HELD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY ABDEL FATTAH EL SISI, PRESIDENT OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

Egypt International Exhibition Center

12-14 February 2024

Egypt International Exhibition Center

12-14 February 2024

NORTH AFRICA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN:
SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Sustainability has been an important recurring topic of conversation within the energy industry following the 2015 Paris agreement. With the next two editions of COP being held in North Africa and the Middle East, the region’s focus on sustainability has shifted even higher on the agendas of governments, industries, companies and society.


As a result, we are already seeing a number of accelerated energy transition activities, kickstarting clean energy innovations, as well as measures to improve environmental, social, and health and safety efforts in accordance with sustainable development goals. These initiatives are the result of increased demand from governments and the general public for more meaningful action to combat climate change and achieve net-zero economies globally. However, due to current geopolitical tensions, global economies are now experiencing an energy crisis, and governments are faced with the dual challenge of achieving net-zero emission targets while enhancing energy security, affordability and economic stability.


The EGYPS 2023 Sustainability in Energy Conference will bring together global energy leaders, sustainability and HSE experts to explore how oil and gas operators are integrating sustainability practices into their business models and workplaces ensuring positive impact on the planet, their employees, and the communities in which they operate.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Tuesday 14 February 2023

10:00 10:15

Ministrial Keynote Speech
Egypt’s commitment to sustainability as part of Vision 2030

Egypt is positioning itself as an energy trading hub as part of Vision 2030, with the ambition of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 10%, meeting its energy demands responsibly and sustainably, and firmly establishing itself as a key player in driving the energy transition in Africa. With the delivery of COP27, Egypt presented its vision on what needs to be implemented to deliver on the world climate pledges, reaffirming its decarbonisation commitments. During this keynote speech, H.E Yasmine Fouad will highlight Egypt’s environmental sustainability plans, and how it plans to achieve greenhouse gas emission targets in line with Egypt Vision 2030.

Attendee Insights:

Attendees will gain insights into Egypt’s strategy to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals in line with Vision 2030.

Speaker

Her Excellency
Dr. Yasmine Fouad

Minister of Environment

Arab Republic of Egypt

10:15 10:30

Keynote speech
Driving sustainable performance in challenging market conditions

Sustainability has been elevated from a minor consideration for oil and gas companies to a vital pillar for long-term corporate competitiveness. The industry is responding by adopting supportive policies for protecting the environment, fast tracking net-zero and optimising health, safety and wellbeing measures across its value chain. During this keynote speech, the challenges that oil and gas operators are facing to drive sustainability performance while retaining profit against a backdrop of supply, demand, and oil price volatility will be emphasised.

Attendee insights

The challenges of integrating sustainability throughout oil and gas operations in the present market context will be dissected.

Sameh Sabry

Senior Vice President & Managing Director Egypt

Wintershall Dea

10:30 11:15

Panel discussion
Streamlining operations to tackle climate change and net-zero targets

The selection of Egypt and the UAE to host COP27 and COP28 has put a spotlight on the MENA region to showcase its plans on addressing climate change. With regional NOCs outlining their objectives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, how are upstream, midstream and downstream operations being optimised to combat climate change and reach net-zero emissions? What are the obstacles to decarbonising the future of energy and accelerating sustainability? Are new approaches to circular economy frameworks in existing oil and gas business models helping the sector decarbonise?

Attendee insights

Energy leaders will explore how the oil and gas industry are taking practical steps to turn climate-change goals into actions.

Denisse Abudinén

Chief Executive Officer Egypt

Enap Sipetrol

Paul Mayland

Chief Operating Officer

Capricorn Energy

Anas Aljuaidi

Chief Executive Officer

MMEC Mannesmann

Allyson Book

Chief Sustainability Officer

Baker Hughes

Moderator

Jan Zschommler

Market Area Manager Middle East & Africa

DNV Energy Systems

11:15 12:00

Panel discussion
Digitalisation as an enabler of decarbonisation

Efficiency and streamlined operations are the key to achieving both digitalisation an decarbonisation. To attain net-zero carbon emissions, the energy industry must increase its use of low-carbon fuels in the energy mix. This means not only integrating technology that improves efficiency at existing oil and gas fields and their downstream counterparts, but also harnessing carbon capture technologies. How are NOCs and IOCs leveraging digital technologies to decrease their carbon footprints? What are the technologies with the most potential to tackle decarbonisation?

Attendee insights

Digital leaders from IOCs, NOCs, and global energy technology firms will discuss which technologies are having the biggest impact in the pathway to net-zero and how they are currently being deployed.

