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You can attend Australian Hydrogen Forum in-person or virtual, though in-depth learning workshop sessions are in-person only.
Ian Cronshaw
ex-Divisional Director
International Energy Agency (IEA)
- What should investors and businesses be looking for when assessing commercial potential of a specific project?
- Defining the timelines for hydrogen to become viable – next year, next decade?
- Upscaling renewable capacity to achieve carbon neutrality in manufacture
- Assessing the commercial impact of embracing net-zero technologies
Jamie Lowe
Head of Regulation, Compliance and Sustainability
ENGIE
Amy Philbrook
Future Fuels and Renewables
ATCO
- What are the main drivers that will propel hydrogen towards mass adoption?
- Which industries might be interested in off-taking hydrogen?
- What are the key enablers, strategies to kickstart a local hydrogen economy?
Moderator:
David Heard
Executive Director, Australia
Hiringa Energy
Panellists:
Jordan McCollum
National Policy Manager
Australian Pipelines & Gas Association (APGA)
Eliza Bartlett
Head of Legal – Energy
EnergyAustralia
Laura Hillis
Director, Corporate Engagement
Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC)
Patrick Hastings
Chief Delivery Officer
Infrastructure Sustainability Council Australia (ISCA)
Mark Williamson
Executive General Manager
Clean Energy Regulator
- Seeking global synergies to harmonize standards and regulations
- Ensuring projects will meet international ambitions
- Attracting more investments in research and infrastructure to build the hydrogen market
- Defining current standards from a global perspective
- What price does hydrogen have to be produced at to make it a competitive fuel?
- What is the likely medium for the export of hydrogen?
- How important will renewable certification be to buyers?
Moderator:
Ian Cronshaw
ex-Divisional Director
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Panellists:
Alex McIntosh
Director
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Andrew Dickson
Development Director
CWP Global
Richard Jeffery
Acting Executive General Manager Growth and Future Energy
Stanwell Corporation
Joel Smouha
Senior Advisor - Hydrogen
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
- Progressing Kawasaki's hydrogen projects, including HESC (Latrobe Valley in Victoria to Kobe in Japan)
- Update on the Japanese Government’s recent policy on hydrogen adoption, and implications for a hydrogen export market in Australia
- Examining likely formats for transport and storage of hydrogen and how it will be used in Japan
Motohiko Nishimura
Executive Officer, Hydrogen Strategy Division
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (video)
- Taking advantage of Australia’s enormous solar resources and Germany’s technical know-how in the field of electrolysis
- How the “Wasserstoffbrücke,” or “hydrogen bridge” works both ways: importing Australian green hydrogen and exporting German hydrogen technologies
- Resolving the issues around a supply chain: production, transport, conversion for the specific needs of Germany
- Estimating the quantities of the green hydrogen needed for German industry
Holger Lösch
Deputy Director General
The Federation of German Industries (BDI e.V.) (video)