Event program
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON REMOVAL SUMMIT 2023
September 27, 2023
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY, BUSINESS SCHOOL
- Standard ticket: $380
- Early bird ticket: $280
(Ends Friday 8th September) - Speaker ticket: $0
Program
08:30
Registration and coffee
09:00
Welcome to Country
Aunty Yvonne Weldon
09:15
Conference welcome
Professor Christian Turney – Pro Vice-Chancellor Research
University of Technology Sydney
09:25
The importance of atmospheric carbon removal in mitigating climate change
09:50
Atmospheric carbon removal and Australia's net zero policy goals
Dr Will Howard – Lead Scientist
10:15
The opportunity and conditions for a successful industry in Australia
Henry Adams – Director,
Alana Hollestelle – Associate Director
10:40
Morning tea
11:00
STREAM 1 – Measurable and durable CO2 removal and storage
Integrating agriculture and landscape regeneration for scalable and durable carbon removal
Professor Justin Borevitz – College of Science
STREAM 2 – Economics, Governance and Community
Designing for scalability – Industry perspectives on US tax credits and Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs
Alexa Dennett – Head of Marketing and Communications
Heirloom Carbon
11:20
STREAM 1 – Measurable and durable CO2 removal and storage
Harnessing geology to accelerate permanent CO2 storage through mineral carbonation
Greg Dipple, Ph.D – Head of Science and Co-founder
STREAM 2 – Economics, Governance and Community
Delivering megaton scale CO2 mineralisation through Australia’s mining capabilities
Samantha Langley – Principal Business Planning Climate Change, GHG Emissions Reduction and Sustainability
11:40
STREAM 1 – Measurable and durable CO2 removal and storage
Next generation direct air capture solutions
Professor Deanna D’Alessandro – ARC Future Fellow, School of Chemistry
University of Sydney
Scientific Advisor
STREAM 2 – Economics, Governance and Community
Navigating regulatory approvals and building social license for first of a kind critical infrastructure
Victoria Mendes Da Costa – Permitting Director
12:00
STREAM 1 – Measurable and durable CO2 removal and storage
Navigating the potential and challenges of ocean solutions
Professor Philip Boyd – ARC Laureate Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Professor Michael Elwood – Research School of Earth Sciences
STREAM 2 – Economics, Governance and Community
Social licence and sustainable funding models for scaled carbon removals
Monica Richter – Senior Manager-Low Carbon Futures
12:20
STREAM 1 – Measurable and durable CO2 removal and storage
How do we accelerate RD&D to match the speed and scale of removals required
Dr Andrew Lenton – Director, Permanent Carbon Locking Future Science Platform (CarbonLock)
STREAM 2 – Economics, Governance and Community
The path forward: lessons from 15 years of clean tech development
Sophia Hamblin Wang – Chief Operating Officer
12:40
Lunch
01:40
The UTS Green Genie – harnessing algae for direct air carbon capture
Professor Peter Ralph – Executive Director of the Climate Change Cluster
University of Technology Sydney
01:50
Panel discussion: Getting it right for people, communities, and ecosystems
Professor Jan McDonald – Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania
Monica Richter – Senior Manager, Low Carbon Futures WWF
Victoria Mendes Da Costa – Permitting Director, CarbonNet Project
Roger D. Aines, Ph.D – Senior Advisor for Carbon Dioxide Removal, US Department of Energy
02:50
Afternoon tea
03:10
Panel discussion: Roadmap to scale
Sophia Hamblin Wang – Chief Operating Officer, MCi Carbon
Greg Dipple, Ph.D – Head of Science and Co-founder, Arca
Jaime Painter – Chief of Staff, Loam Bio
04:10
Conclusions and next steps
04:20
Conference close
Professor Christian Turney – Pro Vice-Chancellor Research
University of Technology Sydney
04:30
Networking drinks
6:30