Organizer:

Speakers

Barbara Adamska

President
Polish Energy Storage Association

Barbara Adamska

President
Polish Energy Storage Association

Expert in distributed energy systems and energy storage, author of dozens of publications on photovoltaics, energy storage and distributed energy systems. President of the Polish Energy Storage Association, Member of the Coordinating Council for the Hydrogen Economy, Member of the Policy Council of the Competence Network on Distributed Energy Systems, permanent expert of the Parliamentary Group for Energy and Climate, in 2015-2019 a permanent expert of the Parliamentary Group for Mining and Energy. Director of the Energy Storage Division of the Polish Photovoltaics Association, the initiator and as of 2016, the President of the Energy Storage Congress in Poland. President of the Programme Board of the four editions of the Energy Storage Congress in Poland. The initiator and President of the Polish Delegation to Energy Storage Europe. Founder and CEO of the company ADM Poland as of 2013 providing consulting services to the Polish renewables market. Advisor for business modelling for companies involved in power engineering, development and implementation of services concerning energy balancing and management and construction of independent heat and power systems. Author of operation and development strategies for four certified energy clusters. Graduate of the University of Warsaw and Kozminski University (MBA). Winner of the RE-energy International Renewable Energy Fair “Industry Personality” statuette. One of the Top 40 Women Leaders in Energy Storage worldwide, according to the Energy Storage Report.

Adrianna Janicka

Lawyer, trainee solicitor
Norek & Wspólnicy Law Firm

Adrianna Janicka

Lawyer, trainee solicitor
Norek & Wspólnicy Law Firm

She specialises in real estate law, in particular in matters relating to real estate transactions, contracts for the sale, purchase, lease and rental of real estate, including for the purposes of investment in the RES industry. He conducts cases related to agricultural real estate, which focus on real estate audits and inspections, disposals and acquisitions, planning of investment projects on agricultural land, support in the procedure of obtaining approvals from the Director of the National Agricultural Support Centre and transformation of agricultural land in the investment and construction process. On a daily basis, he creates and reviews long-term land lease agreements for RES investments for both property owners and investors. Participates in negotiations and supports clients in the contracting process. Supports clients in the investment and construction process by creating and reviewing design work agreements, general contractor agreements and grid connection agreements.

Adam Kościelniak

Managing Partner
A-RES

Adam Kościelniak

Managing Partner
A-RES

Adam Koscielniak is one of the most experienced financial and transactional advisors in Poland dealing with the area of renewable energy. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of A-RES. He has many years of experience in professional advisory with international firms EY and PwC. Adam has supported clients in the areas of M&A transactions, raising bank financing, business valuations and building financial models. Most recently, he served as Deputy Director at PwC, in a team specializing in Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Investments. He advised on transactions involving the acquisition of financing and the purchase/sale of photovoltaic and wind farms amounting to more than PLN 4 billion and a total capacity of more than 1 GW. The territorial scope of advice was focused not only on Poland, but also on projects in the region of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He is currently a doctoral student at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, PRC, majoring in finance. He is also a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Lodz. He is currently finishing obtaining international financial and investment certifications: ACCA and CFA ESG Investing. He actively participates, including as a speaker, in events related to the energy, infrastructure and investment industries. He has also been an active stock market investor since 2011.

Damian Koziol

CEO & CO-OWNER
MEB GROUP

Damian Koziol

CEO & CO-OWNER
MEB GROUP

Co-founder of a rapidly growing company operating in the field of energy storage and RES. A passionate advocate of modern technologies, who combines his love of ecology with extensive knowledge and experience. Together with his partner Michał Bielecki, whose shared passion and vision brought them together back in their school days, he has been running the business for 14 years and developing its scope of activities throughout Europe and North Africa. Faster than others, he spotted the problems that the global energy industry might face in the future and filled the prevailing niche with solutions that would address these problems in a real way. Knowledge, competence, experience and a passion for exploring energy issues have placed the company among Europe's leaders in energy storage and, unlike many of its competitors, it boasts a broad and constantly expanding portfolio.

Barłomiej Kras

President of the Management Board
Impact Clean Power Technology S.A.

Barłomiej Kras

President of the Management Board
Impact Clean Power Technology S.A.

