Speakers

Holds the PhD of Technical Sciences in the field of electrical power engineering and energy economics. Has been working at the Energy Regulatory Office URE since 2004, among others as the deputy director of the Department of Market Development and Consumer Issues. He took the position of URE President in 2019.
Experienced in international cooperation: serving as an expert of the European Commission for the TAIEX programmes and twin-project in Ukraine related to the functioning of the electricity market, security of energy supply, the balancing market and congestion management. Expert at Florence School of Regulation on the development and operation of regional electricity markets. National expert with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). In March 2021 appointed for the position of ACER Board of Regulators’ (BoR) Vice Chairman.
Experienced in supervising energy companies, particularly in the field of financial reporting and audit as well as investment and development.
Author of numerous publications and studies on the functioning of electricity markets, including the grid access principles, balancing and regional markets.

A graduate of the University of Agriculture in Poznań (1990) and a holder of the European Union scholarship FH Weihenstephan (1991-1992). Between 1994 and 1999, he was an expert and a Project Manager working on Phare and USAID support programmes. He started his professional career in the Voivodeship Office in Poznań, and in the years 1993-2005 he was a member of the management and supervisory boards of commercial law companies related to business consulting, information technology and power industry. Since 2006 he has been working for the Asseco Group, where he currently manages the power and gas division. He is a co-author of a number of energy market studies, development strategies for energy companies, restructuring programs and studies on energy market development. He is a member of Steering Committees in several major Polish IT projects for the power sector. He is a co-author of the development strategy for Asseco’s business operations in the domestic and foreign markets. In addition, he is responsible for the supervision over the development of Asseco’s products as well as their internationalisation and globalisation.

He advises companies from the energy sector. He specializes in renewable energy contracts and energy purchase (PPA, cPPA). His experience to date focuses on supporting transactions in the energy market. In addition, Jan has extensive experience in market, strategic and regulatory analyzes, which allows him to coordinate the preparation of a number of forecasts and analyzes.

CEO of Rachuneo, a platform operating since 2019 supporting energy decisions of individual clients and SMEs. Ha has many years of experience in the digitization of business processes and public administration. Co-founder of the Siepomaga.pl Foundation and the consulting company Obserwatorium.biz. Sociology PhD(Adam Mickiewicz University), postgraduate studies in business strategy and planning (Poznań University of Economics). Author of research reports and conference panelist on digitization, finance and energy.

Since June 2021, CEO and then Member of the Management Board of Baltic Power, responsible for the construction of the first offshore wind farm of the ORLEN Group and Northland Power. Experienced manager and leader, expert in the field of energy and system innovation. Specialises in broadly defined business development from mergers and acquisitions, preparation and implementation of infrastructure investments, as well as in innovation implementation. Previously associated, among others, with Tauron, where, as vice-president, he was responsible for the implementation of the green turnaround. In addition, he was responsible for overseeing an investment portfolio of up to PLN 4 billion per year and supervised key investment projects such as the construction and restructuring of the Jaworzno 910 project. Previously, for about 10 years he was responsible for business development and strategy at GDF Suez Polska and led the M&A and development projects of GDF SUEZ Europe.

Dominik Brodacki analyzes the energy and fuel sector, including regulatory and personnel changes, business strategies and trends. He is a graduate of law and European studies from the University of Warsaw, where he is now a PhD student. For several years he dealt with legal advisory for Polish and foreign enterprises. He is a cooperator of the Ignacy Lukasiewicz Energy Policy Institute and member of the editorial team of the scientific magazine Energy Policy Studies. An author of scientific publications and market analyzes in the field of energy policy, energy law and electromobility.

Co-founder and President of the Board of the Polish Chamber of Electromobility Development Association, a graduate of the University of Zielona Góra. A practitioner in the electromobility industry, with a focus on the development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. In the e-mobility sector since 2018. Co-creator of the “E-mobility now!” program, which involves development of electromobility in local government units, through a number of bottom-up activities (including education, infrastructure, promotion, information).

