Advisory Board

The Programme Council of the trade fair and conference shapes the content and direction of the event, ensuring its value for participants through the choice of topics and speakers and the delivery of the organisation's strategic objectives.

Meet selected members of the Council

Barbara Adamska

President of the Management Board, Polish Energy Storage Association

Andrzej Bojanowski

President of the Management Board, Międzynarodowe Targi Gdańskie

Jakub Budzyński

President of the Management Board, Polish Chamber of Offshore Wind Energy

Wojciech Falkowski

President of the Management Board, Ecol Group

Wojciech Folejewski

President of the Management Board, OPEC Gdynia

Dr Marek Głuchowski

Legal counsel, Managing Partner, Głuchowski Siemiątkowski Zwara i Partnerzy Law Firm

Sławomir Hinc

President of the Management Board, GAZ-SYSTEM

Dariusz Jachowicz

General Director, ASE Technology Group

Henryk Kaliś

President of the Management Board, Forum of Electricity and Gas Consumers

Magdalena Kamińska

President of the Management Board, Energa SA

Krzysztof Kilian

Minister of Communications from 1992 to 1993

Sławomir Kiszkurno

President of the Management Board, Port Czystej Energii Sp. z o.o., Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. in Gdańsk

Piotr Kledzik

President of the Management Board, PORR SA

Mateusz Kowalewski

President of the Management Board, Gospodarka Morska

Sławomir Kwaśnik

Technical and Sales Director, Behr Bircher Cellpack BBC Polska Sp. z o.o.

Marcin Lewandowski

President of the Management Board, Grupa GPEC

Tomasz Limon

President of the Management Board, Managing Director, Employers of Pomerania

Piotr Malecki

President of the Management Board, Defence24

Maciej Mazur

Managing Director, Polish New Mobility Association

Dr Szymon Paweł Moś

President of the Management Board, Polska Spółka Gazownictwa

Damian Mucha

President of the Management Board, Regional Chamber of Commerce of Pomerania

Paul Nowak

Vice-President of the Management Board, Energa Obrót S.A.

Mateusz Pawłowski

President of the Management Board, Turrim and Pro-Resilience

Bogdan Pilch

General Director, Chamber of Commerce for Energy and Environmental Protection

Paweł Poncyljusz

President of the Management Board, MindMade, WB Group

Mariusz Sadłowski

Deputy Director of the Department of Ecology and Energy, Head of the Energy Unit, Gdańsk City Hall

Sławomir Staszak

Member of the Management Board, ORLEN

Ryszard Świlski

Senator of the 10th and 11th terms, Senate of the Republic of Poland

Stanisław Szultka

Director of the Economic Development Department, Marshal's Office of the Pomorskie Voivodeship

Jakub Wiech

Editor-in-Chief, Energetyka24.com

Professor Dr Hab Eng Krzysztof Wilde

Rector, Gdańsk University of Technology

Jakub Wnuczyński

President of the Management Board and Sales Director, Baltic Towers Sp. z o.o.

August Żywczyk

Vice-President of the Management Board, Defence24

Barbara Adamska

Chairman of the Management Board
Polish Energy Storage Association

An expert in distributed energy and energy storage, author of several dozen publications on photovoltaics, energy storage and distributed energy. President of the Polish Energy Storage Association, member of the Coordinating Council for the Hydrogen Economy, member of the Programme Council of the Distributed Energy Network, standing expert of the Parliamentary Group for Energy and Climate, and from 2015 to 2019 standing expert of the Parliamentary Group for Mining and Energy.

Founder and CEO of ADM Poland, which has provided advisory services on the Polish renewables market since 2013.

Adviser on business modelling for energy companies, covering the development and implementation of energy balancing and energy management services and the construction of independent power and heating systems. Author of operating and development strategies for 4 certified energy clusters.

A graduate of the University of Warsaw and of Kozminski University (MBA). Winner of the Industry Personality award of the RE-energy International Renewable Energy Trade Fair. According to the Energy Storage Report, one of the 40 most influential women in the global energy storage industry.

Andrzej Bojanowski

Chairman of the Management Board
Gdańsk International Fair

President of the Management Board of Międzynarodowe Targi Gdańskie SA, where he manages a team of industry experts and around 35,000 m2 of space.

