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Hydrogen Conference 2023

20 September 2023

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM BST

Hilton London Tower Bridge | London, UK

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Navigating the paths to Hydrogen Deployment

 

Gold Sponsor:

Bloom Energy

The Hydrogen Conference is free to attend for active paying  Wood Mackenzie clients and subscribers. Contact events@woodmac.com with your details to obtain a guest pass.

Join us on 20 September at the Hilton London Tower Bridge for the second edition of Wood Mackenzie’s Hydrogen Conference. This is your opportunity to meet hydrogen industry leaders, gain insight into project developments and forge new partnerships. You can engage in powerful conversation with Wood Mackenzie’s hydrogen research analysts as well as industry thought leaders to explore the key drivers and challenges of deploying low-carbon hydrogen.

If you are not a Wood Mackenzie Client or Subscriber,  tickets are available at £495 per person (and are subject to UK VAT)

A ticket to attend includes:

  • Exclusive and inspiring insights from the Wood Mackenzie team of subject matter experts and industry leaders
  • Peer to peer networking opportunities where you can make essential connections and have crucial conversations
  • Access to the event app: Prepare for the event and gain the most from the programme and venue on the day
  • Refreshments and lunch
  • Re-cap on the essential information with speaker presentation downloads (where permission has been given) post-conference
  • The conference is taking place at the Hilton London Tower Bridge. View directions

2023 Conference Themes:

  • Building a global low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia market this decade and beyond
  • Delivering low-carbon hydrogen projects: costs, financing, bankability, and risks
  • The existing ammonia market and the challenges to decarbonisation
  • The importance of policy mandates and incentives in shaping the low-carbon hydrogen landscape
  • Scaling green hydrogen: navigating the rules, costs and applications
  • CCUS and blue hydrogen – can one succeed without the other?

Are you interested in speaking at the Hydrogen Conference?

For further details, please contact Sean Manson, Content Manager on sean.manson@woodmac.com

 

Would your organisation like to sponsor this conference?

To discuss Commercial Partnership opportunities, please contact, Vanessa McKinney – Global Sales Director on Vanessa.McKinney@Woodmac.com or call + 44 7408 962 988

Commercial partnership opportunities include; Thought Leadership, Brand Awareness, Exhibiting, and Hospitality.

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Explore the key drivers and challenges of deploying low-carbon hydrogen.

Also Taking Place

Why not join us at the EMEA Energy & Natural Resources Summit too? 

Investing for success in a low-carbon future. Taking place in London on September 21, the Energy & Natural Resources Summit brings together Wood Mackenzie analysts and industry leaders to explore how governments, corporations, and investors can successfully navigate the path ahead.

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This year's speakers include:

Meet and hear from leading experts, helping you make smarter business decisions and develop your long-term strategy. Discover insightful case studies and learn from businesses leaders about current challenges and their solutions, presented by Wood Mackenzie research and guest speakers.

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Registration

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Group discounts are available

Special rates for bookings of two or more people from one company are available. Contact our Marketing Manager, Laurence Allen on events@woodmac.com with your details and the number of people you are looking to send.

Agenda

8:00 AM

WET

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration and refreshments

9:00 AM

WET

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

Welcome and introduction

Raj Lal

Director, Sales – Europe

Wood Mackenzie

Murray Douglas

Head of Hydrogen Research

Wood Mackenzie

9:10 AM

WET

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

Wood Mackenzie Insight: Exploring the long-term outlook for hydrogen and ammonia

Murray Douglas

Head of Hydrogen Research

Wood Mackenzie

9:30 AM

WET

9:30 AM - 10:20 AM

Panel: Hydrogen’s role in solving the energy trilemma

Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair, Americas

Wood Mackenzie

Carlos Barrasa

EVP of Commercial and Clean Energies

CEPSA

Sébastien Paillat

Head of Investments

Hy24

Andy Lane

VP Hydrogen UK

bp

10:20 AM

WET

10:20 AM - 11:00 AM

Networking coffee break

11:00 AM

WET

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Wood Mackenzie Insight: Decoding hydrogen assets: financial viability and key economic factors

Hector Arreola

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen & Derivatives

Wood Mackenzie

11:20 AM

WET

11:20 AM - 12:10 PM

Panel: Getting to FID: incentivising project development and investment

Melany Vargas

Vice President, Head of Hydrogen Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Will Lochhead

