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April 26

09:00

IEF17 Ministerial Meeting
09:45 - 17:00
Congress Center
Invitation only

18:00

Welcome Reception
18:00 - 20:00
Congress Center

April 27

09:00

Inauguration & Awards

Opening Remarks
09:30 - 09:50
Plenary Hall
Keynote Address
Official Inauguration of WPC Energy Congress
09:30 - 12:00
Congress Center

Inauguration & Awards

Ministerial Dialogue: Future of Energy
09:55 - 10:55
Plenary Hall
Panel

10:00

Inauguration & Awards

Ministerial Dialogue: Perspectives on Global Oil and Gas Markets
10:55 - 11:55
Plenary Hall
Panel

12:00

Inauguration & Awards

The Dewhurst Lecture and Award
12:15 - 12:45
Plenary Hall
Keynote Address

Plenary Session

Oil and Gas Markets: Why Global Energy Security Matters?
12:45 - 13:45
Plenary Hall
Panel

13:00

Primary Energy Supply

Block 1 Keynote: Primary Energy Supply - Future Pathways
13:00 - 13:30
Forum Keynote
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 1

Energy Infrastructure

Block 2 Keynote: Energy Infrastructure - Future Pathways
13:00 - 13:30
Forum Keynote
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Block 3 Keynote: Energy Fuels & Molecules - Future Pathways
13:00 - 13:30
Forum Keynote
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3

Energy Technologies

Block 4 Keynote: Energy Technologies - Future Pathways
13:00 - 13:30
Forum Keynote
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 4

Energy Leadership

Block 5 Keynote: Energy Leadership - Future Pathways
13:00 - 13:30
Forum Keynote
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5

Circular Carbon Economy

Accelerating the Circular Carbon Economy through Joint Action
13:00 - 14:00
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

Primary Energy Supply

Energy Supply and Demand Outlook: Navigating the Future
13:30 - 15:00
Forum 1
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 1
Technical Papers
Chair: Abdullah Al Jarboua, Senior Fellow, Energy Macro & Microeconomics, KAPSARC
Vice Chairs: Silvio Konrad, Chief Operating Officer, TÜV NORD GROUP , Weiguo Shan, Head of Oil Market Research, CNPC ETRI
Speakers: Oguzhan Akyener , Mahaman Laouan Gaya , Pavan Kumar Pillalamarri , Mouyuan Wu

Energy Infrastructure

Navigating the Future: Innovations & Market Dynamics in LNG, FLNG, & CNG
13:30 - 15:00
Forum 7
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Technical Papers
Chair: Elena Fedorova, Head of Department, National University of Oil and Gas - Gubkin University - Russia
Vice Chairs: Gholamali Rahimi, Faculty Member and Head of the Energy Economic Department, Institute for International Energy Studies, Ministry of Petroleum , Tongwen Shan, General Manager, Science & Information Technology Department, China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Speakers: Matthias Pickl , Anindita Sharda , Laleh Shirazi , Li Xiao

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Fueling the Future: Innovations & Strategies for Tomorrow’s Electricity Supply
13:30 - 15:00
Forum 13
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3
Technical Papers
Chair: Naif Makki, Director, New Energy Technologies, Ministry of Energy
Vice Chairs: Nicola Caley, Partner, HKA , Thiago Guilherme Ferreira Prado, President, EPE - Energy Research Office
Speakers: Ali Alshuwaikhat , Sohrab Fathi , Qingzhuo Liao , Yushuo Zhang

Energy Technologies

Smart Infrastructure for the Future Energy Industry: Digitalisation & Innovation
13:30 - 15:00
Forum 18
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 4
Technical Papers
Chair: Arseniy Kirichenko, Consultant, M&A, Valuation, Business Development, Energy, Oil and Gas Projects, Energy, Oil and Gas Projects
Vice Chair: Mahdi Alavi, Reservoir Engineer, National Iranian Oil Company
Speakers: Amir Abedpour , Duaa Ibrahem Alluwaimi , Reza Azin , Supratik Pathak

Energy Leadership

Energy Access for All
13:30 - 15:00
Forum 25
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Technical Papers
Chair: Abdulrahman M. Alkadhi, Advisor, Energy Sustainability & Technology Management, Oil Sustainability Program
Vice Chairs: Khorlan Ayazbekova, Head of Strategy Management Office (Deputy Head, Expert), KazMunayGas , Jerzy Stopa, Senior Reservoir Engineer, AGH University of Krakow
Speakers: Shihab ALkattab , Aayushi Awasthy , Rodrigo Cabral , Salisu Isihak

14:00

Women in Energy

Spotlight on Success Stories: Redefining Leadership in the Energy Sector
14:30 - 15:30
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

Inauguration & Awards

Ministerial Dialogue: Balancing Priorities in The Energy Trilemma
14:45 - 15:30
Plenary Hall
Panel

15:00

Energy Technologies

Research, Technology Start-ups and Funding
15:00 - 16:30
Forum 19
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 4
Technical Papers
Chair: Qun Li, Senior Specialist, Standard and Cooperation Division, R&D Department, China National Petroleum Corporation
Vice Chairs: Abdulakhat Ismailov, Dean of the School of Energy & Petroleum Industry, Kazakh-British Technical University , Katerina Yared, Global Energy Portfolio Leader - O&G, Carbon Capture, Geothermal, 3M
Speakers: Mutaz Alsubhi , Jayasurya Tsunduru , Alexandru Turta , Baohua Zhao