He previously served as President of the Management Board of Arena Gdańsk Operator SA, the company that manages the Energa Stadium in Gdańsk. From 2009 to 2017 he was Deputy Mayor of Gdańsk for economic policy, after taking the post of City Treasurer. Before that, for over 4 years, he represented the Port of Gdańsk Authority as Deputy Finance Director and Vice-President of the Management Board.

Mr Bojanowski graduated in Finance and Banking from the Faculty of Management of the University of Gdańsk.

A leading expert in banking, risk management and financial strategy. Deeply engaged with public and corporate finance, risk analysis and derivative financial services.

Jakub Budzyński

Chairman of the Management Board
Polish Offshore Wind Energy Chamber

President of the Management Board of the Polish Chamber of Offshore Wind Energy, for many years Vice-President of the Management Board of the Polish Offshore Wind Energy Society, an industry consultant in the offshore wind sector, an active promoter of the sector's development in the Baltic Sea region, and a former member of project teams at RWE and Simply Blue Group, among others.

An expert in the supply chain for the offshore wind sector and in the regulation of the Polish market in this field, who has worked in offshore wind since the start of his career.

A graduate of the University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University of Technology and the Polish Institute of International Affairs. A specialist in climate and energy policy and in regulations covering the offshore wind sector in Poland and abroad. An adviser and consultant on building the value chain in the offshore wind sector and on the early development stage of offshore wind farm projects under Polish legal and market conditions.

Co-author of proposals for regulatory and systemic solutions for the Polish offshore wind sector. Experienced in the practical delivery of offshore wind farm projects in the Polish exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea.

Co-author of the statutory concept of promoting local content in the supply chain for Baltic offshore wind farm projects, and an active participant in the work on the Act on promoting electricity generation in offshore wind farms (the Offshore Act) of 17.12.2020.

One of the initiators and authors of the Polish Offshore Wind Sector Deal, signed on 15.09.2021 in Warsaw by around 200 entities, led by representatives of the government and of the largest companies operating globally in the offshore wind farm project market and its supply chain.

Wojciech Falkowski

Chairman of the Management Board
Ecol Group

Wojciech Falkowski, President of the Management Board of Ecol–Group (1988) and Ecol-Unicon (1996), founder of the Biznes dla Klimatu foundation (2021).

He initiates, supports and develops ventures connected with the protection of waters, rivers in particular, and with sustainable development.

Member of the University Council of Gdańsk University of Technology, of the Employers of Pomerania association, the Gdańsk Business Club and the Business Convention of the Fahrenheit Union of Universities. One of the initiators of the MAK Inter-University Climate Academy, the Baltic Nuclear Energy Forum and the Together for the Vistula campaign.

In private life, a lover of nature and of the sports that go with it.

Wojciech Folejewski

Chairman of the Management Board
OPEC Gdynia

In the 1990s Wojciech Folejewski worked at BAT and NETIA, among other companies. From 2008 to 2012 he was chief operating officer of PL.2012, taking part in Poland's preparations for the UEFA EURO 2012 football championship. In 2014 he was a management board member for investment delivery at PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe, and then worked at the Gdańsk City Development Directorate. In Gdynia, as the mayor's plenipotentiary for preparing and implementing the reform of the units administering the city's housing stock, he coordinated the reorganisation of the ABK units and the creation of the Municipal Buildings and Premises Authority. From 2017 he was employed at ZDiZ in Gdynia as deputy director, and from 2019 as director of ZDiZ. Since November 2021 he has been President of the Management Board of OPEC Sp. z o.o., based in Gdynia.

Dr Marek Głuchowski

Legal Counsel, Managing Partner
The Law Firm of Legal Advisors and Solicitors Głuchowski Siemiątkowski Zwara & Partners

Doctor of Law. Founder and Managing Partner of the Głuchowski Siemiątkowski Zwara i Partnerzy law firm. He specialises in commercial law and questions of business transactions, in terms of both public and civil law. In particular he deals with the activity of financial institutions (banks, insurers, investment funds) and their organisational transformations, with financial instruments, and with building an entrepreneur's capital and protecting it against the effects of business risk. His practice also covers corporate advisory work, company restructuring, privatisation, the energy sector and foreign investment.

