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World Hydrogen Geopolitics & Geoeconomics 101 is the conclusive course in a series of training courses, crafted to bring together insights from previous seminars and incorporate the latest developments in the hydrogen sector. This three-day online course addresses the pivotal role of the 2024-2025 period in shaping the hydrogen economy, a time marked by key global elections with possibly profound impacts on the industry (USA, Europe, Russia, the UK, Korea, Canada, Germany, Japan…).
These political milestones are likely to determine whether the great expectations for the low-carbon hydrogen landscape by 2030 become reality, also because they are coinciding with the delivery of major hydrogen megaprojects, the introduction of new technologies, and the launch of many hydrogen gigafactories across the world aimed at unlocking various parts of the H2 and H2 derivatives value chains. This session will therefore explore their potential impact on the global hydrogen industry, on the perception of hydrogen by the general public, and the shifts in hydrogen geopolitics and geoeconomics that could derive from them.
Eventually, the seminar will delve into the business and political ascent of natural hydrogen, its influence on existing hydrogen value chains, and the geopolitics of critical hydrogen industries, including steel making, fertilizers, aviation, and shipping. Wrapping up the whole Series, the course will bring together all of these perspectives so as to provide a truly systematic analysis how these political and technological developments collectively shape the global perception and strategy towards hydrogen for the years to come.
Over three days you will…
Examine the impact of the 2024-2025 global election cycle on hydrogen policy and market dynamics.
Assess the global influence of new hydrogen technologies, megaprojects, and gigafactories emerging in this period.
Analyse the evolving public perception of hydrogen globally and its influence on policy and market trends.
Explore the emergence of natural hydrogen as a business and political force and its effects on other hydrogen value chains.
Delve into the geopolitics of key hydrogen industries: steel making, fertilizers, aviation, and shipping, each with its unique global significance.
Agenda
Session 1:
Overview of Global Hydrogen Developments and 2024-2025 Political Landscapes
Megaprojects and Gigafactories Due for 2024-2025: A New Era in Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen Technology Manufacturing?
Public Perception and Policy Evolution in the Hydrogen Sector
Comparative Analysis of Industrial Hydrogen Uses and Their Geopolitical Nuances
Session 2:
Hydrogen in Steel Making and Semi-Conductors: Global Geopolitical Implications
Hydrogen and Ammonia in Shipping and Fertilizer Production: Environmental and
Economic Implications Decarbonization of Aviation and Shipping: Opportunities and Challenges Created by New Hydrogen and non-Hydrogen Regulations
The Influence of Political Changes on Industry-specific Hydrogen Strategies
Session 3:
Navigating Global Market Trends and Opportunities in the Hydrogen Sector
Natural Hydrogen: Emergence, Business Dynamics, and Political Influence
Future of Global Hydrogen Economy Post-2024-2025 Elections
Strategizing for International Hydrogen Collaboration in a New Political Era
Course Benefits:
Peer-to-peer networking: Join the World Hydrogen Leaders Hero group and meet all course attendees
It's Interactive: Q&A with your course leaders and a chance to network with other attendees
It's Complete: The different workshops cover both technology & real-world applications
Slides and Recordings: Receive all recordings and slides to learn at your own peace
No Travel: All workshops are delivered online, ideal for your new WFH office
Certificate: All attendees will receive a Certificate once they've completed the programme
Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Hydrogen Training Course Series
This course is the final one in a series focusing on the geopolitics of hydrogen from various regional perspectives. Following sessions will include detailed explorations of EU-Asia (March 2023), EU-Americas (May 2023), and will conclude with a global perspective on hydrogen geopolitics in September. Participants in the entire series will gain a comprehensive, 36-hour insight into the intricate world of hydrogen geopolitics.
Building upon about 45 fieldtrips undertaken Mikaa Blugeon-Mered across the world since 2022, this Series of online seminars will employ a mixture of advanced lectures, interactive discussions, and real-life case studies. It will provide opportunities for Q&A sessions, enabling participants to delve deep into the subject matter, blending international relations theory applied to climate policy, infrastructure development and energy policy, with actual seen-on-the-ground real-world hydrogen projects, applications and strategies, covering the whole planet —from the European Arctic all the way down to Antarctica!
Meet the trainer
Mikaa Blugeon Mered is a French researcher, policy advisor, award-winning author, public speaker, and trainer specialized in hydrogen affairs, with more than 10 years of experience in the field.
His research is located at the intersection of issues of space, place, security, regulation, trade flows, innovation policy and economic diplomacy, with a neo-institutionalist approach. Creator of the world’s first master’s level full seminar on hydrogen geopolitics back in 2019, he is now an adjunct lecturer on hydrogen markets, diplomacy, and geopolitics at Sciences Po (France), on hydrogen geopolitics, geoeconomics, decarbonization and raw materials at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University’s Public Policy School (UM6P-PPS, Morocco), and hydrogen MBA projects supervisor at HEC Paris business school (France).
He is also a member of the steering committee of the French Hydrogen Task Force, member of the faculty of the World Hydrogen Leaders network, and co-chair of the Cleantech Business Club’s Green Hydrogen working group. In 2022, he was named “Green Hydrogen Ambassador” by the International Association for Hydrogen Energy’s Green Hydrogen Division (IAHE-GH2).