Gastech's Leadership Roundtables bring together the energy sector's most distinguished thought leaders, strategists, and policymakers. It facilitates important discussions about the future of energy production, supply and use, while providing excellent networking opportunities which empower attendees to build high-level industry connections.
The aim of the roundtables is to create productive discussions with tangible takeaways and reports. Participants will benefit from making extensive, high-level industry connections with unique networking and discussion opportunities, held under Chatham House rule.
The roundtable is by invitation-only and welcomes up to 30 high-level participants for each topic, including Energy Ministers, policymakers, industry CEOs, C-suite executives, and noted industry analysts and commentators.
Leadership Roundtables are an integral part of the Gastech 2023 leadership agenda

Gastech Energy Club Official Partner
Knowledge Partner
Wood Mackenzie are Knowledge Partner for Gastech Leadership Roundtables. Wood Mackenzie will lead and moderate each Leadership Roundtable during Gastech 2023.
Leadership Roundtables programme
The high-level conversations will generate tangible takeaways and insightful reports that will inspire the global energy industry to create the crucial strategies required to ensure future success as the industry recalibrates the global energy system to meet net zero targets. Key takeaways and topic reports will be produced by Wood Mackenzie, Knowledge Partner, and agreed with all stakeholders.
Leadership Roundtable 1
Tuesday 5 September
12:00 - 13:30Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club

Defining a new agenda for decarbonisation with urgency: Leveraging creative models of collaboration for an accelerated journey to net zero
By 2030, the world will be home to an additional half a billion people, demanding more energy every year. At the same time the global challenge of climate change calls for urgent, game-changing solutions and partnerships to eliminate emissions. Every government, industry, business and individual has a role to play in decarbonising quicker, and creating the future of energy, faster, while safeguarding energy security and ensuring nobody is left behind.
In the countdown to COP28, the energy industry will be required to realign, collaborate and re-present its value offering to global citizens as a trusted and qualified partner to tackle urgent climate priorities with pace and purpose. By leveraging the sector’s vast network and infrastructure, the ADIPEC Exhibition and Conferences is uniquely positioned to rally industries and diverse actors around the common cause of decarbonising, faster, together, accelerate collective action and credible solutions needed to tackle the biggest challenges in energy and climate.
Moderators:

Simon Flowers
Chairman and Chief Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Ed Crooks
Vice-Chair, Americas
Wood MackenzieSpecial guest:

Samantha Gross
Director, Energy Security and Climate Initiative & Fellow, Foreign Policy
Brookings InstitutionParticipants:

Dan Brouillette
President
Sempra Infrastructure
Alan Heng
Group CEO
Pavilion Energy
Marco Alverà
CEO
TES
Ganesh Ramaswamy
Executive Vice President, Industrial & Energy Technology
Baker HughesAudience insight:
Determining the urgent priorities for industry alignment and developing new partnership to accelerate energy transition goals.
Leadership Roundtable 2
Tuesday 5 September
14:30 - 16:00Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club
Hosted by:

Hydrogen - unlocking the off-takers and market signals needed to secure demand
Hydrogen is critical for achieving net zero and eradicating scope 3 emissions in hard to abate industrial sectors. The Asia Pacific region is looking to hydrogen to decarbonise its young thermal power fleet and industry, set to become a key hydrogen offtaker and producer. Australia has emerged as a green energy hub for APAC and is driving the establishment of hydrogen supply chains across both Asia and Europe, while other major potential hydrogen export regions, such as North America and the Middle East, are also vying for market share.
To maximise this opportunity, the region must cooperate on market design, ensuring learning from the gas and power sectors are brought to bear in the development of commercial structures and deployment of infrastructure – accelerating the region’s ability to unlock demand. The roll-out of the hydrogen economy also raises questions around how to balance decarbonisation, energy security and affordability. How will policy support an equitable transition across APAC? How will regional and global markets balance an accelerated roll-out with the lumpiness of infrastructure investment and supply and demand as hydrogen deployment scales globally?
Moderators:

Melany Vargas
Global Head of Hydrogen Consulting
Wood Mackenzie
Flor Lucia De la Cruz
Principal Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies
Wood MackenzieSpecial guest:

Anne-Laure de Chammard
Member of the Executive Board
Siemens EnergyParticipants:

