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STRATEGIC SUMMIT AT CGHJ2024

2024 STRATEGIC SUMMIT AGENDA

Day2

Day 2 Morning – Strategic Summit

08:00 - 09:00 (60 mins)

Registration & Coffee

09:00 - 09:10 (10 mins)

Conference Chair's Welcome Remarks

Rupert Burrows
Managing Partner of Tokyo office
Mayer Brown

09:10 - 09:30 (20 mins)

[Keynote] 2024 Japan Hydrogen Market - The Latest State and Future Development Trends

  • This presentation will provide us with a comprehensive understanding of Japan's current position in the hydrogen industry, along with key trends that are shaping its growth and evolution. The session may cover aspects such as market dynamics, emerging technologies, government initiatives, and potential opportunities for stakeholders in the hydrogen sector in Japan.

Ko SAKATA
Advisory Fellow
The Institute of Applied Energy
Former President
Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan (HESS)

09:30 - 09:50 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Connecting large-scale electrolyzers to power grids

Jerome Henry
Global Hydrogen Segment Manager
Hitachi Energy

09:50 - 10:40 (50 mins)

[Panel] Fuels of Future - Expanding the Use of Hydrogen and Ammonia in Heavy Industries

  • The current trends and drivers of hydrogen application in industrial processes

  • For industrial decarbanization, how do hydrogen help achieve the sustainability goals and reducing carbon emissions?

  • For those hard-to-abate sectors, such as heat, steel and chemical, is hydrogen the reliable solution?

  • What's needed to boost hydrogen demand in heavy industry sectors?

Moderator: 

Rupert Burrows
Managing Partner of Tokyo office
Mayer Brown

Panelist:

Ashwani Raina
Executive Director, Business Development - Global Green Hydrogen.
ACWA Power

Stone Zhang
Managing Director for Asia
Amogy

Flor Lucia De La Cruz
Principal Consultant, Power and Renewables
Wood Mackenzie

Hidetaka Endo
GX expert, Green Transformation Advisor/ Fellow
Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. / Bywill

10:40 - 11:00 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Building Alberta’s Hydrogen Value Chain through a Hub-Based Approach

Brent Lakeman
Director, Hydrogen Initiative
Edmonton Global

Morning Coffee & Networking Break 

11:30 - 12:20

(50 mins)

[Panel] Hydrogen Carriers Enhancing Storage and Transport Efficiency

  • Hydrogen Carriers, like Ammonia, Liquid Hydrogen and LOHCs, how do they enable hydrogen storage and transport?

  • Ammonia as an attractive solution, what are the benefits of using it vs other carriers?

  • Based on current research and development trends, how likely are cost reductions for these hydrogen carrier technologies in the near future?

Moderator:

Sara Bice
Professor, V-C's Futures Scheme Fellow, Founding Director
Institute for Infrastructure in Society, The Australian National University

Panelist:

Yoshimi Okada, Ph.D.
Fellow
Chiyoda Corporation

Connie Lo
Vice President
NexantECA

Dan Woznow
Senior Vice President – Business Diversification
Trigon Pacific Terminals

Teruma Naito
Partner
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Luncheon

Day 2 Afternoon – H2 Buyers Forum

In conjunction with the Connecting Green Hydrogen Japan 2024 Strategic Conference, H2 Buyers Forum (Japan + Korea) is a distinctive platform dedicated to bring together hydrogen buyers from various sectors in Japan and Korea. 

 

This Forum aims to facilitate a collaborative space for potential partners, fostering meaningful cooperation and advancing the establishment of a world-class, integrated hydrogen supply chain.​

14:00 - 14:40

(40mins)

[Workshop] Building Supply Chains for Hydrogen and Ammonia - Insights from Buyers and Offtakers' Visions

  • 14:00-14:20 [Keynote] Driving Global Hydrogen Connectivity: The Strategic Role of Japan Hydrogen Fund in Shaping the Future Hydrogen Supply Chain

Richard Folsom
Representative Partner
Advantage Partners, Inc.

  • ​​14:20-14:40 [Keynote] SMBC Group's Sustainability initiatives accelerating energy transition with Hydrogen

Tadahiro Kaneko
Chair of Finance Committee
Japan Hydrogen Association (JH2A)
Senior Assisstant to Unit Heads, Global Banking & Wholesale
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

14:40 - 15:40

(60mins)

[Workshop] Input by German Hydrogen Industry: Facilitating the International Hydrogen Market-Ramp Up

  • 14:40 - 15:00 [keynote] Market Insights: The Role of Hydrogen in the German Future Energy Systems​​

Nikolaus Boltze
Country Representative for Japan, Korea and Oceania
thyssenkrupp AG

  • 15:00 - 15:40 [Panel] From Partnership to Progress: Japanese-German Joint Ventures in the Hydrogen Economy

Moderator:

Dr. Aljoscha Frede
Senior Manager Corporate Ecosystem
H2UB GmbH

Panelist:

Dr. Gabriël Clemens
CEO, Green Gas
E.ON

Melanie Kleemann
Head of Global Engineering Hydrogen
RWE Generation SE

Dr. Namiko Murayama
Group manager of Energy Storage of Hydrogen Group
thyssenkrupp nucera Japan

15:40 - 16:40

(60mins)

[Workshop] Hydrogen Partnership: Optimizing the Hydrogen Supply Chain

  • 15:40-16:20 [Panel] Alberta's Hydrogen Vision: A Global Hub of Innovation and Partnerships

Moderator:

Greg Rozitis
Investment Attraction Advisor, Tokyo
Invest Alberta Corporation

Panelist:

Marion N. Chivot-Legris
Director, ESG and Sustainability Strategy
Edmonton International Airport

Dr. Hassan Dehghanpour
Professor
University of Alberta

Kaoru Usami
Representing Director
Kanata Clean

  • 16:20 - 16:40 [Keynote] The value chain between Africa and Japan / S Korea.

Sebastiaan Surie
Head of Green Hydrogen
Climate Fund Managers B.V.

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