Strategic Conference

Gastech’s Strategic Conference convenes ministers, CEOs, policymakers, and financiers to address the defining priorities of the global energy system. The programme explores actionable strategies to scale investment, accelerate infrastructure, and strengthen collaboration across the energy value chain.

With Asia driving demand and innovation, and natural gas, LNG, hydrogen, climate technologies, and AI transforming global supply dynamics, the conference offers vital insights into pioneering solutions that can shape a secure, reliable, affordable, and cleaner energy landscape.

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Unparalleled thought leadership

The Strategic Conference brings together over 1,000 global energy leaders - from government ministers and C-suite executives to policymakers, investors, and innovators - representing the full breadth of the global energy value chain. Leaders from energy producers, utilities, technology companies, AI and digital solution providers, financial institutions, and climate technology pioneers share the insights shaping the industry’s future.

Strategic programmes

Strategic Leadership

The Strategic Leadership Programme drives the global energy agenda, advancing secure, affordable, and low-carbon solutions. By uniting policymakers, CEOs, financiers, technologists, and NGO leaders, it unlocks new markets, expands energy access, and fosters sustainable economic growth worldwide.

AI::Energy

The Strategic AI::Energy Programme examines how artificial intelligence is transforming the energy landscape - optimising operations, accelerating decarbonisation, and reshaping business models. By uniting AI developers, technology providers, and energy leaders, it drives innovation and governance for a secure, sustainable future.

Climatetech

The Strategic Climatetech Programme unites energy leaders, policymakers, investors, and innovators to advance cutting-edge strategies and technologies for measuring, reducing, and mitigating emissions. It drives commercial growth in CCUS, DAC, and breakthrough climate solutions while scaling impactful innovations.

Hydrogen

The Strategic Hydrogen Programme unites energy leaders to tackle hydrogen’s challenges and opportunities. It drives collaboration across the value chain, addressing safety, infrastructure, and policy alignment, while advancing commercial viability through investment, partnerships, and market development.

This year’s strategic themes

To power a sustainable energy future, the Strategic Conference 2026 addresses the following themes:

Global Energy Economy: Powering energy expansion and resilience in the Age of Electrification

Rapid electrification is reshaping global energy demand, increasing the need for reliable and resilient systems. Natural gas and LNG play a critical role, providing flexible baseload power alongside renewables.

Gastech will convene global leaders to examine how gas and low-carbon solutions can deliver secure, affordable energy.

Natural Gas & LNG: Strengthening global energy security and fuelling system for transformation

Natural gas and LNG remain central to global energy security, providing reliable, lower-carbon supply amid market volatility. As Asia’s demand for cleaner fuels grows, LNG is displacing coal and supporting industrial growth.

Gastech will highlight gas’s strategic role in stabilising energy systems and advancing resilient infrastructure investment.

Finance & Investment: Building energy resilience for the future through strategic investment today

Modernising global energy systems requires unprecedented investment, especially across Asia and the Global South. Capital must target LNG, gas-to-power, and low-carbon projects to ensure secure, decarbonised supply.

Gastech will convene financiers, policymakers, and developers to align on innovative frameworks that unlock capital, mitigate risk, and accelerate resilient energy infrastructure.

Climate Technology & Energy Efficiency: Scaling climate technology innovation to deliver an interconnected and lower-emissions future

Scaling climate technologies and energy efficiency solutions will be critical in delivering measurable emissions reduction.

Gastech will explore how such technologies can move beyond pilot to deployment - integrating into complex energy systems and supporting a more interconnected, resilient and lower-emissions future.

Hydrogen & Low-Carbon Fuels: Unlocking the unrealised potential for hydrogen and low-carbon fuels in a diverse energy mix

Hydrogen and low-carbon fuels are emerging as critical components of future energy systems, complementing natural gas and enabling deeper decarbonisation of hard to abate sectors.