Deputy Director, Head of Hydrogen Production and Storage Business Models

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Matias Saettone

General Manager Hydrogen Products

Chevron New Energies

Sebastien Bruna

VP Hydrogen

TotalEnergies

Rajesh Kedia

Director, Banking and Investments

UK Infrastructure Bank

12:10 PM

WET

12:10 PM - 1:40 PM

Networking lunch

1:40 PM

WET

1:40 PM - 2:10 PM

Panel: Consideration of low-carbon ammonia into conventional use market

Claude Mourey

Director, Hydrogen and New Energies, EMEA

Wood Mackenzie

Laura Cross

Director of Market Intelligence

IFA - International Fertilizer Association

Akshay Bhardwaj

Head of Commercial BD, Global Ammonia

OCI Global

2:10 PM

WET

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM

Wood Mackenzie Insight: Beyond electricity – is Hydrogen the key

Jonathan Sultoon

Head of Markets & Transitions, Energy Transition Practice

Wood Mackenzie

Daniel Carvalho

Global Research Director, Metals and Mining Processing

Wood Mackenzie

2:25 PM

WET

2:25 PM - 3:15 PM

Panel: Delivery and scaling challenges for electrolytic hydrogen

Bridget van Dorsten

Senior Research Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies

Wood Mackenzie

Mona Bhagat

Director Energy Transition - Hydrogen CCUS Ammonia

KBR Consulting International

Marita Nilsson

Technology Lead Electrolyzer Systems

H2 Green Steel

Ines Kraft

Director Project Procurement

Sunfire

Rick Beuttel

Vice President, Hydrogen Business

Bloom Energy

3:15 PM

WET

3:15 PM - 3:55 PM

Networking coffee break

3:55 PM

WET

3:55 PM - 4:45 PM

Panel: Establishing major hydrogen trade flows

Flor de la Cruz

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen & Emerging Technologies

Wood Mackenzie

Aminta Hall

Team Lead Hydrogen, Project Commercialisation and Partnering

Uniper

André Pina

Associate Director, Hydrogen Strategy & Origination

EDP Renewables

Gilles Decan

Policy & Project Manager Hydrogen

Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Tatsuya Yamamoto

Head of Industrial Infrastructure, London branch

Mitsubishi Corporation

4:45 PM

WET

4:45 PM - 5:25 PM

Panel: CCUS and delivering blue hydrogen at scale

Mhairidh Evans

Head of CCUS Research

Wood Mackenzie

Joe Seifert

CEO

Vertex Hydrogen

David Burns

Vice President Clean Energy

Linde

George Tilley

Hydrogen Opportunity Manager

Storegga

5:25 PM

WET

5:25 PM - 5:30 PM

Closing remarks and close of Hydrogen Conference 2023

Murray Douglas

Head of Hydrogen Research

Wood Mackenzie

Raj Lal

Director, Sales – Europe

Wood Mackenzie

Speakers

Are you interested in speaking at the Hydrogen Conference?

If you would like to give a presentation at this event, please send a proposed title and three or four bullet points about the topic to Sean Manson, Content Manager on sean.manson@woodmac.com

Sponsors

Gold Sponsor

Bloom Energy provide customer solutions for AlwaysOn electricity. The company’s leading solid oxide platform for distributed generation of electricity and hydrogen is changing the future of energy. Fortune 100 companies around the world turn to Bloom Energy as a trusted partner to deliver lower-carbon energy today and a net-zero future.

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Commercial Partnerships with the Hydrogen Conference 2023

As a commercial partner, your company will be mixing with the industry decision-makers, procurement, influencers, seeking investment, partnerships, and the latest business enhancing-technologies.

      • Demonstrate thought leadership

The Conference is a key channel for high-profit business transactions. Position your brand in front of international delegates and explore new business opportunities.

      • Launch your products & showcase innovation 

The conference will be a great opportunity to connect with the entire value chain while gaining exclusive insights from our team of subject matter experts and leaders in the industry.

      • Host one of our networking functions

Connect your company with the industry's most important stakeholders, enabling you to forge new partnerships and demonstrate your business strength, innovation, and expertise

      • Online presence

Wood Mackenzie event sponsorships provide a comprehensive digital marketing strategy to reach a wider audience beyond the physical event. Your company will receive dedicated exposure on our event website, social media platforms, email marketing campaigns, ensuring maximum visibility and engagement among our online community.

