Schedule

  • 8:00 - All Day Registration [Porthania, Lobby. Address: Yliopistonkatu 3]

    9:00 - 11:30 Committee meetings [Metsätalo. Address: Unioninkatu 40]

    9:00 - 10:00 Diversity & Inclusion [B310, hall 11, 3. floor]

    10:00 - 11:30 Communications Cmte. [B312, hall 9, 3. floor]

    10:00 - 11:30 Artificial Intelligence [B302, hall 5, 3. floor]

    10:00 - 11:30 Energy Community - Draft Sequel Report on ‘Towards Low-GHG emissions from energy use in selected sectors’ (2022) [B502, hall 24, 5. floor]

    10:00 - 11:30 Engineering Education [B524, hall 5, 5. floor]

    10:00 - 11:30 Engineering for SDGs [B310, hall 11, 3. floor]

    11:30 - 13:00 Lunch [Porthania]

    13:00 - 17:00 Board Meeting [Porthania, P722] (15:05 - 15:20 Coffee)

    18:00 - 19:30 Cocktail Reception [Helsinki City Hall. Address: Pohjoisesplanadi 11–13]

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    Public symposium “Carbon Neutral Technologies and Society”

    8:00 - All Day Registration [8–12 Main Building of the University of Helsinki. Address: Aleksanterinkatu 5. 12–17 Porthania, Lobby. Address: Yliopistonkatu 3]

    Moderator: Jan Andersson

    9:00 - 9:35 Opening ceremony [The Great Hall, Main Building of the University of Helsinki]
    Mika Hannula, President of CAETS
    Sari Multala, Minister of Science and Culture
    Mikko Hupa, Chair of the Council of Finnish Academies

    9:35 - 10:25 Keynote: Peter D. Lund - Accelerating the energy transition through stronger systems view


    10:25 - 10:40 Break

    10:40 - 11:30 Keynote: Andrea Ramírez Ramírez - Beyond incremental change. A systems perspective to defossilizing industrial clusters

    11:30 - 13:00 Lunch [Porthania]

    Parallel sessions:
    13:00 - 14:15 Academic Session 1: Carbon neutral technology [Porthania, PIII]
    13:00 - 13:25 Neven Duic - The role of flexibility in decarbonisation of energy systems

    13:25 - 13:50 Ville Tulkki - Small modular reactors enabling carbon free industries

    13:50 - 14:15 Henrik Saxén - Decarbonation of steel industry - challenges and opportunities

    13:00 - 14:15 ExpandFibre Session: Accelerating the development of sustainable bioproducts [Porthania, Suomen Laki]
    13:00 - 13:05 Andreas Lindberg (ExpandFibre) - Opening the session
    13:05 - 13:45 Heli Antila (VP, Biobased solutions at Fortum) & Niklas von Weymarn (CEO at Metsä Spring) - Insights from the ExpandFibre leaders
    13:45 - 14:15 Kristiina Kruus (Dean at School of Chemical Engineering at Aalto University) - Collaboration between academia & industry in Finland

    14:15 - 14:45 Coffee
    Exhibitions in the lobby:
    – Aalto CHEMARTS & Aalto University Bioinnovation Centre
    – Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)

    14:45 - 16:00 Academic Session 2: Energy and society [PIII]
    14:45 - 15:10 Eeva-Lotta Apajalahti - Societal impacts of energy transition
    15:10 - 15:35 Paula Kivimaa - Moving towards a new climate-energy-security nexus
    15:35 - 16:00 Pasi Vainikka - Solar Foods – Food through hydrogen fermentation

    14:45 - 16:00 ExpandFibre Session continues [Suomen Laki]
    14:45 - 15:15 Antti Vasara (President & CEO at VTT) - Transforming scientific research into practical innovations
    15:15 - 16:00 Panel discussion: Scaling up new bioproducts
    Moderator:
    Andreas Lindberg (ExpandFibre)
    Panelists:
    Niklas von Weymarn (CEO at Metsä Spring)
    Esa Torniainen (Paptic Ltd.)
    Mari Granström (CEO at Origin by Ocean)
    Jussi Sainiemi (Partner at Voima Ventures)

    16:00 - 16:30 CAETS communications prize [PIII]

    18:10 - 22:45 Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Note: Room for 40 people.

