Agenda

Regions in transformation

22 April 2026 • 14:30 -16:00 • Conference Room 7

Online broadcast session Session translated simultaneously EN / PL

Thematic scope

An international perspective on profound changes in the energy sector – their long-term effects and social and developmental context. Experiences of European regions in the process of energy transition. Programmes, directions and models of change, tools and examples of lasting results. Changes in the labour market, investments and modernisation, new opportunities and possibilities. The role of partnerships and international cooperation in building a modern, low-emission economy.

Speakers

Jerzy Buzek

Member of the European Parliament, President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2012, Prime Minister from 1997 to 2001, President of the EEC Council

Alicja Krzemień

President, European Association of Coal and Lignite - EURACOAL, Head, Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Safety in Industry, Department of Exploitation Technology, Rockbursts and Risk Assessment, Central Mining Institute - National Research Institute

Jean-Paul Mulot

Member of the Hauts-de-France Regional Council

Leszek Pietraszek

Deputy Marshal of the Silesian Voivodship

Pedro Riesgo Fernandez

Mining Engineer, Professor of Business Administration, Institute of Space Sciences and Technologies of Asturias (ICTEA), University Oviedo in Spain

Vadym Tabakera

Director of the Department of Economic Policy, Lviv Regional State Administration

David Warren

Head of International Relations, Welsh Government

Host

Arkadiusz Biernat

Journalist, Dziennik Zachodni

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