Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum

14 - 15 Jan, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM GST | The St. Regis Abu Dhabi + Virtual

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Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum - Day 1

OFFICIAL OPENING

14 Jan, 2023 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM GST

SPEAKER

Mr. Frederick Kempe

President and CEO, Atlantic Council

SPEAKER

H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber

Special Envoy for Climate Change, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, United Arab Emirates; Managing Director and Group CEO, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

LEADERSHIP FIRESIDE CHAT

14 Jan, 2023 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM GST

SPEAKER

H.E. Eng. Suhail Al Mazrouei

Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates

SPEAKER

H.E. Eng. Saad Al-Kaabi

Minister of State for Energy Affairs, State of Qatar; President and CEO, QatarEnergy

MODERATOR

Frederick Kempe

President and CEO, Atlantic Council

Keynote

14 Jan, 2023 10:00 AM - 10:10 AM GST

SPEAKER

The. Rt. Hon. Grant Shapps MP

Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom

COFFEE BREAK

14 Jan, 2023 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM GST

PLENARY - FINANCING A SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE ENERGY TRANSITION

14 Jan, 2023 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM GST

SPEAKER

Amos Hochstein

Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security, US Department of State

SPEAKER

Claudio Descalzi

Chief Executive Officer, Eni

SPEAKER

Bernard Mensah

President of International, Bank of America; Chief Executive Officer, Merril Lynch International

SPEAKER

Elizabeth Yee

Executive Vice President of Programs and Member of the Management Committee, The Rockefeller Foundation

MODERATOR

Hadley Gamble

Anchor, CNBC

PLENARY - SETTING THE 2023 GLOBAL ENERGY AGENDA

14 Jan, 2023 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM GST

SPEAKER

H.E. Belinda Balluku

Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Republic of Albania

SPEAKER

H.E. Eng. Mohamed Al Hammadi

Managing Director and CEO, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation

SPEAKER

Steven Kobos

President and Chief Executive Officer, Excelerate Energy

SPEAKER

Roger Martella

Chief Sustainability Officer, GE

SPEAKER

Neeraj Agrawal

Chief Financial Officer, Crescent Petroleum

MODERATOR

Landon Derentz

Senior Director, Global Energy Center; Richard R. Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security, Atlantic Council

(simultaneous) - PRIVATE LUNCHES

14 Jan, 2023 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM GST

LEADERSHIP FIRESIDE CHAT

14 Jan, 2023 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM GST

PLENARY - EUROPE IN CRISIS: THE PATH FORWARD

14 Jan, 2023 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM GST

SPEAKER

H.E. Ditte Juul Jørgensen

Director General for Energy, European Commission

SPEAKER

Amb. Geoffrey Pyatt

Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, US Department of State

SPEAKER

Maksym Timchenko

Chief Executive Officer, DTEK

SPEAKER

Luis Cabra

Energy Transition, Technology, Institutional Affairs, and Deputy CEO, Repsol

SPEAKER

Ben Wilson

Chief Strategy & External Affairs Officer, National Grid

SPEAKER

Anatol Feygin

Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Cheniere Energy

MODERATOR

Andrew Sollinger

Publisher and CEO, Foreign Policy

PLENARY - ENERGY INFLECTION POINT: RELIABLE SUPPLY IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS

14 Jan, 2023 03:15 PM - 04:15 PM GST

SPEAKER

H.E. Sharif Alolama

Undersecretary for Energy and Petroleum Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates

SPEAKER

H.E Osama Mobarez

Secretary General, EMGF

SPEAKER

Helima Croft

Managing Director and Head of Global Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets

SPEAKER

Carlos Pascual

Senior Vice President, Global Energy, S&P Global Commodity Insights

SPEAKER

Paddy Padmanathan

Vice-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, ACWA Power

MODERATOR

Eithne Treanor

Founder and CEO, ETreanor Media

COFFEE BREAK

14 Jan, 2023 4:15 PM - 04:30 PM GST

SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS

14 Jan, 2023 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM GST

GLOBAL GAS 2023: EUROPE AND ASIA ON A COLLISION COURSE?