He served as acting President of the Management Board of PKO BP and as Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of PKO BP, Wilbo and Centrum Haffnera. He has been a member of many supervisory boards, including those of the Magna Polonia National Investment Fund, Bank Pocztowy, Nordea Bank Polska, the Central Securities Depository of Poland and PTE AEGON S.A. He is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of Kompap S.A. and Remontowa Holding S.A., and Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Centrum Myśli Strategicznych Foundation. He is also currently Chairman of the Council of the Jędrzej Śniadecki Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk for the 2025-2028 term.

He is active in various social and business organisations. He is President of the Management Board of the Gdańsk Business Club, an association of entrepreneurs, managers and intellectuals, and a member of the Council of the Józef Piłsudski Family Foundation.

He was the first Chairman of the Council of the University of Gdańsk and took part in the work of the councils of the Józef Piłsudski Museum in Sulejówek and the National Museum in Gdańsk.

He is an arbitrator of the International Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Maritime Commerce in Gdynia. From 2017 to 2024 he was Honorary Consul of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

He graduated in law and later defended his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk. He passed the judicial examination and then qualified as a legal counsel. For many years he was a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Commercial Law and Private International Law at the University of Gdańsk.

Sławomir Hinc

Chairman of the Management Board
Gaz-System

Sławomir Hinc has many years of experience in the gas industry, having been directly involved from 2003 in developing the concept for the national natural gas transmission system operator in Poland. From 2004 to 2008 he was finance director at PGNiG Przesył (now GAZ-SYSTEM), where he was responsible for cooperation with the Energy Regulatory Office and for negotiating the lease of the transmission assets transferred by PGNiG to GAZ-SYSTEM as a dividend in kind. He also supervised the process of obtaining a gas transmission licence for GAZ-SYSTEM. From 2006 to 2008 he held commercial proxy at GAZ-SYSTEM. He is the author of the company's first transmission tariff. From 2008 to 2013 he was Vice-President of PGNiG for finance. His responsibilities included the separation of the storage system operator (OSM) from PGNiG, the creation of the company now operating as Gas Storage Poland, and the introduction of storage services to the market. From 2008 to 2014 he was a member of the Supervisory Board of EuRoPol GAZ. In 2010 he was appointed to the Board of EUROGAS, the European association of gas and oil companies in Brussels, where he sat until 2015.

From 2013 to 2016 he was President and General Director of PGNiG Upstream Norway, where his responsibilities included the acquisition of PGNiG's interests in 4 fields, for which he received the Gullkronen Award for the best transaction on the Norwegian oil market. He also supervised the extension of PGNiG's exploration work in northern Norway, including the award of exploration licences to PGNiG in the Barents Sea. From 2019 to 2024 he worked in the renewable energy industry, first as an adviser to the management board and then as a member of the Supervisory Board of Helioexpert. From 2019 he was President and Managing Director of Green Genius, the Polish branch of a Lithuanian PV farm operator.

He holds an economics degree from the Institute of Foreign Trade of the University of Gdańsk and a doctorate in technical sciences from the Faculty of Environmental Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology, specialising in tariff systems in gas transmission. He also studied at the universities of Vienna and Berlin. He completed The Comprehensive Business Management Programme run by Central State Connecticut University. He lectures on postgraduate programmes at the Warsaw University of Technology and the AGH University of Science and Technology in the field of transport, tariffs and regulation of the natural gas market. He is the author of a number of publications on the tariffs and transport of natural gas.

Dariusz Jachowicz

Director General
ASE Technology Group

Founder of the Automatic Systems Engineering Technology Group (ASE for short), which has operated since 1990 and has grown to more than a dozen companies bringing together specialists and experts with a range of engineering and technology profiles.

His decisions and strategies have driven the rapid growth of the company, which now consists of 16 companies, among them the Projmors Maritime Design and Construction Office, EKO-KONSULT, ASE ATEX, SQUADRON, Elmech-ASE and Camino Project.

His knowledge extends to the specifics and processes of the energy transition in its broad sense. It covers offshore wind farms, hydrogen technologies, alternative energy sources and intelligent energy management systems.

Henryk Kaliś

Chairman of the Management Board
Forum of Electricity and Gas Consumers

President of the Management Board of the Chamber of Industrial Energy and Energy Consumers, President of the Management Board of the Forum of Electricity and Gas Consumers.

