Speaker

Oliver Katz

Founder & CEO, Unbound Summits

Format: Opening panel

• Why are influential climate bodies warning against carbon removals, eventhough the science is clear? Why are we seeing reductions and removalsbeing pitted against each other?
• How can we connect the removals ecosystem more deliberately to reductions?
• Who has mapped out scientifically verified targets and pathways to net-zero using both removals and reductions? What does a twin target approach look like?
• What can prominent corporate buyers tell us about their purchasing decision and how they are including removals in their net zero strategy?
• What collaborations hold the key to changing this current ‘either/ or’ narrative

Speakers

Ian Sutherland

CFO and Head of Net Zero, Tide

Alexander Farsan

Head of Climate and Environment, Klarna

Gabrielle Walker

Founder, Rethinking Removals

Erik Rylander

Head of Carbon Dioxide Removal, Stockholm Exergi

Chris Thompson

Director of Net Zero Strategy, Department Energy, Security and Net Zero

Format: Keynote

• Why is the way we talk about CDR so important and how is it strategically tied to it achieving its role towards climate goals?
• How can the industry, with Direct Air Capture a case-in-point, balance enthusiasm and optimism with scientific integrity and cautious innovation?
• What is the most productive approach to dealing with setbacks, hype cycles or company overestimations?
• Which role do CDR services customers play, and how can their partnership with CDR project developers such as Climeworks drive the topic forward?
• What can we learn from other sectors that could help increase public trust and buy-in?

Speaker

Julie Gosalvez

Chief Marketing Officer, Climeworks

Session Chair

Isabella Corpora

Associate Director, Carbon Business Council

Speakers

Bilha Ndirangu

CEO, Great Carbon Valley

Adam Taylor

Investor

Format: Panel

• Why are we seeing a lack of pre-seed and seed funding? What is required to allow investors to be comfortable with funding early projects without buyers?
• How does investment in Europe compare to other regions, like the USA and Asia?
• What is the role of investors in increasing founder diversity in CDR?
• How are current market conditions affecting capital deployment?
• What company types and solutions are attracting the attention of investors at the moment? Which areas are experiencing a lack of funding?

Session Chair

Nikki Batchelor

Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal

Speakers

Tobias Seikel

Co-Founder & Partner, Planet A

Benjamin Schulz

Founding Partner, Carbon Removal Partners

Marta Krupinska

Co-Founder and CEO, CUR8

Duncan Turner

General Partner, SOSV and Managing Director, HAX

Format: Fireside chat

• Which types of rock, and their characteristics, lend themselves especially well to this process? How do companies go about choosing the right type of rock?
• What advancements have been made in understanding the impact of ERW and creating a transparent MRV methodology?
• What main co-benefits have emerged as a result of deploying this solution? Does geography play a role in this and, if so, where should we be looking to deploy?
• How are important industry partners, like mining and agriculture, responding to ERW? How can companies create trust and buy-in from partners?
• What is the current state of demand from buyers and what is encouraging, or preventing, them from committing to purchases?

Session Chair

Justin Freiberg

Managing Director, Yale Carbon Containment Lab

Speakers

Adam Wolf

Founder and CEO, Eion

Philip Moss

Global Director Carbon Removal Markets, South Pole

Sarabeth Brockley

Lead Advisor, Carbon Markets & ESG, Nasdaq

Format: Panel

• Why has the industry decided that ‘1000 years’ is the target length for durable storage? Is it productive to push this narrative and are we at risk of discounting other storage solutions?
• Should the industry be using different metrics, other than time, to assess storage quality?
• How is the industry calculating how much storage capacity we need in order to hit the 10 gigaton target by 2050? What does that tell us about the mix of storage solutions needed and where are the gaps?
• How much confidence do we have in the stabilisation of these long-term carbon stores?

Session Chair

Mars Garza

Co-Founder, Alcove

Speakers

Simon Patterson

Technology Based Solutions, Carbon Markets, Equinor

Adam Oskwarek

Founder, Zopeful

Einar Tyssen

Founder and CEO, Removr

Göker Avcı

Co-Founder and COO, Covalent

Format: Pitching session

Three early-stage founders, working on futuristic CDR, showcase their unique solutions to our panel of experts.

Start-up Founders

Stephen Milburn

Founder & CEO, Nellie Technologies

Carla Glassl

Co-Founder and COO, Ucaneo

Roshan Pursharifi

Co-Founder, AirZyme

Investor Panelists

Samia Qader

Senior Principle, Climate VC

Tito Jankowski

Co-Founder and CEO, AirMiners

Industry leaders host intimate discussions with attendees around key challenges relating to CDR development. The session will culminate in the sharing of new ideas between the delegation.

