IPHE POLICY FORUM

03 Dec

IPHE POLICY FORUM

HYDROGEN: THE NEW GLOBAL COMMODITY?

  • Infrastructure

  • Paris, France

What is the best way forward to effectively scale up hydrogen in the economy and create a global hydrogen market?

- Is hydrogen the new oil and how to finance the transition?
- Europe Quo vadis?
- When and how will global trade take off?

  • Location

    Virtual Event

  • Date

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Hydrogen is moving to the top of the agenda in energy policy and in company strategies across the world. An increasing number of countries have announced billions of public investment in hydrogen.  However, many challenges need to be addressed to harvest the full potential of hydrogen at a world scale in a cost-effective manner.  Strong international cooperation and partnerships are more critical than ever.

Join the discussion and have a deeper understanding of what is realistic to expect from hydrogen in the next 5 to 10 years at the IPHE International Policy Forum with Amir Sharifi, Managing Director, Energy transition lead at Ardian Infrastructure and his peers. Together with Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency, Andreas Feicht, State Secretary for Energy (German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy), Ministers / Senior Officials of Australia, Japan, South Africa.

Amir will participate to the first conversation : “Is hydrogen the new oil and how to finance the transition?”  With Board Members from major oil companies and financial institutions.

This conference will be to be followed live online, starting at 10.00 am.

MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT

  • Amir Sharifi

    Amir Sharifi Managing Director, Energy transition lead

    Amir Sharifi is Managing Director. In addition to investing activities, he is part of the Asset Management Team
    Amir has been an active board member in number of portfolio companies in the energy space across France and the Nordics. He is in charge of coordinating Ardian’s renewable energy investment mandates globally.
    Amir joined Ardian in 2007 as investment manager in the co-investment team where he was involved on large cap investments in telecom and energy sectors. He then became Head of Corporate Development and Communications of Ardian. He joined the Infrastructure Team in 2010. Prior to joining Ardian, he had worked for 5 years as a strategy consultant with a specialization on due diligence and utilities.
    Amir is also founder and executive board member of the Ardian Foundation which he initiated in 2010.