Summit Day One
Tuesday 12th September 2023
07:30am Registration & Networking Breakfast
08:45am Opening Remarks
Wapu Sonk, Managing Director, Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd
09:00am Prime Minister’s Welcome Address
Hon. James Marape, Prime Minister, Papua New Guinea
09:15am Ministerial Keynote Address
Hon. Kerenga Kua, Minister for Petroleum & Energy, Papua New Guinea
09:30am Industry Keynote Address
Peter Clarke, Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil
09:45am Session 1 - PNG Crystal Ball
Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FGE
10:00am Ministerial Exhibition Opening Tour and Networking Coffee Break
10:45am Session 2 - Government Plans and Priorities
Chair: Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FGE
David Manau, Secretary, Department of Petroleum
Ronald Meketa, Managing Director, NEA
Wapu Sonk, Managing Director, Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd
Augustine Mano, Managing Director, Mineral Resources Development Company
12:15pm Networking Lunch
13:30pm Spotlight Presentation
Tera Shandro, Chairperson and Managing Director, ExxonMobil PNG Ltd.
13:45pm Session 3 - Project Overview: Developing Papua New Guinea’s Role as a Leading LNG Supplier
Chair: Professor Chalapan Kaluwin, Professor of Environmental Science and Director of Centre for Climate Change & Sustainable Development, School of Natural and Physical Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea
Richard Kassman, TotalEnergies PNG Ltd
Wayne Kasou, Senior Vice President PNG Stakeholder Management, Santos
15:00pm Networking Coffee Break
15:45pm Session 4 - Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Decarbonisation Strategies
Alberto Balbo, Founder and Co-CEO, Ianus Energy Transition
Jeklin Talonu, Legal & Compliance Executive Manager, NEA
Tau Homoka, Biomass Project Manager, Santos
Bilal Aslam, Infrastructure Lead – PNG, Timor-Leste and Pacific Islands, International Finance Corporation
Professor Chalapan Kaluwin, Professor of Environmental Science and Director of Centre for Climate Change & Sustainable Development, School of Natural and Physical Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea
Nino Nadiradze, Country Representative, USAID
17:15pm End Of Day One
17:30pm Networking Drinks Reception
19:00pm NetworkingGala Dinner hosted by Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd