Commodity-price whiplash: Navigating risk, seizing opportunity
Wild swings in fuel and mineral prices can stall transitions, strain communities and test political resolve - yet they can also spark innovation and strategic advantage. This session explores how governments and businesses are managing volatility through smarter planning, diversified supply and fairer market design, turning short-term shocks into long-term opportunity and resilience.
Low-carbon fuels: Scaling clean hydrogen and beyond
As the world seeks to diversify and expand energy sources, this session explores the pathways to scale low-carbon fuels - including hydrogen, ammonia, biofuels and synthetic fuels. We will unpack the policy, infrastructure and investment shifts needed to accelerate deployment, while addressing real-world challenges of cost, compatibility and inclusive, cross-sector adoption.
Liquid gold: LNG’s next chapter in global energy security
Massive new investments and recent reserve discoveries are reshaping the global LNG landscape, expanding supply and redrawing trade flows. This session examines how the growth of LNG can reinforce energy security while managing environmental impacts, from methane reduction to system efficiency.
From well to market: Optimising oil and gas assets
The oil and gas sector is reshaping its role as producers rethink how hydrocarbons are sourced, processed and delivered with greater efficiency and lower emissions. This session explores practical advances across the value chain - methane abatement, electrified operations, digital optimisation and carbon capture. Leaders will examine how smarter systems can improve competitiveness, strengthen trust and align with evolving system needs.
The storage surge
Battery innovation is accelerating worldwide - but deployment is where the real transition happens. This session highlights how countries, companies and communities are managing cost and integration hurdles, and how emerging policy tools and market designs are making storage bankable at scale. Leaders share lessons from projects that show how advanced storage can strengthen resilience, unlock flexibility and reshape energy systems for people and places.
