Day 1 - 27th May

Welcome - Karla Schoeters, Director CAN-Europe

Background on CO2 capture and storage, hydrogen and fuel cells - Jason Anderson, CAN-Europe

CO2 Capture and Sequestration

The state of CCS and hydrogen technologies and the context of their development - Paul Freund, IEA GHG Programme.

What are the stakes: decarbonisation needs versus energy sector trends and the possible role of CCS - David Hawkins, NRDC.

The environmental impacts of CO2 leakage and storage - Gabriela von Goerne, Greenpeace.

Underground storage of CO2: Assessing the risks - Wolfgang Heidug, Shell.

Policy options to drive technical innovation - Iain MacGull, UNSW.

Energy system futures: environmental and social tradeoffs between CCS, nuclear and renewables - David Keith, Carnegie Mellon.

NGO involvement in CCS research: the CATO project in the Netherlands - Sible Schone, WWF NL.

Public opinion, NGOs and CCS - David Reiner, U. Cambridge.

Breakout groups: key questions in CO2 capture and Storage.

 

Day 2 - 28th May

Hydrogen production and end-uses

Europe's vision of a hydrogen infrastructure and the practical steps to get there - Jorgen Henningsen, European Commission

Fuel cells: separating the hope from the hype - Martin Pehnt, Institut Fur Energie und Umweltforshung.

Well-to-wheels analysis of alternative fuel vehicles: the role of hydrogen fuel cells - Matthias Duwe, CAN-Europe.

The Potential for Green Hydrogen: Prodi wants it, but could it happen anyway? - Rob Bradley, CAN-Europe.

Modeling the prospects for a CO2-free hydrogen economy - Nebojsa Nakicenovic, IIASA. (Please contact Mr Nakicenovic directely if interested in receiving thsi presentation)

NGO Roundtable discussion - How different parts of the world are experiencing CCS and hydrogen development:

• Japan - Kimiko Hirata, Kiko Network
• Africa - Stanford Mwakasonda, CAN Tanzania

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