To discuss Commercial Partnership opportunities, please contact, Vanessa McKinney – Global Sales Director on Vanessa.McKinney@Woodmac.com or call + 44 7408 962 988

Commercial partnership opportunities include; Thought Leadership, Brand Awareness, Exhibiting, and Hospitality.

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Why attend the Hydrogen conference?

Meet the key leaders in the Hydrogen industry, gain insight into project developments, forge new partnerships and be part of the candid conversation that is not reported in papers or research.

Connect with the most important stakeholders. Take the opportunity to network with 200+ like-minded industry professionals and Wood Mackenzie experts from across the Hydrogen value chain to exchange ideas and form new business relationships.

Stay up-to-date on the latest developments with the critical trends, technologies and challenges associated with deploying low-carbon hydrogen.

 

Would your organisation like to sponsor this conference?

To discuss Commercial Partnership opportunities, please contact, Vanessa McKinney – Global Sales Director on Vanessa.McKinney@Woodmac.com or call + 44 7408 962 988

Commercial partnership opportunities include; Thought Leadership, Brand Awareness, Exhibiting, and Hospitality.

Request Sponsorship Brochure

 

Explore the key drivers and challenges of deploying low-carbon hydrogen.

David Burns

Vice President Clean Energy

Linde

Dr. David Burns is Vice President of Clean Energy at Linde. Prior to this, Dr. Burns served as Vice President for Hydrogen and Syngas Global Business Development. Dr. Burns joined Linde (formerly Praxair) in 2005 and, since then, has made significant contributions to the development of new business in the hydrogen and energy industries globally. Prior to Linde, Dr. Burns worked at Dow Chemical, where he held several business management roles. Dr. Burns has a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Leeds in the UK and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Hector Arreola

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen & Derivatives

Wood Mackenzie

Hector is a hydrogen-focused senior research analyst within Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Transition Practice. Hector is responsible for building asset valuation models, interpreting policies, developing long-term demand and supply outlooks, and conducting price analyses to enable the adoption of low-carbon technologies across different sectors and markets.​ Before his current role, Hector participated in and led numerous consulting projects across the energy spectrum with an extensive focus on Energy Transition and decarbonization strategies and initiatives. ​ His project experience includes commercial due diligence for hydrogen production and infrastructure, energy transition scenarios and risk analysis, market studies and competitiveness analysis under different energy transition scenarios, and facilitating corporate strategies related to carbon emissions.​ Hector holds an MS in Energy Finance and Economics from The University of Texas at Austin and obtained his BS as Chemical Engineer from Tec de Monterrey (ITESM). He is based in Wood Mackenzie's Houston office and is fluent in both Spanish and English.

Aminta Hall

Team Lead Hydrogen, Project Commercialisation and Partnering

Uniper

Aminta has dual business and legal expertise gained in the oil and gas industry for over 25 years. She is the Head of Partnering of the Hydrogen business of Uniper. Before joining Uniper in 2020, Aminta worked in France and in the UK for TOTAL Energies. During her career, she has dealt with complex international asset and commodity transactions. Aminta currently develops strategic business partnerships and promotes value driven hydrogen business models for Uniper.

Mhairidh Evans

Head of CCUS Research

Wood Mackenzie

Mhairidh leads our global research on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). Her team provide insight and strategic analysis on the CCUS landscape to project developers, technology providers, investors and governments. Her work includes cost assessments, economic modelling, market and policy tracking. Mhairidh previously spent seven years as a lead analyst in our upstream oil and gas division, focusing on the offshore supply chain and the North Sea region. Before joining Wood Mackenzie in 2014, she spent six years in commercial and project management roles in the subsea oil and gas sector. Mhairidh is an alumni of Scotland’s Future Industry Leaders Programme and enjoys engaging with the wider industry.

Melany Vargas

Vice President, Head of Hydrogen Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Melany leads the Global Hydrogen Consulting Practice at Wood Mackenzie. She has supported a number of established energy companies and new developers as they grow their footprint in or enter low-carbon H2 markets, including developing market entry strategies, screening for regions and opportunities, developing analysis and reports for policy and regulatory advocacy, and performing commercial due diligence and capital raise efforts across the hydrogen value chain. She has also supported the development of Wood Mackenzie’s proprietary hydrogen modelling capabilities across low-carbon hydrogen supply, demand and technoeconomic analysis. Melany has extensive experience solving strategic problems for clients across the energy value chain, including oilfield service companies, E&Ps, IOCs, gas and NGL infrastructure and logistics, chemicals, utilities and mining. Since 2015, she has focused her career on applying her deep expertise in fossil fuel value chains to solving Energy Transition issues, and supporting clients as they evaluate the technologies needed to achieve decarbonization targets. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Melany worked in Accenture’s Energy Strategy practice in Houston. In 2016, she was selected to serve as the project manager and lead author for the World Energy Council’s World Energy Scenarios 2060 (published in 2016), a process that involved engagement with senior executives and policy stakeholders across all regions and parts of the energy value chain and evaluated a broad spectrum of potentially disruptive technologies. She is also currently working on a hydrogen study for the DOE on behalf of the National Petroleum Council, leading the Task Group on Integrative Economics and partnering with MIT on the modelling efforts required for all chapters of the study. Melany holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs with a speciality in Energy Management and Policy. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Maryland.

