Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi

تحت رعاية ص �حب السمو الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان ، رئيس الدولة "حفظه الله"، بصفته حاكماً لإمارة أبوظبي

Supported by

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren

CEO

LanzaTech

Jennifer
Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren is the Chairman & CEO of LanzaTech. Under Jennifer’s guidance, LanzaTech is developing a variety of platform chemicals and fuels, including the world’s first alternative jet fuel derived from industrial waste gases. She is also the Director and Chair of the LanzaJet Board of Directors. Prior to LanzaTech, Jennifer was the founding VP and General Manager of the Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit at UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company. While there, she was a key driver of their leadership in low carbon aviation biofuels. Jennifer has authored or co-authored 50 U.S. patents and more than 30 scientific publications and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). In 2023, she was named to the Time Magazine Climate 100 list of Most Influential Leaders. Jennifer also sits on the Board of Directors of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), the Advisory Council for the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University, the National Academies' Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES), the Advisory Council for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the Halliburton Labs Advisory Board, the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS International Advisory Council, and the Founder Advisory for The Engine, a venture capital fund built by MIT that invests in early-stage science and engineering companies. Jennifer holds a B.Sc. degree from Harvey Mudd College, a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a MBA from the University of Chicago, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).

Session Overview
Tuesday, 3 November
13:05
Clean Power, Molecules & Carbon Management Plenary Hall B 13:05 - 13:35
Activating demand for low-carbon industry: from policy to procurement
The supply side of industrial decarbonisation is advancing: electric arc furnaces, hydrogen-based reduction, carbon capture retrofits and green chemicals projects are progressing. What remains underdeveloped is demand, leaving producers to carry the full cost premium with no certainty that markets will pay. That is beginning to change. Border carbon mechanisms are linking emissions intensity to trade competitiveness, industrial policy is creating demand-pull, and public procurement is specifying lower-carbon inputs. Major automotive and consumer goods manufacturers are now requiring lower-carbon steel and aluminium from their suppliers. For producers with low-cost clean energy and integrated industrial infrastructure, the question is no longer whether demand arrives but whether they are positioned to capture it before faster-moving competitors do.
Attendee Insights:
Evaluate how border carbon mechanisms, procurement requirements and supply-chain mandates are converting low-carbon industrial production from a cost burden into a competitive position.

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