Invitation

The two projects Carbon4PUR and CO₂EXIDE invite you to their final joint presentation of R&D results on renewable production routes towards polyurethanes and ethylene oxide derivatives +++ Focusing on CO/CO₂ as raw materials for sustainable chemistry +++ A pan-European approach to a global challenge +++ Framed by contributions and statements of the European Commission, experts from science and industry, and board members of the industrial partners +++

Dear Follower,

State-of-the-art CCU technologies are paving the way to a future industry that is independent of fossil feedstock. New approaches are addressing the challenges and opportunities of turning our linear “throw-away” society into a Circular Economy, in which recycling processes form the basis of a sustainable production.

These are the core elements of the Horizon 2020 projects Carbon4PUR and CO₂EXIDE. Our aim is to reuse carbon from CO and CO₂ as a raw material for the synthesis of epoxides and polyurethanes. Utilising off-gas from a steel plant or a biogas plant as feedstock, we follow two different conversion paths and target complementary end products on the pathway to alternative plastics production based on carbon recycling.

In our joint symposium “Sustainable Plastics – Joining CCU, Circular Economy and Power-to-X for better Polymers” we will present the projects’ main results, thus showcasing the potential of a comprehensive linkage between EU-funded research.

After having been compelled to postpone the planned joint event in Aachen last year, we now gladly and warmly invite you to participate in our online symposium.

The symposium will start with a keynote of Søren Bøwadt (European Commission) who will outline the current funding policy in the Green Deal and Horizon Europe programmes, thus relating the research topic of the two Horizon 2020 projects to the European future goals. Michael Carus (nova institute) will elucidate the Renewable Carbon Strategy that proposes the combined use of biomass, CO₂ utilisation and recycling for sustainable production chains.

Framed by statements of their board members, the consortium partners of Carbon4PUR and CO₂EXIDE will then give a detailed overview on the central outcomes of their research efforts, also including regulative measures, social acceptance as well as sustainable electricity and feedstock supply as enablers for a future carbon-neutral process industry.

The symposium will end with a panel discussion with Walter Leitner (MPI-CEC / RWTH Aachen University), Maximilian Fleischer (Siemens Energy), Sophie Wilmet (CEFIC), Carmine Marzano (European Commission) and Florian Ausfelder (DECHEMA) about the demands and next steps towards a circular European industry.

We warmly invite you to participate in our multifaceted symposium.

• Date: Thursday, March 25^th 2021, 10.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
• Location: Online
• Costs: Free of charge. Registration required.
• Programme and Registration: You can view the programme and sign up for the symposium here.
  
  

Please feel free to share this email invitation with your colleagues.

We look forward to welcoming you at

Best Wishes!

Andrei Barascu (Carbon4PUR),
Vlatko Vilovic (CO₂Exide),
and the whole event organisation team.

If you have any further questions, please contact Andrei Barascu at andrei.barascu@dechema.de or +49 69 7564 344.  Do not reply to this email.

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