Hosted by MEPs Theresa Griffin (S&D, UK) and Krišjānis Kariņš (EPP, LV), ZEP, the CCSA and GCCSI have joined forces to hold a groundbreaking hearing on CCS in the European Parliament.

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MEPs Theresa Griffin and Krišjānis Kariņš are pleased to invite you to a high level European Parliament hearing on CCS, sponsored by the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP), Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) and the Global CCS Institute, in association with the Gateway project and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The hearing will, for the first time, provide a forum for stakeholders to hear directly from high-profile CCS projects from around the world before considering ways to make best use of policy that could catalyse EU deployment.

Attendees will be drawn from across the spectrum of energy and environmental stakeholders and are set to include project developers, policy makers, NGOs and academics.

All attendees without passess to the European Parliament are required to provide their full name, date of birth, nationality and ID number when registering.

Agenda:

Timing

Content

08:00 – 09:00

Arrivals and refreshments (breakfast will be available)

09:00 – 09:20

Setting the context: The importance of CCS to Europe

Theresa Griffin MEP (UK, S&D)
Luke Warren (Chief Executive, Carbon Capture and Storage Association)
Frederic Hauge, (Founder President, Bellona, Co-chair ZEP)

09:20 – 10:15

Showcasing global progress on CCS: Panel session supported by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, chaired by Andrew Purvis (General Manager EMEA, GCCSI)

Mohammad Abu Zahra (Associate Professor – Chemical Engineering, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE)
Per Brevik (Director Sustainability and Alternative fuels, Heidelberg Cement, Norway)
Jarad Daniels (Director of Planning and Environmental Analysis, U.S. Department of Energy, United States of America)
Mike Monea (President, Carbon Capture and Storage Initiatives, SaskPower, Canada)

10:15 – 10:40

A response from EU policy makers and audience Q&A

Theresa Griffin MEP (UK, S&D)
Humberto Delgado Rosa (Director Mainstreaming Adaptation and Low Carbon Technologies, DG Climate Action, European Commission)

10:40 – 11:00

Refreshments

11:00 – 11:30

Setting the EU policy context: Recent developments and an Executable Plan for CCS

Krišjānis Kariņš MEP (EPP, LV)
Graeme Sweeney (Chairman ZEP)
Charles Soothill(Senior Vice President, Technology, Alstom Power and Co-chair ZEP)

11:30- 12:10

Panel debate: Catalysing CCS policy, moderated by Bernice Lee (World Economic Forum)

Dr Ashley Ibbett (Director, Office for CCS, UK Department for Energy and Climate Change)
Rob van der Meer (Director, EU Public Affairs,Heidelberg Cement)
Marie Donnelly (Director New and Renewable Sources of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Innovation, DG Energy, European Commission)
Dr Marie Bysveen (Vice President, Reaserch, SINTEF)

12:10 – 12:30

Keynote and concluding remarks

Registrations are closed

Towards a global CCS breakthrough: Lessons from abroad & a plan for the EU