Energy Leadership

Public Policy (Global and Local) - Climate Change, Transition Management, Supply Security and Energy Affordability
15:00 - 16:30
Forum 26
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Technical Papers
Chair: Walter R. Hufford, Vice President - Government Affairs and Regulatory Coordination, Repsol
Vice Chairs: Rufaydah Alyamani, Sustainability and Climate Change Professional Engineer, Ministry of Energy , Aisha Turebayeva, Director of Strategy and Portfolio Management, JSC NC - KazMunayGas
Speakers: Oliver Iskandar Banks , Rodrigo Cabral , Yakoub Mohamed Karnaf , Kira Negron

Plenary Session

Digital Technologies: Driving Productivity, Cost, and Performance in the Energy Sector
15:30 - 16:15
Plenary Hall
Panel

Primary Energy Supply

Energy Supply and Demand Outlook: Navigating the Future
15:30 - 17:30
Forum 1
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 1
Technical Posters
Chair: Abdullah Al Jarboua, Senior Fellow, Energy Macro & Microeconomics, KAPSARC
Vice Chairs: Silvio Konrad, Chief Operating Officer, TÜV NORD GROUP , Weiguo Shan, Head of Oil Market Research, CNPC ETRI
Speakers: Siamak Adibi , Reem Alhethlain , Abdulelah Alqahtani , Aniekeme Edet , Jiawei Gao , Amirhossein Ghasemi , Aditya Saraswat , Ismaila Haliru Zarma

Energy Infrastructure

Navigating the Future: Innovations & Market Dynamics in LNG, FLNG, & CNG
15:30 - 17:30
Forum 7
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 2
Technical Posters
Chair: Elena Fedorova, Head of Department, National University of Oil and Gas - Gubkin University - Russia
Vice Chairs: Gholamali Rahimi, Faculty Member and Head of the Energy Economic Department, Institute for International Energy Studies, Ministry of Petroleum , Tongwen Shan, General Manager, Science & Information Technology Department, China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Speakers: Hao Cheng , Eliza Gafarova , Mohammad Irani , Muhammad Yousuf Jabbar , Fangqiu Li , Fendy Yuseva Pratama

Energy Technologies

Smart Infrastructure for the Future Energy Industry: Digitalisation & Innovation
15:30 - 17:30
Forum 18
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 4
Technical Posters
Chair: Arseniy Kirichenko, Consultant, M&A, Valuation, Business Development, Energy, Oil and Gas Projects, Energy, Oil and Gas Projects
Vice Chair: Mahdi Alavi, Reservoir Engineer, National Iranian Oil Company
Speakers: Meshaal Ahmed Al-Rashid , Meshal Alshalan , Zhongxian Hao , Masayoshi Kinoshita , Thi Nhut Suong Le , Tao Liu , Balakrishna Pamulaparthy , Majid Sajadian

Energy Leadership

Energy Access for All
15:30 - 17:30
Forum 25
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 5
Technical Posters
Chair: Abdulrahman M. Alkadhi, Advisor, Energy Sustainability & Technology Management, Oil Sustainability Program
Vice Chairs: Khorlan Ayazbekova, Head of Strategy Management Office (Deputy Head, Expert), KazMunayGas , Jerzy Stopa, Senior Reservoir Engineer, AGH University of Krakow
Speakers: Seyed Ali Alenabi , Abdullah Alshehri , Hatim Altarteer , Muhsen Elhaddad , Salisu Isihak , Ritesh Mittal , Goran Radosavljevic , Edward Siahaan , Ahmad Adi Suhendra , Valentina Vasile

Knowledge Sprint

Generative AI for Evidence-Based Oil Markets
15:30 - 17:30
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Course

16:00

Leadership Talk

Fireside Chat
16:15 - 16:30
Plenary Hall
Keynote Address

Strategic Session

Strategies for an Evolving Global Energy System
16:30 - 17:15
Auditorium 1
Panel

Strategic Session

Financing the Energy Future
16:30 - 17:15
Auditorium 2
Panel

17:00

Strategic Session

Energy Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage
17:15 - 18:00
Auditorium 1
Panel

Strategic Session

New Strategies for Redefining Upstream
17:15 - 18:00
Auditorium 2
Panel

April 28

08:00

OAPEC Highlevel Workshop
08:00 - 17:00
Congress Center
Invitation only

09:00

Plenary Session

Partnering for Success – Public-Private Collaboration
09:00 - 09:45
Plenary Hall
Panel

Plenary Session

Reshaping Transport and Energy Technologies
09:45 - 10:30
Plenary Hall
Panel

10:00

Primary Energy Supply

Opportunities for Oil & Gas Supply Growth - Shales, Oil Sands, New Basins Other Unconventionals
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 2
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 1
Technical Papers
Chair: Johannes Alvarez, Enhanced Oil Recovery Manager Shale & Tight Business, Chevron Upstream
Vice Chairs: Fahd Alghunaimi, Technologist Team Lead, Saudi Aramco , Adel Sarsenova, Lecturer, Kazakh British Technical University
Speakers: Rafael Leone , Yushuo Zhang

Energy Infrastructure

Pipelines, Storage and SPRs
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 8
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Technical Papers
Chair: Julian von Gramatzki, Executive Vice President Process Technology, TÜV NORD Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Vice Chairs: Brima M Baluwa Koroma, Director General, National Petroleum Regulatory Authority , Qingshan Feng, General Manager, Production Department, China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network Corporation
Speakers: Mohammed Alnemari , Razwan Arshad , Altaf Usmani , Fei Xiao

