Speakers

Professor Krzysztof Szamałek - Director of the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute. Specialist in economic geology, deposit geology and environmental management.
From 1994 to 1997, 2001 to 2002 and 2003 to 2005, he served as Secretary and Undersecretary of State, Chief National Geologist in the Ministry responsible for the environment. He was also director of a department (1997-2001) in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland responsible for energy and raw materials security and crisis management. He held management positions at Mostostal Warszawa and the Ecofund Foundation. He was deputy director for scientific affairs and scientific secretary at the Institute of Ceramics and Building Materials.
Professor Krzysztof Szamałek was a member of the Supervisory Boards of the following companies: KGHM Polska Miedź, Geofizyka Kraków, Petrobaltic, KGHM Metale and Nafta Polska. He chaired the Geological Council to the Minister of the Environment and the Supervisory Board of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. Since 2011, he has been a member of the expert base development team of the National Centre for Research and Development.
He is vice-chairman of the Committee for Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

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