He developed and introduced a system for monitoring and managing electricity at ZGH “Bolesław” S.A. He took part in implementing all the mechanisms of comprehensive protection for industrial consumers, shielding his company from the effects of rises in fuel and energy prices. He initiated and co-organised the Forum of Electricity and Gas Consumers, a federation that now brings together 8 industry organisations from Polish industry. His work and its results were recognised by the business monthly “Nowy Przemysł”, which twice honoured him for his contribution to creating a competitive electricity market in Poland.

He is also a winner of the Key to Success award presented by “Energetyka Cieplna i Zawodowa” for his contribution to the development of the energy sector in Poland, and a laureate of the 20th jubilee edition of the White Tiger Laurel of Polish Energy, ENERGIA 2016.

A graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Stanisław Staszic AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. He completed postgraduate studies on the electricity, heat and gas market.

Magdalena Kamińska

Chairman of the Management Board
Energa SA

Magdalena Kamińska is acting chairwoman of the Management Board of Energa SA.

She has been with the Energa Group since 2011, first as deputy director of the Finance Department and then as director of that area. She then served as Vice-President of the Management Board of Energa Wytwarzanie. Since February 2025 she has been Vice-President of the Management Board of Energa SA for finance.

She took part in strategic investment projects and in raising finance for the Energa Group, as well as in its integration with the ORLEN Group.

He is also a member of the Management Board of the Polish Electricity Association.

She began her career in 2007 at international audit firms, first EY and then Deloitte.

A graduate of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Gdańsk.

Krzysztof Kilian

Minister of Communications from 1992 to 1993

A graduate of Gdańsk University of Technology. Strategic advisory. Member of the International Business Council – Retail INNOGY/Essen from 2016 to 2019. From 2012 to 2013 he headed PGE SA as President of the Management Board. Earlier he held key positions at Polkomtel, ING Barings, Morgan Stanley and Bank Handlowy. He sat on the supervisory boards of PKO Bank Polski, TFI PZU, KGHM, BPH, PGE, Poczta Polska and CD Projekt SA. From 1991 to 1993 he worked in state administration, including as Director of the Prime Minister's Office, and in 1992/93 as Minister of Communications.

Sławomir Kiszkurno

Chairman of the Management Board
Port Czystej Energii Sp. z o.o., Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. in Gdańsk

Sławomir Kiszkurno, MSc Eng, President of the Management Board of Port Czystej Energii Sp. z o.o.; until 2024 also plenipotentiary of the Mayor of Gdańsk for the circular economy. Since October 2024 also President of Zakład Utylizacyjny in Gdańsk. From 2016 to 2019 director of the Municipal Services Department at Gdańsk City Hall. From 2011 to 2016 plenipotentiary for the delivery of the preparatory project for the construction of the Waste Thermal Treatment Plant for the Pomorskie Voivodeship, carried out by Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. in Gdańsk.

Previously he was, among other posts, head of the Environmental Protection Department at Police Town Hall, head of the Project Implementation Department and adviser to the General Director, and director of the Environmental Information Department at the General Directorate for Environmental Protection, where he managed the project “Preparation of conservation task plans for Natura 2000 sites in Poland”. For over 20 years he worked for the League for Nature Conservation, in the past also as its Secretary General. He is currently also president of the Council of the Gdańsk Water Foundation.

He graduated in Environmental Protection from the Agricultural Academy in Szczecin, gaining the title of MSc Eng. He chairs or sits on many industry councils and committees and teaches on postgraduate programmes. He specialises in waste management, nature conservation and environmental education.

Piotr Kledzik

Chairman of the Management Board
PORR SA

He comes from Gdańsk, where he graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Gdańsk University of Technology. He began his career at Hydrobudowa 6 SA, working in turn as a trainee engineer, foreman, works manager, site manager and head of a group of sites. In 2005 he joined Hydrobudowa Gdańsk SA as director of the industrial construction division. He then headed the company's hydrotechnical construction division, being promoted to technical director and member of the management board. In 2007 he was given the task of consolidating the Polish construction companies of the Bilfinger group within the newly created Bilfinger Berger Budownictwo SA, of which he became President of the Management Board. Following ownership changes, the company has been part of the international PORR Group since 2015. In private life he is a keen hunter and enjoys long walks with his dogs.

