MAIN STAGE THEMES

Sustainable Aviation Fuel

A solution for the decarbonization challenge in aviation

As the world strives for a more sustainable future, the aviation industry faces a monumental challenge – decarbonization. With the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, finding solutions that can significantly reduce carbon emissions is crucial. One promising option is sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). These fuels can be used in place of traditional fossil fuels and are made from a variety of renewable sources, such as agricultural waste and municipal waste. In fact, SAF has the potential to decrease lifecycle emissions by a staggering 90%. However, it’s important to note that currently SAF only accounts for a tiny fraction of the overall demand for jet fuel. So, the question is – how do we ramp up the production and distribution of SAF to make it the go-to fuel for the aviation industry? It’s a complex issue, but one that we must tackle if we hope to take the flight towards a more sustainable future.

Decarbonising Cement and Concrete

Laying the foundation for zero carbon cement and concrete

Cement is an essential component in concrete infrastructure and is the foundation of the world’s built environment, helping to create structures that can withstand the impacts of climate change. However, the cement industry has a significant carbon footprint and decarbonizing its value chain will require efforts from both legacy players and novel companies. Regulation can also be a hindrance to innovation in this field. In this track, we’ll delve into the various alternatives and challenges related to decarbonizing the cement industry. Join us for a series of discussions on this crucial topic.

Batteries

BATTERIES

A vital enabler of a 21st-century low-carbon economy

Batteries are becoming an increasingly valuable asset, as they are used in a wide range of devices and technologies, including cars, power plants, and planes. To support the transition to renewable energy and the electrification of transportation, we need to focus on innovation in two main areas. First, the production and sourcing of materials such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare-earth elements. Second, optimizing the efficiency and performance of batteries through research and development, manufacturing, design, asset management, and end-of-life recycling. Join us as we pave the way for a cleaner and more sustainable future by tackling the challenges and opportunities in battery production and optimization.

Carbon MRV

Carbon MRV

Implementing MRV: the road to success

As more companies adopt science-based climate targets, there is a growing consensus in the climate community that carbon offsets and removals can help achieve decarbonization goals. However, it’s important to ensure that these projects are accurately and consistently monitored, reported, and verified (MRV). This process involves measuring the emission reductions achieved by a specific mitigation activity, reporting the results to an accredited third party, and verifying the reductions to certify them and issue carbon credits.

Currently, MRV can be costly, time-consuming, and prone to errors due to reliance on manual data recording or in-person surveys. Fortunately, digital technologies are becoming more prevalent in MRV processes to streamline data collection, processing, and quality control. In this track, we will examine what technologies the market currently lacks to improve MRV processes and what we may see in the near future.

Sustainable Aviation Fuel

A solution for the decarbonization challenge in aviation

As the world strives for a more sustainable future, the aviation industry faces a monumental challenge – decarbonization. With the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, finding solutions that can significantly reduce carbon emissions is crucial. One promising option is sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). These fuels can be used in place of traditional fossil fuels and are made from a variety of renewable sources, such as agricultural waste and municipal waste. In fact, SAF has the potential to decrease lifecycle emissions by a staggering 90%. However, it’s important to note that currently SAF only accounts for a tiny fraction of the overall demand for jet fuel. So, the question is – how do we ramp up the production and distribution of SAF to make it the go-to fuel for the aviation industry? It’s a complex issue, but one that we must tackle if we hope to take the flight towards a more sustainable future.

Decarbonising Cement and Concrete

Laying the foundation for zero carbon cement and concrete

Cement is an essential component in concrete infrastructure and is the foundation of the world’s built environment, helping to create structures that can withstand the impacts of climate change. However, the cement industry has a significant carbon footprint and decarbonizing its value chain will require efforts from both legacy players and novel companies. Regulation can also be a hindrance to innovation in this field. In this track, we’ll delve into the various alternatives and challenges related to decarbonizing the cement industry. Join us for a series of discussions on this crucial topic.

Batteries

BATTERIES

A vital enabler of a 21st-century low-carbon economy

Batteries are becoming an increasingly valuable asset, as they are used in a wide range of devices and technologies, including cars, power plants, and planes. To support the transition to renewable energy and the electrification of transportation, we need to focus on innovation in two main areas. First, the production and sourcing of materials such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare-earth elements. Second, optimizing the efficiency and performance of batteries through research and development, manufacturing, design, asset management, and end-of-life recycling. Join us as we pave the way for a cleaner and more sustainable future by tackling the challenges and opportunities in battery production and optimization.

Carbon MRV

Carbon MRV

Implementing MRV: the road to success

As more companies adopt science-based climate targets, there is a growing consensus in the climate community that carbon offsets and removals can help achieve decarbonization goals. However, it’s important to ensure that these projects are accurately and consistently monitored, reported, and verified (MRV). This process involves measuring the emission reductions achieved by a specific mitigation activity, reporting the results to an accredited third party, and verifying the reductions to certify them and issue carbon credits.

Currently, MRV can be costly, time-consuming, and prone to errors due to reliance on manual data recording or in-person surveys. Fortunately, digital technologies are becoming more prevalent in MRV processes to streamline data collection, processing, and quality control. In this track, we will examine what technologies the market currently lacks to improve MRV processes and what we may see in the near future.

TECH TALKS

eMobility

E-MOBILITY

Vehicle design is shifting away from the use of fossil fuels and carbon gas emissions, with electric vehicles being the central part of this change. While battery prices are decreasing, electric vehicles are becoming more affordable. More than half of all vehicles on the road in Europe will be electric by 2040 and China is dominating EV sector with 2 million in sales next year. With ridesharing and micro-mobility innovations taking the world by storm, we are set to move to a completely electric future.

Hydrogen

HYDROGEN

Hydrogen – It’s been a buzzword in energy for a while, but no fruit. What’s changed? It’ll help ease the transition of electrification, or it might fully replace it. Hydrogen has the potential to not only decarbonize the generation of electricity, but also decarbonize transport and heating. What makes Hydrogen especially interesting is that most of the infrastructure is already in place, as well as the fact that it can also be used for the storage of renewable energy. It’s an electric alternative without any of the sacrifices that come with stepping away from classic mobility and energy. It’s also the most abundant element in the universe, and if it can power stars, why hasn’t it taken over the world yet?

Digitalization

DIGITALIZATION

As the energy transition gains momentum in the broader power sector and new energy areas, the digitalization of the traditional utilities and the emergence of fully digital new entrants is the next trend. However, being utility is not just selling energy to the consumers anymore. Customers are expecting a full subscription model offering them a range of products to manage, store and generate their energy. While Utilities are embracing data analytics tools to better understand their customers, trade energy and provide a better digital customer experience. Thus, we will explore, how the energy companies are evolving to capture the new opportunities and who will be the winners in this market over the next decade?

Automation

AUTOMATION & AI

The future of the energy sector has to face the transformation challenges while maintaining the reliability and safety of the energy systems. Applications of dynamic automation solutions in the energy sector worldwide are advancing these objectives in a number of ways, be it robotic enabled information acquisition, unlocking latent data, automation of system engineering, or machine enabled optimisation of system performance. We are excited about these important innovations, which will make energy systems better and allow industry talent to focus on high level challenges, while the robots take over dangerous and tedious work.

Future Grid

FUTURE GRID

Clean energy technologies are perceived to threaten overwhelming the current grid. The need for local resilience in the face of distributed energy resource deployment and climate chaos is growing all the time. The energy world is changing rapidly and systems designed around big, centralised power plants and one-way power flows is grinding against the rise of smarter, cleaner technologies that offer new ways to generate and manage energy at the local level.