Program | 37. Konferencja Energetyczna EuroPOWER & 7. OZE POWER

Program

Agenda
37th Energy Conference EuroPOWER & 7th OZE POWER

Day I, 13 April 2023

9:00 – 9:15 Opening of the conference

  • Leszek Juchniewicz, Chairman of the EuroPOWER Program Council
  • Maciej Bando, Chairman of the OZE POWER (RES) Advisory Board

THEMATIC BLOCK: Safe and clean energy for Poland – looking from a distance

9:15 – 9:30 Speech by the Guest of Honor

9:30 – 10:40 Safe and clean energy for Poland – looking from a distance

  • The pillars of energy transformation – Energy Policy of Poland until 2040 with a perspective until 2050 (PEP2040)
  • The influence of the war in Ukraine on the shape of transformation processes in Poland compared to Europe
  • What is a transition fuel at the moment? What is the future of gas?
  • Energy efficiency in times of crisis – the balance between the profitability of projects and the prices acceptable by the end-consumers
  • The price issue – price freeze and the future of the competitive energy market? What the process of leaving subsidies will look like? How to define power energy success?
  • Protection of critical infrastructure – including cybersecurity as one of the pillars of the security structure.
  • Establishing the Polish National Energy Security Agency
  • Massive electrification of the industry and transportation – what energy policy of the country is needed? How to wisely lead the integration of sectors?
  • Challenges and obstacles of the heating market
  • Local content as an element of power energy success – how to strengthen it? – the development of Polish companies

Invited speakers:

  • Ireneusz Zyska, Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for RES, Ministry of Climate and Environment
  • Rafał Gawin, President of the Energy Regulatory Authority
  • Artur Warzocha, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Tauron
  • Marcin Chludziński, President of the Management Board, Gaz-system S.A.
  • Mirosław Bendzera, President of the Management Board, GRENEVIA S.A.
  • Adam Góral, President of the Management Board, Asseco Poland
  • Janusz Moroz, Member of the Management Board for Trade, E.ON Polska
  • Dorota Dębińska-Pokorska, Partner, PwC
  • Karol Rabenda, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of State Assets*
  • Vasyl Zwarych, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland*

Moderator:

  • Wojciech Jakóbik, Energy Sector Expert, Editor-in-Chief of Biznes Alert

THEMATIC BLOCK: How to prepare the energy infrastructure for developing renewable energy sources? What’s next with The Charter for the Efficient Transformation of Poland’s Power Distribution Networks?

10:40 – 10:50 Presentation: Dark data, which is an undiscovered vein of gold for the energy industry

  • Marcin Drzewiecki, CEO, Iron Mountain

10:50 – 12:05 How to prepare the energy infrastructure for developing renewable energy sources? What’s next with The Charter for the Efficient Transformation of Poland’s Power Distribution Networks?

  • Energy warehouses as a critical element of power system security
  • What is the way to accelerate network digitalization?
  • How can digitalization support extensive and comprehensive investment programs?
  • Significant acceleration of investment planning in distribution networks and their funding
  • How can technology help in data acquisition for reporting?
  • Strategy implementation to improve power energy infrastructure for electromobility
  • Networks and available technologies for wind power engineering
  • Smart networks and meters
  • Trends and challenges in industrial energy storage
  • Infrastructure challenges in terms of the dispersed energy development
  • What support systems should a prosumer obtain?
  • Community energy – a virtual prosumer, cooperatives
  • Energy clusters – the improvement of local energy security

Invited speakers:

  • Rafał Gawin, President of the Energy Regulatory Authority
  • Marek Głazowski, CEO, IFS
  • Andrzej Kaźmierski, Director of the Department of Low-Emission Economy, Ministry of Development and Technology
  • Radosław Pobol, President of the Management Board, TAURON Dystrybucja S.A.
  • Jan Frania, Vice President of the Management Board for Network Infrastructure, PGE Dystrybucja
  • Andrzej Bujno, Vice President of the Management Board, ENERGA-OPERATOR S.A.
  • Tomasz Łątka, Member of the Board, Business Development Director of Automation and ICT Solutions, Apator
  • Marcin Drzewiecki, President of the Management Board, Iron Mountain
  • Marek Rusakiewicz, President of the Management Board, ENEA Operator Sp. z o.o.

