Catalysis Connected 2025 - Shaping the Refinery of the Future
2025-04-16 - 2025-04-17 | Rotterdam, Hotel nhow - Wilhelminakade 137, 3072 AP, Netherlands
📅 16–17 April 2025 📍 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Catalysis connected event is organized by SUNER-C/SUNERGY, ARC CBBC, CAPTURE, MCEC, and the Joint Research Center (JRC) for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. It will bring together academic researchers and industry professionals to explore and discuss advancements in sustainable chemistry and catalysis.
Join us to discuss sustainable technologies and practices that tackle global energy and environmental challenges, engage with top experts, and explore the future of catalysis.
Topics include:

CO2 Capture and Conversion
Renewable Energy
Plastic Waste Conversion
Biomass to Chemicals
AI-Powered Innovations in Catalysis

Confirmed speakers include:

Prof. Bert Weckhuysen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Prof. Katalin Barta (University of Graz, Austria)
Prof. Veronique Van Speybroeck (Ghent University, Belgium)
Prof. Jeroen van Bokhoven (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Prof. Matthias Beller (Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Germany)
Prof. An Verberckmoes (Ghent University, Belgium)
Prof. Stephan Schunk (BASF SE & hte GmbH, Germany)
Dr. Gerhard Mestl (Clariant, Germany)
Dr. Feng Ju (East China University of Science and Technology)
Dr. Matthijs Ruitenbeek (Dow, The Netherlands)
Dr. Annelie Jongerius (Avantium, The Netherlands)
Dr. Nils Bottke (BASF SE, Germany)

Present your poster
There is the option to actively contribute to the scientific exchange by presenting a poster. This is a great opportunity to showcase your research, receive valuable feedback, and connect with fellow experts. You can submit your abstract until March 15th, 2025.
About Catalysis Connected
Catalysis Connected is a collaboration of four research partners: ARC CBBC, CAPTURE, MCEC, and the Joint Research Center (JRC) for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

📎 For updates and more information, visit the website www.catalysisconnected.nl, or contact info@catalysisconnected.nl

5th Edition Climate Risk Management for Financial Institutions
2025-04-28 08:30 - 2025-04-30 17:00 UTC | Paris, Paris, France
📅 28-30 April 2025
📍 Paris, France.
This marcus evans event on climate risk management aims to boost intelligence around key areas such as climate risk regulations, risk modelling, and risk reporting. By enhancing expertise in these domains, financial institutions can maximize operational accuracy, improve decision-making, and minimize potential losses. Those who integrate climate risk into their strategies will be better positioned to uncover new opportunities, reduce vulnerabilities, and future-proof their business models. Participants will engage in knowledge exchange of how to complete climate risk modelling in a more effective way, to swerve a wider range of future risks. They will also share knowledge of how to report more effectively, to highlight the most pressing risks to regulators so they can develop more accurate, important, standardised scenarios for climate stress testing, as well as learning what regulations are the most dangerous to causing financial losses, and how to avoid them.
Key Sessions:
Succeed in responding to regulations such as the SFDR to avoid penalties
Develop accurate climate risk reporting to highlight the largest risks to regulators so they can create more scenarios on the most volatile risks
Integrate climate risk into ESG frameworks to achieve a broader understanding of how climate risks affect each aspect of ESG
Enhance climate risk modelling results to change operations in a loss aversion way
Maximise stress testing efficiency to highlight the most volatile risks

📎 Read more and register here!

CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2025
2025-04-29 - 2025-04-30 | Maternushaus, Cologne (Germany), Masternushaus, Cologne, Germany
📅 29-30 April 2025
📍 Maternushaus, Cologne (Germany) | 🌐 Hybrid event
The CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2025 will take place from 29-30 April in Cologne, Germany, as a hybrid event.
The CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference, organised by nova-Institut, is internationally established and has developed into a unique meeting and networking place for the entire Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X industry and its customers. The upcoming 13th edition of this conference will showcase the newest and most important developments in the fast-growing field of CCU technologies, green hydrogen production, and Power-to-X for fuels (transportation and aviation).
👉 Call for Abstracts and Posters
Abstracts and posters submissions are now being accepted for the upcoming conference. Innovators and researchers are invited to present their latest products, technologies or developments and contribute to a significant dialogue on the future of CCU. Whether your work focuses on direct air capture, innovative CO2 conversion methods, or the development of sustainable CO2-derived products, your insights are valuable.
Submit your abstract by the 22nd of November 2024 here. (later submission can be made and, in the case of special focal points and qualities, can also still be accepted)
Posters can also be submitted by the 21st March of 2025 here.
👉 Call for Innovations
The innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2025” celebrates innovative products and technologies in the field of Carbon Capture and Carbon Utilisation. The nominees will be selected by a board of leading international experts. The winners will be elected in a live voting by a vast audience at one of the world’s premier and most prominent conferences on CCU and Power-to-X.
Innovations can be submitted by the 7th of February 2025 here.

