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09-11 July 2024
MCEC, Melbourne

#CGHA2024

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CGHA2024 Strategic Speakers

Andrew Thornton

Origin Energy

Andrew Thornton

Executive General Manager, Integrated Gas

Origin Energy

CGHA2024 H2Innovate Leaders

Geoffrey Drucker

Countrywide Hydrogen

Geoffrey Drucker

Managing Director

Countrywide Hydrogen

CGHA2023 Strategic Speakers

The Hon. Lily D'Ambrosio MP

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The Hon. Lily D'Ambrosio MP

Minister for Climate Action; Energy and Resources; State Electricity Commission

Victoria State Government

Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister

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Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister

Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy

Australian Government

Hon Dr Megan Woods

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Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, Energy & Resources & Associate Minister of Finance

Government of New Zealand

H.E. Kadri Simson

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H.E. Kadri Simson

European Commissioner for Energy

European Commission

Hon. Steven Miles

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Hon. Steven Miles

Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning

Queensland Government

Hon Guy Barnett

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Hon Guy Barnett

Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing; Energy and Renewables; Veterans Affairs

Tasmanian Government

Hon. Kim Richards

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Hon. Kim Richards

Chair, Education, Employment and Training Committee

Queensland Government

David Oglesby

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David Oglesby

Director, Industry Engagement and Development, Energy Group

Victorian Government Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Michael Probert

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Michael Probert

Hydrogen and Clean Energy Policy Principal for the Office of Energy and Climate Change

New South Wales Government

Kahil Lloyd

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Kahil Lloyd

Executive Director, Hydrogen

Queensland Government

Richard Day

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Richard Day

Director Industry Development

Office of Hydrogen Power South Australia

Mark Williamson

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Mark Williamson

Executive General Manager

Clean Energy Regulator

The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC

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The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC

Chair

Green Hydrogen Organisation

Christian Maaß

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Christian Maaß

Director-General for Energy Policy, Heat, Hydrogen and Efficiency

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)

Dr. Takanori Kugimiya

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Dr. Takanori Kugimiya

Director/Project Manager; Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology Office

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Kenneth Lim

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Kenneth Lim

Assistant Chief Executive (Industry & Transformation)

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

James Choi

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James Choi

Honorary Ambassador; Senior Advisor, Prostar Capital

Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Irtiza Sayyed

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Irtiza Sayyed

President, Asia Pacific

ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions

Wataru Ikushima

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Wataru Ikushima

Senior Operating Officer, Power Div.
General Manager, New Energy Business Development Dept.

Marubeni Corporation

Motoyuki Hirabayashi

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Motoyuki Hirabayashi

Senior General Manager, Energy Resources and Carbon Neutral Business Dept

Osaka Gas

Chua Yong Hwee

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Chua Yong Hwee

Managing Director, New Energy

Keppel Infrastructure

Stefan Kaufmann

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Stefan Kaufmann

Hydrogen Executive Advisor to the Board

thyssenkrupp

Jens Schmidt

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Jens Schmidt

Chief Technology Officer

TES-H2

Andrew Thornton

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Andrew Thornton

Executive General Manager, Integrated Gas

Origin Energy

Timothy McDougall

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Timothy McDougall

General Manager Decarbonisation

Rio Tinto Aluminium

Vicky Au

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Vicky Au

Deputy Lead, Hydrogen Industry Mission

CSIRO

Dohyun Goh

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Dohyun Goh

Head of Steel related Hydrogen Business, Hydrogen Business office, Green Materials & Energy Business

POSCO Holdings

Ko Watanabe

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Ko Watanabe

Head of Hydrogen Business Development

Sumitomo Corporation

Samuel Morillon

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Samuel Morillon

Managing Director

Siemens Energy

Dr. Claus Rettig

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Dr. Claus Rettig

Member of the Extended Executive Board, President Asia Pacific

Evonik Industries AG

Carlos Trench

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Carlos Trench

Head of Hydrogen Projects

ENGIE

Vikram Singh

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Vikram Singh

Head of Hydrogen Development

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)

