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{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Harnessing CCUS: Transforming Asia’s industrial and energy sectors", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW263048569 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">The future growth opportunities for Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) across Asia are substantial. In Japan, the government has set ambitious targets to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, with plans to scale up CCUS projects significantly by 2030. JOGMEC has selected several advanced CCS projects aimed at industries including power, steel and chemicals. In the broader Asia-Pacific region, CCUS is seen as a critical technology for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors and enabling blue hydrogen production, with competitive cost structures and strong engineering capabilities driving the potential to achieve more than three gigatons of CO2 abatement per year by 2050. Is effective utilisation the key to commercialising carbon? Can EPCs and technology firms develop new processes and technologies quickly enough to deliver CCUS at decreasing costs and global scale?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Explore new growth opportunities for CCUS in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, and the role government initiatives, competitive cost structures and strong engineering capabilities will play in its deployment.&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "10:25", "endTime": "11:25", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "23fd83f1-2ba1-433a-b129-457a42a4315d", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Rob Cooper", "designation": "VP, Asia, Strategic Corporates & Partnerships – Gas & Low Carbon Energy", "company": "bp", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0zdjjcpf/rob-cooper-web.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Tomomi Yamada", "designation": "Managing Executive Officer, President of Overseas Business Division II", "company": "JAPEX", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/xnzfaw0v/tomomi-yamada-japex-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nora'in Md Salleh", "designation": "CEO", "company": "PETRONAS CCS Solutions", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/fs0frpqz/norain-md-salleh-petronas-ccs-solutions-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Mads Gade", "designation": "CEO\n", "company": "INEOS Energy Europe\n", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/f3qi3omb/mads-gade-ineos-energy-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Satoshi Kanamori", "designation": "Senior Managing Corporate Officer, Responsible for Technical Unit, Supervising Liquified Gas Business, In charge of LNG", "company": "Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/kvwll3uc/satoshi-kanamori-k-line-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Hamed Soroush", "designation": "CEO", "company": "TEVERRA", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/grofzw25/dr-hamed-soroush-teverra-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "75ce27c0-3ced-4d00-99de-c285a03bccd6", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Stephanie Chiang", "designation": "Senior Research Analyst, CCUS", "company": "Wood Mackenzie", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0gehji2b/stephanie-chiang-wood-mackenzie-photo.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Harnessing CCUS: Transforming Asia’s industrial and energy sectors", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a resilient LNG market in Asia: Supply, stability, and sustainability ", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35577959 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">As Asia’s appetite for LNG and natural gas accelerates, 2025 marks a critical juncture for reshaping global energy systems. LNG remains a cornerstone of regional economic and industrial growth, enabling energy security while serving as a bridge to a lower-carbon future. Meeting the growing demand requires diversified sourcing, strategic infrastructure investments, and solutions to mitigate price volatility, even as geopolitical complexities influence energy markets. Regional cooperation and the adoption of innovative technologies, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), are vital to enhancing resilience, ensuring competitiveness, and optimising supply chains. How can Asia strengthen supply security while balancing geopolitical and economic risks? What strategies will drive LNG market expansion while ensuring price stability and competitiveness? How can LNG and natural gas serve as a foundation for a sustainable, long-term energy mix in Asia?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW100439876 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Explore how Asia can secure LNG supply chains, drive market expansion, and position natural gas as a key driver of sustainable energy growth amid rising demand and evolving market dynamics.</span>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "11:25", "endTime": "12:25", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "cf2d2ca9-53bb-463f-84d4-cdf4d9b73c70", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Atsunori Takeuchi", "designation": "Executive Officer, Senior GM of Global Business Planning Department ", "company": "Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/4oafhidt/atsunori-takeuchi-tokyo-gas-co-ltd-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hiroshi Kato", "designation": "SVP, Global Marketing", "company": "INPEX Corporation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/fx1fq4bv/hiroshi-kato.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Jane Liao", "designation": "VP", "company": "CPC Taiwan", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ny1ni0ib/jane-liao-cpc-taiwan-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Chris Starling ", "designation": "Chief Strategy Officer", "company": "JERA Asia", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/syhphf2b/chris-starling-jera-asia-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Mehdi Chennoufi", "designation": "Head of LNG & Origination Asia", "company": "Vitol", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/byuloucr/mehdi-chennoufi-vitol-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hiroshi Hashimoto", "designation": "Senior Analyst, Head of Gas Group", "company": "Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/e3dha120/hiroshi-hashimoto-institute-of-energy-economics-japan-ieej-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "78ecdf34-1320-4807-9b2f-eefc7fbd7ae8", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Felix Booth", "designation": "Head of LNG", "company": "Vortexa", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/owravkph/felix-booth-vortexa-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a resilient LNG market in Asia: Supply, stability, and sustainability ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Securing LNG’s role as a fuel for a net-zero future", "sessionDescription": "<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW89218037 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW89218037 BCX8\" data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"1px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"1.3333333333333333px\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW89218037 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">LNG’s flexibility, reliability, and lower-carbon profile make it a vital enabler of the global energy transition, supporting energy security while helping to reduce emissions compared to coal and oil. As countries work towards carbon neutrality by 2050, LNG will play a long-term role in providing affordable, cleaner energy. However, to fully secure its place in a net-zero world, the industry must accelerate efforts to decarbonise, particularly by addressing methane emissions. New EU regulations requiring stricter methane measurement, reporting, and leak detection, alongside growing calls for cleaner LNG from Japan and other Asian markets, highlight the need for industry-wide collaboration and innovation across the supply chain. How much can CCUS, methane detection, and upstream abatement lower LNG’s carbon footprint? How will the EU’s methane regulations impact European LNG imports and global suppliers? What collaborative efforts can accelerate technology adoption and reinforce LNG’s net-zero credentials?</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW89218037 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"></span></p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW89218037 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW89218037 BCX8\" data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"1px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"1.3333333333333333px\"><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW89218037 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Attendee insights:</span>&nbsp;</strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW89218037 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"></span></p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW89218037 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW89218037 BCX8\" data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"1px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"1.3333333333333333px\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW89218037 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Understand how LNG’s lower-carbon profile supports energy security and decarbonisation, and how reducing methane emissions and adopting cleaner technologies can secure its long-term role in a net-zero future.</span>&nbsp;</p>\n</div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "12:25", "endTime": "13:15", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "f9d10c00-5e6f-473f-9f1b-9f2bfbf3dd51", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Zubin Bamji", "designation": "Global Flaring & Methane Reduction (GFMR) Partnership, Energy & Extractives", "company": "World Bank", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/c1wjl55u/zubin-bamji-world-bank-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hiroyuki Mori", "designation": "EVP Energy Business, Member of the Board", "company": "Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ld1donuq/hiroyuki-mori-japan-organization-for-metals-and-energy-security-jogmec-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Georges Tijbosch", "designation": "CEO", "company": "MiQ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/egphwaqk/georges-tijbosch-miq-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Laurent David", "designation": "General Delegate", "company": "GIIGNL – International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas importers ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hadb4fqf/laurent-david-giignl-photo-new.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "7170b61e-61ca-4f48-8eb1-e49c730e9c76", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Christopher Goncalves", "designation": "Chair & MD, Energy & Climate", "company": "BRG", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/wduhddaf/christopher-goncalves-brg-photo-new.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Securing LNG’s role as a fuel for a net-zero future", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Unlocking energy transition opportunities in shipping", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115510548 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Japan’s future shipping strategy for energy aims to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through significant investments in clean fuels like hydrogen and ammonia, developing zero-emission ships, and improving energy efficiency. The strategy involves collaboration with stakeholders across the energy, port and shipbuilding industries, as well as regulatory support from international bodies like the International Maritime Organization. Realisation of the IMO’s 2030 emissions reduction target will depend on fuel availability as well as shipboard technology, which both face significant scaling challenges. How can sufficient volumes of ammonia and methanol be made available to hit 2030 targets, what implications for shipping does the longer-term 2050 decarbonisation pathway represent, and what are the commercial opportunities?&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Examine Japan’s future shipping strategy and how it intends to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through investments in clean fuels, zero-emission ships and energy efficiency.</p>", "startTime": "13:45", "endTime": "14:35", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "27846463-db22-47af-8794-e71da3d8734b", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Shin Imai", "designation": "Director-General for Engineering Affairs, Maritime Bureau", "company": "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism (MLIT)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/sxlffkvy/shin-imai-ministry-of-land-infrastructure-transport-and-tourism-mlit-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Masahiro (Max) Takahashi", "designation": "Director & Managing Executive Officer", "company": "Japan Marine Science Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ykzftlzx/max-takahashi-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Stian Sollied", "designation": "Country Manager", "company": "DNV", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/k5apn03a/stian-sollied-dnv-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Takeo Akamatsu", "designation": "GM of Green Innovation Business Unit ", "company": "Itochu Corporation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/azqf5ro3/takeo-akamatsu-itochu-corporation-photo.jpeg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Stone Zhang", "designation": "MD", "company": "Amogy", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/i4pnhu0e/zhang-stone-amogy-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "014f53a6-2dbc-46ff-a58a-c0c8b741d69e", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Go Katayama", "designation": "Principal Insight Analyst – LNG & Natural Gas", "company": "Kpler", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ylma0u1w/go-katayama-kpler-photo.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Unlocking energy transition opportunities in shipping", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

