2020 Conference Program

Virtual Conference Agenda

October 20-21 and October 27-28, 2020
ALL TIMES CENTRAL TIME US

Morning Session
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Welcome
WE Preston, GSTC Executive Director
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Keynote
Dr. Samir Serhan, Air Products
Operating Plant Developments
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Air Products: Gasification Technologies Update
Dr. QU Qiang, Gasification Process Technology Director
10:20 am - 10:40 am
KP Engineering: Renewable Diesel 101
Yasmine McColl, Director of Business Development
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Panel Questions and Answers

Afternoon Session
Session Chair: Carrie Lalou, Linde
Hydrogen Production Technologies – Low Carbon Solutions I
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
Clariant: EARTH – Your drop-in solution for Substantial Capacity Increase
Jan-Jaap Riegman, Technip and Franz Petzold, Sales Lead, Syngas NA, Clariant
1:20 pm - 1:40 pm
ThyssenKrupp: From Green Hydrogen to Green Steel and Biomass to Jet Fuel
Karsten Radtke, Global Head of Business Development and Sales
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
Air Liquide: Air Liquide Syngas Technology enables Blue and Green Hydrogen Ambitions
Alexander Roesch, Downstream & Petrochemicals
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Questions and Answers

Morning Session
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Welcome
Dr. David Burns, GSTC Board Chairman
Hydrogen Production Technologies – Low Carbon Solutions II
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Haldor Topsoe: Blue Hydrogen via SynCOR™ technology
Per Juul Dahl, Technology Director
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Linde: DRYREF & SYNSPIRE Innovation for HyCo Applications
Andreas Peschel, Head of Chemical Technology R&D (RDCDE)
9:55 am - 10:15 am
Johnson Matthey: LCH™ technology - Low Carbon Hydrogen Plants
Sam French, Business Development
10:15 am - 11:00 am
Panel Questions and Answers

Afternoon Session
Session Chair: Julian Morris, Johnson Matthey
Innovations in Syngas Production and Use
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
Haldor Topsoe: ReShift™ Adiabatic Post Converter for CO2 Reforming
Marene Rautenbach, Senior Process Engineer
1:20 pm - 1:40 pm
Advisian: Ammonia as a Fuel: Advisan Carbon Risk Index (ACRI)
Stephen Scott, Group Manager
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
GSTC: Syngas Database
Ian Barton, Database Manager
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Questions and Answers

Morning Session
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Welcome
WE Preston, GSTC Executive Director
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Keynote
Mr. John Gordon, Johnson Matthey
Waste and Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals I
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Johnson Matthey and BP: FT CANS™ Waste to Jet Fuels Technology
Dr. Michele Pesa, Commercial Manager, BP Innovation and Engineering
Paul Ticehurst, Senior Business Development Manager, Johnson Matthey
10:20 am - 10:40 am
Plasco Technologies: Clean Syngas from Waste and Biomass
Marc Bacon, EVP of Engineering & Operations
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Panel Questions and Answers

Afternoon Session
Session Chair: Geoff Achilles, Air Products
Waste and Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals II
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
Southwest Research: Plastics and biomass pyrolysis for hydrogen production
1:20 pm - 1:40 pm
Halder Topsoe: Production of Renewable Fuels: R100 and Co-processing
Steve Eckhoff (Licensing Manager, refining for Haldor Topsoe
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
Schmidtsche Schack/Arvos GMBH: Syngas Production based on Variable Feedstocks
Nikolaus Garrels, Product and Sales Manager
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Questions and Answers

Morning Session
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Welcome
Dr. David Burns, GSTC Board Chairman
Large-Scale Gasification
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Air Products: Syngas for Today
Jerry Kassman, Commercial Director, Gasification
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Adani: Coal to Chemicals
Prodyut Maji, Head of Gasification and Petrochemicals
9:55 am - 10:15 am
Enerkem: Re-imagining Syngas as a Sustainable Platform for the Circular Economy
Peter Nieuwenhuizen, VP Technology, Strategy and Deployment
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Panel Questions and Answers

Afternoon Session
Session Chair: David Kelling, Haldor Topsoe
Advances in Technology and Equipment
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
IHI: Tar Removal from Biomass/Waste derived Syngas: Technical Considerations and Options
Dr. Ashish Gupta, Process Director (Syngas & Derivatives)
1:20 pm - 1:40 pm
Air Liquide: Layer Management for Methanol Process
Martin Gorny, Director Downstream & Petrochemicals
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
DOE/NETL: Industry Perspectives on Hydrogen R&D
David K. Lyons, Researcher
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Questions and Answers
2:30 pm - 2:35 pm
Closing remarks