Sławomir Kwaśnik

Technical and Commercial Director
Behr Bircher Cellpack BBC Polska Sp. z o.o.

An experienced manager who has worked in the energy and electrical engineering industry for over 20 years. He has extensive experience in implementing innovative cable system solutions for the energy industry, in managing projects and technical development teams, and in embedding their work in sales structures.

Marcin Lewandowski

Chairman of the Management Board
GPEC Group

An experienced CEO and managing director of energy companies in Pomerania, currently President of the Management Board of the GPEC Group.

As a leader working to an ESG philosophy, he successfully carried through an energy transition in Gdańsk (the shutdown of all its own coal-fired sources), a strategic transformation (a dynamic strategy in the agile spirit) and a cultural one (a flexible working culture) for 8 heating companies in Poland, making the GPEC Group an industry leader.

He works continuously on improving the group's business performance and the energy efficiency of both its own assets and those of its customers. He has introduced new, profitable segments of efficiency services such as the digitalisation of district heating using AI, smart solutions in buildings and the technical servicing of buildings.

He is passionate about working with people, giving them creative space to explore the best ideas and concepts.

Tomasz Limon

Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director
Employers of Pomerania

A graduate in history from the University of Gdańsk and of management studies at the Gdańsk Foundation for Management Development. He has worked in business for well over a decade. A promoter of business ethics and corporate social responsibility, personally involved in the delivery and development of the social economy. A community activist and participant in the work of many representative bodies, such as the Pomeranian Enterprise Council, the Council of Regions of the Lewiatan Confederation and the Pomeranian Entrepreneurs' Staff. A member of many respected bodies, including the Business Convention of the Daniel Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, the Council of Experts of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk, the Advisory Council of the Faculty of Management of Gdańsk University of Technology and the Council of the Gdańsk Foundation. He is chairman of the Council of the Theatrum Gedanense Foundation and of the Council of the Employers of Pomerania Foundation. Honorary Consul of the Republic of Latvia

Piotr Malecki

Chairman of the Management Board
Defence24

Owner of Defence24 Sp. z o.o., publisher of the largest websites in Poland and Europe dealing comprehensively with military, energy and cyber security. A security analyst. A graduate in political science from the University of Warsaw.

For 20 years he has worked in strategic advisory services for companies in the defence, energy and pharmaceutical industries. From 2006 to 2018 he was co-owner of one of the largest Polish public affairs agencies. During that time it delivered projects on development strategy, export policy and economic regulation. He supervised and delivered projects connected with the pharmaceutical industry, security (including economic security) and defence. He has advised on many strategic and crisis communication projects.

Founder and member of the Council of the Institute of Security and Strategy Foundation, a think tank dealing with security.

Maciej Mazur

Managing Director
Polish New Mobility Association

Maciej Mazur is President of AVERE, the European Association for Electromobility, an organisation founded in 1978 that now operates in almost 25 European markets. He is also Managing Director of PSNM, the Polish New Mobility Association, the largest NGO in the mobility sector in Poland and in Central and Eastern Europe, with almost 300 members and over 100 institutional partnerships. He also sits on the supervisory boards of ERTICO – ITS Europe and Electromobility Poland.

Maciej is an experienced specialist in the energy sector and in economic affairs, and has been active on the alternative fuels market since 2012, particularly in the area of new mobility. He is a frequent speaker and the author of numerous publications on sustainable mobility, decarbonisation and public policy in transport and related industries.

Dr Szymon Paweł Moś

Chairman of the Management Board
Polish Gas Company

President of the Management Board of Polska Spółka Gazownictwa, a native of Gdańsk, Doctor of Law, legal counsel and graduate of the University of Gdańsk. He has extensive experience in companies in the energy, petrochemical, telecommunications, financial and construction sectors. At PSG he is responsible for, among other things, strategy, the energy transition and corporate areas.

Dr Szymon Paweł Moś, President of the Management Board of Polska Spółka Gazownictwa, a native of Gdańsk, Doctor of Law, legal counsel, and graduate of the University of Gdańsk. He has extensive experience in companies operating in the energy, petrochemical, telecommunications, financial, and construction sectors. At PSG, he is responsible, among other things, for strategy, energy transition, and corporate affairs.