📎 You can find more information and the link to register here.

Carbon Capture Europe Summit 2025
2025-04-29 09:00 - 2025-04-30 17:00 | Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
📅 29 & 30 April, 2025
📍 Amsterdam
Europe’s leading event for CCUS

​Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) is a cornerstone of Europe’s strategy to achieve net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050. As outlined in the EU Industry Carbon Management Strategy, CCUS is essential for decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors such as steel, cement, power, and chemicals, which must significantly reduce emissions to meet climate targets. The EU has set ambitious goals to capture at least 50 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2 annually by 2030, with targets rising to 280 Mt by 2040 and 450 Mt by 2050. With over 130 CCUS projects already underway across key markets, including the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, France, and Germany, scaling these efforts will require robust policy frameworks, strategic investments, and the commercialization of the entire industry value chain.
The Carbon Capture Europe Summit 2025 (#CCES2025), set for 29-30 April at the KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, is Europe’s leading event to advance CCUS development in the context of a new energy economy. Bringing together over 450 C-suite representatives from government, industry, and finance, the summit will focus on the EU’s strategic priorities, exploring regulatory frameworks, technological innovations, and investment strategies crucial for driving Europe’s transition to a carbon-neutral future.

📎 More information and register here.

Bio-CO2 Use and Removal 2025
2025-05-06 | Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
📅 6th of May 2025
📍 Kulttuurikasarmi, Helsinki
The Bio-CO2 Use and Removal 2025 event will explore the latest developments in technological carbon removal and the innovative use of biogenic CO2 in products. It will offer valuable insights into the role of these solutions in climate policy and the essential steps needed to turn them into reality in actual projects.

The second edition of the event will explore the latest developments in technological carbon removal and the innovative use of biogenic CO₂ in products. Bio-CO₂ Use and Removal 2025 will also serve as an excellent platform for discussion and networking among stakeholders. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the role of these solutions in climate policy and the key steps required to turn them into reality in actual projects.

Key Topics Include

International and EU-level development
The current status of CCUS in Finland and Finnish projects
Breakthrough technologies
CO2 infrastructure and logistics
CO2 utilization in various products
CO2 storage

📎 More information and register here.

Quadruple Helix Foresight Workshop on future developments in Photo-Electrochemical Cells and sustainable energy security | SOREC2
2025-05-08 10:00 - 2025-05-09 13:00 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
📅 May 8th – 9th
📍 Residence Palace, Brussels, Belgium
Novel Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) strategies are gaining traction as possible tools for mitigating C02 emissions in sectors of industry and transportation which has proven difficult to convert to other sustainable sources of power. The CINEA-funded Solar Energy to Power CO2 Reduction Towards C2 Chemicals for Energy Storage (SOREC2) project aims to develop one such CCU technology, specifically a functional and scalable Photo-Electrochemical Cell (PEC). You can read more about the project here.
The future independence of the European supply of sustainable energy and chemicals is more important now than ever. External threats and trade wars risk disrupting European supplies. In this new geo-political context, enmeshed within a sustainable transition, strategic foresight is needed. Therefore, the SOREC2 project is hosting a two-day Quadruple Helix Multi-Criteria Workshop on PECs and future applications of this technology, to explore and overcome technological, social, and environmental barriers to its development and implementation.
Research and Innovation are iterative processes. As solutions for challenges are found, new ones arise. Some challenges are solved through easy fixes or predictable steps in the development track. Others are different, more severe in their reach and consequences. Therefore, the purpose of this stakeholder workshop is to ensure that the respective societal and environmental consequences, barriers, and impacts of the SOREC2 PEC, are identified and taken into consideration in its further development. Through, facilitated exploration of and deliberation on a range of dimensions of the novel PEC technology, stakeholders will help identify possible impacts, barriers and opportunities of PECs. These dimensions include technical, political, environmental & planning, as well as security dimensions.
The Workshop invites stakeholders from Science, Policy, Industry, and Society, in accordance with the Quadruple Helix approach to innovation.
Democracy x, the hosts of the workshop, will reimburse your expenses for travel and accommodation up to 550 €. We can only reimburse travels on economy class (EU regulation). If you are hindered from traveling because of sickness or health related issues a medical certificate needs to be provided for travel reimbursement.
All original receipts/invoices (from purchase of e.g. plane tickets, train tickets and accommodation) must be enclosed in the reimbursement form. Additionally, if you are traveling by plane your boarding pass must be enclosed as well.
Preliminary Agenda
Day 1 – May 8th:
• 10.00 – 11.00 Arrival & introduction to the workshop
• 11.00 – 12.00 Keynotes
– Keynote 1 – Project partner describes technology
– Keynote 2 – Imaginary futures: the goal
– Keynote 3 – Industry actor contextualises the state-of-play
• 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch break
• 13.00 – 14.00 Group work – identifying challenges
• 14.00 – 14.45 Plenary scoring
• 14.45 – 16.15 Group work – sketching solutions
• 16.15 – 16.45 Plenary – evaluating solutions
• 16.45 – 17.00 Wrap up
Day 2 – May 9th:
• 09.45 – 10.00 Arrival
• 10.00 – 10.15 Recap on the events of yesterday
• 10:15 – 11:30 Group work – sketching solutions
• 11:30 – 12:30 Plenary rescoring of results
• 12:30 – 13:00 Wrap up and final scoring
The Multi-Criteria Assessment Workshop is hosted by DEMOCRACY X (formerly The Danish Board of Technology) as part of the SOREC2 project. DEMOCRACY X has over three decades of experience working with collaborative technology assessment and stakeholder engagement.
📎 Click here to register for the Quadruple Helix Foresight Workshop – SOREC2
Please direct any questions about the event to Project Manager Thomas Richardt Ratje at trr@demx.dk.

