General agenda
Outline Conference Programme
The full conference programme will be published in the first week of September 2026.
08:30-09.00 Registration and coffee
09.00-09.10 Welcome speech by the Organizer | James Watt Hall
Marcin Kraśniewski, Ph.D. (Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, University of Economics in Katowice)
09.10-09.30 Opening of the Conference | James Watt Hall
Prof. Celina Olszak (Rector of the University of Economics in Katowice)
A/Prof. Marzena Czarnecka (Head of Department of Energy Transition of the University of Economics in Katowice)
Vicente López-Ibor, Ph.D. (President of the European Federation of Energy Law Associations)
09.30-11.50 Plenary session | James Watt Hall
Title: THE GLOBAL DIMENSION OF THE ENERGY SECTOR AND ENERGY TRANSITION
Chair: Marcin Kraśniewski, Ph.D. (University of Economics in Katowice), Poland
11.50-12.15 Distinguished Keynote Address | James Watt Hall
Prof. Aoife M. Foley (University of Manchester), United Kingdom
12.15-13.00 Lunch
13.00-15.15 Parallel sessions
James Watt Hall
Title: NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE ERA OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Chair: Prof. Eryk Kosiński (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Poland
14.40-14.55 Discussion
Mezzanine Level
Title: LONG TERM ENERGY SECURITY AS A CHALLENGE FOR THE STATE AND THE ECONOMY
Chair: A/Prof. Katarzyna Maćkowska (John Paul Catholic University of Lublin), Poland
14.55-15.10 Coffee break
15.10-17.00 Parallel sessions
James Watt Hall
Title: Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence in Energy Sector Transition
Chair: A/Prof. Marlena Jankowska (University of Silesia in Katowice), Poland
Mezzanine Level
Title: The Future of Energy: Shaping the Global Energy Landscape
Chair: A/Prof. Bartłomiej Nowak, (Koźmiński University), Poland
17.05-17.15 Coffee break
17.15-17.40 Distinguished Keynote Address | James Watt Hall
VIP speaker
17.40-18.55 Parallel sessions
James Watt Hall
Title: Energy Justice & Energy Transition: Lessons, Pathways and Perspectives PART 1
Chair: Prof. Maria Królikowska-Olczak, (University of Łódź), Poland
Mezzanine Level
Title: Energy Justice & Energy Transition: Lessons, Pathways and Perspectives PART 2
Chair: A/Prof. Katarzyna Bilińska, (University of Economics in Katowice), Poland
18.55-19.00 End of the first day of the conference | James Watt Hall
Marcin Kraśniewski, Ph.D. (University of Economics in Katowice)
20.30-24:00 Dinner
- 09:30-10.00 Registration and coffee
- 10.00-10.30 Distinguished Keynote Address | James Watt Hall
VIP speaker
10.30-11.45Plenary session (Panel disussion) PL | James Watt Hall
Who is Responsible for a Just and Secure Energy Transition? The State, System Operators and Energy Companies
Kto odpowiada za sprawiedliwą i bezpieczną transformację? Państwo, operatorzy i przedsiębiorstwa energetyczne
Chair: A/Prof. Marzena Czarnecka (University of Economics in Katowice, former Polish Ministry of Industry), Poland
11.45-12.10 Coffee break
12.10-13.15 Plenary session (Panel discussion) PL | James Watt Hall
Nuclear Energy as a Foundation of Poland’s Long-Term Energy Security
Energetyka jądrowa jako fundament długoterminowego bezpieczeństwa energetycznego Polski
Chair: Paweł Gajda, Ph.D. (Director of the Nuclear Energy Department, Ministry of Energy), Poland
13.15-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Parallel sessions PL
James Watt Hall
Title: The Geopolitics of Energy Transition: Security of Supply, Strategic Infrastructure and Energy Sector Resilience
Geopolityka transformacji energetycznej: bezpieczeństwo dostaw, strategiczna infrastruktura i odporność sektora energii
Chair: A/Prof. Mirosław Pawełczyk (University of Silesia in Katowice), Poland
Mezzanine Level
Panel Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation in the Energy Sector: New Opportunities, New Risks and New Regulation
Sztuczna inteligencja i cyfryzacja sektora energii: nowe możliwości, nowe ryzyka i nowe regulacje
Chair: A/Prof. Filip Elżanowski (University of Warsaw), Poland
15.30 End of Conference and Thanks PL
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