09:45 Opening of the conference, Jolanta Kamińska, Maciej Roik, „Magazyn Biomasa”

10:00-11:30 SESSION I: DISTRICT HEATING IN THE EU AND POLAND: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?

• Powering the Future: A Review of EU Regulations in the Biomass Sector, Ennio Prizzi, Bioenergy Europe
• Biomass in the European Union versus the Market in Poland, Tomasz Śmilgiewicz, CM Biomass
• Challenges Facing the Heating Industry in the Transition Process, Zbigniew Kidawa, National Energy Conservation Agency
• Priorities of District Heating in Poland, Bogusław Regulski, Polish Heating Industry Chamber of Commerce

11:30 – 11:50 SESSION II: FINANCING OF INVESTMENTS IN THE HEATING INDUSTRY

• Subsidies from National and European Funds for Investments in Thermal Power Companies, Ryszard Ochwat, Euro-Most Energia

11:50-12:20 Coffee break

12:20 – 13:30 SESSION III: MODERN DISTRICT HEATING

• The Road to AI – Where to Start in the Transformation to the Heat of the Future? Mateusz Zajchowski i Wojciech Ćwięka, ASTOR
• Optimization of Biomass Combustion in the District Heating Sector – Solutions by FERGY AS, Aleksandrs Roscins, FERGY AS
• Experiences from the Period of Construction of the Cogeneration Unit at EC Megatem, Dariusz Talarowski, Energoserwis
• Hybrid Systems and Alternative Fuels in the Heating Industry, Wojciech Walicki, Horus-Energia

13:30 – 14:30 Panel discussion: Biomass as a pillar of energy transition?

Panel Discussion: Biomass as a Pillar of Energy Transition?, Moderation: Jolanta Kamińska, ,,Magazyn Biomasa”

Panelists:

• Dawid Jakubowski, Polish Economic Chamber of Wood Industry
• Rafał Kobyłecki, PhD, DSc. Eng., Częstochowa University of Technology
• Jan Gładki, Biochar Europe
• Rostislav Krempasky, EP Resources
• Tomasz Mirowski, PhD Eng., Institute of Mineral and Energy Economy, Polish
• Academy of Sciences
• Dariusz Sipta, EC Megatem

14:30-15:30 Lunch