Jane Liao
Vice President
CPC Taiwan
Samer Khoury
Chairman
Consolidated Contractors Group
Marco Alverà
CEO
TES
Gonzalo Cabrera
Co-Lead of the Hydrogen Taskforce
The Association of International Energy NegotiatorsAudience insight:
Identifying and establishing the commercial and policy structures to establish the demand centres that will enable hydrogen to scale.
Leadership Roundtable 3
Tuesday 5 September
16:30 - 18:00Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club
Does the world need new models of cooperation in global gas markets?
The past two years have seen huge volatility in global gas markets, with unprecedented spot prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Gas markets are increasingly integrated as a result of the growth in LNG and more flexible contracts. This resulted in the supply shock that hit Europe reverberating around the world, causing access and affordability problems for consumers far from the original disruption. What new partnerships and models of co-operation can help mitigate these risks to energy security and support the long-term role of gas as a reliable fuel through the energy transition? Do gas-consuming countries need to forge new alliances, the way oil-consuming countries did after the crude price shock of 1973-74? Do we need to establish new forums for dialogue between LNG buyers and sellers, to help manage the market to achieve greater stability? Could the recent announcement of closer collaboration among two of the world’s leading LNG buyers be the foundation stone for broader and deeper cooperation? Are there models from other sectors that may serve as blueprint?
Moderators:

Ed Crooks
Vice-Chair, Americas
Wood Mackenzie
Lucy Cullen
Research Director, APAC Gas & LNG Research
Wood MackenzieParticipants:

Ronald Adams
Chief Executive Officer
Atlantic LNG
Csaba Marosvari
Deputy State Secretary for Energy Security
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
Alberto Matucci
Vice President Gas Technology Equipment
Baker Hughes
Dr. Katan Hirachand
CEO and Chief Country Officer
Societe Generale IndiaAudience insight:
The importance bilateral cooperation and strategic partnerships in delivering secure and low-carbon energy.
Leadership Roundtable 4
Wednesday 6 September
09:00 - 10:30Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club
The LNG supply/demand conundrum – achieving alignment on market fundamentals
The insatiable appetite for LNG volumes and the associated price volatility that characterised 2022, transformed supply and demand dynamics across the global LNG market, with multiple potential mid and long-term implications.
With coal consumption on the rise, China’s gas/LNG demand growth trajectory comes into question, with significant implications for overall LNG market growth. China’s willingness to engage in long-term contracts could also influence the future shape of contracting models between sellers and buyers across the sector. As well as curtailing their spot purchases, extreme market volatility impacted the willingness of many emerging market buyers’ to bank on LNG as a vital component of their governments’ decarbonisation strategies in the medium term. It also brought into sharp focus the cost of LNG supply, and in aggregate highlighted the challenges the industry could face in dealing with a future gas/LNG demand curve that no longer always trends upwards, and the difficulties of new supply development in that environment. In Europe, import capacity will increase by 40 bcm in 2023, but with governments under continued pressure to decarbonise at pace, the anticipated timeline for replacing natural gas with lower carbon fuels in Europe is unclear with significant implications for mid to long-term demand.
Moderators:

Kristy Kramer
Vice President, Gas & LNG Reserach
Wood Mackenzie
Giles Farrer
Head of Gas and LNG Asset Research
Wood MackenzieParticipants:

Iqbal Z Ahmed
Chairman
Pakistan Gasport Consortium LtdSteve Hill
Executive Vice President
Shell Energy
Thomas Thorkildsen
Chief Commercial Officer
Höegh LNG
Richard Holtum
Global Head of Gas and Power
Trafigura Group Pte Ltd
Julius D. Rone
Managing Director and CEO
UTM Offshore Ltd
Paul Varello
Founder and Executive Chairman
Commonwealth LNG
Hiroshi Hashimoto
Senior Analyst, Fossils Energies & International Cooperation Unit
IEEJ
Jouni Limiitaa
Head of Trading & Optimisation
GASUMAudience insight:
Strategies for incentivising LNG supply development in an uncertain future demand scenario.
Leadership Roundtable 5
Wednesday 6 September
11:00 - 12:30Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club
Hosted by:

How will the gas and LNG industry make a step change in its decarbonising efforts?
Reducing emissions is a priority for the LNG industry. The industry must also address how it restricts upstream fugitive methane emissions and methane slippage in some vessel engines.
A range of measures are already being evaluated, from responsibly produced gas to CCUS to more efficient engines in ships. All will take time to implement but are steps in the right direction. In parallel, standardising measurement and certification of emissions from each cargo are also being introduced.
Incentives to decarbonise are stacking up. This year the EU has announced plans to include LNG shipping emissions within its Emissions Trading Scheme and a broader extension of the CBAM to tackle full value chain emissions associated with delivering gas to market is expected. This will ripple across the industry and force carbon pricing into wider LNG trade. Countries in Asia are introducing carbon taxation and Asian buyers increasingly want measures to monitor and mitigate emissions from LNG.
The push to decarbonise opens the door to potential new business opportunities, including new technologies such as Blue Ammonia and eLNG, and searches for ways to transport, price and store its emissions.
Moderators:

