Program

Day 1, 7th November 2022

9:00 – 9:15 Official opening of the conference

• Leszek Juchniewicz, Chairman of the EuroPOWER Program Council
• Maciej Bando, Chairman of RES POWER Program Council

9:15 – 9:20 Guest of Honor – video speech

• Kadri Simson, European Union Commissioner for Energy

9:20 – 9:45 Signing of the Charter for Efficient Transformation of Distribution Networks of the Polish Energy Sector

• Speech by Rafał Gawin, President of the Energy Regulatory Office
• Official signing of the document by the President of the ERO and Presidents of the five largest Distribution System Operators in Poland

9:45 – 11:00 Energy security and optimization in Poland

• The future of ETS in the Fit for 55 package – efficient methods of reducing emissions
• Making the energy and fuel supplies independent
• Coal in the Polish power industry and economy
• Alternatives to fuel from Russia
• Limited natural resources in the face of crisis and alarming market volatility
• Is too fast coal exit dangerous for energy independence?
• Energy stability vs. prices of energy that rise no objections
• How to combine various elements: high internal and external costs, high emission of CO2 – with the rising prices of warmth?
• How to reduce the demand for gas and electric power in the industry?
• Rising prices of energy and the company condition vs. the tendency to switch to sustainable Development
• Common program for energy efficiency of undertakings
• The role of energy clusters in rural areas and stimulation and Development of prosumer power engineering
• Speeding up of development trends in times of crisis

Invited speakers:

• Ireneusz Zyska, Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for RES, Ministry of Climate and Environment
• Mateusz Berger, Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, Prime Minister’s Office
• Karol Rabenda, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of State Assets*
• Rafał Gawin, President, Energy Regulatory Office
• Ireneusz Krupa, Board Member for Development and Investment, PSG
• Artur Zawartko, Vice President of the Management Board, Gaz-system S.A
• Patryk Demski, Vice President of the Management Board for Strategy and Development, TAURON
• Andrzej Modzelewski, CEO, E.ON
• Dorota Dębińska-Pokorska, Partner, Energy Group Leader, PwC

Moderator:

• Wojciech Jakóbik, Energy Sector Expert, Editor-in-Chief of BiznesAlert.pl

11:00 – 11:10 Speech

• Ryan Bowels, Energy Officer, Embassy of the United States in Poland

11:10 – 11:55 Cybersecurity in power engineering

• The danger of hacker attacks on power systems as a component of the critical infrastructure of the state
• Introduction to the certification mechanism and testing of electric meters
• Critical infrastructure security as data security. Data in the cloud is more secure
• Security by design
• Devices and systems for Poland – requirements concerning Cybersecurity

Invited speakers:

• Krzysztof Dyki, President of the Management Board, ComCERT S.A.
• Krzysztof Malik, Deputy Director, PGE Systemy
• Artur Kulinski, Cloud Customer Engineer, Google Cybersecurity Action Team, Google Cloud
• Jakub Jagielak, Cybersecurity Product Manager, Atende
• Maciej “Stefan” Stefaniak, Cyber Security Competency Cluster Director, T-Systems
• Piotr Stępniewicz, Director of CyberSecurity and ICT Department, MCX Group

Moderator:

• Mirosław Maj, Vice President, ComCERT S.A.

11:55-12:30 Break

12:30 – 12:40 Presentation, TBC title

• Leonid Venglinski, Senior Sales Engineer, Veritas

12:40 – 12:50 Presentation: How to conduct security monitoring of ICS and SCADA networks

• Mateusz Kopacz, Information Security Officer, Grupa MCX
• Dariusz Szuszkiewicz, Country Manager, Greycortex

12:50 – 13:00 Presentation: Compliance measures to help address cyber security challenges in the energy sector

• Monika Bogdał, Legal Counselor, Piszcz and Partners Law Firm Limited Partnership

13:00 – 14:00 Energy investment financing

• Inventory of financing sources
• Subsidies, credits, capital, insurance
• How to finance energy savings, i.e., energy efficiency
• The potential role of the banking sector in the stimulation and financing of power engineering transformation – the current share, best practices, what is next?
• Financing dedicated to green sources
• Financing of photovoltaic and heat pumps

Invited speakers:

