Amanda Wilson
Director General of the Office of Energy Research and Development at Natural Resources, Canada
Canadian representative on the Mission Innovation Steering Committee, and Chair of the IEA Committee on Energy Research and Technology (CERT)
Opening remarks
Amanda Wilson is the Director General of the Office of Energy Research and Development at Natural Resources Canada where she is responsible for a number of Government of Canada programs and initiatives in the area of energy innovation. In this capacity she serves as the Canadian representative on the Mission Innovation Steering Committee, and is the chair of the IEA Committee on Energy Research and Technology.
Chris Bataille
Associate Researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI.org) in Paris, France, and Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada
An overview from the IPCC
Chris Bataille has been involved in energy and climate policy analysis for 26 years as a researcher, energy systems and economic modeller, analyst, writer, project manager, and founding partner. His career has been focused on the transition to a globally sustainable energy system, more recently technology and policy pathways to net-zero GHG emissions by all sectors by 2050-‘70 to meet the Paris Agreement goals. He is an Associate Researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI.org) in Paris working on the Deep Decarbonization Pathways project (DDPinitiative.org), and an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University. Chris was a Lead Author for the Industry Chapter of the 6th cycle of the IPCC Assessment Report 2019-2022, as well as the Summary for Policy Makers and Technical Summary.
Claus Hélix-Nielsen
Professor, Head of department
Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, DTU Sustain, Denmark
New membrane materials and processes – separation and beyond
Claus Hélix-Nielsen is professor in water technology & innovation and chair of the Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering at The Technical University of Denmark. He is also leading the Laboratory for Water Biophysics and Membrane Processes at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia. His current research interests include biomimetic and smart materials for environmental engineering applications. He has a strong interest in innovation and has been involved in a number of Danish start-ups most notably in Aquaporin A/S, now a NASDAQ listed company, where biomimetic membranes are now being developed and commercialized.
Donald Olsen
Senior Research Associate, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Title TBD
Donald Olsen works as a Senior Research Associate in the research group Thermal Energy Systems and Process Engineering at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. His educational background in Chemical Engineering as well practical process engineering experience in the mineral processing and oil industries together with the software industry provides the necessary background for the latest direction in the applied research of process integration. The research has primarily focused on the development of software for the support of the practical application of pinch analysis in industry and the extension of methods for batch process optimization and multi-period operation.
Elin Svensson
Elin Svensson, Senior researcher, Chalmers University of Technology, division of Energy Technology, Sweden
Impact on excess heat opportunities of future changes in industrial energy systems
Elin Svensson is a project manager at CIT Renergy and, since 2021, also a senior researcher at Chalmers University of Technology. She has a PhD in Industrial Energy Systems from 2012 and in 2020 she was appointed, by Chalmers, the title Docent in Energy Efficient Industrial Processes. Her research specializes in process heat recovery and energy efficient integration of new technologies in industrial process plants.
François Maréchal
Professor and Head of the Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering group
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL, Switzerland
Process integration for the industry decarbonisation and
Designing biorefineries with a holistic and systemic approach
Prof. François Marechal is the head of the industrial process and energy systems engineering group in Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland). Prof Marechal hold a Chem eng. degree from university of Liège (B). He is ranked in the top 10 of the researcher in Switzerland in the field of science and engineering. His main field of research concerns the decision support for the design of integrated processes and energy systems with the focus on the decarbonisation and the systemic integration of renewable energy sources. Prof Marechal is the former head of the energy section of the EFCE and the chief editor of the specialty process and energy systems engineering of the journal frontiers in energy research.
Ivan Kantor
Professor, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Process Blueprints and Circular Economy
Dr. Ivan Kantor has recently joined the department of chemical and materials Engineering at Concordia university. His educational background in Chemical Engineering formed the basis for optimization-based approaches focusing on industrial energy efficiency, circular economy, sustainability, and energy systems. The research objectives of this work are focused on developing methods to solve complex problems and proposing novel solutions using systematic and holistic approaches to capture all important aspects for a problem. Tools such as life-cycle assessment, optimization, process simulation and machine learning are employed to treat aspects of these complex problems that require purpose-built solutions or considerations. Current research topics include optimization methods for integrating various industries and economic sectors, as well as developing process blueprints for existing and emerging technologies to aid decision-making with superstructure optimization approaches.
