XIII Congress of Polish Infrastructure

9:00 a.m. Opening of the Congress

• Adrian Furgalski, President of the Management Board, TOR Business Advisory Team

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9:15 Opening speech

• Dariusz Klimczak, Minister of Infrastructure

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9:30 a.m. OPENING DEBATE: Will Polish companies cope with the new wave of investments?

• Market protection in the context of the CJEU judgment

• Realization of railway and road investments — similarities, differences, conclusions

• Infrastructure accompanying strategic investments (roads, railways, ports, offshore)

• Progress in the implementation of the TEN-T network and international connections

• Maintenance of railway and road infrastructure after the implementation of the investment

• Large urban local government investments

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Panelists:

• Michal Ilkiewicz, Director of the Construction and Real Estate Sector, GrECo Poland
• Miroslaw Suchoń, Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland

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Moderator: Lukasz Malinowski, Editor-in-Chief & Managing Director, TOR Wydawnictwo

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11:00 AM Partner speech

• Michal Ilkiewicz, Director of the Construction and Real Estate Sector, GrECo Poland

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11:15 STRATEGIC DEBATE: Is the railway prepared for new investments and increased transport?

• Planning of infrastructure investments on the railway. Method of financing, forecasts of demand for the transport of people and goods

• Use of existing infrastructure. Passenger and freight market; long-distance, regional and agglomeration transport

• Optimization of the rail link network and investment costs and the passenger's perspective

• Opening of the rail market and planned public transport procurement for interregional passenger services

• The potential of the domestic industry and technological challenges related to the construction of the KDP

• Conditions for the entry of freight transport on the growth path

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Moderator: Patricius Wyżga, Journalist, Wirtualna Polska & Host, podcast “Didaskalia”

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12:45 PM Technical break/VIP lunch

1:30 p.m. Partner speech

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13:45 DEBATE: New measures for the construction, modernisation and maintenance of transport routes

• Projections of the implementation of linear investments after the end of the 2021-2027 EU outlook and current government programmes

• Transport KPIs — Overview of Risks and Challenges

• Financing models for the maintenance of national roads

• Government support of tasks on the local government road network. What about the Polish Order?

• Financing of railways on the model of road financing

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Moderator:

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15:15 Partner speech

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15:30 DEBATE: Infrastructure resilience to disasters and adaptation to environmental regulations

• PKP PLK's new investor role

• Adapting road and bridge infrastructure to climate change on the example of the effects of the September 2024 floods

• Decarbonisation of infrastructure — opportunities, needs, responsibilities

• Circular economy and recycling of building materials

• EU environmental, social and green standards requirements for infrastructure investments

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17:00 End of session I

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1:30 p.m. Partner speech

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13:45 DEBATE: Dialogue or litigation? Preparation and implementation of the investment

• Good practices in the management of the investment process

• The contracting authority's tools for the verification of tenders and the determination of the subject of the contract and the quality of the tender materials

• The dialogue between the contracting authority and the contractor at the stage of the preparation of the procedure and the initial market consultation

• Dispute resolution during the implementation of the investment

• Valorization of contracts and its impact on other provisions of the contract

• Directions of change in public procurement law

Panelists:

• Ursula Cepielik, Manager for cooperation with clients from the construction sector, GrECo Polska
• Rafal Kasprzyk, Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland
• Paweł Wac, President of the Management Board, Infra SILESIA

Moderator: Agnieszka Suchecka, Partner, Kancelaria BSSK

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15:15 Partner speech

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15:30 DEBATE: Can deregulation and digitalisation mitigate shrinking labour market resources?

• Implementation of BIM and digital surveillance tools. Barriers, benefits, regulations and lack thereof

• Mismatch of digital technologies to design and construction realities

• Declining number of qualified engineering and specialist personnel

• Lower level personnel, production and construction workers

• Long-term administrative procedures and their impact on project schedules

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17:00 End of session II