportunities related to the emerging regulatory environment in the field of hydrogen economy.
• Onshore renewable energy projects – dominant trends and technologies, development of the industry working for the renewable energy sector in Poland.
• The current stage of development and the future of offshore wind energy in Poland – between energy security, customer expectations and the interests of shareholders of energy groups.
• Gas as an increasingly common raw material for large energy sectors – the impact of price fluctuations on market development.
• Prospects for coal in the Polish energy sector.
• Operation of the power system with the dominant role of renewable energy sources.
• Power deficit after 2025 – solution scenarios.
• Development of electromobility infrastructure, key players and market models.
• Systems for protecting consumers against rising energy prices – previous experience and target solutions.
• Offer of energy groups for industrial customers.
• Current trends in financing the energy transformation.

The following people will take part in the debate:

Sławomir Hinc – Prezes Zarządu, Operator Gazociągów Przesyłowych GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.;  Magdalena Kamińska – Prezes Zarządu, Energa S.A.; Mirosław Kowalik – Prezes Westinghouse Polska; Marcin Laskowski – Wiceprezes Zarządu ds. Regulacji, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.; dr Szymon Paweł Moś – Prezes Zarządu, Polska Spółka Gazownictwa Sp. z o.o.;  Agnieszka Okońska – Wiceprezes Zarządu, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A.;

 Moderator:

Maciej Szambelańczyk – Partner, WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr sp. k.

• Progress in the development of wind projects in the Baltic Sea in Phase I.
• The race for permits to locate wind farms in the Baltic Sea in Phase II – status, allocation criteria and appeals.
• Challenges in the process of obtaining other permits in the investment process, including decisions on environmental conditions.
• The role of investors and foreign partners in the development of Polish offshore wind.
• Offshore research in the project development phase.
• Power evacuation from offshore wind farms.
• Dedicated support system for offshore wind energy – contracts for difference.
• Offshore as an opportunity for Polish industry.
• Offshore energy contracting models.
• Port infrastructure and supply chain for offshore wind energy.

The following people will take part in the debate:

Janusz Bil – Prezes Zarządu, ORLEN Neptun Sp. z o.o.; Piotr Dziubałtowski – Wiceprezes ds. Operacyjnych, PGE Baltica Sp. z o.o.; Kacper Kostrzewa – Dyrektor Zarządzający, Ocean Winds Polska Sp. z o.o.; Roman Masek – Dyrektor Techniczny, Belse Sp.z o.o.;

Moderator:

Zbigniew Kozłowski – Managing Partner, KTO Legal Kozłowski Tomasik Oszczak Sp. k.

Part I: Gas as the primary transition fuel

• Gas market in Poland – import directions, strategic alliances, development prospects in the context of replacing coal sources.
• Key investment projects for the Polish fuel and gas market.
• Priorities in the expansion of the gas transmission and distribution network, FSRU terminals.
• Gas storage infrastructure – prospective scale of needs.
• Gas in the portfolio of energy companies. The future of gas as a raw material for the Polish energy sector.
• Priorities and existing constraints regarding the expansion of the gas transmission and distribution network.
• Strategic investment projects of transmission system operators (gas and electricity).
• Development of the “green” hydrogen market in Poland in the context of the emerging regulatory environment for the hydrogen economy.

Part II: Biogas and biomethane – an element of building an effective distributed energy sector

• Biomethane, the fuel of the future – development potential, business models and first projects.
• Regulatory environment, certification and guarantees of origin of biomethane in Poland.
• Green hydrogen in the Polish energy sector – projects, applications, examples of implementations.
• Opportunities and opportunities for biomethane in the distribution network – as a key element of the green energy transformation.

Part I

The following people will take part in the debate:

Paweł Chałupka – Prezes Zarządu, G.EN. Operator Sp. z o.o.; Wojciech Kowalski – Członek Zarządu, Polska Spółka Gazownictwa Sp. z o.o.; Krzysztof Noga – Prezes Zarządu; Elenger Polska sp. z o.o.; dr inż. Andrzej Sikora – Prezes Zarządu, Instytut Studiów Energetycznych; Karina Szostak – Prezes Zarządu, Gas Storage Poland Sp. z o.o.;

 

Moderator:

Adam Wawrzynowicz – Partner, Wawrzynowicz i Wspólnicy Sp.K.

