In Conversation with Takayuki Ueda, INPEX Corporation
Takayuki Ueda A and Laura Jayes BA President and Chief Executive Officer, INPEX Corporation
B Journalist and Host of AM Agenda Sky News
Abstract
Australian Energy Producers are delighted to present INPEX Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Takayuki Ueda to discuss the energy trilemma and Australia’s vital contribution to regional energy security and global net zero progress. Faciliated by Ms Laura Jayes.
Mr Ueda is responsible for overseeing INPEX’s global energy portfolio, including the $A 60-billion Ichthys LNG development. INPEX’s share in Ichthys LNG represents the largest ever overseas investment by a Japanese company and the biggest single Japanese investment in Australia.
As the CEO of Japan’s flagship E&P company and a former Japanese government official, Mr Ueda is uniquely placed to provide expert views on energy security, global LNG demand and the opportunities for decarbonisation, through carbon capture and storage.
While the industry has faced policy uncertainty in the last 12 months, Mr Ueda will point to the opportunities and challenges that exist to enable long-term Australian natural gas production, given its essential role in the energy mix well past 2050.
With unrest in the Middle East and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine having no sign of end, what will this mean for Australia and global LNG supply chains? Join us at the 2024 Australian Energy Producers Conference and Exhibition on 20-23 May in Perth for an engaging discussion with Mr Ueda from the perspective of one of our nation’s most important trade partners and crucial strategic ally.
The in-conversation with Mr Ueda will also explore INPEX’s plans and opportunities for its Australian operations, including carbon capture and storage and the company’s Vision@2022 decarbonisation and energy roadmap.
To view the video, click on the link to the right.
 Takayuki Ueda is President & CEO of INPEX Corporation. He joined the company in 2017, and served as Senior Executive Vice President until he assumed his current position in June 2018. Throughout his career, he has held a variety of directorial positions at Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI) in establishing the Japanese government policies for international trade, economic cooperation, and public utility sectors. After he assumed several director general positions such as Director-General for Trade Policy Bureau and Director-General for Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, he was named Vice Minister for International Affairs in 2015. During his tenure he took the lead at a number of economic and trade negotiations with foreign governments. He joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently METI) in 1980. Mr Ueda graduated from Tokyo University with a bachelor’s degree in Law in 1980. |
 Laura Jayes has been a journalist and broadcaster for almost two decades. She hosts Am Agenda on Sky News – the channel’s highest rating day time program, committed to politics, current affairs and challenging debates. Laura has covered every leadership challenge and election since 2010. She’s covered the biggest breaking news stories in the world – Brexit live from London, the Queensland floods, the war in Afghanistan from Kabul, Kandahar and Tarin Kowt, Donald Trumps’ election win and inauguration in Washington, the US Mid Terms and the death of Queens Elizabeth (to name a few). She is also one of the only journalists to be granted access to Nauru to report on the Australian funded detention centres. In 2016 Laura was the recipient of a team Walkley Award and Logie Award for the 2016 Sky News Federal Election coverage. In 2018, Laura was also part of the Sky News political team entry that won an AACTA Award for the coverage of the 2018 Liberal leadership spill, in the subscription television award category for best live event production. Laura has a Bachelor of Media and Communications. Laura is mum to Billy and Sophie, whom she absolutely adores. |
