​17 OCTOBER 2024

 

19:00

Welcome reception

Speakers:

• Alex Hewitt, Co-Founder CWP Global and GH2 Board Member

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​DAY 1: FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER 2024

 

08:00

Registration

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09:00

Opening New Frontiers: The Mediterranean Forum on Hydrogen –
Infrastructure, Offtake, Finance, and Energy Security

Opening remarks by:

• Prof. Renato Brunetta, President, Venice Sustainability Foundation

Keynote:

• Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Italy

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09:30

 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION 

Bridging Continents: Green Hydrogen Projects Linking Europe
and the Middle East Across the Mediterranean

Speakers:

• Francesco La Camera, Director General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

• HE Mourad Bourahla, the Ambassador of Tunisia in Italy

• Piero Ercoli, Executive Director, Decarbonisation Unit, Snam

• Michael Hilmer, Vice President Gas Supply and Origination, Uniper

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10:15

 STRATEGIC DIALOGUE 

Latest Market Outlook for Hydrogen in the Mediterranean

Speakers:

• Martin Tengler, Head of Hydrogen Research, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF)

• Lord Adair Turner, Chair, Energy Transitions Commission

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10:40

Coffee break

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11:00

 STRATEGIC DIALOGUE 

Financing the Hydrogen Value Chain: Strategies and Solutions

Speakers:

• Timo Bollerhey, H2Global

• Alessandra Pasini, Co-founder & President, Zhero

• Andrew Johnstone, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Fund Managers

• Michelle Hallack, Senior Specialist, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank

• Ghada Darwish, Nominee Director - Africa FMO, Globeleq

• Cristian Carraretto, Head of Energy Transition CSD/SBI, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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11:50

 FIRESIDE CHAT 

Securing demand for Germany’s hydrogen strategy: the role of infrastructure

Speakers:​

• Ellen von Zitzewitz, Deputy Head Division WEW2, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Germany

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12:05

 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION 

Energy security in the Mediterranean: the role of hydrogen

Speakers:​

• Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, CEO, Hydrogen Europe

• Houda Ben Jannet Allal, OMEC

• Nikolaus Widmann, VP Strategic Projects, TES

• Dick Benschop, Chair of the Board, Mission Possible Partnership

• Alexander Struck, CEO, Bayernoil

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12:50

KEYNOTE SPEECH 

How finance industry supports the PtX hydrogen market across sectors — Insight glance of an eSAF project in Denmark and a green ammonia plant in Egypt

Speakers:

• Thomas Engelmann, Head of Energy Transition, KGAL GmbH & Co. KG

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13:10

Lunch

 

14:00

 COUNTRY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Algeria

Speakers:

• Youcef Abbou, Counsellor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of Algeria in Italy

• Giovanna Pozzi, Director Hydrogen Development Projects, Snam

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14:20

 COUNTRY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Tunisia

Speakers:

• HE Mourad Bourahla, Ambassador of Tunisia in Italy

• Alessandra Pasini, Co-founder & President, Zhero

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14:40

 COUNTRY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Egypt

Speakers:​

• Waleid Gamal El-Dien, Chairman, Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE)

• Ghada Darwish, Nominee Director - Africa FMO, Globeleq

• Fabio Nehme, Senior EVP, Global Head of Carbon and Head, EMEA, Green Hydrogen, ReNew

• Sumitananda Roy, Head International Project Development, ReNew

• Rania Abdelmohymen Mohamed Soliman, Senior Engineer at Economic Studies Department, Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC)

 

15:00

 FIRESIDE CHAT 

Hydrogen Marketplace for the Mediterranean – Time for a new aggregator?

Speakers:

• Thierry Lepercq, President, HyDeal España

• Matthias  Schimmel, Project Lead, Energy Cooperation with the Gulf Countries, Guidehouse Germany GmbH

• Thibault Villedieu-de-Torcy, Business Development Manager, Prisma Capacity

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15:15 

 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION 

The Offtaker perspective: Green Fertiliser

Speakers:

• Arun Sharma, Advisor to the Chairman, Adani Group

• Tarek Hosny, Head of Investments & Projects, Fertiglobe

• Sonja Butzengeiger, Managing Partner, Perspectives Climate Group

• John-Patrick Sweny, Partner, Latham & Watkins

 

16:00

Coffee break

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16:15

 FIRESIDE CHAT 

Will climate finance and the development banks fund renewables and green hydrogen projects in North Africa?