Damian Mucha

Chairman of the Management Board
The Pomeranian Chamber of Commerce

A graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk and of the Postgraduate Programme in Law and Management and the Postgraduate Programme in Public Relations at the Faculty of Management of the Gdańsk University of Technology. Founder of the Pomeranian Business Incubator Foundation. An experienced manager who has carried out a wide range of tasks in cooperation between business, local government and NGOs. He has broad and constantly updated knowledge of management and organisational operation, gained from advising companies and institutions on EU funds, obtaining grants for education and training purposes, matching business partners and analysing an organisation's development options.

Paul Nowak

Deputy Chairman of the Board
Energa Obrót S.A.

He supervises and coordinates activities and decisions in sales, marketing and products offered to individual, business and strategic customers. A manager with many years of experience, specialising in bringing new products to the nationwide market. He co-created marketing strategies for Polish companies and international corporations. Brands such as Sandoz, Sequoia, Polfa Tarchomin and Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna have used his support. He has also worked in the maritime sector, where he served as Director of the Organisational and Legal Department of Zarząd Morskiego Portu Gdańsk S.A. His duties included ownership supervision of the companies in the capital group. He was also President of the Management Board of Port Gdański Eksploatacja S.A., where he successfully carried out multi-million investments and optimised business processes, which translated directly into the company's financial results.

Mateusz Pawłowski

Chairman of the Management Board
Turrim and Pro-Resilience

Mateusz Pawłowski is an experienced manager and entrepreneur, president and co-owner of Turrim and Pro-Resilience, companies working in the field of national security and resilience. He builds partnerships and an ecosystem of cooperation around the defence industry, critical infrastructure and dual-use technologies, translating the needs of the state and of business into feasible projects: from diagnosing the challenge, through the cooperation model, to implementation.

He supports companies entering and scaling up in regulated markets, focusing on go-to-market strategies, the design of operating rules and the routes to meeting requirements (including Ministry of the Interior and Administration licences, the WSK internal control system, quality standards and security clearances). He works on a compliance-first basis, with an emphasis on risk management and reputational exposure.

Between 2019 and 2024 he worked as an interim manager and business trainer, reorganising structures, improving efficiency and running recovery measures in crisis situations. In his work he uses modern management tools: analytics and automation, process standardisation and KPIs, and delivery control solutions, shortening the path from strategy to execution.

He is a graduate of postgraduate studies in project management (AGH UST) and holds a PRINCE2 Foundation certificate. In parallel he works as an expert and in the media: he creates and hosts a programme on the defence industry, moderates industry debates and co-creates event agendas as a member of Defence Horizon at the Polish Security Congress (2025, 2026) and of the Programme Council of PowerConnect 2026. Between 2017 and 2022 he was active in the TEDx community as a speaker and organiser; for his business activity he was named AGH Graduate of the Year 2019.

Bogdan Pilch

Director General
Chamber of Commerce for Power Industry and Environmental Protection

A manager with many years of experience in senior positions at Polish and foreign companies in the energy sector (PGE Energia Odnawialna, President; GDF SUEZ, Vice-President), the gas sector (Gaz de France Polska, President; Statoil Polska, Director), manufacturing (H. Cegielski Poznań, President) and finance (Biuro Maklerskie Magnus, President).

Experience in management and in preparing development strategies and investment projects for many companies. Participation in investment projects in conventional and renewable energy, including securing financing for them. Knowledge of, and the ability to work with, state and local authorities and business support institutions. Extensive experience in working with the media and active participation in conferences, congresses and seminars.

Mariusz Sadłowski

Deputy Director of the Department of Ecology and Energy, Head of the Energy Unit
Gdańsk City Council

Deputy Director of the Department of Ecology and Energy, Head of the Energy Unit at the City Office of Gdańsk, and a doctoral candidate at the Gdańsk University of Technology in the discipline of environmental engineering, mining and energy. An expert of the Ministry of Climate and Environment assessing the technological aspects of energy projects under the FEPW and FEnIKS programmes, and an expert of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management under the New Energy and Innovations for the Environment programmes. He gained his professional experience at an international energy company, where he worked on pricing and energy optimisation. He has delivered energy and climate projects, including Liquid Energy and Climate in Metropolitan Schools.