Hosts

Tristan Copley Smith

Co-Founder, Possible Studio

Duncan McDowall

Co-Founder, Possible Studio

Martin Freimüller

Founder and CEO, Octavia Carbon

Aránzazu Carmona Orbezo

Co-Founder and CTO, Parallel Carbon

Siddarth Shrikanth

Investor, Just Climate

Pina Fritz

Head of Scoping Climate, Deep Science Ventures

Noah Geeves

Head of Climate Partnerships & Portfolio, Deep Science Ventures

Petri Laakso

CEO, Soletair Power

Jeremiah Lim

Sustainable & Impact Investment Banking, Barclays

Kirren Senivassen

Sustainable Impact Capital, Barclays

Marc Bradbrook

SVP Business Development, Drax

Neil Hacker

Research and Partnerships Lead, Isometric

Annie Guo

Strategic Origination Lead, Carbon Removal, Microsoft

Katie Sierks

Science & Quality Lead, Carbon Removal, Microsoft

Benjamin Tincq

Founding Partner, Marble

Helen Bray

VP Policy, Puro.earth

Tobias Seikel

Co-Founder & Partner, Planet A

Format: Panel

• What are the misconceptions of BiCRS? Why are we seeing strong support in some regions and not others?
• What progress has been made in improving biochar readings and understanding its full impact on soil-plant systems?
• What are the critical factors affecting economic viability? What is holding further financing back?
• How are companies working with small-holder farmers to incentivise and educate them on its use? How are producers ensuring the benefits of biochar are not lost through poor techniques or misapplication?
• Outside of carbon removal, what are the co-benefits of BiCRS solutions? How is the industry communicating the overall potential of this solution?
• What engineering challenges still remain throughout these production processes?

Session Chair

Radhika Moolgavkar

Head of Supply and Methodology, Nori

Speakers

Henrietta Moon

Co-Founder and CEO, Carbo Culture

Hannes Junginger

CEO, Carbonfuture

Carolin Guethenke

Boardmember, German Biochar Association

Patrick Atanasije Pineda

Founder and Managing Director, The Next 150

Format: Fireside chat

• What are our estimates of the price of carbon in 2050? What market factors will play into driving the cost down?
• Should price be pinned to quality?
• What is the future of carbon markets and how is it rooted in science?
• How do we envisage a carbon economy working as the sector matures?
• What is the highest price corporations will pay for removals? What is justifying entrepreneurs to build companies in this space?
• As we decarbonise, and remove more carbon, is there a risk of carbon becoming a scarce resource?

Session Chair

Megha Raghavan

Lead CDR Advocate, The OpenAir Collective

Speaker

Eli Mitchell-Larson

Co-Founder and Chief Science and Advocacy Officer, Carbon Gap

Annie Guo

Strategic Origination Lead, Carbon Removal, Microsoft

Format: Panel discussion

• What would be different?
• What does diversity look like today in the carbon sector? What are some examples of company's leading by example?
• How can leaders improve the social impact of innovation, not only with regards to gender but also other inequalities currently present?
• How do we progress to more women leadership in the space and achieve the outcomes we’d like to see in the meantime?

Session Chair

Emma Coker

European Carbon Team Leader, BloombergNEF

Speakers

Leila Toplic

Chief Communications and Trust Officer, Carbonfuture

Sarabeth Brockley

Lead Advisor, Carbon Markets & ESG, Nasdaq

Christina Stavridi

Chief Operating Officer, CarbonLimit

Marie Freier

Global Co-Head Sustainable & Impact Investment Banking, Barclays

Format: Fireside chat

• What have been the experiences of our panellists when fundraising? What challenges have they faced and how can we as an industry overcome them?
• What does diversity look like in the carbon sector? What are some examples of company's leading by example?
• How can leaders improve the social impact of innovation, not only with regards to gender but also other inequalities currently present?
• How do we create more allies in the carbon space?

Session Chair

Christina Stavridi

Chief Operating Officer, CarbonLimit

Speakers

Aránzazu Carmona Orbezo

Co-Founder and CTO, Parallel Carbon

Kim Zou

Co-Founder and CEO, CTVC

Speaker

Marie Freier

Global Co-Head Sustainable & Impact Investment Banking, Barclays

Format: Fireside chat

• What are the main bottlenecks prohibiting the industry from funding projects at large scale?
• What can we learn from companies in CDR who have already raised capital to build capital-intensive infrastructure? What hurdles did they have to jump over to secure financing and support?
• What risk history do traditional financiers typically need to see in order to become invested in a sector?
• How have similar industries, like clean energy, successfully de-risk investments?
• What is the role of insurance companies in enabling progress and mitigating risk?

Session Chair

Kim Zou

Co-Founder and CEO, CTVC

Speakers

Natalia Dorfman

Co-Founder and CEO, Kita

Brian DiMarino

Head of Operational Sustainability, JPMorgan Chase

Format: Presentation

Speaker

Eamon Jubbawy

Founder and CEO, Isometric

Industry leaders host intimate discussions with attendees around key challenges relating to CDR development. The session will culminate in the sharing of new ideas between the delegation.

