2027 STRATEGIC SUMMIT AGENDA

DAY1

Day 1 Morning: The Mandate Is Real — Setting the Agenda for Europe's and the World's Low-Carbon Industrial Future

09:00 - 09:10 (10 mins)

[Conference Chair Opening Remark]

09:10 - 09:20 (10 mins)

[Opening Welcome] The Blueprint Goes Live: Rotterdam, From CO₂ Hub to Functioning Market

What has first injection at Europe’s operating projects actually proven — and what remains unproven?
Where is infrastructure genuinely live today, and where is it still on the drawing board?
How does Rotterdam grow from an infrastructure hub into a market that buyers and sellers can rely on?

09:20 - 09:40 (20 mins)

[EU Keynote] Europe’s 50 Mt Mandate in Action: From Regulatory Target to Investable Demand

What do the first compliance plans reveal about the gap to the 2030 target?
When does capturing CO₂ actually beat simply buying ETS allowances — and what closes that gap?
Which regulatory “sticks” and “carrots” turn a legal mandate into real, bankable demand?
How are ETS and CBAM feeding into project economics today, amid the volatility around carbon prices?

09:40 - 10:00

(20 min)

[International Keynotes] Why the World Is Looking to Europe: Exporting the Standard for a Global CCS Market

What makes Europe’s policy-and-infrastructure model the one others are choosing to copy?
Where are international partners adopting European standards, contracts, or technology?
How is Europe’s head start turning into a lasting commercial advantage abroad?

10:00 - 10:20

(20 min)

[European Keynotes] One Mandate, Many Markets: How Member States Turn EU Law Into National Delivery

How are leading member states translating EU directives into permitted, financed projects?
Beyond the North Sea — how are Southern and Eastern Europe building their own storage future?
What still must be unblocked on permitting, coordination, and public acceptance before 2030?

10:20 - 11:10

(50 min)

[Opening Panel] Three Links, One Chain: Synchronising Capture, Transport and Storage Into a Working Market

Where has real progress been made in aligning capture, transport, and storage timelines?
Which link in the chain is still the bottleneck — and who is responsible for closing it?
How are long-term and offtake contracts evolving to hold the three parts together?
What will it take for storage capacity to match industrial demand at commercial scale?

Etienne Anglès d'Auriac
Vice-President CCS Business Unit
TotalEnergies

Martijn Smit
Vice President CCS and Hydrogen
Equinor

Senior Representative
eni ccus holding

11:10 - 11:25

(15 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for State Energy Company of the Netherlands - Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN)

Joost Hooghiem
Managing Director CCS
EBN (Energie Beheer Nederland)

Coffee Break (30 mins)

11:55 - 12:10

(15 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved Major Partner

12:10 - 13:00 (50 mins)

[Executive Panel] Building the Market Before the Backbone: Aligning Demand, Infrastructure and Investment for Europe’s CCS Scale-Up

How can Europe break the CCS “chicken-and-egg” problem between industrial demand and infrastructure investment?
What commercial models can convert announced capture volumes into bankable long-term demand?
How should transport, storage and capture capacity be sequenced — and who carries the risk when timelines do not align?
What will it take to move from national CCS clusters toward an interconnected European carbon management market?

Moderator:

Senior Representative
Gas Infrastructure Europe

Panelists:

Pieter Tavenier
Managing Director CCS
Gasunie

Luncheon

Day 1 Afternoon: The Infrastructure Is Moving — Where Demand, Storage and Transport Meet

14:00 - 14:50 (50 mins)

[Industrial Demand Panel] The Buyers Step Forward: Turning Industrial Intent Into Signed Storage Offtake

Which industrial emitters are actually signing storage offtake — and which are still hesitating?
How is real demand splitting between ETS-driven compliance and voluntary commitments?
What contract terms and price certainty does it take to get an emitter to signature?
What are first movers in cement, steel, and waste teaching the next wave of buyers?