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Hydrogen (green and blue); Ammonia; Methanol
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 14
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3
Technical Papers
Chair: Daulet Zhakupov, Acting Director, Department of Alternative Energy, KMG Engineering LLP
Vice Chairs: Nobuyasu Chikamatsu, Senior Deputy Manager, JGC Holdings Corporation , Geoffrey Ellis, Research Geologist & Project Chief, U.S. Geological Survey
Speakers: Fatemeh Haghighatjoo , Rajesh Inder Singh , Yohei Shimada , Koki Yamada

Energy Technologies

GHG Emissions (Scope 1&2) Abatement (CO2, Methane) - Detection; CO2 Capture; CCUS; DAC; Carbon Products
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 20
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 4
Technical Papers
Chair: Kevin Birn, Head of Carbon Research & The Center of Emissions Excellence, S&P Global Commodity Insights
Vice Chairs: Suleyman Coskun, Manager, GHG Emissions, Turkish Petroleum , Rosalia Vazquez, Sr. Energy Transition & Climate Change Advisor, Repsol
Speakers: Ahmed Ameen , Bryan Chao , Bo Fu , Afzal Subedar

Energy Leadership

Financing the Future Energy Supply
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 27
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Technical Papers
Chair: Mohammad Al Zamanan, Senior Accountant for Major Projects, Kuwait Oil Company
Vice Chairs: Nurgul Akhmetbekova, Head of Division, Budgeting & Planning Department, KazMunayGas , Jing Xiao, Business Analyst, Planning and Economics, NEO Energy
Speakers: Jin Tang , Fabian Vera , Xiangying Zhang

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Fueling the Future: Innovations & Strategies for Tomorrow’s Electricity Supply
10:00 - 12:00
Forum 13
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 3
Technical Posters
Chair: Naif Makki, Director, New Energy Technologies, Ministry of Energy
Vice Chairs: Nicola Caley, Partner, HKA , Thiago Guilherme Ferreira Prado, President, EPE - Energy Research Office
Speakers: Basem Al Alwan , Hind Al Amri , Abdullah Alatani , Behrooz Golestani Khalilabad , Gholamreza Jamshidi , Mostafa Rahimnejad , Shirin Shokoohi , Shoresh Shokoohi , Xiaoqi Wang

Energy Technologies

Research, Technology Start-ups and Funding
10:00 - 12:00
Forum 19
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 4
Technical Posters
Chair: Qun Li, Senior Specialist, Standard and Cooperation Division, R&D Department, China National Petroleum Corporation
Vice Chairs: Abdulakhat Ismailov, Dean of the School of Energy & Petroleum Industry, Kazakh-British Technical University , Katerina Yared, Global Energy Portfolio Leader - O&G, Carbon Capture, Geothermal, 3M
Speakers: Huda Al-Enezi , Remon Anwar , Bayan Baatiyah , Anand Kumar , Zhanwei Yang , Oleg Zhdaneev

Energy Leadership

Public Policy (Global and Local) - Climate Change, Transition Management, Supply Security and Energy Affordability
10:00 - 12:00
Forum 26
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 5
Technical Posters
Chair: Walter R. Hufford, Vice President - Government Affairs and Regulatory Coordination, Repsol
Vice Chairs: Rufaydah Alyamani, Sustainability and Climate Change Professional Engineer, Ministry of Energy , Aisha Turebayeva, Director of Strategy and Portfolio Management, JSC NC - KazMunayGas
Speakers: Hassan Alzain , Amirhossein Ghasemi , Marwa Hassan , Fredrick Sekle , Pengcheng Zhang

Young Professionals

Professional Communities Contribution 
10:00 - 11:00
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

Plenary Session

Energy and AI as Co-Enablers
10:45 - 11:30
Plenary Hall
Panel

11:00

Leadership Talk

Leadership Dialogue
11:30 - 12:15
Auditorium 1
Keynote Address

Strategic Session

Universal Energy Access for All
11:30 - 12:15
Auditorium 2
Panel

Strategic Session

Downstream and Petrochemicals: Transformation and Demand
11:30 - 12:15
Auditorium 3
Panel

Women in Energy

The Digital Shift: Women at the Frontline of Transformation
11:30 - 12:30
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

Knowledge Sprint

CCUS Fundamentals - Part One
11:30 - 14:00
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Course

12:00

Energy Games

Persona Cards
12:00 - 14:00
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Interactive Game

Strategic Session

Saudi Energy Sector Funding Outlook
12:15 - 13:00
Auditorium 1
Panel

Strategic Session

Advancing Energy through Innovation
12:15 - 13:00
Auditorium 2
Panel

Member Country Presentation

Canada
12:15 - 13:00
Auditorium 3
Presentation

Energy Technologies

Accelerating methane abatement with satellite intelligence: Scalable solutions for oil & gas operations.
12:30 - 14:30
Forum 20
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 4
Technical Posters

Primary Energy Supply

Opportunities for Oil & Gas Supply Growth - Shales, Oil Sands, New Basins Other Unconventionals
12:30 - 14:30
Forum 2
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 1
Technical Posters
Chair: Johannes Alvarez, Enhanced Oil Recovery Manager Shale & Tight Business, Chevron Upstream
Vice Chairs: Fahd Alghunaimi, Technologist Team Lead, Saudi Aramco , Adel Sarsenova, Lecturer, Kazakh British Technical University
Speakers: Fatema Alelg , Payam Hassanzadeh , Qingjing Hong , Yongzhen Ji , Mosab Shamsaldeen , Xinggui Yang , Alexey Yudin

Energy Infrastructure

Pipelines, Storage and SPRs
12:30 - 14:30
Forum 8
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 2
Technical Posters
Chair: Julian von Gramatzki, Executive Vice President Process Technology, TÜV NORD Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Vice Chairs: Brima M Baluwa Koroma, Director General, National Petroleum Regulatory Authority , Qingshan Feng, General Manager, Production Department, China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network Corporation
Speakers: Lianshuang Dai , Rajesh Goteti , Ali Masoumi , Reyhaneh Pouryousef , Mahnaz Shamshirsaz , Yajun Song