Hosts

Florian Schabus

Investor, Planet A

Tristan Copley Smith

Co-Founder, Possible Studio

Duncan McDowall

Co-Founder, Possible Studio

Martin Freimüller

Founder and CEO, Octavia Carbon

Aránzazu Carmona Orbezo

Co-Founder and CTO, Parallel Carbon

Siddarth Shrikanth

Investor, Just Climate

Pina Fritz

Head of Scoping Climate, Deep Science Ventures

Noah Geeves

Head of Climate Partnerships & Portfolio, Deep Science Ventures

Petri Laakso

CEO, Soletair Power

Jeremiah Lim

Sustainable & Impact Investment Banking, Barclays

Kirren Senivassen

Sustainable Impact Capital, Barclays

Angela Hepworth

Commercial Director, Drax

Johan Börje

Business Development, Stockholm Exergi

Neil Hacker

Research and Partnerships Lead, Isometric

Annie Guo

Strategic Origination Lead, Carbon Removal, Microsoft

Katie Sierks

Science & Quality Lead, Carbon Removal, Microsoft

Benjamin Tincq

Founding Partner, Marble

Helen Bray

VP Policy, Puro.earth

Format: Panel

• What due diligence should buyers conduct before committing to a purchase or offtake agreement?
• How should standards evolve for high quality carbon removal? Is it up to registries, governments, ratings agencies?
• What are the key indicators of quality for engineered carbon removal? For example, how much should we be focusing on additionality compared to durability?
• Voluntary initiatives such as the CCPs are attempting to create a new bar for quality in the voluntary carbon market. Do you think that this type of commodification is desirable for the carbon removal market?

Session Chair

Ted Christie-Miller

Head of Carbon Removals, BeZero Carbon

Speakers

Niall Mac Dowell

Professor of Future Energy Systems, Imperial College London

Jim Mann

Founder and CEO, UNDO

Angela Hepworth

Commercial Director, Drax

Michelle You

Co-Founder and CEO, Supercritical

Daniel Vetterkind

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, recarb

Format: Pitching session

Three early-stage start-up founders showcase their unique solutions in carbon utilisation to our panel of investors.

Start-up Founders

Rory Brown

Co-Founder and CEO, Airhive

Dhanvi Oza

Co-Founder, CTRL-Z

Josie Tyler

Co-Founder, Cool

Investor Panelists

Benjamin Tincq

Founding Partner, Marble

Adam Tomassi-Russell

Director Climate and Energy, Deep Science Ventures

Format: Panel

• What is the current state of European CDR policy right now? Which areas of CDR are supported, and which policy pillars are still missing?
• How are regulators creating demand signals for CDR and what parameters are going to create liquidity in the market?
• How are countries within Europe working together to create robust, yet easy-to-understand frameworks that transcend borders and support a global CDR market?
• What dialog is happening between industry and policy makers, and what is needed to make sure regulation keeps pace with innovation?
• In reverse, what resources are available for the industry to keep track of CDR policy additions and updates?

Session Chair

Eve Tamme

Managing Director, Climate Principles

Speakers

Fabien Ramos

Carbon Removals Policy Officer, European Commission

Laura Hurley

Director, Xiron Global

Ramazan Aslan

CEO, EOS Climate

Format: Keynote

Speaker

Marian Kruger

Co-Founder and Managing Director, remove

Format: Pitching session

Three early-stage start-up founders showcase their unique solutions in DAC to our panel of investors.

Start-up Founders

Florian Hildebrand

Co-Founder and CEO, Greenlyte Carbon Technologies

Petri Laakso

CEO, Soletair Power

Sophia Hummelman

Co-Founder and CCO, Recarbn

Investor Panelists

Andrew Shebbeare

Managing Partner, Counteract

Namratha Kothapalli

Industrial Tech Investor, Speedinvest

Format: Panel

• Which marine approaches are currently showing potential scalability? Where do we need to invest more resources?
• What storage paths for ocean-based carbon are most efficient?
• How are companies thinking about co-location, or using existing infrastructure and processes to deploy solutions and reduce costs?
• What progress has been made to develop a code of conduct that ensures the safety and efficacy of this research? How do the risks compare with those of inaction?
• What do policy makers and buyers need to see in order to trust and invest in new solutions?

Session Chair

Michelle Li

Founder, Clever Carbon

Speakers

John Auckland

Co-Founder and Director, Seafields

Katie Lebling

Associate II, Climate Program, World Resources Institute

Antonius Gagern

Executive Director, Carbon to Sea Initiative

Patricia Estridge

Founder and CEO, Seaweed Generation

Session Chair

Vasil Velev

Founder and Editor, Carbon Herald

Speaker

Emma Parry

Partner, McKinsey & Company

Antti Vihavainen

CEO, Puro.earth