- 12th - 14th December 2023
- OCEC, Muscat, Oman
- In person
Countdown
(Dec 5 - 7, 2022)
Exhibition
Opening time
9:00 am
TIME
6:00 pm
(Dec 6, 2022)
TIME
Strategic
Technical
08:30 - 09:30
Registration and Networking
09:30 - 09:35
Introduction
Nima Abu Wardeh
Former BBC anchor
09:35 - 09:45
Welcome
Eng. Mazin Al Lamki
CEO - Energy Development Oman SAOC & Chairman of the Summit
09:45 - 10:15
Opening Keynote Speeches
H.E Eng.Salim Al Aufi
Minister of Energy and Minerals,
Sultanate of Oman
HAYASHI Nobumitsu
Governor,
Japan Bank for International
Cooperation (JBIC)
10:15 - 11:30
Event Presenter
Nima Abu Wardeh
Former BBC anchor
Session 1: Oman Green Hydrogen Economy and Strategy
Abdulaziz Al Shidhani
Director General of
Green Hydrogen and Renewable,
Minister of Energy and Minerals,
Sultanate of Oman
TOPIC: : Renewable energy policy and regulation/ Oman green hydrogen industry
Dr. Firas Al-Abduwani
Acting Managing Director,
Hydrom
Najla Al Jamali
Chief Executive Officer
OQ Alternative Energy
TOPIC: Oman energy transition enabler
Dr. Abdullah Al Abri
Energy & investment Consultant
IEA
Dr. Khalil Al Hanashi
Energy Renewal
HY-FLY
(National Hydrogen Alliance)
11:30 - 11:45
Coffee Break and Networking
11:45 - 12:45
Event Presenter
Nima Abu Wardeh
Former BBC anchor
Session 2: Global Hydrogen Review
Julie Shuttleworth
Global Growth,
Fortescue Future Industries
Jose BERMUDEZ MENENDEZ
Energy Technology Analyst,
IEA
Paul Bogers
Vice President - Hydrogen
Shell
Ahmed Hababou
Vice President of Green Hydrogen,
Air Products
12:45 - 13:45
Event Presenter
Nima Abu Wardeh
Former BBC anchor
Session 3: Executive Panel: Oman Global Player in the Hydrogen Space
Panelists:
H.E Eng. Salim Al Auf
Minister of Energy and Minerals, Sultanate of Oman
H.E. Dr. M.G. Michel Heijdra
Deputy Vice Minister for Climate and Energy at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Netherlands
Ellen von Zitzewitz
Deputy Director Bilateral Energy and Climate
Cooperation
German Federal Ministry
for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Steve Phimister
Managing Director; Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
13:45 - 14:45
Lunch Break
14:45 - 15:45
Session 4: Oman as a green hydrogen hub
Session Keynote Speaker:
Nico Van Dooren
Head of Business
Development,
Port of Rotterdam
Panelists:
Emile Hoogsteden
Chief Executive Officer,
SOHAR Port
Essam Al Sheibany
Vice President - Sustainability,
ASYAD
Ahmed Ali Salim Al-Nadabi
Acting Chief Regulatory Officer
Oman Electricity Transmission Company
Ahmed Ali Akaak
Acting CEO, Duqm Special Economic Zonev
Session 1: Green Hydrogen Production
Erika Niino-Esser
Business Developer and Technical
Specialist for Hydrogen and
Green Chemicals,
thyssenkrupp nucera
TOPIC: We shape the new era - green hydrogen production through large-scale water electrolysis
Devon Hyver
Director Sales and Market Development
Development EMEAI,
Plug Power
TOPIC: The pace of Gigawatt scaling: Global forecast for green hydrogen production
Jonathan Carpenter
Vice President,
New Energy Services,
Petrofac
TOPIC: Global Green Hydrogen Review & Experiences : Considerations for Deploying Green Hydrogen Production and Potential Export Routes
Jérémie Esquier
Power-to-X Market Director,
Technip Energies
TOPIC: Optimizing LCOH with Energy Architecture Design and
Intermittency Management System
15:45 - 16:00
Coffee Break and Networking
16:00 - 17:00
Session Moderator
Matthias Schimmel
Project Manager Energy
Cooperation with the
Gulf region,
Associate Director,
Guidehouse
Session 5: Panel Discussion: Oman Green Hydrogen Infrastructure
Panelists:
Tom Clarke
GM Commercial and New
Business Development Oman,
Oman Shell
Reggy Vermeulen
Chief Executive Officer,
Port of Duqm
Dr. Andrea Lovato
EVP - Global Head of Hydrogen
(Acting Head of Renewable
Development), ACWA Power
Khalil Al Balushi