Szymon Byliński is the director of the Department of Electromobility and Hydrogen Economy at the Ministry of Climate and Environment, a graduate of the National School of Public Administration. As an employee of the Ministry of Economy and then the Ministry of Energy, he was responsible for regulations concerning the fuel market, alternative fuels infrastructure and fuel quality. He was the head of the ministerial team for the quality of fuels and alternative fuels. He is the co-author of key documents for the development of electromobility in Poland: the Act of 11 January on electromobility and alternative fuels, the National Framework for the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure. Currently, as the director of the Department, he is responsible for the regulation of the electromobility market and for the Polish hydrogen strategy.

Associated with the energy industry for more than a dozen years, at Projekt Solartechnik, in the position of CSO, he is responsible for implementing business strategy, developing cooperation and managing customer relations and shaping the B2B offer.
His previous professional experience was gained in companies such as Vattenfall, Fiten, Energa and the Orlen Group, where he was responsible for the sale of energy efficiency products, in particular PV installations.
He graduated in management from the Katowice Business University and an MBA from the Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Sciences.

Expert providing advice to Polish and foreign companies from the power and production sectors. Specializes in determining investment options, improving the efficiency of processes, creating development strategies, cost optimization and restructuring. She leads a team of strategic advisors who support clients in the analysis of technological data, digitalisation and automation of production processes.

Prior to becoming President of ComCERT S.A., he was, among other things, an author of software for state bodies covered by protection of classified information. He worked with government administration offices, government composite administration bodies and public finance sector units, including state public law institutions.

In 2016-2017, he was a co-founder and Member of the Board of Directors (CFO) of Critical Applications, a company owned by the Ministry of Finance, developing analytical information systems supporting the Tax Administration and other state bodies in criminal and fiscal activities and countering financial irregularities. In 2017-2019, Vice President of the Social Insurance Institution, responsible for technical implementation of the 2017 pension reform and implementation of the e-Contribution, e-Act and e-ZLA (electronic sick leave) projects.

He served as a Member of the Council for Digitization Affairs appointed by the Minister of Digitization, a Member of the Scientific Council of NASK, and an Advisor to the Steering Committee of the e-Document project – being appointed jointly by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, the Minister of Digitization and the Minister of Health. In 2019-2021, he served as an advisor to the Presidents of selected state-owned companies. He is certified as an expert witness in IT, reverse engineering, cyber security and IT copyright.

Piotr Ferszka is a Vice-President of the Management Board of SAP Polska and Sales Director for Key Accounts. He has over 20 years of experience in sales of IT solutions and systems, which he gained while working for global technology brands such as Oracle Polska, Asseco and Hewlett-Packard. In SAP since December 2020. Piotr Ferszka graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. He is passionate about green energy, focusing on hydropower – as a member of the Polish Association for Small Hydropower Development (Towarzystwa Rozwoju Małych Elektrowni Wodnych).

Director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority from February 2019. For more than 25 years she has been related to the transport sector, she held, inter alia, positions of President of the Management Board, General Director, and Operations Director of companies owned by the Veolia Transport, Transdev, and Deutsche Bahn Group. She worked also in the Raben Group companies as the Chief Accountant. She graduated in management from the WSB University. She is experienced in managing complex organisational structures, also the dispersed ones.
She feels very well in crisis situations as well as in such that require restructuring. She is proficient in operational management and in finance management. Already during the first year of ZTM management she effectively carried out the process of three hitherto transport operators integration, she cut the costs of the company operations, and also reduced the employment. She initiates and supervises processes that optimise the organisation of public transport in the area of municipalities – members of the Upper Silesian-Zagłębie Metropolis. Under her management the ZTM modernises the business operation standards, implements programmes for staff personal development, building a strong and motivated team, as well as modernises the transport infrastructure, ensuring the top safety standards for transported passengers. She greatly focuses on operations consistent with procedures and professional ethics.

Wojciech Hann graduated from the theoretical physics faculty at the University of Wrocław and MBA studies at the University of Rochester (USA). He has over 25 years of experience in investment banking and company financing. Mr Hann was involved as advisor in more than fifty transactions, primarily within the energy sector and multiple other sectors, both in Poland and Eastern Europe.
Between 2016 and 2019 Hann was a Member of the Management Board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. In 2016 he was managing director of the capital markets department in Ipopema Securities. Prior to that, for 9 years, as a Partner in Deloitte, Mr Hann was in charge of creating and executing projects. Between 1998 and 2007 Wojciech Hann worked in UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking / CA IB in Warsaw, and after that in Vienna, where, among others, he was director of Energy&Utilities department.