Moderator:

  • Daniel Czyzewski, Editor, Defence24.com

12:05 – 12:35 Break

THEMATIC BLOCK: How to stimulate the digitalization process in power engineering?

12:35 – 12:45 Presentation: Comprehensive energy infrastructure protection in the era of digital transformation

  • Maciej Gospodarek, OT Systems Engineer, Fortinet

12:45 – 12:55 Presentation – introduction to the debate

  • Tomasz Bendlewski, Director of the Energy and Gas Division, Asseco Poland

12:55 – 14:25 How to stimulate the digitalization process in power engineering?

  • Transformation vs. new technologies
  • Digitalization development vs. emission limitation
  • Obstacles in the digitalization of power engineering – technological, legal, and regulation obstacles
  • The Central Energy Market Information System (CSIRE) as the only market model supporting the digitalization of power engineering
  • Structural changes in the energy and gas sector – the influence on the digitalization process
  • The role of the regulator and its influence on the course of the digitalization process
  • Data security in power engineering – storing data in the cloud

Invited speakers:

  • Leslaw Winiarski, Deputy Director of the Energy Metering Bureau and Project Manager of the Energy Market Information Operator, PSE
  • Leszek Chwalik, Vice President, TAURON Customer Service
  • Szymon Ferens, Vice President of the Management Board, PGE Systemy
  • Ewa Sikora, Director of Distribution Services Division, ENERGA-OPERATOR SA
  • Magdalena Dziewguć, Country Manager, Google Cloud Poland
  • Marcin Petrykowski, CEO, Atende
  • Anna Wujec, Director of Digitization, ABB
  • Tomasz Bendlewski, Director of the Energy and Gas Division, Asseco Poland
  • Artur Drobiecki, Head of Sales, Limitless Technologies
  • Jolanta Malak, Regional Sales Director, Fortinet
  • Roman Pionkowski, Independent Expert

Moderator:

  • Ireneusz Wochlik, PhD, Board Member, AI LAW TECH Foundation

14:25 – 14:35 Presentation: The smart energy of tomorrow: besmart.energy on Google Cloud. How to manage energy maximizing the return on Smart Metering and RES – the premiere offering from Atende Industries and Google Cloud Poland

  • Jarosław Zarychta, Enterprise Industry Sales Lead, Google Cloud Poland
  • Paweł Pisarczyk, CEO of Atende Industries, Atende Group

14:35 – 14:45 Presentation: Digital support for the entire megaprocess of network operation

  • Tomasz Gronczewski, Sales Director for the energy sector, IFS

THEMATIC BLOCK: What are the perspectives, and what are the obstacles concerning the development of renewable energy sources in Poland?

14:45 – 14:55 Presentation: Independent technical audits of wind power plants as a form of guaranteeing the safety of their operation

  • Daniel Perkowski, CEO, Wind Audit

14:55 – 15:05 Presentation: Rzezawa 60 – presentation of a large photovoltaic farm project – case-study

  • Kacper Łazowski, Member of the Management Board, Alseva EPC Sp. z o.o.

15:05 – 16:00 What are the perspectives, and what are the obstacles concerning the development of renewable energy sources in Poland?

