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LONDON, Sept. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- Ministers from Singapore and Canada to deliver Keynote Addresses at prestigious event

- Industry leaders speaking include Joseph McMonigle, Secretary General of

International Energy Forum; Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of OGCI Climate

Investments; Maarten Wetselaar, Integrated Gas & New Energies Director and

Member of the Executive Committee at Shell and Lorenzo Simonelli, Chairman,

President & CEO of Baker Hughes

- The Summit is set to deliver the latest commercial strategies and trends

dominating the natural gas industry

Gastech Virtual Summit, the world's convening event for the Gas, LNG and Energy

industry opens today. The event is set to deliver exclusive critical insights

from Ministers, policy makers, business leaders, disrupters and innovators.

For the first time Gastech will connect the Gas, LNG and Energy industry

virtually with issues impacting the future of the industry; energy security of

supply; affordability and sustainability; gas to power; hydrogen; the prospects

for demand and investment recovery; and changes to supply in a post COVID-19

world, being top of the agenda.

The Summit will feature 200+ industry leaders who will outline and share

strategies and visions for confronting the new and changing energy markets and

will bring together over 1,500 registered delegates, 170 exhibiting companies

and media partners. Sponsors include OGCI Investments; ExxonMobil; Invest In

Canada; Lloyd's Register; Sempra LNG and Venture Global LNG.  

Singapore's Minister for Trade & Industry, Chan Chun Sing, will officially open

the Gastech Virtual Summit, which runs from 7 – 11 September. Hon. Seamus

O'Regan, Minister for Natural Resources, Canada; Joseph McMonigle, Secretary

General of International Energy Forum; Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of OGCI Climate

Investments; Lorenzo Simonelli, Chairman, President & CEO of Baker Hughes will

all deliver Keynote Addresses, opening the conversation on the collective

response needed for the energy transition, and the strategies and innovation

that will shape the future of the industry.

Maarten Wetselaar, Integrated Gas & New Energies Director and Member of the

Executive Committee at Shell will be interviewed by Steve Sedgwick, Anchor for

CNBC Squawkbox in an exclusive Interview.  

The Gastech Virtual Summit Strategic Conference

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ents-news.com ] comprising of the Ministerial & Global Business Leaders

Sessions, C-Suite Dialogues and Gastech Tech Talks will deliver advanced

insights into the latest commercial strategies and trends dominating the Gas,

LNG and Energy industry, providing delegates with fast track information on how

best to align business models for the post-pandemic landscape.  

Nick Ornstien, Vice President Energy for dmg events said: "With the mandate to

address emissions reductions and carbon neutrality intensifying, Gastech

Virtual Summit will enable our industry to connect, as we adapt and respond to

the challenges and opportunities created for a post COVID-19 energy landscape."

Other industry leaders confirmed to speak in the virtual conference are Laurent

Vivier, Senior Vice President Gas, Total; Francis Fannon, Assistant Secretary

for the Bureau of Energy Resources, United States Department of State; Shawn

Tupper, Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Canada; Eugene

Kaspersky, CEO, Kaspersky; Prabhat Singh, Chairman & Managing Director,

Petronet LNG; Thomas Siebel, Author & Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, C3.ai

[http://c3.ai/]; Keisuke Sadamori, Director, Energy Markets and Security,

International Energy Agency; Sanjiv Lamba, Executive Vice President, APAC,

Linde; Thorbjoern Fors, Executive Vice President, Industrial Applications,

Siemens Energy; Hiroki Sato, Managing Executive Officer & Chief Global

Partnership Officer, JERA Inc.; Jun Nishizawa, Executive Vice President, Group

CEO, Natural Gas Group, Mitsubishi Corporation and Jane Liao, CEO, Natural Gas

Business, CPC Corporation, Taiwan.  

The topics which the Gastech Virtual Summit will cover include the role of

natural gas in the energy transition; the criticality of IoT and data security

in the future of the energy industry; the impact of deregulation on markets and

investment; opportunities and challenges to the energy sector posed by Industry

4.0; hydrogen's ability to deliver on decarbonisation commitments and what

impact environmental activism will have on the emerging growth opportunities

for the industry.

Alongside the strategic conference, the Summit will also showcase the very

latest and peer-reviewed research on new technologies and business strategies

to help companies thrive in challenging times. The technical conference

sessions will feature certified content delivered by industry leaders on

recovery, the new post-pandemic energy landscape and how the industry can

capitalise and build on reduced emissions for a sustainable and secure

long-term energy future.

The Gastech Virtual Summit 2020 is being held in place of the Gastech

exhibition and conference. dmg events and the Gastech Governing Body, in

consultation with Enterprise Singapore and the Singapore Tourism Board

collectively took the decision to postpone that event, to 13 – 16 September

2021, due to concerns around the global pandemic, accessibility and the

wellbeing of speakers, delegates, exhibitors and visitors.

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