IT versus competitiveness in energy
27 June 2008, 11.00 AM
The Polish Press Agency, 6/8 Bracka, Warsaw
The Polish Energy Market remains still facing intense and risky changes. The main task is improve of efficiency and competitiveness enabled by introducing the newest IT solutions. It is becoming one of the strategic targets in the sector. Energy sector is about to face consolidation process and adaptation its structure to solutions used on the European and World markets.
Modern IT solutions allow for integrating the companies business models and manufacturing processes, as well as impact on costs decrease and more precise management, using the large scale effect, synergy, unification and processes optimising, control improve as well as broadening investement abilities.
The challenges have to be faced by both energy companies and IT sector. It systems centralisation like also ensuring data processing safety, adaptation of the systems to fast changing law, increasing competitiveness and companies consolidation, are badly needed.
The debate will be attended by:
- Zbigniew Kamienski - Energy Department Director, Ministry of Economy;
- Tomasz Kowalak - Tariffs Department Director, Energy Regulation Office;
- Pawel Urbanski - President of the Board, Polish Energy Group S.A.;
- Grzegorz Onichimowski - President of the Boards, Polish Power Exchange S.A.;
- Tadeusz Szulc - Vicepresident for Energy, Infovide-Matrix S.A.;
- Grzegorz Burnat - Sales Manager, EMC2 Computer Systems Poland Sp.z o.o.;
- Stanislaw Niwinski - Authorised Representative of the Board for Sales, Innsoft Sp. z o.o.;
- Andrzej Janowski - Principal Consultant, Oracle Polska Sp. z o.o.
The Debate will be conducted by Professor Krzysztof Zmijewski - Chairman of the Polish Independent Energy Consultancy Board. The meeting will have a shape of a discussion based on short presentations of the guests invited.