congress2025-program

PROGRAM

Day 1
Day 2

Day 1

DAY I: 25 November 2025 (Tuesday)**

09:00

Participant Registration

Opening Session

10:00

Opening Remarks

Remigiusz Nowakowski, President, DISE Energy

Beata Włodarska, Vice President, DISE Energy

10:10 – 11:00

Keynotes by Honorary Guests

Michał Rado, Vice-Marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Katarzyna Szymczak – Pomianowska, Director, Department of Strategy and Sustainable Development, City of Wrocław

Wanda Buk, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland for Energy (Affairs), Partner, GWW

Øystein Bø, Ambassador of Norway to Poland

Miguel Berger, Ambassador of Germany to Poland

Lilla Bacha, Energy and Infrastructure Attachée, Embassy of France in Poland

Beata Viršumirska, Energy Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Republic of Poland

Morten Siem Lynge, Head of Economic Diplomacy and Trade, Embassy of Denmark in Poland

Prof. dr hab. inż. Arkadiusz Wójs, Rector, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Main session:
ECONOMY UNDER THE PRESSURE OF ENERGY COSTS

11:00 – 11:15

Speech

Marcin Izdebski, Expert, Centre for Development Strategies, “A green conscience – the true costs of energy transition”

11:15 – 12:15

Panel Discussion
Key Questions

Are we entering a post–cheap power era for industry?
Cost of capital versus access to competitively priced energy
The state’s role in cushioning price shocks and safeguarding energy security
Will energy costs become a de facto levy on competitiveness?
Can renewables lower costs and stabilize prices?
Local content as a lever for cost reduction and domestic competitiveness

Moderator

Bartłomiej Sawicki, Journalist, Rzeczpospolita/ Editor, Gazeta Giełdy i Inwestorów Parkiet

Panelists

Renata Mroczek, President, Energy Regulatory Office

Wanda Buk, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland for Energy (Affairs), Partner, GWW

Paweł Chorąży, Managing Director for EU Funds, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)

Adam Burda, Strategic Clients – Energy, Fuels & New Technologies, PKO Bank Polski

Grzegorz Zieliński, Head of Energy Europe, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Piotr Górnik, President, Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o.

Piotr Listwoń, President, Polish Power Exchange S.A. (TGE)

12:15 – 12:30

Coffee Break

Discussion: ENERGY UNDER STRESS — MARKETS, GRIDS, AND BLACKOUT RISK

12:30 – 12:45

Speech

Barbara Lempp, Chief Operating Officer, Energy Traders Europe

Speech

Patryk Kubiczek, Project Modeling Leader, Instrat Foundation, “Network Costs and RES. Modeling the Development of the Polish Energy System up to 2040”

12:45 – 13:30

Panel Discussion
Key Questions

System challenges of the transition: dispatchability and flexibility
How do we ensure Poland avoids a system-wide blackout?
Energy storage and demand response — real solutions or just buzzwords?
Which transmission and distribution investments are critical to stability?
Domestic self-sufficiency or deeper integration with the European market?
Costs and risks — how RES growth reshapes grids and capacity mechanisms
Physical security of infrastructure as a pillar of system reliability

Moderator

Michał Niewiadomski, Founder, Energy Club

Panelists

Barbara Lempp, Chief Operating Officer, Energy Traders Europe

Szymon Kowalski, Vice President, Polish Wind Energy Association

Piotr Ciepiela, Director for Regulatory & Public Affairs, EDP Renewables

Maciej Mróz, President, Polish Transmission and Distribution Association (PTPiREE), Vice President of the Operator Department, Tauron Dystrybucja S.A.

Ewa Kwapis, Vice President, Transition Technologies-Systems Sp. z o.o.

Ryszard Pawlik, Head of the PKEE Office in Brussels

Discussion: HEAT FROM POWER – IS THE FUTURE ELECTRIFIED?