Since 2000, he has been associated with TAURON Dystrybucja, in the area of ​​metering, smart metering infrastructure and systems, and the energy market. He was responsible for the implementation of the AMI smart metering system in the area of ​​the city of Wrocław. Formly, Director of Advanced Metering Infrastructure at TAURON Dystrybucja Pomiary, Director of the Distribution Services Sales Department at TAURON Dystrybucja, Currently, he is Executive Director of Business Continuity Management System and IT at TAURON Polska Energia.
He is expert of AMI in Poland, member of Working Group at the Ministry of Climate and the Environment, related for smart metering. He is co-author within PTPiREE on the feasibility study for the implementation of smart metering in Poland. He is member of ITAM Forum Polish Chapter. He was in charge of AMI Working Group at Polish Power Transmission and Distribution Association (PTPiREE), and was member of cybersecurity IT/OT working group at PTPiREE. He was member of Working Group for Smart Grid networks at the Central Office of Measures, the Polish Committee for Standardization.
Author of many publications at conferences on smart metering, cybersecurity, smart grid, digitalization (including ENLIT Europe, Smart Grid Security Summit, IT Systems in Electricity Market, Picnic of Power Quality, Smart Communication and Techology Forum Metering Billing / CRM Europe, SmartHomes, Energy Losses , Advanced metering systems – smart metering, European Electricity Market).

 Szmo Kacprzak – activist of the Youth Climate Strike, a graduate of the University of Wrocław in the field of Social Project Management, co-founder of the School Climate Conference association and member of Europe, the Patient association. Topics particularly close to him are: corporate responsibility, European climate policy, energy and education.

Vice-President of the Board, General Director, Polish Chamber of Energy Storage
An expert in the energy industry with 20 years of professional experience. He gained experience in energy distribution and transmission companies as well as in consulting companies. A longtime publicist in the field of energy market in economic media. A consultant in the field of system solutions in the power industry cooperating with government institutions and the Parliament. The first president and co-founder of the only Polish organization of companies in the field of energy storage technologies (electricity, heat, hydrogen and cold) and electromobility (vehicle charging infrastructure, battery and hydrogen technologies) and energy management in energy clusters.

A graduate of the Faculty of Transport at the Silesian University of Technology in Katowice. He has always been professionally and privately associated with transport. He started his professional career by working in the Management of Public Transport in Rybnik, and then in the Communal Communication Association of the Upper Silesian Industrial District in Katowice, and then as a head of the department and deputy head in the Transport Department of the Katowice City Hall. He returned to Rybnik as the Director of Management of Public Transport, and then became the president of the newly established communication company. For many years he was associated with the scientific and research community – he conducted classes for students and participated in scientific and research projects.

A leading executive with extensive background and knowledge of the Polish energy market, Miroslaw Kowalik became president of Westinghouse Poland in May 2021. In this role, Mr. Kowalik leads the company’s plans to invest in nuclear technologies in Poland, including providing the world’s leading and safest AP1000® technology to the country’s nuclear power program.
Mr. Kowalik brings more than 25 years of experience in the energy sector, with expertise in business leadership, strategy, new project acquisitions and business development gained while in senior leadership positions at companies including SNC Lavalin, Alstom and ABB. Most recently, Mr. Kowalik served as president of Enea, one of the largest energy companies in Poland.
Based in Westinghouse’s Warsaw office, Mr. Kowalik will also serve as president of Westinghouse Electric Poland sp.z o.o., overseeing various Westinghouse activities in Poland in addition to Westinghouse’s nuclear new-build efforts.
Miroslaw Kowalik is a graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Gdynia Maritime University. He received his MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management in cooperation with the University of Gdańsk and the Gdańsk Foundation for Management Development and also completed post-graduate studies in corporate finance management at the Warsaw School of Economics.

In his current SAP position, he is responsible for cooperation with Energy & Utility companies and Industry Associations to set and bring new ideas where innovative SAP Technology can help to grow, drive additional value and answer to industry trends. Big enthusiast of Digital Transformation and IoT being also a part of various innovative SAP initiatives focused on Utility value chain. He is also a member of Era-net smart grids plus initiative working group and plays an active role in FutureFlow initiative conducted with four Power Transmission Companies under Horizon 2020. Before joining SAP, he worked for 15 years in big consulting companies conducting several big projects in the area of process & cost optimization, asset management, corporate planning in Utilities & Energy industry.

