Date: 10 June 2026
Place: JKU Linz, Zirkus des Wissens (Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz)
Agenda
9:00 – 09:45 Registration & Coffee
09:45 – 10:00 Welcome
10:00 – 12:00 Block 1 “Industry, Process Engineering and Sector Coupling” (Moderation: Judith Mairhofer)
- Irmela Kofler & Nina Plankensteiner (K1-MET): „ZEUS project with focus on CO2 electrolysis“
- Crina Corbos (Johnson Matthey): title to be announced
- Tawfiq Nasr Allah (Fairbrics): „ CO2 as ressource: The future of CO2 based polyester“
- Jürgen Wageneder (Linde Gas GmbH): „Selection of Decarbonization Technologies for Carbon Capture and CO2 Liquefaction“
- Christoph Markowitsch (Montanuniversität Leoben): „Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)- A technical and economic comparison of different production processes“
- Robert Paulnsteiner (OMV): title to be announced
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 15:00 Block 2 “Electrochemical Conversion & Catalysis” (Moderation: Wolfgang Schöfberger)
- Kai junge Puring (Fraunhofer UMSICHT): title to be announced
- Kim Daasbjerg (Aarhus University): „Efficient Direct Air Capture in Industrial Cooling Towers Mediated by Electrochemical CO₂ Release“
- Colin Hansen (ETH Zürich): title to be announced
- Raphaël Vos (TNO Eindhoven): „The importance of temperature in electrochemical CO2 reduction“
- Luca Bohn (Universität Freiburg): title to be announced
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Block 3 “Politics, Administration and Business”
- Lukas Zeilerbauer (Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz): „Circular, avoided, or captured carbon (dioxide)? – A taxonomy approach for life cycle assessment and CO2 accounting“
- Panel discussion Carbon management in Austria: What’s next and what is needed to achieve it?
Registration: please contact events@wiva.at for the registration link.