Laura Cross

Director of Market Intelligence

IFA - International Fertilizer Association

Laura Cross is Director of Market Intelligence at IFA, and oversees the activities of the Market Intelligence Service, which provides authoritative information on supply, demand and trade of fertilizers and fertilizer raw materials, and monitors developments impacting the outlook for fertilizer markets. This work is regularly used to set the scene for high-level discussions on fertilizers and food security. IFA is the only global fertilizer association, representing more than 400 members from across the fertilizer value chain – from producers, traders and distributors through to service providers, research organisations and NGOs. IFA’s mission is to help feed the world sustainably. Laura joined IFA in March 2021, and previously spent 10 years analyzing and forecasting fertilizer markets at CRU Group and Integer Research. Laura has a BSc in Physical Geography from King’s College London, UK and is a recent graduate of the Women’s Leadership Development Programme at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School.

Sébastien Paillat

Head of Investments

Hy24

Sébastien Paillat has 20 years of experience in M&A, investment, venture capital, asset management and project finance, with approx. 50 transactions led and closed. Before joining FiveT Hydrogen and Hy24, he spent 11 years at Air Liquide group. First as an M&A senior manager for the Group, executing and closing approx. 30 small to midcap transactions worldwide, within the industrial gas world, with a focus on innovative fields (biogas, hydrogen, technologies, advanced electronic materials). Then he was in charge of investments and asset management in the hydrogen field, for Air Liquide hydrogen energy world business line and ALIAD venture capital arm. He had board seat representations in three companies, as well as an operational deputy general management role in one hydrogen asset company, in charge of financing, fundraising and M&A. Previously he spent 8 years in Investment Banking for Lazard, UBS and Barclays, advising for mid to large-cap transactions - M&A, leveraged finance and ECM. He was mainly involved in the following sectors: Global Industries, Utilities & Infrastructure, Telecoms, and Financial Sponsors. He started his career with a focus on project finance and acquisition finance in telecom infrastructures. Sébastien Paillat is one of the Co-Founders of FiveT Hydrogen, and Managing Director – Head of Investments at Hy24, a joint venture between FiveT Hydrogen and Ardian, which is today the world’s largest investment manager dedicated to investing in the entire value chain of clean hydrogen, from upstream to downstream applications, thus ambitioning to scale up the clean hydrogen economy. Hy24 manages the firstof-its-kind Fund: ‘The Clean H2 Infra Fund’ which is today up and running with €2 billion of allocations.

André Pina

Associate Director, Hydrogen Strategy & Origination

EDP Renewables

André is currently the Associated Director for H2 strategy and origination at EDP, supporting the definition of key markets, geographies and opportunities. Previously he was at the Energy Planning Department of EDP, focusing on assessing the implications on EDP’s business of the long-term evolution of energy systems, energy policies and innovative technologies such as new storage systems and hydrogen. He has a M.Sc. in Physics Engineering and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy Systems from Instituto Superior Técnico, within the MIT Portugal Program.

Will Lochhead

Deputy Director, Head of Hydrogen Production and Storage Business Models

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Will is a Deputy Director within the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Hydrogen and Industrial Carbon Capture Directorate. He has led, for the last three years, a team designing and implementing the Hydrogen Production Business Model, the Hydrogen Storage Business Model and is also responsible for business models to bring forward industrial carbon capture and waste CCUS projects. His team leads the design and negotiations for allocating business model contracts to projects. Will previously led CCUS Policy (2015-20) within Government and before that the regulatory structure of the Capacity Market. Will has also held roles in Defra and the Cabinet Office.

