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SUMMIT AGENDA 2026

Day 1 Morning – Theme: Navigating Market Dynamics for a Shared CCUS Future

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

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
Coffee Break  & Networking

11:10 - 12:00

(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

12:00 - 12:20 (20 mins)

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

Day 1 Afternoon – Theme: Building Sustainable Business Models for CCUS at Scale

14:00 - 14:50 (50 mins)

[Deep Dive] The European Hub Playbook: Lessons from Front-Runners on Replication and Investment
  • The transition from demonstration to replication and the scaling curve for European clusters
  • Hub-based economics: reducing costs through shared transport-and-storage infrastructure
  • Governance models for clusters—balancing roles among operators, emitters, regulators, and lenders
  • ​The North Sea Basin as Europe's shared COâ‚‚ sink: cross-country coordination requirements

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

16:50 - 17:50 (60 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

18:00 - 21:00 (180 mins)

Cocktail Party & Sustainability Gala Dinner
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