The geopolitical situation and the war in Ukraine have come up in all energy-related discussions.
 
- Despite the difficult geopolitical circumstances,  it is promising to see we are not alone in this situation. Our Scandinavian partners want to engage in developing the energy sector and support local Polish partners in implementing new technologies and the circular economy model.
This partnership means credibility, trust, knowledge and experience, including the difficult ones, allowing us to avoid mistakes we no longer have time to make. - Agnieszka Zielińska, managing director of the Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce, emphasised this in her speech preceding the panel discussion.
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Participants of the debate focused on two areas of Polish-Scandinavian cooperation: energy transition and closed-loop economy:

Lars Ibsen, Managing Director, Stena Recycling Polska
Jakub Mach, Country Manager Cold Chain Logistics , Maersk Polska
Wiktoria Płocha, Sustainability Business Partner, IKEA Retail Polska
Marek Roszak, Market Area Manager, Poland and Baltics, DNV Energy Systems
Anna Sapota, Vice-President Public Affairs Eastern Europe North TOMRA
Marcin Wiśniewski, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Equinor Polska

The discussion was moderated by Małgorzata Greszta, CSR Cinsulting and Justyna Piszczatowska, Green-News.pl

After the substantive part, talks continued during the SPCC cocktail party, which was honoured with the presence of Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland from 1997-to 2001 and the first President of the European Parliament from Central and Eastern Europe. He currently chairs the Industry, Research and Energy Committee of the European Parliament.