CCUS Stakeholder Dialogue
EPFL convenes stakeholders to advance scalable CCUS solutions
June 15, 2026
Venue: L'Aula, Industrie 23, Energypolis Campus, Sion
Hosted by: S4S CCUS project, EPFL VPS, EPFL Energy Center
Upon personal invitation only
8:00 - 8:30: Door opening / welcome with coffee and croissants
For all talks: tentative titles, subject to change
Morning Session: Setting the stage
8:30 - 8:35 Agenda for the day, by Prof. Kumar Agrawal (Lead PI, S4S CCUS project)
8:35 - 8:50 “EPFL Vision on CCUS and Cross-Sector Collaboration”, by Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, EPFL President
8:50 - 9:00 "Valais as CCUS hub" by Mr. Christophe Darbellay, State Councilor, Valais
9:00 - 9:10 "Energypolis (Sion) campus" by Mr. Léonard Evéquoz, Director, EPFL Valais
9:10 - 9:25 "CO2 for energy – (regulatory) challenges of the energy-climate nexus", by the Swiss Federal Office of Environment
9:25 - 9:50 Keynote talk on global CCUS perspective by International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG)
9:50 - 10:30 Poster session and networking: student posters, EPFL MAKE carbon team
10:30 - 12:20 Presentation on the CCUS/Carbon Removal Projects in the ETH Domain
10:30 - 10:45 SCENE JI Project by Dr. Wim Malfait (Empa)
10:45 - 11:00 SWEET Project - Achieve by Dr. Nathalie Casas (Empa)
11:00 - 12:20 EPFL Solutions4Sustainability CCUS Project
11:00 - 11:05 Brief introduction of the project (goals, team, timelines): Prof. Kumar Agrawal
11:00 - 11:15 Carbon capture: Prof. Kumar Agrawal / Prof. Vivek Subramanian / Prof. Jürg Schiffmann
11:15- 11:25 DAC: Prof. Wendy Queen
11:25 - 11:35 Carbon utilization: Prof. Jan van Herle
11:35 - 11:45 Carbon utilization: Prof. Xile Hu
11:45 - 11:55 Carbon storage: Dr. Eleni Stavropoulou / Prof. Lyesse Laloui
11:55 - 12:05 Process integration: Prof. Francois Marechal / Dr. Marina Micari
12:05 - 12:15 Policy: Dr. Sascha Nick
12:15 - 12:20 Q&A
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch and visit to the Demonstration Site (DemoValais)
Afternoon Session: Today's practice and next steps
14:00 - 14:05 Announcement of poster award (Nature Sustainability)
14:05 - 16:00 Case studies of ongoing CCUS projects
Ongoing CCUS pilot projects in Switzerland: Holcim, KVA Linth, GAZNAT
Ongoing CCUS pilot projects outside Switzerland: Shell
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 16:50 CCUS policy, by Mr. Roger Nordmann, past member of the Swiss parliament
Panel Discussion
16:50 - 17:20 "CCUS for Swiss net-zero: meeting 2050 Goals" - moderated by Dr. Yasmine Calisesi
Closing Remarks and Aperitif