Day 1: October 14, 2026 (Wednesday)**
9:00
Participant Registration
INAUGURAL SESSION
10:00
Opening Remarks
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Remigiusz Nowakowski, President, DISE Energy |
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Beata Włodarska, Vice President, DISE Energy |
10:10 – 11:00
Keynotes by Honorary Guests
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Miłosz Motyka, Minister of Energy |
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Paweł Gancarz, Lower Silesian Marshal |
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Jakub Mazur, Deputy Mayor of Wrocław |
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Maimo Henriksson, Ambassador of Finland to Poland |
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Valdemaras Sarapinas, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Poland |
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Martin Kremer, Consul General of Germany in Wrocław |
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Taras Tokarskyi, Consul General of Ukraine in Wrocław |
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Véronique Dussaussois, Consul General of France in Krakow |
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Nathan Reich, U.S. Department of Energy, Director and Energy Attaché, Embassy Warsaw |
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Joanna Sterzyńska-Lindberg, Director of the European Commission Regional Representation in Wrocław |
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Prof. Piotr Młynarz, PhD, DSc, Vice Rector for Organization and Infrastructure, Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
Fireside Chat
11:00 – 11:15
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Miłosz Motyka, Minister of Energy |
Moderator
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Michał Niewiadomski, President, Klub Energetyczny |
Main session: ENERGY IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY
11:15 – 11:30
Speech
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Peter Strannegård, EVP Renewables and Decarbonisation, Fortum, “Is security of supply more important than price and climate?” |
11:30 – 12:30
Panel Discussion
Key Questions
- Security of supply vs. price and climate
- Geopolitics and tariffs reshaping energy-tech supply chains
- Whether the capacity market and strategic reserves will cover coming winters
- Flexibility as the system’s new currency
- Who should carry the risk (state, companies or consumers)
- Whether blackout and “system collapse” narratives already shape regulatory and investment decisions
Moderator
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Bartłomiej Sawicki, Journalist, Rzeczpospolita, Parkiet |
Panelists
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Renata Mroczek, President of the Energy Regulatory Office |
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Wanda Buk, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland for Energy (Affairs) |
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Nathan Reich, U.S. Department of Energy, Director and Energy Attaché, Embassy Warsaw |
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Agnieszka Okońska, Vice President, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne |
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Barbara Lempp, Chief Operating Officer, Energy Traders Europe |
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Joanna Smolik, Director of Strategic Relations Department, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) |
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Peter Strannegård, EVP Renewables and Decarbonisation, Fortum |
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Mariusz Buraczyński, Vice-President of the Management Board for Operations, Polish Power Exchange (TGE) |
12:30 – 12:45
Coffee Break
Discussion: INDUSTRY UP AGAINST THE WALL: HOW MUCH LONGER
CAN POLAND’S ENERGY CONSUMERS HOLD OUT?
12:45 – 13:00
Speech
13:00 – 13:45
Panel Discussion
Key Questions
- Whether energy costs are pushing industry out of Poland
- Which support instruments for energy-intensive industry actually work
- CBAM as carbon leakage protection or just another cost
- Industrial energy procurement amid price volatility
- Energy cost management in SMEs
- Electrification of industry as a route to cheaper energy or a network-cost trap
Moderator
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Paweł Smoleń, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Forum Energii, President of the Management Board of Kiwa Polska |
Panelists
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Łukasz Tomaszewski, Director of the Renewable Energy Department, Ministry of Climate and Environment |
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Henryk Kaliś, President, Chamber of Industrial Power and Energy Consumers (IEPiOE), President, Forum of Electricity and Gas Consumers – Union of Associations |
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Anna Chmielewska, Associate Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
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Maciej Potocki, President, Wrocław Technology Park |
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Anna Szczodra, Partner, Co-Head of KPMG Law, CEE Head of Energy Sector, RES, & Infrastructure, KPMG |
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Witold Ziomek, President, MPWiK Wrocław |
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Dorota Jeziorowska, Director, Office for the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, Ministry of Energy |
13:45- 14:00
Speech
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Katarzyna Szymczak-Pomianowska, Director, Department of Strategy and Sustainable Development, City of Wrocław |
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Mariusz Dzikuć, Director of Strategy and Development, Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o., “Decarbonization of Wrocław” |
14:00 – 15:00
Panel Discussion
Key Questions
- Who will finance a heating transition worth up to PLN 466 bn by 2050
- How long the gas and CHP transitional phase will last
- Heat electrification and thermal storage as the largest flexibility resource in the Polish power system
- What market model should replace cost-based heat tariffs
- Bringing waste heat, geothermal and biomass to small county-level systems
Moderator
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Justyna Piszczatowska, Publisher, green-news.pl |
Panelists
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Piotr Górnik, President, Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o. |
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Anna Mielcarek, Director of the Electricity and Heat Markets Department, Energy Regulatory Office |
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Adam Kampa, President, Szczecińska Energetyka Cieplna |
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Grzegorz Roman, Deputy Mayor of Wrocław |
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Bogusław Regulski, Vice President, Polish District Heating Chamber of Commerce |
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Dorota Zawadzka-Stępniak, President, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management |
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Tomasz Jaśkiewicz, Director of Development Department, Zespół Elektrociepłowni Wrocławskich Kogeneracja S.A. |
15:00 – 15:45
Lunch
Discussion: IT WON’T GET CHEAPER. WILL IT BE FREE?
