Industry Conference on Biogas, Biomethane, Biofuels, and Biomass

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Inaugural block

Welcome by the Union of Employers and Producers of the Biogas and Biomethane Industry (UPEBBI) and the Agreement for Biogas and Biomethane (P2B)

Artur Zawisza (President of UPEBBI)
Beata Matecka (Vice President of UPEBBI)

Presentation of P2B as the national representative of the biogas and biomethane sector

Dariusz Bojsza (President of the Initiative for the Environment, Energy, and Ecomobility, and member of the UPEBBI board)

Biogas Ambassador 2025 – Dr. Henryk Smolarz (Director General of the National Center for Agricultural Support)

Strategic block

Strategic Debate: “Biogas and Biomethane in the Energy and Fuel Mix”

Moderator: Piotr Włodawiec, attorney-at-law (Prokurent Law Firm, senior partner)
Participants: Wojciech Dąbrowski (Security–Energy–Technology Foundation, president)
Marcin Podgórski (Marshal's Office of the Mazowieckie Province in Warsaw, Director of the Department of Waste Management, Emissions, and Integrated Permits)
Karol Rabenda (Office of the President of Poland, Undersecretary of State)
Jakub Safjański (Lewiatan Confederation, Director of the Energy and Climate Change Department)
Krzysztof Zamasz, PhD, professor at WSB (Veolia Energy Contracting Poland, president)

Sector Leaders Debate

Moderator: Tomasz Kajdan (Biowatt, Vice President)
Participants: Anna Podolak (Roeslein Polska, President)
Sławomir Łazarski (Orlen SA, Director of the Biogas and Biomethane Development Office)
Jarosław Wasilewski (Neo Bio Energy, Director of Development and Implementation)
Tomasz Strzelecki (Polish Biogas Group, member of the board)

P2B for legislation vis-à-vis the Department of Renewable Energy Sources (at the Ministry of Climate and Environment) and the Department of Agricultural Markets and Energy Transition in Rural Areas (at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development)

Przemysław Krawczyk (agriKomp Polska, president)
Paulina Bogaczyńska (working group on biogas permanently and functionally linked to a farm or waste production plant in the Agreement for the Development of the Biogas and Biomethane Sector, coordinator)

Business block

CAPEX for biogas and biomethane investments

Moderator: Aleksander Duch (Polish Association of Agricultural Biogas Producers, Chairman)
Participants: Filip Kaczmarek (Credit Agricole, Director of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Agribusiness Division)
Beata Matecka (Business Consulting Group Capital Group, President)
Anna Pekar (National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Head of the Foreign Financing Division of the Energy and Industry Department)

OPEX biogas and biomethane installations

Moderator: Iwona Dyba (farmer.pl, editor-in-chief)
Participants: Michał Ćwil (Gobarto, Director of Biogas Plants)
Janusz Markowski (working group on biogas and biomethane of the Renewable Energy Sources Council of the Lewiatan Confederation)
Maciej Szczepański (Howden Poland, Director of the Energy Transformation Office)

“Practical aspects of connecting a biomethane to the gas network”

Marcin Nocoń (Tech-Gas, representative)

Break

Communal block

“The potential for sewage biogas production and opportunities for intensifying investment”

Zbigniew Gieleciak (Regional Water Management Center in Tychy, president)

"Landfill biogas – years of experience and conclusions for the future."

Robert Józwik (Neo Bio Energy, Director of Operations and Maintenance)

"Conclusions from the working group on support for producers of biogas other than agricultural biogas”

Dr. Anna Pudełko (Bioodpady.pl, Director of Development)

Social block

Presentation of the initiative group of the Local Government Association “Yes to Biogas”

Piotr Guział (Local Government Association “Yes to Biogas”, president)

“Interactions between industry investors and public opinion” (debate in partnership with the Rural Youth Association)

Moderator: Piotr Guział (Local Government Association “Yes to Biogas”, president)
Participants: Tomasz Bartosiak (Social Housing Initiative KZN Reymontowski, president)
Beniamin Bielak (Rural Youth Association, president of the Lublin Provincial Board)
Dr Stanisław Derehajło (councilor of the Podlaskie Provincial Assembly and member of the UPEBBI Advisory Board)
Stanisław Jastrzębski (Association of Rural Municipalities of the Republic of Poland, Chairman of the Board)
Grzegorz Tchorek, PhD, professor at IEN-PIB (Institute of Power Engineering – National Research Institute, deputy director)

Educational block

Presentation of bioenergetic Industry Skills Centers in Jabłoń (Parczew County, Lublin Region) and Swarożyn (Tczew County, Pomerania)

Alina Kowalczyk–Juśko, PhD, professor at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (Department of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy)
Beata Matecka (UPEBBI, Vice President) and her team
representatives of the Agricultural Education Center School Complex in Jabłoń and Swarozyn

Presentation of the results of the project “Training personnel for the European biogas sector”

