Jackson Hegland

As methane mitigation moves from compliance to core strategy, executive teams are being asked to define what ambition looks like, and how it will be resourced, in the next 2 to 5 years. With shifting regulatory signals across global markets, the challenge is not just technical, but organizational: how to embed methane into investment planning, attract the right future talent, and build internal alignment and durable strategies that drive sustained impact.

• Understand what drives executive buy-in for methane projects across different organizational contexts
• Explore how regulatory shifts influence internal strategy and investment decisions at the leadership level
• Gain insight into how methane strategy is being embedded into culture, talent attraction, and cross-functional collaboration in 2026 and beyond 

• Understand how buyers in different regions are evaluating “differentiated gas” today, including what attributes actually matter to them and why market demand remains uneven
• Explore the commercial and contractual barriers slowing the flow of differentiated gas (e.g., attribute ownership, traceability, legal risk, and contracting structures) and what progress looks like in overcoming them
• Gain clarity on how geopolitical forces, especially the EUMR and shifting LNG trade flow, are shaping procurement decisions and influencing global appetite for low-methane gas
• Identify the communication and market-building steps still needed to make differentiated gas “real” to end-users, moving beyond technical performance into value recognition and willingness to pay 

• Understand the current capabilities and limitations of satellite-based monitoring and what’s realistically achievable today
• Explore how major satellite operators, governments, and NGOs are collaborating and how satellite data is being used publicly
• Identify commercial models and partnership structures that turn satellite data into actionable intelligence while maintaining compliance and trust
• Debate the next frontier: AI integration, real-time analytics, and policy frameworks shaping the future of satellite innovation 

As hyperscale data centres drive explosive growth in energy demand, developers are increasingly looking beyond just low-carbon power to the full emissions profile of their energy supply, including upstream methane intensity. With natural gas playing a critical role in balancing renewables and supporting grid reliability, data centre operators are emerging as a powerful new demand signal for low-methane gas.

• Examine how leading data centre operators are assessing and integrating methane intensity into their energy procurement strategies
• Consider how exponential growth of natural gas power generation for data centres is reshaping methane slip considerations and emissions strategies.
• Discuss how hyperscalers balance speed to energization with electrical efficiency, methane slip, and overall emissions performance
• Analyze what requirements buyers of power and gas may soon place on upstream operators and energy suppliers
• Explore whether low-methane certified gas could become a commercial differentiator in power purchase agreements and energy offtake deals