What’s happening instead of our usual Network Conference?
Due to the ongoing situation with coronavirus (COVID-19), we decided to significantly change our usual programme to support and engage with our CCS community.
This spring, beginning on 30th March and running until 10th July, we’ve been hosting a mix of regular informal and formal drop-in sessions each week, with an ongoing programme of weekly virtual lectures (followed by a Q&A and discussion) on Fridays at 3pm. All events are free to attend and you don’t need to be a member to access them.
The Spring Web Series has now finished – please see the new Summer Web Series page for details of our programme throughout the summer.
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| Date & time (all times GMT) | Session | Speaker |
| Monday 30th March, 4-5pm | Virtual coffee | David Reiner (UKCCSRC Deputy Director: Systems and Policy) |
| Tuesday 31st March 4-5pm | Virtual coffee | Stuart Haszeldine (UKCCSRC Deputy Director: Storage) |
| Wednesday 1st April 4-5pm | Virtual coffee | Paul Fennell (UKCCSRC Deputy Director: Capture) |
| Thursday 2nd April 4-5pm | Virtual coffee | Jon Gibbins (UKCCSRC Director) |
| Friday 3rd April 3pm | Guest lecture: An Introduction to the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge | Dr Bryony Livesey, Challenge Director for Industrial Decarbonisation, UKRI |
| Monday 6th April 4-5pm | Research conversations | Jon Gibbins (UKCCSRC Director) |
| Wednesday 8th April 4-5pm | Informal drop-in session | Jon Gibbins (UKCCSRC Director) |
| Wednesday 15th April 4-5pm | Some initial thoughts on the impacts of COVID-19 on energy markets and CCS | David Reiner (UKCCSRC Deputy Director: Systems and Policy) |
| Friday 17th April 3pm | Guest lecture: Delivering Net-Zero | Professor Myles Allen, Head of the Climate Dynamics Group, University of Oxford |
| Wednesday 22nd April 4-5pm | Novel CCS in the Iron and Steel Industry | Paul Fennell (UKCCSRC Deputy Director: Capture) |
| Friday 24th April 3pm | Lecture: UK CCS Deployment: Experience Since 2005 – and a New Competition? | Jon Gibbins (UKCCSRC Director) |
| Wednesday 29th April 4-5pm | CO2 Storage 101 for the Geologically Aspiring | Stuart Haszeldine (UKCCSRC Deputy Director: Storage) |
| Friday 1st May 3pm | Guest lecture: Legal and Regulatory Issues Around Developing CCUS Projects | Dalia Majumder-Russell, Senior Associate (Energy), CMS Law |
| Tuesday 5th May 2pm-4.15pm | Poster session: 7 presentations with discussions (click for details) | Chaired by Patrick Brandl and Louise Hamdy |
| Wednesday 6th May 4-5pm | Helping pave the way to net zero – new technology with huge potential A study of temperature effects in the Bunter Closure 36, a potential large-scale CO2 storage site in UK | Helen Atkinson, C-Capture & Paolo Orsini, OpenGoSim Ltd |
| Tuesday 12th May 2pm-4.15pm | Poster session: 7 presentations with discussions (click for details) | Chaired by Pooya Hoseinoori and Catherine Spurin |
| Friday 15th May 3pm | Guest lecture: Is 2020 the Beginning of the End for Oil in the UK, with Demand Collapse and the End of Conspicuous Consumption, or will Fossil-fuelled Political Liberalism Re-emerge? | Dr Rupert Read, Reader in Philosophy, University of East Anglia, and Spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion |
| Wednesday 20th May 4-5pm | CCS and Hydrogen: Hydrogen Combustion, gas turbines and prospects for 100% Hydrogen & Hydrogen Storage | Jon Runyon, Cardiff University and John Williams, BGS. Chaired by Reace Edwards, University of Chester |
| Friday 22nd May 3pm | Guest lecture: How can we ensure prosperity in the race to Net Zero? The challenge of balancing industrial decarbonisation and the ‘Just Transition’ | Professor Karen Turner, Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde |
| Wednesday 27th May 4-5pm | Climate in a Time of COVID: Results from the 2020 UKCCSRC Survey on Energy and Climate | David Reiner (UKCCSRC Deputy Director: Systems and Policy) |
| Friday 29th May 3pm | Guest Lecture: CCUS developments in the Netherlands | Jan Hopman, Director of CATO – CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage in the Netherlands |
| Wednesday 3rd June 4-5pm | Discussion session: How can we communicate the importance of CCS for tackling climate change? | Chaired by Jon Gibbins |
| Friday 5th June 3pm | Guest lecture: An update to The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) | Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Champion UK Industrial Decarbonisation-IDRIC |
| Wednesday 10th June 4-5pm | CCUS Cluster updates: North West and Scotland | Joe Howe, Executive Director, Thornton Energy Research Institute and Mike Smith, CEO, NECCUS |
| Friday 12th June 3pm | Guest lecture: The Norwegian CCS Research Centre in light of the plans for a full scale CCS chain | Dr Mona Mølnvik, Research Director for Gas technology, SINTEF |
| Wednesday 17th June 4-5pm | CCUS Cluster updates: Teesside and Humber | Sarah Tennison, Tees Valley Combined Authority; Colin McGill, BP; Katie Hedges, CATCH UK and David Talbot, CATCH UK |
| Friday 19th June 3pm | Guest lecture: Why CCUS should fit in with a post COVID-19 recovery | Luke Warren, Chief Executive, Carbon Capture and Storage Association |
| Wednesday 24th June 4-5pm | Socially equitable net zero transitions | Niall Mac Dowell, Reader in Energy Systems, Imperial College London |
| Friday 26th June 3pm | Lecture: Insights into post-combustion capture knowledge-building and cost-reduction through open-access deployment activities | Jon Gibbins (UKCCSRC Director) |
| Wednesday 1st July, 4-5pm | CCUS Cluster updates: South Wales and Solent | Chris Williams, Tata Steel and Lindsay Armstrong, University of Southampton |
| Friday 3rd July, 3pm | Guest lecture: Framing effects on public support for CCS | Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, University of Cardiff |
| Wednesday 8th July, 4-5pm | CO2 Capture 101 | Paul Fennell (UKCCSRC Deputy Director: Capture) |
| Friday 10th July, 3pm | Guest lecture: What can we learn from other industries about using public funding to make CCS investable? | Jeremy Carey, Director of Exergetic and Chair of the UKCCSRC Board |
Check below for recordings of recent lectures and presentation slides.
