Strategic Summit at FFCCMENA27
2027 Strategic Summit Agenda
Morning: Strategy, Policy and the Global View
09:00 - 09:10
(10 mins)
[Chair Welcome] Securing Tomorrow's Energy
09:10 - 09:30
(20 mins)
[Federal Keynote] UAE's Clean Molecule Strategy: Positioning the Emirates for the Energy Transition
Nawal Alhanaee
Director of Future Energy
Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure,UAE
09:30 - 09:40
(10min)
[Host Keynote] Dubai as the Region's Energy Dialogue Hub: Infrastructure, Capital and the New Export Economy
09:40 - 10:00
(20min)
[Gulf Export Architecture Keynote] The Regional Backbone: How the Gulf Is Building a Shared Clean Molecule Supply Architecture
10:00 - 10:20
(20min)
[Global Insights Keynote] How Europe Is Buying: CBAM, Certification and the Real Demand Signal
Coffee Break & Exhibition
10:50 - 11:40
(50min)
[C-suite Panel] The Global Clean Molecule Shift: How Capital, Policy and Project Realism Are Redrawing the Map
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How is the clean-molecule era reshaping the global energy landscape, and where does the Gulf's leadership now sit within it?
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How are policy signals, capital flows and project experience coming together to give the region's energy strategy its next shape?
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What partnerships and commitments are emerging that will define the region's long-term role in the world's clean energy future?
11:40 - 12:30
(50min)
[Export & Offtake Panel] From Expectations to Obligations: Regulation, Certification and the Rules of Regional Trade
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How are evolving certification and trade rules helping turn market expectations into workable commercial frameworks?
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What are buyers looking for as they build their procurement strategies, and how is the market adapting to meet them?
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How are producers and offtakers working together so that new trade rules support — rather than constrain — delivery?
12:30 - 12:50
(20min)
[Sponsor Keynote] Reserved for Spsonsor
Lunch & networking break
Afternoon：Building the Chains: Green Molecules & Delivery
14:00 - 14:20
(20min)
[Hydrogen Keynote] Electrolysis at Scale: From Demonstration to GW-Scale Delivery in MENA
14:20 - 15:10
(50min)
[Hydrogen Delivery Panel] Official Targets vs Project Reality: An Honest Audit of MENA's Clean Fuel Commitments
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What is the current state of progress across MENA's flagship clean-fuel projects, and what is driving momentum in the projects moving forward?
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Which permitting, power, cost and offtake bottlenecks are blocking delivery, and what unblocks them most effectively?
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How are suppliers and offtakers aligning on volumes, timing and price to turn commitments into bankable molecules?
Arnava Sinha
EVP and Head of Business Development - Green Hydrogen & Ammonia
ACME Group
Ali Zerouali
Executive Vice President Middle-East-Africa
HIF Global
Akram Azerbayev
Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive
OQ Alternative Energy
15:10 - 16:00
(50min)
[Hydrogen Technology Panel] Closing the Cost Gap: Unlocking Affordable, Bankable Hydrogen Projects
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What technology advancements are bringing green hydrogen closer to cost competitiveness, and where is the field making the fastest gains?
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How are improvements in equipment, power and operations translating into a more affordable — and more investable — project pipeline?
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How are technology providers and financiers developing the frameworks and confidence that unlock capital at growing scale?
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Yuichi Shoji
Chief Representative for the Middle East
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
Coffee Break & Exhibition
16:30 - 16:50
(20min)
[SAF Keynote] Regulating for Readiness: How Aviation Authorities Can De-Risk the SAF Transition
Kamil Al-Awadhi
Regional Vice President for Africa & Middle East
IATA
16:50 - 17:10
(20min)
[Sponsor Keynote] Reserved for Spsonsor
17:10 - 18:00
(50min)
[SAF Panel] Building the Gulf's SAF Value Chain: Forging Cross-Sector Collaboration Across Hydrogen, Carbon and Aviation
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How can Gulf hydrogen and captured carbon come together into a bankable SAF value chain?
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What roles do offtakers, regulators and certifiers each play to build trust, secure feedstock and align standards?
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How do the region's aviation demand and offtake commitments turn today's collaboration into scalable, sustainable SAF supply?
Siddharth Jain
Vice President, Aviation Operations
Emarat
19:00 - 21:00
120 mins