Welcome Remarks

Decarbonization policies must balance supply and demand. DOE's Pathways to Commercial 
Liftoff report and the Hydrogen Demand Initiative (H2DI) support the commercial deployment of low-carbon hydrogen 
from the regional hydrogen hubs and recognize the demand growth needed to support the  commercialization of technologies.
This discussion will focus on demand market signals and efforts by DOE to promote commercialization for low-carbon solutions.

Economy-wide decarbonization will require increased demand for low-carbon products  like cement, steel, hydrogen and chemicals. However, price premiums can make it difficult for producers of low-carbon products to obtain offtake  agreements, reducing demand certainty and limiting industrial emitters' ability to secure investment in critical emissions reduction efforts. This panel will explore the challenges of securing private-sector demand for low-carbon products and how new and existing demand-side policy mechanisms can promote the scaling of these markets.

Community engagement is a critical piece of any infrastructure project, including the deployment of
low-carbon technologies. Low-carbon projects, such as CO2 pipelines, have faced implementation delays as a result 
of local concerns, hindering the deployment of low-carbon technologies critical to meeting climate goals.
This fireside chat will discuss the development of community benefit plans and how effective community engagement 
can generate local support for projects and support communities' understanding of low-carbon technologies, 
why they're needed, and the many benefits they can offer.

Experts explore the transformative potential of hydrogen as a cleaner energy solution and the 
deployment hurdles that need to be overcome. They’ll dissect the challenges of the “three pillars” (hourly matching, 
deliverability and incrementality), opportunities to scale-up, production, distribution, and utilization, and how to 
maximize existing federal support. Through a focus on innovation, decarbonization, and global impact; 
this panel offers a comprehensive outlook on how hydrogen is poised to shape the future of energy.

The National Petroleum Council (NPC), a federally chartered and privately funded advisory 
committee, was established by the Secretary of the Interior in 1946 with the purpose of advising, informing, 
and making recommendations to the Secretary of Energy and the entire Executive Branch on matters relating to oil
and natural gas or to the oil and gas industries. This session offers critical insights into the NPC’s most recent report, 
the evolving landscape of the energy sector, emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities. It also covers how 
innovative tools such as greenhouse gas monitoring facilitate energy security, sustainability, 
and technological innovation in ever-changing geopolitical dynamics.

From different lenses of policy, deployment or financing, each roundtable will tackle the same very 
important question: What milestones do we need to accomplish in order to get steel in the ground by 2028 and
commercial scale by 2050?

Carbon markets have emerged as a critical tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and 
incentivizing the development of innovative solutions across industries, but many are skeptical about the quality of 
the credits and markets themselves. This fireside chat will discuss ways to bolster credit integrity and the role 
of regulation in ensuring quality markets.

With corporations working to meet their decarbonization goals, carbon markets have emerged as 
a critical tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and incentivizing the development of innovative solutions like 
carbon dioxide removal (CDR) across industries. This panel will explore the multifaceted landscape of carbon markets, 
examining their potential to support the deployment of high-quality emissions reduction projects in the US, as well as 
how they tie into international rulebooks like Article 6 and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).