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