Jonathan Sultoon

Head of Markets & Transitions, Energy Transition Practice

Wood Mackenzie

Jonathan has over 20 years of experience leading analysis for global energy markets, including power, coal, gas, LNG, renewables, hydrogen and CCUS. He joined Wood Mackenzie in 2006 and leads a team of analysts designing research for the energy transition. The team extends across all segments, all markets and all fuels and technologies.

Claude Mourey

Director, Hydrogen and New Energies, EMEA

Wood Mackenzie

Claude is the Director of Wood Mackenzie’s Hydrogen and New Energies practice for EMEA; she is based in Dubai. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Claude worked at Total, Schlumberger and Maersk where she worked in strategic investments in the hydrogen and CCUS sectors. She spent 20 years working in the Middle East, Africa and Asia for energy companies both as an operator and as a consultant. Claude has a deep understanding of energy transition challenges. She advises energy companies, resource holders and financial institutions in developing strategies and capital projects involving hydrogen and ammonia to decarbonise energy value chains.

Andy Lane

VP Hydrogen UK

bp

Andy Lane joined BP in 1986 and has worked in a variety of technical and commercial roles in the Exploration and Production, Gas and Power and the Trading parts of the company in the UK North Sea, Alaska and Australia. Since returning to the UK Andy has been responsible for business development across all bp’s Upstream gas businesses. Andy currently leads BP’s Hydrogen and CCS development work on the UK aiming to create the first CCS and Hydrogen enabled industrial cluster in the UK.

Akshay Bhardwaj

Head of Commercial BD, Global Ammonia

OCI Global

Akshay Bhardwaj currently heads the Commercial Business Development function for Global Ammonia at OCI Global. His responsibility includes commercialization of ~ 2.3 million tonne per annum sustainable ammonia portfolio globally – blue, green and bio-ammonia. Before OCI Global, Akshay led the Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia BU for ACME Group (one of India’s largest RE IPPs). He was responsible for project development & commercializing ~ 1.2 MTPA green ammonia project at Port of Duqm, Oman with total offtake contract value > USD 8 billion. Similarly, he commercialized world’s first integrated green hydrogen & green ammonia project in India, producing - 1 TPD green hydrogen & 5 TPD green ammonia. Previously, Akshay was working as Director, FTI Consulting, wherein he led energy sector consulting assignments for the APAC region and worked closely with global hydrogen advocacy groups within Asia (excl. Australia). He successfully delivered multiple hydrogen consulting projects across APAC, EU & North Africa market and was part of projects involving strategic market reviews for energy majors and Fortune 500 clients. Before joining FTI, Akshay was part of the Strategy Consulting Insights (SCI) team at Shell (part of Group Strategy Consultancy & Portfolio team which directly reports to the Shell CEO) and successfully delivered consulting (strategy, transactions, policy & advocacy) projects for Shell business’ globally. Akshay has been nominated as a member of the Indian govt. led Hydrogen Mission committee, US-India Gas Task Force, a G2G initiative between Govt. of India & USA, to promote gas economy in India and Hydrogen Task Force.

Raj Lal

Director, Sales – Europe

Wood Mackenzie

Raj is Sales Director, Account Management for Europe. For almost two decades, he's supported clients across the energy and natural resources sectors with business-critical solutions for their strategic and operational challenges. Raj has spent the last three years leading a highly successful European account management team, providing high-value solutions to clients across almost every sector in the value chain. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Raj had commercial roles managing regional and strategic accounts for eight years at energy and commodities news & price provider Platts (now S&PGCI).

Carlos Barrasa

EVP of Commercial and Clean Energies

CEPSA

Carlos Barrasa has joined the Cepsa team this year as Executive Vice President of Commercial & Clean Energies, becoming part of the Management Committee. Carlos has extensive experience in the energy sector and vast international experience so will add great value to the company. Previously, he held the position of Executive President of BP in Spain for many years and Vice President of Integrated Solutions at a global level (a business dedicated to promoting the decarbonization of cities and large companies). In addition, he has widespread experience in leading the transformation and growth of businesses in the downstream area and leading global teams.

