Preliminary Programme

This session explores advanced carbon capture technologies as well as infrastructure and investment strategies required for their industrial deployment. Contributions cover innovative solvent- and adsorption-based capture processes, spatial planning of European CO₂ networks, and decision-making approaches for industrial CCUS investments under uncertain economic and regulatory conditions.

This session brings together different approaches to the integration of heat pumps into industrial energy systems. The contributions share a common focus on reducing fossil fuel consumption by making better use of available heat sources, electrifying process heat, and improving the overall efficiency of industrial processes. Across sectors and technologies, the studies highlight the importance of system integration, dynamic operation, and the interaction between heat sources and demand when developing effective heat pump solutions for industry.

This session addresses the development of sustainable hydrogen value chains from technological application to regulation, circularity and regional implementation. Contributions examine the utilisation of ammonia in marine engines, the use of RFNBOs in public gas grids, policy instruments supporting SME participation in hydrogen ecosystems, and recycling strategies for critical materials used in PEM electrolysers. The session emphasises the systemic conditions required for a sustainable hydrogen economy.

This session explores industrial symbiosis as a systemic approach to transforming industrial value chains and regional energy and resource systems. The contributions highlight how stronger connections between industries, infrastructures, resources and stakeholders can create opportunities for more efficient, resilient and sustainable industrial systems. Across different perspectives, the session emphasises the importance of understanding interdependencies and creating the right conditions for successful industrial transformation.

This session explores different pathways for the utilisation of captured CO₂, ranging from CO₂-based fuels such as e-methanol, FT-diesel, and sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) to mineral carbonation. Through techno-economic and environmental assessments, the contributions examine the potential and limitations of these pathways, with particular attention to process efficiency, economic viability, climate impacts, and regulatory recognition.

This session explores different pathways towards the electrification and defossilisation of industrial processes. The contributions bring together technological innovation, process-level solutions and system perspectives, highlighting how industrial energy demand can be transformed through electrification, alternative energy carriers and energy storage. Across different industrial sectors and applications, the studies share a common focus on the technical challenges, opportunities and system implications of reducing fossil fuel consumption.

This session presents advanced technologies and modelling approaches for the production of hydrogen, e-fuels and carbon-neutral platform chemicals. The contributions cover bicarbonate electrolysis, data-driven modelling of reverse water-gas shift reactors, innovative production concepts for e-methanol and e-ammonia, and pilot-scale hydrogen production through liquid metal methane pyrolysis. Together, they demonstrate how advanced reactor technologies, process modelling and system optimisation can support the development and scale-up of low-carbon production pathways for the energy and chemical sectors.

This session explores circular economy approaches for achieving climate-neutral and resource-efficient industrial production. The contributions address circular carbon management in the petrochemical industry, the valorisation of food-processing residues in biorefineries, and the reuse of wastewater and low-grade waste heat for hydrogen production. Together, they demonstrate how integrated resource use can reduce dependence on primary and fossil resources.

This session presents innovative technologies for recovering value from carbon, industrial residues and waste streams while improving the sustainability of energy and process systems. The contributions address sustainable working fluids for absorption heat pumps, electrochemical CO₂ conversion to synthesis gas, and advanced technologies for multi-metal recovery from zinc-rich residues. Together, they demonstrate how innovative materials, process concepts and energy integration can support circularity, reduce emissions and enable more efficient use of industrial resources.

This session explores the role of flexibility in enabling resilient and efficient energy systems during the transition towards a more renewable and increasingly interconnected energy landscape. The contributions address how storage technologies, infrastructure, market mechanisms and regulatory conditions interact at the system level. Together, they emphasise the importance of flexibility not only for balancing energy supply and demand, but also for maintaining system reliability and supporting the transformation of energy systems.