SPEAKER

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Special Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry

SPEAKER

Amb. Richard Morningstar

Founding Chairman, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council

SPEAKER

Toby Rice

Chief Executive Officer, EQT

SPEAKER

Alex Booth

Head of Research, KPLER

MODERATOR

Samantha Carl-Yoder

Policy Director, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

CLIMATE DIPLOMACY AMID GROWING GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS

SPEAKER

Rt. Hon. Charles Hendry

CBE PC Professor, University of Edinburgh; Former Minister of State for Energy, United Kingdom

SPEAKER

Ana Palacio

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain; Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, World Bank Group; Member, Atlantic Council's Board of Directors

SPEAKER

Amb. Paula Dobriansky

Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

SPEAKER

Neil Brown

Managing Director, KKR Global Institute

MODERATOR

Ken Berlin

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center

ENERGY MARKET MADNESS: PRICE CAPS, SUPPLY INTERVENTIONS, AND THE PURSUIT OF INVESTMENT STABILITY

SPEAKER

Hunter Hunt

Chairman and CEO, Hunt Consolidated Energy

SPEAKER

Joseph McMonigle

Secretary General, International Energy Forum (IEF)

SPEAKER

Geraldine Wessing

Chief Political Analyst, Shell Plc

SPEAKER

Mele Kolo Kyari

Group CEO, NNPC Limited

SPEAKER

Amb. Dora Zombori

Deputy State Secretary for Energy Security, Hungary

MODERATOR

Charles Lichfield

Deputy Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

BREAK FOR RECEPTION AND PRIVATE DINNERS

14 Jan, 2023 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM GST

GENERAL RECEPTION & PRIVATE DINNERS

14 Jan, 2023 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM GST

Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum - Day 2

KEYNOTE REMARKS

15 Jan, 2023 08:00 AM - 08:15 AM GST

SPEAKER

General James L. Jones, Jr.

Executive Chairman Emeritus, Atlantic Council, Founder, Jones Group International

PLENARY - THE ROAD TO COP28: AMBITION, INCLUSIVITY, AND EQUITY

15 Jan, 2023 8:15 AM - 09:15 AM GST

SPEAKER

H.E. Dr. Yasmine Fouad

Minister of Environment, Arab Republic of Egypt

SPEAKER

Francesco La Camera

Director-General, IRENA

SPEAKER

Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin

Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27, Egypt; Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, United Nations

SPEAKER

Sue Biniaz

Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, US Department of State

SPEAKER

Damilola Ogunbiyi

CEO, Sustainable Energy for All; Special Representative of the UN Secretary General

MODERATOR

Dan Murphy

Anchor and Correspondent, CNBC

LEADERSHIP FIRESIDE CHAT

15 Jan, 2023 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM GST

ENERGY TRANSITION ACCELERATOR: FINANCING THE TRANSITION TO CLEAN POWER

SPEAKER

John Kerry

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, United States

SPEAKER

Dr. Andrew Steer

President & CEO, Bezos Earth Fund

SPEAKER

Elizabeth Yee

Executive Vice President, Programs; Member, Management Committee, The Rockefeller Foundation

MODERATOR

Frederick Kempe

President and CEO, Atlantic Council

EMERGING MARKETS: NET-ZERO PATHWAYS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

15 Jan, 2023 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM GST

SPEAKER

H.E. Alparslan Bayraktar

Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Republic of Türkiye

SPEAKER

Isabel Munilla

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Market Development, Climate, and Multilateral Engagement, US Department of Energy

SPEAKER

Otmane Benemar

Chief Technology Officer, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, GE Gas Power

SPEAKER

Mary Burce Warlick

Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency

SPEAKER

Daniel Schroth

Director, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department, African Development Bank

MODERATOR

Eithne Treanor

CEO, ETreanor Media

COFFEE BREAK

15 Jan, 2023 11:00 PM - 11:30 AM GST

SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS

15 Jan, 2023 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM GST

AFTER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT: HOW WILL THE GLOBAL CLIMATE EFFORT CHANGE?

SPEAKER

Brad Crabtree

Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Department of Energy

SPEAKER

Ben Backwell

CEO, Global Wind Energy Council

SPEAKER

Tim Holt

Member of the Executive Board and Labor Director, Siemens Energy

SPEAKER

Lee Beck

Senior Director, Clean Air Task Force

SPEAKER

Julian Mylchreest

Executive Vice Chairman of Global Corporate & Investment Banking, Bank of America

MODERATOR

David Goldwyn

Chairman, Energy Advisory Group, Atlantic Council

WHAT'S NEXT FOR AFRICA'S ENERGY TRANSITION?

SPEAKER

Amadou Hott

Special Envoy and Global Champion, Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa; Former Minister Economy, Planning and International cooperation, Republic of Senegal

SPEAKER

Ana Hajduka

Founder & CEO, Africa GreenCo Group and GreenCo Power Services Limited

SPEAKER

Andrew Herscowitz

Chief Development Officer, US Development Finance Corporation

SPEAKER

Andre Pienaar

C5 Capital

SPEAKER

Norman Moyo

CEO, Distributed Power Africa

MODERATOR

Kelsey Warner

Future Editor, The National

WHAT'S NEXT FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA?

