Registration & Welcome Breakfast

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Official Opening Address

Ministerial Opening Address

Geopolitical Outlook 2024

• What are the big disruptive forces to assess and react to? 
• How well positioned is Japan’s energy industry to respond to geopolitical challenges – do they present opportunities to grow?  
• Is it possible to avoid further weaponization of energy? 

Keynote Interview – What Role Will the Asia Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) Play in Decarbonising the Region?

Session 1: Maintaining a Credible Energy Transition in Southeast Asia with LNG

• Demystifying China: To what extent will the country relieve, or add, to LNG demand pressures? Will it retain its current role as the ‘balancing market’? 
• Upstream: How important is upstream investment to secure Asia’s energy future? 
• LNG Forecast: Will There be Enough Flexibility in the LNG Market to Stimulate Demand in Asia? 
• Energy Transition: What is the pace of energy transition in key Asian markets? Is the traditional coal-gas-renewable pathway still valid? 
• Energy Security: As Japan and South Korea prioritise energy security, how will this impact their demand for LNG and their contracting practices? 
• Energy Equality: What is LNG’s role in eliminating energy poverty? How far will the focus on decarbonisation maintain LNG demand?  
• Impact of Russian Gas: How will Russia’s pivot to the east impact regional stability and energy markets?

Morning Networking Coffee Break

Session 2 – Hydrogen Outlook Unlocking Hydrogen's Potential in Asia

• National Hydrogen Strategy: How does the revised strategy differ from its predecessor? Does it overcome the key challenges?
• Hydrogen Energy Partners: What role will Australia and the UAE play in establishing hydrogen supply chains
• Cutting-Edge Technology: How can Japan leverage its leadership in key industries to accelerate the adoption of new technology?
• Cost-Competitiveness: What impact will high LNG prices have on the growth of blue Hydrogen?

Innovation Showcase

• Some of the most exciting start-ups and innovators in energy will pitch the audience for 2-minutes each, with the audience deciding the winner, who will have the opportunity to deliver an extended pitch on day 2.

Networking Lunch Break

Session 3 – Financing Financing Japan’s Sustainable Future

• AZEC Public-Private Investment Forum: What role will this forum play in shaping a new investment strategy? 
• Incentivise Risk: What steps can Japan take to encourage investment in new projects? 
• Transition Finance: Assessing efforts to improve the credibility and effectiveness of transition finance 
• Market Liberalisation: How is liberalisation creating new commercial opportunities, and powering new investment? 

Session 4 – Trading How is Market Volatility Transforming Energy Trading

• Evolving Contracts: How are evolving contract terms influencing the LNG industry? 
• GX League: Update and analysis of latest developments. Will carbon trading allow Japan to accelerate decarbonisation? 
• LNG: Evaluating the current LNG trading climate and its impact on the global business  
• Hydrogen: Analysing the growing hydrogen trading market, and its growth prospects 

Afternoon Networking Coffee Break

Session 5 – Collaboration Strengthening Global Ties to Achieve Energy Security

• Strategic LNG Reserve: How realistic is a global reserve of LNG to reduce market volatility? 
• Cooperation: Developing resilient energy security policies based on cooperation to pre-empt and eventually tackle energy crises 
• Regulation: Developing a common emissions policy to monitor, report, and verify of methane emissions and promote abatement measures 

Session 6 – Leaders’ Panel Shaping the Future of Japan’s Energy Markets

Chair’s Closing Remarks

Drinks Reception

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Keynote Address

Session 7 – Innovations in Hydrogen - Accelerating the Transition to a Hydrogen Future

• Value Chain: Identifying the right technologies to deploy throughout the value chain to reduce emissions and maximise effectiveness 
• Mobility: Developing new hydrogen-powered engines to accelerate the commercialisation of mobility  
• Fuel Cells: Assessing the latest commercial and industrial applications for fuel cell systems 
• E-Methane: How practical is an e-methane circular economy? 

