Agenda

Morning

09:30 – 09:40

Welcome and introduction on the challenges of European energy policy

Guest of Honour
Jerzy Buzek MEP, Chair, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament

09:40 – 09:45

Welcome

Koen Verbruggen, President, EuroGeoSurveys and Geological Survey of Ireland

09:45 – 10:05

Mission possible – unconventional hydrocarbons in the future Polish energy mix

Sławomir Brodziński, Vice Minister, Chief National Geologist of Poland, Ministry of the Environment, Poland

10:05 – 10:25

Shale gas/oil exploration in Poland – disappointment or a good lesson for future?

Grzegorz Pieńkowski, Director for Promotion and Cooperation, Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute

10:25 – 11:00

The environment and shale gas exploration. Results of studies on the soil-water environment, ambient air, acoustic climate, process fluids and wastes

Małgorzata Woźnicka, Head of Hydro-geohazard and Groundwater Protection Program, Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute
Monika Konieczyńska, Environmental Geologist, Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute

11:00 – 11:20

Environmental Monitoring of Shale Gas Operations in the UK

Simon Talbot, Managing Director, Ground-Gas Solutions Limited

11:20 – 11:40

Shale gas potential in Germany – pre-exploration estimates

Hans-Joachim Kümpel, President, Federal German Geological Survey (BGR)

11:40 – 12:00

Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:30

Panel Debate

Moderator: Andrzej Rudnicki, Spokesman, Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute

Monika Konieczyńska, Environmental Geologist, Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute
Hans-Joachim Kümpel, President, Federal German Geological Survey (BGR)
Grzegorz Pieńkowski, Director for Promotion and Cooperation, Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute
Simon Talbot, Managing Director, Ground-Gas Solutions Limited
Koen Verbruggen, President, EuroGeoSurveys and Geological Survey of Ireland
Małgorzata Woźnicka, Head of Hydro-geohazard and Groundwater Protection Program, Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute
Rafał Miland, Director of the Department of Geology and Geological Concessions, Ministry of Environment of Poland

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch

Conference close