Accelerating decarbonisation in hard to abate sectors
Roadmaps, pilot project intel and cross-sector partnerships
Decarb Connect’s Digital Festival agenda spans 3 days, with additional day of masterclasses and a library of on-demand content accessible throughout the event. The jam-packed programme ensures that you have access to a range of project expertise from across the hard to abate sectors. Senior execs from around the world will share tangible information on CCUS, H2 and energy efficiency projects as well as carbon reuse.
Day 2
Wednesday 27 January
Timezone GMT
09:00 – 12:30
Match Meetings & opportunity to catch up with any missed sessions on-demand
10:30 – 11:30
Virtual Roundtable – Led by BEIS
In this 60 minute session you’ll dive into live Q&A with the BEIS team.
BEIS Q&A – The landscape and support in the UK for CCUS, carbon markets and hydrogen. Hosted by Lily Tozer, Lawrence Holding, Marie Cavanagh & Treasure Ubador – all from the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Theme: Clusters & Consortia
12:00 – 12:30
Keynote + Live Q&A: Creating a net-zero decarbonisation mindset in heavy-industry sector
Mahendra Singhi, CEO, Dalmia Cement
12:40 – 13:05
Live Keynote + Q&A: Making collaboration between natural competitors and different sectors work
Dominic Emery, Chief of Staff, BP
13:20 – 14:00
Coastal Cluster Project Updates & Q&A: How four unique industrial clusters are advancing cross-sector decarbonisation – how are projects adapting and maturing?
Moderator: Susan Kish, Vice President, OGCI Climate Investments
Andy Lane, Managing Director, NetZero Teesside
Jonathan Briggs, Project Director, Humber Zero
Mark Driessen, Head of Public Affairs – Porthos, Port of Rotterdam
Egbert Vrijen, Managing Director, Athos
Theme: CCUS
14:05 – 14:25
Project Review: Highlights of early stage CCUS and sustainability projects in pilot and demo scale at TÜPRAŞ
Dr. Selcen Başar, R&D Chief Engineer, Catalyst Management and Development, TUPRAS
Can Demir, R&D Chief Engineer, Project and Technology Management, TUPRAS
14:30 – 14:50
Delivering capital light and affordable CCUS as a service
Aniruddha Sharma, CEO, Carbon Clean
Siri Hoven, Investment Manager, Equinor
15:00 – 15:20
Project Review: How Norcem engaged policy and industrial partners to establish a successful onshore CCUS project
Per Brevik, Director of Alternative Fuels & Head of Norcem Onshore CCUS Project, HeidelbergCement
15:30 – 15:55
Project Review: Building a near-zero emissions cement plant – how Svante & LafargeHolcim have partnered to take innovation to scale
Claude Letourneau, CEO, Svante
Jamie Gentoso, CEO of US Cement, LafargeHolcim
16:10 – 16:40
Live-Streamed Fireside Chat: The road to carbon neutrality – lessons learned to date, both on the technology and the process of collaboration, in bringing new low carbon materials to market
Ian Riley, CEO, World Cement Association
Brent Constantz, CEO, Blue Planet
16:45 – 17:15
How to tackle the challenges of bringing CCUS technology to market
Moderator: Guloren Turan, General Manager – Advocacy & Communications, Global CCS Institute
Aniruddha Sharma, CEO, Carbon Clean
Andrew Purvis, Director, Safety, Health and Environment, worldsteel
Gareth Hughes, UK Representative, Carbon Engineering
17:25 – 17:45
Project Review: Launching a plug and play CCUS tech testing facility – learnings from the first year of test projects at Wyoming Integrated Test Center
Jason Begger, Managing Director – Wyoming Integrated Test Centre & Deputy Director, Wyoming Energy Authority
17:45 – 19:15
North American Match Meetings
International project updates, international speakers and delegates from around the world: Break out of both industry and geographical siloes to connect with peers in North America working on the same issues as you. Different regions have different approaches and financial models – but cross-sector experience always brings value and perspective. Use the AI-driven platform to identify the most useful & interesting attendees to meet and keep an eye out for the recommendations for delegates that match your interests. On-the-spot video calls & messaging make it easy.