5th Home Appliance Congress

CEO BSH Sprzęt Gospodarstwa Domowego Sp. z o.o., President of the APPLiA Polska

Konrad Pokutycki is the CEO of BSH in Poland, at BSH Sprzęt Gospodarstwa Domowego Sp. z o.o. A trained economist and graduate of Łódź University. Following his graduation, he lectured for several years in the Department of Accounting at his alma mater, as well as at a number of business schools and the Association of Accountants in Poland. He co-authored a Polish-German- English dictionary for accounting and banking terms. A consultant in financial management, tax consultancy, and information systems in consulting companies. In 2003, he was awarded the title of statutory expert auditor. Supervisory Board, and member of the Zelmer S.A. Supervisory Board. By virtue of a unanimous election, he served two terms of office between 2010 and 2014 - on a pro publico bono basis - as the President of APPLiA Polska - the European Association of Manufacturers of Household Appliances. In 2015, he was awarded the prestigious Vector 2014 award from the Employers of the Republic of Poland for his special contribution to the development of the industry of household appliance manufacturers, as well as for his innovative ideas and solutions that are consistently being implemented at BSH Sprzęt Gospodarstwa Domowego Sp. z o.o.

Minister of Economic Development and Technology

Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Łódź. Between 2007 and 2011 he served his legal training. In 2011, he qualified as a legal advisor and opened a legal advisor's office. From 2011, as a legal adviser, he worked at the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture - a paying agency for European Agricultural Fund resources. From 2014 he exercised his mandate as a councillor of the city council in Łódź. In 2015, he acted in the legal aid office of the candidate for President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda. In the 2015 parliamentary elections, he was elected as a member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. As an MP, he has taken up issues concerning tenants' rights and the protection of cooperative rights, including helping more than two thousand people through the free legal advice provided by his MP's office. He also co-wrote the law on bailiffs and participated in the amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure. He has served as Vice-Chairman of the Extraordinary Committee on Amendments to the Codifications. Since 2018, he has served as Secretary of the Sejm. From 15 November 2019 to 8 April 2022, he served as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. Prior to that, from 4 June 2019, he held this position at the Ministry of Investment and Development. Since 23 July 2019, he has also been government plenipotentiary for public-private partnerships. On 8 April 2022, he was appointed by President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda as Minister of Development and Technology.

General Director, Member of the Board APPLiA Polska, Vice President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce

Graduated from SGPiS / SGH Warsaw School of Economics as a Master of Economics in 1991. After 20 years of working in household appliances industry, in 2004, he co-founded and has been leading as Director General a household appliances association, APPLiA Polska. Organization deals with the broadly understood representation of the industry. For 15 years he has been involved in management of the Polish Chamber of Commerce, KIG and has been appointed as the vice-president in 2017. He is the chairman of the Technical Committee for electrical consumer equipment of the Polish Committee for Standardization, member of the Board of Officers of CENELEC, an European standardization organization. He is the chairman of the supervisory board of the recovery organization ElektroEko SA.In publications, he specializes mainly in energy efficiency, electrorecycling, and market trends.

President of the Board in Lodz Special Economic Zone Joint Stock Co.

Graduate of Philosophy and History Faculty at the University of Lodz, Member of Parliament (1991-1993). In the years 1998-2001 Deputy Minister of Environment and in the years 2002-2003 President of Zakładu Wodociągów i Kanalizacji Sp. z o.o. (water and sewage service company).From 2003 to 2009 Deputy Mayor of Lodz responsible inter alia for acquiring investors.From 2010 to April 2016 member of City Council as a chairman of Law and Justice(PiS) political club.Professionally, member of boards in commerce companies and enterprises dealing with innovative technologies for environment protection.Since 6 April 2016 President of the Board in Lodz Special Economic Zone.

Chairman of the Hydrogen Technology Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce

The founder of Hynfra and Hynfra Energy Storage. A entrepreneur and strategic advisor, promoter of hydrogen technologies and large-scale renewable energy solutions. He is committed to accelerating market and technological progress towards climate neutrality. Chairman of the Hydrogen Technologies Committee of the Polish Chamber of Commerce, a Vice CEO of the Polish association Hydrogen Poland, member of Hydrogen Europe and European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. He is a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce for Energy and Environmental Protection (IGEOŚ) and also a member of the Honorary Council of the Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Technologies Center at Wrocław University of Technology. He is a lecturer at the Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Hydrogen Technologies Management at Collegium Humanum in Poland.