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{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Achieving a net-zero future: Strategic directions and innovations in nuclear power", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106225223 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">With domestic energy demand forecast to grow significantly in the coming years, nuclear energy will remain a key component of Japan’s strategy to balance sustainability, economic growth and energy security. Nuclear power can help realise Japan’s multi-fuel, multi-technology decarbonisation approach by supporting the development of green hydrogen, green ammonia and low-carbon fuels produced from captured carbon. Similarly, Japan’s leadership in research can help it to unlock economic growth and new commercial opportunities, both domestically and across Asia. However, the sector faces significant challenges, including aging infrastructure, overcoming public opposition and addressing nuclear waste management. How can Japan leverage advancements in nuclear technology, such as small modular reactors (SMRs) and next-generation reactors, to enhance safety and efficiency, while also addressing public concerns and opposition to nuclear energy?&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Analyse Japan’s strategy to leverage advancements in nuclear technology to enhance safety and efficiency, address public concerns and support its multi-fuel, multi-technology decarbonisation approach.</p>", "startTime": "14:35", "endTime": "15:15", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "2dfbd9d1-91a3-40df-aeb2-e6160b420ec1", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Jooho Whang", "designation": "President & CEO", "company": "Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/50wej0y5/jooho-whang-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuo Tanaka", "designation": "Executive Director Emeritus", "company": "International Energy Agency (IEA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hzqd0nnq/nobuo-tanaka-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Toshiyuki Momma", "designation": "Executive Director", "company": "Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/xchlwdqs/toshiyuki-momma-japan-atomic-energy-agency-jaea-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Bob Effendi", "designation": "Director ", "company": "PT XPERT SYNERGY SOLUTION", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/amidxbvn/bob-effendi-pt-thorcon-power-indonesia-photo-new.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "d09fda7b-d9ea-4286-be06-5989a454dcdb", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hiroko Kondo", "designation": "Representative", "company": "LLC Matrix-K", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/1xtnsyhe/hiroko-kondo-independent-consultant-researcher-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Achieving a net-zero future: Strategic directions and innovations in nuclear power", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Fuelling the Future: Pioneering the next wave of clean energy with alternative fuels ", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227614422 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">The expanded use of alternative fuels, including e-methane, biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), is emerging as a critical pathway for Japan and Asia to meet decarbonisation targets and enhance energy security. While these fuels can offer both near-term emissions reductions and longer-term potential to support industrial transformation across sectors, scaling production, ensuring supply chain resilience and achieving cost competitiveness remain significant challenges. Regional cooperation, policy support, and investment in new technologies will be essential to accelerate deployment. How can governments and industry collaborate to build sustainable demand and infrastructure for alternative fuels? What role should regional partnerships play in securing feedstocks and harmonising standards?&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46786716 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Understand what’s needed to scale alternative fuels in Japan and Asia - from policy support to regional cooperation - to balance decarbonisation, energy security, and affordability.</span> &nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "15:15", "endTime": "15:55", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "e9687c33-09f7-4621-b5e3-1865a5c0ce01", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Hisataka Yakabe", "designation": "Executive Fellow, Green Transformation Company", "company": "Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/fqopnfnv/hisataka-yakabe-tokyo-gas-co-ltd-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Gianluca Ambrosetti", "designation": "CEO & Founder", "company": "Synhelion", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/lx5fqmu4/dr-gianluca-ambrosetti-synhelion-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Fabrice Espinosa", "designation": "Founder & CEO", "company": "Asia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Association (ASAFA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/3yjm1i5s/fabrice-espinosa-asia-sustainable-aviation-fuel-association-asafa-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dato' Leong Kin Mun", "designation": "President", "company": "Malaysia Biomass Industries Confederation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/vobbcmxj/dato-leong-kin-mun-malaysia-biomass-industries-confederation-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "b7605454-7cfe-4f51-a085-dbf599770aac", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Ajay Singh ", "designation": "Senior Executive Advisor", "company": "Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/xq2l5b0h/ajay-singh-mitsui-osk-lines-mol-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Fuelling the Future: Pioneering the next wave of clean energy with alternative fuels ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: The future of carbon markets: Unlocking Asia’s potential for emission reductions", "sessionDescription": "<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16718420 BCX8\"></div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16718420 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"1px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"1.3333333333333333px\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">As Asia and Japan work towards achieving their ambitious decarbonisation goals, carbon pricing and carbon removal technologies are emerging as pivotal drivers in the region's transition to a low-carbon economy. Japan's commitment to net-zero by 2050 is shaping the future of carbon markets, with the nation pioneering carbon capture and expanding emissions trading systems. Across Asia, countries like China, India, and South Korea are embracing innovative carbon pricing models, creating a dynamic environment for sustainable growth. Despite challenges such as policy fragmentation, low carbon prices, and the scaling of carbon removal technologies, the opportunities are vast. By designing regionally harmonised carbon markets, scaling technological solutions, and encouraging private sector investment, Asia has the potential to lead the way in emission reductions. How can Asia create harmonised carbon markets to drive investment? What innovations are needed to scale carbon removal technologies effectively?</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"></span></p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16718420 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"1px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"1.3333333333333333px\"><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Attendee Insights:</span>&nbsp;</strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"></span></p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16718420 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"1px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"1.3333333333333333px\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Understand how carbon pricing and removal technologies are shaping Asia's path to decarbonization, the challenges in scaling them, and the opportunities for regional collaboration and innovation to drive sustainable growth.</span>&nbsp;</p>\n</div>", "startTime": "15:55", "endTime": "16:25", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "2074cf05-daed-40e0-b849-a472c4d9597a", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yoshinori Momose", "designation": "Senior Planning Officer for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), Office of International Carbon Market, Global Environment Bureau", "company": "Ministry of the Environment", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/2rwpgpxa/yoshinori-momose-ministry-of-the-environment-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Fabio Nehme", "designation": "Senior EVP, Global Head of Carbon & Head, EMEA, Green Hydrogen", "company": "ReNew Energy Global plc ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/vh0n0sl1/fabio-nehme-renew-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "John Davis", "designation": "MD Asia Pacific", "company": "ACT Group", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/gfshnnv0/john-davis-act-group-photo-new.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "51b9478c-500a-44de-a07b-c03f71581a6a", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Benjamin Corbould", "designation": "Executive Director, Head of Commodities, Trade & Carbon, Asia", "company": "Commonwealth Bank of Australia", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/u4bmtzdj/benjamin-corbould.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: The future of carbon markets: Unlocking Asia’s potential for emission reductions", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Financing the shift: New routes for energy investment in Asia", "sessionDescription": "<p>As Asia navigates a complex energy transition, both clean and conventional energy projects are facing a rapidly evolving financial landscape. In Japan and across the region, delivering energy security, affordability, and sustainability requires more than just new technologies – it demands adaptive funding models, public-private collaboration, and resilience in the face of shifting trade dynamics and geopolitical pressures. From LNG and hydrogen to carbon capture, batteries, offshore wind, and nuclear innovation, the investment case for energy is growing more diverse – but also more challenging. Rising capital costs, regulatory fragmentation, and supply chain constraints are reshaping how projects are financed, de-risked, and scaled. With pressure mounting from global trade tensions and evolving climate policies, how are developers and investors adapting? What role can blended finance, export credit agencies, and sovereign wealth play in derisking large-scale energy infrastructure?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Discover how Japan and the wider region are adapting their financing strategies to support the full spectrum of energy projects, and what lessons can be drawn from global markets navigating similar challenges.</p>", "startTime": "16:25", "endTime": "17:05", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "20d99565-95a7-4fa3-9fd2-ec247886075c", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Jose Antonio Millan Ruano ", "designation": "President & CEO", "company": "Nozomi Energy ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/murlsksi/jose-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Shigeki Kimura", "designation": "MD, Japan Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy", "company": "BlackRock Japan", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/y4uhgdfa/shigeki-kimura-blackrock-japan-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Bruno Gaussorgues", "designation": "Group Country Head", "company": "Societe Generale", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ceukczpv/bruno-gaussorgues-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Kelvin Wong", "designation": "MD (Energy Renewables Infrastructure)", "company": "DBS", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/z54ddeeb/kelvin-wong-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "fc26500c-9b70-4a5a-971d-6d7756c692e9", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yvette Manolas", "designation": "Global Climate Consultant", "company": "Yvette Manolas Consulting Pty Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/fmyouszj/yvette-manolas-yvette-manolas-consulting-pty-ltd-photo.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Financing the shift: New routes for energy investment in Asia", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": " FUTURE LEADERS NETWORKING BREAKFAST", "sessionDescription": "", "startTime": "08:30", "endTime": "09:30", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [], "sponsors": [], "Type": " FUTURE LEADERS NETWORKING BREAKFAST", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Power markets: Creating a reliable, affordable, and integrated electricity system through markets and market-like mechanisms", "sessionDescription": "<p>Cross-border electricity trade improves market efficiency, benefiting consumers, and supporting sustainable development. In the ASEAN region, deeper integration of power markets will help accelerate new projects by sharing expertise, increase affordability with competitive pricing, and harmonise regulatory frameworks to foster new collaboration. Closer digital integration of energy markets also provides commercial advantages, including improved efficiency, cost savings, demand-side flexibility, and new revenue streams. How can Southeast Asian countries better harmonise policies and regulations to harmonise cross-border power trading? What digital innovations will unlock most value, and how can Japan’s technological leadership facilitate this? How can legacy infrastructure be transformed to help transition to a modern power market?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Understand how an effective, and integrated, regional power market will provide affordable and robust energy supply, whilst driving innovation and societal benefits.</p>", "startTime": "17:05", "endTime": "17:35", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "580cd017-95a6-4a09-8216-19cdcda3ae57", "properties": { "title": " Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Ameko Zhang", "designation": "Head of Gas & Power Trading, Asia Pacific", "company": "ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ru5mlabz/ameko-zhang-engie-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Kenji Tateiwa", "designation": "Founder & CEO", "company": "Agile Energy X, Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/h2nibwq0/kenji-tateiwa-agile-energy-x-inc-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hikaru Yamada", "designation": "President", "company": "Sprint Capital Japan Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/knfly4zy/hikaru-yamada-sprint-capital-japan-ltd-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "b40985ef-fb7e-42b6-97be-7d2c14e245fb", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Marnix Schrijner", "designation": "Head of Power Market Analysis Southeast & East Asia", "company": "AFRY", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/llifrllg/marnix-schrijner-afry-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Power markets: Creating a reliable, affordable, and integrated electricity system through markets and market-like mechanisms", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Women in Energy: Increasing representation in the energy industry to foster innovation, address skills shortages, and strengthen competitiveness", "sessionDescription": "<p>Despite making up 39% of the global labour force, women only account for 16% of the traditional energy sector, according to the IEA. As the global energy industry embraces new ideas, technologies, and fuels, increasing diversity and representation in the workforce is essential to fully realising their benefits. This creates an obvious opportunity loss for both women and the sector. This creates an obvious opportunity loss for both women and the sector.</p>\n<p>Greater representation through the diversity engendered by varied perspectives and experiences is crucial for fostering the necessary innovation required by the transition for successful outcomes. At this stage of the transition’s trajectory there are many urgent questions to be asked requiring definitive responses by the sector. How can the energy sector attract more female talent to not only address skill shortages and enhance competitiveness but also offer women real and equitable career pathways? Can women who have moved on from the sector be encouraged to return and if so, what do these strategies look like? What strategies can be implemented to increase women’s representation in leadership roles in the energy industry beyond middle management?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Understand how to effectively increase diversity and representation in the energy sector to foster innovation, address skill shortages, and enhance competitiveness.</p>", "startTime": "17:35", "endTime": "18:15", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "1f1cb61a-0dc1-4ef1-9dc7-42e31faa2d54", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yumiko Yao", "designation": "Executive Officer, Senior GM of LNG Business Dept. Energy Trading Company, (Joint Role) President of TOKYO LNG TANKER CO., LTD.\n", "company": "Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.\n", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/zjti24gg/yumiko-yao-tokyo-gas-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Jenny Solomon", "designation": "VP Portfolio Governance & Analysis", "company": "Woodside Energy", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/dgtbk2e5/genevieve-jenny-solomon-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Kanna Mihara", "designation": "Japan Country President", "company": "BHP", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/g1ojlyt3/kanna-mihara-bhp-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Momoyo Yuki", "designation": "Head of Research & Analysis, Strategic Planning Dept., Overseas Business Division I", "company": "Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/fnqph22p/momoyo-yuki.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "43f8413a-9e44-4a8f-8d59-5b1123682d5e", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Denise Mannix", "designation": "President ", "company": "LINE (Lean In Network Energy)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/lldpk5pz/denise-mannix-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Women in Energy: Increasing representation in the energy industry to foster innovation, address skills shortages, and strengthen competitiveness", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "KEYNOTE ADDRESS", "sessionDescription": "", "startTime": "10:00", "endTime": "10:25", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "81602763-96b7-40e6-8115-81308d123567", "properties": { "title": "Speaker", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Wael Sawan", "designation": "CEO", "company": "Shell plc ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ao3lx4ij/wael-sawan.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "7be792d1-eb87-43af-8211-513f23d5ceff", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Shery Ahn", "designation": "Anchor", "company": "Bloomberg", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/frlputvn/shery-ahn-bloomberg-photo.jpeg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "KEYNOTE ADDRESS", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050: Putting METIs 7th Strategic Energy Plan into action", "sessionDescription": "<p>METIs 7th Strategic Energy Plan represents a critical blueprint for Japan, creating a comprehensive roadmap to address global energy security, climate action, and technological innovation. Key areas of focus include the rapid expansion of renewable energy, particularly offshore wind and solar, as well as groundbreaking advancements in hydrogen and ammonia as alternative fuels. The plan also emphasises the role of nuclear energy in ensuring energy security, alongside digitalisation and smart grid technologies for optimising energy efficiency and integrating diverse energy sources. Central to the strategy is Japan’s ambitious commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, striking a balance between economic growth and environmental sustainability. How can Japan ensure a stable and cost-effective supply of LNG and natural gas to power growth through the transition? How can Japan leverage international collaboration to advance hydrogen, ammonia, and other emerging energy technologies? What role will digitalisation and AI play in optimising energy systems and achieving the goals of the 7th Energy Strategy?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>The discussion will explore METIs revised energy strategy, how best to implement it, and the implications for the global energy transition.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "10:00", "endTime": "10:50", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "4e513802-1e0a-493f-9985-fcf93b4e0e24", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hajime Wakuda", "designation": "Director-General of Natural Resources & Fuel", "company": "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0ehfx4zo/hajime-wakuda-meti-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Helle Kristoffersen", "designation": "President, Asia", "company": "TotalEnergies", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hi5jyh5z/helle-kristofferesen-web.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Tatsuya Terazawa", "designation": "Chairman & CEO", "company": "Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/h3apnb1k/tatsuya-terazawa-ieej-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Katsumi (Ken) Kuroda", "designation": "Senior Advisor", "company": "Cheniere Marketing Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/prphjrnz/katsumi-ken-kuroda-photo.jpeg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Carlos de la Vega", "designation": "VP, Marketing & Commercial Development", "company": "Sempra Infrastructure ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/yagbscfv/carlos-de-la-vega-sempra-infrastructure-photo.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "3b8c5790-219d-44aa-a008-cb22db186d90", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuo Tanaka", "designation": "Executive Director Emeritus", "company": "International Energy Agency (IEA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hzqd0nnq/nobuo-tanaka-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050: Putting METIs 7th Strategic Energy Plan into action", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a market for green products: Japan’s pathway to a sustainable GX economy", "sessionDescription": "<p>Japan is taking a bold step toward green transformation (GX) by establishing a market for low-emission products, spearheaded by METI in collaboration with the GX League, a coalition of over 700 companies committed to carbon neutrality. The \"GX Initiative Declaration\" encourages businesses to commit to purchasing and using green products to drive stable demand, with an initial focus on green steel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), electric vehicles, bio-based chemicals, hydrogen, and ammonia. However, challenges remain in scaling adoption, ensuring affordability, and aligning incentives across industries. How can Japan ensure sufficient demand to sustain a competitive green product market? What policy and financial mechanisms are needed to make green products cost-effective, and provide stability to offtakes? How can Japan’s GX market align with global sustainability initiatives to drive broader impact, and what lessons can be learnt from international initiatives?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Understand how Japan is building a market for green products through the GX Initiative, tackling challenges in demand, affordability, and global alignment to drive a sustainable economy.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "10:50", "endTime": "11:40", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "79ebaecb-166f-4955-863c-d02a0161935f", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Hitoshi Kaguchi", "designation": "Senior EVP", "company": "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/w11bevwp/hitoshi-kaguchi-mitsubishi-heavy-industries-photo.jpeg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hideki Takada", "designation": "Director", "company": "GX (Green Transformation) Acceleration Agency", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/oauovczd/hideki-takada-gx-green-transformation-acceleration-agency-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Akira Shigeta", "designation": "Representative Director/President", "company": "thyssenkrupp nucera Japan Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/3fnhkzzg/akira-shigeta-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Masami Takenaka", "designation": "Lead Executive Officer, Senior GM Green Solution Project", "company": "Asahi Kasei Corporation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/dxknhong/masami-takenaka-asahi-kasei-corporation-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Kenji Konno", "designation": "Country Head Japan", "company": "ACME CleanTech Ventures (UK) Private Limited", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/05ngwftx/kenji-konno-acme-photo.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "199498c8-c8e4-4485-ab1e-1709f46a28a9", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Venera N. Anderson", "designation": " Strategy Advisor & Author | Sustainability & Climate", "company": "The Harvard Business Review Advisory Council", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/sshcbqgb/venera-n-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a market for green products: Japan’s pathway to a sustainable GX economy", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: From sun to sea: Harnessing Asia’s renewable potential to drive sustainable growth ", "sessionDescription": "<p>Asia is experiencing a significant shift towards renewable energy, driven by its diverse climates and abundant natural resources. The region's energy demand is rapidly increasing, with Southeast Asia alone accounting for 25% of the global energy demand growth projected by 2035. Effective collaboration will be key to maximising the benefit of new supply, helping to establish new policy frameworks, investment strategies, and technologies. What are the most promising renewable energy sources in Asia, and how can they be effectively harnessed? How can countries balance economic growth with environmental sustainability in their pursuit of renewable energy? What are the major technological advancements driving the renewable energy sector, and how can they be implemented at scale?