Vice President Marine
Asyad Shipping
Javier Lopez Carvajal
Vice President of Clean Energy,
OQ Alternative Energy
Session 2: Green Hydrogen Technologies: : Research and Development
Giovanni Sarti
Strategic DTI Manager for Hydrogen
fueled Gas Turbines and Systems,
Baker Hughes
TOPIC: Global Green Hydrogen Review & Experiences : The Role of Turbo machinery in enabling the Hydrogen Economy
Dr. Juergen Meinhardt
Head of Department
Analytical Services ,
Fraunhofer (ISC)
Dr. Benedikt Schug
Head of Department
Materials Chemistry
Fraunhofer (ISC)
TOPIC: Technology developments for the improvement of production, storage and transport of green hydrogen and its derivatives
Dr. Ahmed Al Hatrooshi
Project Manager, Sur Hydrogen Cluster
Pre-feasibility Study. at HyFly PMO office,
PDO
Prof. Michael Modigell
Consultant / Advisor
TOPIC: Three step biosolar process for the production of Hydrogen
END OF DAY 1
(Dec 7, 2022)
TIME
Strategic
Technical
08:30 - 09:00
Registration and Networking
09:00 - 09:10
Recap of first day
Dr. Khalil Al Hanashi
Energy Renewal - Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
Recap of first day
Intisar Al-Busaidi
Ph.D in Petroleum Engineering
09:10 - 10:30
Session 6: Green Hydrogen value chain
Session Keynote Speaker:
Erik Solheim
Chaiirman of the green Hydrogen
Development Plan (GHDP),
Green Hydrogen Organisation
Panelists:
Elisa ASMELASH
Renewable Energy Technology
Analyst,
IEA
Cédric Roux
Green Hydrogen Technical Manager,
Total Energies
Ahmed Osman
Regional Business Development
Manager,
Equinor
Zahran Al Abri
ICV Development Manager,
Petroleum Development Oman
(PDO)
Session 3: Green Hydrogen Deployment (Usage)
Mr. Khalid Oumejjoud
Managing Director - PSM Thomassen Gul
TOPIC: Decarbonization of Industrial gas turbines by conversion for operation with Hydrogen
Mr. Martin Weng MD
Managing Director,
Aixprocess GmbH
TOPIC: Decarbonisation of Cement Production by Utilisation of Green Hydrogen
Mr. Farkas Patrik
Market Development Manager,
Wartsila
TOPIC: Unstuck - an unconventional transition in a conventional industry
Mariya Al Toubi
Researcher,
Sultan Qaboos Universit
TOPIC: Unstuck - an unconventional transition in a conventional industry
Matteo Trascinelli
Vice President – Global Business
Development Manager,
ABB Energy Industries
TOPIC: The Great GW Scale-up: Driving down costs and increasing value of low carbon hydrogen projects and operations
10:30 - 11:30
Session Moderator
Paul Wallacel
Team Leader for
Middle East Energy &
Commodities,
Bloomberg
Session 7: Panel Discussion: Green Hydrogen Value Chain
Werner Ponikwar
Chief Executive Officer,
thyssenkrupp nucera
Dr. Hans Dieter Hermes
Vice President Hydrogen,
Worley
Damien Eyriès
Vice President - Green Hydrogen
Value Chain Business Unit,
Technip Energies
Matteo Trascinelli
Vice President – Global Business
Development Manager, ABB Energy
Industries
Kamal Abi-Salloum
VP Hydrogen MENA,
BP
11:30 - 11:45
Coffee Break and Networking
11:45 - 13:00
Session 8: Investment and Partnership
Jeorge Gabelmann
Senior Director,
Linde Plc
Mansur Zhakupov
Vice President - Hydrogen; Total Energies
Felipe Arbelaez
SVP Hydrogen & CCS, BP
Sanaa HICHAMI
Senior regional investment advisor to Power Africa Program, Tony Blair Institute for Global change
Ghalib Al Maamari
Vice President-Low Carbon Molecules,
OQ
Session 4: Transportation and Storage
Dr. Peter Gless
Senior Business Development Manager,
Hydrogenious LOHC
Technologies GmbH
TOPIC: LOHC – An ideal solution for hydrogen export from Oman
Philippe Lavagna
Product Account Manager for
New Energies Terminals
SBM Offshore Group
TOPIC: Technology for green hydrogen cargo transfer in open sea
Mr. René Sejer Laursen
Director – Fuels & Technology,
Eagle ABS
TOPIC: Can Pre-combustion Carbon Capture Technologies Solve the Hydrogen Storage Issue for Deep Sea Shipping?