  • Renewable energy sources as a critical element of the energy mix – the social and economic potential
  • Economic and environmental advantages of wind farms – amendment to the wind power investment law
  • The potential and expectations of offshore projects – will the role of offshores increase in the new PEP2040? Will the strategic government documents comply with the Maritime spatial plan for the internal marine waters (PZPPOM)?
  • Optimization of existing RES investments to increase efficiency in the use of existing grid infrastructure
  • The digitalization of the renewable energy sources sector
  • Current perspectives and limitations in RES development in Poland through the eyes of a developer specializing in the development of renewable energy projects
  • Manners of management of energy surplus from the renewable energy sources
  • The most important investments in PV farms in Poland
  • What is the geothermal potential of our country and how can we use geothermal resources? What is the current use of geothermal in Poland and what are its
  • non-energy applications?
  • The use of green hydrogen and biomethane in heat engineering and transportation

Invited speakers:

  • dr. Grzegorz Czelej, Senator of the Republic of Poland, Chairman of the Senate Group for Nuclear Energy and Renewable Energy Sources
  • Katarzyna Szwed-Lipińska, Director of the Department of Renewable Sources, Energy Regulatory Office
  • Mateusz Damrat, Director, National Geological Institute – National Research Institute
  • Piotr Meler, President of the Management Board, Energa Wytwarzanie S.A.
  • dr. Joanna Maćkowiak-Pandera, President of the Board, Energy Forum
  • Marek Motyl, CEO, Alseva Pro
  • Bartosz Fedurek, Poland Country Manager, EDP Renewables
  • Marcin Ścigan, Director of the RES Department, Ministry of Climate and Environment*

Moderator:

  • Monika Morawiecka, Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project

16:00 Lunch

Day II, 14 April 2023

9:25 – 9:30 The beginning of the 2nd day of the conference

THEMATIC BLOCK: How to efficiently fund the energy transformation?

9:30 – 10:40 How to efficiently fund the energy transformation?

  • Investments in renewable energy sources and their funding – should we expect difficulties with funding connected with the current environment of high-interest rates?
  • What will be next after 2023 – Will the freeze of energy prices/ taxes on extraordinary profit become a new reality (in Poland and Europe)?
  • Bankable power energy projects – what should you pay attention to in the times of unstable energy markets
  • The necessary reforms of the financing system of decarbonization projects
  • Insurances – technical and legislative security of the use of renewable energy sources devices, cooperation between the insurance and banking sectors
  • Needed regulations concerning renewable energy sources – is it possible that the permit procedures will speed up?
  • Financial institutions strategies – is there an alternative for energy transformation funding? What investment directions are more attractive?
  • Power Purchase Agreements

Invited speakers:

  • Waldemar Skomudek, Vice President of the Management Board for Operator Affairs, TAURON Dystrybucja
  • Michał Perlik, Vice President of the Management Board for Finance, Energa S.A.
  • Zbigniew Jagiełło, Member of the Supervisory Board, Asseco International
  • Radosław Kwiecień, Member of the Management Board, obszar zarządzania ryzykiem, BGK
  • Anna Chmielewska, Associate Director, Europejski Bank Odbudowy i Rozwoju
  • Bartłomiej Pawlak, Vice President of the Management Board, PFR
  • Dr. Magdalena Porzezynska, Legal Counsel, Brysiewicz, Bokina, Saklawski and Partners sp.k.
  • Beata Frankiewicz-Boniecka, Director of Strategic Customer Department, Bank Pekao S.A.
  • Natalia Stradomska, Chief Regulatory Specialist, Dalkia Poland

Moderator:

  • Rafał Zasuń, Editor-in-Chief, wysokienapiecie.pl

10:40 – 10:50 Presentation: Energy security and transformation in BGK’s business model

  • Joanna Smolik, Head of Strategic Client Department, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego

10:50 – 11:00 Presentation: CPPA agreements – experience of the domestic market

  • Maciej Małachowski, Director, PwC

THEMATIC BLOCK: How will the concept of ESG influence the striving for a sustainable energy mix in Poland?

11:00 – 11:10 Presentation: How to approach ESG challenges from the digital transformation side?

  • Filip Kowalski, General Manager for Energy & Natural Resources Middle Eastern Europe, SAP Polska

11:10 – 12:10 How will the concept of ESG influence the striving for a sustainable energy mix in Poland?

  • ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) as the critical element of the power energy sector transformation
  • Auditabillity of non-finance data – having information on energy consumption and origin as a benefit to the entrepreneur himself
  • Closed circuit economy
  • New ideas for the development of Polish industry and economy – technologies, patents, and science
  • Rising prices of energy and the company condition vs. the tendency to switch to sustainable development – consciously balancing CO2 emissions with continued access to energy
  • Supply chain digitalization and the digital link between consumption and energy production
  • Energy self-sufficiency or entering into PPAs? Do industrial companies have to become renewable energy sources investors?
  • Development perspectives of hydrogen

Invited speakers:

  • Maciej Mróz, Vice President of the Management Board, TAURON Zielona Energia
  • Stanisław Barański, Director of the Office of Sustainable Development and Energy Transformation, PKN ORLEN S.A.
  • Lucjan Brudzynski, Director of Corporate Management Department, Energa
  • Piotr Podgórski, Chief Transformation Officer, KGHM
  • Filip Kowalski, General Manager for Energy & Natural Resources Middle Eastern Europe, SAP Polska
  • Patryk Darowski, Managing Director of the Industry and ESG Risk Division, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
  • Andrzej Harbicki, Head of Industry, GFT Poland
  • Alice Neffe, Director of the Office of International Affairs, Industrial Development Agency S.A.
  • Maciej Śniegowski, Director of Regulation and ESG, Szczecińska Energetyka Cieplna

Moderator:

  • Krzysztof Kobylka, Energy and Climate Program Manager, WiseEuropa

12:10 – 12:40 Break

THEMATIC BLOCK: How will the concept of ESG influence the striving for a sustainable energy mix in Poland?

12:40 – 13:35 How to realize ambitious plans of creating a nuclear energy sector in Poland?

  • Atom and its vital role in the modernization of domestic power engineering
  • Safety, the environment, the license system, and construction of the technical background for the big atom
  • Small and micro modular reactors
  • How many nuclear technologies can we implement in Poland within the same timeline?

Invited speakers:

  • Paweł Pytlarczyk, Director of the Nuclear Energy Department, Ministry of Climate and Environment
  • Kazimierz Kleina, Senator of the Republic of Poland, Senate Group on Nuclear Energy and Renewable Energy Sources
  • Mirosław Kowalik, President of the Management Board, Westinghouse Electric Poland
  • Dawid Jackiewicz, Vice President, Orlen Synthos Green Energy
  • Piotr Podgórski, Chief Transformation Officer, KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.
  • Łukasz Złakowski, Member of the Management Board, Inplus
  • Andrzej Głowacki, Vice President performing the duties of the President, State Atomic Energy Agency

Moderator:

  • dr. Jacek Nowicki, Secretary General, Association of Polish Electrical Engineers

THEMATIC BLOCK: The potential of biogas and biomethane – a chance for cheaper energy and heat

13:35 – 14:35 The potential of biogas and biomethane – a chance for cheaper energy and heat

  • Biogas plants as a method for diversification of energy sources and decarbonization of energy mix
  • Designing a relevantly dispersed power energy system for biogas plants and biomethane plants
  • Biomethane – promising renewable fuel for transportation
  • Comprehensive support system for the construction of renewable sources in rural areas

Invited speakers:

  • Paweł Pikus, Director of the Department of Electricity and Gas, Ministry of Climate and Environment
  • Zbigniew Kuzma, Member of the Management Board, Orlen Południe
  • Remigiusz Nowakowski, Chairman of the Board, The Lower Silesian Institute for Energy Studies (DISE)
  • Sylwia Koch-Kopyszko, President of the Management Board, Stowarzyszenie Zielony Gaz dla Klimatu
  • Dr. Marcin Kraśniewski, University of Economics in Katowice, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
  • Artur Zawisza, President of the Management Board, Union of Manufacturers and Employers of Biogas and Biomethane Industries

Moderator:

  • Mateusz Kowalewski, Chairman of the Board | Publisher, zielonagospodarka.pl

14:35 Lunch

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Update: 11-04-2023

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