Associated with e-mobility industry for the last 14 years. Specialist in the design and implementation of lithium-ion battery systems. He managed many projects carried out by the company from the beginning of its existence, completed with implementations and commercialization all over the world, for such companies as Citroen, Bosch, SAM Group, Smith Electric Vehicles, Solaris, Ursus, Vosloh Kiepe, Voith, Temsa and KTM. He was a manager of research and development projects in international consortia, i.e. TAILORWELD, TOLPE or KORANET. He is an author and co-author of several patents, trademarks and unique technical solutions in the field of electromobility, lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and system control. Graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology, where he received his doctoral degree. He also completed training organized by the ICAN Institute (Harvard Management Course).

Kacper Łazowski

Member of the Management Board
ALSEVA EPC Sp. z o.o.

Kacper Łazowski

Member of the Management Board
ALSEVA EPC Sp. z o.o.

Kacper Łazowski is a Member of the Management Board of ALSEVA EPC Sp. z o.o. and an experienced director of the investment implementation department who has been working in the renewable energy industry for years. He has extensive experience in implementing large-scale photovoltaic farms, which is supported by numerous successes. In the Alseva group, he also serves as the Technical Director, actively focusing on improving the efficiency of the company's results and building its short- and long-term strategy.

Damian Osiak

Associate
SMM LEGAL

Damian Osiak

Associate
SMM LEGAL

Solicitor's trainee. Member of the energy law team at SMM Legal. He specialises in providing legal services to companies operating in energy markets. He is particularly interested in legal issues related to renewable energy sources and trade in energy and its carriers. At SMM Legal, he participates in projects related to energy transformation of enterprises.

Agata Pawlak-Jaszczak

Legal Counsel, Partner
Norek i Wspólnicy Law Office

Agata Pawlak-Jaszczak

Legal Counsel, Partner
Norek i Wspólnicy Law Office




For over twenty years, she has been dealing with legal issues related to real estate transactions, real estate commercialisation and the investment and construction process, including investments in the RES sector.

She has advised both companies and individual investors in real estate acquisition, sale, development and commercialisation transactions. She has assisted investors in real estate investment matters at every stage - from researching the legal status of a property and its acquisition, through the regulation of its legal status, the investment process, to its commercialisation and sale. Among the investors she has worked with so far, a large group were developers in the residential sector, as well as office and hotel facilities, including historic buildings, and investors in the RES sector.

For several years, she has been particularly involved in issues related to investments on agricultural land, including investments involving the preparation of a project to the 'ready to build' stage as well as the sale of finished PV farm projects and wind farms.

He also assists general contractors and subcontractors of construction works, architects, administrators, real estate agents as well as tenants or lessees of real estate both at the stage of creating contracts, negotiating their terms and conditions and their implementation.

Dr inż. Szymon Piasecki

Product Manager for RES
Apator S.A.

Dr inż. Szymon Piasecki

Product Manager for RES
Apator S.A.

Dr. Eng. Szymon Piasecki works at Apator SA as Product Manager for RES. His professional and scientific interests are focused on issues related to the development of distributed sources and their impact on the power grid and energy storage systems. In Apator, he is responsible for the development of products dedicated to the RES and electromobility industries. Szymon Piasecki graduated from the second- and third-degree studies at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology, with which he is constantly associated as part of his scientific activity. He gained professional experience while working for APS Energia, Zakład Energoelektroniki Twerd Sp. z o. o. and currently in Apator SA.

Dawid Piaskowski

Senior Key Account Manager
EDORADCA

Dawid Piaskowski

Senior Key Account Manager
EDORADCA

I am a specialist in financing business development plans using non-refundable grants. I have 14 years of experience in analyzing investment and research and development projects. I support entrepreneurs in choosing the most effective way of financing. I have coordinated more than 500 projects at every stage of implementation: from concept building, obtaining funding, to final settlement. In my work I am fascinated by the diversity of industries, technologies and innovations I deal with on a daily basis and the greatest motivation is to see my clients' successfully completed projects. My motto is the words of Albert Einstein: Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited.

Rafał Sroka

PESA Board Advisor
Polish Energy Storage Association

Rafał Sroka

PESA Board Advisor
Polish Energy Storage Association

Rafal Sroka BA (Hons) Financial Economics and Investment and Executive MBA. 12 years of professional experience mainly in management positions in global investment banking, insurance at Lloyds of London and manufacturing. Most of his insurance career spent in the area Energy risk management for power plants, wind farms, hydropower. Managed number of teams in compliance, operations and sales departments. He has led projects to merge organizations after acquisitions, management changes, and regularly led international organizational improvement projects. He has worked with business partners from the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Germany, United States and Asia (Malaysia, India, Singapore). Currently owner of financial advice firm and Board Advisor for PSME.