Nasser Al Rizeiqi
Director of Hydrogen Policies &
Strategies Department
Ministry of Energy and Minerals,
Sultanate of Oman
TOPIC: Hydrogen underground storage
Dr. Saif Al Ghafri
University of Western Australia;
Future Energy Exports Cooperative
Research Centre
TOPIC: Hydrogen Liquefaction: An overview of the Fundamental Physics, Engineering Practice, Economic Viability, and Future Opportunities
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break and Networking
14:00 - 15:00
Session Moderator
Dr. Yousuf Hamed Al Balushi
Chief Economist for the
Oman Vision 2040
Session 9: Panel Discussion: Green Hydrogen Investment
Tom Costa
Technical advisor , Hydrom
Nicolas BRAHY
Co-founder of FiveT Hydrogen General Counsel, ESG and Public Affairs Director of Hy24
Vikram Kapur
Chief Growth Officer,
ReNew Power
Alejandro Longueira
Senior Project Manager,
Roland Berger
Josh Carmichael
Vice President - Hydrogen,
Wood PLC
15:00 - 16:30
Session 10: Green Hydrogen Projects Finance and Bankability
Susana Moreira
Senior Gas Specialist Energy &
Extractives Global Practice
The World Bank
Dr. Kerry-Ann Adamson
Global Strategic
Advisor - Hydrogen
Worley
Daniel Rathwell
Head of UK Export Finance for Oman & Qatar
Thomas Van Lith
Vise President Middle East,
Africa and Turkey,
Deutsche Bank
Nikhil Agrawal
Vice President of Business
Development,
TAQA Group
Session 5: Certification and Regulation
Mr. Jochen Bard
Director of Energy Process
Technology Division
Fraunhofer Institute for Energy
Economics and Energy System
Technology (IEE)
TOPIC: System and Market analysis of the production pathways for green hydrogen and other PtX products – towards the implementation of certification schemes in Oman and the MENA region
Nahla Abid
Vice President, Sales & Strategy,
Middle East and Caspian Sea Region,
Bureau Veritas
TOPIC: The Need of Certification and Regulations for Hydrogen Market
Yasser Taqi
Partner,
Dentons
TOPIC: Green Hydrogen in Oman – The need for a regulatory road-map
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weiß
Vice President Hydrogen
PtX - Storage
TÜV SÜD
Maxime Saliez
Policy Advisor,
Federal Ministry of Energy,
Belgium
16:30 - 17:15
Session Moderator
Javier Doblas
Partner at Boston
Consulting Group (BCG)
Session 11: Panel Discussion: Green Hydrogen Finance and Bankability
Khalid Al Barwani
Deputy General Manager, Wholesale Banking
Bank Nizwa
Kenichiro Kitamura
Chief Representative for the
Middle East, Dubai Representative Office,
Japan Bank for Intl Cooperation (JBIC)
Oliver Phillips
Middle East & Africa Lead,
Sustainable Finance,
Standard Chartered Bank
Kishor Rajhansa
Chief Operations Officer
Global Carbon Council,
Gulf Carbon Council
Tonci Bakovic
Chief Energy Specialist ,
International Finance Corporation
(IFC)
17:15 - 17:45
Prayer Break / Coffee Break & Networking
17:45 - 19:15
Session 12: Spotlight on the Green Hydrogen Projects in Oman
Khalil Al Balushi
Vice President Marine
Asyad Shipping
Ahmed Salim Abdullah Al Rawas
OQ Alternative Energy
Assistant VP- GEO Project Lead
Low Carbon Molecules Department, OQ
Sule Erkoc
Senior lead project developer
at Marubeni
Hammad Masood
Director Business
Development-Green Hydrogen,
ACWA Power
Rajat Seksaria
Chief Executive Officer,
ACME Group
Basil Elzein
Integration Manager,
Oman Shell
Harssha Shetty
Chief Executive Officer,
Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel
Session 6: Green Hydrogen Technology: Production
Jean Carlos Leicht
Head of Business Development & Application Engineering - Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Hitachi Energy
TOPIC: LOHC – An ideal solution for hydrogen export from Oman
Bo Hartvigsen
Sr. Business Development Director, Power to X
Topsoe
Rafael Fejervary
New Energy Portfolio
Project Manager,
SLB
Kazuya Miyazaki
Director,
Yamanashi-Hydrogen
Company, Inc.
19:15 - 19:45
19:45 - 20:00
20:00 - 21:00
Closing Ceremony and Student Award
Abdullah Al Harthy
Executive Chairman & Founder,
Birba Energy Services (Organizer)
Eng. Mazin Al Lamki
Chief Executive Officer,
Energy Development Oman SAOC &
Chairman of the Summit
H.E Eng. Salim Al Auf
Minister of Energy and Minerals,
Sultanate of Oman
Student Award
Hamed Al-Naumani
Chief Executive Officer,
Oman LNG
Intisar Al-Busaidi
Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering Sultan Qaboos University
Gala Dinner and Networking
END OF DAY 2
Event Info
Date: 5th - 7th December 2022
Location: Muscat, Oman
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