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)

With talks from

• K1-MET: “ZEUS project with focus on CO₂ electrolysis”
• Johnson Matthey
• Fairbrics: “CO2 as ressource: The future of CO₂ based polyester”
• Linde Gas GmbH: “Selection of Decarbonization Technologies for Carbon Capture and CO₂ Liquefaction”
• Montanuniversität Leoben: “Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)- A technical and economic comparison of different production processes”
• OMV

12:00 – 13:00:    Lunch

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

• Kai junge Puring (Fraunhofer UMSICHT)
• Dr. Kim Daasbjerg (Department of Chemistry/Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center Aarhus University): “Efficient Direct Air Capture in Industrial Cooling Towers Mediated by Electrochemical CO₂ Release”
• Colin Hansen (ETH Zürich)
• Raphaël Vos (TNO Eindhoven): “The importance of temperature in electrochemical CO2 reduction”
• Luca Bohn (Universität Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering)

15:00 – 15:30     Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00     Block 3  “Politics, Administration and Business”

• „Circular, avoided, or captured carbon (dioxide)? – A taxonomy approach for life cycle assessment and CO2 accounting“ (Lukas Zeilerbauer, Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz)
• Panel discussion Carbon management in Austria: What’s next and what is needed to achieve it?

Registration will open soon!