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Today we're focusing on looking at strategies for accelerating decarbonization efforts across the energy and industrial sectors, with experts highlighting the technological, financial, and operational innovations pushing us toward a sustainable future.
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Session Highlights:
Decarbonizing Faster and at a Lower Cost: Philipp Sielfeld, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), shared strategic insights on scaling decarbonization efforts without escalating costs, emphasizing a balance between speed and sustainability.
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Galp: Low Carbon Fuels’ Uptake and Integration in Refining - Louren?o de Almeida e Silva outlined Galp's approach to integrating low-carbon fuels into refining processes, tackling real-world challenges in adoption and scaling for impact.
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Hydrogen as a Decarbonization Powerhouse: this panel discussion dived deep into the role of hydrogen and carbon capture. A huge thank you to our panelist for providing an interesting discussion:
Marcos Matijasevich, Head of Low Carbon Transition, EET Fuels
Maribel Rodríguez Olmo, Hydrogen Director, Repsol
Alberto Giovanzana, Managing Director, Johnson Matthey
Mei-Yin Chia, Global General Manager, Carbon Capture & Hydrogen, Honeywell UOP Training
Diogo Almeida, Head of Business Development, Hydrogen and Renewable Fuels, Galp
Max Rudolf Schaller, Head of Sales, Sunfire (Moderator)
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Assessing Financing and Investment in Low-Carbon Technologies: providing a comprehensive look at investment landscapes, the panel emphasised strategic funding as the catalyst to advance sustainable technologies in refining. Thank you to our panelist:
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Nicolas AIMARD, Total One Tech - Vice President Process Technical Line, TotalEnergies
Jean-Marc Sohier, Director, Concawe
Abdullah Albesher, Investment Manager, Aramco Ventures
Tracy Ellerington, Partner, Solomon Associates (moderator)