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The 35th International Scientific and Expert Meeting of Gas Professionals, organized by Croatian Gas Association and the Croatian Gas Centre Ltd., was held virtually from 21 to 23 October 2020
The jubilee event will be remembered as the first time it was held in a virtual environment, and was at the same time the first virtual international scientific and expert conference simultaneously translated in the Republic of Croatia. This year the Proceedings of the complete, professionally reviewed papers were prepared and published, and are available on the event’s website.
At the start of guest lectures, Dr. Joo-Myung Kang, president of the International Gas Union (IGU), held a keynote speech on the importance of natural gas in the world and Europe, in which he highlighted that natural gas is reliable, safe and a globally available energy source, very important in replacing coal due to essential decarbonisation in the future.
The watch the full recording of Dr. Kang's speech click here.
The first thematic session titled Natural Gas as a Geopolitical Factor in Energy Transition was held followed by a panel discussion on the theme in which the following experts participated: Associate Professor Darko Pavlovi?, PhD (Plinacro), Hrvoje Glavaš (INA – Industrija nafte), Petar Spr?i? (HEP), Aleš Prešern (Siemens Energy) and Hrvoje Krhen (LNG), and the discussion was moderated by Marko Bio?ina (Hanza Media).
Panelists explained the program and investment adaptations by their companies due to the energy transition and acceptance of new technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. All expressed the same view that in the future of energy, besides gas production from renewable energy, hydrogen will assume one of the more important roles.
To watch the full recording of the panel-discussion, session 1, click here.
In his closing speech President of the Croatian Gas Association (HSUP), Associate Professor Dalibor Pudi?, PhD, extended his appreciation to the event participants, moderators and organisers for the successfully held event and subsequently announced the 36th International Scientific and Expert Meeting of Gas Professionals to be held in Opatija, Croatia on 5 - 7 May 2021. He placed special emphasis on the conclusions of this conference:
• Rapid transition to a European neutral economy is impossible without gas
• Full transition will require hydrogen together with a well developed and adapted gas infrastructure
• Carbon capture and storage technology will have important role in achieving neutrality
• Innovation and transfer of technologies in all sectors, so too in the gas sector will have an impact on the type of future energy sources and pace of transition.
Read more about the conclusions of the leading gas event in SE Europe in the Report.