21 Evening, 22 & 23 May, 2024. New York City
The Leading Carbon Removal Business Summit
400 business leaders, investors, buyers and policy makers will meet in New York to discuss the future of carbon removal. Join us for the most impactful days in the carbon removal calendar.
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Meet our Carbon Unbound East Coast Speakers
Ask the hard questions and learn from those who can answer them.
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Alexander Rink
Co-Founder
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Brian Marrs
Senior Director of Energy & Carbon, Global Strategy & Execution
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Rahul Barua
Director Climate Finance Innovation
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Eamon Jubbawy
Founder & CEO
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Tito Jankowski
Co-Founder & CEO
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Noah Deich
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Carbon Management
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Hannah Bebbington
Head of Strategy
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Nicholas Eisenberger
Head of Market Development, Policy & Engagement
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Jim Mann
Founder & CEO
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Anna Stukas
VP Strategic Partnerships
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James Dinneen
Environment Reporter
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Radhika Moolgavkar
Supply & Methodology
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Tim Sperry
CEO
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Tracy Johns
Head of Carbon Removal Program
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Ryan MacPherson
Director, Climate Innovation & Investment
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Anu Khan
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
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Our mission: One gigaton of carbon removed from Earth's atmosphere
Unrivalled connections
New insights
Unbound opportunity
World-leading CDR experts under one roof
Learn from trusted sources and leading voices in CDR through our panel discussions, presentations and intimate campfire sessions. Come away making more informed decisions about your strategy and unlock your full growth potential!
Unparalleled networking
Join an expertly curated audience of top executives and decision makers, allowing you to schedule the business-critical meetings you need for the year, across two days.
What's new for 2024?
Building on our inaugural U.S. summit, we are excited to announce a new partnership with OpenAir to host 2024’s Carbon Removal Challenge. The finals of this global student competition represent an incredible chance for the next generation of CDR pioneers to develop cutting-edge solutions for removing excess carbon from the atmosphere.
Carbon Unbound’s welcome drinks will follow the competition finals on the evening of 21 May — an excellent chance for attendees and finalists to network ahead of the full summit on 22 & 23 May.
2024 sponsors
These industry leaders are supporting innovation, investment and collaboration in carbon removal.
Platinum, Networking Drinks, Breakfast Briefing, Gold, General
Silver, Kickstarter, WiFi
Meet our Carbon Unbound USA ‘24 Advisory Board
CDR pioneers crafting the discussion.
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Brad Ack
Chief Executive Officer
Ocean Visions
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Giana Amador
Executive Director
Carbon Removal Alliance
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Nikki Batchelor
Director of Carbon Removal
XPRIZE Carbon Removal
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Sarabeth Brockley
Head of Carbon Strategy
Nasdaq
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Harris Cohn
Head of Sales
Charm Industrial
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Kerry Constabile
Vice Chair, Energy Technical Advisory Committee & Senior Climate Expert
Gold Standard
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Natalia Dorfman
CEO & Co-Founder
Kita
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Kristin Ellis
Partner
Lowercarbon Capital
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Alexander Farsan
Head of Climate and Environment
Klarna
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Justin Freiberg
Managing Director
Yale Carbon Containment Lab
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Mars Garza
Co-Founder
Alcove
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Julie Gosalvez
Chief Marketing Officer
Climeworks
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Annie Guo
Strategic Origination Lead, Carbon Removal
Microsoft
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Angela Hepworth
SVP Commercial Innovation
Drax
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Robert Höglund
Climate Advisor
Milkywire
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Tito Jankowski
CEO
AirMiners
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Hannes Junginger-Gestrich
Founder & CEO
Carbonfuture
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Anu Khan
Deputy Director of Science & Innovation
Carbon180
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Michelle Li
Founder
Clever Carbon
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Jim Mann
Founder & CEO
UNDO
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Radhika Moolgavkar
Head of Supply & Methodology
Nori
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Luke Rondel
Head of Growth
Running Tide
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Ben Rubin
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Carbon Business Council
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Gaurav N. Sant
Pritzker Endowed Chair in Sustainability
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
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Benjamin Schulz
Founding Partner
Carbon Removal Partners
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Mitchel Selby
Sustainability Fund
Shopify
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Chris Sherwood
Secretary-General
Negative Emissions Platform
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Anna Stukas
VP Business Development
Carbon Engineering Ltd
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Susan Su
Partner
Toba Capital
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Christian Theuer
Policy + Comms
Heirloom
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Duncan Turner
General Partner
SOSV
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Ongeleigh Underwood
Director
Circular Carbon Network
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Rob van Straten
CEO
Skytree
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C-Suite or Equivalent
Organisations in Attendance
Scheduled meetings
Don't just take our word for it
Just some of the delegate praise for previous Carbon Unbound summits.