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Gain an understanding of how Asia’s shift towards renewable energy will require effective collaboration to develop policy frameworks, investment strategies, and technologies to harness renewable sources while balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability.</p>", "startTime": "11:40", "endTime": "12:20", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "20d03792-8a8a-4ffa-a677-a12d014f2324", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Masanori Imai", "designation": "Chairperson and Representative Director, Toda Corporation\nCo-Representative of the Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (JCLP)", "company": "TODA CORPORATION", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/nhpgfpmo/masanori-imai-toda-corporation-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Jens Orfelt", "designation": "EVP & President, APAC (Offshore Development)", "company": "RWE", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/2vscb001/jens-orfelt-rwe-renewables-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Gavin Adda ", "designation": "CEO", "company": "Peak Energy", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/5abksy1s/gavin-abba-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Francois Dao", "designation": "VP, Middle East & Africa", "company": "EDF Renewables", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/es4dkotd/francois-dao-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "333c3714-faa1-4370-baff-786bd796c1eb", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Itsuka Ogawa", "designation": "Senior Research Fellow", "company": "Renewable Energy Institute", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0smawoa0/itsuka-ogawa-renewable-energy-institute-photo.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: From sun to sea: Harnessing Asia’s renewable potential to drive sustainable growth ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Beyond the grid: The role of batteries in sustainable energy solutions", "sessionDescription": "<p>Japan’s strategy for energy storage and batteries focuses on expanding domestic production to 150 GWh annually by 2030, advancing technologies like lithium-ion and all-solid-state batteries, and supporting renewable energy integration through battery energy storage systems (BESS). The government has also committed to creating a sustainable battery supply chain, promoting recycling, and ensuring ethical material procurement. Large-scale storage projects aim to stabilise the grid as renewable energy sources increase, ensuring robust supply. What role will battery energy storage systems (BESS) play in supporting Japan’s renewable energy goals? How can advanced battery technologies and smart grid solutions ensure a stable and efficient energy supply? How is Japan addressing the challenges of integrating large-scale battery storage into the national grid?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Analyse how Japan is planning to expand its energy storage and battery production to support renewable energy integration and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "12:20", "endTime": "13:00", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "ec5f8f95-f71d-49d3-8f3c-339e57dd4529", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nelson Lage", "designation": "President of the Board of Directors", "company": "ADENE - Portuguese Energy Agency", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/jldfo2bv/nelson-lage-adene-en-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yusuke Kojima", "designation": "Power Business Executive Officer", "company": "PowerX, Inc", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/xfro3vpx/yusuke-kojima-powerx-inc-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Franck Bernard", "designation": "MD Energy Storage & Flexibility\n", "company": "Gurīn Energy\n", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ahopuvrr/frank-bernard-gurin-energy-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Kentaro Ono", "designation": "MD Japan", "company": "Eku Energy", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/l0lbbw5e/kentaro-ono-eku-energy-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "a3e413f6-baad-4433-8c22-c97a3acc4f31", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Masaru Tsuchiya", "designation": "Partner", "company": "McKinsey & Co", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/zewderae/masaru-tsuchiya-mckinsey-co-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Beyond the grid: The role of batteries in sustainable energy solutions", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS ", "sessionDescription": "", "startTime": "13:30", "endTime": "13:35", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "45cd122b-1bed-45ee-a60d-bedb3369c6f4", "properties": { "title": "Speaker", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuo Tanaka", "designation": "Executive Director Emeritus", "company": "International Energy Agency (IEA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hzqd0nnq/nobuo-tanaka-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a resilient supply chain for critical minerals to support the clean energy transition", "sessionDescription": "<p>To support the growth of renewable energy, battery storage technologies, Japan has prioritised securing a stable supply of critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium, and nickel. This effort includes international agreements like the Japan-U.S. Critical Minerals Agreement, which aims to diversify and strengthen supply chains. How is Japan collaborating with global partners to build robust supply chains for minerals, and can it become comfortable with a China-dominated supply chain? What strategies can be adopted to attract investment and financing for critical mineral projects, especially in politically and economically unstable regions? What policies and technologies can be promoted to enhance the recycling of critical minerals and support a circular economy? How will Japan ensure a sustainable and ethical supply chain for battery materials?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Understand how Japan and other Asian countries can build resilient supply chains, ensure environmental and social standards, foster technological innovation, attract investment and navigate geopolitical risks to secure critical minerals.</p>", "startTime": "13:00", "endTime": "13:30", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "c1ddb6f4-0d2a-4e10-b4eb-2eb50cdb06e6", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Graeme Train", "designation": "Global Head of Metals & Minerals Analysis", "company": "Trafigura", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/tvbmg2cd/graeme-train.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Nanda Kumar Janardhanan", "designation": "Deputy Director (Climate and Energy) & South Asia Regional Coordinator", "company": "Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ri1plitu/nanda-kumar-janardhanan-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Phung Quoc Huy", "designation": "Senior Researcher", "company": "Asia-Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hz2g1vf3/phung-quoc-huy-asia-pacific-energy-research-centre-aperc-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "831072a2-a9e7-4059-aecc-a44280e6ad78", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Magdalena Osumi", "designation": "Analyst", "company": "Yuri Group / Japan NRG", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/yxki33a3/magdalena-osumi-japan-nrg-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a resilient supply chain for critical minerals to support the clean energy transition", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "MINISTERIAL PANEL: Accelerating Asia’s ambitions: Fostering international cooperation for a sustainable future", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210683523 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Inter-government commitments, such as the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC), highlight the critical role collaboration will play in the development of new supply chains and a broader economy for commodities including hydrogen, ammonia and low carbon LNG, and technologies such as CCUS. From financing to technology, policy to regulation, partnerships are driving progress in energy, helping developing nations to transition and grow, and mature markets to decarbonise and innovate. This commitment to forward-thinking strategies will not only facilitate a smoother transition to a low-carbon economy, but also foster resilience and innovation, ultimately driving sustainable growth for future generations.</span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210683523 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68171664 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Explore how new collaborative policies and initiatives are shaping Japan and Asia’s energy transition pathways, and what impact new NDCs, initiatives agreed at COP29, and emerging global trends are likely to have on international energy security, energy trading maps and supply chains, sustainability, and economic growth.</span>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "11:25", "endTime": "11:55", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "5ea56423-f18a-4716-ae06-c0a2b8926a89", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "H.E. Chi-Ming Peng", "designation": "Minister of Environment", "company": "Taiwan, China", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/y0vdaihv/he-chi-ming-peng-taiwan-photo.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "f89f33e4-9817-480f-905a-36bd250945ef", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuo Tanaka", "designation": "Executive Director Emeritus", "company": "International Energy Agency (IEA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hzqd0nnq/nobuo-tanaka-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "MINISTERIAL PANEL: Accelerating Asia’s ambitions: Fostering international cooperation for a sustainable future", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK", "sessionDescription": "", "startTime": "12:45", "endTime": "13:15", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [], "sponsors": [], "Type": "NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: LNG as the global energy backbone: Balancing growth, decarbonisation, and security ", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41160641 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Global demand for LNG is estimated to rise by more than 50% by 2040, according to Shell, driven by Asia’s expanding energy needs, Europe’s energy security priorities, and emerging markets’ industrial growth, positioning LNG as a critical pillar of the global energy transition. Japan is reinforcing its role through long-term contracts, infrastructure investments, and technological advancements, as highlighted in the Seventh Strategic Energy Plan, which recognises LNG’s central role in balancing renewables and ensuring supply stability. Key opportunities lie in expanding LNG-to-power projects, enhancing carbon-neutral LNG, and strengthening trading hubs, while challenges include price volatility, geopolitical risks, and the need for decarbonisation solutions. With continued investments in liquefaction capacity, shipping efficiency, and hydrogen-ready infrastructure, LNG remains a growth industry vital to future energy security. How can Japan further leverage its LNG leadership to stabilise global markets? What new innovations will accelerate LNG’s role in a low-carbon economy? How can LNG investments align with long-term energy transition goals?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Examine the demand-supply outlook for natural gas and LNG, what this means for the shape of the market, and its impact on decarbonisation pathways. &nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "13:30", "endTime": "14:30", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "856bc429-ac1b-4dd8-a3aa-c551851ec446", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuhiro Sugesawa", "designation": "Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Energy Trading Company ", "company": "Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/4vfbzbsj/nobuhiro-sugesawa-tokyo-gas-photo-cropped.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Anatol Feygin", "designation": "EVP & CCO", "company": "Cheniere Energy Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ckablniq/anatol-feygin-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Steve Hill", "designation": "Board Member & EVP", "company": "Mercuria", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/lq3a30yl/steve-hill-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Varun Gujral", "designation": "Country Head, Southeast Asia", "company": "ENGIE", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/skqh2eie/varun-gujral-engie-photo-new.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Tadashi Hara", "designation": "EVP ", "company": "Diamond Gas International Pte. Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/bhxnyhwo/tadashi-hara-diamond-gas-international-pte-ltd-photo.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "e8bea3ce-b3f0-480c-b4f9-c2e4e65cd8c8", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Fauziah Marzuki", "designation": "Global Head of Gas Research & Analysis ", "company": "BloombergNEF", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/trvh5itl/fauziah-marzuki-bloombergnef-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: LNG as the global energy backbone: Balancing growth, decarbonisation, and security ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Unlocking hydrogen’s potential: Pathways to scale and market maturity ", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW163915113 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Japan is at the forefront of the global hydrogen transition, driving innovation and collaboration to establish international value chains. Since launching its Basic Hydrogen Strategy in 2017, Japan has worked alongside key players in Europe, South Korea, and the USA to accelerate adoption and advance hydrogen technologies. Recent subsidy schemes aim to support both supply and demand, mirroring global efforts. Despite progress, high production costs and infrastructure challenges remain, holding up critical advances in hydrogen and ammonia technologies, shipping, and infrastructure that will drive the industry forward. What lessons can hydrogen learn from LNG’s commercialisation? How can financial instruments and multilateral agreements drive large-scale deployment? What strategies will secure the contracts needed to scale the industry globally?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Explore the role international collaboration, technology, and innovative financing will play in accelerating the deployment and adoption of hydrogen.&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "14:30", "endTime": "15:30", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "5c2b6991-ebfe-42d9-bfc0-f2cf1ce45060", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Sanjiv Lamba", "designation": "CEO", "company": "Linde", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/duugi4pj/sanjiv-lamba-linde-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yoshinori Kanehana", "designation": "Chairman of the board", "company": "Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/afwmou43/yoshinori-kanehana-kawasaki-heavy-industries-ltd-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yuichiro Fujiyama", "designation": "SVP, ENEOS Corporation & CTO", "company": "ENEOS Holdings, Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0htlxl34/yuichiro-fujiyama-eneos-holdings-inc-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Phil Caldwell", "designation": "CEO", "company": "Ceres Power", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/j2rllogq/phil-caldwell-ceres-power.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Tatsushi Amano", "designation": "Managing Executive Officer, Global Head of Energy and Natural Resources Finance Group", "company": "Japan Bank for International Cooperation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/1owdq2j3/tatsushi-amano-jbic-photo.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "d5520136-04d3-4068-9ba4-404f48ce33b7", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Ivana Jemelkova", "designation": "CEO", "company": "Hydrogen Council", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/4wdpgvwt/ivana-jemelkova-hydrogen-council-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Unlocking hydrogen’s potential: Pathways to scale and market maturity ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Futureproofing the electricity grid to manage new complexities and support sustainable growth", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136415165 BCX8\">The electricity power grid and utilities sector are at a crossroads, facing unprecedented challenges in the wake of rapid technological advancements, rising demand, and shifting regulatory landscapes. The current market is characterised by a transition towards renewable energy sources, increased demand for grid resiliency, and the integration of smart technologies. However, the sector grapples with aging infrastructure, cybersecurity threats and the need for substantial investment. Conversely, these challenges present opportunities to innovate and develop a more efficient, sustainable and resilient grid. How can optimised grid investments create new revenue opportunities for utilities and businesses? How can Japan and Asia leverage innovation to build a future-ready grid that supports economic growth while advancing sustainability? What policies and investments will drive the most impact?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114222122 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Explore how advanced grid technologies, AI-driven forecasting, and smart infrastructure can enable efficient energy trading, reduce operational costs, and create new revenue streams for utilities and businesses.</span>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "16:30", "endTime": "17:10", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "ffa79535-78ae-487c-8c8b-89cb73864886", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Hiroshi Okamoto", "designation": "Member of the Board, EVP, & CTO", "company": "TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/srffmvti/dr-hiroshi-okamoto-tepco-power-grid-inc-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Ryoko Aoyagi", "designation": "Japan Country President", "company": "Schneider Electric", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/dudnn3wi/ryoko-aoyagi-schneider-electric-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hajime Nakamura ", "designation": "CEO ", "company": "TG Octopus Energy Co., Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/lbdbjdtv/hajime-nakamura-tg-octopus-energy-co-ltd-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "3d076d82-e08c-4cd8-8981-aa8f7078e986", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Paul Beddie", "designation": "VP, Clobal Client Partner & Sustainability Head", "company": "Capgemini Japan K.K.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/lywiggwn/paul-beddie-capgemini-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Futureproofing the electricity grid to manage new complexities and support sustainable growth", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Collaborating to scale ammonia use and advance decarbonisation objectives", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125068120 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">As the world seeks cleaner energy alternatives, Japan has committed to pioneering the emerging global value chain for ammonia, with JERA aiming to handle 7 million tons every year by 2035, primarily for use in thermal power generation and shipping. This gradual increase in the proportion of ammonia within the energy mix will position Japan as a market leader, whilst stimulating economic growth and job creation. By working with international partners to build distribution and storage infrastructure for higher volumes, Japan can promote the global adoption of ammonia, establish a robust international supply chain and drive reduction in CO2 emissions.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41279069 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Learn which new policies and frameworks, from handling to safety protocols and certification and labelling, are required to transform the ammonia value chain and drive transparency. as well as understand the latest advances being made in co-firing, turbine, distribution and storage technologies.</span>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "15:30", "endTime": "16:30", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "7ed546b8-2ac6-48a2-9668-91474cc96986", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Daisuke Hirota", "designation": "Director & Investment Strategist, Hydrogen & Ammonia Division, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Department, Agency for Natural Resources & Energy", "company": "Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/adejk3op/daisuke-hirota-ministry-of-economy-trade-and-industry-meti-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Austin Knight", "designation": "VP Hydrogen", "company": "Chevron New Energies", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/24pg41ar/austin-knight-chevron-new-energies-photo.jpeg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Benedikt Messner", "designation": "SVP Global Origination & LNG", "company": "Uniper Global Commodities SE", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ve1pof3l/benedikt_messner-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Shigeru (Sam) Muraki", "designation": "President", "company": "Clean Fuel Ammonia Association", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/jktdliur/shigeru-muraki-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Lachlan Clancy", "designation": "Partner, Corporate", "company": "Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0nvp2qwx/lachlan-clancy-herbert-smith-freehills-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "35b0cbf1-c616-415e-bcee-b1e69d2b7641", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Flor De La Cruz", "designation": "Principal Consultant, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables", "company": "Wood Mackenzie", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/2bvfal50/flor-de-la-cruz-wood-mackenzie-photo.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Collaborating to scale ammonia use and advance decarbonisation objectives", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "KEYNOTE ADDRESS", "sessionDescription": "", "startTime": "13:15", "endTime": "13:30", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "87476602-2d2f-4273-b50d-72155609a174", "properties": { "title": "Speaker", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yuya Hasegawa", "designation": "Director for Energy Resources Development Division, Agency for Natural Resources & Energy (ANRE)", "company": "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/njipa1ht/image-6.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "KEYNOTE ADDRESS", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Balancing rising power demand and decarbonisation objectives to deliver a pragmatic energy transition", "sessionDescription": "<p>Balancing surging demand for power with the urgent need for decarbonisation is both a challenge and an opportunity to drive investment and economic growth while advancing sustainability goals. As population growth and electrification of key sectors propel energy consumption, investments in diverse energy sources, including renewables and nuclear power, and technologies like energy storage and smart grids are required. This transition can catalyse job creation, stimulate technological advancement and enhance energy security. By engaging communities and implementing equitable policies, widespread support and participation in this transformative journey can be fostered. Moreover, global collaboration and proactive technology transfer will amplify efforts, ensuring all nations can contribute to and benefit from a greener future.</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169248614 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Understand how energy leaders can effectively balance surging power demand with the need for decarbonisation while ensuring economic growth and job creation. Learn what partnerships are essential to drive innovation in the energy sector, and how regulatory bodies can adapt to support rapid technological advancements in the energy sector.</span>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "11:55", "endTime": "12:45", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "61a3a63c-9179-4a1f-8247-075102863c19", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Jeong-Joon Yu", "designation": "Vice Chairman, SK Group & CEO, SK On (Battery Manufacturing) & SK Americas", "company": "SK Group", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/irblcemi/jeong-joon-yu-web.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Marisa Buchanan", "designation": "SVP, Strategic Corporates & Partnerships - Gas & Low Carbon Energy", "company": "bp", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ckulgi2h/marisa-buchana-bp-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Allyson Anderson Book", "designation": "Chief Sustainability Officer", "company": "Baker Hughes", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/gx2n4mle/allyson-anderson-book-baker-hughes-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "ef9ba98c-c860-4b74-97c6-ed34211aeb87", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuo Tanaka", "designation": "Executive Director Emeritus", "company": "International Energy Agency (IEA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hzqd0nnq/nobuo-tanaka-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Balancing rising power demand and decarbonisation objectives to deliver a pragmatic energy transition", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

