This side event is designed for stakeholders actively involved in renewable hydrogen production and industrial decarbonization in Europe and/or Latin America and aims to catalyse tangible collaboration across both regions.  

It is organised by the Regional Business Development (RBD) team of the Netherlands Embassies in Latin America and GIZ through the International Hydrogen Ramp-up Programme (H2Uppp) of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE).  

The event focuses on advancing hydrogen as a driver of industrial decarbonization and the creation of local and regional demand for renewable hydrogen in Latin America, particularly in hard-to-abate and energy-intensive sectors such as heavy industry, mining, transport, and fertilizers. A second focus is the development of international value chains and hydrogen corridors between Latin America and Europe.   

The event will be opened by:  

• Hanna Schuhmacher, Deputy Director-General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Germany)   

• Michel Heijdra, Director-General Climate and Energy Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)   

This is followed by a high-level panel discussion with participation from:   

• H2Global / HINT.CO (TBC)  

• Green Energy Park Global   

• DG INTPA, European Commission   

• Port of Rotterdam   

• KfW   

• Moderated by Kathy Gau, Bloomberg   

Country and project perspectives will be presented by:  

• Fernanda Delgado, CEO, Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Hidrogênio Verde (ABIHV)  

• Marcos Kulka, Executive Director, H2Chile   

• Brayaham Villa, President, Hydrogen Colombia   

• Federico Ferres, Vice-President, Hydrogen Association Uruguay   

• Moderated by Amalia Pizarro, International Energy Agency (TBC)  

The event will conclude with the following four thematic parallel break-out groups, in which participants will engage in in-depth inter-active discussions on key topics:  

1. Decarbonising heavy industry, mining, fertilizers, and heavy-duty transport - introduced and moderated by Inter-American Development Bank, Hydrogen Europe and WILO (TBC)  

2. Synthetic fuels and the decarbonisation of maritime and aviation sectors -introduced and moderated by E-fuel Alliance and HIF Global (TBC)  

3. Hydrogen corridors between Latin America and Europe and port infrastructure development - introduced and moderated by Port of Pecém, Port of Rotterdam and Port of Duisburg  

4. Ownership and financing models for first-of-a-kind hydrogen projects in Latin America - introduced by World Bank and TNO  

The session will close with a networking reception.