Day I - 08 June 2015
Participants registration
08:00 – 09:00 – Participants registration, welcome coffee
The opening ceremony
09:00 – 10:00 – The opening ceremony of the II International Congress Lodzkie of Energy performed by:
- Mr Witold Stępień - Marshal of the Lodzkie Region
- Mrs Elżbieta Królikowska – Kińska - Member of Parliament of Republic of Poland
- Mr Tomasz Trela - Vice President of the City of Lodz/tbc
- Mr Jacek Kaczorowski – President of PGE GiEK
- Mr Andrzej Szymanek – President of Veolia Energy Lodz
- Mrs Ewa Kochańska – President of Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia
Plenary Session part I: “New Energy Union and circular economy”
10:00 – 10:30 The importance and objectives of the Energy Union – Mr prof Tadeusz Skoczkowski, Warsaw University of Technology
10:30 – 10:45 Circular economy: opportunities, threats and challenges – Mr Kurt Vandenberghe, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission (video transmission)
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
Plenary Session part II: “Technologies for society”
11:00 – 11:30 The new act of innovation - Mrs Elżbieta Królikowska – Kińska, Member of Parliament of Republic of Poland
11:30 – 12:00 Technology transfer: Innovation for business – Mrs Carme Margelí, Head of International Projects, Cetemmsa Institute
12:00 -12:30 Energy Efficiency in buildings and eco-innovative financing - Mr Urban Kaiser, Fraunhofer MOEZ
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch break
Panel discussion
13:00 – 15:00 Panel discussion
- E - mobility and low carbon transport
Introductory lecture: Mr Christoph von Radowitz, Mr Christian Groetsch, Bundesverband eMobilität e:V
Mr Michał Wekiera, Polish Automotive Industry Association
Moderator: Mr PhD Marian Korczyński, Lodz University of Technology
- Building energy-saving and solutions for distributed energy
Introductory lecture: Mr Francesco Paolo Lamacchia, Zero Energy Building
Moderator: Mr PhD Arkadiusz Węglarz, Warsaw University of Technology
- Funding opportunities for ecological investments
Introductory lecture: Deputy of PhD BEng Mr Sebastian Serwiak, National Contact Point for EU Research Programmes
Moderator: Mrs PhD Ewa Kochańska, Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia
- Social impact of innovative energy production
Introductory lecture: Mr Silvio Weeren, HeartINvest (i:G:)
Moderator: Mrs prof: Lucyna Woźniak, Medical University of Lodz
Coffee break
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
Oxford Debate
15:15 – 16:15 Oxford Debate
Oxford debate between scientific associations of University of Lodz and Medical University - The choice of green technologies in the energy sector should not be decided by the economic reasons but above all by the safety of society.
Summary of the first Day of Congress
16:15 – 16:30 Summary of the panel “E - mobility and low carbon transport” – Mr PhD Marian Korczyński, Lodz University of Technology
16:30 – 16:45 Summary of the panel “Building energy-saving and solutions for distributed energy” - Mr PhD Arkadiusz Węglarz, Warsaw University of Technology
16:45 – 17:00 Summary of the panel “New forms of eco-innovation financing” - Mrs PhD Ewa Kochańska, Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia
17:00 – 17:15 Summary of the panel “Social impact of innovative energy production” - Mrs prof: Lucyna Woźniak, Medical University of Lodz
17:15 – 17:45 Debate
18:30 – 20:30 Gala Dinner