09.30 – 09.50 OPENING – WELCOME
- dr inż. Jan Bondaruk, Deputy Director for Environmental Engineering, Central Mining Institute
- Ms. Lucie Studničná, President of the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) within the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
09.50 – 10.10 KEYNOTE SPEECH
- Mr. Jerzy Buzek, MEP, former President of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Poland
10.10 – 10.30 COAL REGIONS IN TRANSITION – THE EESC'S ROUND-TABLE PROJECT
- Mr. Dumitru Fornea, EESC Member, rapporteur of the CCMI opinion on Indigenous coal in the EU energy transition
- Ms. Renata Eisenvortová, CCMI delegate, co-rapporteur
10.30 – 11.00 POLISH COAL REGIONS IN TRANSITION – PART 1
Moderated by Ms. Renata Eisenvortová
10 min. for each presentation
- Mr. Jakub Chełstowski, Marshal of Silesian Voivodeship
- Mr. Krzysztof Wojcik, DG Regio, Polish Unit, European Commission
- Mr. Janusz Olszowski, President, Polish Mining Chamber of Industry and Commerce
11.00 – 11.20 DEBATE
11.20 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.10 POLISH COAL REGIONS IN TRANSITION – PART 2
Moderated by Ms. Renata Eisenvortová
10 min. for each presentation
- Mr. Dariusz Potyrała, Chairman of Miners' Trade Union in Poland, National Council (Związek Zawodowy Górników w Polsce, Rada Krajowa, ZZG)
- Mr Krzysztof Stanisławski, Deputy President of PZZ "KADRA", Poland
- Mr. Witold Mandrysz, Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia in Katowice
- Professor Pawel Bogacz, AGH University of Science and Technology, coordinator of MINING OK project
- PhD Ms. Magdalena Wójcik-Jurkiewicz, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny, Krakow
12.10 – 12.40 DEBATE
12.40 – 13.00 CONCLUSIONS
- Mr. Dumitru Fornea, EESC Member, rapporteur of the CCMI opinion on Indigenous coal in the EU energy transition
- Ms. Renata Eisenvortová, CCMI delegate, co-rapporteur