We’re thrilled to announce our first-ever CAPTURE Joint Water + CO2 Business Platform Day on February 20th. This fully live event will be held at Hoek38, conveniently located in the center of Brussels and easily accessible by public transport.
Date: February 20th
Location: Hoek38, Leuvenseweg 38, 1000 Brussels
Time: 9:30 - 16:30 (followed by a network reception)
Agenda:
09:30 – Doors open
09:50 – Welcome
10:00 – Breakout Sessions (Part I)
CO2: Rethinking carbon capture.
- The Air Liquide developments on carbon capture - Quentin Meyer - Air Liquide
- Methanotroph/microalgae for CO2 capture and its valorization - Patricia Ruiz Ruiz - UGent
- Moving faster to scale Direct Air Capture - Thoralf Gutierrez - Sirona Technologies
- Engage and Explore: MAP-IT CCU Project and Technology Discussion (Part 1) - Pieterjan Debergh (VITO) & Barbara Sowa (CAPTURE)
Joint Water & CO2: Sustainability practices from companies and academia.
- Introduction - Marc Spiller - University of Antwerp/ VITO
- CO2-eq, environmental cost indicators, and N2O emissions - Marlies Christiaens - Witteveen+Bos
- Sustainability actions and experiences from Aquafin - Bart Saerens - Aquafin
- Sustainability actions and experiences from Evides - Wilbert van den Broek - Evides
- Sustainability perspectives from UAntwerp - Hanson Appiah-Twum - University of Antwerp
10:50 – Break
11:10 – Breakout Sessions (Part II)
Water: Collapsology in practice by B-Fast. Contributions from:
- Liesbet Christiaens - Volksgezondheid, B-Fast
- Leen Leus - B-Fast
- Marlies Christiaens - Witteveen+Bos
CO2: CCU technologies.
- Novel SAF production routes - Mark Saeys - UGent
- CCU+S Reducing emissions further - Servando Flores - LanzaTech
- CEMPA & PROMIPOL projects - Korneel Rabaey - UGent
- Low temperature CO2 reduction towards CO production, from lab scale to demonstration - Yu Zhang - University of Antwerp
- Engage and Explore: MAP-IT CCU Project and Technology Discussion (Part 2) - Pieterjan Debergh (VITO) & Barbara Sowa (CAPTURE)
12:00 – Networking Lunch
13:00 – Annual CAPTURE Review and Outlook
14:00 – Interactive ideation session
14:30 – Break
15:00 – Pitch & Connect: Collaborative Solutions
- Holistic digital twins: the future of decision support systems for the water sector - Saba Daneshgar - UGent / VITO
- Enhancing water resilience through recycling treated wastewater and MAR, preparing for droughts and agricultural water shortages - Toon van den Heuvel - Waterschap de Dommel
- High throughput manufacturing for the production of modular wastewater treatment plants and Ion exchange coupled to electrochemistry for effective phosphate recovery - Korneel Rabaey - UGent
- The Electrification Institute at BlueApp - Jonathan Schalck - BlueApp
- ConcentraatstroomHub - Pieter-Jan De Buyck - VITO
- COOCK Concentraatstromen food sector- Marjolein Vanoppen - UGent
- Two birds, one stone": CO2 mineralization and brine management - Marjolein Vanoppen - UGent
- Opportunities and challenges of interoperable Data sharing in the field of Circular water - Shehabeldeen Abdelfatah - VITO
- Can NBS have a role in concentrate treatment? - Catarina Baptista - VITO
16:30 – Networking Reception (until 18:00)
Why Attend?
This is a unique opportunity to:
- Connect with industry leaders, researchers and professionals from the water and the CO2 CAPTURE network.
- Explore innovative solutions for sustainability challenges.
- Share knowledge and ideas during breakout sessions and networking opportunities.
Registration link is provided directly to CAPTURE members.
For direct questions regarding this event please reach out to barbara.sowa@capture-resources.be or francis.meerburg@capture-resources.be
Don’t miss the chance to be part of this inspiring day!