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{ "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Balancing unprecedented growth in energy demand driven by AI and data centres across Asia with emerging economic and market opportunities ", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW126698816 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Data centre capacity in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to double in the next five years according to Moody’s, fuelled by the growing use of AI, digitalisation and cloud computing. While AI can deliver cost-savings through predictive maintenance, improved energy efficiency and optimised operations, the rapid corresponding development of data centres brings challenges of spiking energy demand. How can policymakers balance the socio-economic benefits of the emerging data centre market with the challenges of delivering spiking power supply through a challenged regional grid system, as well as safeguard sustainable energy progress while prioritising technological and economic growth?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Gain an understanding of how to effectively balance the increasing power consumption driven by AI advancements with the need for sustainability and efficiency.</p>", "startTime": "17:10", "endTime": "17:50", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "a55a1eeb-5e5d-4ea0-8099-c502176a0404", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Luis Gonzalez\n", "designation": "Chief Data & AI Officer\n\n", "company": "Aboitiz Power Corporation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/53vjdkc3/luis-gonzale-300x300-updated.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Ken Haig", "designation": "Senior Director, Government Affairs, Corporate, External & Legal Affairs (CELA)", "company": "Microsoft Japan", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/pyyc0dpq/dr-ken-haig-microsoft-japan-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dave Cooper", "designation": "CEO Data Centre Business", "company": "AGP Group", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/2ovjmypl/dave-cooper-agp-group-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Robert Sozanski", "designation": "Head of Energy & Sustainability Japan", "company": "Colt Data Centre Services", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/fvshqzmk/robert-sozanski-web.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "44ee9cab-19d8-40f6-83fd-a63901571e44", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yuriy Humber", "designation": "President, Founder of Japan NRG", "company": "K.K. Yuri Group", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/q1mbqfp0/yuriy-humber-yuri-group-kk-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Balancing unprecedented growth in energy demand driven by AI and data centres across Asia with emerging economic and market opportunities ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }

