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STRATEGIC SUMMIT AT CGHJ2023

2023 STRATEGIC SUMMIT AGENDA

Day1

Simultaneous translation will be available throughout the conference

Day 1 Morning – Strategic Summit

08:00 - 09:00 (60 mins)

Registration & Coffee

09:00 - 09:10 (10 mins)

Chair's Welcome & Opening Remarks

Mendo Kundevski
Director Energy Transition
S&P Global Commodity Insights

09:10 - 09:30 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Bringing the Latest Breakthroughs In Hydrogen Technologies

Ko SAKATA
Senior Researcher Fellow

The Institute of Applied Energy
Former President
Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan 

09:30 - 09:50 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Canada Address: The Role of Green Hydrogen in Canada's Pursuit of Net Zero

Erin O'Brien
Assistant Deputy Minister, Fuels Sector
Natural Resources Canada

09:50 - 10:10 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Australia Address: The Role of Green Hydrogen in Australia's Pursuit of Net Zero

Hon. Michael de Brenni
Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen
Queensland Government

The Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio MP
Minister for Climate Action; Energy and Resources; State Electricity Commission
Victoria State Government

Morning Coffee & Networking Break 

10:40 - 11:50

(70 mins)

[Executive Panel] Leadership and Initiatives Toward a Cross-border, Global Hydrogen Trade Market
  • Greater multilateral cooperation to realize the benefits of global hydrogen deployment

  • Key actions - undertaking demonstration projects that deliver tangible results

  • Commercial strategies - what efforts are being made around the world to achieve commercial viability

Moderator:

Hirofumi Taba
Partner
Linklaters

Panelist:

Yoshiaki Yokota
Managing Executive Officer, CEO, Energy & Infrastructure Solution Group
Marubeni Corporation

Dr. Samir J. Serhan
Chief Operating Officer
Air Products

Yasuhiko Otsuki
Managing Director
Siemens Energy K.K.

Tanaka Hideaki
Executive Officer, General Manager, Hydrogen Business Department
ENEOS Corporation

Toshiyuki TANIGAKI
CEO Japan
EDF

Dr. Yoshifumi Suehiro
Director, Planning Division, Business Strategy Department, Energy Bussiness Unit
JOGMEC

11:50 - 12:10

(20 mins)

[Keynote] Tokyo Gas's Action to Support Japan Future Hydrogen Development

Hisataka Yakabe
Executive officer, Director of Hydrogen and Carbon Management Department
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

12:10 - 12:30

(20 mins)

[Keynote] The Path to Carbon Negative Hydrogen

Dr. Brian Higgins
Vice President of Innovation
Babcock & Wilcox

Luncheon

Day 1 Afternoon – Strategic Summit

14:00 - 14:20 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Low-carbon Hydrogen and Ammonia pricing and recent market developments

Mario Perez
Head of Global Hydrogen Pricing
S&P Global Commodity Insights

14:20 - 15:10 (50 mins)

[Panel] Hydrogen and Ammonia - A Partnership for Future Decarbonization
  • Clean hydrogen as a major enabler for carbon-free ammonia production

  • Ammonia as a better carrier than hydrogen itself, making it the workhorse of the hydrogen economy

  • The challenges ahead - how to expand the use of hydrogen and ammonia as future fuels

Moderator:

Vincent Seah
Partner
DLA-PIPER

Panelist:

Shunta (Sam) Kijima
Senior Supervisor, Low Carbon Fuel Planning Group
JERA Co.,Inc.

Wen-Bin Qian
Vice President of Clean Hydrogen, Asia Pacific
Linde

Benedikt Messner
Senior Vice President
Uniper

Tsutomu Yokoyama
Executive Officer
NYK Line

Andrew Stewart
Chief Development and Sustainability Officer
Orica

William Latta
Vice President, New Technology
Babcock & Wilcox

15:10 - 15:30 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Connecting large-scale electrolyser stacks to high-voltage grids

Jérôme Henry
Hydrogen Global Segment Manager
Hitachi Energy

Afternoon Coffee & Networking Break

16:00 - 17:00

(60 mins)

[Panel] Production and Development - Enabling the Scale Up of Clean Hydrogen
  • Discuss how to tackle the availability of renewable energy (Solar, Wind) and technology challenges of production

  • Promoting scale-up electrolysers deployment, establishing hydrogen infrastructure for future supply chain

Moderator:

Kaori Tachibana
Director, Gas, Power & Climate Solutions
S&P Global

Panelist:

Ashwani Dudeja
President & Director, Green Hydrogen and Ammonia
ACME Group

Dr. Steve Graville
Business Development Director for Clean Hydrogen in Asia Pacific
Linde

James Laybourn
Regional Sales Director , Asia Pacific
DNV

Hassana Mbeirick
Founder & CEO
Meen&Meen

Rafael Fejervary
Hydrogen Director
SLB

17:00 - 17:20

(20 mins)

[Keynote] Ushering in the green iron age through partnerships

Sanjeev Gupta
Executive Chairman
GFG Alliance

17:20 - 18:20

(60 mins)

[Panel] Stimulating Investments to Make Clean Hydrogen Energy Transition Succeed
  • The role of public and private sector Investments in Hydrogen Energy Transition

  • Understand what makes hydrogen projects bankable and discuss how to de-risk the early stage projects

  • Perspective sharing - what are the key bankability challenges at this stage?

Moderator:

Hitomi Komachi
Partner
Allen & Overy

Panelist:

Kohei Toyoda
Director General for Energy Transformation Strategy Energy and Natural Resources Finance Group
Japan Bank for International Cooperation(JBIC)

Tadahiro KANEKO
Senior Assistant to Unit Heads of Global Banking & Wholesale
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Masayuki Fujiki
Managing Director,Head of Structured Finance, Solution Products Division
MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Kentaro Sakaguchi
SVP, Head of Energy & Natural Resources, Project Finance Department
Mizuho Bank ,Ltd

Laurent Dallet
Managing Director, EMEA Head of Low Carbon Infrastructure and Low Carbon Molecules sector
Nomura

18:00 - 20:00 

(120 mins)

Cocktail Party Reception
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