Giles Farrer
Head of Gas and LNG Asset Research
Wood Mackenzie
Lucy Cullen
Research Director, APAC Gas & LNG Research
Wood MackenzieSpecial guest:

Giulia Ferrini
OGMP 2.0 Manager
UNEPParticipants:

H.E. Eng. Mohamed Hamel
Secretary General
Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)
Alessandra Pasini
Co-Founder & President
Zhero
Kahina Abdeli-Galinier
Business Director - Emissions Management
SLB
Harshit Agrawal
Senior Gas Specialist
World Bank
Dr Sanjay C Kuttan
CTO
Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation
Jérôme Malka
Member of the Executive Committee
ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales
John Panikar
CEO - Asia Pacific and Executive Vice President
Linde
Marco Alverà
CEO
TES
Alessandro Bresciani
Senior Vice President, Climate Technology Solutions
Baker Hughes
Jennifer Hooper
Senior VIce President for Electrification, Automation, and Digitalisation (EAD)
Siemens Energy
Astrid Poupart-Lafarge
Global Segment President - Energies and Chemicals
Schneider ElectricAudience insight:
Strategies for accelerating the pace of decarbonisation within the oil and gas sector.
Leadership Roundtable 6
Wednesday 6 September
13:30 - 15:00Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club
Hosted by:

Unlocking the full potential of East Mediterranean Low- Carbon Gas
Over a decade of natural gas discoveries in North Africa and the East Mediterranean have transformed the region’s potential as a prominent supplier and partner for gas thirsty markets, and with the recent establishment of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum, the region continues to advance diplomatic breakthroughs and strengthen international relationships.
The geographical allure of the region, at the nexus of Europe, Asia and Africa, represents extensive export optionality across all member countries. However, to fulfil the promise held by the region’s natural gas resources, EMGF and its members must lead from both a political and technical level to quickly determine the best options for reaching markets, either via LNG or pipeline, and then coordinate on policies and interconnections, whilst being mindful of investing in improved interconnectivity and lower-carbon technology that helps create a more sustainable and decarbonised future.
This Roundtable will convene stakeholders to discuss the pivotal role of East Med and North African gas resources in mitigating the energy security challenge and supporting decarbonised energy markets.
Moderator:

Simon Flowers
Chairman and Chief Analyst
Wood MackenzieParticipants:

Clay Neff
President
Chevron International Exploration and Production
Alessandro Puliti
CEO
Saipem
Abdellatif Bardach
President / Chairman
MEDREG / Moroccan National Electricity Regulation Authority (ANRE)
Karem Mahmoud
Executive Chairman
GASREG
Samer Khoury
Chairman
Consolidated Contractors Group
Hasan Ozkoc
Director
MEDREG Secretariat
Alberto Matucci
Vice President Gas Technology Equipment
Baker Hughes
Astrid Poupart-Lafarge
Global Segment President - Energies and Chemicals
Schneider ElectricAudience Insight:
Defining a roadmap for the development of East Mediterranean gas resources to meet the need for secure, low-carbon energy.
Leadership Roundtable 7
Wednesday 6 September
15:30 - 17:00Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club
Global policy: how are governments shaping the outlook for gas and LNG?
Gas is at the intersection of energy supply security and decarbonisation efforts, allowing for market resilience, reduced reliance on coal and optionality to scale up low-carbon gases solutions. Governments have the opportunity to evolve policy in order to incentivise investments in supply, long-term contracts and infrastructure build-out to ensure supply availability to meet rising demand. But at the same time in many developed economies there will be pressure on them to accelerate the delivery of commitments made at recent COPs around global climate policy, which could impact the role of gas as a primary energy source in the long term. For now, rising natural gas demand in parts of Asia alongside EU efforts to replace Russian gas will continue to underpin LNG demand growth, requiring investments in new LNG developments. Governments have a key role to play to accommodate a just and orderly transition to a low-carbon future. Gas provides a readily available solution and the optionality to scale up to low-carbon gases. But how Governments will step into the role individually and collectively remains open to discussion at a time when energy sources face increasing geopolitical challenges.
Moderator:

Mangesh Patankar
Director, Gas and LNG Consulting
Wood Mackenzie
Massimo Di Odoardo
Vice President, Gas and LNG Research
Wood MackenzieParticipants:

