2025 Conference Agenda

From owner/operators and developers to service companies and technology providers, the 2025 GSTC program is designed around the topics that matter to your business. We’ve added an additional day to this year’s program to accommodate more timely topics across sustainable projects and policies, methanol and syngas production, waste-to-value and more. Details forthcoming– keep checking back for the latest!

Sunday, October 12

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
GSTC Members’ Board Meeting

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Registration & Welcome Reception

Monday, October 13

8:00 am – 9:30 am
Syngas 101

10:00 am – 10:15 am
Conference Welcome
WE Preston, GSTC Executive Director

10:15 am – 11:00 am
Title TBA
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Krista Johnson, J.D., U.S. President, Johnson Matthey

Session 1, Monday Morning

Projects and Policy

Session Chair: Lucy Wilson, Johnson Matthey, GSTC Chair

11:00 am – 11:20 am
The Winding Decarbonization Journey
Grant Gothen, Burns & McDonnell

11:20 am – 11:40 am
Lowering Project Risk with End-to-End Expertise
Cliff Keeler, SunGas and Neha Vijh, Johnson Matthey

11:40 am – 12:00 pm
Panel Questions and Answers

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch and Networking

Session 2, Monday Afternoon

Syngas Project Execution

Session Chair: Cliff Keeler, SunGas, GSTC Vice-Chair

1:30 pm – 1:50 pm
FOAK Lessons Learned: Failures at Fulcrum and Others
Jim Stonecipher, EdyMac LLC

1:50 pm – 2:10 pm
Identify and Mitigate Technology Risks: An EPC Perspective
Scott Westveer, Kiewit

2:10 pm – 2:30 pm
De-risking Power-to-X Projects: Practical Lessons for Green Hydrogen and eMethanol Development
Majid Roohafza, SBEC

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm
Panel Questions and Answers

2:50 pm – 3:20 pm
Networking Break

Session 3, Monday Afternoon

Syngas Project Optimizations

Session Chair: Yoojung Kim, Celanese, GSTC Treasurer

3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
Small-Scale Modules, Big Impact: The Future of Syngas-to-Chemicals Production
Russell Hillenburg, Modular Plant Solutions

3:40 pm – 4:00 pm
Efficient Flue Gas NOx Removal: Eliminating SCR System Fouling
Andrew Kline, Integrated Global Services (IGS)

4:00 pm – 4:20 pm
Optimizing Syngas Treatment with High Performance Ceramic Filter Technology
Nick Evans, Precision Partners

4:20 pm – 4:40 pm
Panel Questions and Answers

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Monday Evening Reception

Tuesday, October 14

8:00 am – 8:15 am
Welcome
Lucy Wilson, GSTC Board Chair

Session 4, Tuesday Morning

Innovative Ammonia Production

Session Chair: Johan Malan, Topsoe, GSTC Secretary

8:15 am – 8:35 am
Meeting Carbon Intensity Needs with a Proven, World-class Decarbonized Ammonia Flowsheet
Johnson Matthey and Thyssenkrupp

8:35 am – 8:55 am
Sustainable blue ammonia – a Tale of Competing Pathways to Low Carbon Fuel
Girish Patel, Kiewit

8:55 am – 9:15 am
Maximize Blue H2/NH3 Production with Selective CO Conversion
Hien Cao, BASF

9:15 am – 9:35 am
Panel Questions and Answers

9:35 am – 10:15 am
Networking Break

Session 5, Tuesday Morning

Carbon Dioxide and Syngas Utilization Pathways

Session Chair: Karsten Radtke, thyssenkrupp, GSTC Executive Committee

10:15 am – 10:35 am
Transforming CO₂ Emissions into High-Value Syngas – A Technoeconomic Analysis of HYCO1’S Cube CO₂ Reforming
Jeff Brimhall, HYCO1

10:35 am – 10:55 am
CO2 to Chemicals via RWGS and FT: Technology and Plant Updates
Dr. Bradley Brennan, Dimensional Energy

10:55 am – 11:15 am
High-Temperature Polymer Membranes for Hydrogen Recovery and Syngas Optimization in Industrial Processes
Joe Sawa, Membravo

11:15 am – 11:35 am
Panel Questions and Answers

11:35 am – 1:00 pm
Networking and Lunch Break

Session 6, Tuesday Afternoon

Sustainable Aviation and Marine Fuel from Syngas

Session Chair: Russell Hillenburg, MPS, GSTC Executive Committee

1:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Entrained-Flow Biomass Gasification for SAF and Green Methanol
Karsten Radtke, thyssenkrupp

