Program

Day I, November 17th, 2021
EuroPower & OZE (RES) Power Energy Conference

9:00-9:30 Grand Opening

• Jacek Sasin, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State Assets*

9:30 – 10:40 Energy transformation strategy – the direction of climate neutrality

• The essence of the energy transformation – what and when do we want to achieve?
• Sustainable Development Goal – ensuring uninterrupted energy supplies to each recipient, of appropriate quality and affordable
• Climate neutrality of the energy sector – goals, conditions, implementation, stakeholders and opponents
• Challenges related to ensuring the security of energy supplies – centralized vs. distracted
• “Fit for 55” – directives on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources to support the implementation of the European Green Deal
• The participation of large power units in the National Power System after 2025 – what are the possibilities of filling the coal gap in real terms?
• The course and meanders of the process of empowering the statistical consumer / producer on the electricity market

Speakers:

• Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment*
• Karol Rabenda, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of State Assets
• Rafał Gawin, President, Urząd Regulacji Energetyki
• Dorota Dębińska-Pokorska, Partner, PwC
• Wojciech Dąbrowski, President of the Management Board, PGE*
• dr Andrzej Modzelewski, President of the Management Board, innogy Polska
• Paweł Szczeszek, President of the Management Board, Enea*
• Józef Węgrecki, Member of the Management Board for Operational Issues, PKN Orlen*
• Piotr Zawistowski, President of the Management Board, Towarowa Giełda Energii
• Artur Michałowski, Vice President, TAURON*
• Rafael Mateo Alcala, CEO, ACCIONA ENERGIA

Moderator:

• Wojciech Jakóbik, Editor-in-Chief, Biznesalert.pl

10:40 – 10:55 Presentation (15 min) How does technology enable value creation in sustainable development? Discussion of the “Digital Sustainability in Poland” report results

• Przemysław Nogaj, Business Development Director, Autodesk
• Michał Maćkowiak, Territory Account Sales Executive, Autodesk

10:55 – 11:30 RES as a pillar of the development and competitiveness of the Polish economy

• How can Poland achieve increased greenhouse gas emission reduction targets (at least 55%)
• Green hydrogen – how to discount the potential possibilities of production, storage and use of hydrogen in energy and transport
• Offshore Sector Deal – an example of cooperation between the administration, investors and industry for the modernization of the Polish energy and economy
• RES as a key element of the energy mix – social and economic potential
• Taxonomy of sustainable finance – directions of funds distribution by financial institutions
• Will the development of electromobility change the image and functioning of the Polish energy sector and to what extent?
• What are the barriers to the development of large solar farms?
• Exploitation of geothermal potential as an impulse for economic development in small towns and communes
• Investment perspective in large-scale renewable energy projects

Speakers:

• Ireneusz Zyska, Secretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment*
• Łukasz Jankowski, Head of Energy, DLA Piper*
• Zbigniew Leszczyński, Wiceprezes Zarządu ds. Rozwoju, PKN Orlen*
• Maciej Małachowski, Senior Manager, PwC
• Filip Sypko, Head of Global Business Development, Green Genius
• Arkadiusz Sekściński, Vice President of the Management Board for Development, PGNiG
• Michał Skorupa, President of the Management Board, Foton Technik*
• Mirosław Bendzera, President of the Management Board, Famur
• PhD Mateusz Damrat, Director of the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute
• PZU representative

Moderator:

• Dominik Brodacki, Energy Analyst, Polityka Insight

11:30 – 12:20 Polish energy mix until 2050

• Coal and gas as the basis for production in the transition period – for how long?
• Changing the approach to onshore wind energy as a chance for multilateral social and economic benefits?
• Scenarios for the development of nuclear energy in Poland
• 5.9 GW in offshore energy by 2030 – is it realistic?
• The prospect of hydrogen development in Poland
• Connecting sectors based on electricity – electricity, heating and transport
• Reform of the ETS system – what should Poland strive for in the European Commission?
• RES (photovoltaics, hydropower, biogas plants, etc.) – energy production and storage – potential and barriers

Speakers:

• Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Member of the European Parliament*
• Tomasz Nowacki, Director, Departament Energii Jądrowej, Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska*
• Przemysław Hofman, Director of Low Carbon Economy Department, Ministry of Development and Technology*
• Michał Sołowow, Developer & Shareholder, Synthos*
• Krzysztof Kochanowski, CEO, Hydrogen Poland*
• Bartłomiej Pawlak, Vice President of the Management Board, PFR*
• Krzysztof Kuśmierowski, Vice President of the Management Board, PGE GiEK
• Piotr Guział, Managing Director, ORLEN Deutschland*
• Anna Moskwa, Expert in the energy sector, PKN ORLEN*
• Tomasz Rogala, President of the Management Board, Polish Mining Group*
• Representative EDF
• Representative Bird&Bird

Moderator:

• Jakub Wiech, Editor, Energetyka24*

12:30 – 13:00 Networking break

13:00 – 14:10 Modernization and expansion of distribution networks

• Necessary investments in transmission and distribution networks
• How to adapt distribution networks to the growing number of prosumers and various forms of integration of energy consumers / producers (clusters, cooperatives and energy communities)
• Smart power grids – remote reading meters
• A new paradigm of energy regulation of grid companies in the light of their considerable investment effort
• Factors guaranteeing the improvement of energy quality, reactive power compensation and voltage stabilization
• Regulatory services for energy storage in hybrid RES installations
• Energy disputes, prosumer – energy producer – distribution network operator

13:00-13:10 Presentation [title TBD]

• Representative MindMade

13:10-13:20 Case-study: Polish technologies in the energy transformation

• Jarosław Wojtulewicz, Adviser of the Executive Board on Strategy, Apator

13:20-14:10 Debate: Modernization and expansion of distribution networks

Speakers:

• Rafał Gawin, President, Energy Regulatory Office
• Mirosław Klepacki, President of the Management Board, Apator
• Marek Kleszczewski, Member of the Management Board, PKP Energetyka
• Jarosław Kwasek, President of the Management Board, PGE Dystrybucja
• Paweł Pisarczyk, CEO, Atende Industries
• Robert Zasina, President of the Management Board, Tauron Dystrybucja
• A representative of the PSE Management Board

Moderator:

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

14:10 – 15:00 The role of natural gas in the transformation of electric power and heating

• Gas sector investments for the transformation of the power sector?
• Will gas fill the carbon gap by 2025?
• Transformation of heating and its challenges in relation to climate policy and increasing environmental costs
• Changes in the heating regulation model

Speakers:

• Paweł Pikus, Director of the Department of Electricity and Gas, Ministry of Climate and Environment*
• dr Iweta Opolska, Director, Gas Trading Office, PKN Orlen*
• Andrzej Rubczyński, Dyrektor ds. Strategii Ciepłownictwa, Forum Energii
• Jarosław Maślany, Member of the Management Board, PGNiG Termika*
• Przemysław Kołodziejak, President of the Management Board, PGE Energia Ciepła*
• Maciej Poniatowicz, Member of the Management Board, Energy Solution*

Moderator:

• Mariusz Marszałkowski, Journalist, BiznesAlert.pl*

15:15 Lunch