Welcome Remarks
18 JAN 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM GST
Rebecca McLaughlin-Eastham
TV Anchor & Event Host
Opening Address: The Path to Net Zero. UAE’s Vision on Becoming a Global Hub in the Green Hydrogen Economy.
18 JAN 10:05 AM - 10:15 AM GST
H.E. Sharif Salim Alolama
Undersecretary for Energy & Petroleum Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates
High-level panel: The Promise and Potential of Hydrogen
18 JAN 10:15 AM - 10:55 AM GST
Rebecca McLaughlin-Eastham
TV Anchor & Event Host
Catherine Stewart
Ambassador for Climate Change, Canada
Gauri Singh
Deputy Director-General, IRENA
Nigel Topping
UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, COP26, United Kingdom
Hong-Thuy Paterson
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operation Officer, Green Climate Fund
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari
Chairman of Hopium & Former French Minister for Transport
Address: 2023: A Year for Hydrogen Acceleration
Kadri Simson
European Commissioner for Energy, European Commission
Panel: Making the Green Hydrogen Industry a Reality
18 JAN 10:55 AM - 11:35 AM GST
Nienke Homan
Chief Executive Officer, Impact Hydrogen
H.E. Yousif Al Ali
Assistant Undersecretary for Electricity, Water and Future Energy, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates
Mohammad Abdelqader El Ramahi
Executive Director of Green Hydrogen, Masdar
Felipe Arbelaez
SVP Hydrogen and Carbon Capture & Storage, bp
Nathalie Oosterlinck
Global Head, Offshore Wind Power Business, JERA
Gert-Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Managing Director, Port of Amsterdam International
Address: Why is building the green hydrogen economy important?
H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed AlMheiri
Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates
Ministerial Panel: The Role of Government: Creating a Green Hydrogen Ecosystem in the MENA Region.
18 JAN 11:35 AM - 12:15 PM GST
Cornelius Matthes
Chief Executive Officer, Dii Desert Energy
H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates
H.E. Parviz Shahbazov
Minister of Energy, The Republic of Azerbaijan
H.E. Neila Nouira Gongi
Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, The Republic of Tunisia
Dr. Eng. Ahmed Mohamed Mohina
First Undersecretary for Strategic Planning, Performance Follow-up and International Cooperation, Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt
Panel: Green Hydrogen Innovation Stocktake
18 JAN 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM GST
Sharon Becker
Director of Hydrogen Valleys, Impact Hydrogen
Dr. Steven Griffiths
Senior Vice President, Research and Development and Professor of Practice, Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling
Director Division Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Marco Alverà
Chief Executive Officer, TES Hydrogen for Life
Daniel Gross
Director, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund
Panel: Developing Hydrogen Value Chain Through Innovation
18 JAN 12:45 PM - 01:15 PM GST
Adnan Fazli
Partner, Deloitte
Manuel Kuehn
VP Sustainable Energy Systems, Siemens Energy
Dr Fatemeh Rezazadeh
Vice President, Hydrogen, Varo Energy
Rick Beuttel
Vice President, Hydrogen Business, Bloom Energy
Arne Ballantine
CEO and Co-Founder, Ohmium International
Lunch Break
18 JAN 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM GST
Panel: Financing the Hydrogen Economy Sustainably
18 JAN 02:15 PM - 02:55 PM GST
Yusuf Macun
Managing Partner, Cranmore Partners
Aida Sitdikova
Director Energy Eurasia, Middle East & Africa, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Atsushi Suzuki
Chief Executive Officer, Marubeni Middle East & Africa Power Limited
Florian Merz
Director – UAE Industries, Mubadala
Dr. Christian Storost
Head of Division ‘Funding Instruments and Hydrogen Initiatives’, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Wale Shonibare
Director, Energy Financial Solutions, Policy & Regulations, African Development Bank
Panel: Hydrogen and the Global South: Focus on Africa
18 JAN 02:55 PM - 03:35 PM GST
Bernd Heid
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Dr. Faye Al Hersh
Head of Business Development - UAE, Green Hydrogen, Masdar
Amr Allam
Chief Executive Officer, Hassan Allam Holding
Ahmed Mulla
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Infinity Power
Ahmed El-Hoshy
Chief Executive Officer, OCI & Fertiglobe, United Arab Emirates
Eng. Karim Badr
CEO of Infrastructure & Utilities Subfund, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt
Panel: Global Regulations and Mandates for Green Hydrogen
18 JAN 03:35 PM - 04:15 PM GST
Daria Nochevnik
Director for Policy and Partnerships, Hydrogen Council
Carlos Gasco Travesedo
Energy Policy Executive Director, the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE)
Kenneth Vareide
CEO Digital Solutions, DNV
Markus Exenberger
Executive Director, H2Global Stiftung
Tsuyoshi Nakai
Chief Executive Officer, Japan Cooperation Center for Petroleum and Sustainable Energy (JCCP)
Panel: Enabling the Hydrogen Economy. Cost-effective Ways of Hydrogen Production, Storage, Transportation, and Distribution.
18 JAN 04:15 PM - 04:55 PM GST
Frank Wouters
Senior Vice President, Reliance Industries Limited
Hamead Ahrary
Head of Hydrogen, Verbund
Dr. Andreas Lehmann
Chief Strategy Officer, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies
Olivier Dhez
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Hydrogen Refueling Solutions
Hanan Balalaa
Senior Vice President, New Energies and Hydrogen, ADNOC
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Prof. Nigel Brandon
OBE FREng FRS, Dean of Engineering, Imperial College London