Attend Our Sister Summit, Adapt Unbound
200 leaders and visionaries will convene in NYC to share actionable insights, scale innovative solutions and unlock the critical capital needed to adapt our urban and natural environments to the changing climate.
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2024 Summit Themes
US CDR Leadership
Can the world’s leader accelerate innovation and investment?
Buying Removals as a Business
Providing buyers with practical guidance from start to finish
Status of our MRV Frameworks
Are they achieving accountability and trust?
What’s on?
From new additions like the 2024 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge and Carbon Unbound welcome drinks, to two full days of action-packed sessions and networking, here's your laser-focused CDR agenda.
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Tuesday 21st May
Evening
17:30 - OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge 2024 Finals
Carbon Unbound USA is proud to host OpenAir’s global student competition finals. The event will illuminate the next generation of CDR pioneers developing cutting-edge solutions. Limited tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The five finalist teams are:
- DACC Device with Novel Sorbent Geometry - Western University. London, Canada
- LIMEX - Calcium Oxide Looping - Trent University & University of Ottawa. Peterborough & Ottawa, Canada
- Monash Carbon Capture and Conversion (MC³) - Monash University. Melbourne, Australia
- WatAIR DACC System with Algae Integrated Removal - University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Canada
- 永遠の空気 (Eternal Air) - Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology(OIST.) Okinawa, Japan
18:30 - Carbon Unbound USA Welcome Drinks
- Join us to celebrate the opening of Carbon Unbound USA and the finalists of the Open Air Carbon Removal Challenge. Entry is included in your ticket.
Wednesday 22nd May
Morning
08:55 - Opening Remarks from Unbound Summits
09:00 - Carbon Removal Buyers, Listen Up!
Format: Keynote
- How can companies navigate the market and vet projects?
Confirmed Speaker:
Brian Marrs - Senior Director of Energy & Carbon, Microsoft
09:15 - The United States of CDR: Making Removals a Core Component of Climate Strategy
Format: Panel
- Is the Inflation Reduction Act enough to get us to gigaton scale?
- What are the obstacles in scaling carbon removals today, and what challenges do we see on the horizon?
- What States are leading the way, and what are the bottlenecks for the ones trailing behind?
- What is the status of public procurement pilots? Do they encourage private-sector investment? Do they foster an environment conducive to the rapid implementation of CDR technologies?
- How have we seen policies influence the job market and impact disadvantaged communities? What is required to meet the goals of the Justice40 Initiative through a CDR lens?
Session Chair:
Nikki Batchelor - Executive Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Confirmed Speakers:
Angela Anderson - Director Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, World Resources Institute
Noah Deich - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Tracy Jones - Head of Carbon Removal Program, Meta
Taylor Wright - Executive Director, Head of Strategy & Carbon Management, JP Morgan Chase & Co
10:00 - The Growing Prominence of BECCS
Format: Keynote
Confirmed Speaker:
Angela Hepworth - Commercial Director, Drax
10:15 - Networking Coffee Break
10:45 - Direct Air Capture: The Goose that Lays the Golden Egg?
Format: Panel
- With close to 20 DAC plants in operation, what have been the experiences so far? How much have we removed in 2023, and what are the scaling scenarios for direct air capture before 2030?
- Where are the opportunities to reduce costs without risking later deployment?
- How much finance is needed to achieve a $100 per tonne price?
- What are some of the success stories where local communities have benefited from DAC development?
Session Chair:
Jason Hochman - Co-Founder & Executive Director, The DAC Coalition
Confirmed Speakers:
Giana Amador - Executive Director, Carbon Removal Alliance
Nicholas Eisenbacher - President, Global Thermostat
Josh Santos - CEO, Noya
Rob van Straten - CEO, Skytree
11:30 - Carbon Registry of the Future
Format: Keynote
- CDR needs to grow faster, but this is blocked today by a lack of trust.