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering and Environmental Engineering at the Wrocław University of Technology. He completed postgraduate studies
at the Wrocław University of Technology in the field of Management and Marketing
and at the Warsaw University of Technology in the field of Gas Engineering. He completed postgraduate studies in Project Management at the Warsaw School of Economics.
He is a graduate of the Executive MBA studies organized by the Gdansk Foundation
for Management Development in partnership with the Institut d’Administration des Entreprises Aix–Marseille. He has the necessary qualifications to both design and manage works
in the field of gas installations and networks alongside with being the owner of the PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate.
He has extensive professional experience in the field of operation of energy facilities.
He has been connected with the gas industry for over 25 years. He initially worked
as a designer and later as a head of design studio in GAZOPROJKET S.A all while participating in the design of the most important investments in the power industry which included: Transit Gas Pipeline System, gas storage facilities in Mogilno and Wierzchowice, transit gas compressor stations, gas compression station in Hołowczyce, Jeleniów, Krzywa, Kotowo
i Załęcze and the biggest gas interchanges alongside with several dozens of gas stations.
After beginning employment in PGNiG S.A. head office he was involved in the most important strategic projects connected with the diversification of gas supply to Poland such
as the construction of the LNG terminal in Świnoujście and the Poland-Denmark connection project Baltic Pipe.
In recent years he worked for OSP GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. where he was responsible
for the development of the gas transmission system, planning new investment projects
and programs, as well as producing multi-annual development plans responding to the needs of the developing gas market in Poland. At the same time, he held the position of Deputy Director of the Gas Dispatch Centre.
He was awarded with the Bronze Cross of Merit and many industry awards. He also holds
the title of Mining Chief 2nd Grade and is a member of the Scientific and Technical Association of Technicians and Engineers of the Oil and Gas Industry.
On 1 October 2018 he was appointed as Member of the Management Board of Polska Spółka Gazownictwa and on 21 August 2019 he was appointed as Member of the Management Board of the Polska Spółka Gazownictwa responsible for technical and network maintenance.
On July 1, 2020, he was appointed the President of the Management Board of Polska Spółka Gazownictwa.

Artur Kuliński is a member of the Security Specialists EMEA tea. He has been professionally involved in the IT industry for over 20 years, during which he worked as a programmer, architect and manager of development teams. For over 10 years he has been working for the financial industry, both on the side of clients and suppliers. Fascinated by cloud solutions, which he treats as the next, natural step in the evolution of IT.
He graduated from the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology of the Warsaw University of Technology and obtained an MBA from the Warsaw University of Technology Business School.

Radosław Kwiecień has been associated with financial sector throughout his whole professional life. Since 2001 he worked in managerial positions at Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej (currently BGŻ BNP Paribas). In the years 2012-2016 he was responsible for the banking operations. At that time he was also a member of the operational risk management and business continuity committee of the bank. He implemented banks’ integration projects during the merger of two separate organizations. He launched new IT systems in the field of banking operations and he centralized management processes in the area of ​​operations. He also introduced outsourcing model for many banking processes – the result of which was costs reduction and improvement in productivity, efficiency and quality of work. 
A graduate of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Opole. He completed postgraduate studies in controlling and capital investments at the WSB University in Poznań, preparation and management of public-private partnership projects at the Warsaw School of Economics, as well as management studies at the Kozminski University. At the same University he has also obtained an Executive MBA diploma.
He likes to spend his free time actively. He is most fascinated by the mountains and he explores them hiking, skiing and cycling. His second passion is music, which he prefers to listen to in live, and that is why he often participates in concerts and festivals. Good literature accompanies him practically every day while listening to audiobooks on the way to work, running or cycling.