Russell James

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Russell James

General Manager Hydrogen & Future Fuels

ATCO

Phil Richardson

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Phil Richardson

General Manager, Hydrogen Projects

Stanwell Corporation

Andrew Stewart

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Andrew Stewart

Chief Development Officer

Orica

Caroline Beattie

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Caroline Beattie

General Manager, Future Energy

APA Group

My Therese Blank

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My Therese Blank

Head of Oceania Market

A.P. Moller Maersk

Lyle Banks

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Lyle Banks

General Manager Development and Trade

Pilbara Ports Authority

Toshiharu Chichibu

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Toshiharu Chichibu

Managing Director

Sojitz Australia

Darren Hill

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Darren Hill

General Manager Commercial & Business Development

Horizon Power

Tim Murray

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Tim Murray

Head of Commercial for Australia and New Zealand Operations

Technip Energies

Alex McIntosh

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Alex McIntosh

Director of Business Development and Transactions and Hydrogen Lead

Australian Renewable Energy Agency

Simon Byrnes

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Simon Byrnes

Chief Commercial Officer

Port of Newcastle

Kam Ho

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Kam Ho

Managing Director, Australia & Indonesia

Total Eren

Alaster Long

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Alaster Long

Head of Future Fuels

National Australia Bank

Isaac Hinton

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Isaac Hinton

Head of Australia

InterContinental Energy

Andrew Tan

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Andrew Tan

President & CEO

Chiyoda Oceania

Jeremy Stone

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Jeremy Stone

Non-Executive Director & Advisor

J-Power Latrobe Valley

Stephen Hinchliffe

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Stephen Hinchliffe

Energy Advisory Leader Asia Pacific New Zealand and Australia

Mott MacDonald

Cameron Kelly

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Cameron Kelly

General Counsel

Australian Renewable Energy Agency

Attilio Pigneri

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Attilio Pigneri

Founder and CEO

H2U - the Hydrogen Utility™

Rob Bryant

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Rob Bryant

EVP, APAC & Japan

InEight

Catriona McLeod

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Catriona McLeod

Country Manager (Australia)

European Energy

Glenn Corrie

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Glenn Corrie

CEO

Hazer Group

Robert Ludecke

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Robert Ludecke

GM Hydrogen and Strategic Projects

Iberdrola Australia

Brad Lingo

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Brad Lingo

Executive Chairman

Pilot Energy

Lars Hansen

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Lars Hansen

Director Upstream Energy

InterContinental Energy

Tim Byrne

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Tim Byrne

Global Vice President, ClimateBright

Babcock & Wilcox

Darren Brown

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Darren Brown

Co-Head of Investment and Development

Octopus Australia

Vicente Pinto

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Vicente Pinto

Investment Commissioner for Asia

InvestChile

John Cole

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John Cole

Founder and Chief Executive

Edify Energy

Cameron Mathie

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Cameron Mathie

Manager, Future Carbon Markets and Lead, Guarantee of Origin implementation

Clean Energy Regulator

Karan Bagga

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Karan Bagga

Chief Technology Officer

thyssenkrupp Uhde Australia

Anne Bailey

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Anne Bailey

Partner

Baringa

Mendo Kundevski

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Mendo Kundevski

Director, Energy Transition

S&P Global Commodity Insights

Adeel Mahdi Rizvi

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Adeel Mahdi Rizvi

Head of APAC Sustainable Asset Finance

Bank of America

Barbara-Anne Bensted

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Barbara-Anne Bensted

Asia Pacific Head of Sustainability

Capgemini

Dr Ahmed Halima

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Dr Ahmed Halima

Hydrogen & Fuels Lead Australia and New Zealand

Mott MacDonald

Vesna Olles

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Vesna Olles

Director, Strategy & Clean Energy

BOC

Ren Jiang

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Ren Jiang

Sales President APAC

LONGi Hydrogen

Mark Feasel

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Mark Feasel

Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer

FuelCell Energy

Goran Galic

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Goran Galic

Partner

Allen & Overy

Jackson Allen

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Jackson Allen

Counsel

Allen & Overy

Xue Wang

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Xue Wang

Partner

Allen & Overy

Gavin Stannett

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Gavin Stannett

Industrial Decarbonisation and Hydrogen Lead

Accenture

Dr. Brian Higgins

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Dr. Brian Higgins

Director of Advanced Technologies

Babcock & Wilcox

Shane Booker

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Shane Booker

APAC Leader | Net Zero and Remote Operations

Honeywell Process Solutions

Champions for Diversity & Inclusion

Sally Torgoman

Sally Torgoman

Partner, Commercial Advisory & Transactions

KPMG

Nicholas Jenks

Nicholas Jenks

Climate Impact Manager, APAC

PepsiCo

Bronwyn See

Bronwyn See

Senior Advisor

University of Melbourne

Amanda White

Amanda White

Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion

RES

Marilyne Crestias

Marilyne Crestias

Director

Renewable Energy Insights

Lara Lavers

Lara Lavers

Head of Corporate Affairs

Windlab

Yasmin Sanchez Pujol

Yasmin Sanchez Pujol

Hydrogen Engineer

DNV

Tess Fitzgerald

Tess Fitzgerald

Partner

KPMG

CGHA2023 H2Innovate Leaders

Linda Wright

Linda Wright

Chief Executive

New Zealand Hydrogen Council

Florence Lindhaus

Florence Lindhaus

Cluster Manager, Energy

German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Jeff Nitsch

Jeff Nitsch

Senior Manager, Energy Solutions

ACCIONA Energía

Tim Gibson

Tim Gibson

Manager, Business Development

John Beever Australia (ACCIONA)

