Climate Change is a reality facing the global community with potentially catastrophic consequences.

CCS is one of a number of technology options available that may reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere.

South Africa is a developing country with a coal-based energy economy and has committed internationally to stabilising emissions by 2025. CCS provides one option to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions and the South African government has declared CCS a national research priority.

Who should attend?
The conference is designed as an entry level introduction to CCS. It is therefore aimed at executives, geologists, engineers, scientists, policy and regulation developers, researchers, students, NGO's, analysts, risk managers and all interested and affected stakeholders.

What will it provide?
The conference aims to develop a basic understanding of the various technical, economic, policy and regulatory aspects of CCS. In addition, the results and experiences of a number of existing CCS facilities will be presented.

The conference will include presentations by world renowned experts in the field of CCS, including:
• Stefan Bachu
(Alberta Research Council, Canada)
• John Gale
(IEA GHG R&D Programme)
• John Bradshaw
(CO2 Geological Storage Solutions)
• Crispin Walker
(Global CCS Institute)
• Representation from CO2CRC, Schlumberger, UK Department of Energy and Climate Change and the TNO

The conference will be followed by a number of workshops and short training courses.

A limited number of sponsorship opportunities for this conference are still available.