• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Laura Leonard

Worley

Group President, Technology Solutions

Laura Leonard is Group President, Technology Solutions at Worley. She is responsible for Worley's process technology businesses, Comprimo and Chemetics, Worley Technology Ventures, and the expansion of Worley's technology portfolio. Laura is a seasoned leader with more than 20 years experience in energy and petrochemicals technology. She has a track record of translating innovative ideas into executable engineering solutions for customers. Laura began her career in research and development and progressed through various business leadership roles. Prior to joining Worley, Laura served as the Vice President and General Manager for Honeywell UOP.  Laura holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and is an author on 38 US patents. 

Sessions With Laura Leonard

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 04:30pm - 05:00pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 09:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 10:00 pm

    European Low-Carbon Energy Hubs: Progress & learnings
    Carbon Management/Decarbonization

    Low-carbon energy hub projects are progressing in several European countries. Projects have developed into execution stages with contracts being put in place for capturing CO2 and its transport/shipping and storage elements. The Net Zero Industry Act and the proposal for the first-ever mandate to store CO2 in Europe should further reduce uncertainties around the infrastructure needed for CO2 transport and storage and provide a positive signal to the global CCUS market. Will the new regulation accelerate the growth of low-carbon energy hubs and what will be the implications for the industry? What have the learnings been for getting these complex projects moving? How do approaches differ across the countries involved? What has it taken to remove obstacles or to adapt plans to meet new project delivery challenges as they arise?  

Wednesday, 20 March

  • 11:10am - 11:45am (CST) / 20/mar/2024 04:10 pm - 20/mar/2024 04:45 pm

    Scaling Technologies for the Future
    Innovation & Technology

    Transitioning from today’s emissions-intensive energy system to a near-zero emission system over the next 30 to 40 years will require large-scale deployment of a wide spectrum of technologies, including renewables, CCUS, DAC, Hydrogen, storage, EVs, bioenergy, nuclear, energy efficiency and more. It will require integrating energy technologies with Gen AI, 5G and edge computing to build the reliable and sustainable energy system of the future. What are the technology platforms that will be essential? How can integration of energy and digital technologies be accelerated? How will future partnership models evolve? What will be the skills required to succeed?