Alan Tan

Alan Tan

Vice President, Business Development

Next Hydrogen

Scott Trevean

Scott Trevean

Senior Hydrogen Engineer, Energy Systems

DNV

David Clement

David Clement

VP Oceania - General Manager Australia

HDF Energy

Andrew Waite

Andrew Waite

Director, Sales and Business Development, Southeast Asia

Babcock & Wilcox

Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts

Executive General Manager, Future Energy

CS Energy

Andrew Karl

Andrew Karl

Global Director, Market Strategy

Baltimore Aircoil Company

Geoffrey Drucker

Geoffrey Drucker

Managing Director

Countrywide Hydrogen

Professor Michael Goodsite

Professor Michael Goodsite

Pro Vice-Chancellor; Director of Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources

The University of Adelaide

Prof Michael Brear

Prof Michael Brear

Director of the Melbourne Energy Institute (MEI)

the University of Melbourne

Flor de la Cruz

Flor de la Cruz

Principal Research Analyst, Hydrogen & Emerging Technologies

Wood Mackenzie

Prof John Andrew

Prof John Andrew

Professor

RMIT University

David Stribley

David Stribley

Co-Founder

HAMR Energy

Shaun Mooney

Shaun Mooney

Executive General Manager Commercial

Port of Melbourne

Logan Reese

Logan Reese

Associate Director, Climate and Sustainability

S&P Global Commodity Insights

Yoshi Saito

Yoshi Saito

Director New Energy - Australia, Korea and Japan

SLB

Philip Sealey

Philip Sealey

Director, Head of Renewables, Asia Pacific

Clifford Chance

Narimichi Ukai

Narimichi Ukai

Executive Partner, Global Strategy Group, KPMG FAS Co., LTD.; Sector Lead for Power & Utilities

KPMG Japan

Juan Pereira de la Riera

Juan Pereira de la Riera

Hydrogen Development Engineer

Axens

Peter Hong

Peter Hong

Chairman

KOGI Corporation

Andrew L Dicks

Andrew L Dicks

Convener

The Australian Hydrogen Research Network

Saeid Masudy Panah

Saeid Masudy Panah

CTO & Co-Founder

SunGreenH2

Dr Johann Rinnhofer

Dr Johann Rinnhofer

Chief Executive Officer

thyssenkrupp nucera

René Leven

René Leven

Segment Leader, Hydrogen and CCUS, New Energy Solutions

John Crane

Nikolai Kinaev

Nikolai Kinaev

Leader, Hydrogen Energy Systems Future Science Platform

CSIRO

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Mark Tierney

Mark Tierney

Executive Director, Emerging Industries

DSDILGP

Keppel Infrastructure

Cindy Lim

Cindy Lim

Chief Executive Officer

Keppel Infrastructure

Orica

Michel Gill

Michel Gill

Global (Process) Technology Manager

Orica

Origin Energy

Sam Bridge

Sam Bridge

Head of Renewable Fuels, Domestic Market

Origin Energy

Rio Tinto Energy Development

Steve Culbert

Steve Culbert

Development Manager

Rio Tinto Energy Development

Marubeni Corporation

Seiichiro Aoyama

Seiichiro Aoyama

General Manager, Hydrogen & Fuel Ammonia Business Development Team, New Energy Business Development Dept.

Marubeni Corporation

Snowy Hydro

Ben Teh

Ben Teh

Head of Procurement

Snowy Hydro

Fortescue Future Industries

Tom Slominski

Tom Slominski

Senior Commercial Advisor

Fortescue Future Industries

Meridian Energy

Grant Telfar

Grant Telfar

Manager, Power & Transmission

Meridian Energy

ExxonMobil

Kylie Bishop

Kylie Bishop

Low Carbon Solutions Policy Advisor

ExxonMobil

Keppel New Energy

Lim Jian An

Lim Jian An

Senior Manager

Keppel New Energy

EDF

Jian Ming Cheang

Jian Ming Cheang

Associate Director, Business Development

EDF

Origin Energy

Ryan Willemsen-Bell

Ryan Willemsen-Bell

General Manager, Future Fuels and Carbon

Origin Energy

Rio Tinto Energy Development

Bobbette Herold

Bobbette Herold

Senior Advisor

Rio Tinto Energy Development

Marubeni Australia Ltd

Ryan Matsutani

Ryan Matsutani

Manager, New Energy Business Development Division

Marubeni Australia Ltd

Snowy Hydro

Joshua Chikan

Joshua Chikan

Senior Procurement Manager

Snowy Hydro

Fortescue Future Industries

Tat Chuan Goh

Tat Chuan Goh

Country Manager Singapore

Fortescue Future Industries

FRV

David Gutiérrez

David Gutiérrez

Hydrogen BD Manager

FRV

ExxonMobil

John Waddick

John Waddick

Commercial Manager

ExxonMobil

Keppel New Energy

Lim Wei Zhe

Lim Wei Zhe

Deputy Manager

Keppel New Energy

EDF

Thomas Bueno

Thomas Bueno

Senior VP APAC

EDF

Origin Energy

Alistair McKenzie

Alistair McKenzie

Head of Commercial, Future Fuels

Origin Energy

BHP

Bruno Versiani

Bruno Versiani

Principal Innovation

BHP

Sumitomo Australia

David Wilson

David Wilson

Director & COO

Sumitomo Australia

RWE Renewables