Simon Herbert
Vice President EAME, Low Carbon Solutions
ExxonMobil

Marc Van Breda
Vice President Senior Project CCS
Basf

Floris Mackor
Vice President, Large Industries & Strategy CCS
Air Liquide

Sebastian Budischin
Senior Vice President
Securing Energy for Europe GmbH(SEFE)

14:50 - 15:10 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor

Afternoon Coffee & Network Break

15:40 - 16:30 (50 mins)

[Storage Panel] Under the Seabed and Beyond the North Sea: Lessons From Europe’s First Stores, From the UK to the Adriatic

What are Europe’s first storage projects teaching us — from FID and construction through to early injection — about designing for injection performance, monitoring and long-term storage integrity?
How are storage and transport projects preparing to handle CO₂ arriving from multiple sources, transport modes and specifications while maintaining system reliability and storage integrity?
How is cross-border access to storage being contracted and scaled — and what are Europe’s first projects teaching us about building a functioning international CO₂ storage market?

Gemmeke Groot
Managing Director
Porthos

Matt Browell-Hook
Energy Transition Director, Project Director
Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) Peak Cluster
Spirit Energy

Kurt Jager Lykke
Project Director, Greensand
INEOS Energy

Mona Mølnvik
Vice President Research
SINTEF

16:30 - 16:50 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor

16:50 - 17:40 (50 mins)

[Transport Panel] The Floating Pipeline: How Liquid CO₂ Shipping Reaches the Emitters Pipelines Can’t

Where is shipping already solving transport bottlenecks that pipelines cannot reach?
How does shipping compare with pipelines on cost, flexibility, and real project timelines?
How can a fleet scale to connect dispersed and landlocked emitters across Europe?
What standards are emerging for an interoperable, global CO₂ shipping market?

Fulco van Geuns
Project Director, CO2next Terminal
Vopak

Anders Lepsøe
Chair / Managing Director
Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS / NYK Group Europe, Norway

2027 STRATEGIC SUMMIT AGENDA

Day 1 Morning: The Mandate Is Real — Setting the Agenda for Europe's and the World's Low-Carbon Industrial Future

[Conference Chair Opening Remark]

[Opening Welcome] The Blueprint Goes Live: Rotterdam, From CO₂ Hub to Functioning Market

What has first injection at Europe’s operating projects actually proven — and what remains unproven?

Where is infrastructure genuinely live today, and where is it still on the drawing board?

How does Rotterdam grow from an infrastructure hub into a market that buyers and sellers can rely on?

​[EU Keynote] Europe’s 50 Mt Mandate in Action: From Regulatory Target to Investable Demand

What do the first compliance plans reveal about the gap to the 2030 target?

When does capturing CO₂ actually beat simply buying ETS allowances — and what closes that gap?

Which regulatory “sticks” and “carrots” turn a legal mandate into real, bankable demand?

How are ETS and CBAM feeding into project economics today, amid the volatility around carbon prices?

[International Keynotes] Why the World Is Looking to Europe: Exporting the Standard for a Global CCS Market

What makes Europe’s policy-and-infrastructure model the one others are choosing to copy?

Where are international partners adopting European standards, contracts, or technology?

How is Europe’s head start turning into a lasting commercial advantage abroad?

[European Keynotes] One Mandate, Many Markets: How Member States Turn EU Law Into National Delivery

How are leading member states translating EU directives into permitted, financed projects?

Beyond the North Sea — how are Southern and Eastern Europe building their own storage future?

What still must be unblocked on permitting, coordination, and public acceptance before 2030?

[Opening Panel] Three Links, One Chain: Synchronising Capture, Transport and Storage Into a Working Market

Where has real progress been made in aligning capture, transport, and storage timelines?

Which link in the chain is still the bottleneck — and who is responsible for closing it?

How are long-term and offtake contracts evolving to hold the three parts together?

What will it take for storage capacity to match industrial demand at commercial scale?

Etienne Anglès d'Auriac Vice-President CCS Business Unit TotalEnergies

Martijn Smit Vice President CCS and Hydrogen Equinor

Senior Representative eni ccus holding

[Keynote] Reserved for State Energy Company of the Netherlands - Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN)

Joost Hooghiem Managing Director CCS EBN (Energie Beheer Nederland)

Coffee Break (30 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved Major Partner

​[Executive Panel] Building the Market Before the Backbone: Aligning Demand, Infrastructure and Investment for Europe’s CCS Scale-Up

How can Europe break the CCS “chicken-and-egg” problem between industrial demand and infrastructure investment?