15:45 – 16:00
Speech
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Maciej Budziewski, Head of Delivery, SSE plc., “Energy price formation: a European perspective” |
16:00 – 17:00
Panel Discussion
Key Questions
- Record negative prices as a renewables success or a market failure
- Price cannibalisation and the economics of new RES projects
- Who profits from free energy (storage or flexible demand)
- The cost of non-market RES curtailment
- Whether end consumers will ever see free energy on their bills
- Why the “renewables make energy more expensive” narrative beats negative-price data, and who benefits
Moderator
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Michał Niewiadomski, President, Energy Club |
Panelists
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Joseph Benson, European Research Manager, SSE plc. |
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Maciej Kowalski, CEO, Ignitis Poland |
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Dr. Ireneusz Kulka, Country Lead, EDP Poland |
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Chao Liu, Head of Strategic, Huawei Technologies (Netherlands) B.V. |
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Grzegorz Lot, President, TAURON Polska Energia |
Discussion: HOW MUCH POLISH DNA IS IN THE TRANSITION?
LOCAL CONTENT BETWEEN AMBITION AND REALITY
17:00 – 18:00
Panel Discussion
Key Questions
- Real local content in Polish offshore wind
- Domestic value added in the nuclear build-out
- Whether Poland can be more than an assembly plant for Chinese technology
- EU industrial policy as an opportunity for Polish manufacturers
- Whether Poland’s strength lies in factories or in engineering and services
Moderator
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Dr. Eng. Agata Romanowska, Senior Project Manager, DISE Energy |
Panelists
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Mikołaj Budzanowski, President, InnoEnergy Central Europe |
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Prof. Jakub Kupecki, PhD, DSc, Eng., Director of the National Centre for Nuclear Research |
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Krzysztof Jamróz, Vice President, Commercial Director, ZPUE S.A. |
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Szymon Kowalski, Vice President, Polish Wind Energy Association |
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Magdalena Okulowska, President, Wrocław Agglomeration Development Agency |
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Paweł Łapacz, President, Regional Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Wrocław |
Day 2: October 15, 2026 (Thursday)**
9:00
Opening of Day Two
Main Session: GAS, PERMANENTLY TRANSITIONAL? THE ROLE OF NATURAL GAS
AND DECARBONISED GASES AFTER 2030
9:20 – 9:30
Speech
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Kamil Moskwik, Expert, DISE Energy, “Dimensions of natural gas supply security” (launch of the DISE Energy report) |
Speech
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Dr. Marcin Sienkiewicz, Gas Markets Manager, Polish Power Exchange S.A. (TGE), “A Polish gas hub: the concept and conditions for its implementation” |
9:30 – 10:30
Panel Discussion
Key Questions
- New gas units as an essential reserve or future stranded assets
- How many hours a year gas units will run as RES penetration grows
- Whether diversification of gas supply to Poland is complete
- Poland as a hub in Europe’s new gas supply architecture
- How long financial institutions will keep financing gas
- Hydrogen and biomethane conversion as a real path or an investment alibi
- Why Polish biomethane is still in its infancy (grid connection, certification or support scheme)
9:30 – 10:30
Moderator
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Wojciech Jakóbik, Energy Security Centre |
Panelist
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Dr. Marcin Sienkiewicz, Gas Markets Manager, Polish Power Exchange S.A. (TGE) |
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Tomasz Stocki, Deputy Director, Innovation Department, National Agricultural Support Centre (KOWR) |
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Henryk Mucha, President, Respect Energy S.A. |
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Kamil Moskwik, Energy Market Analyst, DISE Energy |
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Ireneusz Łazor, Principal Strategy Consultant, Lazor Strategic Energy Advisory Ltd. |
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Katarzyna Szeniawska, Director of the Gas Market Development Division, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. |
10:30 – 12:00
Discussion: LOWER SILESIA AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION AND EU INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Panel Discussion
Key Questions