Rick Beuttel

Vice President, Hydrogen Business

Bloom Energy

Rick Beuttel is vice president of Bloom Energy’s hydrogen business. In this role, he spearheads the company’s market strategy, serves as an evangelist for emerging hydrogen solutions, and develops relationships with industry leaders to continue momentum around Bloom’s hydrogen technology. Beuttel brings over three decades of experience in business development in the energy and industrial sectors, including extensive work deploying and scaling hydrogen projects across international markets. Before joining Bloom Energy, Beuttel served as vice president of business development at Air Products, overseeing the development and execution of large-scale energy projects, largely focused on hydrogen throughout the Americas. In this role, he was responsible for the deployment of over $8 billion of capital, including world-scale hydrogen/renewable fuels/ammonia projects in Paramount, California, Eastern Louisiana, Edmonton, Alberta, the acquisition of hydrogen plants from PBF Energy, and many other projects centered around hydrogen and synthesis gas production. Beuttel also held a number of senior roles across regions during his tenure at Air Products, including business manager for generated gases in the Americas, business development manager for Latin America, and business manager for Asia tonnage focused on the semiconductor and display industries. Beuttel holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Lehigh University and is also chairman of the board of the Lehigh Valley Velodrome.

George Tilley

Hydrogen Opportunity Manager

Storegga

George Tilley of Storegga is the Hydrogen Opportunity Manager responsible for the non-technical scope of the Acorn Hydrogen Project. George has a 35 year background in oil and gas commercial roles at all stages of the value chain from wellhead to burner tip. As a former BG commercial manager, he has worked in South America, India, Kazakhstan and East Africa on oil and gas ventures at various stages of the development cycle. Since leaving BG he has consulted for multiple clients, his last assignment being Commercial Manager for a junior E&P company development in West Africa before joining Storegga in late 2022. George is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and has an MBA with Distinction from Imperial College. He is a keen yachtsman and hiker, and the less said about his golf, the better.

Sebastien Bruna

VP Hydrogen

TotalEnergies

Sébastien Bruna leads the Hydrogen activities in the Refining & Chemicals Branch for TotalEnergies since 2021. In this function, several Clean H2 projects have come to fruition such as the BioH2 supply for the Grandpuits Bio-refinery and the Green H2 supply deals to the Normandy platform in France and the Leuna refinery in Germany, amongst others. Sebastien joined TotalEnergies in 1999 and since then has held various positions across TotalEnergies in different fields such as Refining Operations in France, UK & Germany and leading positions in Strategy, M&A and Business Development of large international projects. Sebastien Bruna is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique in France and holds a Master of Science degree in Oil Refining, Engineering and Gas from the Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP) School.

Murray Douglas

Head of Hydrogen Research

Wood Mackenzie

Murray is responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s Global coverage across the hydrogen value chain. Murray brings more than 17 years of experience working in a variety of roles across the energy industry. Prior to his current role, Murray led Gas and LNG Research for the EMEA region at Wood Mackenzie. In this role, he was regularly sought out to speak at industry-leading events for his expertise in European gas markets. Murray has also held positions leading Wood Mackenzie’s Global Supply and Modelling Research team and the Energy Markets Research team. These teams were responsible for developing the company’s long-term oil and gas supply outlooks, and global inter-fuel analysis. Prior to joining the Energy Markets team, Murray spent over five years covering the LNG industry, where he relocated to Houston to establish Wood Mackenzie’s LNG practice in North America. Across his roles at Wood Mackenzie, Murray has provided expertise to a variety of consultancy projects advising on corporate strategy, resource monetisation, market fundamentals, project financing, asset valuations, opportunity screening and competitor intelligence.

Bridget van Dorsten

Senior Research Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies

Wood Mackenzie

As a hydrogen-focused senior research analyst within Wood Mackenzie's Energy Transition Practice, Bridget leads the production, transportation and storage cost modelling for hydrogen research and plays a key role in global supply and demand forecasting. They have expertise in complex, top-down Excel models specific to green hydrogen technologies as well as development of bottom-up market forecasts for emerging hydrogen technologies. Prior to this role, Bridget consulted at Power Advocate specializing in hydrogen asset modelling, strategic sourcing and category management for energy utilities in North America. Their additional client experience has involved market research to determine savings potential, along with RFP sourcing, negotiation and execution, all within the energy industry. Before PowerAdvocate, Bridget worked within the H2Europe division of AirLiquide in Grenoble, France, overseeing optimization of H2 refueling processes. Bridget graduated from Brown University with an A.B.E.T. accredited B.S. in Environmental Engineering, pursuing the Renewable Energy track. Throughout their college education, Bridget worked on several initiatives with FirstElement Fuel, the largest H2 refueling station retail business in the US.

