This session will examine how activity across the value chain can de-risk key elements of hydrogen projects and support early hydrogen deployment. It will explore the role that government-backed market creation has had and the elements needed to enable a commercially viable, self-sustaining hydrogen sector — underpinned by scale, cost reduction and infrastructure build-out. Speakers will focus on what industry and policymakers must do now to transition from support-led growth to long-term market competitiveness.