2023 AEA AC APAC – Schedule

Julian Atchison and John Mott welcome everyone to Newcastle for the fifth annual APAC conference, plus an Acknowledgement of Country from Uncle Raymond Smith (Awabakal and Worimi).

To start our event this year we check in with some of Australia’s key trading allies. How has their thinking around Australian ammonia exports evolved? Are some opportunities receding, while other possibilities are emerging?

Franziska Teichmann – Senior Manager & Head of the German Secretariat for the Energy Cooperation with Australia and New Zealand, adelphi Consult

Green ammonia: Key for the German energy transition

Hugo Klijn – Consul General, Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Sydney

Ammonia and the Netherlands

Susumu Miyazaki – Secretary General & Executive Director, Clean Fuel Ammonia Association

Development of Clean Fuel Ammonia Value Chain

Cindy Lim – CEO, Keppel Infrastructure

Penelope Howarth (moderator) – Energy Decarbonisation Focal Point, Climate Change and Sustainability Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

GCMD recently released results from their much-anticipated study into ammonia bunkering in Singapore. With few technical barriers to deployment, the report concludes that all identified safety risks could be mitigated. The Centre is now looking beyond the report to the work that needs to be done for the first ammonia bunkering trials in Singapore – especially the regulatory, stakeholder engagement and public perception barriers that need to be addressed for the adoption of a new maritime fuel. For our conference keynote this year, GCMD’s Chief Technical Officer Dr. Sanjay Kuttan joins us to explore the study’s findings, discuss the next steps and answer your questions in an interactive session.

Dr. Sanjay Kuttan – Chief Technology Officer, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation

Ammonia as marine fuel: Risk awareness vs risk adversity

What are Australia’s major ammonia producers currently doing to decarbonise production? How can existing brownfield assets be retrofitted to further the ammonia energy transition? Hear the latest project updates from ammonia plants across Australia.

Gary Love Business Development Manager – Low Emission Industries, Incitec Pivot Limited

Incitec Pivot Ltd: Ammonia Decarbonisation

Daniel Allen – Ammonia Plant Manager (Kooragang Island), Orica

Decarbonisation and low carbon ammonia

Hear updates from three start-up initiatives that are currently commercializing distributed, small-scale, next generation ammonia synthesis. From the laboratory bench to the farm shed and beyond, how will these technology platforms unlock different ammonia energy applications?

Behdad Moghtaderi – Laureate Professor, School of Engineering, the University of Newcastle

AMMONIAC: A Chemical Looping-Based Process for Production of Green Ammonia

Paul Geraghty – CEO, Liquium

Liquium: Clean liquid fuel for heavy industry

Dijon Hoogeveen – Electrochemical Scientist, Jupiter Ionics

Jupiter Ionics: Enabling Net-Zero Nitrogen

Frere Byrne – CEO & Co-founder, PlasmaLeap Technologies

PlasmaLeap – Zero Emissions eFuels & Chemicals

To close our technical spotlights, we’ll be joined by  while ammonia fuel innovator Amogy. The New York-based company is scaling-up demonstration of its ammonia-to-power platform over a series of vehicles: drones, tractors, semi-trucks, tugboats, barges and marine craft.

Seonghoon Woo – CEO & Co-founder, Amogy

Ammonia-to-Power to decarbonize heavy industries

Small group tours of the CSIRO site will take attendees through ammonia combustion engine R&D labs, as well as exploring the extensive renewable energy generating assets deployed onsite.

When it comes to momentum in the clean energy space, it’s hard to match current progress in India and China. The countries are combining a powerful set of drivers – high renewables potential, legislative support, political will and industry enthusiasm – to establish domestic industries for the full supply chain needed to produce renewable hydrogen & ammonia. Hear from some of the key players how progress is evolving, and what we can expect to see in the next few years.

Frank Yu – Global VP of Envision Energy/Head of Envision Hydrogen

Leaping into Net Zero Future by Competitive Green Hydrogen

Prabhat Mishra – Chief Business Development Officer, International Business Development, Renew (*appearing virtually)

How India is building Green Ammonia Capacity?

This session will draw on well-known ammonia mega-projects that are being developed in Australia’s regions, and ask panelists to take a step further. How can these projects anchor sustainable regional economies? What other industries can establish & thrive around these projects? What lessons can we learn from previous boom-bust cycles in these regional areas? What work needs to be done with the local community, and how can these projects ensure their success over the long term?

Alana Barlow – National Hydrogen Commercialisation Manager, Sumitomo Australia

Regional energy ecosystems in development: Gladstone

Mick Scrivens – VP, Managing Director (Australia Pacific), Black & Veatch

Regional Green Ammonia Development – Planning for Truly Sustainable Development

Warner Priest – Midstream Director, InterContinental Energy

Australia’s Green Hydrogen Superpower Opportunity

Brian Howarth – Project Director (Yara Clean Ammonia), Yara International (*appearing virtually)

Renewable Energy Opportunities – Pilbara

Kellie Charlesworth (chair) – Associate Principal | Energy Transition – Australian Leader, Arup (*appearing virtually)

With the conclusion of the last panel session for the day, join other attendees directly outside the conference auditorium for some drinks & light refreshments. A chance to network, de-brief and connect with the APAC ammonia energy community.

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