Argus Clean Ammonia Europe Conference

Registration open sponsored by Yara Clean Ammonia

Networking breakfast sponsored by Woodside

CEO Roundtable (by invitation only)

Ammonia and carbon 101: Disconnect between carbon and green hydrogen and ammonia: a matter of economics? Open to all attendees

How companies are working to bridge the lack of knowledge in the green hydrogen space around carbon
- EU ETS: an explainer – where does it sit in European policy? Why is this important to understand? How much of an incentive is EU ETS in the whole package?

Speakers Include:

Adam Nye

VP Global Carbon Markets

Argus

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting Services

Argus

Argus welcome

Tim Cheyne

SVP - Global Head of Agriculture, Fertilizers, Ammonia, DEF

Argus

Welcome from Host sponsor: Port of Rotterdam

Boudewijn Siemons

CEO

Port of Rotterdam

Keynote panel: Unlocking ammonia’s potential in the energy transition

-How can blue ammonia bring cost competitiveness that will enable the transition in Europe faster?
-The main bottlenecks in ammonia’s adoption as a fuel in new sectors
-How does direct use of low-carbon ammonia get unlocked? Power, maritime, fertilizer sector perspectives
-Social governance: ammonia handling and safety – what is being done?

Speakers Include:

Mark Stoelinga

Director, Energy & Infrastructure

Port of Rotterdam

Rik Sneep

Director of Strategy and Transformation

Moeve

Rick Beuttel

Vice President of New Energy US

Woodside Energy

Luca Volta

Hydrogen Venture Executive, Low Carbon Solutions

ExxonMobil

Marina Simonova

Principal - Consulting, Fertilizer & Clean Ammonia Analytics

Argus

Policy and regulation: Further clarity or more confusion? RED III targets and transposition

- RED III – what do industry targets mean? How is transposition into key EU states progressing and how do they vary?
- What’s holding Europe back? Does the policy in place provide economic business models for businesses?
- Are regulatory frameworks in Europe helping projects get to FID or not?

Speakers Include:

Bert De Backker

Policy Manager EAME, Low Carbon Solutions

ExxonMobil

Wouter Vanhoudt

Global Head of Business Development

Hinicio

Networking break

EU hydrogen bank tenders: Who were the winners in the first round and what were the main learnings?

- Bid levels vs realisation rates – the real test: project timelines?
- How will tenders help the industry get to mass scale with a combination of incentives and technological improvements, and create demand making economics work?
- What are the ambitions for what comes next?

Speakers include:

Ewelina Daniel

Policy Officer, DG CLIMA

European Commission

Stefan Kruempelmann

Hydrogen and Future Fuels Editor

Argus

Certification and registration approaches: The mass balance approach

- What is it and how does it work?
- Why is this an important step for the existing fertilizer industry as well as for new applications of ammonia?
- What are the benefits of such a scheme? What are the applications for other industries?

Speakers Include:

Emile Herben

Director Product Management & Certification

Yara Clean Ammonia

Lizzy Lancaster

Senior Reporter - Ammonia

Argus

Argus hydrogen and ammonia perspectives

- How can green ammonia prices be forecasted?
- Understanding what quantities will be available

Speakers Include:

Joyce Grigorey

Hydrogen Principle, Consulting

Argus

Alistair Wallace

Principal - Consulting

Argus

Networking lunch highlighting women in clean ammonia

Speakers Include:

Vibeke Rasmussen

SVP Product Management and Certification & President

Yara Clean Ammonia & Ammonia Energy Association

Andrea Guati Rojo

Stakeholder Relations Manager

Ammonia Energy Association

Ruth Sharpe

Editor - Ammonia

Argus

Chairpersons’ opening remarks

Tim Cheyne

SVP - Global Head of Agriculture, Fertilizers, Ammonia, DEF

Argus

Keynote: What is the power sector doing in Europe?

- How is the European power sector looking at the Asian direction of travel for power generation in the energy transition?
- What plans are in the pipeline for demonstrations of transition to lower-carbon fuels for power generation? What have pilot demonstrations shown?
- Have there been any signals from governments on their views on adoption of ammonia for power generation?