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Hydrogen (Green and Blue); Ammonia; Methanol
12:30 - 14:30
Forum 14
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 3
Technical Posters
Chair: Daulet Zhakupov, Acting Director, Department of Alternative Energy, KMG Engineering LLP
Vice Chairs: Nobuyasu Chikamatsu, Senior Deputy Manager, JGC Holdings Corporation , Geoffrey Ellis, Research Geologist & Project Chief, U.S. Geological Survey
Speakers: Hassan Alqahtani , Leonardo Cotrufo , Marcos López Járrega , Shailesh Mudaliar , Bharati Panigrahy , Marwan Sendi , Yue Wang

Energy Technologies

GHG Emissions (Scope 1&2) Abatement (CO2, Methane) - Detection; CO2 Capture; CCUS; DAC; Carbon Products
12:30 - 14:30
Forum 20
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 4
Technical Posters
Chair: Kevin Birn, Head of Carbon Research & The Center of Emissions Excellence, S&P Global Commodity Insights
Vice Chairs: Suleyman Coskun, Manager, GHG Emissions, Turkish Petroleum , Rosalia Vazquez, Sr. Energy Transition & Climate Change Advisor, Repsol
Speakers: Yagya Ahuja , Muhammad Farooq Fareed , Jakub Fedorik , Milad Ghafoori , Madan Kumar Kumaravelan , Andika Perbawa , Alessandra Plaga , Neeraj Singh

Energy Leadership

Financing the Future Energy Supply
12:30 - 14:30
Forum 27
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 5
Technical Posters
Chair: Mohammad Al Zamanan, Senior Accountant for Major Projects, Kuwait Oil Company
Vice Chairs: Nurgul Akhmetbekova, Head of Division, Budgeting & Planning Department, KazMunayGas , Jing Xiao, Business Analyst, Planning and Economics, NEO Energy
Speakers: Mohammad Alami Bayat , Valéria Alves , Mahdieh Askarian , Mohammad Sajjad Erfani , Srivardhan Grandhi , Mohsen Haerinejad , Yongjin Shen , Harshal Talele

13:00

Social Responsibility

Energy Companies Making a Sustainable Development Impact
13:00 - 14:00
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

Plenary Session

Oil Market Fundamentals: Enabling Investment Decisions to Meet Global Energy Demand
13:15 - 14:15
Plenary Hall
Panel

14:00

Inauguration & Awards

WPC Energy Excellence Awards
14:15 - 15:15
Plenary Hall
Panel

Primary Energy Supply

New Exploration & Production Technologies to Extend Supply
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 3
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 1
Technical Papers
Chair: Yoshiyuki Okano, General Manager, Subsurface Evaluation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
Vice Chair: Yongqiang Fu, Vice President, RIPED, CNPC
Speakers: Walid Hussein , Bo Ren , Fabiano Rosa , Chenji Wei

Energy Infrastructure

CCS Hub Facilities
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 9
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Technical Papers
Chair: Bassam Bakalh, Expert, Ministry of Energy National Program for Circular Carbon Economy, Ministry of Energy
Vice Chair: Yu Matsuno, General Manager of Business Development Dept. II, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
Speakers: Julius Bacani , Nizam Din , Sohrab Fathi , Zheyu Liu

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Alternative Fuels - E fuels, Biofuels and SAF
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 15
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3
Technical Papers
Chair: Leif-Erik Schulte, Executive Vice President, IFM - Institute for Vehicle Technology and Mobility, TÜV NORD Mobilität GmbH & Co. KG
Vice Chairs: Ibraheam Al Shankiti, Advisor, Clean Hydrogen, Ministry of Energy , Márton Takács, Group Aviation Products Manager, MOL Plc
Speakers: Ahmed AlJameel , Patricia Carneiro dos Santos , Srinivasa Rao Ganagalla , Filip Stancl

Energy Technologies

Solar, Wind and Nuclear Integration
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 21
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 4
Technical Papers
Chair: Xiaoli Zhao, Vice Dean, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum
Vice Chairs: Mubarak Alhajeri, Assistant Professor, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, PAAET , Hans Koopman, Executive Vice President, Clean Energy Solutions, TÜV Nord Group
Speakers: Faisal Alabdulkarem , Valéria Alves , Anoop Dimri

Energy Leadership

ESG and Governance
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 28
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Technical Papers
Chair: Chelsie Klassen, Founder & CEO, Neighbourly Advisory Inc.
Vice Chairs: Kairzhan Abdykhalykov, Professor, KBTU Business School, Kazakh British Technical University , Alexander Lee, Partner, HKA
Speakers: Jaime Menéndez-Sánchez , Ye Xiong

Circular Carbon Economy

The Role of CCUS in a Sustainable Oil & Gas Energy Supply
14:30 - 15:30
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

15:00

Member Country Presentation

Kazakhstan
15:30 - 16:15
Auditorium 1
Presentation

Strategic Session

The Global Oil Markets: What’s Driving Growth
15:30 - 16:15
Auditorium 2
Panel

Strategic Session

Safety as a Pillar of the Energy Future
15:30 - 16:15
Auditorium 3
Panel

16:00

Roundtables & Special Sessions

KAPSARC Roundtable: Policy and Regulatory Frameworks
16:15 - 17:00
Auditorium 1
Panel

