Poland's Transition to a Market Economy: Prospects for Energy Efficiency and Conservation (1994)

Tuesday, November 12

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Continental Breakfast, Meeting Room

9:00 - 9:30

Opening Remarks

Dr. Gary Waxmonsky, Associate Director, Office of Soviet and East European Affairs

Prof. Jerzy Michna, Head of Polish Delegation

*Dr. Thomas Stelson, Head of U.S. Delegation

9:30 - 10:00

Overview address:

Poland's Economic Transition and the Place for Energy

Conservation Policy

Ms. Jane Loos, The World Bank

10:00 - 12:30

INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Moderator/: *Mr. Thomas Foley

Rapporteur Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories

1. Overview of Policies, Problems, and Prospects in Poland

   Prof. Jerzy Michna

   PAN Institute of Environmental Engineering

2. U.S. Presenters:

   Industry's perspective on regulatory policies:

   Ms. Lorraine Cross

   American Gas Association

   Mr. Edwin Anthony

   Edison Electric Institute

   The federal government's perspective:

   Mr. Charles Whitmore

   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

   A non-governmental organization's perspective:

   Mr. Steve Nadele

   American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

3. Perspective from Romania

   Dr. Raszvan Magureanu

   Bucharest Polytechnic University

Open Discussion

12:30 - 1:30 PM

Lunch (in meeting room)

2:00 - 5:00

Room 2004

ENERGY IN FIRMS: INDUSTRY

Moderator/: ^*Mr. Edward Mergens

Rapporteur Electric Power Research Institute, Houston

1. Comments on recent developments in Poland

   Prof. Jan Szargut

   Technical University of Silesia

2. U.S. Presenters:

   Overview of U.S. achievements in industrial conservation

   Dr. Marc Ross

   University of Michigan

   Managing energy conservation programs

   ^*Mr. Daniel Steinmeyer

   Monsanto Company

   Case study

   Mr. Kenneth Nelson

   Dow Chemical Company

   International perspective—the view from Asia

   Dr. Thomas Stelson

   Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

   Waste minimization programs

   Mr. Bruce Cranford

   U.S. Department of Energy

Open Discussion

2:00 - 5:00

Room 2003

ENERGY FOR PEOPLE: BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES

Moderator/: ^*Dr. Arthur McGarity

Rapporteur Swarthmore College

1. Overview of needs in Poland

   Dr. Jan Uruski

   Voivodship Office of Katowice

2. U.S. Presenters:

   Opportunities for energy conservation in buildings

   Dr. Les Norford

   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

   Mr. David Goldstein

   Natural Resources Defense Council

   Mr. Merwin Brown

   Pacific Gas & Electric

   Mr. John Millhone

   Department of Energy

   Lessons from the USSR

   Dr. Lee Schipper

   Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Open Discussion

5:00 - 6:00

Group Discussion on the day's panels

November 13, 1991

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Continental Breakfast, Meeting Room

9:30 - 12:00

ENERGY SUPPLY and DEMAND-SIDE EFFICIENCY

Moderator/: ^*Mr. William Harrison

Rapporteur Southern Company Services (retired)

1. Poland's situation and interests

   Prof. Jerzy Krzyzanowski

   PAN Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery, Gdansk

2. U.S. Presenters:

   U.S. electricity technologies

   Mr. John Kaslow

   Electric Power Research Institute

   U.S. clean coal technologies

   Mr. Peter Cover

   U.S. Department of Energy

   Alternative energy sources

   Dr. Thomas Stelson

   Comments

   Mr. James Wolf

   Alliance to Save Energy

Open Discussion

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch (in meeting room)

1:00 - 3:00

EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Moderator/: Dr. Thomas Stelson

Rapporteur

1. Needs and opportunities in Poland

   Dr. Jan Norwisz

   PAN Institute for Environmental Engineering

2. U.S. Presenters:

   Developing energy training programs

   Dr. Stephen Ebbin

   Institute for International Education

   Energy awareness programs

   Christine Nevin Albrecht

   Consolidated Edison Company

Open Discussion

3:15 - 5:00

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Remarks by:

Prof. Roman Ney, Vice President, PAN

and Prof. Jerzy Michna

Mr. Robert Ichord

U.S. Agency for International Development

Ms. Amy Evans

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. Harold Jaffe

U.S. Department of Energy

Summary and Conclusions