Day 1 – 30th September 2025

Fabrice Lemoine and Antonio Pires da Cruz – Presentation of the French national low-carbon strategy & PEPR SPLEEN

Carl Mikael Strauss – Swedish objectives and strategies

Christophe Duwig – Context and key figures

Kenneth Möllersten – Creating incentives for bio-CCS through reverse auctions

Day 2 – 1st October 2025

Innovation and challenges for carbon capture

• Marc Fontecave – CO₂ and electricity towards hydrocarbons and alcohols: challenges
• Jiayin Yuan – Molecular tools to handle CO₂
• Pascal Alix – CO₂ capture processes at IFPEN, challenges of scale-up and deployment

Carbon storage and utilization

• Pascale Benezeth – An overview of mineral carbonation in mafic and ultramafic rocks and from alkaline waste products

Societal impact

• Sébastien Chailleux – Public debate on CCUS in France
• Frauke Urban – Economic and social perspectives for CCUS / BECCUS
• Magnus Titus – DAC and CCU for stustainable food production

Fabrice Lemoine – Building the skills for industrial decarbonisation and CCUS

Jeannette Spühler and Marie Vaadre – Vinnova and Horizon Europe

Research mobility programmes of the French Embassy to Sweden