02.06.2025 (Monday)
Energy Transition in the European Mining Sector – Strategies and Lessons Learned
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Opening Remarks | Jarosław ZAGÓROWSKI, Director of GIG-PIB |
| 9:10 – 9:30 | Keynote Address | Marzena CZARNECKA, Minister of Industry |
| 9:35 – 11:00 | Panel Discussion I: European Experiences in Mining Transformation Moderator: Jan BONDARUK, GIG-PIB | PRESENTATION OF THE SALT MINE “WIELICZKA” Keynote Address: Alicja KRZEMIEŃ, President of EURACOAL Panelists: Brian RICKETS, EURACOAL, United Kingdom Philipp SCHOLLMEYER, DEBRIV, EURACOAL, Germany Vladimir BUDINSKY, ZSDNP, EURACOAL, Czech Republic Pedro RIESGO FERNANDEZ, UNIOVI, Spain Leszek PIETRASZEK, Marshal Office of the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Thematic Session I | Tomasz SIOSTRZONEK, Jacek PYTEL, AGH University of Science and Technology “Utilization of decommissioned mining facilities for gravitational energy storage” Zygmunt ŁUKASZCZYK, Silesian University of Technology – Center for Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technology “The role of the Center for Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies in the region’s energy transition” Adam HAMERLA, GIG-PIB “Post-mining areas and their valorization – OPI-TPP 2.0 project” |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:30 – 13:40 | Panel Discussion II: Energy Transition in Poland Moderator: Stanisław TOKARSKI, GIG-PIB | Keynote Address: Stanisław TOKARSKI, GIG-PIB Panelists: Herbert, Leopold GABRYŚ, Energy and Climate Policy Committee, KIG Grzegorz LOT, TAURON Polska Energia S.A. Jacek JANAS, ENEA S.A Jacek KACZOROWSKI, PGE Mining and Conventional Energy S.A. Wojciech NOWAK, AGH UST Center of Energy Waldemar SZULC, Economic Society Polish Power Plants Aleksander SOBOLEWSKI, Institute of Energy and Fuel Processing Technology |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Closing Remarks | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Lunch | |
| 17:00 – 22:00 | GIG-PIB JUBILEE GALA AT NOSPR | |
03.06.2025 (wtorek)
Mining of the Future and Its Role in the Circular Economy
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Sesja tematyczna II | Keynote Address: Adam SMOLIŃSKI, GIG-PIB “The energy transition begins and ends with mining” Panelists: Renata CICHA-SZOT, Oil and Gas Institute – National Research Institute “Meth2Gen: From Methane to Energy – Modern Technologies in Mining Transition” Liberato FERRARA, PhD, Professor, Politecnico di Milano “Coal Mine Waste Geomaterials as a resource for the circularity of construction industry: RFCS MINRESCUE and Italian BricS NORMA project” Marcin GŁODNIOK, GIG-PIB “Sustainable and smart mining waste management toward a Green Deal economy – GI-mine pilot and demo project” |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Panel Discussion III: From Closure to Opportunity – Leveraging the Potential of Closed Mines – GreenJOBS project moderator: Alicja KRZEMIEŃ, GIG-PIB | Keynote Address: Pedro RIESGO FERNANDEZ, GreenJOBS Project Presentation Panelists: Halina BIEDA, Senator of the Republic of Poland Elżbieta BIEŃKOWSKA, Centre for European Policy Studies Grzegorz WACŁAWEK, Węglokoks Kraj S.A. Aneta MOCZKOWSKA, Silesian Voivodeship Transformation Fund S.A. Andrzej ZABIEGLIŃSKI, Katowice Special Economic Zone S.A. Mariusz WOŁOSZ, City of Bytom Aneta MOCZKOWSKA, Fundusz Transformacji Województwa Śląskiego S.A. Andrzej ZABIEGLIŃSKI, Katowice Special Economic Zone Co. Jarosław ZAGÓROWSKI, GIG-PIB |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Closing Remarks | |
| 12:15 – 13:45 | Lunch | |