Gilles Decan

Policy & Project Manager Hydrogen

Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Gilles Decan is Policy & Project Manager Hydrogen at Port of Antwerp-Bruges and has worked his entire career in the synthetic renewable fuels sector. Before joining the Sustainable Transition team at the Port Authority, he focused on the implementation and optimalisation of e-fuels in maritime engines as a doctoral and post-doctoral fellow. By switching to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, he remained active on hydrogen related matters, but shifted from a research-oriented approach to a more industrial point of view. Currently, from a port authority perspective, he helps realising the hydrogen transition and the positioning of Port of Antwerp-Bruges as a hydrogen hub, by focusing on market development and incentivisation, hydrogen production & export/import flows and regulatory aspects.

Mona Bhagat

Director Energy Transition - Hydrogen CCUS Ammonia

KBR Consulting International

Mona Bhagat is Business Development Director - Energy Transition at KBR Consulting International which is part of the KBR Sustainable technology solutions business. She has over 25 years international oil and gas, energy transition and LNG experience. This includes 5 years working within energy transition in a leadership role and 20 years of international oil and gas experience working for both E&P and engineering companies throughout the EMEA region. In her current role, Mona drives strategic energy transition initiatives for new energy clients and governments in developing their energy transition roadmap hereby providing consulting and advisory services to clients across APAC, EMEA and globally. Her focus over the last 5+ years being Energy Transition markets, originating deals and strategic energy advisory consulting across existing major energy supply chains and governments. Mona is responsible globally for the consulting business development activities with a focus on energy transition, supply chain, renewables and emerging energy technology markets, specifically around Green/Blue Ammonia and Green/Blue Hydrogen production. Focussed on all aspects of energy supply chain development and optimisation, globally. Mona specialises in strategy and business development in energy and infrastructure and brings several years of experience with leading energy clients globally. She has a strategic view across the entire value chain and the lifecycle of energy developments, specifically with respect to Energy Transition projects like CCUS and hydrogen. Mona is also a Subject Matter Expert for CCUS in KBR’s group wide directory of technical authorities, a presenter at conferences, and author of articles and papers. Mona has a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical & Process Engineering , is the Deputy Chair of IChemE Energy Community of Practice Leadership Group and is a member of the Gastech Conference Governing Body.

Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair, Americas

Wood Mackenzie

Ed Crooks joined Wood Mackenzie in 2019 as Vice-Chair, Americas. Based in New York, he covers the full range of commodities, technologies, and sectors, with a particular focus on climate policy, economics, and the energy transition. He writes Wood Mackenzie's popular Energy Pulse newsletter, analysing the latest developments in the world of energy. Before Wood Mackenzie, he was an award-winning energy editor for the Financial Times, first in London and then in New York. He joined the FT in 1999 as economics editor. He previously worked as an economics correspondent for BBC News, a reporter for Investor’s Chronicle magazine, and an economic researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He also served on the UK government’s Sustainable Development Commission.

Daniel Carvalho

Global Research Director, Metals and Mining Processing

Wood Mackenzie

Based in London, Daniel Carvalho serves as Wood Mackenzie’s global research director for Metals and Mining Processes, bringing over 16 years of experience as a global operations, process, and technology leader in the iron and steel industry. With a solid track record in structuring new operations, managing crises, executing operational turnarounds, and defining new strategies in dynamic and uncertain environments, his career’s highlights encompass scaling up new li-ion battery factories for Northvolt in Sweden, designing and launching the global upstream R&D for Ternium in Latin America, and managing operations and process technologies for ThyssenKrupp CSA in Brazil. Prestigious industry awards recognize his commitment to innovation, excellence, and the advancement of the iron and steel industry. These awards include the 2021 Hunt-Kelly Award from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) and the 2020 Charles H. Herty Jr. Award issued by the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST). Daniel is a Sloan Fellow with an MBA in leadership and strategy from the London Business School, UK. He also holds a Ph.D. in iron and steel technology from Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria.

Joe Seifert

CEO

Vertex Hydrogen

Joe has 20+ years’ experience across strategy, capital raising & executive leadership including as a Client Executive at J.P.Morgan’s investment bank, Chief Investment Officer of a $17bn fund of energy, mining, infrastructure & industrial assets and as CEO, Cofounder and major shareholder of a FinTech backed by J.P.Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Barclays that was sold in 2021.