Strategic Session

CCE: From Framework to Application
16:15 - 17:00
Auditorium 2
Panel

Member Country Presentation

Türkiye
16:15 - 17:00
Auditorium 3
Presentation

April 29

08:00

OAPEC Technical Seminar
08:00 - 17:00
Congress Center
Invitation only

09:00

Plenary Session

Social Priorities in a Changing Energy Landscape
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary Hall
Panel

10:00

Plenary Session

Efficiency and Optimizing Energy Mix
10:00 - 11:00
Plenary Hall
Panel

Primary Energy Supply

Natural Gas as a Transition Fuel
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 4
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 1
Technical Papers
Chair: Fahad Al-Ghanem, Manager Operations Support (GAS), Kuwait Oil Company
Vice Chairs: Shahab Gerami, Senior Researcher, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY , He Liu, Academician, RIPED, CNPC
Speakers: Collins Chukwuonye , Jinze Li , Kaisa Nikulainen , Nixon Sunny

Energy Infrastructure

Hydrogen Transportation
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 10
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Technical Papers
Chair: Abdullah Faisal Al Marshed, Professor, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Vice Chairs: ShaoHua Dong, Director of the Pipeline Technology and Safety Research Center, China University of Petroleum (Beijing) , Stanislaw Nagy, Head of Gas Department, AGH University of Krakow
Speakers: Pascal Baylocq , Valentina Di Mauro , Abderrazak Traidia , Zhang Wei

Energy Technologies

Advancing the Circular Economy & Value of Life Cycle Analyses
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 22
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 4
Technical Papers
Chair: Yerzhan Abylkhanov, Oil and Gas Production Department Director, KazMunaiGas National Oil & Gas Company
Vice Chairs: Salisu Isihak, Senior Business Advisor to the Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. , Xiaoxiao Liu, Vice Chief Engineer, SINOPEC Economics & Development Research Institute Company Limited
Speakers: Saurabh Agarwala , Arben Ferati , Ahmad Atef Hashmi , Jinyang Zhao

Circular Carbon Economy

The Role of Hydrogen in the Global Energy Transition
10:00 - 11:00
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

AI & Digitalization

AI Partnerships for Energy Innovation
10:00 - 10:50
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3
Panel

Energy Games

Energy-Themed Sudoku
10:30 - 12:00
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Interactive Game

11:00

AI & Digitalization

AI Skills for Energy Professionals
11:00 - 11:50
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3
Panel

Member Country Presentation

Azerbaijan
11:30 - 12:15
Auditorium 1
Presentation

Strategic Session

Natural Gas: Future Outlook
11:30 - 12:30
Auditorium 2
Panel

Strategic Session

Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Leadership within the Energy Ecosystem
11:30 - 12:30
Auditorium 3
Panel

Roundtables & Special Sessions

Localization Initiatives & Opportunities for Collaboration in Saudi Arabia
11:30 - 12:30
Auditorium 4
Panel

Primary Energy Supply

New Exploration & Production Technologies to Extend Supply
11:30 - 13:30
Forum 3
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 1
Technical Posters
Chair: Yoshiyuki Okano, General Manager, Subsurface Evaluation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
Vice Chair: Yongqiang Fu, Vice President, RIPED, CNPC
Speakers: Alanoud Al-Eid , Faisal Almulla , Mohammad Chahardowli , Xuhao Fan , Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Nasab , Zheyu Liu , Lidong Mi , Vera Solovyeva , Lina Yi

Energy Infrastructure

CCS Hub Facilities
11:30 - 13:30
Forum 9
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 2
Technical Posters
Chair: Bassam Bakalh, Expert, Ministry of Energy National Program for Circular Carbon Economy, Ministry of Energy
Vice Chair: Yu Matsuno, General Manager of Business Development Dept. II, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
Speakers: Abbas Bahreini , Afshin Emamikhah , Sayeed Rushd , Mohammad Simjoo , Nixon Sunny , Egor Vasilchenko , Mahdi Zeinali Hassanvand , Jinying Zhou

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Alternative Fuels - E fuels, Biofuels and SAF
11:30 - 13:30
Forum 15
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 3
Technical Posters
Chair: Leif-Erik Schulte, Executive Vice President, IFM - Institute for Vehicle Technology and Mobility, TÜV NORD Mobilität GmbH & Co. KG
Vice Chairs: Ibraheam Al Shankiti, Advisor, Clean Hydrogen, Ministry of Energy , Márton Takács, Group Aviation Products Manager, MOL Plc
Speakers: Ali Ghaffari , Martin Hablutzel , Geetali Kalita , Ali Mansouri , Masahiko Matsukata , Balaji Mohan , Fatemeh Parvizi , Martina Slezáčková , Mehdi Tanha Ziyarati

Energy Technologies

Solar, Wind and Nuclear Integration
11:30 - 13:30
Forum 21
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 4
Technical Posters
Chair: Xiaoli Zhao, Vice Dean, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum
Vice Chairs: Mubarak Alhajeri, Assistant Professor, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, PAAET , Hans Koopman, Executive Vice President, Clean Energy Solutions, TÜV Nord Group
Speakers: Abdulaziz Almathami , Sampada Bajaj , Raid BuKhamseen , Ali Gholami , Abolfazl Nateghi , Mohammad Reza Rahimpour , Jinfang Wang

Energy Leadership

ESG and Governance
11:30 - 13:30
Forum 28
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 5
Technical Posters
Chair: Chelsie Klassen, Founder & CEO, Neighbourly Advisory Inc.
Vice Chairs: Kairzhan Abdykhalykov, Professor, KBTU Business School, Kazakh British Technical University , Alexander Lee, Partner, HKA
Speakers: Lamyaa AlGhofaili , Li Ding , Muhammad Waqas Hamid , Morteza Heidariannoghondar , Ruhollah Nasrollahi , Isobel O'Connell , Alireza Taheri , Mehdi Tanha Ziyarati , Nada Wentzel

