
ENERGY24 Congress: How the Climate Challenge and Energy Policy can Drive Innovation, University of Economics, Katowice, Poland, 11-12 December 2018

Debo ADAMS (Studies Manager & Company Secretary, IEA Clean Coal Centre, London): Innovative approaches to lower emissions from coal power
Dr. Thorsten DIERCKS (Hauptgeschäftsführer, DEBRIV – German Association for Brown Coal, Berlin): Political developments in the German lignite industry and technology responses – from power plant flexibility to alternative uses of lignite
Beth HARDY (Vice President, Strategy & Stakeholder Affairs, International CCS Knowledge Centre, Canada): Post-combustion carbon capture and storage at Boundary Dam and future prospects
Dr. István KALMÁR (Managing Director, Calamites Engineering Ltd and Central European Mining Office Ltd, Hungary): Opportunities for clean coal technologies
Prof. Aleksander SOBOLEWSKI (Director, IChPW – Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal, Zabrze, Poland): Opportunities in Poland for coal gasification as an example of a high-efficiency clean coal technology
Prof. Stanisław PRUSEK (General Director, GIG – Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland): Driving innovation at the Clean Coal Technologies Centre
Ing. Vladimír BUDINSKÝ (First Vice President EURACOAL and Vice Chair, UNECE Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Systems): 3 case studies from the Czech Republic


International Coal Dialogue “Quo vadis Ukraine?”, EESC, Brussels, 18 November 2014
Vitaly BUTENKO (Commercial Director, DTEK Energy): Energy in Ukraine – a briefing on current issues
Janez KOPAČ (Director, Energy Community): Implementing the Community acquis in the Ukrainian power sector
Ellina LEVINA (Senior Energy Analyst, Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology Directorate, International Energy Agency): IEA’s short- and long-term view of energy supply in Ukraine
Dr. Erich SCHMITZ (Chief Executive, German Coal Importers Association and Chair of EURACOAL Market Committee): global coal (i.e. anthracite) supply


Intenational Coal & Climate Summit on Clean Coal Technologies – opportunities and innovations
Ministry of Economy, Warsaw, 18-19 November 2013
Dr.-Ing. Johannes LAMBERTZ (Corporate Advisor on the Energiewende, RWE AG and Chairman, DEBRIV – German Lignite Industry Association): Clean Coal – a joint responsibility of industry and government