Agnieszka Ason is an independent energy lawyer and consultant with over ten years of sector-specific legal and commercial experience. She has worked on energy transactions and disputes with top-tier law firms in Berlin, London and Singapore, and has acted (as legal counsel and expert) in major energy arbitrations and gas and LNG price reviews in Europe and Asia. She has expertise in gas, LNG and hydrogen-related matters and currently prioritises assignments as an arbitrator and strategic advisor.

Alongside her legal and advisory work, Agnieszka is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, where she has published high-impact papers, including studies on 'Asian LNG Price Reviews and Arbitrations' (2019) and 'International Gas Contracts' (2022). She has edited several energy publications, including OGEL (Oil, Gas and Energy Law) Issues on ‘Changing LNG Markets and Contracts’ (2020) and ‘Carbon Neutral Energy’ (2022).

Agnieszka is a regular speaker and moderator at industry events. She is an Honorary Lecturer in International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London and a Senior Advisor and Lecturer in Energy Law at the Technical University of Berlin. Agnieszka is also the Course Director for Informa's Certificate in LNG.

Jonathan Stern founded the OIES Gas Research Programme in 2003 and was its Director until October 2011 when he became its Chairman and a Senior Research Fellow, he became a Distinguished Fellow in October 2016. He is honorary professor at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee; Fellow of the Energy Delta Institute and a Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (in Tokyo). From 2011-16 he was the EU Speaker of the EU–Russia Gas Advisory Council. He is the author and editor of several books and his areas of expertise are Natural gas issues worldwide: development, trade, liberalisation, regulation, security, utility business models, gas and decarbonisation. Methane emissions, measurement reporting and verification (MRV) of emissions from oil and gas.

Saima Yarrow is Head of LNG at MiQ, a not-for-profit foundation undertaking cutting-edge work to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas sector.

At MiQ, Saima is responsible for LNG business development, working with technical experts and key members of the industry to develop and apply MiQ’s first-of-a-kind independent LNG Standard, which provides buyers with transparency they need to accurately assess and compare the methane emissions performance of every batch of LNG.

Saima is an LNG industry specialist who has been trading and originating deals in LNG for over a decade. She recently set-up and ran LNG trading for a state-owned gas company, and previously managed a European gas and LNG portfolio for JP Morgan and Sempra.

Laurent David has been appointed General Delegate of GIIGNL in July 2023. Previously, since 2020, he had been head of the Strategy Department for the Gas, Renewables and Power activities in TotalEnergies. He has a long experience in the LNG as he was responsible for LNG strategy & market analysis in ENGIE. He joined TotalEnergies in 2018 when the company bought the LNG portfolio from ENGIE.

Previously, he had been working on gas, power and CO2 scenarios for the corporate strategy of ENGIE. His interest in gas markets has started in 2000 with his PhD dedicated to the United Kingdom and the United States experiences of gas deregulation.

Jon has 22 years of experience across the global natural gas value chain including roles in Upstream, Finance, Commercial and Corporate Planning. He is currently Head of Europe Gas Marketing & Trading and serves as Director of ConocoPhillips UK Marketing & Trading Ltd. His team focuses on trading gas across Northwest Europe while also preparing for new LNG supplies to be brought into Europe from 2026 onwards.