Social Responsibility

Bridging Sectors for Sustainable Impact Nationally
11:30 - 12:30
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

12:00

AI & Digitalization

AI Maturity in Energy: Models and Benchmarks
12:00 - 12:50
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3
Panel

Knowledge Sprint

CCUS Fundamentals - Part Two
12:00 - 14:00
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Course

Plenary Session

Securing Critical Raw Materials
12:30 - 13:20
Plenary Hall
Panel

Energy Games

Energy-Themed Sudoku
12:30 - 14:00
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Interactive Game

13:00

Women in Energy

The Power of Mentorship: From Guidance to Sponsorship
13:00 - 14:00
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

AI & Digitalization

Harnessing AI & Digitalization to accelerate Energy Transition
13:00 - 13:50
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3
Panel

Plenary Session

Unlocking Energy Infrastructure Bottlenecks: Permitting, Financing, and Delivery
13:20 - 14:10
Plenary Hall
Panel

14:00

Primary Energy Supply

Natural Gas as a Transition Fuel
14:00 - 16:00
Forum 4
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 1
Technical Posters
Chair: Fahad Al-Ghanem, Manager Operations Support (GAS), Kuwait Oil Company
Vice Chairs: Shahab Gerami, Senior Researcher, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY , He Liu, Academician, RIPED, CNPC
Speakers: Saeed Abbasi , Hassan Aghdasinia , Jihong Hang , Muhammad Javid , Zhang Jianping , Liang Jing , Diego Moya , Soheila Zandi Lak

Energy Infrastructure

Hydrogen Transportation
14:00 - 16:00
Forum 10
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 2
Technical Posters
Chair: Abdullah Faisal Al Marshed, Professor, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Vice Chairs: ShaoHua Dong, Director of the Pipeline Technology and Safety Research Center, China University of Petroleum (Beijing) , Stanislaw Nagy, Head of Gas Department, AGH University of Krakow
Speakers: Arman Aryanzadeh , Saeid Salimi , Roman Samsonov , Pengfei Song , Yuchen Wang

Energy Technologies

Advancing the Circular Economy & Value of Life Cycle Analyses
14:00 - 16:00
Forum 22
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 4
Technical Posters
Chair: Yerzhan Abylkhanov, Oil and Gas Production Department Director, KazMunaiGas National Oil & Gas Company
Vice Chairs: Salisu Isihak, Senior Business Advisor to the Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. , Xiaoxiao Liu, Vice Chief Engineer, SINOPEC Economics & Development Research Institute Company Limited
Speakers: Murad Attiah , Nader Bahramifar , Bo Feng , Srivardhan Grandhi , Geetali Kalita , Mohsen Nowrouzi , Wenjia Xu , Kurmanbek Yeshmagambetov

Leadership Talk

Topic to be announced
14:10 - 14:30
Plenary Hall
Keynote Address

Primary Energy Supply

Advances in Geoscience
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 5
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 1
Technical Papers
Chair: Andrea Crook, CEO and Co-Founder, OptiSeis Solutions Ltd.
Vice Chairs: Vasily Bogoyavlensky, Deputy Director, Oil and Gas Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Susan Nash, Director of Innovation and Emerging Science/Technology, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Speakers: Carlos Abreu , Ivan Deshenenkov , Takao Nibe , Ibrahim Olgun Ugurlu

Energy Infrastructure

Supply Chain Management
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 11
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Technical Papers
Chair: Yan Yang, Director, Department of Energy Technology, CNPC Economics & Technology Research Institute
Vice Chairs: Mohammad Ali Emadi, Secretary General, Iranian Petroleum Institute , Wagner Granja Victer, Executive Manager of Structural Programs, Petrobras
Speakers: Erfan Afazeli , Hilma Martha Ayu , Roberta Nobre Damiani Pereira

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Pathways to Net-Zero Refining and Petrochemical Facilities
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 16
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3
Technical Papers
Chair: Ivan Soucek, Director, Association of the Chemical Industry of the Czech Republic
Vice Chairs: Hadeel Al Aradi, Safety Controller, Ministry of Oil , Pieter-Jan Provoost, Director, Energy TECH BELGIUM
Speakers: Patricia Carneiro dos Santos , Olivier Durand-Lasserve , Ryuzo Tanaka , Wei Wang

Energy Technologies

The Energy Transition: The Role of Digitalisation, AI, and Cybersecurity
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 23
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 4
Technical Papers
Chair: David Smethurst, Oil and Gas Production Department Director, Board of Various Start ups
Vice Chairs: Shaikha Al Ballam, Senior Petroleum Engineer, Kuwait Oil Company , Eszter Varga, Downstream Portfolio Evaluation & Strategy Expert, Downstream Evaluation & Long-Term Planning, MOL plc
Speakers: Norah Alsunaidi , Sharon Finlay , Mais Taha , Jard van Ingen

Energy Leadership

Human Capital - Attracting, Training and Retaining
14:30 - 16:00
Forum 30
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Technical Papers
Chair: Momoyo Yuki, Head of Research ＆ Analysis, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
Vice Chairs: Gerda Koncz, Expert, UNESCO Center, MOL Plc , Vlada Streletskaya, Expert, UNESCO Center, Saint Petersburg Mining University
Speakers: Yuka Abe , Leo Luft , Maroš Čunta

Young Professionals

From Voices to Reality
14:30 - 15:30
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