Mr Tomasz Łątka has been connected with Apator SA since 2003, since 2010 he has been holding managerial positions, since 2020 he has been the member of the Supervisory Board of Apator SA.
He is responsible for the development of the area of smart grid automation and consolidation of the electricity business segment in Apator Group.
Mr Tomasz Łątka is a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Technology and Agriculture in Bydgoszcz. Moreover, he obtained the title of Master of Business Management at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and completed postgraduate Executive MBA studies at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Maciej Lipka is a specialist in the field of energy. He professionally and scientifically deals with nuclear reactor safety analyses, and optimization of the use of nuclear techniques. He is involved, among others, in programmes for the development of new generation reactors and thermonuclear fusion. He is also interested in issues of decarbonization of the energy sector, as well as interaction between renewable and nuclear energy sources, and nuclear district heating.
He graduated in classical (BSc) and nuclear power engineering (MSc) from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology. Professionally, since 2014 he is associated with the National Center for Nuclear Research, where he currently works at the MARIA research reactor as Head of the Reactor Analyses and Measurements Group.

Graduate of the Faculty of Strategic Management of the School of Management (POU/Oxford Brookes University), where he also obtained an MBA.
Mr Listwoń has many years of experience in the trading and clearing of commodity futures markets, financial instruments and international transactions carried out as part of the European electricity market coupling mechanism.
Professionally involved with the TGE Group since 2008. At the beginning of his career, Piotr Listwoń was involved in the operational start-up of the Commodity Exchange Clearing House S.A., where he held the position of Director of the Clearing and Settlement Department and Director of International Cooperation Development from 2013 to 2018.
Since April 2018, Mr Listwoń has been Vice President of the Management Board of the TGE, responsible for the operational area of the Exchange and the development of the product offering. At the same time, became a member of the Supervisory Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Foundation. In addition, in December 2020, took up the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of InfoEngine, a company within the TGE Capital Group. In January 2021, Mr Listwoń joined the Board of Directors of the Association of Power Exchanges (APEx), an international association of 46 commodity and financial power exchanges from around the world.

Jarosław Łukasiewicz, President of the VETASI Group, Managing Director, Poland & Eastern Europe
He has over 25 years of experience in working in managerial positions in the IT sector. He has many successful IT projects in the field of ERP, EAM and ITSM for a wide range of clients in large enterprises, public institutions, and global corporations in Poland and Europe. Many years of experience, great technical knowledge combined with entrepreneurship and the ability to build relationships with employees and customers allowed VETASI to succeed and gain a leading position in Poland, Central and Eastern Europe. From 2021 as CEO of the VETASI Group, responsible for the global strategy, investments and development of the group in new markets.
He has a master’s degree in engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering. A graduate of MBA studies at Thames Valley University and prestigious programs management including the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at IESE Business School in Barcelona.

Chair of the Youth Climate Council – an advisory body to the Minister of Climate and Environment – in 2021-2022. Member of the National Development Council – Youth Council to the President of the Republic of Poland. Professionally she focuses on offshore wind energy and its impact on the environment and the local community. EU Young Ocean Advocate.

A graduate of King’s College London, where she graduated with distinction with a master’s degree in Water: Science and Governance, and won the best thesis award. She is a recipient of the “Bona Fide” scholarship from the ORLEN Foundation for the best Polish students at 50 world’s top universities. She also holds an undergraduate degree in marine biology and oceanography from the University of Southampton.

She gained professional experience as an expert for the European Committee of the Regions, for which she prepared an opinion on boosting local and regional climate diplomacy. She was a coordinator of a working group within the team on environmental and climate education, and promotion of ecological livelihood; a member of the working group on offshore wind energy at the Ministry of Climate and Environment. She co-founded the Climate Youth Dialogue – an agreement for climate education of the five largest youth organizations working in the field of climate or education.
She also specialized in the topic of drinking water quality in Poland. She was a member of the working group on the new drinking water directive at the European Commission. She co-authored scientific articles analyzing the impact of this directive on the water supply sector in Poland.

She has authored popular science articles on the water crisis in Poland and the importance of youth climate movements in creating climate education and civil society, which have appeared in industry reports. Panelist and participant of numerous conferences, both scientific, including at Oxford University and the University of Bremen, and popular science, such as TEDxWarsaw and the Communities of Democracies Youth Forum and Vienna Energy Forum. A participant in the COP24 Climate Summit in Katowice, Poland, and a youth representative in the Polish delegation to COP26 in Glasgow.

He has been involved in the TMT (Technology, Media, Telecommunications) market for many years. Has extensive experience in the business area of new technologies combined with technical expertise in IT, telecommunications and banking. He is a graduate of IT studies at the University of Lodz, European Business Studies at Fachhoschule Osnabrueck, Executive MBA at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) and the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH).