What commercial models can convert announced capture volumes into bankable long-term demand?

How should transport, storage and capture capacity be sequenced — and who carries the risk when timelines do not align?

What will it take to move from national CCS clusters toward an interconnected European carbon management market?

Moderator:

Senior Representative Gas Infrastructure Europe

Panelists:

Pieter Tavenier Managing Director CCS Gasunie

Luncheon

Day 1 Afternoon: The Infrastructure Is Moving — Where Demand, Storage and Transport Meet

[Industrial Demand Panel] The Buyers Step Forward: Turning Industrial Intent Into Signed Storage Offtake

Which industrial emitters are actually signing storage offtake — and which are still hesitating?

How is real demand splitting between ETS-driven compliance and voluntary commitments?

What contract terms and price certainty does it take to get an emitter to signature?

What are first movers in cement, steel, and waste teaching the next wave of buyers?

Simon Herbert Vice President EAME, Low Carbon Solutions ExxonMobil

Marc Van Breda Vice President Senior Project CCS Basf

Floris Mackor Vice President, Large Industries & Strategy CCS Air Liquide

Sebastian Budischin Senior Vice President Securing Energy for Europe GmbH(SEFE)

[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor

Afternoon Coffee & Network Break

[Storage Panel] Under the Seabed and Beyond the North Sea: Lessons From Europe’s First Stores, From the UK to the Adriatic

What are Europe’s first storage projects teaching us — from FID and construction through to early injection — about designing for injection performance, monitoring and long-term storage integrity?

How are storage and transport projects preparing to handle CO₂ arriving from multiple sources, transport modes and specifications while maintaining system reliability and storage integrity?

How is cross-border access to storage being contracted and scaled — and what are Europe’s first projects teaching us about building a functioning international CO₂ storage market?

Gemmeke Groot Managing Director Porthos

Matt Browell-Hook Energy Transition Director, Project Director Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) Peak Cluster Spirit Energy

Kurt Jager Lykke Project Director, Greensand INEOS Energy

Mona Mølnvik Vice President Research SINTEF

[Keynote] Reserved for Sponsor

[Transport Panel] The Floating Pipeline: How Liquid CO₂ Shipping Reaches the Emitters Pipelines Can’t

Where is shipping already solving transport bottlenecks that pipelines cannot reach?

How does shipping compare with pipelines on cost, flexibility, and real project timelines?

How can a fleet scale to connect dispersed and landlocked emitters across Europe?

What standards are emerging for an interoperable, global CO₂ shipping market?

Fulco van Geuns Project Director, CO2next Terminal Vopak

Anders Lepsøe Chair / Managing Director Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS / NYK Group Europe, Norway

13-14 April 2027 World Trade Center Rotterdam #CCES 2027

Proud Member of

[EU Keynote] Europe’s 50 Mt Mandate in Action: From Regulatory Target to Investable Demand

Etienne Anglès d'Auriac
Vice-President CCS Business Unit
TotalEnergies

Martijn Smit
Vice President CCS and Hydrogen
Equinor

Senior Representative
eni ccus holding

Joost Hooghiem
Managing Director CCS
EBN (Energie Beheer Nederland)

[Executive Panel] Building the Market Before the Backbone: Aligning Demand, Infrastructure and Investment for Europe’s CCS Scale-Up

Senior Representative
Gas Infrastructure Europe

Pieter Tavenier
Managing Director CCS
Gasunie

Simon Herbert
Vice President EAME, Low Carbon Solutions
ExxonMobil

Marc Van Breda
Vice President Senior Project CCS
Basf

Floris Mackor
Vice President, Large Industries & Strategy CCS
Air Liquide

Sebastian Budischin
Senior Vice President
Securing Energy for Europe GmbH(SEFE)

Gemmeke Groot
Managing Director
Porthos

Matt Browell-Hook
Energy Transition Director, Project Director
Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) Peak Cluster
Spirit Energy

Kurt Jager Lykke
Project Director, Greensand
INEOS Energy

Mona Mølnvik
Vice President Research
SINTEF

Fulco van Geuns
Project Director, CO2next Terminal
Vopak

Anders Lepsøe
Chair / Managing Director
Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS / NYK Group Europe, Norway

13-14 April 2027
World Trade Center Rotterdam
#CCES 2027