Alexander Kajo

Vice President - Downstream

Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company

Steve Freeman

Head of Energy Transition

SLB

Dr Samir Elkareish

Vice Chairman Energy Transition

Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)

Tarek Hamouda

Chairman & CEO Technical Office GM

ENPPI

Dr. Abderrezak Benyoucef

Head of the Energy Studies Department

OPEC

Moderator

Pablo Avogadri

Partner and Associate Director, Energy

Boston Consulting Group

12:00 12:45

Panel discussion
Demonstrating ESG credentials to drive sustainability and growth

In order to accelerate the sustainability agenda, policymakers have responded by putting in place benchmarks that report on ESG performance. Since its introduction, the oil and gas industry has faced a huge challenge in accurately reporting on ESG targets to investors in a way that articulates a sustainable ROI whilst demonstrating compliance. What ESG conforming businesses models and reorganisational frameworks are companies putting in place to help achieve their long-term sustainable goals and attain energy security?

Attendee insights:

In this session we look at how the oil and gas sector can articulate and deliver a purpose-driven environmental narrative that attracts ongoing investment and drives the energy transition.

Jim Lenton

Group Senior Vice President Sector Lead Upstream, Midstream, LNG

Worley

Antonios Mountouris

Head of HSE & Sustainable Development Division

Hellenic Petroleum

Nooshin Behroyan

Chief Executive Officer

Paxon Energy & Infrastructure

Anthony Watson

Chief Executive Officer

Ras Ghareb Wind Energy S.A.E

Ricardo Puig

Chief Commercial Officer

Magellan X

Moderator

Pablo Avogadri

Partner and Associate Director, Energy

Boston Consulting Group

12:45 13:45

Lunch

13:45 14:30

Panel discussion
Building partnerships to drive CSR progress across Sub-Sahara Africa, North Africa and the East Mediterranean

Aside from working toward the UN’s SDGs roadmap, the oil and gas industry is raising standards by anticipating market requirements and investing in local communities in which they operate. With community development being an important component of the industry’s organisational ethics, how are oil and gas corporations working together to promote CSR efforts, give back to societies, and support governments in North Africa and the East Mediterranean regions with economic and social transformation? What is the sector doing to align community impact goals with corporate objectives?

Attendee insights

This session will look at how the industry is cross-collaborating to further amplify SDG impact whilst also addressing the social and environmental impact of company activities in North African and East Mediterranean communities.

Blake Gendron

Vice President Investor Relations & ESG IMPACT Segment

NESR

Nicolas Katcharov

Country Manager Egypt

Energean

Dalia Wahba

Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer

Hassan Allam Utilities

Laila Chemane-Chilemba

Vice President Socioeconomic Development Mozambique LNG Project

TotalEnergies

Nael Darwish

Chairman

South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company (GANOPE)

Brad Boyd

Senior Vice President Corporate Resources

Methanex Corporation

Moderator

Ali Hegab

Oil and Gas Consultant

14:30 15:15

Panel discussion
Scaling R&D to unlock technology and enhance industry safety

For oil and gas companies, safety hazards can result in downtime, lost revenue, and, most critically, fatalities or injuries to workers on-site. Although the industry already ensures workers follow stringent health and safety protocols, how can businesses elevate their safety programmes into the future so that digital oilfields and facilities become industry standards which create best in class safe working environments? How can the use of robotics and automation reduce human error and pave the way for a promising future for oil and gas safety efforts?

Attendee insights

HSE executives and digital energy leaders will discuss the role technology can play in creating safer worker environments in upstream, midstream and downstream operations.line with Vision 2030.

Mohammed Bahatem

Senior Vice President HSSE & Asset Integrity Management

Mubadala Energy

James Garvie

HSE Advisor

Cheiron

Mathew Thomas

Senior Industry Consultant

Hexagon

Moderator

Ali Hegab

Oil and Gas Consultant

15:15 16:00

Panel discussion
Advancing the oil and gas safety culture

While posing significant HSE problems for organisations throughout the industry and region, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted one crucial element, the necessity of not only safety, but health. As accidents and health and safety concerns have taken a toll not just on companies’ bottom lines but also on employee well-being, how is the industry developing its safety culture to foster a safer working environment that promotes mental health? What regulatory compliance are oil and gas operators putting in place to reduce risks in order to enhance their safety culture? How is data on safety and compliance being used to report ESG performance?

Attendee insights

Health and safety executives from NOCs, IOCs and EPCs will discuss the key indicators of a strong safety culture and how they are working towards a safety programme that prioritises the health and safety of employees.

Jessica Jackson

Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety

Apache

Wael Amin

Head of HSE

Kuwait Energy Egypt

Alexandra Thomas

Managing Director Egypt

Neptune Energy

Dr. Yasser Hassan

Safety & Environment Manager

Shell Egypt

Moderator

Hussein El Ghazzawy

Chairman

Coxswains for Marketing & Commercial Trading

16:30 17:30

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