1:20 pm – 1:40 pm
High-Performance Process to Produce SAF from Lean-Hydrogen Syngas
Oded Tshesly; NVG Earth

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm
Navigating the Future: GIDARA Energy’s HTW® Technology for SAF and Marine Fuels
Brian Deason, Gidara

2:00 pm – 2:20 pm
Panel Questions and Answers

2:20 pm – 2:50 pm
Networking Break

Session 7, Tuesday Afternoon

Utilizing Waste Products for Syngas Production

Session Chair: Jeff Kloosterman, Air Products, GSTC Executive Committee

2:50 pm – 3:10 pm
Liquid Plastic Waste Gasification to Recycle Plastics at Low Cost
Sven Felske, Steffen Jancker, Thomas von Kossak, Shell Global Solutions and Air Products

3:10 pm – 3:30 pm
Converting Trash to Syngas and High Value Products: Hurdles, Failures, Success, and Opportunity
Marc Bacon, Omni

3:30 pm – 3:50 pm
Thalia Waste to Energy in the UK
Paco Hevia, Thalia Waste Management

3:50 pm – 4:10 pm
Unlocking the Potential of Waste Biomass to Produce Renewable Natural Gas
Sunil Singhal and Ravi Ravikumar, Fluor Enterprises

4:10 pm – 4:30 pm
Pioneering Bio-LNG and Biocarbon Production through Wood Waste Gasification in France
Maël Disa-Vingataramin, GazoTech

4:30 pm – 4:50 pm
Panel Questions and Answers

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Tuesday Evening Reception

Wednesday, October 15

8:00 am – 8:15 am
Welcome
Cliff Keeler, GSTC Board Vice Chair

Session 8, Wednesday Morning

Innovative Processing for Sustainability

Session Chair: Ian Crummack, Cobalt Energy, GSTC Board

8:15 am – 8:35 am
Electrified Synthesis Gas Generation for Production of Low Carbon Hydrogen and Sustainable Fuels
Johan Malan, Topsoe

8:35 am – 8:55 am
Unlocking the Potential of Dimethyl Ether Production: A Catalytic Distillation Approach
Rosette Barias, Lummus Technology

8:55 am – 9:15 am
Flexible Decarbonization: Navigating Energy Transition with Hydrogen and Ammonia
Maximilian Helmle, Air Liquide

9:15 am – 9:35 am
Panel Questions and Answers

9:35 am – 10:05 am
Networking Break

Session 9, Wednesday Morning

Biomass Gasification

Session Chair: Marc Bacon, Omni CT, GSTC Past Chair

10:05 am – 10:25 am
Forest Residue Gasification in the Advanced R-GASTM Entrained Flow Gasifier
Zach El Zahab GTI Energy, United States

10:25 am – 10:45 am
GTM Fluidised Bed Gasification Solutions for Sustainable Biofuels
Frank Ligthart, David Longden, Juha Palonen, Sumitomo Foster Wheeler

10:45 am – 11:05 am
Frontline BioEnergy’s Tar-Free Gas Technology for Gasification of Biomass
Dr. Thomas Paskach, Frontline BioEnergy

11:05 am – 11:25 am
Panel Questions and Answers

11:25 am – 1:00 pm
Networking and Lunch Break

Session 10, Wednesday Afternoon

Utilizing Challenging Feedstocks for Sustainable Products

Session Chair: Franz Petzold, Clariant, GSTC Board

1:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Technology Development on Waste Process Gasification to Chemicals
Kenichi Okuyama, JFE Engineering

1:20 pm – 1:40 pm
Feeding Challenges in Gasification of Feedstocks
Dr. Jayant Khambekar, Jenike & Johanson

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm
Power of Light to Fuel for Flight Electrified Biogas-to-SAF: A Scalable Pathway for Low-Carbon Fuel and Credit Generation
Ishan Rao, Syzygy Plasmonics

2:00 pm – 2:20 pm
Syngas/Hydrogen Production from Biogas via Electric Reforming , eBlue™ H2 , integrated with Biogas Upgrading
Menica Antonelli, Cristina Guazzotti, Matteo Mennella, Salvatore Romagnuolo, KT Tech S.p.A

2:20 pm – 2:40 pm
Panel Questions and Answers

2:40 pm – 3:00 pm
Networking Break

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm
GSTC Database Update
Ian Barton, GSTC

3:20 pm – 3:30 pm
Closing Remarks
WE Preston, GSTC Executive Director