- A functioning carbon market requires a new type of registry built upon transparency—one that can deliver confidence for buyers, suppliers, and the public.
- Registries of the future must be grounded in science to ensure lasting, positive climate impact.
- Buyers need to know registries are working on their behalf to unlock offtakes.
- Only with such registries can all players in the ecosystem work together to meet these challenges, rebuild trust in carbon markets, and help carbon removal scale.
Confirmed Speaker:
Eamon Jubbawy - CEO, Isometric
11:40 - Campfire Sessions
Format: Team Collaboration
- Organisations invite attendees to an intimate discussion around critical challenges relating to CDR development. The session will culminate in the sharing of new ideas with delegates.
1. DAC + CCS = a Match Made in Heaven
Rob van Straten - CEO, Skytree
2. Startup Scaling Secrets: Leveraging Tech and Engineering for Growth to Net-Zero
Lorraine Chambon - Incubation Leader, Technip Energies
Pascal Streit - Head of Decarbonisation Technology, Technip Energies
3. Outlook for Lime-Based Sorbents to Provide Global-Scale CDR
Mario Guagnelli - VP Product Development of Calcite, 8 Rivers
4. Value of Agricultural Carbon Credits, a More Permanent Solution
Samuel Fournier - CEO, ChrysaLabs
5. Developing new CDR Technologies: from Concept to Deployment
Matthew Newman - Head of Sustainable Technologies, TTP
Peter Jackson - CDR Technology Lead, TTP
6. Intentionally Developing CDR Industry Architecture: the Role of Trade Associations
Chris Sherwood - Secretary-General, Negative Emissions Platform
Toby Bryce - Policy Advisor, Carbon Business Council
7. What was I Made for? CDR use Cases and Implications for MRV Design
Anu Khan - Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Carbon180
8. What makes CDR Insurable? Understanding Risk to Scale Finance
James Kench - Head of Insurance, Kita
9. Smart Corporate Climate Strategy Must Include the Ocean
Paul Holthus - Founding President & CEO, World Ocean Council
Anish Patel - Managing Partner & COO, Yamaha Motor Ventures
10. The Hidden Giant in CDR: Opportunities to Galvanise Cities
Christiaan Gevers Deynoot - Senior Manager Carbon Removal Platforms, South Pole
Nikki Batchelor - Executive Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
11. Startup Solution Lab
Tito Jankowski - Co-Founder & CEO, AirMiners
12. Getting Ready to Transact: What is Necessary to Pitch and Close a CDR Deal
Ariel Hayward - Carbon Removal Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
Rafael Broze - Carbon Removal Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
Afternoon
12:30 - Networking Lunch Break
13:30 - Poseidon’s World: Deep Dive into Ocean-Based CDR
Format: Panel
- What are the most recent ocean-based developments contributing to removal at a multi-gigaton scale? How quickly are we able to deploy them?
- What legitimate uncertainties about ecological and social impacts are most prominent?
- Are the existing frameworks guiding investors and catalysing public and private investment in blue carbon understood?
- Where geographically are most of the scientific studies taking place? What political and legal barriers stand in the way of advancing ocean CDR?
Session Chair:
Brad Ack - CEO, Ocean Visions
Confirmed Speakers:
Kristin Ellis - Partner, Lowercarbon Capital
Marty Odlin - Founder & CEO, Running Tide
Gaurav N. Sant - Pritzker Professor of Sustainability, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Ori Shaashua - Co-Founder & Chief Impact Officer, Gigablue
14:15 - Investment Report: The State of the Industry
Format: Presentation
Confirmed Speaker:
Ongeleigh Underwood - Director, Circular Carbon Network
14:30 - Nature: In Demand and on the Rise, Globally
Format: Fireside chat
- Last year, BiCRS -particularly Biochar - accounted for over 90% of carbon credits. Will it keep its 'significant mitigation' potential or will duration raise questions? How can we increase the private capital representation?
- Do we risk reducing natural ecosystems to one metric – carbon? What effective strategies are there for putting a price tag on nature?