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Is effective utilisation the key to commercialising carbon? Can EPCs and technology firms develop new processes and technologies quickly enough to deliver CCUS at decreasing costs and global scale?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Explore new growth opportunities for CCUS in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, and the role government initiatives, competitive cost structures and strong engineering capabilities will play in its deployment.&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "10:25", "endTime": "11:25", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "23fd83f1-2ba1-433a-b129-457a42a4315d", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Rob Cooper", "designation": "VP, Asia, Strategic Corporates & Partnerships – Gas & Low Carbon Energy", "company": "bp", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0zdjjcpf/rob-cooper-web.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Tomomi Yamada", "designation": "Managing Executive Officer, President of Overseas Business Division II", "company": "JAPEX", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/xnzfaw0v/tomomi-yamada-japex-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nora'in Md Salleh", "designation": "CEO", "company": "PETRONAS CCS Solutions", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/fs0frpqz/norain-md-salleh-petronas-ccs-solutions-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Mads Gade", "designation": "CEO\n", "company": "INEOS Energy Europe\n", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/f3qi3omb/mads-gade-ineos-energy-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Satoshi Kanamori", "designation": "Senior Managing Corporate Officer, Responsible for Technical Unit, Supervising Liquified Gas Business, In charge of LNG", "company": "Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/kvwll3uc/satoshi-kanamori-k-line-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Hamed Soroush", "designation": "CEO", "company": "TEVERRA", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/grofzw25/dr-hamed-soroush-teverra-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "75ce27c0-3ced-4d00-99de-c285a03bccd6", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Stephanie Chiang", "designation": "Senior Research Analyst, CCUS", "company": "Wood Mackenzie", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0gehji2b/stephanie-chiang-wood-mackenzie-photo.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Harnessing CCUS: Transforming Asia’s industrial and energy sectors", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a resilient LNG market in Asia: Supply, stability, and sustainability ", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35577959 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">As Asia’s appetite for LNG and natural gas accelerates, 2025 marks a critical juncture for reshaping global energy systems. LNG remains a cornerstone of regional economic and industrial growth, enabling energy security while serving as a bridge to a lower-carbon future. Meeting the growing demand requires diversified sourcing, strategic infrastructure investments, and solutions to mitigate price volatility, even as geopolitical complexities influence energy markets. Regional cooperation and the adoption of innovative technologies, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), are vital to enhancing resilience, ensuring competitiveness, and optimising supply chains. How can Asia strengthen supply security while balancing geopolitical and economic risks? What strategies will drive LNG market expansion while ensuring price stability and competitiveness? How can LNG and natural gas serve as a foundation for a sustainable, long-term energy mix in Asia?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW100439876 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Explore how Asia can secure LNG supply chains, drive market expansion, and position natural gas as a key driver of sustainable energy growth amid rising demand and evolving market dynamics.</span>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "11:25", "endTime": "12:25", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "cf2d2ca9-53bb-463f-84d4-cdf4d9b73c70", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Atsunori Takeuchi", "designation": "Executive Officer, Senior GM of Global Business Planning Department ", "company": "Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. 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The strategy involves collaboration with stakeholders across the energy, port and shipbuilding industries, as well as regulatory support from international bodies like the International Maritime Organization. Realisation of the IMO’s 2030 emissions reduction target will depend on fuel availability as well as shipboard technology, which both face significant scaling challenges. How can sufficient volumes of ammonia and methanol be made available to hit 2030 targets, what implications for shipping does the longer-term 2050 decarbonisation pathway represent, and what are the commercial opportunities?&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Examine Japan’s future shipping strategy and how it intends to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through investments in clean fuels, zero-emission ships and energy efficiency.</p>", "startTime": "13:45", "endTime": "14:35", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "27846463-db22-47af-8794-e71da3d8734b", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Shin Imai", "designation": "Director-General for Engineering Affairs, Maritime Bureau", "company": "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism (MLIT)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/sxlffkvy/shin-imai-ministry-of-land-infrastructure-transport-and-tourism-mlit-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Masahiro (Max) Takahashi", "designation": "Director & Managing Executive Officer", "company": "Japan Marine Science Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ykzftlzx/max-takahashi-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Stian Sollied", "designation": "Country Manager", "company": "DNV", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/k5apn03a/stian-sollied-dnv-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Takeo Akamatsu", "designation": "GM of Green Innovation Business Unit ", "company": "Itochu Corporation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/azqf5ro3/takeo-akamatsu-itochu-corporation-photo.jpeg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Stone Zhang", "designation": "MD", "company": "Amogy", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/i4pnhu0e/zhang-stone-amogy-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "014f53a6-2dbc-46ff-a58a-c0c8b741d69e", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Go Katayama", "designation": "Principal Insight Analyst – LNG & Natural Gas", "company": "Kpler", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ylma0u1w/go-katayama-kpler-photo.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Unlocking energy transition opportunities in shipping", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK", "sessionDescription": "", "startTime": "13:15", "endTime": "13:45", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [], "sponsors": [], "Type": "NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Achieving a net-zero future: Strategic directions and innovations in nuclear power", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106225223 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">With domestic energy demand forecast to grow significantly in the coming years, nuclear energy will remain a key component of Japan’s strategy to balance sustainability, economic growth and energy security. Nuclear power can help realise Japan’s multi-fuel, multi-technology decarbonisation approach by supporting the development of green hydrogen, green ammonia and low-carbon fuels produced from captured carbon. Similarly, Japan’s leadership in research can help it to unlock economic growth and new commercial opportunities, both domestically and across Asia. However, the sector faces significant challenges, including aging infrastructure, overcoming public opposition and addressing nuclear waste management. How can Japan leverage advancements in nuclear technology, such as small modular reactors (SMRs) and next-generation reactors, to enhance safety and efficiency, while also addressing public concerns and opposition to nuclear energy?&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Analyse Japan’s strategy to leverage advancements in nuclear technology to enhance safety and efficiency, address public concerns and support its multi-fuel, multi-technology decarbonisation approach.</p>", "startTime": "14:35", "endTime": "15:15", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "2dfbd9d1-91a3-40df-aeb2-e6160b420ec1", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Jooho Whang", "designation": "President & CEO", "company": "Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. 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While these fuels can offer both near-term emissions reductions and longer-term potential to support industrial transformation across sectors, scaling production, ensuring supply chain resilience and achieving cost competitiveness remain significant challenges. Regional cooperation, policy support, and investment in new technologies will be essential to accelerate deployment. How can governments and industry collaborate to build sustainable demand and infrastructure for alternative fuels? What role should regional partnerships play in securing feedstocks and harmonising standards?&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46786716 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Understand what’s needed to scale alternative fuels in Japan and Asia - from policy support to regional cooperation - to balance decarbonisation, energy security, and affordability.</span> &nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "15:15", "endTime": "15:55", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "e9687c33-09f7-4621-b5e3-1865a5c0ce01", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Hisataka Yakabe", "designation": "Executive Fellow, Green Transformation Company", "company": "Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/fqopnfnv/hisataka-yakabe-tokyo-gas-co-ltd-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Gianluca Ambrosetti", "designation": "CEO & Founder", "company": "Synhelion", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/lx5fqmu4/dr-gianluca-ambrosetti-synhelion-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Fabrice Espinosa", "designation": "Founder & CEO", "company": "Asia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Association (ASAFA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/3yjm1i5s/fabrice-espinosa-asia-sustainable-aviation-fuel-association-asafa-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dato' Leong Kin Mun", "designation": "President", "company": "Malaysia Biomass Industries Confederation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/vobbcmxj/dato-leong-kin-mun-malaysia-biomass-industries-confederation-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "b7605454-7cfe-4f51-a085-dbf599770aac", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Ajay Singh ", "designation": "Senior Executive Advisor", "company": "Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/xq2l5b0h/ajay-singh-mitsui-osk-lines-mol-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Fuelling the Future: Pioneering the next wave of clean energy with alternative fuels ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: The future of carbon markets: Unlocking Asia’s potential for emission reductions", "sessionDescription": "<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16718420 BCX8\"></div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16718420 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"1px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"1.3333333333333333px\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">As Asia and Japan work towards achieving their ambitious decarbonisation goals, carbon pricing and carbon removal technologies are emerging as pivotal drivers in the region's transition to a low-carbon economy. Japan's commitment to net-zero by 2050 is shaping the future of carbon markets, with the nation pioneering carbon capture and expanding emissions trading systems. Across Asia, countries like China, India, and South Korea are embracing innovative carbon pricing models, creating a dynamic environment for sustainable growth. Despite challenges such as policy fragmentation, low carbon prices, and the scaling of carbon removal technologies, the opportunities are vast. By designing regionally harmonised carbon markets, scaling technological solutions, and encouraging private sector investment, Asia has the potential to lead the way in emission reductions. How can Asia create harmonised carbon markets to drive investment? What innovations are needed to scale carbon removal technologies effectively?</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"></span></p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16718420 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"1px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"1.3333333333333333px\"><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Attendee Insights:</span>&nbsp;</strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"></span></p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16718420 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"1px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"1.3333333333333333px\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16718420 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Understand how carbon pricing and removal technologies are shaping Asia's path to decarbonization, the challenges in scaling them, and the opportunities for regional collaboration and innovation to drive sustainable growth.</span>&nbsp;</p>\n</div>", "startTime": "15:55", "endTime": "16:25", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "2074cf05-daed-40e0-b849-a472c4d9597a", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yoshinori Momose", "designation": "Senior Planning Officer for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), Office of International Carbon Market, Global Environment Bureau", "company": "Ministry of the Environment", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/2rwpgpxa/yoshinori-momose-ministry-of-the-environment-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Fabio Nehme", "designation": "Senior EVP, Global Head of Carbon & Head, EMEA, Green Hydrogen", "company": "ReNew Energy Global plc ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/vh0n0sl1/fabio-nehme-renew-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "John Davis", "designation": "MD Asia Pacific", "company": "ACT Group", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/gfshnnv0/john-davis-act-group-photo-new.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "51b9478c-500a-44de-a07b-c03f71581a6a", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Benjamin Corbould", "designation": "Executive Director, Head of Commodities, Trade & Carbon, Asia", "company": "Commonwealth Bank of Australia", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/u4bmtzdj/benjamin-corbould.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: The future of carbon markets: Unlocking Asia’s potential for emission reductions", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Financing the shift: New routes for energy investment in Asia", "sessionDescription": "<p>As Asia navigates a complex energy transition, both clean and conventional energy projects are facing a rapidly evolving financial landscape. In Japan and across the region, delivering energy security, affordability, and sustainability requires more than just new technologies – it demands adaptive funding models, public-private collaboration, and resilience in the face of shifting trade dynamics and geopolitical pressures. From LNG and hydrogen to carbon capture, batteries, offshore wind, and nuclear innovation, the investment case for energy is growing more diverse – but also more challenging. Rising capital costs, regulatory fragmentation, and supply chain constraints are reshaping how projects are financed, de-risked, and scaled. With pressure mounting from global trade tensions and evolving climate policies, how are developers and investors adapting? What role can blended finance, export credit agencies, and sovereign wealth play in derisking large-scale energy infrastructure?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Discover how Japan and the wider region are adapting their financing strategies to support the full spectrum of energy projects, and what lessons can be drawn from global markets navigating similar challenges.</p>", "startTime": "16:25", "endTime": "17:05", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "20d99565-95a7-4fa3-9fd2-ec247886075c", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Jose Antonio Millan Ruano ", "designation": "President & CEO", "company": "Nozomi Energy ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/murlsksi/jose-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Shigeki Kimura", "designation": "MD, Japan Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy", "company": "BlackRock Japan", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/y4uhgdfa/shigeki-kimura-blackrock-japan-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Bruno Gaussorgues", "designation": "Group Country Head", "company": "Societe Generale", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ceukczpv/bruno-gaussorgues-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Kelvin Wong", "designation": "MD (Energy Renewables Infrastructure)", "company": "DBS", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/z54ddeeb/kelvin-wong-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "fc26500c-9b70-4a5a-971d-6d7756c692e9", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yvette Manolas", "designation": "Global Climate Consultant", "company": "Yvette Manolas Consulting Pty Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/fmyouszj/yvette-manolas-yvette-manolas-consulting-pty-ltd-photo.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Financing the shift: New routes for energy investment in Asia", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": " FUTURE LEADERS NETWORKING BREAKFAST", "sessionDescription": "", "startTime": "08:30", "endTime": "09:30", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [], "sponsors": [], "Type": " FUTURE LEADERS NETWORKING BREAKFAST", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Power markets: Creating a reliable, affordable, and integrated electricity system through markets and market-like mechanisms", "sessionDescription": "<p>Cross-border electricity trade improves market efficiency, benefiting consumers, and supporting sustainable development. In the ASEAN region, deeper integration of power markets will help accelerate new projects by sharing expertise, increase affordability with competitive pricing, and harmonise regulatory frameworks to foster new collaboration. Closer digital integration of energy markets also provides commercial advantages, including improved efficiency, cost savings, demand-side flexibility, and new revenue streams. How can Southeast Asian countries better harmonise policies and regulations to harmonise cross-border power trading? What digital innovations will unlock most value, and how can Japan’s technological leadership facilitate this? How can legacy infrastructure be transformed to help transition to a modern power market?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Understand how an effective, and integrated, regional power market will provide affordable and robust energy supply, whilst driving innovation and societal benefits.</p>", "startTime": "17:05", "endTime": "17:35", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "580cd017-95a6-4a09-8216-19cdcda3ae57", "properties": { "title": " Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Ameko Zhang", "designation": "Head of Gas & Power Trading, Asia Pacific", "company": "ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ru5mlabz/ameko-zhang-engie-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Kenji Tateiwa", "designation": "Founder & CEO", "company": "Agile Energy X, Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/h2nibwq0/kenji-tateiwa-agile-energy-x-inc-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hikaru Yamada", "designation": "President", "company": "Sprint Capital Japan Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/knfly4zy/hikaru-yamada-sprint-capital-japan-ltd-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "b40985ef-fb7e-42b6-97be-7d2c14e245fb", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Marnix Schrijner", "designation": "Head of Power Market Analysis Southeast & East Asia", "company": "AFRY", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/llifrllg/marnix-schrijner-afry-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Power markets: Creating a reliable, affordable, and integrated electricity system through markets and market-like mechanisms", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Women in Energy: Increasing representation in the energy industry to foster innovation, address skills shortages, and strengthen competitiveness", "sessionDescription": "<p>Despite making up 39% of the global labour force, women only account for 16% of the traditional energy sector, according to the IEA. As the global energy industry embraces new ideas, technologies, and fuels, increasing diversity and representation in the workforce is essential to fully realising their benefits. This creates an obvious opportunity loss for both women and the sector. This creates an obvious opportunity loss for both women and the sector.</p>\n<p>Greater representation through the diversity engendered by varied perspectives and experiences is crucial for fostering the necessary innovation required by the transition for successful outcomes. At this stage of the transition’s trajectory there are many urgent questions to be asked requiring definitive responses by the sector. How can the energy sector attract more female talent to not only address skill shortages and enhance competitiveness but also offer women real and equitable career pathways? Can women who have moved on from the sector be encouraged to return and if so, what do these strategies look like? What strategies can be implemented to increase women’s representation in leadership roles in the energy industry beyond middle management?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Understand how to effectively increase diversity and representation in the energy sector to foster innovation, address skill shortages, and enhance competitiveness.</p>", "startTime": "17:35", "endTime": "18:15", "date": "2025-06-19", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "1f1cb61a-0dc1-4ef1-9dc7-42e31faa2d54", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yumiko Yao", "designation": "Executive Officer, Senior GM of LNG Business Dept. 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Key areas of focus include the rapid expansion of renewable energy, particularly offshore wind and solar, as well as groundbreaking advancements in hydrogen and ammonia as alternative fuels. The plan also emphasises the role of nuclear energy in ensuring energy security, alongside digitalisation and smart grid technologies for optimising energy efficiency and integrating diverse energy sources. Central to the strategy is Japan’s ambitious commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, striking a balance between economic growth and environmental sustainability. How can Japan ensure a stable and cost-effective supply of LNG and natural gas to power growth through the transition? How can Japan leverage international collaboration to advance hydrogen, ammonia, and other emerging energy technologies? What role will digitalisation and AI play in optimising energy systems and achieving the goals of the 7th Energy Strategy?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>The discussion will explore METIs revised energy strategy, how best to implement it, and the implications for the global energy transition.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "10:00", "endTime": "10:50", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "4e513802-1e0a-493f-9985-fcf93b4e0e24", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hajime Wakuda", "designation": "Director-General of Natural Resources & Fuel", "company": "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0ehfx4zo/hajime-wakuda-meti-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Helle Kristoffersen", "designation": "President, Asia", "company": "TotalEnergies", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hi5jyh5z/helle-kristofferesen-web.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Tatsuya Terazawa", "designation": "Chairman & CEO", "company": "Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/h3apnb1k/tatsuya-terazawa-ieej-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Katsumi (Ken) Kuroda", "designation": "Senior Advisor", "company": "Cheniere Marketing Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/prphjrnz/katsumi-ken-kuroda-photo.jpeg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Carlos de la Vega", "designation": "VP, Marketing & Commercial Development", "company": "Sempra Infrastructure ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/yagbscfv/carlos-de-la-vega-sempra-infrastructure-photo.