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): „CO₂ electroreduction – an industrial perspective“
• 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): „Comparative Assessment and Scale-Up of CO₂-Based SAF Pathways: From Process Modeling to Pilot Operation and Industrial Deployment“

12:00 – 13:00    Lunch

13:00 – 15:00    Block 2 “Electrochemical Conversion & Catalysis” (Moderation: Wolfgang Schöfberger)

• Kai junge Puring (Fraunhofer UMSICHT): „How can integrated carbon capture and conversion help to defossilize chemical and fuel production.“
• Kim Daasbjerg (Aarhus University): „Efficient Direct Air Capture in Industrial Cooling Towers Mediated by Electrochemical CO₂ Release“
• Colin Hansen (ETH Zürich): „CO₂ Hydrogenation to Value Added Products: Molecular Insights from Tailored Materials and In-Situ Spectroscopy“
• Raphaël Vos (TNO Eindhoven): „The importance of temperature in electrochemical CO₂ reduction“
• Luca Bohn (Universität Freiburg): „Identifying bottlenecks for CO₂ Electrolyzers: From internal cell insight to practical design strategies“

15:00 – 15:30     Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00     Block 3  “Politics, Administration and Business” (Moderation: Judith Mairhofer)

• Lukas Zeilerbauer (Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz): „Circular, avoided, or captured carbon (dioxide)? – A taxonomy approach for life cycle assessment and CO₂ accounting“
• Helmut Wernhart (Austrian Gas Grid Management AG): „Necessary pipeline infrastructure for CO₂ transport in Austria“
• Dominik Kreil (Magistrat Linz) & Klaus Oberreiter (Business Upper Austria): Carbon Management in Upper Austria and the City of Linz

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