Johanna Mossberg
Vice President Biorefinery and Energy, RISE Research Institute of Sweden
Panel Discussion Leader: How to accelerate the transformation of industry
Johanna Mossberg is a leader with passion for transition of industry towards sustainability and biorefinery development. She holds an MSc in Industrial engineering and management from Linköping University of Technology (2005) and received her PhD in industrial energy systems from Chalmers University of Technology in 2012. Johanna holds in-depth knowledge of environmental improvement assessment of industrial production and biorefinery concepts, analysis of industrial transition and industrial collaboration between the pulp and paper industry and the chemical process industry, barriers, drivers, and the role of public policy.
Kari Aamodt Espegren
Principal Scientist, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway
ETSAP Operating Agent
The role of industry in energy systems models – Methods and findings
Kari Espegren works as a Principal Scientist at the Department of Energy Systems at IFE and has more than 30 years of experience with research related to the development of the future energy system. The work is largely related to the development and use of various energy system models, especially the TIMES energy system models. A main topic is scenario analysis in the intersection between technology and social studies. From 2020 she has been the Operating Agent of TCP-ETSAP (Energy Technology Systems Analysis Program).
Kathleen Vaillancourt
Founder of ESMIA Consultants and the main instigator of the North American TIMES Energy Model (NATEM), Canada
An economy-wide energy system optimization TIMES model for North America – Net zero scenario analysis with a focus on industrial sectors
Kathleen Vaillancourt is a professional entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in 3E (energy-economy-environment) system modelling and consulting. She leads numerous projects involving energy system model development and their applications for supporting decision-making on energy policies and cost-effective carbon mitigation strategies.
Maria Noberta de Pinho
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Membranes Processes as Best Available Techniques (BAT) in Pulp & Paper Industry
Maria Norberta de Pinho is a Chemical Engineer (University of Porto), and has a PhD in Chemical Engineering(ChE),University of Florida ,U.S.A.. She has been a ChE Professor at the Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), University of Lisboa and is now Professor Jubilado/CeFEMA (IST) Researcher. She has been teaching and coordinating research on Fluid Dynamics, Heat & Mass Transfer, Design & Engineering of Separations and Membrane Processes in Water (drinking water & industrial water re-use), Food (dairy ,wine &beverages), Pulp&Paper and Chemical Industries, Biorefinery (water& valuable products recovery) and Medical Devices. She has been the supervisor of 30 MSc thesis and 20 PhD dissertations. Researcher/Coordinator of 30 projects sponsored by Portuguese Science Foundation (Hemocompatible Nanostructured Membranes for Artificial Organs) and by the European Community. She has been member of European Network of Excellence, NanoMemPro , and of CYTED Iberian-American Network “AQUAMEMTEC “. She is co-author of 200 publications and sub-task leader in IETS Task “Membrane Processes in Biorefineries”.
Dr Piera Patrizio
Head of Research/Guest Associate, Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) / Imperial College London
Opportunities and Challenges of BECCS in Industry: comparison with alternative decarbonization pathways
Dr Patrizio is the Head of Research at the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) and Guest Associate at the Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP) at Imperial College London. She has a decade’s experience as energy systems modeler, with a special focus on the integration of carbon dioxide removal technologies in existing energy systems.
Prior to joining SBTi, she led the development of the MONET model for a range of CO2 removal pathways for the UK and the EU, to quantify the socio-economic and ecosystems trade-offs associated with their implementation in a Net Zero context.
Before joining Imperial College, Piera held a Research Scholar position at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA, Austria) with whom she continues to collaborate.
Susan Fancy
Associate Director, Global CO2 Initiative at the University of Michigan
How to handle Circular Carbon in theory and/or policy – Focus: CCU and LCA
Susan specializes in supporting teams engaged with new technology development and commercialization. A mechanical engineer, she started in the field of carbon capture and utilization in 2014 at the University of Michigan. The Global CO2 Initiative’s vision is to see carbon capture and use recognized as a mainstream carbon management solution. Her previous experience was in the automotive field commercializing innovations for battery and fuel cell electric vehicles at Ford Motor Company.
Thomas Parker
Founder WA3RM, and Adjunct lecturer at Linköping University, Sweden
A Business and Financing Model for Industrial Symbiosis
Thomas was a founding staff member of the IIIEE at Lund University in 1995 and part of the ESS-S team that won the European Spallation Source investment for Sweden. Thomas holds a MSc in engineering physics and a PhD in environmental management and strategy. Thomas founded WA3RM together with Fredrik Indebetou and Michael Wieigert in 2015. WA3RM develops and finances industrial-scale circular businesses.
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Registration opens: 16 December 2022
Conference Dates: 9-11 May 2023