Anna Różańska (UPEBBI, expert) and representatives of Česká bioplynová asociace (CzBA) and Latvijas Biogāzes asociācija (LBA)

Evening block

Networking

Industry reception with awards: Biogas Plant of the Year, Supplier of the Year, Pioneer of the Year, Biogas Portal of the Year

Opening of BioPower Poland trade fair

Stefan Krajewski (Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development) tbc

Agricultural Biogas block

“Biogas practitioners have a voice”

Moderator: Robert Pogorzelski (UPEBBI, Chief Operating Officer)
Participants: Hanna Grochowiecka (Rypin Biogas, co-owner)
Lech Gryko (Zielona Energia Michałowo, president)
Karol Janas (Association of Small Agricultural Biogas, president)
Franciszek Nowak (Polish Agricultural Society, president)

“Agricultural energy islands” (presentation and debate)

Presentation – Dr Aleksander Koźmiński (Pomeranian University, assistant professor at the Faculty of Security and Administration)
Moderator: Radosław Zieniewicz (“Farmer” and farmer.pl, editor)
Participants: Dr Aleksander Koźmiński (Pomeranian University, assistant professor at the Faculty of Security and Administration)
Tomasz Krasowski (Marshal's Office of the Mazowieckie Province, Director of the Department of Environmental Policy, Geology, and Hunting)
Łukasz Zbonikowski (National Audit Union of Agricultural Production Cooperatives, President of the Management Board)

Decarbonization of the food production industry

Moderator: Sebastian Wijas (GreenLab Foundation, expert)
Participants: Łukasz Majewski (Goodvalley Agro, biogas production manager)
Marta Tomaszewska-Pielacha (Polish Federation of Food Producers, Director of Food and Nutrition) tbc
Magdalena Myszczyszyn (Polish Biogas Group, Director of Partnerships and New Biogas Markets)

Biomethane block

Presentation: “Green gas – how to give it the green light?”

Aleksander Zawisza (d. Gaz-System, Deputy Director of the Gas Market Development Division)

Presentation of the “GreenMeUp” report by the Polish Chamber of Commerce for Renewable and Distributed Energy

Dr. Ewa Krasuska (Polish Chamber of Commerce for Renewable and Distributed Energy, CEO)
Dr Magdalena Rogulska (UPEBBI Advisory Board, member)

Main Biomethane Debate

Moderator: Alexander Zawisza (d. Gaz-System, Deputy Director of the Gas Market Development Division)
Participants: Marcin Nocoń (Bio LNG Polska, Vice President)
Marek Pituła (Polish Biomethane Association, president)
Agata Romanowska, PhD (Lower Silesian Institute of Energy Studies, expert)
Robert Więckowski (b. President of the Polish Gas Company)
Hanna Waliszewska, PhD (National Center for Research and Development, operational expert) tbc
Lech Wojciechowski (Duon and Polish LNG and bioLNG Platform, Vice President)

Academic block

Moderator: Oriana Cejnóg (SGH Student Energy Research Club, chairwoman)
Speakers: Agnieszka Domańska-Sikorzak, PhD, professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (College of Economics and Social Sciences): “Biogas as part of the circular economy”
Alina Kowalczyk–Juśko, PhD, professor at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (Faculty of Production Engineering): “The role of biogas plants in reducing emissions from agriculture and agri-food processing”
Krzysztof Pilarski, PhD, professor at the Poznań University of Life Sciences (Energy Systems Engineering Laboratory): “The impact of substrate dosing strategies on the kinetics and efficiency of methane fermentation in agricultural biogas plants”
Dr. Grzegorz Wałowski, Professor at ITP-PIB (Renewable Energy Research Team at the Institute of Technology and Life Sciences): “The use of a polydisperse substrate (pig manure) for biogas production – a micro-biogas plant for a farm.”
Paweł Kowalczyk, PhD, and Grzegorz Bełżecki, PhD (Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences): “The impact of renewable energy sources on plant production”

Workshop block

“How to obtain, use, and account for EU subsidies for the installation of agricultural and municipal biogas and biomethane?”

"Business Consulting Group" Capital Group It will take place at the UPEBBI stand

“How to implement a B2B platform: more than just a waste exchange?”

X-Waste It will take place at the Biowat stand

“How to establish and run an energy cooperative with a biogas plant”

Polish Cooperatives It will take place at the Trade Fair Studio

Why are biogas and biomethane important for the energy and gas industries?

Jan Szopiński (National Agricultural Support Center, Deputy Director General)
Mariusz Rukat (Marshal's Office of the Mazowieckie Province, representative of the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Province for economic affairs and energy)

How to effectively finance investments with loans and grants?

Dr. Krzysztof Łabowski (Vice President of Bank Ochrony Środowiska)
Beata Matecka (President of the Business Consulting Group Capital Group)

When will we train staff as part of vocational education?

Krzysztof Biernat, PhD, professor at PIMOT (UPEBBI Advisory Board, chair)
Klaudia Wacek (ManpowerGroup, MyPath Program Lead)