Business programme

Energy Sector Transformations

03 Jun , 11:00–12:15
Joining Forces to Advance Development
Congress Centre, conference hall D3

The rapid growth in energy consumption, together with increasingly pressing requirements to protect the environment are creating new development scenarios at a time of transformation for the global fuel and energy sector. Among the biggest trends to come to the fore are hydrogen, carbon capture, and digitalization. What can be done to raise the efficiency and environmental safety of traditional energy systems using new technology? What technological breakthroughs should we expect in the coming decade, and how might such innovations impact the energy mix?

Moderator
Sergey Brilev, President, The Global Energy Association; Anchor of "Vesti v subbotu", TV Channel "Russia"

Panellists
Oleg Aksyutin, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee - Head of 623 Department, Gazprom
H.E. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs of the State of Qatar; Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Petroleum
Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, Minister of Energy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Sama Bilbao y Leon, Director General, World Nuclear Association (online)
Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Andrey Ryumin, General Director, Chairman of the Management Board, Rosseti
Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General, Chief Executive Officer, World Energy Council (WEC)
Viktor Khmarin, Chairman of the Management Board, General Director, RusHydro
Chung Rae Kwon, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah, Vice President of Economy, Minister of Industries and National Production, Minister of Petroleum of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (online)

Front row participants
Karim Amin, Executive Vice President for Generation, Siemens Energy AG
Mikhail Andronov, President, Rusenergosbyt
Alexander Beglov, Governor of St. Petersburg
Oleg Budargin, Vice Chair, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO)
Riccardo Valentini, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Professor, University of Tuscia
Natalya Komarova, Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area–Yugra
Yury Sentyurin, Secretary General, Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)

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