Conference Agenda

• Comparing the maturity gap between HEFA, ATJ, gasification-FT, MtJ, PtL and hydrogen-enabled routes through the lens of TRL, ASTM approval, bankability and project execution risk
• Exploring how China's scale in renewables, hydrogen and methanol is creating a strategic advantage in next-generation aviation fuels
• Which pathways look most credible pre-2030 versus post-2030, and where the biggest technology and cost gaps remain
• How producers and policymakers should think about pathway diversity to ensure future supply volumes
• What does China's progress in eMethanol and green hydrogen mean for aviation fuel strategy over the next decade?
• Unpacking the competition for power from data centers — how can future fuels secure their green electric requirements?

• What separates bankable SAF and eFuel projects from stranded announcements in today's market
• Unpacking what lenders and investors need to see before projects move toward FID: policy durability, feedstock confidence, offtake quality, and certification clarity
• How project developers can structure risk-sharing across airlines, producers, traders, technology licensors and government-backed institutions
• Which financing models are most likely to unlock the next wave of projects: long-term offtakes, structured supply agreements, green funds, blended finance, or new market-based value mechanisms?

Demand-supporting mechanisms can be useful, but design choices determine outcomes. SAF policy should support aviation decarbonisation without weakening aviation as an economic enabler. While different jurisdictions may have offered useful lessons, policy cannot be copied and pasted. This panel conversation should help Hong Kong move from "why SAF demand is needed" to "how demand-side policy should be designed well".

• How UCO policy, export changes and tightening global waste-oil competition are reshaping economics, and the impact on SAF
• Which non-lipid pathways deserve attention next: alcohol routes, lignocellulosics, municipal waste, biomethane and PtL hybrids
• How should producers think more strategically about feedstock portfolios?
• What sustainability, certification and commercial hurdles still need to be solved before new feedstock routes can scale credibly?
• Exploring feedstock flow: competition and opportunities for collaboration with the maritime sector

• Exploring how China can convert its leadership in renewable power, electrolyser manufacturing and industrial scale into a globally competitive clean-hydrogen economy
• Where can China capture the greatest value across hydrogen production, storage, infrastructure, derivatives and end-use markets?
• Turning low-cost hydrogen into eMethanol, ammonia, eSAF and other tradable molecules
• What must now align across renewable-power access, certification, carbon intensity, infrastructure and long-term demand for China to translate project capacity into durable global leadership?

• Without compliance, SAF equals jet value
• Understand how fragmented global regulations shape SAF value, from feedstocks and CI scores to blending limits and traceability
• Learn how to navigate compliance complexity to unlock market access and commercial value

• How China and Hong Kong can transform waste-based feedstocks (such as UCO and other residues) into scalable SAF volumes, aligning with emerging global demand and pathway development beyond HEFA
• Designing a "local to global" SAF supply chain from China and Hong Kong: integrating collection, refining, certification and logistics to serve both domestic needs and international trade corridors
• Ensuring credibility and traceability from waste to wings through robust sustainability criteria, lifecycle emissions accounting and chain of custody systems that meet global standards
• The role of Hong Kong as a gateway and financing hub supporting SAF projects in the Chinese Mainland, connecting local producers with airlines, corporates and international buyers
• Partnering with airlines to turn Scope 3 ambition and corporate SAF demand into long term offtake, bankable projects and repeat procurement at meaningful scale

• How producers can meet both local requirements and international buyer expectations across ISCC, RSB, CORSIA-linked requirements and airworthiness pathways
• Making SAF certificates and environmental attributes more transparent, comparable and tradable
• The role of digital traceability, registries and robust data in reducing risk and strengthening buyer trust
• Why UCO credibility, chain-of-custody robustness and anti-fraud systems are becoming central to China's global SAF market access

• How corporate travel buyers, freight customers and global brands are approaching SAF procurement, book-and-claim participation and aviation-related Scope 3 reductions
• What corporates need from airlines, logistics providers, registries and certifiers to trust SAF claims, manage greenwashing risk and report emissions reductions with confidence
• How voluntary demand can send stronger market signals for SAF production, infrastructure investment and future offtake beyond regulatory mandates