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SUMMIT AGENDA 2026

Day 1 Morning - Navigating Global Dynamics & The Investment Case

08:00 - 09:00

(60 mins)

Registration & Morning Coffee

09:00 - 09:10

(10 mins)

Opening Welcome by Conference Chair

09:10 - 09:20 (10 mins)

​[Host Country Remark] UK's Blueprint for Scaling CCUS and Fostering Global Partnerships
  • A keynote highlighting the UK’s long-term commitment to CCUS as a strategic pillar of industrial decarbonisation
  • Introducing the UK’s cluster-based deployment model and lessons from Track-1 and Track-2 development
  • Insights on how the UK is shaping international collaboration on standards, cross-border COâ‚‚ transport frameworks, technology exchange, and financing instruments to accelerate global scale-up

09:20 - 09:50 (30 mins)

[Global Gallery] National Strategies for Global Ambitions
  • Direct insights from policymakers: Hear senior energy ministry officials from leading CCUS markets (e.g. EU, Americas, MENA, APAC) present their national deployment roadmaps, incentive structures, and regulatory priorities firsthand
  • Pieces of the global puzzle: Understand how these distinct national strategies collectively form the foundational building blocks for a future interconnected, global carbon management market
[Norway Keynote] From Storage Capacity to Market Clearing: Norway’s Next Role in Europe’s COâ‚‚ Economy

Mr. Lars Erik Aamot
Director General
Norwegian Ministry of Energy (Reserved)

[Brazil Keynote] Unlocking CCUS Scale in Latin America’s Largest Energy Economy

Artur Watt Neto
Director General
Brazilian National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP)

09:50 - 10:40 (50 mins)

[Opening Panel] Divergence or Convergence? Mapping CCUS Priorities Across Key Economies
  • How industry and government leaders are shaping CCUS strategies—comparing regulatory priorities, incentive design, and commercial models across major regions
  • Overcoming cross-regional bottlenecks: permitting, infrastructure build-out, market design, and the “chicken-and-egg” challenge of hubs, anchor emitters, and capital coordination
  • Strategies for scaling CCUS into a commercially mature, gigaton-level business: portfolio diversification, regional deployment models, and cross-border collaboration
  • In the era of AI and expanding data-center footprints, how CCUS can reinforce digital growth while supporting global decarbonization goals

Willemien Terpstra
Chief Executive Officer
Gasunie

Etienne Anglès d’Auriac
Vice President CCS Business Unit
TotalEnergies

Dr Katharina Beumelburg 
Chief Sustainability & New Technologies Officer
Heidelberg Materials

Caterina Marmorato
Chief Financial Officer
Eni CCUS Holding

Coffee Break  & Networking

11:10 - 11:30

(20 mins)

[Guest of Honor Keynote] World's Best Practices

11:30 - 12:20

(50 mins)

​[Executive Panel] Cracking the FID Code: Improving Bankability Through Offtake Models, Revenue Certainty, and Risk Allocation
  • Transitioning from government-subsidised models to market-driven frameworks supported by long-term offtake commitments
  • Structuring risk allocation across emitters, storage operators, lenders, and insurers
  • Building credible revenue models for CCS and CDR that meet investor requirements
  • ​Identifying who will become the dominant future buyers—energy-intensive industries, tech companies, airlines, financial institutions

Anders Egelrud 
Chief Executive Officer
Stockholm Exergi

Mark Burrows Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Encyclis

Sophia Northridge
Head of UK Low Carbon Solutions Region & Business Development
Equinor

Adrian Lübbert
CEO
Nordsøfonden (Reserved) 

Luncheon  & Networking

Day 1 Afternoon - Building Scale: From Regional Clusters to Global Networks

14:00 - 14:50 (50 mins)

[Deep Dive] The Advanced Hub Playbook: Lessons from Global Front-Runners on Replication and Investment
  • Navigating the Transition from Pilot to Hub: Scaling Curve Across Continents
  • Coordinating Governance and Roles: Operators, Emitters, Regulators, and Capital
  • Optimizing Hub Economics and Cost Structures
  • Extracting Lessons for Replication and Investment Strategy

Tom Hautekiet
Chief Business Development & Transition Officer
Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Lise Winther
Vice President, Production Global Plants
Yara International

14:50 - 15:10 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor

15:10 - 15:30 (20 mins)

[Case Workshop - World's Best Practices]
Coffee Break  & Networking

16:00 - 16:50 (50 mins)

[Panel] Moving Megatons: From Fragmented Markets to an Integrated Global COâ‚‚ Transport and Storage System
  • Building the foundations of a global COâ‚‚ infrastructure hub: how regions can interconnect emerging storage basins, cross-border pipelines, shipping networks, and market platforms into a coherent, investable global system
  • Scaling through shared infrastructure and cross-regional cooperation: enabling transnational T&S corridors, unlocking capital efficiency, and creating predictable access for emitters and project developers worldwide
  • Vision 2030+: Envisioning an interoperable global system with common rules, multi-modal logistics, and diversified storage

16:50 - 17:10 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor

17:10 - 18:00 (50 mins)

[Panel] The Rise of the CDR Market: Certification, Liquidity, and the Emergence of High-Quality Carbon Removal Products
  • Creating high-integrity, verifiable, and durable carbon removals at scale
  • Standardising MRV and permanence requirements across the global market
  • The evolution of DAC and BECCS offtake models—15-20-year contracts and price discovery
  • Integration of voluntary and compliance markets: opportunities, risks, and convergence pathways

Matt Kaloupek
Vice President, Carbon Capture and Storage
ADM

18:00 - 21:00 (180 mins)

Cocktail Party & Sustainability Gala Dinner
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