This workshop is part of the project SOREC2, task 5.3 ‘innovative ecosystem, societal acceptance and multi criteria stakeholder impact assessment which has received funding from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) under Grant Agreement no. 101084326

Contemporary Approaches to CO₂ Valorisation Using Sunlight
2025-05-08 12:00 - 14:30 | Online
📅 8th of May 2025 | 📍 Online
The NEFERTITI project organizes a webinar titled “Contemporary Approaches to CO₂ Valorisation Using Sunlight”.
This webinar will serve as a platform for researchers, young researchers, students, industry professionals, and the general public to gain insights into the latest advancements in CO₂ valorisation using sunlight. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with experts in the field and discuss the technological challenges.
The participation in this webinar is free!
📄 You can reach the full agenda here!
📎 Don’t forget to complete the registration form and reserve your seat!

Igniting the Future: SolDAC Meets the Market
2025-06-25 08:45 - 14:30 | Sercotel Caspe, Barcelona, Sercotel Caspe, Barcelona, Spain
📅 June 25th 📍 Barcelona, Spain
This workshop is organised under the project SolDAC- Full Spectrum Solar Direct Air Capture & Conversion. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the UK Research and Innovation – Innovate UK under Innovation Funding Service (ISF) 10039331 and 10038044.
This workshop brings together innovative companies operating at the forefront of sustainable technology and energy transition. Each company will share a brief overview of their solution, highlight synergies with SolDAC’s technology, and discuss their perspective on market needs, integration feasibility, and commercialisation challenges. The goal is to initiate open dialogue, foster partnerships, and identify concrete pathways for piloting or co-developing applications.
📄 Check the agenda here.
📎 Read more and register here!!

5th International solar fuels conference
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-05 | Newcastle, Frederick Douglass Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
📍 Newcastle, UK
📅1st – 5th September 2025
You are invited to the 5th International solar fuels (ISF) conference. The first meeting of this internationally renowned conference was held in Uppsala, Sweden in 2015 and since then the meetings have been a highlight for the global solar fuels community. This fifth iteration of the conference is organized by the UK Solar Chemicals Network together with the Royal Society of Chemistry and members of the organising committees.
The 5th ISF conference includes:

a programme for early-career researchers on 1-2 September
a full programme with three parallel sessions for all solar fuels researchers 2-5 September
invited and contributed oral presentations
networking, poster sessions, social programmes
panel sessions on careers in chemistry, journals publishing, and more!

1-2 September for early-career researchers (ECRs)
The programme aims to give as many ECRs as possible the opportunity to present through oral and poster presentations. We invite students, post-docs and early-career researchers from around the world, working in all areas of solar fuels research, to submit an abstract, join-in and meet your peers.
2-5 September for all solar fuels researchers
Oral and poster presentation opportunities are available to researchers of all career stages in all areas of solar fuels research from across the world. We invite you to submit an abstract to make your contribution alongside our Plenary and Keynote speakers.
Abstract submission and registration are separate for both parts of the programme. When submitting/registering you will have the opportunity to indicate which programme you are interested in. You may submit to/register for one or both programmes.
Themes
Solar fuels production is the use of sunlight to drive the formation of high energy molecules (e.g. H2, CH3OH, NH3) from abundant feedstocks (e.g. H2O, N2, CO2). The field of solar fuels has the potential to deliver carbon free fuels and chemicals with applications ranging from energy storage, heating, transportation and manufacturing.
Inorganic photocatalysts and photoelectrodes
The discovery and study of inorganic materials and molecules for light driven solar fuels and chemicals production
Organic photocatalysts and photoelectrodes
Devices and catalysts based on polymers and organic molecules
Electrocatalysis for sustainable fuels and chemicals
Advances in experimental and theoretical studies of electrocatalysis in integrated solar to X or power to X pathways. Including but not limited to water splitting, CO2 and N2 conversion
Biological and bioinspired solar fuels approaches
Biological systems, biohybrid systems and bioinspired systems
Advanced methods for the study and discovery of Solar to X materials
Approaches to discovery and mechanistic analysis, fundamental studies of existing materials to high throughput and digitally enabled discovery approaches
Devices to deployment
The science and engineering challenges around developing deployable devices and how they are measured/assessed

Please find more information about the event here.

