2023 Strategic Summit Agenda
Day 1 Morning – Strategic Summit
08:55 - 09:00 (05 mins)
Welcome Address by Organizer and Conference Chair
09:00 - 09:45 (45 mins)
[Ministerial Plenary] Mapping Australia's Hydrogen Ambition
Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister
Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy
Australian Government
Hon. Steven Miles
Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister Assisting the Premier on Olympics Infrastructure
Queensland Government
Hon Guy Barnett
Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing; Energy and Renewables; Veterans Affairs
Tasmanian Government
09:45 - 09:55 (10 mins)
[International Keynote] German Address
Christian Maaß
Director-General for Energy Policy, Heat, Hydrogen and Efficiency
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany (Reserved)
09:55 - 10:05 (10 mins)
[International Keynote] Japan Towards a Hydrogen Society
Dr. Takanori Kugimiya
Director/Project Manager; Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology Office
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
10:05 - 10:15
(10 mins)
[Keynote] Towards A Prosperous Hydrogen Future Together
The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC
Chair
Green Hydrogen Organisation
10:15 - 11:00
(45 mins)
[C-Suite Panel] Tapping into the Potentials of Hydrogen–An Important Pillar of a Net Zero Economy
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Identify the sectors leading the net-zero transition
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Evaluate the flexibility of hydrogen as an energy carrier
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Evaluate the payment models in the hydrogen industry (CapEX, OpEX)
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What's needed to support the long-distance distribution of Hydrogen?
Moderator:
Jonas Moberg
Chief Executive Officer
Green Hydrogen Organisation
Panelist:
Irtiza Sayyed
President, Asia Pacific
ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions
Samuel Morillon
Managing Director
Siemens Energy
Wataru Ikushima
Senior Operating Officer, Power Div.
General Manager, New Energy Business Development Dept.
Marubeni Corporation
Chua Yong Hwee
Managing Director, New Energy
Keppel Infrastructure
Coffee Break & Exhibition Tour
11:30 - 11:50
(20 mins)
[Keynote] Reserved for Babcock & Wilcox
Tim Byrne
Global Vice President, ClimateBright
Babcock & Wilcox
11:50 - 11:55
(05 mins)
[Keynote] Rio Tinto Spotlight - Pioneer on the Pathway to the Clean Future
Timothy McDougall
General Manager Decarbonisation
Rio Tinto Aluminium
11:55 - 12:55
(55 mins)
[Panel] Gaining Cost Competitiveness by Stronger Partnerships between Countries/Regions: Technologies, Innovations, Resources, Expertise
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The significance of international partnership for the green hydrogen sector
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Identify the countries with export potentials and others with strong demand, evaluate their capabilities and discuss how they can complement each other
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Explore the pathways to build a virtuous circle in the Asia-Pacific region with a unique geographic advantage
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Discuss the role of investment, corporation, R&D, and technology
Moderator:
Florence Lindhaus
Cluster Manager, Energy
German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Panelist:
James Choi
Honorary Ambassador; Senior Advisor, Prostar Capital
Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy; Former Australian Ambassador to Korea
Timothy McDougall
General Manager Decarbonisation
Rio Tinto Aluminium
Ko Watanabe
Head of Hydrogen Business Development
Sumitomo Corporation
Linda Wright
Chief Executive
New Zealand Hydrogen Council
Stefan Kaufmann
Hydrogen Executive Advisor to the Board
thyssenkrupp
Chris Celano
President & CEO
IHI E&C International Corporation
Mendo Kundevski
Director, Energy Transition
S&P Global
Luncheon
Day 1 Afternoon – Strategic Summit
14:00 - 14:10
(10 mins)
[Keynote] CSIRO Hydrogen Industry Mission
Vicky Au
Deputy Lead, Hydrogen Industry Mission
CSIRO
14:10 - 14:20
(10 mins)
[Keynote] Osaka Gas Moves Towards A Decarbonised Tomorrow
Motoyuki Hirabayashi
Senior General Manager, Energy Resources and Carbon Neutral Business Dept
Osaka Gas
14:20 - 15:10 (50 mins)
[Panel] Strengthening Hydrogen Infrastructure for An More Efficient and Stable Production and Supply Chain
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Determining the existing gaps and future opportunities in the supply chain
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Where infrastructure investment should be prioritized
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An overview of hydrogen infrastructure assessments
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Identify the suitable energy carrier
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Technical, resource and manpower support
Moderator:
Tanya Denning
Partner
Baker McKenzie
Panelist:
Motoyuki Hirabayashi
Senior General Manager, Energy Resources and Carbon Neutral Business Dept
Osaka Gas
Andrew Thornton
Executive General Manager, Integrated Gas
Origin Energy
Kristin Raman
Head of Strategy and Sustainability
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)
Glenn Corrie
CEO
Hazer Group
Darren Hill
General Manager Commercial & Business Development
Horizon Power
Dr Ahmed Halima
Hydrogen & Fuels Lead Australia and New Zealand
Mott MacDonald
15:10 - 16:00 (50 mins)
[Panel] Renewable Hydrogen Deployment: Integration and Balance with Solar and Wind Projects
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How to extend a renewable energy project: considerations for solar/wind + hydrogen production
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Hydrogen storage advancing the traditional renewable projects
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Challenges of implementation: human, technical, financial, community involvement
Moderator:
Cameron Mathie
Manager, Future Carbon Markets and Lead, Guarantee of Origin implementation
Clean Energy Regulator
Panelist:
David Oglesby
Director, Industry Engagement and Development, Energy Group
Victorian Government Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Kam Ho
Managing Director, Australia & Indonesia
Total Eren
Jens Schmidt
Chief Technology Officer
TES-H2
Cameron Kelly
General Counsel
Australian Renewble Energy Agency
Catriona McLeod
Country Manager (Australia)
European Energy
Lars Hansen
Director Upstream Energy
InterContinental Energy
Coffee Break & Exhibition Tour (40 mins)
16:40 - 17:05
(25 mins)
[Keynote] Reserved for Allen & Overy
17:05 - 17:30
(25 mins)
[Keynote] Accelerating the Energy Transition -Hydrogen generation/ separation/ transport
Dr. Claus Rettig
Member of the Extended Executive Board, President Asia Pacific
Evonik Industries AG
17:30 - 18:20
(50 mins)
[Panel] An Enabler for Sustainable Production of Applied Products and Energy Storage in Sufficient Quantities- The Role of Ammonia and Methanol
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The significance in the global supply and what's needed to do to ensure its affordability
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Evaluating its feasibility as a primary vector of green hydrogen to work as fuels and complement labile power output of renewables
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Case sharing and evaluation
Moderated by:
Panelist:
Ashley Oh
Global Hydrogen Team Leader
SK Ecoplant
Attilio Pigneri
Founder and CEO
H2U - the Hydrogen Utility™
Andrew Stewart
Chief Development Officer
Orica
