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UKCCSRC Spring 2022 Conference – Building capacity for CCS deployment: 20-21 April 2022
20 April 2022 - 21 April 2022
Location: The Diamond, 32 Leavygreave Rd, Sheffield S3 7RD
We are excited to be hosting our next UKCCSRC conference as a face-to-face event (subject to COVID related guidance) in Sheffield and see many of you in person for the first time in over 2 years.
The Spring conference will focus on building capacity for CCS deployment and we will be hearing from speakers from the UK on their ongoing capacity initiatives, from the clusters on their latest capacity development plans as well as from the UKCCSRC core and flexible funded research programmes.
Face-to-face registrations are now closed, however you can still register below to attend virtually for the keynotes, plenary and parallel sessions. Please contact info@ukccsrc.ac.uk for any queries.
If you are a UKCCSRC ECR you will be able to apply for the ECR meeting fund to support your travel to attend. Applications to the ECR meeting fund are now closed.
For speaker biographies and full agenda details please visit our conference resources page.
Here’s the agenda:
20 April 2022
| Time | Session title | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-11:30 | TERC Tour Please note the tour is now full | – |
| 11:00-11:30 | Arrivals & registrations | – |
| 11:30-12:30 | Lunch & networking | – |
| 12:30-13:00 | Welcome | Jon Gibbins, UKCCSRC Mohamed Pourkashanian, University of Sheffield |
| 13:00-13:30 | Keynote speaker | Alex Milward, BEIS |
| 13:30-14:00 | Coffee break | – |
| 14:00-15:30 | Plenary session: UK ongoing capacity initiatives | Joanna Watt, EPSRC Jen Roberts, UKCCSRC Mercedes Maroto-Valer, IDRIC Mathieu Lucquiaud, University of Sheffield Ruth Herbert, CCSA Richard Marsh, UKCCSRC |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | – |
| 16:00-17:00 | Parallel sessions: UKCCSRC Core research programme – Capture | David Danaci, Imperial College London Mathieu Lucquiaud, University of Sheffield Stuart Scott, University of Cambridge Solomon Brown, UKCCSRC |
| 16:00-17:00 | Parallel sessions: UKCCSRC Core research programme – Storage | Sam Krevor, Imperial College London Stuart Gilfillan, University of Edinburgh Adam Butler, University of Cambridge John Williams, BGS Stuart Haszeldine, UKCCCSRC |
| 16:00-17:00 | Parallel sessions: UKCCSRC Core research programme – Systems & policy | David Reiner, UKCCSRC Piera Patrizio, Imperial College London Goran Strbac, Imperial College London |
| 17:00-18:30 | Drinks reception and poster session | – |
| 18:30-19:00 | Walk to dinner venue | – |
| 19:00-22:00 | Conference dinner (Firth Court) | James Watt, WSP |
21 April 2022
| Time | Session title | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30-09:00 | Arrivals and coffee | – |
| 09:00-10:15 | Parallel sessions: UKCCSRC Flexible funded programme | Ed Lester, University of Nottingham Ben Petrovic, Brunel University London Mike Gorbounov, Brunel University London Xin Liu, University of Nottingham Vincenzo Spallina, Manchester University Lindsay-Marie Armstrong, University of Southampton |
| 09:00-10:15 | Parallel sessions: UKCCSRC Flexible funded programme | Allison Schaap, National Oceanography Centre Kumar Patchigolla, Cranfield University Julia Race, University of Strathclyde Stuart Gilfillan, University of Edinburgh Ben Wetenhall, UKCCSRC |
| 09:00-10:15 | Parallel sessions: UKCCSRC Flexible funded programme | Peter Clough, Cranfield University Yong Yan, University of Kent Eni Oko, Newcastle University Minos Skountzos, University of Sheffield Richard Porter, University College London Abby Samson, University of Sheffield |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break | – |
| 10:45-12:15 | Plenary session: Capacity development within clusters – CO2 transport and storage plans | Ben Kek, East Coast cluster Kirsty Lynch, Scotland cluster Matthew Rhodes, Black Country cluster Lindsay-Marie Armstrong & Tamara Topic, Solent cluster Rachel Sutton, North West cluster Chris Williams, South Wales cluster Andrew Hood, Harbour Energy Jon Gibbins, UKCCSRC |
| 12:15-12:30 | Keynote and closing remarks | Bryony Livesey, UKRI |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch and departures | – |
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If attending in person:
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If attending virtually:
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The UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Community (UKCCSRC) is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Energy Programme.
The mission of the UKCCSRC is to ensure that carbon capture and storage (CCS) plays an effective role in helping the UK achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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University of Sheffield
40 Leavygreave Road
Sheffield
S3 7RD
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