Deputy Chancellor of the WSB University President of the Board Stanislaw Lem Institute

Appointed by the European Commission as a Digital EU Ambassador. President of the Lem Institute. Vice-Rector for Innovation at the WSB University in Warsaw. In 2019-2021, Dean of the Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Warsaw School of Banking. From 2017 to 2019, director of the data management department at the Ministry of Digitization, responsible for the innovation sector and the implementation of the GDPR into the Polish legal order. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He also studied at Stockholm University and J.W. Goethe in Frankfurt am Main. He graduated with honors from the European Academy of Diplomacy. In 2017, he won a special award for his contribution to the personal data protection reform in the Lawyers Leaders of Tomorrow competition organized by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna and Wolters Kluwer Publishing House. In 2018, he was ranked 23rd in the ranking of the 50 most influential lawyers in Poland by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, and in 2019 he was promoted to 15th in the same ranking, becoming the "face of GDPR in Poland". Author of the technological cycle in the program Dzien Dobry TVN.

Director General of UNEP/GRID-Warszawa, Vice-President of the National Foundation for Environmental Protection

Graduate of the University of Warsaw with many years of experience in environmental projects. Expert of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the EU in environmental analysis. Involved in the UNEP Global Environment Outlook 6 report, for which she was awarded 2020 Prose Awards (Association of American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence) in the environmental science category. Awarded three times, together with the UNEP/GRID-Warsaw team, by the Minister of Environment for special scientific and research achievements in the protection, shaping and use of the environment and its resources. Initiator of the Partnership for the Implementation of the Environmental Dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) "Together for the Environment" (2016) coordinated by UNEP/GRID-Warszawa. Co-founder - together with Prof. Boleslaw Rok - of the Climate Leadership Programme powered by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Leader of Sustainable Development - FORBES Women Poland (2021). Awarded the Green Eagle of RZECZPOSPOLITE - a distinction in the TITANKA category (2021). Responsible engagement - award together with Prof. Bolesław Rok, FORBES (2022).

President of the Management Board Elemental Holding Group

Pawel Jarski is both the founder and CEO of Elemental Holding Group - global leader in the urban mining industry conducting its operations in 35 countries on three continents. The Group obtains environmental sustainably platinum metals (palladium, platinum and rhodium) from waste automotive catalytic converters as well as gold, silver and copper concentrate from waste electrical and electronic equipment, printed circuit boards and non-ferrous metal scrap. An innovator, constantly looking for new solutions, resulting in a project to launch a state-of-the-art plant in Poland for the recovery of rare earth elements from used lithium-ion batteries. President of the Polish Triathlon Association and member of the Polish Olympic Committee. A graduate of Kozminski University, he majored in Management and Marketing with specializations in Computer Science in Management and Human Resource Management. He is also a recipient of a scholarship from the Helsinki School of Economics (Finland) and Jonkoping Business School (Sweden) with a major in Business Management.

Founder of Personnel Service S.A.

Krzysztof Inglot is a strategic manager, HR and labour market expert with over 25 years of experience gained in large capital groups, including Work Service S.A. and Personnel Service S.A., of which he is a founder. He conducts restructuring projects in the area of management and human resources for key companies in Poland. Author of comments and expert statements in the media about the current situation on the labour market. In 2013 he became qualified to act as an International Mediator and Arbitrator. In 2015, he joined the expert team of the Research and Analysis Centre of the Employers of the Republic of Poland, and in 2020 he became the Chairman of the HR Platform and a member of the Council of the Employers of the Republic of Poland. He is a graduate of the Wrocław University of Economics at the Faculty of Management and Information Technology. After graduation, he received the title of Human Resources Manager and completed postgraduate studies in Human Resources Management and Commercial Department Management. Vector 2019 Winner.

Managing Director, ENVIPOL

Expert with eight years of experience in the field of sustainable development, GOZ, waste management, Co-founder and long-term President of the coordinating company of the Cluster of Waste Management and Recycling - National Key Cluster. Manager with many years of experience in the area of strategic and operational planning, design of business models and eco-products, implementation of sustainable projects, ESG reporting. Coordinator of many sustainable projects implemented by small, medium and large companies in the chemical, waste management and recycling, packaging and clothing industries and others. President of the ESG Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce. Chairperson of the Ministry of Development and Technology Working Group on KIS 7. Closed loop economy. Member of the Ministry of Finance Working Group on Improving ESG Reporting among Polish Enterprises. Deputy Member of the FENG Monitoring Committee in the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy.

Director, Marketing & Consumer Intelligence GfK

Associated with market research for over 20 years. Sociologist by education (University of Warsaw), graduate of the School of Brand Strategy at SAR. At GfK, she is responsible for quantitative consumer research for various sectors, including tech&durable. She specialises in consumer trends and brand and advertising research.