The aim for the two distinct communities is to interact, learn from each other and get inspiration on strategies to overcome technical challenges in each research field. The one-day symposium will cover various cutting edge topics in the field, focusing on technologies that use CO₂ or CO from industrial off-gases and/or CO₂ from the air as a resource to produce materials, fuels and food/feed ingredients, fueled by green energy and hydrogen.
Speed-Dating and Panel discussion
In addition to various lectures by invited experts in the field, the program will include a Speed-Dating session and a Panel discussion to enable sufficient time for exchange between participants.
Target audience
Organized by Sandy Schmidt (Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy) and Jinxiu Xie (Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen), two young PIs from the University of Groningen, the symposium is directed at students, PhD candidates, postdocs, PIs, and industry representatives to feature the research in the field of (but not limited to):
- Catalyst development to produce fuels and building blocks from CO2
- Advanced reactor technologies
- Genetic and metabolic engineering of bacteria for C1 feedstock utilization
- Gas fermentation
- (Microbial) electrosynthesis
Registration
No fees. Registration is open until 18th of April 2023.
Please register via this form.
The number of participants is limited to 100.
The symposium is sponsored by the University of Groningen’s research institutes ENTEG and GRIP as well as the EU project ‘ConCO2rde’ and supported by the National Growth Fund initiative FutureCarbonNL.
Symposium program
Time | all times are CET |
9.30 am | REGISTRATION and COFFEE (location: Energy Academy Building, Zernike Campus, Groningen) |
10.00 am | CONFERENCE WELCOME Jingxiu Xie & Sandy Schmidt – University of Groningen (NL) |
Session 1 Chair: Jingxiu Xie | |
10.10 am | LECTURE Wim Brilman – University of Twente (NL) Process development for a carbon-neutral society: from direct air capture to methanol (and beyond) |
10.50 a.m | LECTURE Leendert Benzemer – Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (NL) Thermo catalytic production of sustainable hydrocarbons from CO2 and CO |
11.20 am | NETWORKING: SPEED DATING |
12.20 pm | LUNCH BREAK |
Session 2 Chair: Sandy Schmidt | |
13.20 pm | LECTURE Diana Z. Sousa – Wageningen University (NL) One-carbon Dinner for Two (or more!): Conversion of CO by Synthetic Microbial Co-cultures |
14.00 pm | LECTURE Jan Wery – Photanol B.V. (NL) Cyanobacteria as cell factories for chemical production from CO2 |
14.30 pm | LECTURE Ludovic Jourdin – Delft University of Technology (NL) ‘CO2 electrolysis: how about microbes as catalysts?’ |
15.00 pm | COFFEE BREAK |
Session 3 Chair: Jingxiu Xie, Sandy Schmidt | |
15.20 pm | LECTURE Emiel J.M. Hensen – Eindhoven University of Technology (NL) Catalytic aspects of CO2 hydrogenation for energy storage |
16.00 pm | PANEL DISCUSSION Opened by Matthias Heinemann introducing the National Growthfund Initiative FutureCarbonNL |
16.50 pm | SYMPOSIUM CLOSING Jingxiu Xie & Sandy Schmidt – University of Groningen (NL) |
17.00 pm | NETWORKING BORREL (location: Energy Academy Building, Zernike Campus, Groningen) |