- The success factor of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) removal projects hinges on accurate monitoring and measurement mechanisms. What has been the progress?
- Is there an opportunity to double down on NbS in the Global South, especially Latin America? What has been the outcome when doing so?
- NbS often bring about tangible co-benefits, including social benefits and business opportunities. What have been the success stories in Latin America, particularly in rural and underserved areas?
Confirmed Moderator:
James Dinneen, Environmental Reporter, New Scientist
Confirmed Speakers:
Shannon Smith - CCO, Chestnut Carbon
Patrick Atanasije Pineda - Founder & Managing Director, The Next 150
15:00 - Networking Coffee Break
15:30 - The Final Steps of the CDR Cycle: Storage
Format: Fireside Chat
- Why is captured CO2 only sometimes stored at the project source? What are the factors determining where we store at geologic or utilisation sites?
- How have storage solutions progressed over the last year? What partnerships hold the key to long-term, cost-effective storage?
- Where are the opportunities to repurpose existing infrastructure instead of building new ‘stuff’?
- What is the full potential of carbon storage? Is it enough to reach the world’s removal target?
Session Chair:
Sanjeev Menon - Graduate Research Assistant Kelly Lab, Columbia Engineering
Confirmed Speakers:
Claire Nelson - Co-Founder & CTO, Cella
Julia Reichelstein - Co-Founder & CEO, Vaulted Deep
16:00 - Tech Showcase: Mission Innovation
Format: Start-Up Pitching
- Spotlighting the next generation of CDR pioneers.
Start-up Presenter:
Iddo Tsur - Co-Founder & COO, CarbonBlue
Hannah Murnen - CTO, Graphyte
Malte Feucht - Founder & CEO, Carbon Atlantis
Showcase Judge:
Chante Harris - Founder & Managing Partner, Eunoia Group
Marley Rafson - Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Alcove
16:30 - Aviation and CDR: Ready for Take-Off?
Format: Fireside Chat
- Pre-purchased, verified and durable carbon removal credits between airlines and aerospace manufacturers are rising. What do the notable successes have in common?
- Is CORSIA leading to offsetting beyond borders? Has the first phase been on track to limit the growth of net aviation CO2 emissions to 2020 levels?
- Developments in fossil-derived jet fuel and new technologies significantly decarbonise long-haul aviation and the pathway to Net-Zero 2050. What policy frameworks need to be put in place to incentivise producers?
- What are the opportunities to reuse removed carbon in sustainable fuel?
Session Chair:
Edward Sanders - COO, Equatic
Confirmed Speakers:
Anna Stukas - Vice President Business Development, 1PointFive
Stéfanie Rondou-Pontbriand - Senior Manager for Climate Change, Air Canada
17:00 - MRV Frameworks: Are They the GGR ‘Market Shaper’?
Format: Panel
- Is ‘perfect’ the enemy of good? Should we allow lower MRV certainty in exchange for lower cost and complexity?
- Using the VCM to scale carbon removal presents both opportunities and challenges. How solid and accepted are the current standards and methodologies for CDR projects?
- Thinking of the plurality of standards and protocols, how do we get the protocols to stand up to scrutiny? What are we reporting against?
- How will a federal MRV system, or a publicly developed MRV system, interact with those available today, mainly used in the voluntary market?
- What examples are there of models for harder-to-measure, more open-ended systems?
Session Chair:
Matt Kirley - Manager RMI, Climate-Aligned Industries, Carbon Dioxide Removal, RMI
Confirmed Speakers:
Jamie Burrows - Head of CCUS Venture, DNV
Anu Khan - Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Carbon180
David LaGreca - Managing Director Voluntary Carbon Markets, EcoEngineers
Akifumi (Chris) Takigawa - Manager CDR, Mitsubishi Corporation
17:45 - End of Day
Thursday 23rd May
Morning
08:00 - Breakfast Briefing: Recommendations to Increase Natural Ecosystem Restoration Projects and Impacts
Buyers of carbon credits on the voluntary carbon market (VCM) are increasingly seeking high-quality projects that benefit biodiversity and ecological restoration beyond climate change mitigation.
