Agenda

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks | Forum Chair

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?

Climate Leaders Live

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

Speaker

• Senior Representative, Air Products

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

• Senior Representative, Baker Hughes
• Claire Lavelle, Board Member, Scottish Renewables
• Paul Browning, CEO Mitsubishi Power Americas and Chief Regional Officer EMEA
• Dr Fiona Simon, CEO, Australia Hydrogen Council

Climate Leaders Live:

The Big Picture: Hydrogen Opportunity  

Call to Action

• Senior Representative, Air Products

Call to Action

Kevin Kolevar, Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Dow

Climate Leaders Live:

How do we position hydrogen as a viable, sustainable investment opportunity?

Hybrid panel

How do we shape new financial and business models for new hydrogen economies?

• What support mechanism can support hydrogen conversion/use in industrial applications etc
• Different business models evaluate who bears the cost burden – and what funding/support is needed – and clarify who owns the ‘risk’
• How can principles like fairness be brought into policies and financial models that ensure communities can heat their homes

Speakers

• Filippo Gaddo, Director, Energy Investor Advisory Team, Arup
• Karen Turner, Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde
• Raphael Schoentgen, President, Hydrogen Europe

Climate Leaders Live

How can policy best support emerging hydrogen models?

• Kevin Kolevar, Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Dow

Partner Opening Remarks

Karen Boswell OBE, Managing Director, Baxi Heating

Climate Leaders Live

Preparations for hydrogen villages. What can other countries learn from this?

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
• Hydrogen villages and towns – bringing communities into decision-making

Speakers

• Dr Angela Needle, Director of Strategy, Cadent Gas
• Chris Goodall, Founder and author, Carbon Commentary

Climate Leaders Live:

Decarbonising heat – what are the options? How can policies best ensure consumers and the public have protection and fairness is built-in?

Speaker
Jeff House, Head of External Affairs, Baxi Heating in conversation with Mark Taylor, Deputy Director for Energy Innovation Science and Innovation for Climate and Energy, UK Government: BEIS

Closing Keynote

Senior Representative, UK Government