SP9 - 9th International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry
2025-09-09 - 2025-09-12 | Madrid, Spain
📅 September 9 – 12, 2025
📍 Madrid, Spain
Launched in 2001 in Glasgow, the international meeting series SP progressively gained over the last 20 years its renown among the most relevant meetings in semiconductor photochemistry and photocatalysis by travelling around Europe. Hosted in Aberdeen (2007), Glasgow (2010), Prague (2013), Saint Petersburg (2015), Oeldenburg (2017), Milan (2019) and Strasbourg (2023), SP will take place in Madrid in 2025.

The SP9 conference will be preceded by a one-day thematic school to the attention of doctoral students and young researchers.

Scientific Topics
In the fields of photocatalysis, photothermal catalysis, photoelectrochemistry or photovoltaics, topics of interest for submission to SP9 include, but are not limited to:

solar to electricity conversion
air and water remediation
solar fuels
organic synthesis and solar chemicals
modelling and mechanistic studies
chemical engineering
new materials
operando/in-situ characterization
commercial applications and standardization
functionalized and self-cleaning surfaces

Additional topics in related areas are strongly encouraged.

Through plenary and keynote lectures, oral presentations, poster talks and poster sessions, the ambition of the SP9 conference is to report on the most advanced research progresses in semiconductor photochemistry and photocatalysis, and to pave the way for future research and challenges.

📎 Click here to read more and register!

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Renewable Materials Conference 2025
2025-09-22 08:00 - 2025-09-24 17:00 | Siegburg/Cologne, Siegburg/Cologne, Germany
The Renewable Materials Conference (RMC), organised by the nova-Institute, will present leading solutions and innovations for replacing fossil carbon with biomass, CO₂ utilisation and recycling.
The growing success of RMC demonstrates that its unique concept of presenting all solutions for renewable materials at a single event is proving successful.
In just a few years, the conference has established itself as the global meeting place for the renewable carbon economy.
During the conference, the winner of the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2025” will be elected by the audience.

📎 Read more and register here!

49th Materials Processes Applications Conference
2025-10-06 - 2025-10-08 | Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
📅 October 6th – 8th 2025📍 Stuttgart, Germany
The intricate interaction between materials, processes, and applications is the backbone of innovation and performance optimization. Materials must be carefully selected and designed to meet the specific demands of various applications, considering factors like strength, durability, and thermal resistance. In contrast to their continuum mechanical models, real materials have a real microstructure with imperfections, anisotropy, segregations, discontinuities, pores and residual stresses.
These result from the respective manufacturing process of the material or component and have a significant influence on the material behavior and structural integrity in safety-critical applications. This dynamic relationship among materials, processes, and applications is a key focal point in advancing several sub-fields in mechanical engineering, with each element influencing the overall success of mechanical engineering endeavors.

Materials:

At the core of the MPA conferences attention lies the pivotal role of materials, where they confront a host of complex challenges. While steel in various forms as austenitic or martensitic continues to play a crucial role, evolving applications necessitate the use of other materials like nickel-based alloys, titanium and high-strength aluminum.

Processes:

At the MPA seminar, processes are not only understood as manufacturing processes in the classic sense. Instead, complex load cases are also regarded as processes resulting from the application and having a decisive influence on the structural integrity and life time of components.

Applications:

Applications in materials and mechanical engineering vary widely, each demanding specific attributes from materials and (manufacturing) processes. These requirements include specific strength, creep resistance, and the ability to perform in high and low-temperature environments.
📎 Read more and register here!!

Scaling Renewable Fuels and Chemicals for a Resilient European Industry – From Scientific Creativity to Innovation
2026-03-26 10:00 - 2026-03-27 14:30 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Join this two-day gathering, organized by the European Innovation Council and co-organized with Hungarian start-up eChemicles!
We will delve into the crucial question of scaling up renewable technologies and explore what it truly takes to create new markets – supported by interventions from leading scientists, entrepreneurs, policy framers, investment professionals and industry leaders. Discover the blend of scientific creativity and innovation needed to scale cutting-edge technologies, through keynotes, panels and pitch sessions featuring the EIC’s Pathfinder Challenge portfolios and leading startups. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the entire innovation ecosystem over insightful discussions and ample networking opportunities.
Places are allocated on a first come, first served principe. Please register here.