13:30 – 13:45

Speech

Kamila Zybura-Pluta, Investment Delivery Director, Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o., “Wrompa: a green heat source for Wrocław”

13:45 – 15:00

Panel Discussion
Key Questions

Electrifying district and process heat – can power beat fossil fuels on cost and efficiency?
Power-to-Heat and thermal storage – flexibility through RES integration
Sector coupling – using heating to support national power system stability
Future-Proof Heating – proof points for 100% RES local systems
Industrial electrification as a route to cost and emissions reduction

Moderator

Janusz Pietruszyński, Editor-in-Chief, CIRE.pl

Panelists

Anna Mielcarek, Director for Electricity & Heat Markets, Energy Regulatory Office

Kamila Zybura-Pluta, Investment Delivery Director, Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o.

Adam Kampa, President, Szczecińska Energetyka Cieplna Sp. z o.o.

Andrzej Kaźmierski, Expert, PSE SA

Dr. Krzysztof Łokaj, Market Development Manager for Europe & Africa, Wärtsilä Energy

Jacek Szymczak, President, Polish District Heating Chamber (IGCP)

15:00 – 15:45

Lunch

Discussion: INDUSTRY IN THE GREEN ECONOMY TRANSITION – WHO BENEFITS, WHO PAYS?

16:00 – 17:00

Panel Discussion
Key Questions

Strategic objectives for industrial transformation in Poland and the EU (2030-2050)
Reconciling decarbonization with global competitiveness
Energy costs and access to clean energy as competitiveness drivers
Technologies and innovation enabling deep decarbonization without productivity loss
Financing the transition – public instruments, private capital, partnerships
Shifts in global value chains – how can European industry stay competitive?
Regulatory and system enablers for a successful industrial transition

Moderator

Justyna Piszczatowska, Publisher, green-news.pl

Panelists

Anna Szczodra, Partner, Co-Head of KPMG Law, CEE Head of Energy Sector, KMPG Poland

Dr Sonia Buchholtz, Programme Director — Transition Finance & Industry, Forum Energii

Joanna Smolik, Director of Strategic Relations, BGK

Michał Obiegała, President, BP Poland

PhD Miguel Ochoa Gimenez, Global Grid Technology Director, Huawei

Damian Bąbka, CFO and Board Member, Qair Polska

Discussion: DIGITAL ENERGY – A BRIDGE TO SECURITY AND INNOVATION

17:00 – 18:00

Panel Discussion
Key Questions

The role of digital technology in the power sector’s evolution
Cybersecurity as a core challenge of our times
The AI revolution – new paradigm or familiar bubble?
Digital energy – new solutions and services
Digitalization – the end of the power sector as we know it?

Moderator

Prof. Konrad Świrski PhD, Eng, Warsaw University of Technology

Panelists

Józef Augustynów, Director for Product Development & Digitalization, Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o.

Grzegorz Mazurek, Security Services Director, Transition Technologies-Systems

Kamil Wąsowicz, Managing Director, ICT Department, PSE SA

Krzysztof Wysocki, Energy Director, Oracle Poland

Prof. Dr. DSc, Eng Piotr Kacejko, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology

20:00 – 00:00

Gala dinner

Day 2

DAY II: 26 November 2025 (Wednesday)**

09:00

Opening of Day Two

Speech

Mirosław Proppé, President, WWF Poland

Main Session:
GAS UNDER PRESSURE — TRANSITION ENABLER OR COSTLY CONSTRAINT?

09:15 – 09:30

Speech

Dr. Marcin Sienkiewicz, Gas Markets Manager, Polish Power Exchange S.A. (TGE), “Biomethane trading project on TGE”

09:20 – 09:30

Speech

Grzegorz Rosik, President, Orison sp. z o.o., “The first biomethane plant in Poland, the largest in Europe – a new face of industry”

09:30 – 10:30

Panel Discussion
Key Questions

Gas in the post-crisis era – infrastructure, security, imports
Gas as a transition fuel – is its role ending or evolving?
Gas trading – between security of supply and competition.
Gas vs. RES and nuclear – rivalry or complementarity on the path to net zero?
Global nuclear supply chains – what position could Poland take?
RES and storage as alternatives to gas for system balancing?
Capacity market and support schemes as tools for adequacy and investment viability

Moderator

Janusz Pietruszyński, Editor-in-Chief, CIRE.pl

Panelists

Agnieszka Okońska, Vice President, PSE SA

Piotr Listwoń, President, Polish Power Exchange S.A. (TGE)

