Short Bio:
Joanna Maćkowiak Pandera PhD, President Forum Energii, Polish think tank supporting low carbon energy transition
She focuses on European energy and climate regulations, electricity markets, renewable energy sources and energy transition. In the past Senior Associate at Agora Energiewende in Berlin, director of market development at the Danish company DONG Energy (now Orsted) in Warsaw. Joanna has been working 4 years in the Ministry of Environment for the first Donald Tusk government. During the Polish Presidency in the EU Council, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of the Environment in Poland, responsible for climate and environmental negotiations. Earlier as the head of cabinet of Prof. Maciej Nowicki COP14 President (under UNFCCC) she was involved in global climate negotiations. Author and co-author of many publications and articles about energy transition, power market. PhD in environmental sciences. She studied and worked at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań at the University in Kiel and University in Potsdam. Several international scholarships (KAS, DBU, MMF). Polish public policy expert, spent half of her professional life in Germany.
