With no one single solution to achieve net zero, the industry must form a coherent approach to take advantage of all opportunities including hydrogen, liquid fuels, circular economy, and clean and reliable energy. Meeting climate change neutrality is a science and technology challenge, and as a science and engineering-based industry, the downstream industry is well equipped to do that.

Here’s some headlines of what you can expect across the three days:

• Building a World-Leading Low Carbon (Downstream) Business - Gabriel Szabó, EVP of Downstream, MOL, Umberto Carrara, Deputy of COO Energy Evolution, Eni , Jaime Martin Juez, Executive Director, Technology & Corporate Venturing, Repsol, Ahmed M. AlKhunaini, President & CEO, Aramco Europe, Niels A Anspach, VP Bio & Low Carbon, BP Europa SE, and Walmir Soller, O/P VP Europe & Asia, CEO Braskem Netherlands join our keynote producer panel to discuss pushing profitable decarbonisation to the limits
• Not one, but two pre-conference seminars hosted by Wood and Honeywell on the respective topics of ‘Delivering a Low-Carbon Future: How Will You Achieve Your Net-Zero Ambitions? ‘and ‘Getting to Net Zero Emissions: Innovations for Refining & Chemicals’
• Welcome drinks and networking reception sponsored Honeywell
• Continuing the conversation our technology CEOs and presidents Roeland Baan, President & CEO, Haldor Topsoe, Bryan Glover, President & CEO, Honeywell UOP , Jean Sentenac, President & CEO, Axens , James Ritchie, President, ExxonMobil Catalysts & Licensing, and Damon Hill, President - Growth & Development, Projects, Wood are back to discuss the acceleration of commercially competitive low and zero carbon technologies in our ‘Develop, Scale and Deploy’ panel
• Collaborate and Cluster – Nicolas Aimard, VP Process, TotalEnergies OneTech, Jon Barden, COO, Essar Oil UK, and Mike Wailes, Manager, MiRO JV and Director, European Strategy, Philips 66 discuss the conversion of traditional refineries into sustainable energy parks of the future
• UOP, Schneider Electric, ExxonMobil, Honeywell, Alfa Laval, BASF and Grace are amongst some of the leading technology providers presenting the latest high tech, low carbon technologies to tackle both the low hanging fruit, and deep decarbonisation inroads

ESF Europe represents the best opportunity for Europe’s downstream oil & gas industry to network and knowledge share in the context of decarbonisation and sustainability.