Ireneusz Łazor, Expert, Ignacy Łukasiewicz Institute for Energy Policy

Jacek Nowakowski, Vice President, Polish LNG and bioLNG Platform

Jacek Nowakowski, First Vice-President for Employer Affairs, National Chamber of Commerce

Prof. Jacek Dach, D.Sc., Head of Ecotechnology Laboratory, University of Life Sciences in Poznań

Discussion: REGIONAL ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION

10:30 – 10:45

Speech

Katarzyna Szymczak – Pomianowska, Director, Department of Sustainable Development, City of Wrocław, “Wrocław under pressure – our contract with the future”

Speech

Szymon Płoński, President, Lower Silesian Hydrogen Valley Association

10:45 – 11:30

Panel Discussion
Key Questions

Distributed energy – can regions become engines of the transition?
Local governments as prosumers – business models and financing for local energy
Energy clusters and cooperatives – can bottom‑up initiatives compete with incumbents?
Will local networks keep pace with rising RES capacity?
Energy as a regional development driver – attracting investment with clean, affordable power
Local resilience – microgrids, storage, and crisis preparedness

Moderator

Dr. Eng. Agata Romanowska, Senior Project Manager, DISE Energy

Paneliści

Ireneusz Zyska, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Justyna Lasak, Director, Transformation Department, Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Katarzyna Szymczak – Pomianowska, Director, Department of Sustainable Development, City of Wrocław

Andrzej Jeżewski, Owner and President, Promet‑Plast S.C. Elżbieta Jeżewska Andrzej Jeżewski

Hubert Papaj, President, Karkonosze Regional Development Agency (KARR)

Anna Kornecka, President, Hydro Sanok, Member of the Programme Council, Polish Energy Storage Association

11:30 – 11:45

Coffee Break

Discussion: STRATEGIC RESOURCES AND GEOPOLITICS – POLAND ON THE GLOBAL ENERGY BOARD

11:45 – 12:00

Wystąpienie

Speech, Senior Consultant/Polish Market Expert, Montel

12:00 – 13:15

Panel Discussion
Key Questions

Shifting fault lines – how the strategic commodities landscape is changing
Poland in the reconfigured global value chains (critical raw materials, batteries, components).
Energy and resources diplomacy – building alliances to de‑risk supply
Poland’s raw materials security – do we need a national strategy for critical raw materials?
Energy as geopolitical leverage – evolving roles of gas, oil, and hydrogen

Moderator

Wojciech Jakóbik, Energy Security Centre

Paneliści

Dr. Marek Niedużak, Country Director for Poland, European Initiative for Energy Security

Prof. Herbert Wirth, Department of Mining, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Project Lead – Energy in Europe, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Kasjan Wyligała, Partner, Keystone Partners Sp. z o.o.

Dr. Hanna Purzyńska, Director of the Materials Research Center, Łukasiewicz Research Network – Upper Silesian Institute of Technology

Dr. Eng. Wojciech Myślecki, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Ekoenergetyka – Polska SA and Generali PTE SA, Member of the Board of Global Investment Corp. Sp. z o.o.

Discussion: NUCLEAR ENERGY – STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY OR MISSED MOMENTUM?

13:15 – 14:30

Panel Discussion
Key Questions

The nuclear sector in Poland in 2025 in relation to the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) for the EU: “Europe is entering a period of intense energy policy transformation by investing in the development of SMRs”
Is Poland building its own nuclear expertise and solutions, or is it just buying products and services?
Are small reactors the answer to heating problems?
Nuclear energy as a pillar of zero-emission industry and AI factories
Will small reactors be built closer to consumers? How are National Security Agencies around the world and in Poland preparing for new quantitative challenges and the evaluation of new technological solutions?
Infrastructure projects – what experience and expertise existing in Poland can be used in the transformed nuclear energy system?
Supply chain and polonisation – how much of the added value of reactors can be generated in Poland?
France built a fleet of 58 reactors in 20 years, thus obtaining 63 GW of power. How can we benefit from France’s experience in Poland?