2023 General Assembly - Dubai

Dear GIIGNL Member,

The 2023 GIIGNL General Assembly will be held in Dubai (November 5-7, 2023) at the kind invitation of Shell.

We look forward to seeing you in Dubai.

Yours sincerely,

Laurent DAVID
General Delegate GIIGNL

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Welcome Reception (Drinks & Bites)

Place: Conrad Hotel, 2nd Floor
Dress code: Smart Casual Attire

• 7.00 PM – 10.00 PM Welcome Reception Drinks & Bites

Monday, November 6, 2023

General Assembly Meeting

Place: Conrad Hotel – The Grand Ballroom on the 2nd floor
Dress code: Business Attire

• 9.00 AM – 12.15 PM 1st Working Session
• 12.15 PM – 12.15 PM Executive Committee Meeting
• 12.15 PM – 2.00 PM Lunch
• 2.00 PM – 5.00 PM 2nd Working Session

Evening Programme

Place: Bulgari Resort Dubai
Dress code: Business Attire

• 7.00 PM – 11.00 PM Cocktail Reception and Gala Dinner

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

General Assembly

Place: Conrad Hotel – The Grand Ballroom on the 2nd floor
Dress code: Business Attire

• 9.00 AM – 12.10 PM 3rd Working Session
• 12:10 PM – 1.30 PM Lunch at the Hotel

Technical Visit

• 1:30 PM – 5.00 PM Technical Visit of the FSRU

Dress code: Smart Casual Attire

Social Program

• 5:00 PM – 8.00 PM Desert Safari

Place: Nazwa Road, Sharjah
Dress code: Smart Casual Attire

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Monday, November 6, 2023

1^st working session (9:00 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.)

@ The Grand Ballroom on the 2nd floor, Conrad Hotel

9:00 A.M. Audience welcome & safety briefing

Item 1 Welcome Address / Keynotes

Fatema Al Nuaimi – EVP Downstream Business Management, ADNOC

Zoë Yujnovich, Integrated Gas & Upstream Director, Shell

Item 2 Approval of Dubai General Assembly draft meeting agenda

Item 3 Approval of 2022 General Assembly draft minutes of meeting

10:00 A.M Coffee Break

Item 4 Speaker session

“Geopolitics and economic fragmentation”

• Jason Bordoff – Energy policy expert, Columbia University

Item 5 Company reports

• Elio Ruggeri – SVP Global LNG, Snam
• Hiroaki Fujimoto – Executive Officer, General Manager Gas Business Department, ENEOS

12:15 P.M. End of the 1st working session

12:15 P.M. Executive Committee Meeting

12:15 P.M. Lunch @ the Ballroom foyer 2nd Floor, Conrad Hotel

2^nd working session (2:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.)

@ The Grand Ballroom on the 2nd floor, Conrad Hotel

Item 6 Report on Membership and new candidacies

3:00 P.M Coffee Break

Item 7 Panel Discussion: Using carbon credits to offset LNG – Impact and concerns.

How does the GIIGNL framework for GHG Neutral LNG cargoes help address some of these concerns?

• Heather McEwan, Senior Manager (Africa and the Middle East), Regional Engagement VERRA – Carbon credits registry
• Sandeep Roy Choudhury, Co-founder at VNV Advisory Services – Carbon Project Developer
• Atsunori Takeuchi, Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Tokyo Gas – GIIGNL Pilot program participant
• Melanie Eddis, Partner, Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change, ERM – GIIGNL Framework Developer

Chair: Mehdi Chennoufi, GM Global LNG Origination, Shell

Item 8 Regional overview of energy and gas markets, with a focus on LNG #1

• Americas (Andrew Walker – VP Strategy, Cheniere Energy, Antonio Bacigalupo – CEO, GNL Quintero)
• Middle East (Mehdi Chennoufi – Head of Global LNG Origination & Market Development, Shell)

5:00 P.M. End of the 2nd working session

From 6:00 to 6:30 PM Gala Dinner Departure Conrad Hotel Shuttle Stop

From 7:00 P.M. Evening Programme

Cocktail Reception and Gala Dinner @ Bulgari Resort Dubai

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

3^rd working session (9:00 A.M. – 12.10 P.M.)

@ The Grand Ballroom on the 2nd floor, Conrad Hotel

Item 9 Regional overview of energy and gas markets, with a focus on LNG #2

• Europe (Mr. Grégory Joffroy – Senior VP LNG, TotalEnergies)
• China (Ms. Yanyan Zhu – General Manager, Trading Dept., CNOOC)
• Japan (Mr. Hitoshi Nishizawa – Executive Officer, Senior Operating Officer, Optimization Department JERA)
• Taiwan (Mr. Hsi-Wen LEE, CEO Natural Gas Business, CPC)

Item 10 Speaker Session

• Possibilities and pathways to decarbonize LNG: Liquefied Synthetic Methane – Yoshiaki Shibata, IEEJ

10:30 A.M Coffee Break

Item 11 Central-Office Activities and Financial ResultsItem 12 Study Groups progress reports
Item 13 News from Associated Organizations
Item 14 Next events
Item 15 Any other business

12:10 P.M. End of the 3rd working session

From 12:10 P.M. Lunch @ the Ballroom foyer 2nd Floor, Conrad Hotel

1:30 P.M. Departure from the Conrad for Technical Visit of the FSRU (Group 1)

2:30 P.M. Departure from the Conrad for Technical Visit of the FSRU (Group 2)

From 3:30 to 4:00 PM Social Programme Departure Conrad Hotel Shuttle Stop

From 5:00 P.M. Social Programme – Desert Safari @ Nazwa Road, Sharjah

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