• WPC 2024
  • March 18-22, 2024

Seonghoon Woo

AMOGY Inc.

Chief Executive Officer

Seonghoon Woo is the founding CEO of Amogy, which builds zero-emission ammonia-fueled power systems to decarbonize heavy transportations focusing on global shipping. Seonghoon received his PhD from MIT in 2015 where his dissertation focused on semiconductor physics and spintronics, with a minor in Finance. He then built an academic and industrial career, including his recent work at IBM TJ Watson Research Center as a Staff Scientist prior to Amogy. He was selected as a Forbes 30 under 30 in 2018.

Sessions With Seonghoon Woo

Tuesday, 19 March

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

    Decarbonization of Transportation & Shipping

    Session 2: Decarbonization of transportation & shipping: an ambitious global test looms for fuels of the future
    As pressure mounts to deliver measurable progress toward carbon neutrality, airlines as well the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is pledging to reach net zero by or around 2050. Although many types of alternative fuels are being explored such as hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, biofuels, fuel cells and more, there is no one clear frontrunner in the race. The panel will explore the state of the current alternative fuel landscape and the path forward.

    4:00 PM: Welcome & Opening Remarks - Rahul Kapoor, Vice President, Head of Shipping Analytics & Research, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    4:20 PM: Panel Discussion: Seonghoon Woo, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, AMOGY IncPeter Jameson, Managing Director and Partner, BCG; John Moseley, Chief Commercial Officer, Port Houston, Shiva Gupta, Director of Oil Markets, Downstream and Chemicals, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    5:05 PM: Q&A
    5:20 PM: Closing Remarks