Nigeria’s Minister Of State For Petroleum, Sylvia, Others To Speak At Gastech 2021 In September

A distinguished line-up of high-profile speakers, including government ministers, policy makers and gas, LNG, hydrogen, and energy leaders will address the hard facts around the shift to a carbon neutral and sustainable energy future at the Gastech 2021 Strategic Conference, that will take place live and in-person, from September 13-16, in Singapore.

With an Asia focus around six critical strategic conference pillars – energy transition; methane; hydrogen; industrial users; digitalisation and end consumers – the Gastech Strategic Conference will provide delegates with real world insights that will enable them to better understand the dynamics of Asia’s evolving energy needs, including power generation and distribution; the opportunities around financing net zero projects and how regulation and policy will impact growth opportunities for gas, LNG, and hydrogen fuels.

Among the leading energy industry figures who will be speaking in person at Gastech 2021, are; H.E Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas & Steel, India; H.E. Chief Timipre Sylva, Honourable Minister of State- Petroleum Resources, Federal Republic of Nigeria; H.E. João Galamba, State Secretary for Energy, Portugal; Patrick Pouyanné, President & CEO, Total; Maarten Wetselaar, EVP Integrated Energies & Member of the Executive Board, Shell; Klaus-Dieter Maubach, CEO, Uniper SE; Jack Fusco, President & CEO, Cheniere; Frederic Barnaud, Group CEO, Pavilion Daniel Mallo, Managing Director – Head of Natural Resources & Infrastructure – Asia Pacific, Societe Generale; Shigeharu Yajima, Senior Vice President – Global Energy Marketing, INPEX Corporation; Jun Nishizawa, Executive Vice President & Group CEO, Natural Gas Group, Mitsubishi Corporation; Toshiro Kudama, CEO, JERA Asia Pte Ltd; Harald Link, Chairman & President, B. Grimm Public Power Company Ltd; Manoj Jain, Chairman & Managing Director, GAIL India, A K Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, Petronet LNG; Kunio Nohata, Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Tokyo Gas and Jane Liao, CEO, Natural Gas Business, CPC Corporation.

Christopher Hudson, President of Energy, dmg events, organisers of Gastech 2021 said: “We are delighted to be working with our valued partners in Singapore to once again bring together the global gas, LNG, hydrogen and energy industry, live and in-person, to tackle head on the challenges of environmental agendas, leveraging technology and new ways of working to match market requirements, particularly in the growth economies of Asia.

“With an emphasis on technology innovation; supply and demand dynamics; evolving partnerships; people and talent and governance and influence, Gastech 2021 will draw together the energy industry leadership, policy makers and industrial energy consumers to address the hard facts about the transition to net zero carbon emissions.

“Through its high-level, thought leadership conference programme and broad-spectrum exhibition, Gastech 2021 will provide the leadership to enable the industry to extend how it is used across all industries with greater penetration in transportation and as an important molecule in petrochemicals, supporting the wide scale deployment of hydrogen, while continuing to compete with coal in power generation markets,” Hudson added.

Gastech is the world’s largest integrated conference and exhibition supporting the global gas, LNG, hydrogen, and energy value chain and is an important enabler of engagement between policy makers, business leaders, disruptors and innovators on the key issues around environmental impact and sustainability, climate change mitigation and energy security. Over 25,000 industry professionals are expected to attend Gastech 2021, the first global in-person energy event to take place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

dmg events is working closely with its partners and other stakeholders in Singapore, including Singapore EXPO, Enterprise Singapore and the Singapore Tourism Board, to ensure Gastech 2021 takes place in a safe and secure environment for all attendees and is continuously monitoring COVID-19 developments, as economies recover, and business and travel restrictions are lifted across the world.

Gastech, which takes place annually in a different location, is the world’s largest gas, LNG, hydrogen and energy event, attracting upwards of 25,000 international visitors and providing heads of state, government officials, ministerial and global business leaders, disruptors, innovators and students with a platform to engage in conversation.