Founder and President of the Safe Cyberspace Foundation and Vice President of ComCERT SA. In 2017- 2018, he was advisor to the Minister of National Defence. He is a member of the Digitisation Council of the 5th term. Previously, he was associated with the NASK National Research Institute where he managed the CERT Polska team. He was a member of the Permanent Cybersecurity Team of the Republic of Poland appointed by the Head of the National Security Agency, he participated in the development of the National Cybersecurity System Act. He gives lectures on information and communication security at Warsaw University of Technology, Jagiellonian University, PwB, Polish- Japanese Academy of Information Technology, and Warsaw School of Economics. As part of the Foundation, he participates in a number of projects promoting awareness of cybersecurity. He is the originator and initiator of the establishment of the Polish Civic Cyber Defense as a voluntary organisation supporting the cybersecurity system of the Republic of Poland. He is a co-founder of an international foundation – Open CSIRT Foundation, developing maturity models for incident response teams. Since 2012, he has coordinated Poland’s first cybersecurity exercise – Cyber-EXE™ Poland, held in major economic sectors. He participated in building new CERTs in Poland and abroad. He coordinated the NATO CLOSER project that established CERTs in Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. He co- organises cooperation of European CERTs within the Trusted Introducer and GEANT TF-CSIRT initiatives and he conducts accreditation and certification processes of these teams. He works closely with the ENISA European Agency, being a member of subject-related working groups and a co-author of many papers issued by the Agency. For several years, he has been a speaker at national and international conferences on cybersecurity. He is the originator and organiser of the Security Case Study conference series. He is also the originator and co-author of the first Polish podcast on cybersecurity – the “Cyber, Cyber”

Manager with over 30 years of experience, specializing in the effective management of units and organizations in the area of business and ICT. It also carries out activities related to business and ICT consulting, project management (portfolios and programs), cybersecurity and the implementation of solutions related to homeland security, in the private and public sectors. His professional activity focuses mainly in the area of utilities, telecommunications and finance.
He has extensive experience in managing large projects, portfolio of projects and programs, from process changes, through effective communication, risk and change management, to the implementation of effective management tools. He also has knowledge and experience in the field of transformations, restructuring and building organizational structures as well as in increasing the business and technological efficiency of organizational units, from purely organizational changes to strategy along with full restructuring.
It presents in-depth knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT), as well as detailed business, industry and technological knowledge, knowing the language of communication of both parties.

Vladimir Novak is Chief Commercial Officer based in Ultra Safe Nuclear headquarters in Seattle, WA. In this role, Vladimir is responsible for setting corporate strategy and leading commercial growth across global markets. He also oversees the company’s marketing efforts, educating industry leaders, partners and consumers on the overall benefits of micro nuclear technologies and the unique advantages of the Ultra Safe Nuclear approach.

Prior to assuming this role in March of 2022, over the period of 22 years he held senior positions at Chevron as well as various leadership roles at GE in technology and business development. Before that, Vladimir worked at the US Naval Research Laboratory focused on fundamental research in fusion energy.

Vladimir received his Executive MBA from Rice University. He also earned Doctorate and Master’s Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology with focus on thermal sciences and fusion energy. In his earlier years he competed on the professional tennis tour. As a certified health coach he enjoys helping people live a healthy lifestyle.

He has been working for the local government for almost twenty years. Since 2010 he has been elected the mayor of Płock for the third term. Chairman of theAssociation of Płock Region Municipalities. Earlier, in 2002-2007, a city councilor and member of the Treasury and Budget Committee, then in 2007-2010 a member of the Polish Parliament, he sat on two Committees: Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism and European Union Affairs.
A Polish philologist by education. He graduated from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and worked as a teacher and educator of youth at the Władysław Jagiełło High School in Płock. A graduate of the Executive MBA BCC management studies conducted by the Business Center Club in cooperation with the Gdańsk Foundation for Management Development, the University of Gdańsk and RSM Erasmus University.

Graduate of the Faculty of Telecommunications at the Warsaw University of Technology. Experienced manager, who has carried out many projects for IT / Telco industry, headed the Department of Educational Networks at the Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK), developed Polish National Educational Network, including the educational Anti-smog Network. Currently, the director of the Department of Development of Innovative Methods for Program Management at the National Centre for Research and Development.

