Strategic & Plenary Agenda
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This year’s conference features an expanded strategic programme where key discussions will bring together various energy leaders, regulators and financial experts to discuss a broad range of themes.
In addition to the core technical programme, the conference also features plenary dedicated sessions, allowing participants to focus on specific themes of interest.
Tuesday 5 November
Day 1 – Global Perspectives
00:00 – 00:00 – Keynote Presentation
Resilient Value Chains for the Energy Transition
In this session, through a number of key notes followed by a panel Q&A session, we would like to evaluate how we can build resilient value chains for the Energy Transition. With pace gathering and projects very much under way across the 4 value chains of CCS, Hydrogen, geothermal and wind, deep insights are emerging. We intent to shine a light on enabling business models, the importance of partnerships, navigating emerging regulatory environments and how to manage business and commercial risk.
Carla Martin Clavé, Engineering Geologist, AtkinsRéalis (Moderator)
Panellists
- Marit Brommer, CEO International Geothermal Association, International Geothermal Association
- Ruben van Grinsven, General Manager Advanced Fuels and Products, Shell
- Sarah Buchanan, CCUS Subsurface Manager, BP
- Michiel van Rij, Head of Offshore Development Netherlands, RWE
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Day 1 – Global Perspectives
00:00 – 00:00 – Keynote Presentation
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Wednesday 6 November
Day 2 – Role of Goverment & Society
00:00 – 00:00 – Keynote Presentation
BRIDGING THE GAP - How societal engagement can propel the transition
In this panel session we will address how to overcome the gaps of engagement and knowledge with communities and society. By sharing views from behavioural psychology, environmental management and education, this session will increase your impact on Energy Literacy and upgrade your lobbying skills to bring science to the people! We need all hands on deck for the energy transition underground!
Ellie MacInnes, New Business Development- Green Tech, Viridien (Moderator)
Panellists
- Esther Pijs, Director General ‘Groningen and Subsurface, Ministry Economic Affairs & Climate
- Christopher Jackson, Technical Director (Subsurface Storage), WSP
- Iain Stewart, Earth Scientist and Broadcaster, Jordan Royal Scientific Society/Uni Plymouth
- Diana Potjomkina, Lead Sustainability-Green Transition, Science Europe
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Thursday 7 November
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00:00 – 00:00 – Lorem Ipsum
DIGITALIZING THE ENERGY TRANSITION: Innovations in technology, markets and talent
The energy industry is getting ready for a digital revolution with the advent of AI. There will be opportunities to decarbonize existing energy systems and enhance and scale new technologies which will unlock new markets. The adoption of new technologies will require sustained policy support, continued investment, and a skilled workforce.
Jan Schoolmeesters, EVP Digital Energy Solutions, TGS (Moderator)
Panellists
- Sara Amar, Head of Artificial Intelligence, Aker Solutions
- Mark Schütz, Senior Industry Director Energy & Resources EMEA, Microsoft
- Maurice Hanegraaf, Business Director Geo Energy, TNO
- Carel Hooijkaas, EVP New Energies, TGS
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Programme
Strategic & Plenary Agenda
This year’s conference features an expanded strategic programme where key discussions will bring together various energy leaders, regulators and financial experts to discuss a broad range of themes.
In addition to the core technical programme, the conference also features plenary dedicated sessions, allowing participants to focus on specific themes of interest.
Day 1 - Global Perspectives
Minus CO2 Challenge Award & Winning Presentations
Energy in Transition
The evolution of the energy sector ties into the demand pathway that society will follow, and the speed of the energy sector transformation will be dictated by the components of the energy mix. Renewables grow exponentially but insufficiently fast to satisfy global demand. This talk will highlight current options such as emissions reduction targets, viability of CCS as a solution, and the role of hydrogen in decarbonization.
Michael Wynne, VP International Upstream, S&P Global Commodities Insight
Geoscience Pathways for an Equitable Transition
Moderator: Ellie MacInnes (CGG)
Ahead of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, the global focus on achieving a just and equitable transition in the current landscape of energy supply and price volatility, combined with the increasing environmental pressures experienced throughout the world, highlights the complexity of the challenges we face.
The energy industry has a pivotal role to play in supporting and accelerating the energy transition through several wide-ranging mechanisms. As an industry we are expanding into renewables, adapting our business models, and supporting the development of our staff in their energy transition journeys.
Panelists:
- Luc Cantegrel, Head of Technical Excellence in Geoscience & Reservoir, TotalEnergies
- Michael Wynne, VP International Upstream, S&P Global Commodities Insight
- Geertje Schuitema, Associate Professor, University College Dublin
- Raghd Gardbouh, Lead Architect OSDU, CGG (Young Professional)
- Sarah Gordon, CEO & Co-founder, Satarla
The Role of Hydrogen in the Future Energy Mix
Moderator: Steven Wells (BP)
As the number of national and regional hydrogen strategies rise, so too does the focus on the role of green hydrogen in meeting international energy and climate goals. Hydrogen is a highly versatile and abundant molecule, and when produced from renewable energy or in its native form, it is a critical enabler in achieving carbon neutral industries, mobility, and energy storage.