Speakers Include:

Olivia Barnes

Head of Low Carbon Commodities

EnBW

Joyce Grigorey

Hydrogen Principle, Consulting

Argus

The case for ammonia as a fuel in the maritime sector: What commitments have been made by shipowners in 2024?

- Operational risk: how is industry preparing for ships to be ready for ammonia bunkering? How are actors across the value chain playing a role in ensuring safety?
- Ammonia engine developments: what role will these play? What are the main updates?
- Methanol or ammonia – what are the pros and cons? What has been learnt from the first deployed methanol ships and how will this be useful for ammonia’s application as a marine fuel?

Speakers Include:

Navid Ostadian-Binai

Head of Green Vessels and Fuels

Maersk Tankers

Carl-Antoine Saverys

CEO

Exmar

Naomi van den Berg

Program Manager Sustainable Transport

Port of Rotterdam

Steve Petridis

Special Advisor to the Chairman

Air Products

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting Services

Argus

How is Norway positioning itself to facilitate the development of ammonia's adoption as a marine fuel in the energy transition? 

- What regulatory frameworks have been announced so far to enable to use of green ammonia in the energy transition? Norway overview
- What have been some of the key bunkering developments in Norway? What lessons can be learnt from these projects? What are some of the peculiarities of the approach?
- What additional projects are in the pipeline? Cross sector collaboration

Speakers Include:

Hakon Skjerstad

Chief Executive

Azane

Lisa Maria Assmann

Senior Shipbroker

Steem1960 Shipbrokers

Michelle Duarte

Senior Advisor

Innovation Norway

Networking break

Low-carbon ammonia’s role in the fertilizer industry: How will low-carbon products help in the agricultural sector?

The food sector is one of the biggest emitters in the world, and farmers are price sensitive – how do we bridge the gap?
- How can different participants in the food value chain be drivers for adoption of low-carbon fertilizers and decarbonising the wider value chain. (FMCGs, co-operatives)
- CBAM is not enough: What policies are needed to support European farmers to bridge the price premium between fossil incumbents and low-carbon products?
- Case studies: how are global companies working on decarbonisation of the value chain? What are the main drivers and results seen so far?

Speakers include:

Jose Antonio de las Heras

CEO

FertigHy

Harish Jayaram

Vice President, Business Development

Hygenco Green Energies

Tobias Birwe

Director Sales, Fertilizer and Methanol

thyssenkrupp Uhde

Marc van Doorn

Director, Green Developments

Fertiberia

Oliver Hatfield

VP Fertilizers

Argus

Chairpersons’ closing remarks

Tim Cheyne

SVP - Global Head of Agriculture, Fertilizers, Ammonia, DEF

Argus

Main networking drinks reception

Registration open and morning coffee

Registration sponsored by Yara Clean Ammonia

Breakfast roundtables

Make the most of your networking time by discussing key topics with industry experts in a small group setting. Join the various different roundtable discussions that will be taking place and join in the conversation.

1. Ammonia market today Ruth Sharpe, Editor- Ammonia, Argus
2. China developments Ge Liu, International Trade Manager, SPIC-JEP
3. Ammonia freight developments Yohanna Pinheiro, Ammonia Freight Reporter, Argus
4. Fertilizers and carbon markets: what are the connections? Adam Nye, VP Business Development - Carbon, Argus

Roundtable leaders include:

Ruth Sharpe

Editor - Ammonia

Argus

Ge Liu

International Trade Manager

SPIC-JEP

Yohanna Pinheiro

Reporter, LPG & Ammonia Freight

Argus

Adam Nye

VP Global Carbon Markets

Argus

Chairpersons’ opening remarks

Tim Cheyne

SVP - Global Head of Agriculture, Fertilizers, Ammonia, DEF

Argus

Panel discussion: What does the project development landscape look like globally?

- How bankable are clean ammonia projects? How are the risks different to conventional transactions? Technology, regulation
- What are the ingredients for success to bring a project forward to FID?
- What are the key requirements for financing institutions? E.g., is it better to have one reliable offtaker vs various offtakers?