A graduate of the University of Economics in Krakow and postgraduate studies at the Jagiellonian University. For over 25 years associated with the IT industry. Analyst, consultant, architect, Project Manager. Implementing dozens of projects for large and medium-sized companies operating in various industries. For 5 years, a manager running an IT company employing several dozen people. He has been working in the Vetasi company for a year. Specializing in issues related to property management, IT services and the development of dedicated applications. Privately, a travel and bridge enthusiast.

dr bab. Eng. Waldemar Skomudek – has over 36 years of work experience in the professional power industry and over 15 years of work experience at the university. He graduated from, among others 3-year doctoral studies, managerial studies in the field of Modern Financial Management, managerial studies in the field of Modern Business Management Techniques and post-graduate studies in the field of Accounting and Finance. In the years 2001-2008 he held managerial positions in power companies in the Opolskie and Dolnośląskie provinces, and in 2008-2010 he was the Vice-President of the Management Board in Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne Operator S.A. in Konstacin-Jeziorna. He co-founded the EnergiaPro Koncern Energetyczny S.A. and TAURON S.A. capital groups, and in 2007 he participated in the separation of the Distribution System Operator from the EnergiaPro KE S.A. structure. In the years 2012-2020 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Production Engineering and Logistics at the Opole University of Technology, currently a professor at AGH in Krakow. In his professional work, he mainly deals with the functioning of the electricity market, management of large projects, implementation of innovative solutions in the domestic energy sector, management of entities in the electricity sub-sector in the conditions of competition, issues of the stability of the National Power System, including distributed generation, problems of power grid operation and problems of improving the quality and continuity of power supply to electricity consumers. He is the author / co-author of over 180 scientific articles and papers as well as seven monographic publications. Member of many industry organizations, both domestic and foreign.

Director of the Strategic Relations Department in the BGK, Polish Development Bank

She has worked at BGK since 2010, as a specialist and expert in the Structured Finance Department , and since 2014 as director of the office responsible for structuring finance for the energy, transport and municipal sectors. In 2020, she took over as a director of the Office for the Structuring of Difficult Transactions dealing with the early restructuring of companies. Since April 2021, she has been the director of the Strategic Relationships Department, which main task is to support the sustainable socio-economic development of Poland by providing financial solutions and comprehensive banking services to key business entities.

At BGK, she is also the director of the Strategic Security program. The aim of it is to develop and implement financial solutions responding to market needs in the area of energy, fuel sector, defence and cybersecurity.

Apart from working at BGK, she gained her professional experience, among others, at TFI Energa SA, where she was director of the Private Assets Management Office. She holds a master’s degree in Finance and Banking from the Warsaw School of Economics and in Economics from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

Privately, she enjoys spending her free time actively and is also interested in interior design.

A manager of the department selling advanced telecommunications services to complex structures of holding companies and companies from the energy sector. An engineer with over 20 years’ experience in supporting business processes with TELCO/IT technologies as well as procedures conducted under the Public Procurement Law.
At T-Mobile Polska, Robert Solnica is in charge of the department implementing projects in the following areas: IoT, M2M, cybersecurity, network solutions and Smart City.

Łukasz is the director and leader of the Capital Projects & Infrastructure team specialising in transaction and financial consulting for the infrastructure sector, including renewable energy (RES). Together with his team, he advised, inter alia, leading domestic and international investors in M&A processes and obtaining financing for the creation / development of a renewable energy portfolio, and supported domestic and international institutions in key infrastructure projects (including construction / financing of airports, highways, railways) globally.
Łukasz has extensive, many years of experience in conducting M&A transactions, structured finance and project finance, which allows him to manage complex projects in various structures.

Grzegorz Wisniewski – engineer, economist, specialist in the renewable energy market and solar energy technology. Founder (2001) and President of the Institute for Renewable Energy (IEO). He is programme director of postgraduate studies “Renewable energy for business”, a member of the Presidium of the Committee for Energy and Climate Policy at the National Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Council of the National Chamber of Energy Clusters and Renewable Energy Sources. He is the initiator of new concepts in renewable energy, including the construction in Poland of a Gigafactory of photovoltaic cells implemented by the company Giga PV S.A (‘2020), the concept of introducing zero-emission RES with seasonal heat storage into the heating industry, and agrophotovoltaics.
He was Director of the European Commission’s Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Chairman of the European Commission’s Reflection Group on Sustainable Energy, Member of the NCBiR Energy Steering Committee and of the NCBiR Editorial Team for New Technologies in Energy. Member of the National Development Council to the President of the Republic of Poland for the term 2015-2021. He led the work on key governmental expert reports on the directions of the law, economic assessments of RES technologies. He is the co-author of the first national “Renewable Energy Development Strategy” (‘2000), first draft of the Renewable Energy Sources Act, assumptions to the green certificates system (2005), initiator of the prosumer amendment to the RES Act (‘2015). Winner of the title “Man of Polish Ecology” (‘2014).

