Plenary Sessions

6th October Opening Session 

08.50- 09.10 Welcome addresses: Chaired by Kelly Thambimuthu, Chair of the IEAGHG ExCo

09.10 - 10.50 Keynote Talks

• From vision to inheritance – The technical foundation for next decade of CCS projects: Julio Friedmann, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal 
• Global Climate Policy and the Future of CCS: Prof David Victor from UC San Diego and lead author of Chapter 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 3 – Mitigation of Climate Change, Fifth Assessment Report
• Gas-fired power generation with CCS - a competitive option: Juho Lipponen from the International Energy Agency

7th October 08.10 - 09.00 

Chaired by John Gale, IEAGHG

• Boundary Dam – The Future is Here: Mike Monea, President, Carbon Capture and Storage Initiatives, Sakspower
• The UK’s CCS Programme: Policy and Delivery: Suk Yee Lam, Office of Carbon Capture and Storage, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK

8th October 08.10 - 09.00 

Chaired by Howard Herzog, MIT

• From Lubbock TX to Thompsons, TX: amine scrubbing for commercial CO₂ capture from power plants: Gary Rochelle,Chemical Engineering Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
• Greengen and CO₂ Capture Projects in China, Dr. Xu Shishen, Chief Engineer, China Huaneng Group Clean Energy Research Institute 

9th October 08.10 - 09.00 

Chaired by Tim Dixon, IEAGHG

• The Value of Social Science Research for CCS Deployment: Dr. Emma ter Mors, Senior researcher, Leiden University
• CO₂ EOR: U.S. Opportunities and Challenges: Greg Schnacke,  Executive Director of Governmental Affairs for Denbury Resources, Inc

14.00 -15.30 Final panel session: Progress on CCS - A Message to Policy Makers

Chaired by Kelly Thambimuthu, Chair of the IEAGHG ExCo

The recent IPCC AR5 emphasises the need for stronger actions to address climate change. This panel session will recognise the developments and advances achieved in CCS in the last 10 years, in order for CCS to play its significant role in addressing climate change. As well as summaries by leading experts, the audience will be asked for their contributions in this interactive session. Delegates will be able to contribute to the session via a web and SMS based realtime facility.

Panellists

• Olav Bolland, NTNU
• Sally Benson, Stanford University
• Bill Spence, Shell
• Sean McCoy, IEA
• Jonas Helseth, Bellona