SPEAKER

Dannif Danusaputro

Chief Executive Officer, Pertamina New & Renewable Energy

SPEAKER

Jonathan Goh

Director of External Relations, Energy Market Authority of Singapore

SPEAKER

Dr. Kazutomo Irie

President, Asia Pacific Energy Research Center

SPEAKER

Diep Nguyen van Houtte

Senior Manager, International Finance Corporation

MODERATOR

Ailun Yang

Environmental Program Manager, Bloomberg Philanthropies

PRIVATE LUNCHES

15 Jan, 2023 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM GST

FIRESIDE CHAT

15 Jan, 2023 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM GST

COMPETITION FOR CRITICAL MINERALS – HEATING UP THE ENERGY TRANSITION'S GEOPOLITICS

SPEAKER

Amos Hochstein

Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security, US Department of State

MODERATOR

Helima Croft

Managing Director, Global Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets

SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS

15 Jan, 2023 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM GST

MODELS FOR NET-ZERO VALUE CHAINS: INFRASTRUCTURE, INTERCONNECTIVITY, AND FINANCE

SPEAKER

Jasim Husain Thabet

Group CEO, TAQA

SPEAKER

Marisa Drew

Chief Sustainability Officer, Standard Chartered

SPEAKER

Lorenzo Simonelli

Chairman, President, and CEO, Baker Hughes

SPEAKER

Dr.-Ing. Christian Bruch

President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Energy AG

SPEAKER

Eng. Fahad Alajlan

President, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center

SPEAKER

Andrew Herscowitz

Chief Development Officer, US International Development Finance Corporation

MODERATOR

Phillip Cornell

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center; Principal for Energy and Sustainability, Economist Impact

DECARBONIZING TRADE SYSTEMS

SPEAKER

George David Banks

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council

SPEAKER

Allard Castelein

CEO, Port Authority of Rotterdam

SPEAKER

Deborah Lehr

CEO, Edelman Global Advisory

SPEAKER

Ann Mettler

Vice President, Europe, Breakthrough Energy

SPEAKER

Evita Moawad

International Sustainable Energy Expert, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

MODERATOR

Robert Nakhel

Sky News Arabia

FACILITATING A NUCLEAR-POWERED NET ZERO FUTURE

SPEAKER

Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Poland

SPEAKER

Ana Birchall

Special Envoy for Strategic and International Affairs, Nuclearelectrica

SPEAKER

Daniel Poneman

President and Chief Executive Officer, Centrus Energy Corp.

SPEAKER

Joseph McBrearty

President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

MODERATOR

Jennifer Gordon

Director, Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council

COFFEE BREAK

15 Jan, 2023 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM GST

SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS

15 Jan, 2023 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM GST

CRITICAL MINERAL SUPPLY CHAINS: CAPACITY, RESILIENCY, AND SUSTAINABILITY

SPEAKER

H.E. Arifin Tasrif

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Republic of Indonesia

SPEAKER

Jason Bloom

Senior Director, Global ETF Strategy, Invesco

SPEAKER

Frank Fannon

Managing Director, Fannon Global Advisors

SPEAKER

Rod Colwell

Chief Executive Officer, Controlled Thermal Resources

SPEAKER

Helaina Matza

Director, Energy Transformation, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State

MODERATOR

Reed Blakemore

Deputy Director, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council

ENERGY TRANSITION IN THE MENA REGION

SPEAKER

Marco Margheri

Head of US Relations, Eni

SPEAKER

Olivia Azadegan

Energy Transition Director, MENA, Clean Air Task Force

SPEAKER

Robin Mills

CEO, Qamar Energy

SPEAKER

Jennifer Sara

Global Director for Climate Change Group, The World Bank Group

WHAT'S NEXT FOR HYDROGEN

SPEAKER

H.E. Eng. Yousif Al Ali

Assistant Undersecretary for Electricity, Water, and Future Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates

SPEAKER

Meg Gentle

Executive Director, HIF Global

SPEAKER

Marco Alvera

Co-Founder and CEO, Zhero; Chief Executive Officer, Tree Energy Solutions

SPEAKER

Shuayb Ismail

Associate Partner and Head of Partnerships, Xynteo

SPEAKER

Hussein Fouad El Ghazzawy

Senior Energy and Industry Consultant, LYNX

MODERATOR

Randolph Bell

Distinguished Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council

CLOSING FIRESIDE CHAT

15 Jan, 2023 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM GST

SPEAKER

Kadri Simson

Commissioner for Energy, European Commission

MODERATOR

Amb. Richard Morningstar

Founding Chairman, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council

CLOSING REMARKS

15 Jan, 2023 05:30 PM - 06:00 PM GST

SPEAKER

Frederick Kempe

President and CEO, Atlantic Council

SPEAKER

Landon Derentz

Senior Director, Global Energy Center; Richard Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security, Atlantic Council