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Bridging CEE Power: Unlocking Flexibility & Financing the Clean Energy Future

  • grey_calendarFeb 3, 2026
  • grey_calendarWarsaw
  • grey_calendarDoors open at 12:30pm
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Bridging CEE Power: Unlocking Flexibility & Financing the Clean Energy Future

Policymakers, investors, utilities and innovators came together in Warsaw on 3 February as CEE’s energy leaders mapped the pathway from legacy fuels to a resilient, low-carbon future. The Summit focused on financing strategies to unlock projects, battery technologies to stabilise grids, the evolving role of gas as a transition fuel, and the realistic prospects for nuclear deployment across the region. Through rigorous analysis, candid debate and deal-focused sessions, we interrogated market design, investment frameworks and the practical challenges of retiring old-generation assets.

The event formed a vital part of the region’s strategic conversation — helping to set priorities, mobilise capital and accelerate the shift to secure, affordable and sustainable energy across Central and Eastern Europe.

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Agenda

12:30

Registration, Coffee & Networking

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location12:30-13:30

13:30

Welcome and Opening Remarks

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location13:30-13:40

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Casimir Lorenz

Managing Director, Central Europe, Aurora Energy Research

13:40

Opening Keynote Address & Q&A: Transforming Poland’s Power Sector

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Michał Kurtyka

Polish Minister energy, climate and environment (2016-2021); Lecturer at Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego

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Casimir Lorenz

Managing Director, Central Europe, Aurora Energy Research

14:20

Keynote Address & Q&A: Transforming Poland’s Power Sector

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Casimir Lorenz

Managing Director, Central Europe, Aurora Energy Research

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Aleksandra Redzisz

Director of the Strategic Analysis Department, Ministry of Energy, Polish Government

14:40

Aurora Keynote 1: Flexibility and batteries storage in Poland

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location14:40-15:00

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Jeremy Slupski

Senior Associate, Aurora Energy Research

15:00

Panel Discussion: The Next Phase of Renewables Integration in Poland

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Monika Morawiecka

Senior Advisor, The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

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Piotr Dobrzynski

Market Lead for Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia, Aurora

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Grzegorz Onichimowski

President, PSE S.A. Management Board

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Christian Schnell

Partner, Co-Head of Europe Energy Sector Group, Dentons

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Aleksandra Radwanska

Managing Director, Entrix Polska

15:45

Coffee & Networking Break

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location15:45-16:30

16:30

Aurora Keynote 2: The Race to Clean Power Baseload in CEE: Storage, Nuclear, Gas and their Impact on Renewables Financing

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Kora Stycz

Senior Research Lead, Aurora

17:00

Panel Discussion: Financing the Transition: How to Mobilise Private Capital and EU Funds at Speed

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Evangelos Gazis

Head of SEE, Aurora Energy Research

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Martin Georgiev

COO, Electrohold Trade EAD

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Martin Bebiak

Financing and Transaction Management, Rezolv Energy

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Ivo Prokopiev

CEO, Renalfa

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Darius Daubaras

Senior Investment Officer – Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation

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Cătălin Cepișcă

Senior Director, Raiffeisen Bank Romania

17:50

Concluding Remarks

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Piotr Dobrzynski

Market Lead for Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia, Aurora

18:00

Networking Drinks Reception

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location18:00-19:30

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Speakers

Michał Kurtyka
Michał Kurtyka

Polish Minister energy, climate and environment (2016-2021); Lecturer at Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego

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Aleksandra Redzisz
Aleksandra Redzisz

Director of the Strategic Analysis Department, Ministry of Energy, Polish Government

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Grzegorz Onichimowski
Grzegorz Onichimowski

President, PSE S.A. Management Board

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Ivo Prokopiev
Ivo Prokopiev

CEO, Renalfa

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Monika Morawiecka
Monika Morawiecka

Senior Advisor, The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

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Cătălin Cepișcă
Cătălin Cepișcă

Senior Director, Raiffeisen Bank Romania

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Christian Schnell
Christian Schnell

Partner, Co-Head of Europe Energy Sector Group, Dentons

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Martin Georgiev
Martin Georgiev

COO, Electrohold Trade EAD

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Martin Bebiak
Martin Bebiak

Financing and Transaction Management, Rezolv Energy

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Aleksandra Radwanska
Aleksandra Radwanska

Managing Director, Entrix Polska

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Darius Daubaras
Darius Daubaras

Senior Investment Officer – Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation

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Kora Stycz
Kora Stycz

Senior Research Lead, Aurora

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Casimir Lorenz
Casimir Lorenz

Managing Director, Central Europe, Aurora Energy Research

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Piotr Dobrzynski
Piotr Dobrzynski

Market Lead for Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia, Aurora

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Evangelos Gazis
Evangelos Gazis

Head of SEE, Aurora Energy Research

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Jeremy Slupski
Jeremy Slupski

Senior Associate, Aurora Energy Research

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