Agenda

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks 

Big picture – are we any closer to meeting the 2050 net zero goals or further away? How can we make sure we’re not having the same conversation in five years time?

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Welcome Address

Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero – Energy and Transport, Scottish Government  

Opening Keynote

Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman, President and CEO, Air Products

Climate Leaders Live 

What are the steps needed to build a hydrogen economy? How quickly can a hydrogen economy be established?

Ivo Bols, President Europe and Africa, Air Products

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Hybrid Panel

How do we unlock carbon capture technology and hydrogen infrastructure to decarbonise industry and transport?

• It’s not technology/engineering limiting industrial application it’s the cost of conversion and a lack of hydrogen at scale
• Many industry sectors are in a globally competitive market – and unable to bear additional decarbonisation costs while maintaining competitive production costs with less regulated plants internationally

Speakers:

• Rod Christie, Executive Vice President, Baker Hughes
• Dr Emmanouil Kakaras, Executive VP NEXT Energy Business, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
• Stephen Matthews, EMEA Regional Hydrogen Lead, ERM
• Dr Fiona Simon, CEO, Australia Hydrogen Council
• Raphaël Schoentgen, CEO, Hydrogen Advisors 

Chair:

• Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Climate Leaders Live

The Big Picture: Hydrogen Opportunity  

Roman Kramarchuk, Head of Future Energy Analytics, S&P Global Platts

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair  

Minute Silence (Armistice Day)

Climate Leaders Spotlight

How can we ensure that green hydrogen can provide developing and transition economies with a zero-carbon energy carrier to support sustainable local industrial development? 

Stephan Sicars, Managing Director, Directorate of Environment and Energy UNIDO

Chair Closing Remarks:

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Call to Action

Andrew Jones, Director of Industrial Intermediates and Infrastructure business, Dow

Climate Leaders Spotlight

How will Portugal focus on green hydrogen production and longer–term export opportunities? 

João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action, Portugal 

Climate Leaders Spotlight

What global and sustainable investment opportunities are out there? 

Shiva Dustdar, Head of Division – Innovation Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank

Hybrid panel
What are the new policy and finance models for ‘hydrogen valleys’ / ‘hydrogen clusters’ / ‘hydrogen economies’?

• What support mechanisms are needed – so these become sustainable and self-sustaining?
• How are principles like fairness be brought into policy / regulation and financial models?
• How can European nations work together regarding energy demand / supply and collaborate with other nations to achieve net zero?

Speakers:

• Rosalinde van der Vlies, Director Clean Planet, European Commission
• Bart Biebuyck, Executive Director, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking – FCH JU
• Franz Lehner, Head of Division International Cooperation,
  National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW GmbH)
• Filippo Gaddo, Director, Energy Investor Advisory Team, Arup
• Daria Nochevnik, Director for Policy and Partnerships, Hydrogen Council

Chair:

• Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Climate Leaders Live

How can policy best support emerging hydrogen models?

Andrew Jones, Director of Industrial Intermediates and Infrastructure business, Dow

Climate Leaders Spotlight

David Bryson, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, Uniper

Chair Closing Remarks

 Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks 

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Partner Opening Remarks

How can we lead the transition to low carbon heating? 

Karen Boswell OBE, Managing Director, Baxi Heating

Climate Leaders Spotlight

Innovation to decarbonise

Mark Talyor, BEIS

Hybrid panel

Engaging the public regarding the need for change and outlining the ‘hassle-factor’ in any decarbonisation of heat in homes 

• How to market products in a non-yet hydrogen world?
• Cost is the fundamental concern of consumers – can we allay concerns?
• Hydrogen villages and towns – bringing communities into decision-making

Speakers:

• Dr Tony Ballance, Chief Strategy and Regulation Officer, Cadent Gas
• Faustine Delasalle, Director, Energy Transitions Commission 
• Federica Sabbati, General Secretary, European Heating Industry
• Chris Goodall, Independent energy expert and author, Carbon Commentary
• Marieke Abbink, Managing Director, New Energy Coalition

Climate Leaders Live 

How is the UK government progressing the strategic option of hydrogen for domestic heating? To what extent is it technically feasible to use hydrogen?

Jeff House, Head of External Affairs, Baxi Heating in conversation with Mark Taylor, Deputy Director for Energy, UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Call to Action

How will Scotland use hydrogen as part of the green mix to achieve net zero? 

Clare Lavelle, Director, Scottish Renewables 

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks 

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Virtual Panel

How are forward-looking nations leading the development of hydrogen economies? 

Speakers:

• Roxana Bekemohammadi, Executive Director, Western States Hydrogen Alliance (USA)
• Frank Wolak, CEO, FCHEA
• Maria Paz De La Cruz, CEO H2 Chile
• Ohira Eiji, Director General, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology Office – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Japan 
• Jean-Pierre Brisson, Partner, Latham & Watkins 

Chair:

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair

Chair Closing Remarks 

Maithreyi Seetharaman, Forum Chair