While stand-out projects that advance both do exist, relatively few projects today meet this bar. Consequently, buyers can find it difficult to identify and evaluate projects that promote multifaceted outcomes. In this session, panellists will explore:
- The types of nature-based projects best suited to deliver benefits across climate and nature.
- The barriers to ecosystem restoration in the VCM and strategies for how buyers can help overcome them.
Session Chair:
Sanna O'Connor-Morberg - Senior Science and Strategy Manager, Carbon Direct
Confirmed Speakers:
Rahul Barua - Director of Climate Finance Innovation, Salesforce
Sarah Federman - Director of Landscape Decarbonization, Carbon Direct
Tracy Johns - Head of Carbon removal program, Meta
Alex Moore - PhD Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forest & Conservation Sciences and Dept. of Botany, The University of British Columbia
09:00 - Scaling Successfully from Lab to Field
Format: Fireside Chat
Confirmed Speaker:
Douglas Chan - COO, Climeworks
09:30 - CDR.fyi: Updates on the Market and New Analysis
Format: Present
Session Chair:
Rafael Broze - Senior Program Manager Carbon Removal, Microsoft
Confirmed Speaker:
Alexander Rink - Co-Founder, CDR.fyi
09:45 - A Buyers’ World Part One: What is Holding Them Back?
Format: Panel
- How does the industry attract more buyers? What is preventing corporations, including philanthropic ones, from purchasing removal credits?
- What are the priorities of buyers? How does this influence their buying pattern?
- How can buyers get comfortable with new suppliers that require funding?
- What decision-making goes into purchasing CDR credits, and who is ultimately responsible for signing off spending?
- How can we ensure the integrity of CDR credits to instil confidence in buyers, encouraging them to incorporate CDR credits into their emission compensation portfolios?
- How impactful have the public and private sectors been in fostering consensus around carbon removals as an essential step towards Net-Zero?
Session Chair:
Ben Rubin - Executive Director, Carbon Business Council
Confirmed Speakers:
Hannah Bebbington - Head of Strategy, Frontier
Rory Jacobson - Acting Division Director for Carbon Dioxide Removal, U.S. Department of Energy
Tim Sperry - Founder & CEO, Carbon Limit
Antti Vihavainen - CEO, Puro.earth
10:30 - A Buyers’ World Part Two: Ask Me Anything
Format: Interactive Q&A
- We invite the audience to ask candid questions to the experienced carbon removal buyers panel. Receive meaningful insights into selling and purchasing carbon removals.
Session Chair:
Ben Rubin - Executive Director, Carbon Business Council
Confirmed Speakers:
Hannah Bebbington - Head of Strategy, Frontier
Rory Jacobson - Acting Division Director for Carbon Dioxide Removal, U.S. Department of Energy
11:00 - Networking Coffee Break
11:30 - Towards Net-Zero Agriculture: Improving Yield, Revenue and Resiliency
Format: Panel
- What CDR solutions are helping us achieve carbon-negative agriculture?
- What tools allow farmers to track the results after deploying carbon removal solutions on the farm?
- How engaged are landowners? What needs to be done to educate them on the possibilities of these solutions?
- What are the main environmental and social co-benefits of ‘carbon farming’, and how are companies showcasing these?
- ERW and biochar solutions offer a win-win: removing CO2, being readily deployable and providing nutrition. Which rock or coal type is most suitable for this application?
Session Chair:
Radhika Moolgavkar - Head of Supply & Methodology, Nori
Confirmed Speakers:
Caroline Braun - Team Lead Business Development & Carbon Removal, Landwärme
Dylan Lubbe - Commercial Director, Agoro Carbon Alliance
Jim Mann - CEO & Co-Founder, UNDO
Mary Yap - Co-Founder & CEO, Lithos Carbon
Afternoon
12:15 - Scientific Rigour and Quality in Carbon Credits
Format: Fireside Chat
- How do buyers define and assess quality when purchasing carbon removal credits?
- What are the minimum thresholds buyers expect for scientific rigour?
Confirmed speaker:
Joanna Klitzke - Procurement & Ecosystem Strategy Lead, Frontier
Lukas May - Head of Expansion & Policy, Isometric
12:35 - Campfire Sessions
Format: Team Collaboration
- Organisations invite attendees to an intimate discussion around crucial challenges relating to CDR development. The session will culminate in the sharing of new ideas between the delegates.
