- 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 
[https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/_ZBECr8jwU83GXh425Bj?domain=email.dmgenergyev
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.

Source: Gastech Virtual Summit 2020