• Wojciech Hann, CEO, BOŚ Bank
• Paweł Strączyński, Vice President, Finance Division, Bank Pekao S.A.
• Grzegorz Zieliński, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Radosław Kwiecień, Member of the Management Board, risk management area, BGK
• Tomasz Szejnoch, Director of Property and Engineering Department Underwriting, Wiener
• Tomasz Tomasiak, Director of Energy Transformation Department, Polish Development Fund
• Łukasz Stanecki, Director, PwC

Moderator:

• Stanislaw Stefaniak, Chief Expert in the Sustainable Finance research program, Instrat Foundation

14:00 – 14:10 Presentation: Financing the energy transition and ESG policy

• Joanna Smolik, Director of Strategic Relations Department, BGK

14:10 – 15:20 Development of the renewable sources of the energy sector in Poland

• Stabilization of renewable energy sources – the most important legal changes that should take place.
• Potential of renewable energy sources in heat engineering
• Closed circuit economy
• Power demand with the use of renewable energy sources
• How to implement ecological solutions in companies in a responsible manner?
• The value and competitiveness of hydrogen in comparison with other traditional fuels
• Water and sewage sector as an essential player in the process of decarbonization
• Pumped storage power plants
• The Development of wind energy
• Hydrogen technologies in Poland
• The need for a long-term vision in water resources management – micro hydroelectric power stations
• Biogas and biomethane – a natural substitute for gas
• Waste technology – thermal waste treatments
• Shallow and deep geothermal energy

Invited speakers:

• Ireneusz Zyska, Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for RES, Ministry of Climate and Environment
• Mariusz Gajda, Energy sector expert, Director at M&I GAJDA
• Piotr Ferszka, President of the Management Board, SAP Polska
• Piotr Meler, President of the Management Board, Energa Wytwarzanie S.A.
• Piotr Listwoń, Vice President of the Management Board, Towarowa Giełda Energii
• Kamil Sankowski, Member of the Management Board, Polenergia Fotowoltaika
• Tomasz Łątka, Member of the Management Board, General Director, Apator S.A.
• Tomasz Pochwat, Director of the Department of Energy Transformation, Veolia Energy Contracting Poland

Moderator:

• Andrzej Bondyra, Vice President, Agencja Rynku Energii S.A.

15:20 – 15:30 Presentation: Narrow Band IoT from T-Mobile has changed the Polish market for metering and control in district heating /Zakopane/ Lodz/ Warsaw / Poznan / Krakow / Koszalin

• Robert Solnica, Director of the Holding and Energy Market Sales Department, T-mobile

15:30 – 16:25 Heat engineering – Development and production, potential and opportunities

• Framework for the work of a heating network and heat generating units resulting from Fit for 55 and RED II
• The leading players in the Polish heat engineering transformation and their tasks: The government of the Republic of Poland, the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Local Governments, and heat power companies
• Transformation of heat engineering – the fossil fuel exit
• Aspects concerning gas fuel implementation in district heating
• Development of heating network, including the council network
• Modernization and growth of the heating and cooling distribution system and popularization of heat warehouses and smart grids
• Heating systems of the future basing on renewable sources of energy
• Thermo-modernization
• Heat pumps – first choice technology

Invited speakers:

• Artur Michalski, Vice President, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
• Jacek Szymczak, President of the Management Board, Polish Heating Industry Chamber of Commerce
• Pawel Orlof, President of the Management Board, Veolia
• Monika Gawlik, Director of Electricity and Heat Markets Department, Energy Regulatory Office
• Jakub Kowalski, Member of the Management Board for Operations, PSG
• Robert Solnica, Director of the Holding and Energy Market Sales Department, T-mobile
• Wojciech Racięcki, Director of the Department for the Development of Innovative Program Management Methods, National Center for Research and Development
• Grzegorz Tobolczyk, Director of the Department of District Heating, Ministry of Climate and Environment*
• Representative of the City of Wloclawek*

Moderator:

• Andrzej Rubczyński, Senior Advisor, District Heating Strategy, Energy Forum

16:25 – 16:55 Debate of the young on making society energy-conscious

• How to create responsibility for the environment and climate consciously?
• Energy saving by citizens
• What kind of energy do young people want?

Invited speakers:

• Bartosz Brzyski, Editor, Jagiellonian Club
• Sylwia Łyskawka, Chairwoman of the Youth Climate Council (2021-22); Member of the National Development Council – Youth Council to the President of the Republic of Poland
• Szmo Kacprzak, Activist, Youth Climate Strike

Moderator:

• Mariusz Marszałkowski, Editor, BiznesAlert.pl

16:55 Lunch