December 12 (Thursday)

08:00 – 09:30 – Registration, welcome coffee and networking 

09:30 – 09:45 – Keynote speech: European biogas market 2025-2030

9:45-10:30 – Session I: Policy and regulatory framework

• Global overview of the biogas market
• Biogas in Poland – current status of the industry
• Investment potential of biogas in Poland

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break and networking

11:00-12:00 Panel discussion: 2024 – progress or stagnation?

11:00-12:15 Session II: Economics and environmental impact

• Hierarchy of biogas use in the economy
• Business models for biogas plants
• Waste policy and its impact on the biogas market development
• Possibilities of using the digestate

12:15-13:15 Session III: Agriculture

• Agriculture 4.0 – digital revolution and innovations in agricultural technology
• Agricultural biogas – market development trends
• Substrates in focus
• Barriers to biogas development in rural areas

13:15-14:15 Panel discussion: Competitive, modern, sustainable – the role of biogas in agriculture

14:15-15:15 Lunch

15:15-16:15 Session IV: Technologies

• Optimization of biogas production
• Smart technologies in the biogas sector

16:15-17:00 Session V: Financing investments

17:00-18:00 Panel discussion: biogas plants – investments strengthening local communities

18:00 Aperitif and networking

20:00-1:00 Gala dinner

December 13 (Friday)

10:00-11:00 Session VI: Energy security

• Geopolitical factors affecting the development of the biogas sector
• Building decentralized energy systems

11:00-12:00 Panel discussion: Biogas as a PRODUCT – application in the economy

12:00-12:30 Coffee break

11:00-13:00 Side event: How to prepare for a project and mitigate investment rosk?

Workshop for investors

12:30-14:00 Session VII: Biomethane

14:00 Summary and closing of the 9th Biogas Congress

*The conference programme is subject to change