 

Part II

The following people will take part in the debate:

Marcin Białek – Prezes Zarządu, Biogas System S.A.; Jerzy Lilia – Director of Strategic Investment, LipCo Foods;

 

Moderator:

Adam Wawrzynowicz – Partner, Wawrzynowicz i Wspólnicy Sp.K.

• Strategic nuclear projects in Poland – scale and time horizon.
• Development of the photovoltaic sector in Poland compared to other renewable energy sectors.
• Adapting the functionality of MV and LV networks to the growing number of prosumer RES installations.
• Limitations on network development mean limitations on the construction of new renewable energy sources.
• Energy storage for every installation? Costs vs. benefits.
• Financing renewable energy projects – are long-term PPAs an alternative to support systems?
• Models for contracting energy from nuclear power.
• Market of new energy services for the renewable energy sector.
• The impact of regulations stabilizing energy prices on the renewable energy sector.

The following people will take part in the debate:

Alicja Chilińska Zawadzka – Prezes Zarządu, EDF Power Solutions Poland; Artur Galbarczyk – Dyrektor Biura Branży Energetycznej i Technologii, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego; Patrycja Kunc-Rozbrój – Wiceprezes Zarządu ds. Korporacyjnych, PGE Baltica Sp. z o.o.; Tomasz Małecki – Wiceprezes Zarządu ds. Strategii; PGE Dystrybucja S.A.; Józef Matysiak – Zastępca Prezesa Zarządu, NFOŚiGW; Agnieszka Pląska – Prezes Zarządu, wpd Polska Sp. z o.o.; Anita Sowińska – Podsekretarz Stanu, Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska; Zbigniew Stępniewski – Wiceprezes Zarządu, PGE Energia Odnawialna S.A.; Robert Świerzyński – Prezes Zarządu, Energa-Operator S.A.; Marcin Tuliński – Business Supply Chain Leader, Arabelle Solutions;

 

Moderator:

Janusz Pietruszyński – Analityk i komentator gospodarczy, Redaktor Naczelny portalu CIRE

• Fitfor55 – preparing the district heating market for the necessary regulatory changes.
• Cogeneration support system – have the assumed goals related to this system been achieved?
• Preferences for the development of energy-efficient heating systems – gas cogeneration, waste and biomass projects, decline of coal cogeneration.
• Anti-smog programs – state of advancement, first effects, necessary corrections, stimulating pro-ecological behavior, anti-smog legislation.
• Change in the approach to heating tariffs.
• Investments in heating – how are smaller heat producers coping?
• The place of local governments in the development of Polish heating.
• Use of renewable energy sources in district heating.
• Utilization of waste heat – current status and development prospects.
• Energy efficiency in heating.

The following people will take part in the debate:

Marek Dec – Prezes Zarządu, OPEC Grudziądz Sp. z o.o.; Sławomir Gibała – Country Business Director, NewHeat Poland; Marcin Lewandowski – Prezes Zarządu Grupy GPEC; Andrzej Sterczyński – Prezes Zarządu Unibep S.A.; Jacek Szymczak – Prezes Zarządu, Izba Gospodarcza Ciepłownictwo Polskie; Przemysław Zaleski – Prezes Zarządu, ZEC Serwis Sp. z o.o.; Krzysztof Zborowski – Wiceprezes Zarządu, Radomskie Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej „RADPEC” S.A.;

 

Moderator:

Mariusz Marszałkowski – Wicenaczelny Defence 24

• How to identify gaps in energy infrastructure defense systems – protection mechanisms.
• Challenges related to the development of energy infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.
• Pre-emptive actions against physical, cyber and hybrid threats undertaken by companies managing strategic energy assets.
• International cooperation for security.
• Energy, fuel and gas storage facilities – scale of necessary investments.