To meet the projected demand for green hydrogen, a rapid scale up of production capacity, development of import and distribution infrastructure, and the alignment in global trade policy is required.
The expansion of hydrogen use will provide new opportunities for countries with favourable climatic and geological conditions for green hydrogen production. These opportunities include exporting hydrogen to high demand regions (e.g., Europe), as well as decarbonising their own national energy and industry infrastructures.
Innovative technological solutions are required across the hydrogen value chain. To meet increased market demand, production technology must continue to improve green hydrogen production efficiency and scale Cost reductions in production and an established infrastructure are required to make green hydrogen a truly viable enabler of the global transition to net zero.
- The current and future offtake sectors for hydrogen – a data driven study of the current market
- Minh K Le, VP Global Head of Hydrogen Clean Tech, Rystad Energy
- Leveraging subsurface expertise and technologies to enable hydrogen solutions
- Eric Lavrut, Technology Development Director Hydrogen, SLB New Energies
Energy Superbasins of the Future
Moderator: Prakash Sharma (Wood Mackenzie)
Global demand for sustainable energy will challenge the traditional business models of the oil and gas industry, with an increased focus on advantaged, low cost and low carbon, resources as well as integration with new energies. To enhance sustainability, the upstream sector should target advantaged resources situated in areas that are co-located with both plentiful clean electricity and CCS potential. These are the geological energy ‘super basins’ of the future.
This discussion will examine the ways in which traditional energy basins are evolving to meet future oil and gas demand while improving sustainability through the use of renewables and CO2 sequestration. We will also cover investment opportunities, geographical influences and the role of policy and government in promoting these transformations.
Speakers:
- Andrew Latham, VP Energy Research, Wood Mackenzie
- Carl Watkins, Director Global BD – Earth data, Environment, CGG
- Jamie Andrews, Leading Advisor CCS, Equinor
The Shift from a Fuel Intensive to a Material Intensive Energy System
Moderator: Thomas Le Guenan (BRGM) & Emer Caslin (iCrag)
Energy transition and related technologies will create a strong demand for mineral resources. Technologies such as Electric Vehicles or Offshore wind farms, or the infrastructure for electrification will need large quantities of critical and strategic materials such as Lithium or Copper, both in variety and in volume. This demand will come on top of the requirements for the digital transition.
The requirements are such that experts anticipate that the global offer will have difficulties meeting this demand, despite important reserves. Europe is nowadays strongly dependent on imports in order to meet its needs in critical materials.
Considering these challenges, the solutions are on two levels:
– Securing the supply chain, by diversifying and securing contracts, applying mineral intelligence to identify supply chain risk, while increasing the environmental performance of these contracts
– Finding new and local resources, respectful of sustainability values, by finding innovative way of producing minerals locally, including by recycling.
Speakers:
Murray Hitzman, Director, iCRAG
Prakash Sharma, VP Scenarios and Technologies, Wood Mackenzie
Guillaume Bertrand, Senior Reseach Engineer, Team Manager, BRGM
Anne Bialkowski, Manager Geologist, BRGM
Day 2 - Role of Government & Society
Creating a Sustainable Energy Company
Greig Aitken, Director Corporate Research, WoodMackenzie
Government and regulation as enablers and drivers of a global hydrogen economy
Stefan Kaufmann, Hydrogen Executive Advisor, thyssenkrupp
Recent Developments in CCS Regulation
Moderators: José María González (Repsol) & Sylvain Thibeau (TotalEnergies)
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies are set to play an important role in putting the global energy system on a path to net zero. Successfully deploying CCUS relies on the establishment of legal and regulatory frameworks to ensure the effective stewardship of CCUS projects (business development & planning) + activities (execution) and the safe and secure storage of CO2.
Several countries have already developed comprehensive legal and regulatory frameworks for CCUS and others are working on draft regulations. The former provides a valuable knowledge base for the countries that still have to establish a legal foundation for CCUS. Furthermore, existing frameworks are also being tested as more commercial CCUS projects are developed, with important learnings for regulators.
Policy-driven CCUS deployment will enable projects to get started in many countries and grow the few dozen carbon capture facilities operating today into a true industry supporting country, regional and global decarbonization targets. Climate Finance and Just Energy Transition are key themes of the COP agenda and there is a strong drive for international working groups to share key learnings and accelerate deployment of CCUS. Smaller countries seeking financing are encouraged to form closer collaborative working partnerships with countries such as Norway, the United States, UK, Canada and Australia, including joint working on policy incentivization and regulation, innovation and carbon dioxide transport and storage solutions.
The focus of the session will be on highlighting recent developments in CCS regulation like the review of the EU Directive guidance documents, the establishment of standards in the Netherland for the seismic and geomechanical containment component of the Storage Licence Applications as well as updates to the ISO TC 265 as well as SPE SRMS. Not forgetting to focus on Operator´s requirements and new drafts regulations in progress.
