Block – INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP
Al Farabi Hall

The Power of Inclusion: Transforming Gender Diversity into Winning Results
Despite making up an estimated 48% of the global labour force, currently women only account for 22% of the oil and gas sector. This is at a time when companies across the globe are starting to understand that greater diversity improves their ability to innovate and adapt, particularly important for the energy sector as it prepares to embrace new digital technologies and undergo a major structural transformation.
This session will look at the role of gender parity and wider inclusion programmes and how their results are proving to be a strategic driver in strengthening business performance.


Block - SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES
Independence Hall

Meeting the Hydrogen Supply Challenge
Low carbon hydrogen can be an excellent source of clean energy, which can combat global climate change and poor air quality. Hydrogen based economy can be a great opportunity for a many countries to decarbonize their sectors of economy. However, there are still some barriers to the realization of a hydrogen-based economy, which includes large-scale hydrogen production cost, infrastructure investments, bulk storage, transport & distribution, safety consideration, and matching supply-demand uncertainties. How to include the hydrogen in global energy mix? How to develop the multi-sector hydrogen supply chain? What is the role of policies in support of a multi-sector global hydrogen economy?


Block – ENERGY & SOCIETY
Abay Hall

Energy Financing: How to Meet Energy Demand
The energy transition poses ambitious practical challenges for financing green energy projects to ensure smooth and successful transit. Full transition to renewable sources by 2050 and net-zero will require hundreds of trillions of dollars. All this places very high demands on approaches to financing in the required volumes.
The implementation of this set of issues and the achievement of the goals will require an appropriate, widely developed and effective system of financing and support, which is being formed at the present stage. This system includes along with traditional methods, new financial technologies and tools (for example, green blockchains, etc.).