1. DAC + CCS = a Match Made in Heaven
Rob van Straten - CEO, Skytree
2. Startup Scaling Secrets: Leveraging Tech and Engineering for Growth to Net-Zero
Lorraine Chambon - Incubation Leader, Technip Energies
Pascal Streit - Head of Decarbonisation Technology, Technip Energies
3. Outlook for Lime-Based Sorbents to Provide Global-Scale CDR
Mario Guagnelli - VP Product Development of Calcite, 8 Rivers
4. Value of Agricultural Carbon Credits, a More Permanent Solution
Samuel Fournier - CEO, ChrysaLabs
5. Developing new CDR Technologies: from Concept to Deployment
Matthew Newman - Head of Sustainable Technologies, TTP
Peter Jackson - CDR Technology Lead, TTP
6. Intentionally Developing CDR Industry Architecture: the Role of Trade Associations
Chris Sherwood - Secretary-General, Negative Emissions Platform
Dana Jacobs - Chief of Staff, Carbon Removal Alliance
7. What was I Made for? CDR use Cases and Implications for MRV Design
Anu Khan - Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Carbon180
8. What makes CDR Insurable? Understanding Risk to Scale Finance
James Kench - Head of Insurance, Kita
9. Smart Corporate Climate Strategy Must Include the Ocean
Paul Holthus - Founding President & CEO, World Ocean Council
Toby Bryce - Policy Advisor, Carbon Business Council
10. The Hidden Giant in CDR: Opportunities to Galvanise Cities
Christiaan Gevers Deynoot - Senior Manager Carbon Removal Platforms, South Pole
Nikki Batchelor - Executive Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
11. Startup Solution Lab
Tito Jankowski - Co-Founder & CEO, AirMiners
12. Getting Ready to Transact: What is Necessary to Pitch and Close a CDR Deal
Ariel Hayward - Carbon Removal Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
Rafael Broze - Carbon Removal Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
13:15 - Networking Lunch Break
14:15 - International Compliance Markets: Scaling Up CDR
Format: Fireside Chat
- What nations are currently implementing different policies to incentivise carbon removal? What are the international frameworks to support connecting supply and demand markets globally?
- How can governments create a safe space for innovation whilst ensuring their deployment is safe and fair?
- What are the benefits of developed compliance markets compared to voluntary markets?
- Which are the most developed compliance markets? What markets do we expect to mature soon?
Session Chair:
Tim Bushman - Director of Policy & Research, Carbon Removal Canada
Confirmed Speakers:
Kerry Constabile - Vice Chair, Energy Technical Advisory Committee & Senior Climate Expert, Gold Standard
Annalise Downey - Senior Manager, Technical Climate Consulting, Sylvera
Lewis Rodger - Carbon Markets Development Lead, Drax
14:45 - Investor Roundtable: Funding the Removal Economy
Format: Panel
- Can we solve the chicken-and-egg problem, where finance is scarce until projects are successful?
- Where do investors think the next billion-dollar breakthrough will come from?
- What must projects and businesses demonstrate to attract investors in this nascent market?
- How does a lack of buyers in the market impact valuations and deployable capital?
Session Chair:
Ongeleigh Underwood - Director, Circular Carbon Network
Confirmed Speakers:
Jack Andreasen - Manager, Carbon Management, U.S. Policy & Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy
Amir Chireh Mehr - Senior Investment Director, Elemental Excelerator
Ryan McPherson - Director, Climate Innovation & Investment, Autodesk
Susan Schofer - Partner, SOSV/HAX
15:30 - Key Takeaways from Carbon Unbound USA
Format: Wrap-up Discussion
- What was discussed over the two days that will make an impact on CDR?
- Where do leaders need to focus their time in order to make an oversized impact?
- What will we be discussing at Carbon Unbound 2025?
Session Chair:
Candice Ammori - Founder, Climate Vine
Confirmed Speakers:
Justin Freiberg - Managing Director, Carbon Containment Lab
Hannes Junginger-Gestrich - CEO, Carbonfuture
16:00 - End of Conference and Closing Network Drinks
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Additionally, we will also be opening up an RSVP to OpenAir's Carbon Removal Challenge, on a first come, first serve basis on the evening of 21 May.
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