French expert to headline conference
One of the men behind a potential US$90 billion natural hydrogen find in France will be a keynote speaker at the Australian Natural Hydrogen Conference.
Jacques Pironon is a Senior Research Fellow Emeritus at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and one of the team exploring in the Lorraine region where they have revealed a 24 million ton natural hydrogen find is potentially sitting 1.25km underground.
Mr Pironon joins Dr Bronwyn Camac, head of the Geological Survey of South Australia, as the latest two keynote speakers for the October 21-23 conference in the spectacular Adelaide Hills wine region of South Australia.
Confirmation of their appearances comes about 10 days out from the deadlines for earlybird tickets and the Call for Abstracts.
Mr Pironon specializes in geological fluids within sedimentary environments. In 2011, he founded the GeoRessources Research Laboratory at the Université de Lorraine, which brings together 200 individuals, including researchers, technicians, and administrative staff, to cover the entire raw materials cycle from prospecting to recycling.
Alongside colleagues from CNRS, Université de Lorraine, FDE, and Solexperts, he discovered the hydrogen deposit in Lorraine in 2022.
Dr Camac, meanwhile, brings more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, working as both a geologist and in management roles.
Her career spans companies such as Comalco Exploration (now Rio Tinto), Wiltshire Geological Services, Origin Energy, Beach Energy, Santos Ltd, and InGauge Energy.
She holds a PhD in Engineering Science, focused on numerical modelling of naturally fractured shale for seal risk assessment.
Since 2023, she has led the Geological Survey of South Australia, where she oversees the delivery of high-quality precompetitive data and provides strategic advice to the mineral and energy exploration sectors.
June 30 is the last day for earlybird ticket sales, details here, while that is also the closing date for the Call for Abstracts. A submission form for Abstracts can be found here.
For the full keynote speaker list so far revealed, read here.
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