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "3b8c5790-219d-44aa-a008-cb22db186d90", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuo Tanaka", "designation": "Executive Director Emeritus", "company": "International Energy Agency (IEA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hzqd0nnq/nobuo-tanaka-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050: Putting METIs 7th Strategic Energy Plan into action", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a market for green products: Japan’s pathway to a sustainable GX economy", "sessionDescription": "<p>Japan is taking a bold step toward green transformation (GX) by establishing a market for low-emission products, spearheaded by METI in collaboration with the GX League, a coalition of over 700 companies committed to carbon neutrality. The \"GX Initiative Declaration\" encourages businesses to commit to purchasing and using green products to drive stable demand, with an initial focus on green steel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), electric vehicles, bio-based chemicals, hydrogen, and ammonia. However, challenges remain in scaling adoption, ensuring affordability, and aligning incentives across industries. How can Japan ensure sufficient demand to sustain a competitive green product market? What policy and financial mechanisms are needed to make green products cost-effective, and provide stability to offtakes? How can Japan’s GX market align with global sustainability initiatives to drive broader impact, and what lessons can be learnt from international initiatives?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Understand how Japan is building a market for green products through the GX Initiative, tackling challenges in demand, affordability, and global alignment to drive a sustainable economy.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "10:50", "endTime": "11:40", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "79ebaecb-166f-4955-863c-d02a0161935f", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Hitoshi Kaguchi", "designation": "Senior EVP", "company": "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/w11bevwp/hitoshi-kaguchi-mitsubishi-heavy-industries-photo.jpeg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hideki Takada", "designation": "Director", "company": "GX (Green Transformation) Acceleration Agency", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/oauovczd/hideki-takada-gx-green-transformation-acceleration-agency-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Akira Shigeta", "designation": "Representative Director/President", "company": "thyssenkrupp nucera Japan Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/3fnhkzzg/akira-shigeta-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Masami Takenaka", "designation": "Lead Executive Officer, Senior GM Green Solution Project", "company": "Asahi Kasei Corporation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/dxknhong/masami-takenaka-asahi-kasei-corporation-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Kenji Konno", "designation": "Country Head Japan", "company": "ACME CleanTech Ventures (UK) Private Limited", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/05ngwftx/kenji-konno-acme-photo.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "199498c8-c8e4-4485-ab1e-1709f46a28a9", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Venera N. Anderson", "designation": " Strategy Advisor & Author | Sustainability & Climate", "company": "The Harvard Business Review Advisory Council", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/sshcbqgb/venera-n-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a market for green products: Japan’s pathway to a sustainable GX economy", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: From sun to sea: Harnessing Asia’s renewable potential to drive sustainable growth ", "sessionDescription": "<p>Asia is experiencing a significant shift towards renewable energy, driven by its diverse climates and abundant natural resources. The region's energy demand is rapidly increasing, with Southeast Asia alone accounting for 25% of the global energy demand growth projected by 2035. Effective collaboration will be key to maximising the benefit of new supply, helping to establish new policy frameworks, investment strategies, and technologies. What are the most promising renewable energy sources in Asia, and how can they be effectively harnessed? How can countries balance economic growth with environmental sustainability in their pursuit of renewable energy? What are the major technological advancements driving the renewable energy sector, and how can they be implemented at scale?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Gain an understanding of how Asia’s shift towards renewable energy will require effective collaboration to develop policy frameworks, investment strategies, and technologies to harness renewable sources while balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability.</p>", "startTime": "11:40", "endTime": "12:20", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "20d03792-8a8a-4ffa-a677-a12d014f2324", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Masanori Imai", "designation": "Chairperson and Representative Director, Toda Corporation\nCo-Representative of the Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (JCLP)", "company": "TODA CORPORATION", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/nhpgfpmo/masanori-imai-toda-corporation-photo-new.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Jens Orfelt", "designation": "EVP & President, APAC (Offshore Development)", "company": "RWE", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/2vscb001/jens-orfelt-rwe-renewables-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Gavin Adda ", "designation": "CEO", "company": "Peak Energy", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/5abksy1s/gavin-abba-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Francois Dao", "designation": "VP, Middle East & Africa", "company": "EDF Renewables", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/es4dkotd/francois-dao-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "333c3714-faa1-4370-baff-786bd796c1eb", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Itsuka Ogawa", "designation": "Senior Research Fellow", "company": "Renewable Energy Institute", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0smawoa0/itsuka-ogawa-renewable-energy-institute-photo.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: From sun to sea: Harnessing Asia’s renewable potential to drive sustainable growth ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Beyond the grid: The role of batteries in sustainable energy solutions", "sessionDescription": "<p>Japan’s strategy for energy storage and batteries focuses on expanding domestic production to 150 GWh annually by 2030, advancing technologies like lithium-ion and all-solid-state batteries, and supporting renewable energy integration through battery energy storage systems (BESS). The government has also committed to creating a sustainable battery supply chain, promoting recycling, and ensuring ethical material procurement. Large-scale storage projects aim to stabilise the grid as renewable energy sources increase, ensuring robust supply. What role will battery energy storage systems (BESS) play in supporting Japan’s renewable energy goals? How can advanced battery technologies and smart grid solutions ensure a stable and efficient energy supply? How is Japan addressing the challenges of integrating large-scale battery storage into the national grid?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Analyse how Japan is planning to expand its energy storage and battery production to support renewable energy integration and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "12:20", "endTime": "13:00", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "ec5f8f95-f71d-49d3-8f3c-339e57dd4529", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nelson Lage", "designation": "President of the Board of Directors", "company": "ADENE - Portuguese Energy Agency", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/jldfo2bv/nelson-lage-adene-en-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yusuke Kojima", "designation": "Power Business Executive Officer", "company": "PowerX, Inc", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/xfro3vpx/yusuke-kojima-powerx-inc-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Franck Bernard", "designation": "MD Energy Storage & Flexibility\n", "company": "Gurīn Energy\n", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ahopuvrr/frank-bernard-gurin-energy-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Kentaro Ono", "designation": "MD Japan", "company": "Eku Energy", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/l0lbbw5e/kentaro-ono-eku-energy-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "a3e413f6-baad-4433-8c22-c97a3acc4f31", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Masaru Tsuchiya", "designation": "Partner", "company": "McKinsey & Co", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/zewderae/masaru-tsuchiya-mckinsey-co-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Beyond the grid: The role of batteries in sustainable energy solutions", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS ", "sessionDescription": "", "startTime": "13:30", "endTime": "13:35", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "45cd122b-1bed-45ee-a60d-bedb3369c6f4", "properties": { "title": "Speaker", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuo Tanaka", "designation": "Executive Director Emeritus", "company": "International Energy Agency (IEA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hzqd0nnq/nobuo-tanaka-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a resilient supply chain for critical minerals to support the clean energy transition", "sessionDescription": "<p>To support the growth of renewable energy, battery storage technologies, Japan has prioritised securing a stable supply of critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium, and nickel. This effort includes international agreements like the Japan-U.S. Critical Minerals Agreement, which aims to diversify and strengthen supply chains. How is Japan collaborating with global partners to build robust supply chains for minerals, and can it become comfortable with a China-dominated supply chain? What strategies can be adopted to attract investment and financing for critical mineral projects, especially in politically and economically unstable regions? What policies and technologies can be promoted to enhance the recycling of critical minerals and support a circular economy? How will Japan ensure a sustainable and ethical supply chain for battery materials?</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Understand how Japan and other Asian countries can build resilient supply chains, ensure environmental and social standards, foster technological innovation, attract investment and navigate geopolitical risks to secure critical minerals.</p>", "startTime": "13:00", "endTime": "13:30", "date": "2025-06-20", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "c1ddb6f4-0d2a-4e10-b4eb-2eb50cdb06e6", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Graeme Train", "designation": "Global Head of Metals & Minerals Analysis", "company": "Trafigura", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/tvbmg2cd/graeme-train.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Nanda Kumar Janardhanan", "designation": "Deputy Director (Climate and Energy) & South Asia Regional Coordinator", "company": "Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ri1plitu/nanda-kumar-janardhanan-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Phung Quoc Huy", "designation": "Senior Researcher", "company": "Asia-Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hz2g1vf3/phung-quoc-huy-asia-pacific-energy-research-centre-aperc-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "831072a2-a9e7-4059-aecc-a44280e6ad78", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Magdalena Osumi", "designation": "Analyst", "company": "Yuri Group / Japan NRG", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/yxki33a3/magdalena-osumi-japan-nrg-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Building a resilient supply chain for critical minerals to support the clean energy transition", "Category": "Strategic Summit" } ] } ] }, { "Name": "Sessions for 2025-06-18", "Days": [ { "Date": "2025-06-18", "Sessions": [ { "Title": "MINISTERIAL PANEL: Accelerating Asia’s ambitions: Fostering international cooperation for a sustainable future", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210683523 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Inter-government commitments, such as the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC), highlight the critical role collaboration will play in the development of new supply chains and a broader economy for commodities including hydrogen, ammonia and low carbon LNG, and technologies such as CCUS. From financing to technology, policy to regulation, partnerships are driving progress in energy, helping developing nations to transition and grow, and mature markets to decarbonise and innovate. This commitment to forward-thinking strategies will not only facilitate a smoother transition to a low-carbon economy, but also foster resilience and innovation, ultimately driving sustainable growth for future generations.</span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210683523 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68171664 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Explore how new collaborative policies and initiatives are shaping Japan and Asia’s energy transition pathways, and what impact new NDCs, initiatives agreed at COP29, and emerging global trends are likely to have on international energy security, energy trading maps and supply chains, sustainability, and economic growth.</span>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "11:25", "endTime": "11:55", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "5ea56423-f18a-4716-ae06-c0a2b8926a89", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "H.E. Chi-Ming Peng", "designation": "Minister of Environment", "company": "Taiwan, China", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/y0vdaihv/he-chi-ming-peng-taiwan-photo.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "f89f33e4-9817-480f-905a-36bd250945ef", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuo Tanaka", "designation": "Executive Director Emeritus", "company": "International Energy Agency (IEA)", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/hzqd0nnq/nobuo-tanaka-300x300.png" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "MINISTERIAL PANEL: Accelerating Asia’s ambitions: Fostering international cooperation for a sustainable future", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK", "sessionDescription": "", "startTime": "12:45", "endTime": "13:15", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [], "sponsors": [], "Type": "NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: LNG as the global energy backbone: Balancing growth, decarbonisation, and security ", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41160641 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Global demand for LNG is estimated to rise by more than 50% by 2040, according to Shell, driven by Asia’s expanding energy needs, Europe’s energy security priorities, and emerging markets’ industrial growth, positioning LNG as a critical pillar of the global energy transition. Japan is reinforcing its role through long-term contracts, infrastructure investments, and technological advancements, as highlighted in the Seventh Strategic Energy Plan, which recognises LNG’s central role in balancing renewables and ensuring supply stability. Key opportunities lie in expanding LNG-to-power projects, enhancing carbon-neutral LNG, and strengthening trading hubs, while challenges include price volatility, geopolitical risks, and the need for decarbonisation solutions. With continued investments in liquefaction capacity, shipping efficiency, and hydrogen-ready infrastructure, LNG remains a growth industry vital to future energy security. How can Japan further leverage its LNG leadership to stabilise global markets? What new innovations will accelerate LNG’s role in a low-carbon economy? How can LNG investments align with long-term energy transition goals?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Examine the demand-supply outlook for natural gas and LNG, what this means for the shape of the market, and its impact on decarbonisation pathways. &nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "13:30", "endTime": "14:30", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "856bc429-ac1b-4dd8-a3aa-c551851ec446", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Nobuhiro Sugesawa", "designation": "Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Energy Trading Company ", "company": "Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. ", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/4vfbzbsj/nobuhiro-sugesawa-tokyo-gas-photo-cropped.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Anatol Feygin", "designation": "EVP & CCO", "company": "Cheniere Energy Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/ckablniq/anatol-feygin-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Steve Hill", "designation": "Board Member & EVP", "company": "Mercuria", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/lq3a30yl/steve-hill-300x300.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Varun Gujral", "designation": "Country Head, Southeast Asia", "company": "ENGIE", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/skqh2eie/varun-gujral-engie-photo-new.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Tadashi Hara", "designation": "EVP ", "company": "Diamond Gas International Pte. 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Since launching its Basic Hydrogen Strategy in 2017, Japan has worked alongside key players in Europe, South Korea, and the USA to accelerate adoption and advance hydrogen technologies. Recent subsidy schemes aim to support both supply and demand, mirroring global efforts. Despite progress, high production costs and infrastructure challenges remain, holding up critical advances in hydrogen and ammonia technologies, shipping, and infrastructure that will drive the industry forward. What lessons can hydrogen learn from LNG’s commercialisation? How can financial instruments and multilateral agreements drive large-scale deployment? What strategies will secure the contracts needed to scale the industry globally?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p>Explore the role international collaboration, technology, and innovative financing will play in accelerating the deployment and adoption of hydrogen.&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "14:30", "endTime": "15:30", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "5c2b6991-ebfe-42d9-bfc0-f2cf1ce45060", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Sanjiv Lamba", "designation": "CEO", "company": "Linde", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/duugi4pj/sanjiv-lamba-linde-photo.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yoshinori Kanehana", "designation": "Chairman of the board", "company": "Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/afwmou43/yoshinori-kanehana-kawasaki-heavy-industries-ltd-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Yuichiro Fujiyama", "designation": "SVP, ENEOS Corporation & CTO", "company": "ENEOS Holdings, Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/0htlxl34/yuichiro-fujiyama-eneos-holdings-inc-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Phil Caldwell", "designation": "CEO", "company": "Ceres Power", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/j2rllogq/phil-caldwell-ceres-power.png" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Tatsushi Amano", "designation": "Managing Executive Officer, Global Head of Energy and Natural Resources Finance Group", "company": "Japan Bank for International Cooperation", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/1owdq2j3/tatsushi-amano-jbic-photo.png" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "d5520136-04d3-4068-9ba4-404f48ce33b7", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Ivana Jemelkova", "designation": "CEO", "company": "Hydrogen Council", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/4wdpgvwt/ivana-jemelkova-hydrogen-council-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Unlocking hydrogen’s potential: Pathways to scale and market maturity ", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Futureproofing the electricity grid to manage new complexities and support sustainable growth", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136415165 BCX8\">The electricity power grid and utilities sector are at a crossroads, facing unprecedented challenges in the wake of rapid technological advancements, rising demand, and shifting regulatory landscapes. The current market is characterised by a transition towards renewable energy sources, increased demand for grid resiliency, and the integration of smart technologies. However, the sector grapples with aging infrastructure, cybersecurity threats and the need for substantial investment. Conversely, these challenges present opportunities to innovate and develop a more efficient, sustainable and resilient grid. How can optimised grid investments create new revenue opportunities for utilities and businesses? How can Japan and Asia leverage innovation to build a future-ready grid that supports economic growth while advancing sustainability? What policies and investments will drive the most impact?</span>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114222122 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Explore how advanced grid technologies, AI-driven forecasting, and smart infrastructure can enable efficient energy trading, reduce operational costs, and create new revenue streams for utilities and businesses.</span>&nbsp;</p>", "startTime": "16:30", "endTime": "17:10", "date": "2025-06-18", "addSubSessions": [], "speakerModeratorCollection": [ { "id": "ffa79535-78ae-487c-8c8b-89cb73864886", "properties": { "title": "Panellists", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Dr. Hiroshi Okamoto", "designation": "Member of the Board, EVP, & CTO", "company": "TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/srffmvti/dr-hiroshi-okamoto-tepco-power-grid-inc-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Ryoko Aoyagi", "designation": "Japan Country President", "company": "Schneider Electric", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/dudnn3wi/ryoko-aoyagi-schneider-electric-photo.jpg" } ] } }, { "properties": { "speakerName": "Hajime Nakamura ", "designation": "CEO ", "company": "TG Octopus Energy Co., Ltd.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/lbdbjdtv/hajime-nakamura-tg-octopus-energy-co-ltd-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } }, { "id": "3d076d82-e08c-4cd8-8981-aa8f7078e986", "properties": { "title": "Moderator", "selectSpeakers": [ { "properties": { "speakerName": "Paul Beddie", "designation": "VP, Clobal Client Partner & Sustainability Head", "company": "Capgemini Japan K.K.", "speakerImage": [ { "url": "/media/lywiggwn/paul-beddie-capgemini-photo.jpg" } ] } } ] } } ], "sponsors": [], "Type": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Futureproofing the electricity grid to manage new complexities and support sustainable growth", "Category": "Strategic Summit" }, { "Title": "LEADERSHIP PANEL: Collaborating to scale ammonia use and advance decarbonisation objectives", "sessionDescription": "<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125068120 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">As the world seeks cleaner energy alternatives, Japan has committed to pioneering the emerging global value chain for ammonia, with JERA aiming to handle 7 million tons every year by 2035, primarily for use in thermal power generation and shipping. This gradual increase in the proportion of ammonia within the energy mix will position Japan as a market leader, whilst stimulating economic growth and job creation. 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As population growth and electrification of key sectors propel energy consumption, investments in diverse energy sources, including renewables and nuclear power, and technologies like energy storage and smart grids are required. This transition can catalyse job creation, stimulate technological advancement and enhance energy security. By engaging communities and implementing equitable policies, widespread support and participation in this transformative journey can be fostered. Moreover, global collaboration and proactive technology transfer will amplify efforts, ensuring all nations can contribute to and benefit from a greener future.</p>\n<p><strong>Attendee Insights:</strong></p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169248614 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Understand how energy leaders can effectively balance surging power demand with the need for decarbonisation while ensuring economic growth and job creation. 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Atsushi Taketani