Speakers:​

• Leila Pourarkin, Partner, Kaya Partners

 

16:30

 STRATEGIC DIALOGUE 

SouthH2 Alliance: Strengthening Green Hydrogen Collaboration Across Germany, Italy, Austria, Algeria and Tunisia

Partner: BMWK, German Energy Agency

Speakers:

• Giovanna Pozzi, Director Hydrogen Development Projects, Snam

• Sarah Neumann, Policy Advisor for Energy and Hydrogen, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, and Energy

• Ellen von Zitzewitz, Deputy Head Division WEW2, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)

• Joerg Buck, CEO, German Chamber of Commerce in Italy

• Giuseppe Galata, Chairman of the Board, VNG Italia

• Dr. Thomas Jung, Division Manager, ABO Energy

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17:30​

 STRATEGIC DIALOGUE 

H2 in Venice for Regional Value Creation

Partner: Venice Sustainability Foundation

Speakers:

• Santo Romano, Director of Economic Policies, Human Capital and Community Planning Area, Region of Veneto

• Massimiliano De Martin, Counsellor for Urban Planning and Environment, City of Venice

• Fulvio Lino Di Blasio, President, North Adriatic Sea Port Authority - Ports of Venice and Chioggia

• Andrea Bos, President, Hydrogen Park scarl

• Gabriele Lucchesi, Hydrogen Director, Edison Next

• Michela Capoccia, Regulatory & Innovation Manager - Renewable Gases, SAPIO Produzione Idrogeno Ossigeno Srl

• Thierry Lepercq, President, HyDeal Ambition

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19:00

Reception

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21:00

Nightcap hosted by TES

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DAY 2: SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 2024

 

08:00

Breakfast session on women in green hydrogen

Networking session keynote speech:

• Ellen von Zitzewitz, Deputy Head Division VB1, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)

Introduced by:

• Caroline Biotteau, Policy Manager, Green Hydrogen Organisation

Remarks from:

• Liu Yajie, Chairman of Daxing International Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Zone (DaxingH2Zone)

• Ghada Darwish, Nominee Director - Africa FMO, Globeleq

 

08:45 

Towards Green Shipping Fuels
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) 

Recorded remarks from Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the IMO

 

Green Fuels for Green Shipping Call to Action

Brief discussion with:

• Sara Edmonson, Special Representative to chairman, Fortescue

 

09:05

 FIRESIDE CHAT 

HyGreen’s European Plans

Speakers:

• Benny Wang, CEO, HyGreen Energy Ltd.

 

09:20

 COUNTRY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Mauritania

Speakers:

• Lehbib Khroumbaly, Advisor in charge of Upstream Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Oil, Energy and Mines, Mauritania

• Dr. Dean Bialek, Chief Officer External Affairs & Govt Relations, CWP Global

• Mohamed Vall Telmidy, CEO, SNIM

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09:45

 FIRESIDE CHAT 

Trade for the energy transition and the Impact on Collaboration in the Global Hydrogen Economy

Speakers:

• Prof. Yu Gan, Co-chairman, DaxingH2Zone

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10:00

 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION 

Advancing Low-Carbon Hydrogen: Economic Pathways, Environmental Impacts, and Harmonized Standards for the Mediterranean 

Partner: ENI

Speakers:

• Sam Bartlett, Director for the GH2 Standard, Green Hydrogen Organisation

• Francesco Giunti, Head of Industrial Transformation Integrated Initiatives & Hydrogen, Eni

• Matthias Deutsch, Programme Lead Hydrogen, Agora Energiewende 

• Anton Mifsud-Bonnici, Europe Adviser to CEO, Adani Group

• Manuel Villavicencio, Director - Energy Market & Modeling, Deloitte

• Knut Vralstad, Head of Renewable Energy Analysis, Veyt

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10:45

 FIRESIDE CHAT 

Trends in hydrogen offtake agreements

Speakers:

• John-Patrick Sweny, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

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11:05

Coffee break

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11:15

 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION 

The Offtaker Perspective: Accelerating the scale up of near-zero and low-emission steel in the Mediterranean

Speakers:

• Mark Crandall, Founder & Chairman, CWP Global

• Sara Edmonson, Global Advocacy, Fortescue

• Matthias Deutsch, Programme Lead Hydrogen, Agora Energiewende 

• Laura Garcia Cancino, Senior Legal Researcher,  Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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12:00

 FIRESIDE CHAT 

The pathway to the first million tonnes of green hydrogen

Speakers:

• Arun Sharma, Advisor to the Chairman, Adani Group

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12:20

 STRATEGIC DIALOGUE 

Connecting Europe: Update on the European Network of Network Operators of Hydrogen (ENNOH)​

Speakers:

• Stefan Kaufmann, member of the German Bundestag and former Green Hydrogen Commissioner

• Raphael Hanoteaux, Senior Policy Advisor – Gas Politics E3G

• Abel Enriquez, Head of EU Affairs and Organisations, Enagás

• Mathias Koch, Project Manager German Hydrogen Policy, Agora Energiewende

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13:00

 FIRESIDE CHAT 

Hydrogen infrastructure across the Mediterranean

Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Mario Ragwitz, Director Fraunhofer IEG

• Paddy Padmanathan, Co-founder and Vice Chairman, Zhero

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13:20

 CLOSING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION 

Achieving Realistic Goals: What Can We Accomplish by 2030?

Speakers:

• Dick Benschop, Chair of the Board, Mission Possible Partnership

• Sharan Burrow, Interim GH2 Chair, Former General Secretary (International Trade Union Confederation)

• ​Alessandro Costa, Director General, Venice Sustainability Foundation

• Alex Hewitt, Co-Founder CWP Global and GH2 Board Member

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13:40

Lunch

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15:00

End

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