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With European nations aligning around new energy transition initiatives and strengthened legislative frameworks, momentum is accelerating across CCUS and hydrogen project development.

This conference will centre on industrial decarbonisation and the critical role that carbon capture, utilisation & storage and hydrogen production play in delivering it. Discussions will also address the evolving policy and market landscape, including the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the emergence of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) within the nuclear mix, and the growing role of data centres as both major energy consumers and strategic infrastructure within the future low-carbon energy system.

The 5th Europe CCUS & Hydrogen Decarbonisation Summit will focus on the implementation of CCS & CCUS within industrial operations and how hydrogen can decarbonise industry and transport. The summit will bring together 350+ government officials, regulators, key industry stake holders, leading academia, and service companies. This will be accompanied alongside a side exhibition of 20+ exhibitors showcasing innovative CCUS and hydrogen technologies and services.

Sessions One and Two

Europe has established ambitious climate and energy targets, but delivery now depends on closing implementation gaps and converting policy commitments into investable industrial projects. This session will examine the latest European legislative and regulatory developments, alongside the financing mechanisms, industrial competitiveness measures and cross-border coordination required to accelerate deployment. It will consider how policymakers, industry and investors can strengthen project certainty, protect European competitiveness and establish a credible pathway towards long-term net-zero objectives.

Schedule:

9:25
Chair's Opening address: Thierry Grauwels, EU Director, The Carbon Capture & Storage Association
9:30
Eadbhard Pernot, Secretary General, Carbon Management Europe
9:50
Caterina De Matteis, Senior Manager - Energy and Climate, IOGP
10:10
Accelerating EU Industrial Decarbonisation: Policy, Investment and Delivery

Henrik Sulsbrück, Head of CCS Division, Danish Energy Agency

Victor Bernabeu, Director, Eurogas

Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Director, IDRIC

Markus Sebastian Hole, Head of CCS Public Affairs & Cooperation, Hafslund Celsio
10:35
Main Sponsor
10:55
Q&A
11:00
Coffee & Networking Break

This session will provide a strategic update on the CCS and CCUS projects progressing across Europe and examine what is required to move developments from FEED to Final Investment Decision. It will assess the role of the EU Innovation Fund, TEN-E and the Net-Zero Industry Act in supporting deployment, with particular attention given to cross-border CO₂ transport, shared storage infrastructure, liability, third-party access and commercial risk allocation. The session will also consider how scalable transport and storage networks can unlock decarbonisation opportunities for industrial emitters across Europe.

Schedule:

11:45
Tim Heijn, Managing Director, Northern Lights
12:05
Case Study
12:25
Mads Gade, CEO, INEOS Energy Europe
12:45
Case Study
13:05
Q&A
13:15
Lunch & Networking Break
14:15
Chair's Opening Address: Thierry Grauwels, EU Director, The Carbon Capture & Storage Association
14:20
Case Study
14:40
Snam Case Study
15:00
Unlocking European CCS: CO₂ Transport, Storage and Commercial Models

The panel discussion will review the EU CCS developments and best practise and achieving FID

Peter Kristensen is Founder & Chair, CO₂ Hub Europe

Dr David Nevicato, CCS Bifrost Asset Manager, TotalEnergies

Johan Dekeyser, Science Executive Safety, Refining & Pipelines, Concawe
15:40
Coffee & Networking

Session Three

This session will examine how captured carbon can support new industrial value chains and strengthen the commercial case for CCUS deployment. It will explore opportunities across low-carbon fuels, construction materials, chemicals and other CO₂-derived products, alongside the role of sustainable aviation fuel and energy-from-waste assets within Europe’s evolving carbon market. The discussion will assess how the EU ETS, carbon accounting, product standards, demand incentives and scalable utilisation technologies can create investable markets for captured CO₂.

