Sustainability meets Scalability: Joint EIC – SUNERGY Roadmapping Event on Renewable Hydrogen, Fuels and Chemicals

As the world grapples with the urgent need for climate change mitigation, the pathway to sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials derived from renewable energy, water, and abundant resources becomes more crucial than ever. However, it's time to go beyond buzzwords and technology hype. To ensure these solutions are not only scalable but truly sustainable, we must critically assess our current strategies and future goals.

The upcoming event brings together leaders from academia, industry, start-ups, and policy to address the key challenges and opportunities surrounding renewable hydrogen, fuels, and chemicals. With a focus on both scalability and sustainability, we will engage in candid discussions to evaluate where we stand today and where we need to go.

Over two dynamic days, participants will dive into specific topics, from hydrogen production to the carbon economy, with the aim of defining concrete outcomes and setting achievable milestones. Through plenary sessions, interactive formats, and a detailed road mapping exercise, we will align on the societal needs, technological advancements, and political frameworks required to drive forward a truly sustainable solution.

Join us as we work together to shape the future of renewable energy and build the roadmap to a cleaner, more sustainable world!

What you can expect:

• Gain a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-play of renewable hydrogen, fuels and chemicals technologies
• Exchange leading academics, visionary entrepreneurs, industrial leaders, policymakers, and investors
• Contribute to the development of an EU Technological Roadmap on Renewable Fuels and Chemicals
• Find partners for future collaborations and enjoy ample opportunities to network

What we want to achieve:

• Reality check: Match R&I realities with industrial needs and policy ambitions
• Gain a clear understanding of the next technological milestones
• Guide innovation at an early stage towards the most sustainable configurations that meet societal needs
• Bring together the entire innovation eco-system on renewable hydrogen, fuels and chemicals

Topics covered:

• From a societal need to technological innovation: policy, industrialization and investors session
• Solar-to-X devices: where are we now?
• The devices of tomorrow: with biotechnology, autonomous operation and computational materials science to fully sustainable devices
• Transition of technology to (social) innovation: techno-sustainability assessment, social challenges and opportunities and market considerations
• Standards, common metrics, fair benchmarking: key enablers for upscaling technology

Showcasing European innovation

The conference will offer the opportunity to present your innovation, either in form of a project roll-up or by exhibiting a demonstrator (tangible, no poster). Please indicate in the registration form if you would like to show us what you got. 

Time and spaces are limited. We therefore reserve the right to select roll-up/demonstrators to ensure a wide coverage in terms of topics and presenters.

The preliminary agenda for the event:

• General information
• 19 December 2024

Preliminary Agenda - Scalability Meets Sustainability

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