15:00

Member Country Presentation

Iran
15:00 - 16:00
Auditorium 1
Presentation

Strategic Session

The New Frontier in Cybersecurity and Digital Risk
15:00 - 16:00
Auditorium 2
Panel

Strategic Session

Scaling Renewables for a Viable Energy Future
15:00 - 16:00
Auditorium 3
Panel

Roundtables & Special Sessions

OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin Launch
15:00 - 17:00
Auditorium 4
Keynote Address
OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin Launch
15:00 - 17:00
Congress Center
Invitation only

World Café Session

Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies
15:45 - 17:30
VIP Lunchroom
Guided Discussion

16:00

Strategic Session

Catalyzing Youth Leadership: Empowering the Next Generation
16:00 - 17:00
Auditorium 1
Panel

Strategic Session

Powering Growth in Emerging Markets
16:00 - 17:00
Auditorium 2
Panel

April 30

08:00

OAPEC Technical Seminar
08:00 - 13:45
Congress Center
Invitation only

09:00

Plenary Session

Scaling Energy Technology
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary Hall
Panel

10:00

Plenary Session

Pathways to an Energy Future for All
10:00 - 11:00
Plenary Hall
Panel

Primary Energy Supply

The Role of Biofuels as a Feedstock
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 6
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 1
Technical Papers
Chair: András Huba Szilasi, Co-Founder, DeCarbon Energy
Vice Chair: Alena Kravtsova, Director, Financial Advisory, Energy, Resources & Industrials, Deloitte
Speakers: Altaf Albaho , Srivardhan Grandhi , Kamil Klejna , Seyyed Hadi Pourhoseini Hesari

Energy Infrastructure

Water Management in the Energy Industry: Innovations for Sustainability & Efficiency
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 12
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Technical Papers
Chair: Sarah Al Subaie, Senior Specialist Upstream Affairs, Ministry of Energy
Vice Chairs: Feras Alsalem, Petroleum Engineer, Kuwait Gulf Oil Company , Michael Halliday, Principal, HKA
Speakers: Altaf Albaho , Abdulrahman Bahashwan , Miquel Blasi Roma , Reza Khoshbouy , Jie Yang

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Helium, Lithium, and Trace Metals Extraction
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 17
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 3
Technical Papers
Chair: Chris Doornbos, President, CEO, Chair, E3 Lithium
Vice Chair: Farzad Bahadoran, Senior Researcher and Scientific Staff, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI)
Speakers: Sayed Alireza Hosseinzadeh Hejazi , Sehmus Ozden , Guoke Zhao

Energy Technologies

Powering Mobility: The Energy Transition and the Future of Transportation
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 24
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 4
Technical Papers
Chair: Abdulrahman Al Anazi, Director, Ministry of Energy
Vice Chairs: Aleksandra Aleksić, Environmental Consultant, Development Department, NIS , Kenichi Okamoto, Director, Japan Petroleum & Carbon Neutral Fuels Energy Center
Speakers: Hitoshi Hayashi , Abolfazl Nateghi , Guy Olivier Ngongang Ndjawa , Ziming Yan

Energy Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement
10:00 - 11:30
Forum 31
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Technical Papers
Chair: Aigul Barmenkulova, Head of Corporate Relations, Shell Kazakhstan
Vice Chairs: Guilherme Eduardo Zerbinatti Papaterra, Senior Oil and Gas Regulator | Policy and Strategy Expert, Brazilian National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels , Hamidreza Zolfkhani, Senior Environmental Engineer, National Iranian Gas Company
Speakers: Isobel O'Connell , Irina Semykina , Mostafa Tasbandi , Sean Trainor

Primary Energy Supply

Advances in Geoscience
10:00 - 12:00
Forum 5
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 1
Technical Posters
Chair: Andrea Crook, CEO and Co-Founder, OptiSeis Solutions Ltd.
Vice Chairs: Vasily Bogoyavlensky, Deputy Director, Oil and Gas Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Susan Nash, Director of Innovation and Emerging Science/Technology, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Speakers: Mustafa Al Mubarak , Nouf Alsaad , Vahid Bolandi , Sharon Finlay , Mohamed Hashem , Mohd Azizi Ibrahim , Aleksei Kishankov , Mehrangiz Naderi Khujin , Hongfu Shi

Energy Infrastructure

Supply Chain Management
10:00 - 12:00
Forum 11
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 2
Technical Posters
Chair: Yan Yang, Director, Department of Energy Technology, CNPC Economics & Technology Research Institute
Vice Chairs: Mohammad Ali Emadi, Secretary General, Iranian Petroleum Institute , Wagner Granja Victer, Executive Manager of Structural Programs, Petrobras
Speakers: Abbas Ahmadi , Mojtaba Babaei , Jiajia Du , Zhang Jianping , Qing Li , Fitria Lisdiyanti , Kai Wen , Alexey Yudin

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Pathways to Net-Zero Refining and Petrochemical Facilities
10:00 - 12:00
Forum 16
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 3
Technical Posters
Chair: Ivan Soucek, Director, Association of the Chemical Industry of the Czech Republic
Vice Chairs: Hadeel Al Aradi, Safety Controller, Ministry of Oil , Pieter-Jan Provoost, Director, Energy TECH BELGIUM
Speakers: Mohamed Abdo , Ali Abdullah Al Qadri , Sulaiman Al-Khattaf , Abdulrahman Nasser Alhatlani , Forouzan Arash Nezhad , Julio Arboleda , Ramanathan Arunachalam , Ze liang Li , Prerana Saha , Muhammed-Jamiu Umar