Schedule:

15:55
Case Study
16:15
EU ETS, CCU and the Circular Carbon Economy

Wim Van Der Stricht, Strategy & Technology Manager, ArcelorMittal

Anissa Gerber, Sustainability Manager, Holcim

Cristina Nenu, General Director, Arcade Catalyst

Tanya Srivastava, CCUS Manager, Cemex

Benjamin Steven, Steel Markets & Sustainability, Dow Jones, OPIS
16:50
Scaling Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Demand, Supply and Project Economics

Keyvan Soltani, Sales Manager SAF, Neste

Remona van der Zon, Director of Sustainability, KLM
17:20
End of Day 1

Sessions One and Two

Hydrogen will play an important role in decarbonising industrial processes where direct electrification is technically difficult or commercially uncompetitive. This session will examine how European hydrogen projects can progress towards Final Investment Decision by aligning production, infrastructure and industrial demand. It will compare production pathways, including electrolysis, low-carbon hydrogen with CCS and nuclear-enabled hydrogen, while assessing the contracts for difference, offtake agreements, demand aggregation and risk-sharing mechanisms needed to create bankable projects.

Schedule:

9:25
Chair's Opening Address:
9:30
Case Study
9:50
Case Study
10:10
Connecting Hydrogen Production with Bankable Industrial Offtake

David Parkin, Director, Progressive Energy

Frédéric Hofmann, SMR Programme Director, EDF

Isabelle Kocher – CEO, H2V
10:50
Networking & Coffee Break

Europe is entering a period of significant electricity-demand growth, driven by industrial electrification, digital infrastructure, data centres, hydrogen production and other emerging energy-intensive sectors. This session will examine how Europe can meet this demand while maintaining energy security, industrial competitiveness and its decarbonisation objectives. It will explore grid capacity, power procurement, flexibility, energy efficiency and the contribution of firm low-carbon generation, including nuclear and Small Modular Reactors, to the future industrial energy system.

Schedule:

11:40
Nuclear Case Study
12:00
Case Study
12:20
Case Study
12:40
Q&A
12:45
Meeting Europe’s Industrial Power Demand: Grid Capacity, Flexibility and Low-Carbon Generation

Leen Vanhamme, SVP Strategy and Sustainability, Fluxys

Ash Evans, EMEA Lead Data Centre, Google

RWE
13:15
Lunch & Networking

Sessions Three and Four

The development of a competitive European hydrogen market will require production and demand to be connected through reliable networks, storage infrastructure and interoperable cross-border systems. This session will examine the development of European hydrogen corridors, including the repurposing of existing gas assets, new pipeline infrastructure, storage and system-balancing requirements. It will also explore how digitalisation, data sharing, smart networks and real-time monitoring can improve asset performance, reduce costs and strengthen safety and environmental oversight.

Schedule:

14:15
Chair's Opening Address:
14:20
Lucie Boost, Secretary General, Gas Infrastructure Europe
14:50
Connecting Europe’s Hydrogen Market: Infrastructure, Storage and Digital Integration

Michael Winterson, Secretary General, European Data Centre Association

Ann Abheiden, International Hydrogen Network, Gasunie

Christian Stuckmann, VP Business Development Hydrogen, Uniper
15:30
Coffee & Networking Break

Ports are becoming strategic hubs for industrial decarbonisation, energy security and emerging cross-border low-carbon supply chains. As CBAM and wider trade policy reshape European industrial competitiveness, ports will play a growing role in the movement, storage and distribution of CO₂, hydrogen, ammonia and low-carbon fuels. This session will examine investment in terminals, pipelines, bunkering and import and export infrastructure. It will also consider how ports can connect industrial clusters with offshore energy and CO₂ storage developments, facilitate cross-border trade and support the growth of Europe’s low-carbon economy.

Schedule:

15:45
CBAM Case Study
16:05
Accelerating the Port Energy Transition: Investment, Infrastructure and Cross-Border Trade

Henrik Pedersen, Chief Executive Officer, ABP

Otto Waterlander, Director Business Development New Energies, HES International

Philippe Putman, Senior Policy Advisor Energy, Industry and Decarbonisation, ESPO

Air Products

North Sea Port
16:40
End of Conference

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