The event features a common morning session. In the afternoon, the event will split into parallel seminars.

Morning Session: Political Landscape

9:00, Registration and morning coffee

9:30, Opening, Harri Laurikka, Managing Director, The Bioenergy Association of Finland

9:40, Future steps for CCU and CDR in Europe, Fabien Ramos, Carbon Removals Policy Officer, European Commission

10:00, CCUS approach of the Finnish government, Eleonoora Eilittä, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland

10:25, Global view on CCUS Developments – Projects, Policies and Business Models, Juho Lipponen, Coordinator, Clean Energy Ministerial CCUS

10:45, Financing Carbon Dioxide Removal, Anssi Kiviniemi, Head of Sustainability, SEB

11:05, Commentary – CDR Buyer’s Perspective, Tuomo Karppinen, Senior Sustainability Manager, Finnair

11:25, Break

11:40, Fireside chat: The opportunities and hurdles in realising investments in carbon capture and carbon dioxide removal

Angela Juslin, Development Engineer, Vantaa Energy

Annika Sormunen, Program Development Manager, GRK Suomi

Arnaud Defrance, Vice President, Head of Carbon Removal Funding Solutions, Puro.earth

Travis Brookson, Strategic Account Manager, Svante

12:15, Networking session

12:30, Lunch Break

Parallel Session 1: CRD Research

13:45-15:00

Quantifying and Deploying Responsible Carbon Dioxide Removals – results from NEGEM project, Kati Koponen, Senior Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Where the BioCCS is going, Esa Vakkilainen, Professor Sustainable energy systems, LUT University

Project ACCSESS: Addressing drastic CO2 emissions cuts and removal in four key industries, Rubén Mocholí Montañés, PhD – Research Scientist, SINTEF Energy Research

Assessing Finnish forest sector bio-CCS/U value-added potential – preliminary scenarios and results, Jussi Lintunen, Assistant Professor Natural Resources Institute Finland

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

Parallel Session 2: CO2 infrastructure

13:45-15:00

Stella Maris – the shipping and storage side of CCS hub value chain, Frank Wettland, Project Manager, Altera Infrastructure

Norne Carbon Storage Hub, Ulrik Dan Weuder, Managing Director, Fidelis New Energy

Rail transport of carbon dioxide, Kirsi Klemola, Head of Resource Planning, VR Transpoint

The initial findings from the Finnish infrastructure study, Lauri Kujanpää, Research Team Leader, VTT

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

Parallel Session 3: Bio-CCU

15:30-16:45

VIVALDI – Turning CO2 emissions into sustainable bioproducts, Mira Sulonen, Senior Scientist, Autonomous University of Barcelona

An industrial ecosystem for BioCO2, Joonas Mustonen, RDI Specialist, LAB University of Applied Sciences

Ongoing efforts in “commoditizing” bio-CO2: an example from the e-SAF dimension, Marco Centurioni, Business Development Manager, STX Group and Samuel Schuster, Carbon Management & CO2 Supply Chain Developments, Norsk e-fuel

Panel discussion

Parallel Session 4: Winning Policies on CO2 Removals

15:30-16:45

Bio-CCUS projects in Finland and beyond, Joel Flitton, Director Carbon Removals, Aker Carbon Capture

Recents developments in the biochar market, Hansjörg Lerchenmüller, Chairman of the Board, European Biochar Industry Consortium

Tampere Energy’s plans regarding carbon dioxide utilization and removal, Pinja Salhoja, Business Intelligence Expert, Tampere Energy

Forest company’s perspective on the business opportunities regarding Bio-CCUS, Laura Lundell, Business Development Director, UPM

Cocktail Event from 4:45 PM to 7:00 PM.

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