The Management Board of the ZEPAK S.A. Capital Group advisor, engineer, specializing in issues related to the development of RES projects – many years of practical experience in the preparation and implementation of investments in wind park projects and large-scale photovoltaic farms Responsible for the implementation of the green transformation program in the ZEPAK Capital Group: acquisition and construction of wind farm projects, development of greenfield projects on land where coal mining has been completed.

 
Passionate about modern ICT technologies applied in business. He gained his first professional experience in 2005, creating applications for the financial, local government and telecommunications sectors. In the following years, participated in numerous projects for the energy industry, including modernization and development of the Energy Market Information System. Since 2015, he has been involved in business development in the largest IT companies offering their cloud services to the enterprise sector in Poland. Author of numerous product concepts, business models and press releases. At Google Poland, he serves as Market Development Manager and is responsible for the creation and sale of the concept of using Google Cloud Computing in the enterprise business. Graduate of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, WSB University and the University of Wrocław, certified Project Manager and cloud specialist. 
Privately, a fan of hiking and water sports.

Mr. Zawartko has been with GAZ-SYSTEM since 31 December 2015.
Previously, he served as the President of the Management Board of PERN “Przyjaźń” (operator of the Friendship pipeline), and the Vice President of the Management Board of Nafta Polska SA. He was a member of the supervisory boards of a number of companies from the energy and chemical sector: Międzynarodowe Przedsiębiorstwo Rurociągowe “Sarmatia”, Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn SA (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Zakłady Chemiczne “Organika Sarzyna” SA (Chairman of the Supervisory Board). For many years, he was an appointed civil servant at the Supreme Chamber of Control where he filled various roles including the Director of the Strategy Department, and of the Department of Professional Development Control Methodology.
During his professional career in senior managerial positions in joint-stock companies, he conducted reorganization processes aimed at their transformation into true business players focused on growth strategies; he participated in the works Inter-Governmental Working Groups negotiating international cooperation agreements in the energy sector (Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Georgia), and working groups negotiating agreements between the following companies: PERN Friendship of Uktransnafta (Ukraine), State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (“SOCAR”), Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation Ltd. (“GOGC”), Klaipedos Nafta (Lithuania) on the merger with MPR Sarmatia sp. z o.o. As part of the work in the supervisory bodies of commercial companies, he was involved in privatisation and restructuring processes in chemical sector companies.
Artur Zawartko graduated from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology and two post-graduate programmes at the Warsaw School of Economics (Company Value Management and Human Capital Development), participant of management courses at the Leon Koźmiński University.

Co-owner of the company, lawyer, MBA diploma, specializing in issues related to the investment process – many years of practical experience in the preparation and implementation of investments, in particular infrastructure.
As a parliamentary and ministerial expert, co-author of a number of bills and regulations. By order of the Prime Minister of 4 October 2012, he was appointed to the Construction Law Codification Commission for a 4-year term of office. Expert in the Ministry of Economy on transmission corridors and financial consequences of establishing transmission easements. Expert at the Ministry of Regional Development in the field of EU support for access to broadband networks and the development of high-capacity networks. Member of the Main Urban and Architectural Commission.
Author of numerous publications, i.a. co-author of the largest and repeatedly republished “Commentary to the Act on Planning and Spatial Development” (Publishing House C.H. BECK, W-wa 2004 – edited by Zygmunt Niewiadomski), as well as published in autumn 2011 in the C.H.Beck Publishing House “Commentary to local government acts” (edited by Zygmunt Niewiadomski and Roman Hauser). Among the publications, also include: “Legal regulation of the investment and construction process. Conditions. Barriers. Prospects.” (LexisNexis Publishing House, W-wa 2009).