Sławomir Staszak

Board Member
ORLEN

A manager with many years of experience. From April 2024 he sat on the Management Board of Energa S.A. As President of the Management Board he was responsible for projects key to the energy transition, covering the development of distribution, renewable sources, combined-cycle gas units and energy storage.

He was active in the Energa Group in many areas, as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Energa Operator and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Energa Obrót.

Vice-President of the Management Council of the Polish Electricity Association, where he is involved in initiatives for the sector and its competitiveness, for the challenges of European integration and for energy security.

He regularly takes part in discussions on issues key to the Polish energy sector at industry events attended by state authorities and business. He sits on the programme councils of conferences that shape the direction of debate on the sector. He supports the development of science through active cooperation with the Gdańsk University of Technology, where he is a member of the team of business advisers to the Rector.

He is involved in ESG matters: the environment, climate and sustainable development. Participant in the COP29 World Climate Summit in Azerbaijan.

In his career he has worked for companies in the energy and port sectors, managed international teams, taken part in building wide-ranging strategies and worked at management and supervisory level, including on the Supervisory Board of Zarząd Morskiego Portu Gdynia S.A.

He is a graduate in law from the University of Gdańsk.

Ryszard Świlski

Senator of the 10th and 11th terms
The Senate of the Republic of Poland

He was born on 4 January 1971 in Gdańsk.

In 1996 he graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk. In 2012 he completed postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Finance and Management of the WSB University in Gdańsk.

He worked at, among others, the Bankowe Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń i Reasekuracji „Heros-Life” (1996–1997) and was director of the Sopot branch of ERGO HESTIA (1997–2002).

From 1994 to 1998 he held a seat on the City Council of Pruszcz Gdański and served as its deputy chairman. From 1998 to 2005 he was a councillor of the Gdańsk County Council; until 2002 he chaired the council, and from 2002 to 2005 he was deputy head of Gdańsk County. From 2005 to 2010 he was deputy mayor of Pruszcz Gdański. From 2010 to 2019 he held a seat on the Regional Assembly of the Pomorskie Voivodeship, sat on its board, and from 2018 to 2019 was deputy marshal.

In the Senate of the 10th term he served as Secretary of the Senate.

Until 2019 he was president of the Association of Polish Regions of the Baltic–Adriatic Transport Corridor.

He was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit.

He belongs to Platforma Obywatelska RP and is a member of the party's board for the Pomorskie Voivodeship.

Stanisław Szultka

Director of the Department of Economic Development
Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship

An economist by education. An expert in enterprise innovation and competitiveness, technology development trends and development policy. He has more than a decade of experience in economic research and analysis, strategic planning, technology development and the programming and evaluation of public policies. In these areas he has delivered projects for, among others, the European Commission, the Ministry of Development, PARP, NCBiR and regional authorities in Poland.

An experienced manager with a long documented record of work in the think tank sector. Author or co-author of several dozen expert studies and analyses on enterprise competitiveness and innovation, cluster and regional development strategies, legal regulation and stakeholder cooperation. Engaged in the development of the region, including preparatory work on hydrogen projects for the Pomorskie Voivodeship.

Jakub Wiech

Editor-in-Chief
Energetyka24.com

Winner of the Studencki Nobel award in the Journalism and Literature category, of an award in the Platynowe Megawaty competition for the best publication on the electricity market, and of the Dobry Dziennikarz 2021 award. Nominated in the MediaTory competition and for the Grand Press award in the Specialist Journalism category. Holder of the James S. Denton Transatlantic Fellowship. Author of the books „Energiewende. Nowe niemieckie imperium”, „Globalne ocieplenie. Podręcznik dla Zielonej Prawicy” and „Energetyka po prostu”.

