Economic Forum, Karpacz Poland, 09.05-07.2023

Karpacz in Silesia hosted the 32nd annual economic conference, also known as the Eastern European Davos. Two people from the association traveled in their own car to the settlement north of Pardubice in the Czech Republic, next to the Polish border in the southwest. István Lepsényi participated in the event as president of MÁV, and MÁV took care of his travel and participation. István Lepsényi took part in the rail transport panel and officially represented MÁV, at the same time he mentioned to the professional audience (about 50 people) MÁV\’s renewable energy plans, including plans for the procurement of hydrogen locomotives. Dr. Attila Nyikos, executive director of the Hungarian Hydrogen Technology Association, participated in a panel discussion at the request of Poland. The topic and title of the panel: Natural Gas Hub or Hydrogen Hub? What role can Poland play on the gas market in Central and Eastern Europe? i.e. Natural gas or hydrogen center? What role can Poland play in the Central and Eastern European gas market? The evening started at 19:15 with a one-hour panel discussion. 70 interested people participated, including several Polish journalists. The leader of the discussion was Krzysztof Ksiezopolski (SGH Warsaw School of Economics) and the participants were Andrzej Wegrzyn, president of the Lower Silesian Hydrogen Valley Association, Alan Beroud SKM sp. zo.o. Kamil Kobylinski is the director of TotalEnergies in Poland, Daniel Minarik is the representative of the Moravian-Silesian Region, and Grzegorz Jozwiak Orlen s.a. director of hydrogen technology and synthetic fuel.