Speakers Include:

Benedikt Messner

Senior Vice President

Uniper Global Commodities

Robert Vroege

Director ING Metals Mining & Fertilizers

ING Bank

Vibeke Rasmussen

SVP Product Management and Certification & President

Yara Clean Ammonia & Ammonia Energy Association

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting Services

Argus

Investment dynamics in the energy transition space: Investing in green hydrogen and ammonia as an alternative to wind and solar energy

- Climate funds barometer: what money is coming from where?
- How is the gap between different types of lending being closed?
- Who is investing at what stage? (commercial banks, VCs, infrastructure funds)

Speakers include:

Graham Weale

Professor for Energy Economics

Ruhr University Bochum

Andrej Nötzel

Director, Energy

KfW IPEX-Bank

Traders: Why is their role critical in kickstarting the market?

- How are traders looking at the clean ammonia market today?
- What are some of the important positions already being taken in the market?
- Traders and offtake: a means to get to FID for project developers?

Speakers include:

Ruth Sharpe

Editor - Ammonia

Argus

Xavier Dalloux

Product Manager - Ammonia

Ameropa

Networking break

Supply infrastructure bringing clean ammonia to Europe: Where are port developments taking place?

Overview of future clean energy import hubs in European import ports: Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Vlissingen
- What are the main developments taking place for terminals and storage of clean ammonia in key ports?
- Where are cracking projects located and how are they strategically linked to inland industry in Germany and Belgium?
- How are ports and key terminal owners working together to build out port infrastructure for ammonia in the energy transition?
- Case study: How Port of Rotterdam is working with Port of Duisburg (Europe’s largest inland port) to develop clean energy capacity

Speakers Include:

Duna Uribe

Senior Business Manager, Clean Ammonia

Port of Rotterdam

Gilles Decan

Program Manager Hydrogen

Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Johannes Eng

Corporate Development and Strategy

Port of Duisburg

Suryan Wirya-Simunovic

Executive Officer

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Ruth Sharpe

Editor - Ammonia

Argus

Ammonia storage and transportation: How are storage and logistics companies working within European ports?

- What have been the main developments taking place? What are some of the technologies available for large-scale ammonia storage?
- What do hydrogen pipeline delays mean for ammonia storage in port areas?
- How will ammonia be transported to where it needs to be in inland Europe?

Speakers Include:

Tamme Mekkes

Business Development Director

Chane Terminals

Can Murtezaoglu

Business Development Manager

GTT

Marcel Van de Kar

Senior Vice President, Hydrogen

Vopak

Bruce Moore

Director Strategy and New Energy

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Ruth Sharpe

Editor - Ammonia

Argus

Networking lunch

Ammonia cracking in Europe: What next?

- Ammonia cracking or direct application? Pros and cons of how to get clean energy to users
- Cracking being developed in Europe: what announcements are being made? What have been the major developments taking place?
- Challenges in Europe: what are the main bottlenecks and issues?

Speakers Include:

Christian Renk

Head of Technology, Innovation & Sustainability (TIS)

thyssenkrupp Uhde

Floris Mackor

VP WBL Large Industries for CCS and NH3 Strategy

Air Liquide

Xander Japin

Senior Business Development Manager hydrogen and CCS

VTTI BV

Marina Simonova

Principal - Consulting, Fertilizer & Clean Ammonia Analytics

Argus

Ammonia safety across the value chain Netherlands case study

- PGS12 in the Netherlands is not enough: safety aspects across the whole value chain
- How can PGS12 be used as a blueprint?
- What are the different supply chain elements and how is safety being dealt with?

Speakers Include:

Monique Berrevoets-Steenbakker

Strategic Advisor

Antea Group

Where next? Aspirations for the clean ammonia market in Europe in 2025

- Reflecting on 2024 as a landmark year for clean ammonia market development: what have been the highs and lows of the year?
- Where to next? Where do we expect to see next FID announcements for clean ammonia supply and what’s the expectation for demand side regulations in Europe and beyond?

Speakers Include:

Kevin Rouwenhorst

Technology Manager

Ammonia Energy Association

Christian Berg

Managing Director, Norway

Amogy

Stephen Jackson

CEO

Ammonia Europe

Thierry Grauwels

Head of Benelux

Hinicio

Tim Cheyne

SVP - Global Head of Agriculture, Fertilizers, Ammonia, DEF

Argus

Chairpersons’ closing remarks and end of conference

Tim Cheyne

SVP - Global Head of Agriculture, Fertilizers, Ammonia, DEF

Argus