Venue: RADISSON COLLECTION HOTEL WARSAW ul. Grzybowska 24, Warsaw, PL 00-132, Poland
Conference Chair: Mayur Pal, KTU, Lithuania
Secretary: Anna Horbenko, KTU, Lithuania
Advisory group : NGCCUS
Steering group : BASRECCS Board
Summary
The aim of the BCF-2026 project is to prepare, arrange and report the BASRECCS regional conference “BCF Baltic Carbon Forum 2026” which will be held in October. The BCF is part of BASRECCS’ long-term strategy to foster full-scale development of the climate change mitigation technologies carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in the Baltic Sea Region. The aim is to enable interested and engaged stakeholders to meet, discuss, share knowledge and experiences, and develop projects. The BCF will invite network members and other relevant experts, stakeholders and interested persons to be a speakers of BCF 2026.
DAY 1
Thursday, 8 October 2026
Policy, Industrial Decarbonization and CCS Deployment
08:00–09:00 | Registration and Welcome Coffee |
09:00–09:30 | Opening Ceremony Welcome by Prof. Mayur Pal • Opening Address • Conference Photograph |
09:30–10:00 | Opening Keynote Prof. Krzysztof Galos — Critical Minerals, Energy Security and Carbon Management in Poland |
10:00–10:30 | Industry Keynote Radoslaw Gnutek — Industrial Decarbonization Through Carbon Capture and Storage in Poland |
10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00–12:00 | Session 1 • Industrial Decarbonization in Practice Chair: Alla Shogenova |
Talk 1 | Daiva Tusiene Building a Sustainable Tomorrow: Decarbonization at Akmenės Cementas |
Talk 2 | Krists Mertens Title to be confirmed |
Talk 3 | Ole Johan Østvedt Ships with Direct Offshore Injection |
12:00–13:00 | Session 2A • Legal and Regulatory Challenges Chair: Janis Volberts |
Talk 1 | Henrik von Zweigbergk Policy & Regulation regarding Simplification of Rules for Carbon Storage |
Talk 2 | Maren Sundve Legal and regulatory framework for CCS — an overview |
Talk 3 | Viktor Weber Maritime Law and Offshore CO2 Storage |
13:00–14:00 | Lunch |
14:00–15:00 | Session 2B • Public Perception Challenges Chair: Agnieszka Baran |
Talk 1 | Janis Volberts & Krzysztof Fal Public Perception of Carbon Management: The Case of Poland and Latvia |
Talk 2 | Friso Veenstra Public perception and societal embeddedness of CCS |
Talk 3 | Eugene Holubnyak Lessons from the Field: A Case-Study Roadmap for CCS Investment, Monitoring and Industry Sustainability |
15:00–16:00 | Session 3 • Industrial Deployment of CCS in Nordics and Baltics Chair: Mayur Pal |
Talk 1 | Carlo Maccherini Status of CCUS in Poland |
Talk 2 | Sofie Lindström Geological Storage of CO2 in Sweden |
Talk 3 | Carl Emil Meier CCS: Public Funding Mechanisms in the Nordic EU Member States |
16:00–16:30 | Coffee Break |
16:30–17:30 | Session 4 • Engineering, Digital Innovation and CCS Technologies Chair: Shruti Malik |
Talk 1 | Varun Pathak Title to be confirmed |
Talk 2 | Gianluca Di Federico Integrating CCUS Technologies Across the Value Chain |
Talk 3 | Interactive Poster Session Open Discussion / Networking |
19:00–21:00 | Conference Networking Reception |
DAY 2
Friday, 9 October 2026
Geological Storage, Hydrogen and Future Energy Systems
09:00–09:30 | Morning Keynote Alla Shogenova — Synergy of CCUS with Hydrogen Production and Storage Technologies |
09:30–11:00 | Session 5 • Geological Storage Characterization and Site Development Chair: Monika Konieczyńska |
Talk 1 | Adam Wójcicki The CO2 Storage Potential in Poland and How it could be Utilized |
Talk 2 | Mirosław Wojnicki Title to be confirmed |
Talk 3 | Gabriela von Goerne Title to be confirmed |
11:00–11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30–12:30 | Session 6 • Hydrogen and Future Carbon Management Chair: Michal Wendolowski |
Talk 1 | Aliaksei Patonia Beyond the Hydrogen Hype: Where Hydrogen Works – and Where CCS Matters |
Talk 2 | Sakura Nishioka Japan’s Perspective on CCS and Hydrogen Deployment |
12:30–13:30 | Closing Panel • Building the Baltic Carbon Management Ecosystem Moderator: Prof. Mayur Pal Panelists: Radoslaw Gnutek • Agnieszka Baran • Carlo Maccherini • Alla Shogenova • Gabriela von Goerne |
13:30–13:45 | Closing Ceremony |
13:45 | Lunch and Departure |
Programme note: Titles marked “TBC” or “Title to be confirmed” remain provisional in the supplied programme.
