Posco Hosting Green Steel Making Forum HyIS
Strategic Research Institute
Published on :
07 Oct, 2021, 6:24 am
South Korean steel giant POSCO is hosting 3 day long Hydrogen Iron & Steel Making Forum 2021 during 6-8 October 2021 at Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas in Gangnam in southern Seoul in South Korea. Around 1,200 people from 29 global steelmakers and institutions are attending the event to discuss carbon neutrality with hydrogen iron making technologies, policies to reduce greenhouse gases and collaboration in hydrogen iron making technology development. On the first day of the forum, methods of hydrogen-based steelmaking and the hydrogen breakthrough iron making technology project are introduced. On the second day, infrastructure and resources needed to produce green steel, prospects for the future steel industry and ways for global companies to collaborate are scheduled to be discussed. On the final day, forum participants will tour Posco’s Finex 3 plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang. The forum is being held both offline and online.
Posco CEO Mr Choi Jeong-woo in the opening address of the forum said “Achieving carbon neutrality in the process of steelmaking can be challenging for an individual country or a company to accomplish. But if experts from various fields compete and cooperate, and share the knowledge and experience gained, carbon neutrality in steelmaking can be reached faster than expected. Posco will lead the green steel era by proposing various agendas and platforms through this forum.”
South Korean President Mr Moon Jae-in, delivering a celebratory address via video, also echoed Mr Choi’s call for the steel industry to decarbonize the steelmaking process, and vowed to offer support, citing the country’s 2050 carbon neutral goal. He said “Korea, whose steel industry accounts for a large part of its economy will act first and join the world in accomplishing the mission. For the goal of turning to a net-zero society by 2050, the country will work to close coal-fired power plants earlier than scheduled, and increase the proportion of renewable energy, while expanding the hydrogen economy. Moreover, with a view of turning to clean hydrogen, we intend to switch grey hydrogen to 100 percent blue and green hydrogen and significantly scale up the production of green hydrogen.”
Key Speakers include
Mr Jeong-Woo CHOI, CEO, POSCO
Mr Sung Wook MOON, Minister, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Mr Sung Whan KIM, Member of the National Assembly
Dr Edwin BASSON, Director General World Steel Association
Mr Alan FINKEL, Special Adviser on Low Emissions Technologies Australian Government
Mr Martin Wenguo PEI, Chief Technical Officer SSAB
Mr Duk-Lak LEE, Sr EVP, Head of Technical Research Laboratories POSCO
Mr Axel EGGERT, Director General EUROFER
Mr Hitoshi DOHNOMAE, Chair, International Environmental Strategic Committee JISF
Mr Xinchuang LI, Vice Secretary General CISA
Mr Thomas BUERGLER, Head of R&D Ironmaking, voestalpine (CEO K1-MET)
Mr Seiji NOMURA, Head of Advanced Technology Research Laboratories Nippon Steel
Mr Jinglei TIAN, Chief Researcher of Low Carbon Green Development Research Center HBIS
Mr Kazuhiro HANAZAWA, Vice President JFE
Mr Prabhat Kumar GHORUI, Sr Vice President Technology Excellence JSW Steel
Ilya PAVLOV, Head of Hydrogen and Innovative Decarbonisation Severstal
Mr Alexander REDENIUS, Head of Division Efficiency of Resources and R&D Coordination Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung
Mr Pinakin CHAUBAL, Chief Technical Officer ArcelorMittal
Mr Stefan ERDMANN, Chief Technology Officer Outokumpu
Mr Tim PEETERS, Department Manager, Iron and Steel R&D Tata Steel Europe
Mr Rizwan JANJUA, Head Technology World Steel Association
Mr Neil KAVANAGH, Chief Scientist Woodside Energy
Mr Benjamin ELLIS, Head of Marketing Strategy and Technical Marketing BHP
Mr Simon DOWNES, Head of Steel Decarbonization, GM Rio Tinto
Mr Stephen POTTER, Director Metalicos VALE
Mr Vincent LE DIOURON, VP Large Industry, North East Asia Pacific Cluster Air Liquide
Hana MANDOVA, Analyst, Energy Technology Policy Division IEA
Mr Jan Friedemann PLAUL, SVP Iron & Seelmaking, ECO Solutions, Electric Steelmaking Primetals Technologies
Mr Stefano MAGGIOLINO, President & CEO Tenova HYL
Mr Todd ASTORIA, Director Research and Technology Development Midrex Technologies
Mr Hans FERKEL, Member of the Managing Board SMS Group
Mr Andrea ZANINOTTO, Sales Manager Danieli