Executive Officer, VP of Overseas Business Division 1

JAPEX

Dr. Venera N. Anderson

Strategy Advisor, Sustainability & Climate

The Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

Dr. Yousuke Uchino

Senior Manager, Product Development Gr, Lead Expert (Electrochemistry)

Asahi Kasei

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Head of Research & Analysis, Strategic Planning Dept., Overseas Business Division I

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Driving Energy Transitions Across the Globe

The Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition, taking place from 18 - 20 June 2025 in Tokyo, brings together key participants from across the global energy ecosystem to actively shape the future of energy, by providing an unmissable opportunity to source the latest equipment, systems and innovations, whilst facilitating critical dialogue across energy ecosystems.

Japan’s priority of a pragmatic, comprehensive and ambitious transition extends to its industrial sector, which will be a critical enabler of transition success. With industry contributing 22% to Japan’s GDP and employing 15% of its total labour force, the opportunity for change will require collaboration between government and private sectors as well as partnerships between companies to maintain Japan’s competitive advantage and economic stability.

Japan's Strategic Energy Plan update in April 2025 will mark a crucial step in its journey to meet its 2030 climate goals, including a 46% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (from 2013 levels). This course correction will have far-reaching implications, not just for Japan, but for energy projects worldwide, as the country continues to pioneer the global energy transition.

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CCO, Abaxx Commodity Futures Exchange and Clearinghouse

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Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition is a valuable opportunity to showcase new products that will contribute to market clarity and accurate price discovery, fostering more informed trading decisions.

There are great breakout sessions, there’s wonderful booths at the exhibition and we strongly recommend anyone interested in energy across Asia attend the Japan Energy Summit.

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Ajay Singh

Senior Executive Advisor

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL)

Akira Shigeta

Representative Director/President

thyssenkrupp nucera Japan Ltd.

Alejandro Barbajosa

Research Specialist

ADNOC

Allyson Anderson Book

Chief Sustainability Officer

Baker Hughes

Ameko Zhang

Head of Gas & Power Trading, Asia Pacific

ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS)

Anatol Feygin

EVP & CCO

Cheniere Energy Inc.

Atsunori Takeuchi

Executive Officer, Senior GM of Global Business Planning Department 

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Austin Knight

VP Hydrogen

Chevron New Energies

Benedikt Messner

SVP Global Origination & LNG

Uniper Global Commodities SE

Benjamin Corbould

Executive Director, Head of Commodities, Trade & Carbon, Asia

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Bob Effendi

Director

PT XPERT SYNERGY SOLUTION

Bruno Gaussorgues

Group Country Head

Societe Generale

Carlos de la Vega

VP, Marketing & Commercial Development

Sempra Infrastructure

Chris Starling

Chief Strategy Officer

JERA Asia

Christopher Goncalves

Chair & MD, Energy & Climate

BRG

Daisuke Hirota

Director & Investment Strategist, Hydrogen & Ammonia Division, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Department, Agency for Natural Resources & Energy

Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI)

Dato' Leong Kin Mun

President

Malaysia Biomass Industries Confederation

Dave Cooper

CEO Data Centre Business

AGP Group

Denise Mannix

President

LINE (Lean In Network Energy)

Dr. Gianluca Ambrosetti

CEO & Founder

Synhelion

Dr. Hamed Soroush

CEO

TEVERRA

Dr. Hiroshi Okamoto

Member of the Board, EVP, & CTO

TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.

