Closing remarks and press briefing

The U.S. Department of Energy, Ministry of Climate and Environment of the Republic of Poland, and Atlantic Council Global Energy Center are organizing the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) Business Forum and Ministerial September 22 and 23, 2021. The P-TECC initiative was created as a pathway for enhanced cooperation between the United States and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe on energy security and the transition to clean, carbon-neutral economies. In its third year, P-TECC gathers Ministerial delegations and US and regional private sector leaders to discuss innovative solutions, policy tools, and investment opportunities to support climate action, a just transition, and economic recovery in CEE. Watch the program live here, starting 8:30 AM CET/ 2:30 AM ET on September 22 and 9:00 AM CET/ 3:30 AM ET on September 23.

Business Forum

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

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Time of session	Session name
08:30–09:05 CET / 2:30–3:05 AM ET	Opening remarks SPEAKERS H.E. Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment, Republic of Poland The Hon. Don Graves, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce The Hon. Dr. Andrew Light, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka, President, BGK, Polish Development Bank
09:10–10:05 CET / 3:10–4:05 AM ET	Panel session I: The $23 trillion opportunity – Financing low carbon energy technologies PANELISTS The Hon. Don Graves, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce Monika Morawiecka, Chief Executive Officer, PGE Baltica H.E. Marko Perunovic, State Secretary, Ministry of Capital Investments (Montenegro) Joseph Philipsz, Senior Investment Director, Amber Infrastructure Christopher Van Es, Senior Vice President, Export-Import Bank of the United States MODERATOR Tony Housh, Chair, American Chamber of Commerce in Poland
10:15–11:25 CET / 4:15–5:25 AM ET	Panel session II: Securing our energy systems PRESENTATIONS Duane Verner, Manager, Resilience Assessment Group, Argonne National Laboratory Daniel Noyes, Operational Technology Cyber Threats Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory PANELISTS Grzegorz Bojar, Chief Information Officer, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. (PSE) Olivier Marquette, Chief Executive Officer, AES Bulgaria Jeffrey W. Martin, Chief Executive Officer, Sempra Energy MODERATOR Olga Khakova, Deputy Director for Flagship Convenings and Global Engagement, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
11:30–12:20 CET / 5:30–6:20 AM ET	Panel session III: Role of natural gas in the energy transition PANELISTS H.E. Kreshnik Bekteshi, Minister of Economy, Republic of North Macedonia Paweł Majewski, President and Chief Executive Officer, Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) Ryan Peay, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, U.S. Department of Energy Christopher Smith, Senior Vice President, Policy, Government, and Public Affairs, Cheniere Energy MODERATOR Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Senior Fellow, Energy Policy, Center for Eastern Studies
12:25–12:55 CET / 6:25–6:55 AM ET	Panel session IV: Evolving smart cities and energy technologies of the future PANELISTS Dr. Olga Malinkiewicz, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Saule Technologies Dr. Piotr D. Moncarz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Geothermic Solution; Adjunct Professor, Stanford University Andrew L. Ott, Senior Advisor, Google X Piotr Marczuk, Director of Government Affairs, Central and Eastern Europe, Honeywell Grzegorz Zieliński, Director, Head of Energy Europe, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) MODERATOR The Hon. Don Graves, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
13:50–14:00 CET / 7:50–8:00 AM ET	Special remarks SPEAKER Jake Levine, Chief Climate Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
14:00–14:35 CET / 8:00–8:35 AM ET	Panel session V: Prospects for the acceleration of e-mobility PRESENTATION Krzysztof Burda, President, Polish Chamber of Electromobility Development PANELISTS Anna Bodnar, Sales Director, Ekoenergetyka-Polska S.A. Bruce Hamilton, Program Lead, Global Energy Solutions, Argonne National Laboratory Piotr Zaremba, President, Electromobility Poland MODERATOR Phillip Cornell, Principal, The Economist Group; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
14:40–15:25 CET / 8:40–9:25 AM ET	Panel session VI: The economics of hydrogen PRESENTATION Dr. Martin Keller, Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA) PANELISTS Jose Luis Crespo, General Manager, Material Handling and Global Accounts, Plug Power Łukasz Beresiński, Director, Fuel and Infrastructure Sector Office, BGK, Polish Development Bank Jakub Kupecki, Head of the Centre of Hydrogen Technologies (CTH2), Institute of Power Engineering MODERATOR Ewa Mazur, Head of Hydrogen Economy and Innovation Unit, Ministry of Climate and Environment (Poland)
15:35–15:45 CET / 9:35–9:45 AM ET	Special Remarks SPEAKER Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
15:45–16:45 CET / 9:45–10:45 AM ET	Panel session VII: Nuclear energy financing and technologies PANELISTS David Durham, President, Energy Systems, Westinghouse Electric Company John L. Hopkins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NuScale Power Dr. Kathryn Huff, Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy Danijel Levičar, Chief Operating Officer, GEN Energija MODERATOR Maria Korsnick, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute
16:50–17:00 CET / 10:50–11:00 AM ET	Keynote address SPEAKER The Hon. Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of Energy, United States of America
17:00–17:15 CET / 11:00–11:15 AM ET	Closing remarks SPEAKERS The Hon. Don Graves, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce H.E. Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment, Republic of Poland

Ministerial

Thursday, September 23, 2021

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Time of session	Session
9:00–9:20 CET / 3:00–6:20 AM ET	Opening remarks SPEAKERS H.E. Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment, Republic of Poland The Hon. Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of Energy, United States of America H.E. Blaž Košorok, State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure, Republic of Slovenia; Representative of the Presidency of the Council of the EU
9:20–10:15 CET / 3:20–4:15 AM ET	Call to Action: From P-TEC to P-TECC CHAIR H.E. Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment, Republic of Poland PRESENTATION Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency REMARKS H.E. Dainius Kreivys, Minister of Energy, Republic of Lithuania H.E. Dora Zombori, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy and Climate, Hungary H.E. Virgil Daniel Popescu, Minister of Energy, Romania Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertynski, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Climate and Environment (Poland) CLOSING The Hon. Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of Energy, United States of America
17:00–17:15 CET / 11:00–11:15 AM ET	Closing remarks SPEAKERS H.E. Janis Vitenbergs, Minister of Economics, Republic of Latvia H.E. Paweł Jabłoński, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Government Plenipotentiary for the Three Seas Initiative, Republic of Poland The Hon. Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of Energy, United States of America H.E. Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment, Republic of Poland
17:15–17:45 CET / 11:15–11:45 AM ET	Press briefing

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