Fernando Moura Alves
Director
National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels of Brazil (ANP)
Marco Alverà
CEO
TES
Elio Ruggeri
Director of LNG and Chairman
Snam and OLT Offshore LNG Toscana
Shehryar Omar
Chief Executive Officer
Petroleum Institute of Pakistan
Matt Armstrong
VP, Global Government & Regulatory Affairs
Baker HughesAudience insight:
Grasp the implications national and global policymakers have on impacting long-term investment and planning of new gas & LNG projects and infrastructure.
Leadership Roundtable 8
Thursday 7 September
09:00-10:30Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club
China and its impact on global LNG and low-carbon hydrogen
With Mandarin-English Translation
With domestic coal demand and carbon emissions continuing to rise, a growing role for gas in China has never been more critical. But what remains uncertain is the pace and scale of China’s gas demand rebound and its impact on global LNG markets.
Given the pace of long-term contracting in recent years, China is expected to remain the market-defining buyer of uncontracted LNG. But what does this mean for the industry as China potentially seeks to redefine how LNG is developed and contracted? Indeed, what does China really want from its LNG suppliers and – in the future - from its low-carbon hydrogen suppliers?
With growth comes influence, and it is likely China is already on a pathway to replacing Europe as the global LNG balancing market. It seems certain that with China’s appetite for LNG returning, the industry’s future is unlikely to resemble its past.
Moderators:

Miaoru Huang
Research Director, Asia Pacific Gas & LNG
Wood Mackenzie
Gavin Thompson
Vice Chairman, Energy - Asia Pacific
Wood MackenzieParticipants:

Graham Gilles
VP Asia Pacific
Baker HughesAudience insight:
Understand how Chinese LNG demand resurgence is transforming contractual models and likely implications for future LNG and hydrogen acquisition from China.
Leadership Roundtable 9
Thursday 7 September
11:00 - 12:30Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club
Financing the transition: How are capital flows to innovations in climate technologies shifting in the wake of the global energy crisis
Energy companies are expected by stakeholders to keep the lights on and meet investors’ demands for growth and returns, while also investing in the low-carbon supply of the future. Is capital discipline hindering the gas industry from making the investments that will be needed to meet future demand? As governments step up incentives for low-carbon technologies, how can gas continue to play a role in the transition? Can gas capture its share of the US$x trillion a year that will be invested in energy over the coming decades? How can governments and the industry build stronger partnerships to achieve their goals for supplies that are reliable, affordable, and clean? Can boardrooms get the balance right between building a sustainable future for gas and keeping investors happy?
Moderator:

Simon Flowers
Chairman and Chief Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Kristy Kramer
Vice President, Gas & LNG Reserach
Wood MackenzieParticipants:

Yves Vercammen
Chief Corporate Officer
TES H2
Samantha Gross
Director, Energy Security and Climate Initiative & Fellow, Foreign Policy
Brookings Institution
Nick Milne
Managing Director – Upstream Energy Capital
Macquarie Bank

Chris Barkey
Chief Technology Officer – Industrial & Energy Technology
Baker Hughes
Dorian Delteil
Executive Director, Energy, Renewables & Infrstructure
DBS BankAudience insights:
Understand the role for gas and LNG as a transition fuel in the new investment environment characterised by government incentives for low carbon technologies.
Leadership Roundtable 10
Thursday 7 September
13:30 - 15:00Executive Boardroom, Gastech Energy Club
Will LNG trading redefine the global gas market landscape?
LNG is evolving into a globally traded and more liquid commodity, bolstered by continued growth in flexible LNG supply and adaptation to diverse demand requirements. The dramatic events of the past three years have highlighted the defining role that trading can play in moving LNG where needed, helping to balance the market. But while this has created opportunities for many, it has also brought challenges around managing risk as volatility has increased.
Europe emerged as the biggest LNG market for spot trade as replaced Russian gas imports. As prices have eased, Asian buyers are back in the spot market, emphasising the region’s role as a traded LNG market and the importance of hub prices. It is apparent that successful trading strategies require access to supply and infrastructure globally, as players look to take advantage of price movements across markets and basins.
Some major LNG players have stepped up their in-house trading capabilities while trading houses are also becoming key market players. But it remains to be seen whether more companies will follow. Ultimately, the number of players that embrace LNG trading will be a defining element of the ever-evolving LNG business.
Moderator:

Massimo Di Odoardo
Vice President, Gas and LNG Research
Wood Mackenzie
Giles Farrer
Head of Gas and LNG Asset Research
Wood MackenzieParticipants:

Mr Ralf Dickgreber
Chief Executive Officer - LNG
ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales
Thorbjörn Fors
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Siemens Energy
George Nemeth
Chief Commercial Officer
Commonwealth LNGAudience insight:
Understand how new contractual models are transforming LNG trading.