Sławomir Suski

Technical Director
MP Solar Group sp. z.o.o.

Sławomir Suski

Technical Director
MP Solar Group sp. z.o.o.

Graduate of the University of Silesia (Materials Science) and the University of Economics in Katowice (postgraduate MBA - Harzburg College Katowice). For almost 20 years he has been associated with the renewable energy sector (production of photovoltaic panels, cables and electric harnesses and servicing RES investments), and for over 30 years he has been associated with the professional energy sector (electricity generation and construction of conventional power plants) and industrial energy sector (production companies using electricity in technological processes). He is currently working at MP Solar Group sp.z.o.o. as Director of Research and Development and Training MP Solar Group sp.z.o.o. is a Polish company founded in 2014 and specialising in comprehensive customer service in the renewable energy industry. MP Solar Group sp. z o.o. is one of the leaders in the photovoltaic industry in Poland. At MP Solar, it is involved in the introduction of new technologies and products to the market, including the supervision of photovoltaic power plant construction projects. Currently, in addition to his activities at MP Solar, he also works at Zinplast sp. z o.o., where he is a process optimisation consultant and was previously production director for three years. Zinplast sp. z o.o. is a Polish company that manufactures plastic products for the construction and installation industry. At the company, he has implemented process optimisation activities and optimised business costs, including the cost of electricity (he contracted electricity purchases equivalent to the consumption of 5 GWh per year). He has introduced a number of improvements resulting in a decrease in energy consumption (purchase of new machinery, introduction of systems for monitoring electricity consumption, management system for space heating installations) and prepared the assumptions for the construction of an internal photovoltaic installation. Since 2021, he has been a founding member of the Polish Association for Photovoltaic Development.

Piotr Szwarc

Attorney at Law, Senior Associate
SMM Legal

Piotr Szwarc

Attorney at Law, Senior Associate
SMM Legal

Expert in energy law, participating in the processes of the so-called energy transition. Actively supports the development of renewable energy sources. Advised companies in the electricity and gas sectors. He has conducted numerous due diligence audits and transactions of renewable energy installations. He supports clients in court proceedings and proceedings before public administration authorities, in particular before the President of the Energy Regulatory Authority. He has negotiated connection agreements and PPAs. He participated in proceedings for granting concessions and obtaining support for photovoltaic farms, biogas plants and cogeneration units. He actively participates in conferences and trainings on energy law and renewable energy sources.

Maksym Sysoiev

Partner
Global Energy Group, Dentons Europe, Dentons Kyiv

Maksym Sysoiev

Partner
Global Energy Group, Dentons Europe, Dentons Kyiv

I see growing Polish and international business interest in Ukrainian RES projects to be developed or built from scratch closer to the end of the war and in the post-war period. Given that I am currently living in Warsaw and have the opportunity to participate in events organized in Poland, I would like to provide Polish entrepreneurs with information about the relevant opportunities in Ukraine and the regulatory framework that facilitates business operations in the country. In this connection, I will present Ukrainian opportunities in the field of renewable energy sources. You are invited to attend.

 

Dr Marcin Trupkiewicz

Partner
SMM Legal

Dr Marcin Trupkiewicz

Partner
SMM Legal

Energy law expert awarded in the international ranking of The Legal 500 EMEA 2021. Doctor of Law. He has extensive experience in regulatory consulting in the energy sector, in the field of RES and CHP support system, business licensing, grid connection. Supports clients in investment and construction processes regarding investments in RES installations and grid infrastructure. Expert in the Law Commission of the Government Legislation Center in the work on the amendment of the Law on RES in 2019 and 2020. Member of the Team of Experts of the Permanent Subcommittee on Local Government Finance on the amendment of the Energy Law. Co-author of the commentary to the RES Act for the C.H. Beck Publishing House and author of more than 50 scientific and industry publications.

Jan Załęcki

President of the Management Board
Marketing Relacji

Jan Załęcki

President of the Management Board
Marketing Relacji

For 29 years, she has supported startups and leaders, including those in the RES industry, in their strategic development i.e. customer acquisition and service. Manages projects in direct communication, including database management, lead generation, appointment setting and customer satisfaction surveys. He has supported the strategic development and brand value building of over 150 companies, including: Cyfrowy Polsat, EFL, Link4, Netia, onet.pl, opinia24, PKO, Shell and many RES companies. Honoured by Gazeta Finansowa - TOP25 Business Personalities.