Scientific Program

Preliminary Conference Program

Click on the image below to view the conference program. A more detailed program with lecture times will be sent to presenters in the next week.

Invited Speakers

Michele Aresta, University of Bari, Italy
The Changing Paradigm in CO₂ Utilization

Ronald R. Chance, Algenol Biofuels, USA
Anthropogenic CO₂ as a Feedstock for Cyanobacteria-Based Biofuels

Emily Barton Cole, Liquid Light, Inc., USA
CO₂ as the New Petrochemical Feedstock

Anthony Cugini, NETL, U.S. DOE
Perspectives on Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies and the Potential for CO₂ Utilization

Yuichiro Himeda, Nat. Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Tech., Japan
Catalyst Design for Interconversion of CO₂ and Formic Acid on the Basis of Proton-Responsive Ligand

Osamu Ishitani, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Artificial Photosynthesis Using Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Systems

Gabor Laurenczy, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
The Carbon Dioxide - Formic Acid Cycle for Hydrogen/Energy Storage and Delivery

Xiao-Bing Lu, Dalian University of Technology, China
Synthesis of Isotactic CO₂-based Polycarbonates by Stereospecific Polymerization Catalysis

Sang-Eon Park, Inha University, South Korea
CO₂ Activation for the Use as Oxidant

Abdelhamid Sayari, University of Ottawa, Canada
Amine-Containing Nanoporous Materials for CO₂ Removal: Performance and Stability

Peter Styring, The University of Sheffield, UK
Carbon Dioxide Utilization: Footing the Costs of CCS from a UK Perspective

Bala Subramaniam, University of Kansas, USA
Dense CO₂ as an Enabling Medium for Intensified Catalytic and Particle Formation Processes