Dr. Hisataka Yakabe

Executive Fellow, Green Transformation Company

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Dr. Hitoshi Kaguchi

Senior EVP

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Dr. Jooho Whang

President & CEO

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP)

Dr. Ken Haig

Senior Director, Government Affairs, Corporate, External & Legal Affairs (CELA)

Microsoft Japan

Dr. Nanda Kumar Janardhanan

Deputy Director (Climate and Energy) & South Asia Regional Coordinator

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Dr. Tomomi Yamada

Managing Executive Officer, President of Overseas Business Division II

JAPEX

Dr. Venera N. Anderson

Strategy Advisor & Author | Sustainability & Climate

The Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

Edi Saputra

Gas & LNG Advisor

Poten & Partners

Fabio Nehme

Senior EVP, Global Head of Carbon & Head, EMEA, Green Hydrogen

ReNew Energy Global plc

Fabrice Espinosa

Founder & CEO

Asia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Association (ASAFA)

Fauziah Marzuki

Global Head of Gas Research & Analysis

BloombergNEF

Felix Booth

Head of LNG

Vortexa

Flor De La Cruz

Principal Consultant, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables

Wood Mackenzie

Franck Bernard

MD Energy Storage & Flexibility

Gurīn Energy

Francois Dao

VP, Middle East & Africa

EDF Renewables

Futoshi Tsuneyama

Senior Advisor, E&P Department

Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd

Gavin Adda

CEO

Peak Energy

Genta Okamoto

GM, Business Development Unit, Corporate Strategy & Planning Division

INPEX CORPORATION

Georges Tijbosch

CEO

MiQ

Go Katayama

Principal Insight Analyst – LNG & Natural Gas

Kpler

Graeme Train

Global Head of Metals & Minerals Analysis

Trafigura

H.E. Chi-Ming Peng

Minister of Environment

Taiwan, China

Hajime Nakamura

CEO

TG Octopus Energy Co., Ltd.

Hajime Wakuda

Director-General of Natural Resources & Fuel

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Hassan Alzain

Environmental Management Graduate (Former Head of Environmental Science, Sustainability & Policy, Aramco)

Yale School of Environment

Helle Kristoffersen

President, Asia

TotalEnergies

Hideki Takada

Director

GX (Green Transformation) Acceleration Agency

Hikaru Yamada

President

Sprint Capital Japan Ltd.

Hiren Mehta

SVP & Head - Business Development (Green Chemicals)

Reliance Industries Limited

Hiroko Kondo

Representative

LLC Matrix-K

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Senior Analyst, Head of Gas Group

Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)

Hiroshi Kato

SVP, Global Marketing

INPEX Corporation

Hiroshi Nambo

Branch Representative – Japan

Global CCS Institute

Hiroyuki Mori

EVP Energy Business, Member of the Board

Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC)

Hitoshi Nishizawa

SVP, LNG Division

JERA Inc

Akiko Iimura

Executive Director

New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO)

Itsuka Ogawa

Senior Research Fellow

Renewable Energy Institute

Ivana Jemelkova

CEO

Hydrogen Council

Jane Liao

VP

CPC Taiwan

Jenny Solomon

VP Portfolio Governance & Analysis

Woodside Energy

Jens Orfelt

EVP & President, APAC (Offshore Development)

RWE

Jeong-Joon Yu

Vice Chairman, SK Group & CEO, SK On (Battery Manufacturing) & SK Americas

SK Group

John Davis

MD Asia Pacific

ACT Group

Jose Antonio Millan Ruano

President & CEO

Nozomi Energy

Kanna Mihara

Japan Country President

BHP

Katsumi (Ken) Kuroda

Senior Advisor

Cheniere Marketing Ltd

Katsumi (Ken) Kuroda

Senior Advisor

Cheniere Marketing Ltd.

Kelvin Wong

MD (Energy Renewables Infrastructure)

DBS

Kenji Kawabata

Group Manager, Technical Group, Sustainable Solutions Sales

JGC Corporation

Kenji Konno

Country Head Japan

ACME CleanTech Ventures (UK) Private Limited

Kenji Tateiwa

Founder & CEO

Agile Energy X, Inc.

Kentaro Ono

MD Japan

Eku Energy

Khairil Annuar B M Noor - Ts.

Senior Manager, International Operations (Group Security - PETRONAS HQ)

PETRONAS

Kohei Toyoda

Director General Energy Transformation Strategy

Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

Lachlan Clancy

Partner, Corporate

Herbert Smith Freehills GJBJ

Lachlan Clancy

Partner, Corporate

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Laurent David

General Delegate

GIIGNL – International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas importers 

Luis Gonzalez

Chief Data & AI Officer

Aboitiz Power Corporation

Mads Gade

CEO

INEOS Energy Europe

Magdalena Osumi

Analyst

Yuri Group / Japan NRG

Marisa Buchanan

SVP, Strategic Corporates & Partnerships - Gas & Low Carbon Energy

bp

Marnix Schrijner

Head of Power Market Analysis Southeast & East Asia

AFRY

Masahiro (Max) Takahashi

Director & Managing Executive Officer

Japan Marine Science Inc

Masahiro (Max) Takahashi

Director & Managing Executive Officer

Japan Marine Science Inc.

Masami Takenaka

Senior GM, Green Solution Project

Asahi Kasei Corporation

Masami Takenaka

Lead Executive Officer, Senior GM Green Solution Project

Asahi Kasei Corporation

Masanori Imai

Chairperson and Representative Director, Toda Corporation
Co-Representative of the Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (JCLP)

TODA CORPORATION

Masaru Tsuchiya

Partner

McKinsey & Co

Masayori Yoshino

Manager, Project Development

Osaka Gas

Mathieu Geze

Director Asia

HDF Energy

Meg O’Neill

CEO & MD

Woodside Energy

Mehdi Chennoufi

Head of LNG & Origination Asia

Vitol

Momoyo Yuki

Head of Research & Analysis, Overseas Carbon Neutral Business Dept. Overseas Business Division Ⅱ

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd

Momoyo Yuki

Head of Research & Analysis, Strategic Planning Dept., Overseas Business Division I

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.

Mona Bhagat

CTO & Co-founder

Elemental Energies

Mona Bhagat

CTO & Co-founder

Elemental Energies

Muammer Akturk

Manager, North Pacific Regional Business Development

ABS

Nelson Lage

President of the Board of Directors

ADENE - Portuguese Energy Agency

Nobuhiro Sugesawa

Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Energy Trading Company 

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Nobuo Tanaka

Executive Director Emeritus

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Nobuo Tanaka

Executive Director Emeritus

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Nora'in Md Salleh

CEO

PETRONAS CCS Solutions

Norshahida Baharudin

Manager, Capability & Embedment

PETRONAS

Patrick Pouyanné

Chairman & CEO

TotalEnergies

Paul Beddie

VP, Clobal Client Partner & Sustainability Head

Capgemini Japan K.K.

Phil Caldwell

CEO

Ceres Power

Phung Quoc Huy

Senior Researcher

Asia-Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC)

Pushp Kumar Nayar

Executive Director (HRD)

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

Rob Cooper

VP, Asia, Strategic Corporates & Partnerships – Gas & Low Carbon Energy

bp

Robert Sozanski

Head of Energy & Sustainability Japan

Colt Data Centre Services

Ryoko Aoyagi

Japan Country President

Schneider Electric

Sanjiv Lamba

CEO

Linde

Satoshi Kanamori

Senior Managing Corporate Officer, Responsible for Technical Unit, Supervising Liquified Gas Business, In charge of LNG

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Shery Ahn

Anchor

Bloomberg

Shigeki Kimura

MD, Japan Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy

BlackRock Japan

Shigeru (Sam) Muraki

President

Clean Fuel Ammonia Association

Shigeru (Sam) Muraki

President

Clean Fuel Ammonia Association

Shin Imai

Director-General for Engineering Affairs, Maritime Bureau

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism (MLIT)

Shinichi Sasayama

CEO, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, & President

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Shinya Naka

SVP, GM, Environmental Energy Group CEO Office

Mitsubishi Corporation

Stephanie Chiang

Senior Research Analyst, CCUS

Wood Mackenzie

Steve Hill

Board Member & EVP

Mercuria

Stian Sollied

Country Manager

DNV

Stone Zhang

MD

Amogy

Tadashi Hara

EVP

Diamond Gas International Pte. Ltd.

Taiwo Oyewole

Strategy Advisor, Low Carbon Solutions

Shell

Takeo Akamatsu

GM of Green Innovation Business Unit

Itochu Corporation

Tatsushi Amano

Managing Executive Officer, Global Head of Energy and Natural Resources Finance Group

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Tatsuya Terazawa

Chairman & CEO

Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)

Tetsuro (Ted) Toyoda

Consultant - LNG Trading

Toshiyuki Momma

Executive Director

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)

Varun Gujral

CEO Asia Pacific

ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS)

Varun Gujral

Country Head, Southeast Asia

ENGIE

Wael Sawan

CEO

Shell plc

Yoshifumi Murase

Commissioner, Agency for Natural Resources & Energy (ANRE)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Yoshinori Kanehana

Chairman of the board

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd

Yoshinori Momose

Senior Planning Officer for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), Office of International Carbon Market, Global Environment Bureau

Ministry of the Environment

Yosuke Adachi

Manager, Subsurface Evaluation Dept. Technical Division

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.

Yuichiro Fujiyama

SVP, ENEOS Corporation & CTO

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

Yukio Kani

Global CEO & Chair

JERA Co., Inc.

Yumiko Yao

Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of LNG Business Dept. Energy Trading Company, (Joint Role) President of TOKYO LNG TANKER CO., LTD

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd

Yumiko Yao

Executive Officer, Senior GM of LNG Business Dept. Energy Trading Company, (Joint Role) President of TOKYO LNG TANKER CO., LTD.

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Yuriy Humber

President

Yuri Group K.K.

Yuriy Humber

President, Founder of Japan NRG

K.K. Yuri Group

Yusuke Kojima

Power Business Executive Officer

PowerX, Inc

Yuya Hasegawa

Director for Energy Resources Development Division, Agency for Natural Resources & Energy (ANRE)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Yvette Manolas

Global Climate Consultant

Yvette Manolas Consulting Pty Ltd.

Zubin Bamji

Global Flaring & Methane Reduction (GFMR) Partnership, Energy & Extractives

World Bank

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Sector Profile

NATURAL GAS & LNG

Enhancing Natural Gas & LNG as Transitional Energy Sources

Enhancing Natural Gas & LNG as Transitional Energy Sources

LOW CARBON
SOLUTIONS

Promoting CCUS and Carbon Recycling

Promoting CCUS and Carbon Recycling

HYDROGEN &
AMMONIA

Scaling Hydrogen & Ammonia for Decarbonisation

Scaling Hydrogen & Ammonia for Decarbonisation

RENEWABLE
ENERGY

Accelerating Deployment of Renewable Energy

Accelerating Deployment of Renewable Energy

ENERGY
AI & DIGITALISATION

Advancing Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Energy
Conversion

Advancing Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Energy
Conversion

NUCLEAR ENERGY

An Evolving Industry Ripe for Rediscovery

An Evolving Industry Ripe for Rediscovery

PORTS &
SHIPPING

Steering Global Energy Transitions through Ports & Shipping

Steering Global Energy Transitions through Ports & Shipping

Sector Profile

NATURAL GAS & LNG

Enhancing Natural Gas & LNG as Transitional Energy Sources

Enhancing Natural Gas & LNG as Transitional Energy Sources

LOW CARBON
SOLUTIONS

Promoting CCUS and Carbon Recycling

Promoting CCUS and Carbon Recycling

HYDROGEN &
AMMONIA

Scaling Hydrogen & Ammonia for Decarbonisation

Scaling Hydrogen & Ammonia for Decarbonisation

RENEWABLE
ENERGY

Accelerating Deployment of Renewable Energy

Accelerating Deployment of Renewable Energy

ENERGY
AI & DIGITALISATION

Advancing Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Energy
Conversion

Advancing Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Energy
Conversion

NUCLEAR ENERGY

An Evolving Industry Ripe for Rediscovery

An Evolving Industry Ripe for Rediscovery

PORTS &
SHIPPING

Steering Global Energy Transitions through Ports & Shipping

Steering Global Energy Transitions through Ports & Shipping

PORTS &
SHIPPING

Steering Global Energy Transitions through Ports & Shipping

Steering Global Energy Transitions through Ports & Shipping

PORTS &
SHIPPING

Steering Global Energy Transitions through Ports & Shipping

Steering Global Energy Transitions through Ports & Shipping

Sector Profile

NATURAL GAS & LNG

Enhancing Natural Gas & LNG as Transitional Energy Sources

Enhancing Natural Gas & LNG as Transitional Energy Sources

LOW CARBON
SOLUTIONS

Promoting CCUS and Carbon Recycling

Promoting CCUS and Carbon Recycling

HYDROGEN &
AMMONIA

Scaling Hydrogen & Ammonia for Decarbonisation

Scaling Hydrogen & Ammonia for Decarbonisation