Join BeNeLux Business Council and other business councils for a workshop on CCUS and H2 Business Towards Net Zero – Opportunities and Challenges.

Why attend the workshop:

• Receive inputs and recommendations for COP28 regarding feasible pathways towards net-zero.
• Learn from the experts regarding the commercial solutions, opportunities, and challenges of implementing CCUS and Hydrogen to reduce or eliminate the emissions to atmosphere.
• Network with decision makers, contributors, and experts in the field from the UAE, Canadian government and private sector.

Objectives of the workshop:

The objectives of the workshop will be reached by presenting the following topics:

• CCUS projects overview, existing, planned, and net zero share and/or gap.
• Renewable energy projects, existing, planned, and net-zero share and/or gap.
• Hydrogen technologies, commercial technologies overview, opportunities, and challenges.
• Commercial CO2 capture technologies overview, opportunities, and Challenges.
• Building large scale CO2 capture plants, opportunities, and challenges from EPC companies point of views.
• CCUS and H2 applied research and development, opportunities, and challenges.
• Carbon storage and monitoring; existing projects, planned projects, opportunities, and challenges.
• Understanding the reservoir for CCS
• UAE’s clean energy projects and business strategy towards net zero.
• Existing financial programs for clean energy business.
• Policy and finance for clean energy projects.

• Omar Al Mehairi, VP Strategy, ADNOC Offshore
  
• Dr. Ahmed Aboudheir, President, Aboudheir Consulting
• Dr. Mohammad Abu Zahra, Head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, Global CCS Institute
• Dr. Malek Al-Chalabi, Senior Advisor - Carbon Pricing, Climate and Carbon Policy and Advocacy
  
• Rawad Barazanji, Process & Process Safety Team Team Leader at Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC).
• Robin Mills, CEO, Quamar Energy
• Dr. Lourdes Vega, Director of the Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and Hydrogen (RICH) at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology, and Acting Senior Director at Petroleum Institute

• Date: Tuesday, September 5th 2023
• Time: From 9:00am to 4:00pm
• Location: Park Rotana, Abu Dhabi
• Fee: 250aed for BBC members, 350aed for non-members