Flor de la Cruz

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen & Emerging Technologies

Wood Mackenzie

Flor is a subject matter expert in hydrogen and emerging technologies for Wood Mackenzie's Energy Transition Practice. She works on modelling hydrogen markets, tracking deployments, policy, investments, technology trends, and analyzing the adoption of hydrogen in industrial processes, including ammonia, methanol, heating, blending, midstream logistics and the power and storage sector. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Flor led the innovation team at IDOM, working on developing low-carbon and circular economy projects for green/blue hydrogen, advanced biofuels, hydrotreated vegetable oils, plastic recycling, and carbon capture. At IDOM she also worked as a process engineer on LNG projects in Brazil, Colombia and Poland and a natural gas processing facility in Morocco. Before IDOM, Flor worked as a Health Safety & Environment engineer at Tecnicas Reunidas (TR). At TR she worked on the Al-Zour Refinery for Kuwait and a Nitric Acid plant for Yara in Norway. Flor holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). While at MIT she worked as a researcher at the Metabolic Engineering Laboratory on a project for Novogy Inc (now Total) to investigate yeast’s ability to convert low-cost feedstocks into lipids to produce inexpensive biodiesel.

Ines Kraft

Director Project Procurement

Sunfire

Ines has a business background with more than 15 years of experience in Procurement Management on global large-scale EPC projects, these projects related to Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Air Separation, Steam Cracker amongst others. She has worked with worldwide teams at Linde Engineering and since April 2022 with Sunfire GmbH. Ines is responsible for the supply chain of all Sunfire customer projects as Director Project Procurement and is currently working in the field of Green Hydrogen, with a particular focus on Alkaline and SOEC Electrolyser projects.

Tin Nguyen

Director, Chemicals Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Tin has over 20 years of experience in the chemicals industry, operating in both the EMEARC and Asian markets. He has led numerous projects for fertilizer and chemical majors and NOCs, from feasibility and strategic studies to implementation and due diligence of realised project-financed assets. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Tin was a managing consultant at another industry consultancy covering a variety of chemicals from C1s and base petrochemicals to intermediates and specialities across a number of value chains. He has also worked as a process engineer for an EPC contractor designing chemical plants.

Marita Nilsson

Technology Lead Electrolyzer Systems

H2 Green Steel

Marita has been the Technology lead for electrolyzer systems at H2 Green Steel since 2022. She has 12 years’ experience from the automotive industry in various roles within research and development as well as sales and marketing working with catalysts and particulate filters for exhaust treatment. The last six years have been spent working with e-mobility and development of battery systems and fuel cell electric trucks. Marita has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) focussing on hydrogen production for fuel cells in auxiliary power systems for heavy trucks.

Tatsuya Yamamoto

Head of Industrial Infrastructure, London branch

Mitsubishi Corporation

Tatsuya is Head of Industrial Infrastructure in Mitsubishi Corporation London branch. He is in charge of the business development of the energy infrastructure projects in the European region, which includes Oil and gas, LNG, CCS, hydrogen and other type of clean fuels. One of the main business developments of Mitsubishi Corporation in Europe is the hydrogen supply chain development by utilizing the LOHC technology. Before taking this position in 2020, he had several positions in the oil and gas projects all over the world in several sectors such as LNG projects in US and oil projects in North Sea and South Americas.

Rajesh Kedia

Director, Banking and Investments

UK Infrastructure Bank

Rajesh Kedia is a Director in the Banking and Investments and leads on hydrogen and nuclear investments. He has been with the Bank since 1 February 2022. Prior to that he was at HMT where he led the set-up of UKIB’s Financial Framework. Rajesh has more than 20 years’ experience in private and public sector.  He started his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and then RBS, where is spent 11 years in debt and equity capital raising. For the last ten years, he has spent most of his time at UK Government Investments (UK Government’s centre of excellence for corporate finance and corporate governance), where he has worked on number of complex financing challenges and asset management which included privatization of Green Investment Bank and advised BEIS on low carbon project financing dealing with first of kind challenge of new and large technology. He also has an experience as a non-executive director of UK plc. Rajesh is Chartered Accountant.

Matias Saettone

General Manager Hydrogen Products

Chevron New Energies

Matias was appointed to his current position of GM Hydrogen Products in Chevron New Energies in October 2021. Prior to this, Matias held the GM Global LNG Origination position for 3 years. Matias joined Chevron in 2000 and since then has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in Angola, Australia, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela. He has over 25 years of international experience across downstream, midstream and upstream areas with a diversified background in negotiations, business development and joint venture management. Matias received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Buenos Aires University and his Master’s in Business Administration from Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne and Marketing from San Andres University. Matias is married and has three children.