- Whether the region can sustain rapid growth while meeting transition challenges
- How local governments can build new economic specialisations and attract global investors
- Lower Silesia as an innovation base for Poland and Europe, from critical raw materials to semiconductors and space
- Green technologies in industry as a leap forward or a market necessity
Moderator
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Justyna Lasak, Director, Transformation Department, Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship |
Panelists
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Piotr Szymański, PhD, DSc, , Director for Energy, Mobility and Climate, Joint Research Centre, European Commission |
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Jan Marian Grzegorczyn, Mayor of Miękinia Municipality |
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Andrzej Jeżewski, Owner, Promet-Plast S.C. Elżbieta Jeżewska Andrzej Jeżewski |
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Dr. Eng. Alicja Kot-Niewiadomska, Assistant Professor / Head of Laboratory, Institute of Mineral and Energy Economy, Polish Academy of Sciences |
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Dr. Eng. Michał Wierzbowski, Poland Associate, European Initiative for Energy Security |
12:00 – 12:15
Coffee Break
Discussion: THE CRITICAL DIMENSION OF THE TRANSITION: WHO REALLY PROTECTS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE?
12:15 – 12:25
Speech
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Kamil Wyszkowski, National Representative and Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Poland, “The great climate industrial revolution as a response to times of uncertainty. The informal alliance of UN leaders and climate policy leaders, and the fuel crisis” |
12:25 – 13:40
Panel Discussion
Key Questions
- Lessons from Baltic Sea incidents for cables, pipelines and offshore wind
- Sector readiness for drones, sabotage and cyberattacks
- Knowledge sharing, joint incident response and resilience, including real-time data analytics for early fault detection
- Whether NIS2 and critical infrastructure protection rules keep pace with threats
- Distributed energy and system resilience in conflict
- Who coordinates and funds civil-military cooperation in energy
- Whether the state should counter energy disinformation, and where the line with censorship lies
Moderator
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Julia Cydejko, Senior Energy Analyst, Polityka Insight |
Panelist
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Paweł Turowski, Department of State Strategy and Resilience, National Security Bureau |
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Cdr. Prof. Rafał Miętkiewicz, DSc Eng., Associate Professor, Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia; Head of the Naval Weapons Department |
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Paweł Wróbel, Managing Director, Polish Electricity Association |
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Maciej Mróz, Vice President for DSO Operations, TAURON Dystrybucja S.A., President, Polish Association of Transmission and Distribution Grids (PTPiREE) |
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Prof. Maciej Chorowski, Head of the Department of Cryogenics and Aerospace Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
Discussion: GIGAWATTS IN RESERVE. CAN THE BALANCING MARKET CARRY ENERGY STORAGE?
13:40 – 15:00
Panel Discussion
Key Questions
- Whether the 11 GW of storage with capacity contracts will actually be built by 2030
- How long record aFRR prices will last before new storage cannibalises them
- Whether the balancing market already sends a credible price signal for flexibility
- How much storage is needed to reduce non-market RES redispatch
- Whether storage will replace gas units as system reserve
- Who finances storage without a capacity market anchor
Moderator
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Bartłomiej Derski, lawyer, economist, journalist, Wysokie Napięcie.pl |
Panelist
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Artur Galbarczyk, Director, Energy and Technology Sector Office, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) |
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Andrzej Diakun, President, ESIX Sp. z o.o. |
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Barbara Adamska, President, Polish Energy Storage Association (PSME) |
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Katarzyna Suchcicka, CEO Tavion Poland |
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Michał Orłowski, Vice President for Asset Management and Development, Tauron Polska Energia |
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Michał Sobczyk, Country Manager Poland, Capalo AI |
Conference closing
15:00 – 15:45
Lunch
* TBC
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