Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel Olümpia Liivalaia 33, 10118 Tallinn, Estonia
Conference Chair: Mayur Pal, KTU, Lithuania
Secretary: Parsa Alimohammadiardakani, KTU, Lithuania.
Advisory group : NGCCUS
Steering group : BASRECCS Board
Summary
The aim of the BCF-2025 project is to prepare, arrange and report the BASRECCS regional conference “BCF Baltic Carbon Forum 2025” which will be held in October. The BCF is part of BASRECCS’ long-term strategy to foster full-scale development of the climate change mitigation technologies carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in the Baltic Sea Region. The aim is to enable interested and engaged stakeholders to meet, discuss, share knowledge and experiences, and develop projects. The BCF will invite network members and other relevant experts, stakeholders and interested persons to be a speakers of BCF 2025.
Day 1: October 09th
Schedule :
8:00 – 9:00 | Conference Registration
9:00 – 9:30 | Keynote 1: Eve Tamme –Talk Title “Role of Policy in Scaling CCUS in the EU and the Baltic Sea Region”
9:30 – 11:00 | Session 1: Status of CCUS in the Nordic and Baltic Regions
Chair: Mayur Pal
• Justinas Jazbutis – Talk title “CCS value chain feasibility in Lithuania.”
• Erika Laajalahti – Talk title “Bio-based CCUS and Nordic integration.”
• Ignas Vaičeliūnas – Talk title “Lithuanian Subsurface resources: an overview.”
11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee Break and Poster Presentation
11:15 – 13:00 | Session 2: Regulatory Framework and Public Perception
Chair: Alla Shogenova
• Clara Axblad – Talk title “Industrial Decarbonization & Nordic Policy.”
• Paweł Gładysz – Talk title “CCUS markets and Regulatory Developments in Poland.”
• Alva Nåmdal Kjensli – Talk title “CCUS Regulation and legal aspects.”
• Ehsan Marzban – Talk title “Unfolding Possibilities: A Futures Perspective on Carbon Capture and Storage.”
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 | Session 3: Carbon Capture and Storage in the Industrial Sector
Chair: Eglė Jankauskienė
• Krist Mertens – Talk title “CCUS in cement industry.”
• Mirosław Wojnicki – Talk title “CCS in heavy industry and oil refining.”
• Alar Saluste – Talk Title “A Great Example of How Captured Carbon Could Be Utilized To Build The Future Industry in EU.”
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Presentation
16:00 – 17:30 | Session 4: Technologies and Recent Advances in CCS
Chair: Janis Volberts
• Rouhi Farajzadeh – Talk title “CO₂ injection and pore-scale modeling.”
• Dr. Hannah P. Menke – Talk Title “AI and digital twins in CO₂ storage.”
• Shruti Malik – Talk Title “Mathematical simulation of subsurface CO₂”
• Eugene Holubnyak – Talk title “TBC.”
19:00 – 21:00 | Conference Dinner and Networking Reception
Day 2: October 10th
Schedule :
09:00 – 09:30 | Keynote 2: Søren Reinhold Poulsen: Talk title “Building a Commercial CO₂ Storage Network in the Baltic Sea Basin.”
09:30 – 11:00 | Session 5: Commercialization Models for CCUS
Chair: Mayur Pal
• Shantanu Agarwal – Talk title “CCUS startups and financing models.”
• Carlo Maccherini – Talk title “Investment strategies in Europe.”
• Aliaksei Patonia – Talk Title “Hydrogen & CCUS market.”
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break and Poster Presentations
11:30 – 13:30 | Session 6: Carbon Management Strategies
Chair: Alla Shogenova
• Mai Uibu – Talk Title “Reclaiming Mining and Industrial Waste for Use in Green Building and Metal Recovery.”
• Kazbulat Shogenov – Talk Title “Subsurface strategy for CO₂ storage.”
• Dr Alexandra Constanta Dudu – Talk title “CCS activities in Romania”
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:45 | Panel Discussion: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: A Solution to Climate Change or a False Hope?
Moderator: Parsa Alimohammadiardakani
• Sayuri Shirai, Asian Development Bank
• Janis Volbert, Bellona
• Alva Nåmdal Kjensli, IOM Law
• Carlo Maccherini, Global CCS Institute
• Eugene Holubnyak, University of Wyoming, USA.
15:45 – 16:00 | Closing Remarks & Farewell