Asia is rapidly positioning itself as a key demand centre, with new import terminals, pilot projects, and policy frameworks taking shape. However, cost competitiveness, infrastructure readiness, and market design remain major hurdles.

Gastech will explore pathways to scale production, optimise transport and storage, and integrate hydrogen and low-carbon fuels into existing gas networks to build a more diverse and resilient energy mix.

AI: Intelligence powering optimised energy systems

Artificial intelligence is transforming energy, improving efficiency, forecasting, and system adaptability. As electrification accelerates, AI will be crucial for balancing demand, reducing emissions, and optimising assets.

Gastech will convene technology leaders and operators to explore AI’s potential in midstream and downstream operations, unlocking value and enabling a resilient, intelligent energy future.

Partnerships & Collaboration: Aligning industry capabilities and partnerships to advance a more secure energy future

The evolving energy landscape requires collaboration across borders, sectors, and technologies. From LNG diversification to hydrogen and advanced tech deployment, coordinated action is critical.

Gastech will bring together governments, industry, and technology partners to forge integrated alliances that drive investment, innovation, and long-term energy security for a sustainable, resilient future.

Leading conversations in energy

Ministerial Panels

Ministers and policymakers from the world’s leading economies will share their insights on geopolitics, economic priorities, energy security, and national roadmaps to Net zero.

Executive Leadership Panels

CEOs and industry leaders across the energy value chain explore corporate strategies to harness the growth opportunity natural gas provides, along with the rapid deployment of climate technologies, to transform energy systems, advance the new industrial age and provide clean, affordable energy to all.

Onstage interview

Inspirational insights and practical strategies will be shared by keynote speakers who articulate their vision for achieving Net zero goals.

Energy Talks

Convening leading minds and personalities from the global energy sector, policy, AI and adjacent industries in a series of short form interviews with noted broadcasters and industry analysts. The talks provide unique insights from the leaders at the vanguard of the global energy ecosystem transformation.

Strategic Dialogues

A dedicated series of discussions for senior industry practitioners in natural gas and LNG to exchange insights on operational challenges and strategic solutions.

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Unparalleled thought leadership

H.E. Gilberto Pichetto Fratin

Ambassador Tilman J. Fertitta

Ditte Juul Jørgensen

Secretary Doug Burgum

Secretary Chris Wright

H.E. Eng. Karim Badawi

H.E. Stavros Papastavrou

H.E. Hayyan Abdul Ghani Al-Sawad

H.E. Mohamed Ould Khaled

H.E. Péter Szijjártó

H.E. Sen. John Owan Enoh

Hon. George Papanastasiou

H.E. Bruno-Jean Richard Itoua

Hon. John Abdulai Jinapor

Hon. Cheikh Niane

Joshua Volz

Fatih Birol

H.E. Jassim AlShirawi

H.E. Osama Mobarez

Lindsay See

Samerjai Suksumek

Wael Sawan

Patrick Pouyanné

Claudio Descalzi

Yukio Kani

Bayo Ojulari

Jack Fusco

Dr. Egbert Laege

Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang

Musabbeh Al Kaabi

Horacio Marín

Mike Sabel

Michael Lewis

Lorenzo Simonelli

Yuya Hasegawa

Takayuki Ueda

Khalayakorn Suzuki

Agostino Scornajenchi

Hamed Al Naamany

H.E. Tarek El Molla

Dr. Paolo Scaroni

Joseph McMonigle

Peter Clarke

Masoud Suleman

Fatema Al Nuaimi

Guido Brusco

Freeman Shaheen

Sandeep Kumar Gupta

Russell Hardy

Richard Holtum

Olli Sipilä

Akshay Kumar Singh

Matt Schatzman

Leye Falade

Martin Houston

Marco Alverà

Yumiko Yao

Andrew Barry

De la Rey Venter

Dr. Pratima Rangarajan

Arnaud Pieton

Alessandro Puliti

Jarrod Agen

Nick Dell’Osso

Thomas Hardy

Charif Souki

Ryosuke Tsugaru