Szkoła Eksploatacji Podziemnej

About us

Mineral Resources & Energy Congress (SEP) is both the largest and the most important conference in Polish mining industry. Every year it gathers over 500 participants, authors and invited guests, including board members of biggest polish mining enterprises. Since the very beginning it is organised by the team of Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences with Jerzy Kicki, Ph.D. as the Chairman of the Organisational Committee.

XXXIV Mineral Resources & Energy Congress (SEP)

XXXIV Mineral Resources & Energy Congress (SEP) will take place on 24-26.02.2025 in Cracow, QUBUS hotel, Nadwiślańska st. 6.

XXXIV Mineral Resources & Energy Congress (SEP) – PROGRAMME  

Monday

10:00- 13:00 Plenary session: Strategic transformation of energy and mining in Poland  

13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-19:00 Topical sessions:

1. 80 years of PbBSz – History and Future of Undeground Construction
2. Exploitation in Conditions of Seisimc and Bump Hazard
3. New Techniques and Technologies in Underground Exploitation
4. Automatization and Monitoring of the Production Process in Undeground Mine
5. Global Trends in Mining Electromobility, and Strategic Need for Safe Transformation
6. Ventilation and Air Conditioning of Mines
7. Urban and Post-Industrial Areas as a Foundation of the Modern Economy and Novel Ecosystems Development 
8. Mine Closure – and hat then?
9. Critical Raw Materials Recovery and Novel Ecosystem Development in Urban and Post-Industrial Areas as a Foundation of the Modern Economy 

19:00-20:00 Dinner
20:00 – SEP Evening

Tuesday

8:00-9:00 – Breakfast
9:00-13:00 Topical Sessions:

1. 80 years of PBSz: Good Practices in Maintenance of Shafts
2. Good Practice in Maintaining the Stability of Tunnels
3. New Techniques and Technologies in Underground Exploitation – Planning ang Conducting Extraction: Good Practices in Optimization of Production Resources Use
4. Mining Geomatics – precision, that supports extraction stabliity, increases effectiveness and reduces costs
5. Methane in Coal Mining – Challenges Coming from New EU Legislations
6. Challenges of Deep Exploitation 
7. Machine Learning and AI the analytical methods in post-mining environmental management and Modern Economy
8. ESG
9. Management of H&S in Mines

13:00-14:00 Lunch
15:00-20:00 – Industry State Reports, Discussion Panel and official Gala in the J. Słowacki Theatre
20:00-23:00 – Cocktail at theatre foyer

Wednesday

8:00-9:00 breakfast
9:00-12:00 – Meeting of the Chief Inspector of Environmental Protection and the Chief National Geologist with Mining Municipalities

Application and fees

Detailed price-list for XXXIV Mineral Resources & Energy Congress can be found in a participant form (editable pdf).

As a part of conference fee participant has guaranteed:

• accommodation and full catering (breakfast, lunch and dinner plus coffee breaks and cocktail)
• participation in deliberations and cultural and social events
• conference proceedings of the XXXIV Mineral Resources & Energy Congress
• special publications

Information for authors

Applying lectures and presentations

In order to register a lecture, you should register your account on our website and fill an online application form.

After the process of registration you should click on the activation link, which will be sent to your e-mail address. Logging in to the account is possible after that activation process.
In some cases e-mail may be recognized as a spam. Therefore, please check your e-mail not excepting spam folder. If you didn’t find the activation link, please send an inquiry by e-mail to szkola@min-pan.krakow.pl

Important dates

• registering lecture’s topics – 31.01.2025
• applying lectures – 07.02.2025 in form consistent with publishing requirements 
• early participant conference fee – by 25.01.2025
• normal conference fee – after 25.01.2025

Advertising

There are many opportunities for promotion of companies during Mineral Resources & Energy Congress

• Advertising during the Congress:

• commercial presentation of the company’s activities
• an exhibition in the conference hall
• banner placed in the conference room
• the presentation on the plasma panels in the conference hall
• promotional evening or sponsoring an evening concert (performance by a musical band)
• title of an official sponsor of one of technical sessions or a plenary session
• title of golden, silver or bronze sponsor of XXXIV SEP

• Advertisements in the Congress Information Bulletin

• An advertisement at the Congress website

• An advertisement (color page) and promotional article in the conference proceedings on CD or DVD disc

Full Offer of Advertising and Sponsoring (download pdf file)
Advertisement order form (fill and send)

Please send orders up to:

• 25.01.2025 for the advertisements in publications
• 10.02.2025 for the on-line advertisements on the website
• 10.02.2025 for the presentations and displays made during the Congress

If you miss the deadline above please contact us through e-mail or telephone call.

In case of sending multiple orders of a given advertisement slot advertisements will be assigned in the order in which requests are received.

In case of advertisements in publications please contact us to discuss their format and visual aspects.
Aside from the options listed in the order form we offer several ways of advertising:

• Inserting company’s logo on Congress participants’ ID’s
• Inserting company’s logo on Congress Guide
• Inserting company’s logo on other items handed out to participants
• Printing and sending invitations (format A-6) for a presentation, promotional evening or display.
• Inserting your promotional materials in conference packages.

If You cant join us, but still want to present Your offer to the leaders of Polish mining industry, send us a presentation of your company – we’ll make sure it will be noticed!

In order to discuss the details, please contact:

Jacek Jarosz Vice-Chairman of the Organizational Committee tel./fax: +48 12 632 13 24, mob.: +48 608 186 594 jjarosz@min-pan.krakow.pl Wybickiego St. 7A, 31-261 Cracow, Poland