POLISH ENERGY SECTOR

IN THE FACE OF INNOVATION

21 / 22 March 2019, Krynica

Thursday, March 21

9:00 Conference Registration

09:30 – 10:00 Grand Opening of the Conference

Henryk Baranowski, President of the Management Board, PGE

Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.

Paweł Śliwa, Vice-President of the Management Board for

Innovation, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.
10:00 – 10:15 Opening Speech by Guest of Honour

Krzysztof Tchórzewski, Energy Minister

10:20 – 11:35 Possibilities of using National and European funds for energy innovation

10:20 – 10:35 Michał Godlewski, Ministry of Energy Department of European Funds,

Ministerstwo Energii (The Ministry of Energy):
Support for intelligent projects in the energy sector under the Operational
Programme Infrastructure and Environment.
10:40 – 10:55 Artur Michalski, Vice-President of the Management Board, NFOŚiGW:
The NFOŚiGW's activities supporting the development of innovative energy.
11:00 – 11:15 Dorota Toczyska, Narodowe Centrum Badań I Rozwoju (National Centre for
Research and Development, NCRD):
NCRD's offer within POIR.
11:20 – 11:35 Cristina Guerreiro, Norwegian Institute for Air Research:
Transition to a low carbon energy supply in a rapidly changing techno-
economic environment.
11:40 – 12:15 Coffee Break

12:15 – 13:30 Thematic block: Mining and conventional production of energy

12:15 – 12:30 Wioletta Starczewska, Director, Research and Development Department.,

PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A.:
Innovation development in PGE GiEK S.A. - potential and challenges.
12:35 – 12:50 Dr Brian Higgins, CTO Juniper Mountain Energy:
Thermal-Mechanical Utility-Scale Energy Storage Solutions.
12:55 – 13:10 Ziemowit Słomczyński, President of the Management Board,
SBB ENERGY S.A.:
Application of Gore® Mercury and SO2 Control System technologies in
European lignite -fired power plants.
13:15 – 13:30 Prof. dr hab. inż. Marian Turek, PhD, Professor, The Silesian Technical
University:
Innovative solutions in FGD wastewater treatment processes.

13:35 – 14:50 Thematic block: District heating and cogeneration

13:35 – 13:50 Krzysztof Fuzowski, Director, Development Division, PGE Energia Ciepła S.A.:
Potential of innovation in the area of strategic challenges of PGE Energia
Ciepła S.A.
13:55 – 14:10 Grzegorz Wielgosiński PhD, Professor, Technical University of Lodz:
Energy use of waste and aspects of circular economy.
14:15 – 14:30 Wojciech Nowak, PhD, Professor, AGH University of Science and Technology:
Highly effective, innovative processes of production, storage and heat
management.
14:35 – 14:50 Wojciech Bujalski, PhD, Professor,, Warsaw University of Technology:
The perspective of heating systems development in Poland.

14:50 – 15:50 Lunch

15:50 – 17:25 Thematic block: Distribution

15:50 – 16:05 Elżbieta Trybuchowicz, Acting Director, Department of Strategy,

PGE Dystrybucja S.A.:
Innovative OSD - Today's challenges are the basis for development.
16:10 – 16:25 Zbigniew Hanzelka, PhD, Professor, AGH University of Science and
Technology:
Development of dispersed Energy in Energy clusters.
16:30 – 16:45 Michael Anderson, University of Stanford:
Metal-hydrogen batteries for grid scale Energy storage.
16:50 – 17:05 Mariusz Malinowski PhD, Professor, Warsaw University of Technology,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering:
Electronic power converters in modern distribution systems using energy
storage and renewable energy source.
17:10 – 17:25 Piotr Kacejko, PhD, Professor, dr inż. Paweł Pijarski, Politechnika Lubelska
(Lublin University of Technology):
Adjusting optimal solutions for distribution challenges in networks with high
saturation of distributed generation, with a special prosumers role.
18:45 – Gala Dinner
During the Conference on 21 and 22 March 2019 from 12.00 to 14.00 there will be
Workshops conducted by the National Centre for Research and Development titled „How to
get support for our project? NCRD offer within POIR for each entrepreneur.”

Friday, March 22
10:00 – 11:35 Thematic Block: Renewable Energy

10:00 – 10:15 Szymon Kowalski, Director of the Development and Innovation Office, PGE
Energia Odnawialna SA (PGE EO):
Challenges facing PGE EO in the area of innovative activity.
10:20 – 10:35 Tadeusz Uhl, PhD, Professor, AGH University of Science and Technology:
Prediction in asset management.
10:40 – 10:55 Grzegorz Benysek, PhD, Professor, Uniwersytet Zielonogórski (University of
Zielona Góra):
Despersed active demand management system.
11:00 – 11:15 Pierre Blanc, Chief Technology Industrial Officer of Leclanché:
Innovations driven by the use of storage technologies on distributed power
networks.
11:20 – 11:35 Jacek Dach, PhD, Professor, dr inż., Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
(University of Life Sciences in Poznań:
Biomass and bio-waste as a stable and controllable production source.

11:35 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 12:35 Thematic Block: Trade/Sales

12:00 – 12:15 Mariusz Bednarski, Director of Product and Business Development
Department PGE Obrót S.A., Mirosław Cielecki Director of the Department
of Settlement of the Cants and Mass Services, PGE Obrót S.A.:
The role of the seller in a changing energy market.
12:20 – 12:35 Michał Ramsza, Dr hab., Prof. SGH, dr Mariusz Kozakiewicz, Szkoła Główna
Handlowa (The Warsaw School of Economics):
Challenges of optimization and prognostic in the creation of the civil energy
sector.
12:40 – 13:55 Thematic Block: Capital investment in innovation

12:40 – 12:55 Piotr Czak, President of the Management Board of PGE Ventures:
Investment activities of PGE Ventures and plans of further development.
13:00 – 13:15 Daniel Maksym, Project Director, PGE Nowa Energia:
The role of the PGE accelerator in attracting innovations to the PGE Capital
Group.
13:20 – 13:35 Justyna Janicka, 1000realities sp. z o.o.:
Potential for VR/AR implementation in the energy sector.
13:40 – 13:55 Jędrzej Kowalewski, President of the Management Board of Scanway
sp. z o.o.:
Borys Tomala, President of the Management Board of Lerta sp. z o.o.:
Rafał Witkowski, President of the Management Board of IC Solutions
sp. z o.o.:
14:00 – 14:20 Speech by a representative of PGE and a summary of the Conference
14:20 – 15:20 Dinner