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 UTC | 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.
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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.
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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.

Workshop on Perspectives and Review of the SUNGATE Hotspot Analysis | SUNGATE
2026-06-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Online workshop
📅 June 23rd: 17:00-19:00 CET
📍 Online via Teams
Event description:
Join this online workshop to discuss and provide feedback on the SUNGATE Hotspot analysis report for the potential of utilizing photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) technology for e-methanol production across Europe
The workshop will present and critically discuss the findings of the Hotspot Analysis developed within the SUNGATE project ​and place them in the broader context of emerging technologies and their role in future energy systems.
Key insights from the analysis include:

Identification of geographic “hotspots” where production costs and demand align (e.g. regions of Southern France and Northern Germany)
The importance of land costs and investment costs as key drivers for economic feasibility
The mismatch between demand centers (e.g. ports, industry hubs) and cost-efficient production areas

Workshop objective:

Presentation of key results from the hotspot analysis and sensitivity analysis ​
Gather experts feedback on assumptions, methodology, and interpretations ​
Discussion on implication for future energy system and market uptake of PEC technologies ​
Explore recommendations for successful deployment ​

This workshop is particularly relevant for:

Energy system modellers ​
Researchers in Power-to-X technologies ​
Industry stakeholders ​

Your expertise is essential to discuss the findings and perspectives for PECs in Europe.
Background context
Photo-electrochemical cell (PEC) technologies are emerging as a potential pathway for producing solar fuels by directly converting sunlight, water and CO2 into energy carriers. While promising, they are at an early stage of development and face technical, economic, and societal challenges. This workshop will help bridge modelling insights with real-world perspectives to support informed decisions for future deployment.
The SUNGATE project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101122061​
The workshop is hosted by DEMOCRACY X (formerly The Danish Board of Technology) as part of the SUNGATE project. DEMOCRACY X has over three decades of experience working with collaborative technology assessment and stakeholder engagement.
Registration: Register for the Workshop on Perspectives and Review of the SUNGATE Hotspot Analysis
Please direct any questions about the event to Project Manager Aske Palsberg, aspa@demx.dk.
