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2026 SUMMIT AGENDA

DAY1

Day 1 Morning: The World is Watching: Japan’s 2026 CCUS Mandate & Focus Area

09:00 - 09:10

(10 mins)

Opening Welcome by the Chair

Mark Davies
Partner
King & Spalding

09:10 - 09:40

(30 mins)

[Host Country Keynotes] Japan CCS Policy in Action: From Regulation to Investment and Implementation
  • How Japan’s GX-ETS Phase 2 (2026–2032) is shifting from voluntary participation to mandatory compliance
  • Carbon pricing in practice: Will the ¥1,700–4,300/tCO₂ range drive real investment decisions?
  • Allocation design and uncertainty: How free allowances and benchmarks impact market behavior
  • Integrating carbon markets: The role of J-Credits, JCM, and Article 6 in Japan’s compliance system
  • CCS in the GX strategy: From policy support to a core decarbonization pathway
  • Enabling investment: How policy, pricing, and incentives are shaping bankable CCS projects in Japan

09:40 - 10:20

(40 mins)

[Global Government Perspectives] Enabling Cross-Border CCS: Aligning Policy, Partnerships and Infrastructure for Japan
  • Lessons from Europe: How Norway and the UK are operationalizing cross-border CO₂ transport and storage
  • From MoUs to projects: What it takes to turn international CCS cooperation into bankable investments
  • Unlocking Southeast Asia: The role of Malaysia and Indonesia as regional CO₂ storage hubs
  • Regulatory alignment: Who takes liability for cross-border CO₂ transport and long-term storage?
  • Infrastructure challenge: Shipping vs pipelines—what is realistic for Japan and Asia?
  • Value chain economics: How are costs, risks, and revenues shared across borders?

10:20 - 11:10

(50 mins)

[C-Suite Vision] The FID Moment: Unlocking and Leading Japan & APAC’s Next Wave of CCS
  • Which CCS projects in Japan and across APAC are progressing toward FID, and what key conditions still need to be met?
  • What are the most critical enablers—policy clarity, cost reduction, infrastructure readiness, or commercial structures—that will support FID decisions?
  • How are project stakeholders working together to reduce uncertainty and improve confidence in early-stage CCS developments?
  • What are the key risks—technical, regulatory, and commercial—that still need to be addressed before projects can move forward?
  • Looking ahead, how will today’s early FID decisions help define scalable CCS pathways for Japan and the wider region?

Koji Ochiai
Senior Vice President, Low Carbon Solutions
INPEX

Hiroshi Tanaka
Executive Officer, Carbon Neutral Transformation Department
Idemitsu Kosan

Andrew Nicholls
General Manager CCS
Woodside Energy

Morning Coffee & Networking Break

11:40 - 12:30

(50 mins)

​[Executive Panel] CCS under GX ETS: How Industrial Leaders Are Positioning for the Next Phase of Decarbonization
  • Under GX ETS, how are industrial emitters balancing short-term compliance with long-term CCS investment decisions?
  • What will determine whether and when companies commit to CCS—cost visibility, policy certainty, or access to infrastructure?
  • How do carbon pricing signals under GX ETS compare with the cost of CCS, and how are companies evaluating this trade-off?
  • How are companies managing risk and uncertainty—through phased investments, partnerships, or waiting strategies—under evolving policy and market conditions?
  • How are companies positioning today to participate in future CCS hubs and networks in Japan and across APAC?

12:30 - 12:50

(20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor
Luncheon

Day 1 Afternoon: From Projects to Systems: Building CCS at Scale in Japan

14:00 - 14:50

(50 mins)

[Panel] Building CCS Hub Models: Enabling Scale through Industry Collaboration and Project Delivery
  • How can roles and responsibilities be clearly defined across emitters, developers, and infrastructure providers in CCS hubs?
  • What models can enable shared infrastructure and aggregation of industrial CO₂ at scale?
  • How can multiple projects be effectively integrated into a coordinated hub system?
  • What are the key challenges in delivering hub-based CCS projects from design to execution?
Moderator:

   
Senior Representative
Nishimura

14:50 - 15:10

(20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor
Afternoon Coffee & Networking Break

15:40 - 16:00

(20 mins)

[Spotlight on Tomakomai] Bridging National Ambition and Local Delivery: The Role of Cities in Japan’s CCS Rollout

16:00 - 16:50

(50 mins)

[Panel] From Partnerships to Projects: Delivering Cross-Border CCS between Japan and Asia
  • What does it take to move from MOUs to executable cross-border CCS projects?
  • How are project developers structuring roles and responsibilities across capture, transport, and storage in different jurisdictions?
  • What are the biggest blockers today in advancing Japan-linked CCS projects in Asia?
  • How are developers aligning CO₂ supply from Japan with storage readiness in host countries?
  • What kind of commercial arrangements are emerging to make cross-border CCS projects viable?
  • In the next 2–3 years, what needs to happen to scale from first projects to repeatable cross-border CCS models?

16:50 - 17:10

(20 mins)

[Frontier Insight] From Installation to Impact: What Does MOL’s OCCS Project Tell Us About Commercial Viability?

17:10 - 18:00
(50 mins)

[Panel] Building CO₂ Networks for Japan: Integrating Transport, Storage and Cross-Border Infrastructure
  • Japan’s CCS challenge: Moving from fragmented projects to integrated CO₂ hubs with limited domestic storage
  • What does it take to invest? Defining the contractual, volume and risk conditions for scalable CO₂ shipping
  • Cross-border infrastructure in practice: Connecting Japan to regional storage hubs in Asia-Pacific
  • Making CO₂ transport bankable: Who guarantees volume and enables investment in shipping and infrastructure? 
  • Who pays and who owns? Business models for transport and storage networks
  • Japan–Southeast Asia corridors: What do early projects reveal about real bottlenecks?

Masaki Ono
General Manager, Offshore Business Group
NYK Line

18:00 - 18:10

(10 mins)

Closing Address by the Chair
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