ADIPEC Strategic Conference: shaping a sustainable future

Strategic Conference

The ADIPEC Strategic Conference acts as a convening platform for the world’s most influential voices, bringing together diverse perspectives from across the globe and energy ecosystem.

16,500 +

Conference
Delegates

1,800 +

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Speakers

370 +

Conference
Sessions

10

Conferences

An evolving energy landscape

The energy industry is undergoing significant transformation fueled by technological innovation, policy changes, and shifting market dynamics. In this context, the ADIPEC 2025 Strategic Conference is being designed to provide critical insights into the evolving energy mix and the journey to net-zero, the growing electrification of transportation and industry, and the advancement of energy storage technologies.

Additionally, the conference will explore the transformative impact of AI in the energy industry, strategies for attracting and developing future talent, and approaches for the industry to sustain value creation while fostering a more sustainable and equitable future for all.

2024 Strategic Conference Themes

A new era of climate action in a complex energy system

An evolving geopolitical landscape is transforming energy markets. To ensure the transition to lower carbon fuels, the energy industry must continue to work together with governments and across sectors to create an inclusive, equitable sustainable future. To create this new energy ecosystem will mean integrating multiple sources of energy and deploying regional infrastructure to match new supply sources, with demand hubs building centres of industrial competitiveness based on affordable low carbon, energy-efficient operations and resilient supply chains.

As the energy transition accelerates, delivering tangible climate action will require a comprehensive, global rethink around energy production and consumption, across diverse sectors such as buildings, transportation, industry and power systems. This increasingly complex energy system, that will encompass both regional and international carbon and energy markets, as well as critical minerals and hydrogen, will require leaders and innovators from all sectors to demonstrate leadership, forge partnerships, drive growth and inspire collective action.

Investing in the future: finance, skills and economic inclusivity

If the world is to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 unprecedented public and private sector partnerships will be required to ensure the projected US $4.3-$5 trillion per year is invested across low carbon and new energy sources in developed and developing nations.

The transition will also change the energy sector talent landscape. According to the IEA’s Net Zero by 2050 report, the energy transition has the potential to create 14 million new climate technology jobs, reposition nearly five million workers from fossil fuel roles and spark skills training for some 30 million employees. This also opens opportunities for economic development in developing nations as they become active participants in and architects of the new energy system.

The role of cross-sector partnerships in decarbonising the energy sector and heavy-emitting industries

Heavy industries such as steel, cement, transportation and chemicals pose the biggest decarbonisation challenge, being responsible for nearly 40% of global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and given their critical role in the global economy. Solutions will necessitate new partnerships and alliances from energy providers to end-users to overcome the bottlenecks of investment, technology and skilled resources. The scale-up and deployment of clean technologies for heavy-emitting industries will be in part dependent on the involvement of commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies and private investors. In addition, it is critical to understand how to incentivise customers to buy more sustainable products with a premium that will indirectly help finance the necessary investments for the transition.

Technological innovation to fast track the energy transition

In 2023, cumulative global investment in clean tech surpassed US $1 trillion, highlighting its pivotal role in managing near-term challenges. The influence of digital technology in driving efficiency gains and safety is well established and is now extending into critical emissions reduction. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and its various subsets, from machine learning to large language models, will bring further advances in how the industry decarbonises and achieves net-zero ambitions, while also potentially creating new challenges to be addressed.

The Conferences

Strategic Conference

Decarbonisation Conference

Hydrogen Conference

Finance & Investment Conference

Digitalisation & Technology Conference

Maritime & Logistics Conference

Voices of Tomorrow

Technical Conference

Downstream Technical Conference

Strategic Conference

The Strategic Conference harvests insights on the latest thinking, trends and solutions around emissions, energy efficiencies and disruptive technology from those at the forefront of delivering the strategies, business models and technology innovations.

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Decarbonisation Conference

The Decarbonisation Conference will remain an inclusive platform aimed at driving actionable solutions to create the energy system of the future while accelerating the decarbonisation of today’s energy landscape.

The 2025 conference programme will focus on the decarbonisation of business investments and the increase of green energy technologies such as carbon capture and storage, renewable energy, biofuels, and battery storage, as well as the role of AI in supporting the energy industry's journey toward achieving its decarbonisation goals.

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Hydrogen Conference

The Hydrogen Conference will highlight the essential role of hydrogen in driving the energy transition, emphasising its potential to decarbonise heavy industry and support a balanced energy mix. The conference will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to chart a path for scalable hydrogen adoption, focusing on reducing costs, addressing infrastructure gaps, and creating a robust value chain that supports large-scale production and distribution.

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Finance & Investment Conference

The ADIPEC Finance & Investment conference will bring together experts to discuss transformative investment strategies, innovative financing tools, and collaborative solutions that will be critical in building a resilient, low-carbon economy.

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Digitalisation & Technology Conference

The ADIPEC Digitalisation & Technology Conference will harness the power of AI and other Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to unlock opportunities in the evolving energy landscape. The ADIPEC Conference will be a hub for industry leaders to share insights, strategies, and advancements that will drive tomorrow's smart and sustainable energy systems.

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Maritime & Logistics Conference

The Maritime & Logistics Conference will unite experts from the global shipping and logistics industries to advance collective progress toward net-zero emissions. By fostering cross-sector collaboration, the conference aims to shape the future of global supply chains, driving innovation in energy efficiency, alternative fuels, and sustainable operations while reinforcing a shared commitment to both environmental and economic resilience.

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Voices of Tomorrow

The Voices of Tomorrow Conference featured four individual streams to tackle the most pertinent agendas supporting the UAE Consensus and the important opportunities for the wider community to work multilaterally on commitments to deliver a just energy transition.

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Technical Conference

Organised by SPE, the Technical Conference brought together the brightest minds and technical experts from across the energy value chain – the changemakers at the forefront of engineering, technology, and industry innovation.

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Downstream Technical Conference

The Downstream Technical Conference explored the role of downstream in a rapidly evolving energy landscape, emphasising the importance of circular economies, operational excellence, and energy efficiency.

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