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 - 8:40 "Energypolis Sion campus" by Léonard Evéquoz, Director, EPFL Valais
8:40 - 8:50 “EPFL vision on net zero and cross-sector collaboration”, by Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, EPFL President
8:50 - 9:00 "Valais as CCUS and net zero hub" by Christophe Darbellay, State Councilor, Valais
9:00 - 9:25 "CCUS: Essential for the Swiss net-zero climate target", by Dr. Sophie Wenger, Swiss Federal Office of Environment
9:25 - 9:50 Keynote talk on global CCUS perspective by Jasmin Kemper, International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG)
9:50 - 10:30 Coffee breaker with 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 - 10:40 SCENE JI Project by Dr. Wim Malfait (Empa)
10:40 - 10:50 SWEET Project - Achieve by Dr. Nathalie Casas (Empa)
10:50 - 11:00 NCCR Separations - Prof. Wendy Queen (EPFL)
11:00 - 12:20 EPFL Solutions4Sustainability CCUS Project
11:00 - 11:05 Brief introduction of the project (goals, team, timelines): Prof. Kumar Agrawal
11:05 - 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 - 15:30 Case studies of ongoing CCUS projects
Ongoing CCUS pilot projects in Switzerland: Holcim, KVA Linth, Airfix, GAZNAT/GRZ
Ongoing CCUS pilot projects outside Switzerland: Shell
Coffee break: 30 min
16:00 - 16:20 CCUS policy, by Roger Nordmann, past member of the Swiss parliament
16:20 - 17:00 Panel Discussion
"CCUS contribution to Swiss net zero by 2050, and what is needed to ensure goals will be met?" - moderated by Dr. Yasmine Calisesi
Closing Remarks and Aperitif