2025 Technical Seminar Programme

26 February 2025 Technical Seminar Day 1
27 February 2025 Technical Seminar Day 2

10:45 AM 10:50 AM

Technical Seminar Day 1 Welcome Address

Speaker:

MC Anicha Adbul

Managing Director

EP Management & Consultancy Services

10:50 AM 12:10 PM

Session 1: New Energies, Decarbonisation & Sustainability

11:10 AM 11:30 AM

ESG as policy and incentive to reduce emissions

Speaker:

Claudia Cardoso

General Manager

SIQAS, Lda.

11:50 AM 12:10 PM

New Technology Qualification to Support Innovative Solutions

Speaker:

Francois Grimbert

Chief Executive for Sub-Saharan Region

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore

12:10 PM 12:35 PM

Hydrogen Roadmaps

Speaker:

Dr. Waleed Khadrawy

Energy Transition, Hydrogen and Sustainability Manager

EGAS, Egypt

12:35 PM 12:55 PM

Session 2: Downstream Infrastructure Development & Facilities Management

12:35 PM 12:55 PM

Enhancing Operational Efficiency and Asset Integrity: The Transformative Potential of Non-Intrusive Inspection Techniques in the Oil and Gas Industry

Speaker:

Abdelnaby Ali

Business Director

SA - International Ltd.

Networking Lunch

01:15 PM - 02:00 PM

02:00 PM 03:30 PM

Session 3: People Development & Capacity Building

02:00 PM 02:20 PM

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Mozambique's Oil and Gas Sector: A Critical Analysis

Speaker:

Chido Mhindurwa

Chief Executive Officer

EP Management and Consultancy Services

02:20 PM 02:40 PM

Is the Local Content Law the Solution for the “Mozambicanization” of Extractive Industry Operations?

Speaker:

Lucas Cossa

Mozambique Associate & Local Content Developer

CLC Solution

03:00 PM 03:30 PM

Supporting Healthy and Sustainable Workplaces for Communities

Speaker:

Isabelle Hagner

Director of Public Health Middle East Africa

International SOS

Networking Coffee Break

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

04:00 PM 05:30 PM

Session 4: Gas & LNG Projects & Technologies & Developments

04:00 PM 04:20 PM

1st FLNG development in Mozambique: real-time monitoring & insights supporting project Operations

Speakers:

Benildo Balate

Petroleum Engineer

ERB

Marilia Sitoe

Subsea Engineer

ERB

04:20 PM 04:40 PM

An Ammonite Biostratigraphy Framework for Mozambique

Speaker:

Albert Robb

SSHE Manager

ExxonMobil

04:40 PM 05:30 PM

The implementation of oil and gas projects and their impact on the development of the energy matrix and social economic of Mozambique

Speaker:

Elísio Cuamba

Comptroller & Project Management; CEO & Founder

YALOG Young African Leaders in Oil and Gas

05:30 PM 05:30 PM

Summit Day One Close

09:30 AM 09:45 AM

Technical Seminar Day 2 Welcome Address

09:45 AM 10:05 AM

Session 5: Manufacturing & Industrialisation

09:45 AM 10:05 AM

Innovating Mozambique's Energy System: An Industrial Cluster Approach Informed by Trinidad and Tobago's Experience

Speaker:

Winston O'Young

Senior Policy & International Relations Officer

Trinidad & Tobago Ministry of Energy & Energy Industries

10:05 AM 10:25 AM

Session 6: Energy Markets & Project Finance

10:05 AM 10:25 AM

Local Content System for Service Companies in Mozambique

Speaker:

Nelson Jaro

Field Engineer

YHWH Oil & Gas

10:25 AM 11:05 AM

Session 7: Digitalisation & New Technologies

10:25 AM 10:45 AM

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven Cycle Time Reduction in Subsurface Workflows: Integration of Seismic Inversion, Well logs, Core data, and Geological Concepts for Sub seismic Reservoir Characterization

Speaker:

Abdul Wahab

Development Geoscientist Mozambique LNG

ExxonMobil

10:45 AM 11:05 AM

Subject Matter Expert for Operational Technology Cyber Security in Africa

Speaker:

Matthew Taljaard

SME Operational Technology (Africa)

Fortinet

Networking Coffee

11:05 AM - 11:30 AM

11:30 AM 12:50 PM

Session 8: Renewable Energy Development & Projects

11:30 AM 11:50 AM

Producing Green Hydrogen for export and local use, with the exclusive utilization of Green Energy

11:50 AM 12:10 PM

Assessment of the energy potential of non-carbonized briquettes produced using peanut shells in comparison to the commonly used firewood in bakeries and barbecue restaurants in the province of Maputo

Speaker:

Hamida Mazive

CEO

Briquete Eco Energies Moz

12:10 PM 12:30 PM

Importance of Grid Impact Studies on Utility Scale Solar PV Projects

Speaker:

Noah Cherera

Senior Electrical Engineer

Harmattan Renewables

26 February 2025 Technical Seminar Day 1
27 February 2025 Technical Seminar Day 2