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2026 SUMMIT AGENDA

DAY1

Day 2 Morning: Making CCS Bankable: Cost Reduction and Capital Formation 

09:00 - 09:10

(10 mins)

​Opening Welcome by the Chair

09:10 - 09:20

(10 mins)

[Opening Keynote] Global CCUS Market Overview and Updates

Ian Havercroft
General Manager-Global Research and Analysis
Global CCS Institute

09:20 - 09:30

(10 mins)

[Keynote] How Japan’s ETS is Shaping CCS Investment and Project Development in the Early Implementation Phase

Yoshikazu Kobayashi
Senior Research Director
The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan - IEEJ

09:30 - 10:20

(50 mins)

[Panel] Reducing CCS Costs: Advancing Carbon Capture Technologies for Commercial Deployment
  • What capture technologies—solvents, membranes, cryogenics, solid sorbents—offer the most realistic cost reduction pathway for Japan’s industrial emitters?
  • How do Japan’s unique industrial characteristics affect capture technology choices and cost?
  • How do capture costs scale from demonstration to commercial scale —and what is the realistic learning curve?
  • What is the target capture cost that would trigger commercial deployment in Japan—and how far are we today?
Panelist:

Jon Christopher Knudsen
Chief Commercial and Services Officer
SLB Capturi

Katsuki Yasuhara
Executive, Senior Manager of Carbon Neutral Business Strategy Office, Hydrogen and Carbon Neutral Division, Energy Solution & Marine Engineering Company
Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Floris Mackor
Vice President, Large Industries & Strategy CCS
Air Liquide

Vineeth Ram
Chief Sustainability Officer
OLI 

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Hideyuki Fujita
Account Executive, Decarbonization Leader for Japan
GE Vernova 

10:20 - 10:40

(20 mins)

[Keynote] Connecting the Dispersed: Building Resilient CCS Chains Across APAC’s Fragmented
Industrial Landscape 

Jon Barnes
Managing Director 
PACE CCS 

Morning Coffee & Networking Break

11:00 - 11:20

(20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for Rystad Energy

Sohini Chatterjee
Vice President, CCUS Research
Rystad Energy

11:20 - 12:10

(50 mins)

[Panel] From Public Funding to Private Capital: Structuring Bankable CCS Projects 
  • What will convince private capital to enter Japan’s CCS market at scale—policy certainty, carbon pricing, or a credible PPP framework?
  • How should CCS projects be structured—through co-investment, risk-sharing, or offtake guarantees—to become bankable?
  • What financing models will define the first wave of CCS investment in Japan?
Moderator:

Nathan G. Schmidt
Partner
Nishimura & Asahi

Panelist:

Shigetake Naoki
Chief Operating Officer
GX Acceleration Agency

Allan Baker
Global Head of Energy Transition
Societe Generale 

Kenji Irie 
Executive Officer and General Manager, Sustainability Planning Department
SMBC

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Lionel Martinez
Director - Energy Sector Coverage
ING 

Luncheon

Day 2 Afternoon: Sustaining the Market: Revenue Models and the Future of CCS 

14:00 - 14:50

(50 mins)

​[Panel] Beyond Storage: Unlocking CO₂ as a Resource — Utilization, Circular Carbon, and the Emerging Carbon Value Chain
  • Which CO₂ utilization routes are nearest to market in Japan? (e-methane, e-fuels, chemicals, minerals)
  • Who captures the value? Mapping the emerging carbon value chain from emitters to end-product buyers.
Moderator:

Rupert Burrows
Partner
Mayer Brown

Panelist:

Dr. Osamu Chiyoda
General Manager, R&D
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.

Shoji Matsukawa
General Manager, Carbon Neutral Project Department, C1 Chemicals Division, Green Energy & Chemicals Business Sector
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Gyuhwan Jo
Director, e-Technology Innovation Center (e-TEC)
ENEOS Xplora

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Laurent Trost
COO
Yara Pilbara

14:50 - 15:10

(20 mins)

[International Chamber Address] Accelerating Cross-Border CCUS Partnerships: The Role of Industry Chambers in Connecting Global Markets
  • 14:50 - 15:00 Reserved for American Chamber of Commerce in Japan(ACCJ)
  • 15:00 - 15:10 Reserved for Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)

Nanako Tanaka
Chair, ACCJ Energy Committee
Country Director, Government Affairs & Policy Japan, GE Vernova
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)


Senior Represtentative 
Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)

Afternoon Coffee & Networking Break

15:40 - 16:30

(50 mins)

[Panel] Delivering CCS Projects: Engineering, Infrastructure and Execution at Scale
  • Overcoming engineering, permitting and supply chain challenges to accelerate the delivery of commercial CCS projects.
  • Integrating subsurface data, capture technologies, transport infrastructure and storage solutions into a reliable CCS value chain.
  • Strengthening collaboration between project developers, EPC contractors, technology providers and infrastructure partners to move projects from FEED to FID and beyond.
Moderator:
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Syed Sagga
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
Energy Industries Council 

Panelist:
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Nikolaus Boltze
Country Representative for Japan, South-Korea and Australia
Thyssekrupp

Simon Allison
Vice President - APAC
Xouds

Tony Zhang
Head, Carbon Management and Energy Transition APAC, GaffneyClineTM energy advisory
Baker Hughes

16:30 - 16:40

(10 mins)

Closing Address by the Chair
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