Energy Technologies

The Energy Transition: The Role of Digitalisation, AI, and Cybersecurity
10:00 - 12:00
Forum 23
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 4
Technical Posters
Chair: David Smethurst, Oil and Gas Production Department Director, Board of Various Start ups
Vice Chairs: Shaikha Al Ballam, Senior Petroleum Engineer, Kuwait Oil Company , Eszter Varga, Downstream Portfolio Evaluation & Strategy Expert, Downstream Evaluation & Long-Term Planning, MOL plc
Speakers: Huda Al-Mutairi , Omar Aljefri , Xupeng He , Marko Maucec , Jin Tang

Energy Leadership

Human Capital - Attracting, Training and Retaining
10:00 - 12:00
Forum 30
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 5
Technical Posters
Chair: Momoyo Yuki, Head of Research ＆ Analysis, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
Vice Chairs: Gerda Koncz, Expert, UNESCO Center, MOL Plc , Vlada Streletskaya, Expert, UNESCO Center, Saint Petersburg Mining University
Speakers: Abdulaziz Al Humood , Ibtesam Badhrees , Kapil Gakhar , Srivardhan Grandhi , Jafar Nejat , Elena Raevskaya , Aysel Sadigli , Moeko Sakata , Jafar Shayan , Kun Tan

Social Responsibility

Driving Impact through Empowering SME’s
10:00 - 11:00
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

The Energy Hackathon

Final teams proposals
10:30 - 12:00
Auditorium 4
Plenary

11:00

Strategic Session

Unlocking the full potential of CCUS
11:30 - 12:30
Auditorium 1
Panel

Member Country Presentation

To be announced
11:30 - 12:30
Auditorium 2
Presentation

Young Professionals

Energy and Innovation Start-ups Led by Youth
11:30 - 12:30
Synergy Pavilion Stage
Panel

12:00

Primary Energy Supply

The Role of Biofuels as a Feedstock
12:00 - 14:00
Forum 6
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 1
Technical Posters
Chair: András Huba Szilasi, Co-Founder, DeCarbon Energy
Vice Chair: Alena Kravtsova, Director, Financial Advisory, Energy, Resources & Industrials, Deloitte
Speakers: Fatemeh Haghighatjoo , Sharareh Harirchi , Kiran Kothari , Gaurav Kumar , Ritesh Mittal , Mohammad Reza Rahimpour , Soheila Zandi Lak

Energy Infrastructure

Water Management in the Energy Industry: Innovations for Sustainability & Efficiency
12:00 - 14:00
Forum 12
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 2
Technical Posters
Chair: Sarah Al Subaie, Senior Specialist Upstream Affairs, Ministry of Energy
Vice Chairs: Feras Alsalem, Petroleum Engineer, Kuwait Gulf Oil Company , Michael Halliday, Principal, HKA
Speakers: Isam Aljundi , Mohammed Alyousef , Babak Dehghani , Elham Heydari , Mojtaba Moradi , Seyed Alireza Mostafavi , Anthony O’Connell , Sayeed Rushd , Maryam Sadi

Energy Fuels and Molecules

Helium, Lithium, and Trace Metals Extraction
12:00 - 14:00
Forum 17
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 3
Technical Posters
Chair: Chris Doornbos, President, CEO, Chair, E3 Lithium
Vice Chair: Farzad Bahadoran, Senior Researcher and Scientific Staff, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI)
Speakers: Zahra Al Mualem , Khalid AlQubaisi , Yan Bo , Wei Ji , Anahita Kazemi Kia , Andrey Kovalskii , Damian San Roman Alerigi , Yudi Siswadi , Yiping Wu

Energy Technologies

Powering Mobility: The Energy Transition and the Future of Transportation
12:00 - 14:00
Forum 24
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 4
Technical Posters
Chair: Abdulrahman Al Anazi, Director, Ministry of Energy
Vice Chairs: Aleksandra Aleksić, Environmental Consultant, Development Department, NIS , Kenichi Okamoto, Director, Japan Petroleum & Carbon Neutral Fuels Energy Center
Speakers: Mussab Aleraij , Mohammad AlMuhaini , Abdullah Alramadan , Nujud Badawi , Abhishek Bansal , Yagyavalk Bhatt , Binitha G , Srivardhan Grandhi , Prashant Kumar , Athika Mattath

Energy Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement
12:00 - 14:00
Forum 31
Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 5
Technical Posters
Chair: Aigul Barmenkulova, Head of Corporate Relations, Shell Kazakhstan
Vice Chairs: Guilherme Eduardo Zerbinatti Papaterra, Senior Oil and Gas Regulator | Policy and Strategy Expert, Brazilian National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels , Hamidreza Zolfkhani, Senior Environmental Engineer, National Iranian Gas Company
Speakers: Marcelo Barbosa Ferraz , Gregorio da Cruz Araujo Maciel , Maryam Ghafouri , Delara Heidari , Ensieh Mohajeri , Gopi Krishna Morathoti , Tulio Quijada

Debate Series

Debate Series
12:00 - 13:30
Hall 9 - Technical Programme 2
Plenary

Energy Books & Authors

Coming soon
12:00 - 13:30
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 4
Plenary

Energy Games

Living Lab Simulation
12:00 - 13:30
Hall 10 - Technical Programme 5
Interactive Game

Strategic Session

Harnessing Global Carbon Markets
12:30 - 13:30
Auditorium 1
Panel

Member Country Presentation

To be announced
12:30 - 13:30
Auditorium 2
Presentation

The Energy Hackathon

Energy Hackathon Ceremony
12:30 - 13:30
Auditorium 4
Plenary

14:00

Best Paper Award

Best Paper Award
14:00 - 15:00
Plenary Hall
Plenary