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The 17th International Specialized Conference
Waste to Energy 2026
Conference subtitle: Energy recovery of waste, waste management
The conference is organized in cooperation with STEO, ESWET, CEWEP
(STEO - Association of Operators of Technologies for Ecological Waste Utilization)
27 - 28 May 2026, Clarion Congress Hotel Prague
Freyova 33, Prague 9, Czech Republic
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
27. 5., Wednesday
8.15 Registration
9.00 The start of the conference
9.05 Introductory greetings/Opening speeches
Aleš Bláha, Board of Directors, STEO (Associ. of operators of technology for ecol. waste utilization)
Siegfried Scholz, President, ESWET (European Suppliers of WtE Technology)
Maxime Pernal-Stoddart, Head of Env. Policy, CEWEP (Confederation of European WtE Plants)
9.20 TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS BY WtE CR OPERATORS and TECHNOLOGY, chaired by: Aleš Bláha
Tomáš Žižka, WtE Malešice (Prague)
Pavel Veselý, WtE Plzeň
Jana Suzová, WtE Brno (SAKO Brno)
Miloš Kallas, Area Servis Sales Manager, Siemens Energy
10.50 coffee break
11.10 EU ETS, TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, chaired by: Siegfried Scholz
Keynote Speech: Siegfried Scholz, President, ESWET (European Suppliers of WtE Technology)
Ondřej Krutílek, Member of the EP
Benoit Englebert, Head of Sales & Business Development, Keppel Seghers
Wojciech Betlej, International Business Development Manager, Quartzelec
Saba Bussjaeger, Product Director WtX solutions, Kanadevia INOVA
Ermes Zamboni, CEO, Nikhil Prakash, CTO, Jaipur Robotics
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WASTE TO ENERGY AWARD 2026 ceremony
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12.50 lunch
13.40 LECTURE BLOCK - CANDIDATE COUNTRIES, chaired by: Vojtěch Doležal and Rudi Karpf
Oldřich Mužík, Modernization Fund, SEF CR
Mateja Hren, Kostak, Slovenia
Tarik Altumbabic, Honorary Consul Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rudi Karpf,ete-a, Germany
Petr Opluštil, AK Havel & Partners
Werner Bauer, General Manager, WtERT
15.40 coffee break
16.00 LECTURE BLOCK - LEGISLATION, REGULATION, FINANCE
Jan Maršák, Director of the Dep., Circular Economy and Waste Dep., Ministry of the Env. of the CR
Pavel Beran, Energy Finance Director, KB
Maxime Pernal-Stoddart, Head of Environmental Policy, CEWEP
Petr Havelka, Executive Director, ČAOH (Czech Waste Management Association)
Miloš Kužvart, Executive Director, ČAObH (Czech Association of Circular Economy)
Martin Hájek, District Heating Association of the CR
17.00 ALTERNATIVE FUELS, TECHNOLOGY, LOGISTICS, chaired by: Markus Gleis
Markus Gleis, Germany
Margraf Rüdiger, CEO, LUEHR FILTER
Jouko Latva-Somppi, Senior Concept Sales Manager, Circularity Growth, Valmet
Reinhard Goeschl, CEO, VIA SOLUTIONS
Kryštof Novák, Founder and Executive Director, Waste Digital
18.30 - 24.00, banquet, wine, networking (Meridian Hotel Hall)
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28. 5., Thursday
8.00 Registration
9.00 Opening speech
9.10 TECHNOLOGY, chaired by: Mirek Spicar
Aleš Bednář, Project Manager, Beumer Group
Laura Kuukkanen, Product Sales Manager, Environmental Solutions, Valmet
Jan Němec, Technical Director Energy & Industry CZ, HILTI
Sebastian Jell, Project Manager, Projects and Acquisition, MARTIN GmbH
David Boyer, Sales Director, LAB
Pavel Drápela, SES a. s. Tlmače
10.40 coffee break
11.00 PANEL DISCUSSION of directors and management of operated WtE and management of built/prepared WtE projects, chaired by: Vojtěch Doležal
Aleš Bláha, Director, WtE Malešice (Prague)
Jakub Vojta, Commercial and Technical Director, Plzeňská teplárenská, a. s., (WtE Plzeň)
Pavel Bernát, Director, WtE Liberec (Termizo)
Martin Mužila, Director of the WtE Division, WtE Brno (SAKO Brno)
Miroslav Krpec, Director, WtE Mělník
Petr Mareš, Technical Director, United Energy, (WtE Komořany)
Václav Král, Chairman of the Board of Dir., Teplárna ČB, WtE Vráto (České Budějovice)
Ladislav Halász, Director of Innovation and Develop. Dep., KOSIT a.s., Slovakia
Artur Kaszyca, Vice President, MTA Engineering Sp. z o.o., Poland
13.00 End of the conference, joint lunch
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W2E 2026, overview of presentations
Altumbabic T., Waste management in the Western Balkan Countries
Bussjaeger S., EcoFlexTM From concept to project, Lessons from o pre-engineered WtE journey
Englebert B., Module Revolution
Gleis M., Co-incineration of RDF as Energy Recovery from Municipal Waste
Hren M., Waste situation in Slovenia. From legislative barriers to energy recovery
Kallas M., Concept of Maintenance of Steam Turbines in WtE Plants
Kuukkanen L., Powering the Circular Economy: Modern WtE with Valmet
Latva-Somppi J., Circularity for waste, plastic chemical recycling and high-efficiency WtE solutions
Maršák J., Waste to energy recovery. Strategy and legislative outlook
Novak K., From Empty Trucks to Smart Routes
Pernal-Stoddart M., ETS: It looks like we are in. Now what?
Suzová J., SAKO Brno, Waste Management Centre Brno. From a waste incineration plant to a waste management Centre












