Morning Networking Coffee Break

Session 8 – Ammonia - Realising a Low-Carbon Ammonia Value Chain

• Collaboration: How are industrial hubs collaborating to tackle hard to abate sectors? 
• Deployment: Accelerating the deployment of ammonia at scale to decarbonise transportation and industrial processes  
• Clean Coal: Assessing new technological developments in co-firing to reduce carbon emissions 

Session 9 – Shipping - Japan’s Roadmap to Zero Emission Shipping

• Future Fuels: What are the decarbonisation trade-offs for Ammonia, Methanol, and Hydrogen? 
• Decarbonisation Technology: What barriers are holding back progress and how can the industry overcome them? What new innovations are being applied to vessels to reduce emissions? 
• Ammonia: Unlocking the maritime value chain for Ammonia 
• Fleet Growth: Will the number of new vessels entering the fleet by 2027 be sufficient to handle projected demand growth?  
• Regulatory Update: IMO’s newly revised GHG strategy: What it means for shipping and the Paris Agreement 

Innovation Showcase Winner

The winner from day 1 will get an opportunity to deliver an extended pitch to the audience, showcasing their latest innovation, set to transform the LNG industry. 

Networking Lunch Break

Networking Lunch Break

Session 10 – CCS - Making Net-Zero Possible with Cost-Effective CCS

• Financing CCS: Carbon tax, trading scheme, or direct subsidy; how should Japan finance new technology development? 
• Power Generation: Analysis how best to scale and reduce cost of CCS in power generation 
• Asia CCUS Network: Connecting policymakers, financial institutions, industry to successfully develop and deploy CCUS across Asia 
• Blue Hydrogen: What are the most effective production pathways and potential regulatory challenges  
• Industrial Hub Support Scheme: How effective will new financial support be at decarbonising hard to abate industries?  

Session 11 – Decarbonised LNG - Leveraging Technology to Make Carbon Neutral LNG Viable

• Innovation: How far can new technology decarbonise the LNG to power sector? 
• Methane Reduction: Examining what low and zero emission technologies should be deployed across the value chain to reduce the carbon footprint. 
• Frameworks: Encouraging the adoption of greenhouse gas emissions frameworks to give a more accurate picture of the impact of an individual cargo. 
• Flaring: Assessing the viability of waste gas recovery  

Afternoon Networking Coffee Break

Session 12 – Innovations in LNG - How Are New Business Models and Technology Shaping the Future of LNG

• Bunkering: As lower prices and a growing fleet boost LNG bunkering, what are the future growth prospects? 
• Modularisation: Will greater modularisation allow projects to scale, accelerate installation times, and reduce cost? 
• Maintaining Profitability: How can projects remain feasible amid rising costs? 

Session 13 – Regional LNG - Creating a Regional LNG Market in Asia to Accelerate Decarbonisation

• Demand Growth: Are the economic growth predictions proving accurate? How will this impact demand growth for LNG? 
• Southern Asia: Can LNG shake off its reputation as an expensive and unreliable fuel source?  
• Southeast Asia: To what extent can demand for LNG be stimulated in SE Asia? Are we entering a period where demand growth in SE Asia will more than offset the declining demand in Europe and some mature importers in Northern Asia? 
• FSRU: Evaluation the role of FSRU’s in Asia to satisfy future demand growth 
• Small-Scale LNG: Unlocking new supply through innovative plant and infrastructure development 

Chair’s Closing Remarks

Close of Summit Day Two

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Session 15 – Industrial Policy - Japan’s GX: Harnessing Innovation for Climate Leadership

• Clean Steel: How can Japanese industry satisfy future demand for clean and green components? Will processes need to be offshored to utilise green energy? 
• Green Growth: Leveraging climate change measures to transform industry, society, and the economy 
• Clean Tech Hubs: Advances and developments in the development of zero-carbon industrial hubs 

Morning Networking Coffee Break

Session 16 – Renewables - Japan’s Transition Toward a Renewable Energy Future

• Offshore Wind: What technology is right for Japan  
• Akita Port: Takeaways and key learnings from the project  
• Carbon Pricing: Should Japan introduce a new carbon pricing system to promote the financing of renewables? 

Session 17 – Green Hydrogen & Ammonia - Decarbonised by Sea: How International Supply Chains are Decarbonising Japan

• Shipping Sunshine: To what extent can Australia supply clean energy to power Japan’s net-zero commitments? 
• Supply Chains: Establishing and expanding supply chains internationally for hydrogen and ammonia 
• Infrastructure: Expanding carbon-neutral ports to accommodate future needs for imports of carbon-neutral fuels