  • Click here to read Wednesday’s Speakers bios

    Public symposium “Carbon Neutral Technologies and Society”

    8:00 - All Day Registration [Porthania, Lobby. Address: Yliopistonkatu 3](8:30 - 9:00 Coffee)

    9:00 - 11:30 Neste Session: Novel sustainable and scalable solutions for transportation and chemicals [Porthania, PII]
    Moderator:
    Teija Laitinen, Project Manager, Neste
    9:00 - 9:15 Petri Lehmus (Neste) - All solutions are needed
    Development of novel sustainable and scalable solutions based on
    9:15 - 9:35 Fanni Laurila (Neste) and Juha Lehtonen (VTT) - Lignocellulosics
    9:35 - 9:55 Aino-Maija Lakaniemi (Neste) and Dorothee Barth (VTT) - Microalgae
    9:55 - 10:15 Clara Lizarazo and Geronimo Watson (Neste), Maarten de Milliano (Maatschap de Milliano) - Novel vegetable oils

    10:15 - 10:30 Break

    10:30 - 10:50 Jarmo Kela (Neste) and Shima Holder Hjort (Uponor) - Plastic waste
    10:50 - 11:10 Suvi Veräjänkorva (Neste), Teemu Lindqvist (GTK) and Pekka Pohjanne (VTT) - Renewable hydrogen
    11:10 - 11:30 Anton Punt (Neste) and Juha Lehtonen (VTT) - Power-t-X

    11:30 - 13:00 Lunch [Porthania]

    13:00 - 14:10 Panel discussion: Carbon Neutral Technologies and Society [PII]
    Moderator:
    Riikka Heikinheimo (Confederation of Finnish Industries)
    Panelists:
    Juhani Damski (Ministry of the Environment)
    Petri Lehmus (Neste)
    Peter Lund (Aalto University)
    Ilona Lundström (Aalto University)
    Andrea Ramírez Ramírez (Delft University of Technology)

    14:10 - 14:30 Closure [PII]

    14:45 - 18:45 Council Meeting [Porthania, P673](16:30 - 16:45 Coffee)

    19:30 - 23:00 Conference Dinner [Old Student house. Address: Mannerheimintie 3]

  • 8:00 - 9:00 Info desk open [Porthania, Lobby]

    TWO OPTIONAL TECHNICAL TOURS AVAILABLE:

    9:30 - 15:30 ExpandFibre tour

    Schedule:

    9:30 Bus leaves from Senaatintori/Tourist bus stop at Snellmaninkatu
    10:00 - 10:15 Arrival to Bioruukki
    11:45 Bus leaves for Otaniemi
    12:00 Lunch at Fat Lizard (provided by ExpandFibre)
    13:30 Arrival to ABio
    15:00 Bus leaves back to Senaatintori/Tourist bus stop at Snellmaninkatu
    15:30 Arrival to Senaatintori/the Senate Square

    9:00 - 11:30 Solar Foods tour

    Schedule:

    9:05 Bus leaves from Kansalliskirjasto/ National Library of Finland, Unioninkatu 36.
    9:30 Tours starts at Solar Foods
    11:00 Tour ends, transportation towards Helsinki city centre
    11:30 Arrival back to Kansalliskirjasto/National Library of Finland, Unioninkatu 36.

Photo: Jussi Hellsten

Photo: Jussi Hellsten

Cocktail reception, Monday 18:00 - 19:30 Helsinki City Hall

You’re most welcome to join our cocktail reception, hosted by the City of Helsinki at the City Hall on Monday at 6 pm.

Sign up for our Tuesday evening excursion to Suomenlinna!

A historic sea fortress offering cultural heritage, scenic views, and exciting maritime history. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Optional ExpandFibre tour on Thursday 9:00 - 15:30

VTT Bioruukki pilot centre is an innovation platform for new bio-based products and circular economy solutions. It offers unique expertise and piloting capabilities all under one roof. In the laboratories and pilot plant, customer organisations of any size can develop and scale up innovations and processes, accelerating their innovation cycles.

Bioruukki is one of Europe’s largest open access pilot facilities, with a unique combination of pilot-scale process development units and R&D services. Customers looking for recycled raw materials or new business opportunities through scale-up can test different solutions and generate data to support investment decision-making.

Our areas of expertise include thermochemical conversions, industrial chemistry, hydrometallurgy, biomass processing and biomaterials. With all the necessary modelling and piloting capability under one roof, VTT Bioruukki delivers optimal solutions from initial development to end products.

Aalto ABio

Aalto ABio is the main research infrastructure of the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems at Aalto University’s School of Chemical Engineering enabling bio and circular economy.

The Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems (Bio2) is at the forefront of forest products technologies and cutting-edge biotechnology. Ultimately, the activities in Bio2 result in innovative products and solutions for applications ranging from construction and textiles to biomaterials, energy and biomedicine.

Optional Solar Foods excursion on Thursday 9:00 - 11:30

Solar Foods is a Finnish food technology company on a mission to revolutionise global food production.

Visit at Factory 01 of Solar Foods. Factory 01 is no ordinary production site – it’s a world-first. It’s where, for the first time in the history of modern food production, protein will be manufactured from inception to completion under a single roof.