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2024 SUMMIT AGENDA

DAY1

Morning Session: CCUS in Japan - National Strategies and Global Alliances

09:00 - 09:05

(05 mins)

Welcome by the Chair

09:05 - 09:15

(10 mins)

[Opening Keynote] JOGMEC’s CCS Initiative and Actions Toward 2050 Carbon Neutrality

Ryuta Kitamura
Director General, CCS Project Department, Energy Business Unit
JOGMEC

09:15 - 10:00

(45 mins)

[Global Perspectives] Key Lessons from Advanced Global CCUS Markets

Dr. Phil Gorey
Deputy Director General Resource Project Facilitation
Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Western Australia) 

Benjamin Zammit
Executive Director, Regulation & Compliance 
Department for Energy and Mining (South Australia) 

HoSeob LEE
Director General
Korean CCUS Association 

Jacob Rasmussen
Minister Counsellor, Economic Diplomacy, Energy
Danish Ministry of Climate Energy and Utilities

Dr. Noranida Zainal
Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Division
Ministry of Economy, Malaysia

Coffee Break (30 mins)

10:30 - 11:30

(60 mins)

[C-Suite Visionary Panel] Ambitious CO2 Storage Targets by 2050: Strengthening International Synergies and Value Chain Integration

Moderator: 

Paul Grethe-Watanabe
Energy & Infrastructure Managing Associate, Tokyo
Linklaters

Panelist:

Ryosuke Tsugaru
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Low Carbon Fuel Officer
JERA

Yoshikazu Kobayashi 
Executive Researcher, Clean Energy Unit
The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)

Akira Yabumoto
Executive Officer, Strategy for Global Energy Markets and Policy, Hydrogen and CCUS projects
J-POWER

Shoichi Kaganoi
Executive Officer, SVP, Hydrogen & CCUS Development Division
INPEX Corporation

Jeff Alvarez
President and General Manager - 1PointFive Sequestration and TerraLithium 
Occidental Petroleum (OXY)  

Egon van der Hoeven
Vice President Business Development Asia Pacific
ExxonMobil  

Zharin Zhafrael Mohd 
General Manager, CCS APAC 
Shell

11:30 - 12:20

(50 mins)

[International Executive Panel] Global Advanced Projects Experience Shared and Strategies for Collabaorative Decarbonization

Moderator: 

Steve Pattee
Senior Vice President
Lonquist Sequestration LLC

Panelist:

Luigi Ciarrocchi
Director of CCUS, Forestry and Agri-Feedstock
Eni

Daniel Fletcher
Head of CCUS Business Development
bp

Etienne Angles D'Auriac
Vice President of CCS
Total Energies

Emry Hisham Yusoff
Senior General Manager, Carbon Management
PETRONAS

Tom Lindley
Counsel
A&O Shearman

12:20 - 12:30

(10 mins)

[Keynote Speech] CCUS in Japan – Present and Future

Maya Ito
Partner
Nishimura & Asahi  

Luncheon

Afternoon Session: Paving the Way for CCUS Success - Technology, Investment and Infrastructure in Japan

14:00 - 14:50

(50 mins)

[Panel Discussion] Advancing CCUS Viability to Effectively Decarbonize Hard-to-abate Sectors in Japan

Moderator: 

Michael E. Arruda
Senior Counsel
King & Spalding 

Panelist:

Wataru Sato
General Manager of CCS
Sumitomo Corporation

Hidekazu Shibuya
Director of CCUS of GX Business Department
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Tadao FURUMOTO
Technology Director, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Japan
Air Liquide

14:50 - 15:10

(20 mins)

[Keynote Speech] Cross border transport potential for CCUS : Emerging Trends, Cost and More

Hetal Gandhi
CCUS Lead, APAC
Wood Mackenzie 

15:10 - 15:30

(20 mins)

[Keynote Speech] Innovation in Emissions Reductions in the OASE® blue technology for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture

Ahmad Mustafa bin Amru
OASE® Gas Treatment Manager
BASF 

15:30 - 15:40

(10 mins)

[Case Sharing] Progressing Toward Net-Zero CO2 - the Ambition and Practice of Tokyo Gas

Hisataka Yakabe
Executive Officer, Director of Hydrogen and Carbon Management Department
Tokyo Gas

15:40 - 15:50

(10 mins)

[Case Sharing] High yield CO2-to-CO conversion technology ; Innovative, efficient and economical CCU pathway toward decarbonization

Yuki Nakama 
Project Head, Green Chemistry Project Advanced Technology Institute R&D Center
SEKISUI Chemical

15:50 - 16:05

(15 mins)

[Case Sharing] Exploring Cross-Border CCS Value Chain Between Japan, Southeast Asia, and Australia

Satoshi Kanamori
Managing Executive Officer, LNG, Carbon-Neutral Promotion
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line)

Coffee Break (30 mins)

16:35 - 16:55

(20 mins)

[Keynote] Contributing to carbon neutrality through enhancing blue carbon

Tomoko Suzuki, Ph. D.
Corporate Officer, Corporate Chief Researcher
Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group

16:55 - 17:10

(15 mins)

[Keynote] Legal issues and developments in CCUS projects in Japan

Kunihiro Yokoi
Partner
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

17:10 - 17:25

(15 mins)

[Keynote] The Opportunity and Risk in Japan CCS Market

Tae Tamura
Managing Director, Head of Natural Resources and Energy Team
Industry Research Department

Mizuho Bank

17:25 - 18:25

(60 mins)

[Panel Discussion] Enhancing the CCUS Infrastructure and Transportation to Consolidate the Development of Its Supply Chain

Moderator: 

Timoteo Badalotti
Principal Engineer, Global Sustainability
ABS

Panelist:

Sakurai Kimiho
Vice President,Division Director of Business Development Division
Chiyoda Corporation

Satoshi Kurata 
Executive Officer & General Counsel 
JGC Holdings Corporation

Tsutomu Yokoyama
Executive Officer and Senior General Manager of Green Business Group
NKY Line

Yaschika Noma
Managing  Executive Office
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Satoshi Kanamori
Managing Executive Officer, LNG, Carbon-Neutral Promotion
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line)

18:25 - 19:45

(80 mins)

Cocktail Reception
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