Agenda - Main Conference - Day Two

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Bright Sparks: CEO Breakfast

08:30 - 09:05

Bright Sparks: CEO breakfast

Pat van de Loosdrecht - ENERGY LEADER I BOARD ADVISOR & MEMBER I STRATEGIST I CREATOR I CONNECTOR I MENTOR & COACH, ENERGY LEADER I BOARD ADVISOR & MEMBER I STRATEGIST I CREATOR I CONNECTOR I MENTOR & COACH
Dr Thomas Huwener - Chief Executive Officer, Open Grid Europe
Melanie A. Kenderdine - Cabinet Secretary Designate, The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department

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Plenary Sessions

09:05 - 09:10

Chair's welcome and opening remarks

Jennifer Porto, Event Host

09:10 - 09:50

Guest Speaker: China and natural gas: The role of natural gas in China's energy mix and its global energy relations.

Jane Nakano - Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

09:50 - 10:30

Panel: Is blue hydrogen a leader or a follower for CCS? What other low carbon strategies and technologies may move forward to balance the challenges facing blue hydrogen?

Alex Barnes - Director, Alex Barnes & Associates
Brent Lakeman - Executive Director, Edmonton Region Hydrogen Hub
Caterina De Matteis - Senior Policy Manager, IOGP Europe
Olivia Powis - CEO, Carbon Capture Storage Association
Grete Tveit - Marketing, Midstream and Processing - Low Carbon Solutions, Equinor

10:30 - 11:00

Panel: Germany by 2045, a long-term future that hinges on future unpredictable supply and demand - How is gas market responding to the current energy transition mandates and how can new energy projects be commercialised?

Ulrike Hinz - Senior Policy Advisor Climate and Energy, WWF Germany
Dr Timm Kehler - President, DIE GAS- UND WASSERSTOFFWIRTSCHAFT
Cornelia Müller-Pagel - Head of Green Gases, VNG
Dr Thomas Huwener - Chief Executive Officer, Open Grid Europe
Marcel Steinbach - Senior Vice President - Group Regulatory Affairs, SEFE (SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH)

11:00 - 11:30

Morning coffee & networking break

11:30 - 11:50

Keynote: World energy outlook, perspectives on gas markets beyond 2030

Tim Gould - Chief Energy Economist, International Energy Agency (IEA)

11:50 - 12:30

Keynote: Where next for the EU’s climate and energy policies? the failure of the COPs, the coming of CBAMs and the EU’s competitiveness agenda

Sir Dieter Helm - Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford, Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford

12:30 - 13:10

Panel: The end users & infrastructure developments will play a critical role in creating hydrogen commodity market over time: Can H2 market meet the 2050 targets or will it supersede?

Lucie Boost - Secretary General, GIE
Olivia Barnes - Head of Energy Transition, EnBW Trading
Dr Carole Chapelotte - Head of EU Affairs, Storengy
Gideon Saunders - Senior Energy Policy Expert, ONTRAS Gastransport
Nicole Vermeulen - Chief Industrial Officer, Hy24

13:10 - 14:10

Lunch & networking

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Stream A: Hydrogen & Storage

Stream B: Low Carbon Solutions

14:10 - 14:15

Chair's opening remarks

Jennifer Porto, Event Host

14:15 - 14:35

Panel: How can public and private sectors collaborate more effectively to finance hydrogen valleys and offtakes?

Prof Catherine Banet - Chair of the Board, Norwegian Energy Law Association, Academic Co-Director, Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)
Andrew Hagan - Director, Chief Development Officer, Element 2

14:35 - 14:55

Panel: Green Hydrogen, the missing link to energy security and transition to renewables

Barbara Jinks - Director, Ready4H2
Lijs Groenendaal - Director Hydrogen NL, RWE Generation
Taia Kronborg - Partner, Chief Business Officer, Lhyfe

14:55 - 15:15

Panel: Looking into a decentralised energy system for renewable energy storage

Anna Slavkovská - Senior Expert, NAFTA
Cyril Harry - Head of Gas Asset Regulation & Analysis, ENGIE

15:15 - 15:30

Chair’s closing remarks

Jennifer Porto, Event Host

14:10 - 14:15

Chair's opening remarks

Alex Barnes - Director, Alex Barnes & Associates

14:15 - 14:35

Panel: CCS – Is it the ultimate solution for next 10-20 years?

Caterina De Matteis - Senior Policy Manager, IOGP Europe
Torgeir Stordal - Director General, Norwegian Offshore Directorate

14:35 - 14:55

Fireside chat: Biomethane & bioLNG, the low hanging fruit - How a harmonised biomethane market can benefit European buyers?

Reinhard Klimeck - Managing Director and Founder, EvoVerde Consulting
Jeppe Bjerg - Lead Development Manager, Energinet
Victor Bernabeu - Director, Eurogas

14:55 - 15:15

Fireside chat: Electrification as a pathway to decarbonise industries: How to enforce electrical grid and will the grid be able to manage the demand?

Jeppe Danø - Vice President, Energinet System Operator, Energinet

15:15 - 15:30

Chair’s closing remarks

Alex Barnes - Director, Alex Barnes & Associates

15:30 - 16:30

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Main Conference - Day TwoThursday, 15 May 2025

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