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SESSION XII

SAFE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

The internal market of the European Union provides entrepreneurs with extensive opportunities to conduct business activity throughout the entire integrated area. However, EU regulations introduce numerous obligations and restrictions related to environmental protection, including the management of chemicals. In the panel with the participation of the representative of the Office for Chemical Substances, as well as of experts and advisers from the chemical sector, the following issues will be raised:

• the consequences of Brexit for the chemical industry,
• selected aspects of REACH and CLP regulations,
• safe management of chemicals in the practice of a small-sized enterprise,
• proper storage of hazardous materials.

SESSION X

ANTI-SMOG FORUM

Every year, winter-time overwhelms us with information about the terrible state of air quality in our country. The main factors thereof are the combustion of low-quality fuels (often also waste) in individual heating systems (home furnaces) in buildings located in the very centre of town, as well as the road traffic gradually increasing from year to year, the considerable majority of which is caused by over 10 years old vehicles. As soon as possible, we must start our fight with smog which negatively impacts our cities, since more than 45,000 people in Poland die every year due to air pollution. The remedy for improving air quality in cities is systemic heat, which should be supported by both state and self-government administration, as well as environmental protection funds.

SESSION XIII

GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL – POSSIBILITIES OF USING INFRASTRUCTURE

Geothermal energy represents the cleanest energy that helps reducing dust and other pollutant emissions originating from the burning of fossil fuels utilized in municipal heating plants. Geothermal heating plants are also a reliable and stable source of heat,notwithstanding weather conditions or fuel prices on the market. Geothermal energy is classified as renewable energy and does not require the purchase of CO2 emission allowances.

• Identification of the location and richness of a geothermal water deposit – investment preparation.
• Investment cost – sources of investment financing.
• Investment implementation and explantation – conditions, advantages, disadvantages.
• Odds for the development of geothermal energy in the Łódź Region.
• Geothermal heating plants in Poland – PEC Geotermia Podhalańska S.A.

SESSION I

BIOECONOMY – FROM AN IDEA TO IMPLEMENTATION

The panel will raise the issue of organization and implementation of the bioeconomy project based on the example of the construction of a biorefinery at Grand Forks in the USA – from an idea stage and research and development works, through the search for financing and preparation of a business plan, to a stage of building the installation and launching the undertaking. Discussion participants (involved in the project, experienced practitioners in their fields) will outline an overall action plan, point out the most essential issues and demonstrated what mistakes shall be avoided.

Eco-art-music-and-movement workshops represent classes for children whose most important goal is to emphasize the importance of shaping ecological attitudes commencing from an early age. During the workshops, we will be able to admire the performance of pre-schoolers calling to contemplate over the condition of our planet. During the whole Congress, in the lobby of the hotel one shall be able to marvel the amazing exhibition of artistic and technical works under the slogan “Kubusiowe SOS for the Earth”, performed by the youngest. Unique pictures are made with the utilization of the primary recyclable materials. The workshop will feature the performance of pre-schoolers who sing the slogan “The whole world is within our hands”, emphasizing that from an early age we can protect our planet. Moreover, as part of the event, an “Experimentatorium” will be organized for children. Participants will be able to produce fermented food products (curdled milk, plant silage), and learn the basics of organoleptic assessment.

SESJA XV

REGIONAL SPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

The session aims to present a publicly available map application – Geoportal of the Łódź Voivodeship, made rendered at www.geoportal.lodzkie.pl. The main purpose of the Geoportal’s operation is to equalize the disproportion in access to spatial information through the utilization of information technologies by either residents, entrepreneurs, schools, offices and anyone interested in information from the Łódź Voivodeship.

The following will be indicated:

• potential users,
• legal bases of map application functioning,
• content of selected thematic portals,
• content of reference (underlay) maps, as well as maps with industry information,
• basic, as well as selected advanced map application tools.

SESSION XIV

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT

The panel provides for speeches of specialists from various branches of science to create a comprehensive picture of the situation at present of Polish agriculture and its potential for sustainable development. The theme will be water management and agricultural practices in the context of adaptation to climate change. The panel will present, inter alia, biotechnologies used to increase water retention in the landscape, the ability to absorb pollutants and limit eutrophication of surface waters, limit the outflow of nitrogen pollutants from point and area sources, as well as to improve soil quality and plant growth and yield.

SESSION XI

POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SILVER ECONOMY

The aim of the panel is to indicate whether there are opportunities, within the Łódź Voivodeship, for the development of the so-called silver economy, i.e., the system of production and distribution of goods and services targeted at meeting the specific needs of seniors and people approaching the beginning of old age. By commencing from the demographic changes, the development perspectives of selected sectors of the economy (consumer goods, tourism), and methods of influencing the activity of people at retirement age on the labour market (age management, intergenerational knowledge transfer) will be presented, indicating the specificity of the Łódź region.

SESSION IX

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE BIOECONOMY

The value of intellectual property in a knowledge-based economy is crucial. For this reason, it is necessary to be familiar with the solutions and strategies for adequate protection of intangible assets. The papers presented in the panel shall aim at addressing general issues related to the management of intellectual property rights in the field of bioeconomy.