Professor Dr Hab Eng Krzysztof Wilde

Headmaster
Gdańsk University of Technology

Education

Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering (1989)

Academic degree

  • professor (2009),
  • Associate Professor – Gdańsk University of Technology (2003),
  • Doctorate (PhD) – The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan, 1995)

Employment

  • Gdańsk University of Technology: assistant professor (1999), associate professor (2004), professor (since 2009),
  • Kujawsko-Pomorska Szkoła Wyższa in Bydgoszcz (2011–2015); full professor,
  • The University of Tokyo (1995–1999), Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

academic position

  • Rector of Gdansk University of Technology (since 2019),
  • Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2004–2008, 2016–2019),
  • Head of the Department of Strength of Materials at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2015–2019),
  • Vice-Dean for Education, Faculty of Civil Engineering (2002–2004)

Institutional functions

  • Chairman of the ENHANCE European University Board of Directors (from 2024)
  • Chairman of the KRASP Academic Sports Commission (from 2024)
  • Chairman of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Council of Rectors (2020-2024)
  • Chairman of the Council of the Pomeranian Regional Chamber of Civil Engineers (since 2022)
  • President of the Management Board of the AZS Regional Organisation in Gdańsk (since 2022)
  • Deputy Chairman of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities of Technology (KRPUT) (since 2020)
  • corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2016),
  • Member of the Council of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Section IV, 2017),
  • member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Hydro-Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2019),
  • member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2019),
  • member of the Committee of Mechanics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2016),
  • Member of the Committee on Civil Engineering and Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2011),
  • Chairman of the Section of Structural and Material Mechanics of the Committee on Civil Engineering and Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2016–2020)

foreign placements and research visits

  • Monbusho doctoral scholarship of the Government of Japan for doctoral research at the University of Tokyo (1992–1995),
  • one-semester scholarship at Mount Aloysius College, Pennsylvania, USA, in Computer Science/Business Administration (1991)

membership of learned societies

  • Chairman of the Advisory Team for Research Infrastructure at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education,
  • Chairman of the Specialist Team for the Financing of Investments Serving the Needs of Scientific Research or Development Work and of the IT Infrastructure of Science at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2015–2017, 2017–2019),
  • Member of the Specialist Team for the Assessment of Applications for Financing the Purchase or Production of Scientific Research Equipment Constituting Large Research Infrastructure and of Construction Investments Serving the Needs of Scientific Research or Development Work at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2011–2015),
  • Member of the KEJN MNiSW Evaluation Team for the exact sciences, engineering sciences and life sciences SI-NZ-1,
  • Member of the KEJN MNiSW Evaluation Team for the engineering sciences SI-15,
  • Chairman of the SI-4 Evaluation Team for construction and architecture, appointed by the Committee for the Evaluation of Scientific Units (KEJN) of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education,
  • member of the Editorial Board of Archives of Civil Engineering (since 2018),
  • member of the Scientific Council of the journal Building Materials. Technology. Market. Execution (since 2018)

Scientific interests

  • bridge engineering, structural mechanics, diagnostics and monitoring of engineering structures,
  • research aimed at developing systems to reduce the vibration of bridge structures caused by wind and earthquakes,
  • scientific research and development work on the implementation of non-destructive testing equipment and technologies in infrastructure facilities and of technical structural monitoring systems

Publications/Scientific profile

Knowledge Base
Google Scholar

awards and decorations

  • Honorary Badge for Services to the Development of the Economy of the Republic of Poland, awarded by the Minister of Development and Technology (2023),
  • Builder Awards 2020, Polski Herkules (2020),
  • Individual Pomeranian Quality Award (2020),
  • Gold Medal for Services to the Employers of Pomerania (2019)
  • The „De nihilo nihil fit” award granted by the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship (2018),
  • Medal of the National Education Commission (2009),
  • Bronze Medal for Long Service (2008),
  • Prize of the President of the Council of Ministers for a habilitation dissertation (2004)

Jakub Wnuczyński

President of the Management Board and Sales Director
Baltic Towers Sp. z o.o.

An engineer by education, he graduated from the Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology of the Gdańsk University of Technology, specialising in Management and Marketing in the Maritime Economy.

For more than 12 years he has worked in the renewable energy industry, specialising in the offshore and onshore wind market. He has extensive experience in project and team management, business development in the onshore and offshore markets, coordinating and supervising project budgeting, establishing and developing strategic cooperation with key leaders of the wind energy market, and co-creating long-term product strategies.

August Żywczyk

Deputy Chairman of the Board
Defence24

He has practical experience in the banking, digital, telecommunications, media and IT sectors. A graduate of the Executive Master of Business Administration programme at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.