Call for papers

Croatian Gas Center Ltd. and Croatian Gas Association, member of the International Gas Union (IGU), are inviting you to present scientific and professional paper or technical-commercial paper and thereby contribute to the success of the jubilee 40^th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC & EXPERT MEETING OF GAS PROFESSIONALS, which will be held traditionally from 7^th to 9^th of May, 2025 in the Congress Centre of the Grand Hotel Adriatic, in Opatija, Croatia.

The leading international conference and exhibition in Southeast Europe
dedicated to natural gas, LNG and low-carbon solutions

CONFERENCE TOPICS:

1. INVITED LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSION:

The role of natural gas in global energy transition

• Geopolitical factors and their importance for the future use of natural gas
• Energy Trilemma ‒ balancing energy security, sustainability, and affordability
• Synergy of natural gas, hydrogen, and renewable energy sources
• Trends and prices in the gas markets
• Possibilities in mitigating volatility risks (long-term contracts, hedging, storage, etc.)
• Mitigating gas supply risks, new alternative supply routes
• Decarbonization and sustainability of the gas sector

2. Development and maintenance of gas infrastructure

• Natural gas exploration projects
• Gas production projects
• Construction of new pipelines
• Underground gas storage projects
• Projects for implementing CCUS technology
• Resilience of the gas infrastructure – the impact of natural disasters

3. INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION:
   The strategic role of hydrogen in the decarbonization of the energy sector

• Challenges of transitioning to the hydrogen economy
• Hydrogen production, transportation, and storage projects
• New technological solutions for hydrogen
• Issues in safe hydrogen usage
• Profitability of green hydrogen – infrastructure and production
• Removing obstacles – incentive regulatory framework, standardization, and technical regulations

4. Biogas and synthetic methane as key factors in the development of green industries

• Future of low-carbon gases
• Cost-effectiveness of production
• Technical-technological solutions for the application of biogas and synthetic methane
• Analysis of the implementation of European fuel sale plans from renewable sources by 2050
• Regulations and regulatory mechanisms to promote the use of low-carbon gases
• Biogas/biomethane production project in Sisak

5. Growing trend in the use of LNG in Europe

• Models and trends in LNG trading and global platform for LNG trading
• Contracting and cooperation strategies for LNG
• Construction of new LNG terminals in Europe and the upgrading of existing ones
• New LNG supply routes
• Development of infrastructure and new technologies
• Small-scale projects and associated infrastructure

6. INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION:

Issues relating to the transport, distribution and storage of gas

• Improving efficiency in the transport, distribution, and storage of gas
• Environmentally friendly pipeline construction (hydrogen-ready pipeline)
• Innovations in the gas system and gas pipeline maintenance
• Implementation of innovative gas storage technologies
• Measuring gas volumes
• Quality assurance (QA) in gas
• Challenges in the gas market

7. Smart technologies and digital transformation in the modernization of the gas and energy sector

• New innovative solutions
• Smart gas meters, smart networks, and smart cities
• Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), hybrid intelligent systems
• Cloud, virtual reality, augmented reality, drones
• Cybersecurity – preventing cyberattacks on facilities
• Application of blockchain technologies

8. INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION:
   Use of CNG, LNG, and LPG and the potential of fuels from renewable sources for the decarbonization of transport

• Analysis of the current state of road and maritime transport in Croatia and Europe – trends
• Reducing CO₂ emissions and legal regulations
• New CO₂ emission standards for vehicles, road and maritime transport – decarbonization
• Development of infrastructure projects
• Perspectives on synthetic fuels
• Analysis of fuel consumption and emissions from competitive fuels
• LNG bunkering

9. Poster session: Issues surrounding the gas and energy industries

• Author presentations on various themes relevant to the gas and energy industries

10. Legal regulations, technical rules, rules of the profession and consumer rights in the gas and energy sectors

• European and Croatian regulatory frameworks for the gas industry
• The latest news on laws and regulations relating to the green transition
• Technical standards and rules of the profession
• Possibilities of simplifying complex regulations and laws
• Consumer awareness about the delivery and supply of gas
• Complaints and grievances of gas consumers
• Transparency in public procurement tenders for gas supply

Paper registration is possible by submitting abstract and keywords via the online paper registration form.

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