Invitation to the Conference
On behalf of the conference organisers - the Public Board for Development of Low-Emission Economy created upon a decree of the Deputy Prime-Minister and Minister of Economy, Waldemar Pawlak, I would like to invite to the conference :
VIII International Conference POWER RING 2012 – Energy Policy 2050 – strategic directions: Options for ensuring energy security and promoting investments in low-emission power sector
14th December 2012, 9.00 a.m., in the Ministry of Economy in Warsaw.
We would like to advise, that this year’s conference will be inaugurated by the speech of the Deputy Prime-Minister and Minister of Economy, Waldemar Pawlak, on the Polish Energy Policy 2050, presenting a so-called “energy four pack”, which encompasses an update on the existing Energy Bill, Gas Bill, RES Bill and Transmission Corridors Bill.
During the four session of the conference the following issues will be discussed:
- Energy policy of the EU – particularly new regulations on shale gas extraction, support for trans-border connections, price formulas for imported fuels;
- Directions for development of European energy market (fossil fuels, gas, electric energy, heating) – technologies, investments, market trends and consequences for industry and end-users;
- Polish policy regarding low-emission investments as well as National Investment Plan;
- The role of construction sector in the development of low-emission economy.
The lay-out of the conference foresees that each session will be inaugurated by the key-note speech of the high-level representative of Polish/European government or European Institution, and will be followed by the panel discussion with prominent representatives of various business spheres, opinion-forming institutions and members of the parliament. Said panel discussions will be moderated by well-known journalists. We foresee key-note speeches from Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of International Energy Agency and Edward Jonathan “Ed” Davey, Secretary of the State for Energy and Climate, United Kingdom, as well as Marcin Korolec, Minister for Environment, Poland.
The first session will be inaugurated by Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, who will present the New Energy Outlook 2012
All together, we expect that the conference will host 30 speakers/panelists, 400 participants, around 70 journalists. In addition, the conference will be transmitted on-line on the portals of the Ministry of Economy, Energy Regulatory Authority, dailies “Rzeczpospolita” and “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, as well as several business portals. We estimate the number of viewers to reach forty thousand internet users.
We would also like to invite you to take part in the first Public Hearing of the Public Board for Development of Low-Emission Economy, which is scheduled as the concluding session of the conference. During the Public Hearing members of the Board will present results of their work on the National Programme for Development of Low- Emission Economy in Poland.
We would be delighted if you could join us.
Speakers invited to the conference:
Waldemar Pawlak, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy, Marcin Korolec, Minister of Environment, Olgierd Dziekoński, Secretary of State, Chancellery of the President of Republic of Poland, Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director, International Energy Agency, Marek Woszczyk, President of the Energy Regulatory Office, Marek Walczak, President of the Office of Technical Inspection, Prof. Jerzy Buzek, MEP, Chairman of the Public Board for Development of Low-Emission Economy, prof. Michał Kleiber, President of the Polish Academy of Sciene, Vice-Chairman of the Public Board for Development of Low-Emission Economy, Dr. Janusz Steinhoff, Vice-Chairman of the Public Board for Development of Low-Emission Economy, Krzysztof Kilian, Chairman of the Board, Polish Energy Group, Dariusz Lubera, Chairman of the Board, TAURON, prof. Herbert Wirth, Chairman of the Board, KGHM Polska Miedź, Grażyna Piotrowska-Oliwa, Chairman of the Board, Henryk Majchrzak, Chairman of the Board, PSE Operator, Jan Chadam, PhD, Chairman of the Board, GAZ-SYSTEM, Jan Rączka, PhD, Chairman of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Krzysztof Pietraszkiewicz, Chairman of the Polish Bank Association, Andrzej Czerwiński, MP, Chairman of the Parlamentary Committee of Energy, Sławomir Pasierb, PhD, R&D Director, Polish Foundation for Energy Efficiency, FEWE, PBDL, Pascal Bonne, President of the Board, Dalkia Polska, Mirosław Gryszka, Chairman of the Board, ABB Poland, Stanisław Tokarski, Chairman of the Board, General Director, TAURON Wytwarzanie, Zbigniew Szpak, Chairman of the Board, Polish National Energy Conservation Agency, Andrzej Szymański, Chairman of the Board, Landis+Gyr, Przemysław Zaleski, Vice-Chairman of the Board, ENEA Operator, Sylwester Śmigiel, Chairman of FREE, Chairman of the Board, GASPOL.
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