Registration & Networking Breakfast

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Opening Remarks

Speaker

Wapu Sonk

Managing Director

Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd

Prime Minister’s Welcome Address

Ministerial Keynote Address

Macro Energy Industry Overview: Positioning Papua New Guinea’s Role in the New Global Energy Agenda

• Shockwaves from Ukraine: How is the Ukraine: Russia crises impacting global energy markets?
• How long will oil and gas prices remain at the current level?
  • High prices, high volatility, and the impact on LNG demand growth
• Climate change considerations: Assessing global net-zero ambitions
• How has PNG’s role as a global LNG supplier evolved and what aspirations do the government have over the next 5 years?

Exhibition Opening Tour & Networking Coffee Break

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SESSION 1 - Panel Discussion: A New Dawn: Plans, Priorities and Challenges for the New Regime

• What are the key priorities for the energy sector over the next five years?
• Where do opportunities exist for bi-lateral collaborations moving forward?
• How attractive is PNG as an investment opportunity today and where do the greatest opportunities lie?
• PNG Electrification Partnership (PEP) – Latest updates and proposed plans for roll-out
• Proposed initiatives for:
  • Economic and Regulatory development
  • Off-grid sector
  • Transmission development

Speakers

Ronald Meketa

Acting Managing Director

National Energy Authority

Wapu Sonk

Managing Director

Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd

David Manau

Secretary

Department of Petroleum

Augustine Mano

Managing Director

Mineral Resource Development Company (MRDC)

Networking Lunch - Hosted By: ToalEnergies

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SESSION 2 – Panel Discussion: PNG Project Update: Updates on Existing, Planned & Future Projects

• Latest information relating project development: Papua LNG, P’nyang, PASCA
• Oil & Gas Act amendment: What will this mean for future project development?
• What message can be sent to Asian markets regardingfuture supply of LNG given the political uncertainty over the last 12 months?
• Has PNG now fallen behind other LNG suppliers and where does international confidence currently sit?
• Striking a balance between sustainability and profitability: What measures are in place to ensure energy for all can become a reality?
• Opportunities for local supplier collaboration

Speakers

Jean-Marc Noiray

Managing Director

TotalEnergies PNG Ltd

Peter Larden

Managing Director

ExxonMobil PNG Ltd

Stephen Quantrill

Executive Chairman

Twinza

Networking Coffee Break

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SESSION 4 – Panel Discussion: Exploration in PNG: Future Energy, Maximising Technological Innovation & Sustainable Infrastructure Development

• How can incentives be introduced to drive future infrastructure development?
• What lessons can be learned from international counterparties with regards infrastructure developments?
  • Who is investing in PNG?
• What are the latest developments with drilling methods and how can they be utilised in PNG?
• Commercialising stranded gas fields: How can innovation and technology unlock untapped fields?

Speaker

Michael Binnion

Chairman of the Board

High Arctic

Networking Drinks

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Networking Breakfast

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Ministerial Keynote Address

SESSION 5 – Panel Discussion: Embracing the Energy Transition: Collaboration and Innovation

As we move to an era of new energy systems and decarbonisation existing energy systems:

• Where do the opportunities for new energies exist in PNG?
• Who is responsible for investing in these new energy systems?
• What can be done to decarbonise existing energy systems?

Speaker

Luke Liria

EGM Corporate Affairs

Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd.

SESSION 6 – Panel Discussion: PNG Power Sector: Harnessing Investment Opportunities

• What incentives are being made available for foreign investors?
• How can the market be de-risked and new investments encouraged?
• Providing DMO gas at a cheaper price for cheaper energy
• What strategy is being developed for gas distribution in PNG?
• What other initiatives are underway to strengthen policy development and develop a strategic framework for renewable energy and rural electrification?
• What are the legislative amendments required to ensure maximum benefit can be derived from domestic obligation of gas?
• Best practice examples of domestic market obligation from other countries

Speakers

Ronald Meketa

Acting Managing Director

National Energy Authority

Obed Batia

Chief Executive Officer

PNG Power

Paulus Ain

Commissioner & CEO

Independent Consumer & Competition Commission (ICCC)

Julinette Bayking

Senior PPP/Project Finance Advisor

USAID-Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership

Networking Coffee Break

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SESSION 7 – Panel Discussion: Local Content and SME Development: Harnessing the Future Generation of Entrepreneurs and leaders

• National Content case studies and best practices
• Showcasing success stories from PNG and the region: Paving the way for local suppliers
• Developing capacity throughout the sector, related industry and across the region
• Showcasing initiatives currently in place in PNG and identifying opportunities for further local content implementation
• Outlining achievements made in PNG content development to date and plans for the next 12-18 months
• What opportunities exist in ancillary services supporting the industry?

Moderator

Dr Genevieve Nelson

Chief Executive Officer

Kokoda Track Foundation

Speakers

Kori Chan

Managing Director

TWM Group

Francis Kunuma

Co-founder

NARES Engineering Ltd

Networking Lunch

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SESSION 8 – Financing Panel: How can PNG’s Energy Sector Continue to Harness Investment and How Can Capital Markets Support Growth

• What level does investor confidence in PNG currently reside?
• How can more incentives be introduced to ensure continual infrastructure development?
• What are the latest financial mechanisms being implemented to ensure access to credit?
• Latest developments for investors in Asian LNG supply projects: Where does PNG sit when compared to other supplying countries?
• What are the specific barriers associated with developing non-traditional markets in Asia and how can they be overcome?

Speakers

Greg Pawson

CEO

Kina Securities Ltd

Clarence M Hoot

Managing Director

Investment Promotion Authority

Mairawesi Pulayasi

Distribution & Planning

PNG Power

Networking Coffee Break

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SESSION 9 – Panel Discussion: Renewables and Alternative Energy Development, Decarbonisation Strategies and Technological Innovations

• How can the power of renewables be harnessed more efficiently in Papua New Guinea?
  • Where do the opportunities lie?
• The role of renewables in accelerating hydrogen production
• Reducing carbon emissions in LNG: Showcasing technological innovations
• Technological innovation: downstream, midstream, and upstream
• Technology applications and latest developments:
  
  • CCS/CCUS
  • New liquefaction designs
  • Regasification
• Future innovations to decrease costs in the LNG supply chain: Where can lessons be learned?

Speaker

Andrew Tan

President & CEO Oceania

Chiyoda