The following people will take part in the debate:

Tobiasz Adamczewski – Wiceprezes Zarządu, Fundacja Forum Energii; Barbara Adamska – Prezes Zarządu, Polskie Stowarzyszenie Magazynowania Energii; Michał Domagała – Przewodniczący Rady Nadzorczej, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.; Andrzej Dulka – Prezes Polskiej Izby Informatyki i Telekomunikacji; Wojciech Folejewski – Prezes Zarządu, OPEC Gdynia Sp. z o.o.; Piotr Gąstał – Prezes Zarządu, ORLEN Ochrona Sp. z o.o.; prof. dr hab. inż. Rafał Miętkiewicz – Profesor Uczelni, Kierownik Katedry Uzbrojenia Okrętowego, Akademia Marynarki Wojennej; kmdr dr hab. Bartłomiej Pączek – prof. AMW, Prorektor ds. nauki Akademii Marynarki Wojennej; dr inż. Przemysław Pozański – Dyrektor Rozwoju Platform i Systemów, Ośrodek Badawczo – Rozwojowy Centrum Techniki Morskiej S.A.; Marcin Ryngwelski – Prezes Zarządu, PGZ Stocznia Wojenna Sp. z o.o.

 

Moderator:

Mariusz Marszałkowski – Wicenaczelny Defence 24

• The role and scale of the private sector in the energy industry.
• The role of local governments in the implementation of infrastructure projects.
• Connecting renewable energy to the grid and the safety and efficiency of the system.
• The future of waste incineration and biogas projects.
• Large-scale nuclear energy and its place in Poland’s energy mix.
• Distributed energy and the effects of the new energy policy. Energy clusters.
• Development of e-mobility – electric vehicles, charging stations + energy storage technologies. Is Poland ready to support EVs on a large scale?
• Photovoltaics – scale of development: large farms or only small home installations?
• Start-up program as a source of innovation – how Polish enterprises used the potential and know-how of the market.

The following people will take part in the debate:

prof. dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Badyda – Prezes Zarządu, Polska Izba Gospodarcza Energetyki Odnawialnej i Rozproszonej; Maciej Borowiak – Prezes Zarządu, Stowarzyszenie Branży Fotowoltaicznej i Magazynowania Energii; Paweł Konieczny – Wiceprezes Zarządu PSES;  Wojciech Labuda – Dyrektor ds. regulacji, Polska Organizacja Przemysłu i Handlu Naftowego; Ewa Malicka – Prezeska Towarzystwa Rozwoju Małych Elektrowni Wodnych; Roman Masek – Dyrektor Techniczny, Belse Sp.z o.o.; dr Adam Nocoń – Prezes Zarządu, Izba Gospodarcza Urządzeń OZE; Marcin Westfal – Ekspert, Polska Izba Rozwoju Elektromobilności;

Moderator:

Michał Sznycer – Radca prawny, Partner, MGS LAW Kancelaria Radców Prawnych Mądry, Sznycer, Sambożuk Sp. p.

• Local content – participation of Polish forms in the energy transformation process.
• Preparing personnel for modern energy.
• The role and initiatives of local governments in building modern distributed energy sources.
• Conclusions for Poland from the Iranian crisis – fuels and gas
• Building resilience in the area of ​​heat generation – how to use local resources.
• Programs supporting the development of the local generation.

The following people will take part in the debate:

Alan Aleksandrowicz – Wiceprezes Zarządu ds. Finansowych i Bezpieczeństwa, Port Gdańsk; Mieczysław Grzegorz Gołuński – Burmistrz Kartuz; prof. Waldemar Kamrat – Politechnika Gdańska, Dyrektor Centrum Energetyki Jądrowej; Piotr Kryszewski – Dyrektor Zarządzający ds. Zielonego Gdańska, Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku; dr Karolina Lipińska – Wiceprezeska Zarządu, Energa-Operator S.A.; Marta Szabłowska – Wiceprezes Zarządu, Port Czystej Energii Sp. z o.o.; Stanisław Szultka – Dyrektor Departamentu Rozwoju Gospodarczego, Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Pomorskiego; Tomasz Szymczak – Prezes Zarządu, Grupa Przemysłowa Baltic Sp. z o.o.;

Moderator:

Janusz Pietruszyński – Analityk i komentator gospodarczy, Redaktor Naczelny portalu CIRE