Preliminary program
CCUS Stakeholder Workshop
June 15, 2026
Venue: EPFL Valais, Enegypolis campus in Sion, Aula (I'Industrie 23)
Hosted by: EPFL VPS, S4S CCUS, Energy Center
8:00 - 8:30:
Door opening / welcome with Coffee and Croissants
Morning Session: Setting the Stage
8:30 - 8:45 Opening remarks by Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
“EPFL Vision on CCUS and Cross-Sector Collaboration”
8:45 - 8:50 "Agenda for the day" by Kumar Agrawal
8:50 -9:00 "Valais as CCUS hub" (tbd)
9:00 - 9:10 "Energypolis (Sion) campus and CCUS" by Léonard Evéquoz
Swiss net zero and CCUS
9:10 - 9:30 "An update on deployment and outlook for 2030 and 2040" (tbd)
9:30 - 9:50 "Swiss climate policy on CCS and CDR" (tbd))
9:50 - 11:00 Poster session and Networking (Poster presentations from participating students, EPFL MAKE (carbon team) demonstration)
EPFL’s large-scale CCUS project: Solutions4Sustainability CCUS Project
11:00 - 11:05 Brief introduction of the project (goals, team, timelines) Kumar Agrawal
11:05 - 11:15 Presentation by S4S team (Policy paper) Sascha Nick
11:15 - 11:30 Presentation by S4S team (Carbon capture) Kumar Agrawal/Vivek Subramanian/Jürg Schiffmann
11:30 - 11:40 Presentation by S4S team (DAC) Wendy Queen
11:40 - 11:50 Presentation by S4S team (Carbon utilization) Jan van Herle
11:50 - 12:00 Presentation by S4S team (Carbon utilization) Xile Hu
12:00 - 12:10 Presentation by S4S team (Storage) Eleni Stavropoulou / Lyesse Laloui
12:10 - 12:20 Presentation by S4S team (Process integration) Francois Marechal/ Marina Micari
12:20 - 12:30 Q&A
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
Afternoon Session
13:30 - 14:45 Presentation on case studies on ongoing CCUS projects
Ongoing CCUS pilot project in Switzerland (tbd)
Ongoing CCUS pilot project outside Switzerland (tbd)
14:45 - 15:00 CCUS policy (tbd)
15:00 - 16:30 Demo site visit (satellite room and Enevi)
16:30 - 17:00 Panel Discussion, "How are we making progress with CCUS in Switzerland?"
"e.g., What will it take to scale CCUS in Switzerland by 2035"
17:00 Closing Remarks (Kumar Agrawal)
Aperitif