Speakers:
- Simon O’Brien, Global CCS Deployment Lead, Shell
- Jørg Aarnes, Global Lead – Hydrogen and CCS, DNV Energy Systems
Geoscience Communication & Societal Engagement
Convenors: Emer Caslin (iCrag)
The effects on society as we transition away from fossil fuels and towards low carbon alternatives will be felt in many different ways around the world. Collectively we face pressures related to economic development, energy security, affordable access and environmental sustainability. Achieving an equitable and just transition will require making complex decisions which will impact employment opportunities, infrastructure, types of energy supply and associated costs. A focus on how we further societal support and engagement is paramount and requires a clear and open debate addressing the energy transition and the effects it has on people.
Speakers:
- Rose Clarke, Consultant, Satarla
- Helen Reeves, Director & Head of Discipline for Geoscience & Engineering Geology, Jacobs
- Aparajita Banerjee, Senior Researcher, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
En-ROADS Climate workshop
Convenors: Roberto Bonino & Lucia Levato (LUSVAL)
The En-ROADS Climate workshop helps understand climate change mitigation options by interacting with En-ROADS, a system dynamics global climate simulator, developed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan. En-ROADS is based on the most comprehensive, robust, scientific data available and it has undergone rigorous calibration by comparing its outputs to a diverse array of integrated model assessments that encompass both climate and energy domains.
Participants in the workshop are given the opportunity to select climate change mitigation measures from a diverse range of around 30 policies. These policies encompass various strategies such as energy efficiency, carbon pricing, fossil fuel taxes, deforestation reduction, and carbon dioxide removal. Subsequently, the facilitator enters the suggestions into En-ROADS, allowing participants to examine the impact of the chosen policies on variables such as global temperature, energy costs, air quality, and sea level. Furthermore, they may compare the outcomes with their own expectations.
Want to try out the simulator before attending the workshop?
The En-ROADS simulator is freely available here: https://en-roads.climateinteractive.org/
Content:
- Establishing a common foundation: an overview of science and challenges
- Presentation of the En-ROADS simulator
- The facilitator interacts with the audience through an app to collectively create a scenario that keeps global warming below 2°C and aims for 1.5°C.
- Final debrief and discussion
Day 3 - Company Journeys
Green Energy Technology Innovation: Some New Big Ideas From The Subsurface
Rob Crossley, Senior Scientist, CGG
From IOC to IEC – bp’s Net Zero Operations journey
Karen RagoonananJalim, Senior Manager – Carbon Discipline, BP
Accelerating new energy technologies
Moderator: Carla Martín-Clavé (AtkinsRealis)
The EU’s Fit for 55 Plan sets an ambitious target for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030. Achieving these climate neutrality goals requires a massive scaling of efforts including decarbonisation of existing energy systems and the industrialisation of emerging clean energy technologies. This panel discussion will delve into the main challenges around scaling innovations in the subsurface with a key focus on the technologies, industries and talent required for energy transition. What are the conditions needed for building competitive and robust cleantech businesses, and where will the breakthrough solutions come from?
Speakers:
- Benjamin Tincq, Founding partner, Marble
- Rob Crossley, Senior Scientist, CGG
- Carla Barrera, Energy Storage Global Business Development and Marketing Director, SLB New Energy
- Ann Robertson-Tait, President, GeothermEx
New Energy Business Models
Moderators: Claire Dauba (TotalEnergies)
Speakers:
- Geothermal: A Renaissance for the Oldest New Energy
- Ann Robertson-Tait, President, GeothermEx
- Climate Tech: The Subsurface Frontier
- Benjamin Tincq, Founding partner, Marble
- Critical Materials for Renewable Energies The Emergence of New Integrated Business Models
- Frank Despinois, Metal Recovery | R&D Sustainability Line, TotalEnergies
- Data Approaches and implications in the New Energy space
- Carl Watkins, Director Global BD – Earth data, Environment, CGG
Implementation of CCS Flagship Projects
Moderators: Habib al Khatib (SpotLight) & Adrian Robinson (Chevron)
Following an excellent range of presentations at GET ‘22 introducing aspects and plans for carbon storage, one year on we review progress towards implementation for CCS projects, from a variety of perspectives. In this flagship session, you will hear commentary from regulators and operators for industry-leading and ‘first of a kind’ projects, sharing knowledge gained and lessons learned through consultation, commitment, failure implementation, and the pathway towards ‘first injection.’
The session will cover the full CCS cycle, from regulator, to prospect and storage site identification, license application, project design and stakeholder engagement, implementation and CO2 pilot injection monitoring. Speakers will include regulators and CCS operators. The session will focus on NW Europe offshore and include aspects of geoscience and subsurface engineering. Following the speaker presentation, a round table panel discussion will allow further analysis of the topics covered and invite questions from the audience.
Speakers:
- Andreas Szabados, Asset Manager Denmark, Wintershall Dea
- Martin Currie, Energy Transition Manager, Eni UK Ltd
- Jo Bagguley, Principal Regional Geologist, UK North Sea Transition Authority
- Olivier Point, Sr Project Manager CCS, OMV (Norge) AS
