Opening Carbon Capture Canada 2025 will be a hard-hitting interview that will investigate the strategies, challenges and opportunities of CCUS post-election in Canada.

• What signals are we seeing from the new government on CCUS policy, funding, and regulatory certainty?
• What’s holding back large-scale deployment—tech readiness, infrastructure, or permitting bottlenecks?
• Investment competitiveness: How does Canada stack up globally in attracting CCUS capital compared to the U.S. and EU?
• What does a real partnership look like between industry, government, and Indigenous communities?

Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) is quickly becoming one of the most exciting frontiers in clean tech. From engineered solutions to nature-based innovations, the race is on to scale technologies that can permanently remove carbon and reshape how we think about emissions.

• Hear from top executives driving the next wave of CDR innovation — from lab to large-scale deployment.
• Explore how CDR is opening new markets, attracting investment, and creating long-term value across the energy ecosystem.
• Learn what it will take to make CDR scalable, investable, and impactful — not just for climate goals, but for economic growth and energy leadership.

With Canada’s new energy minister, Tim Hodgson, prioritizing building carbon-capture systems for the oil sands and emphasizing the need for responsible oil production, utilizing carbon capture technologies looks a certainty for major emitters. Investments will have to be made in order to deliver these projects. This keynote will deliver an exclusive look at what it will take to get these projects built to be a “true conventional and clean energy superpower”.

• Taking a deep-dive into the strategic investments critical for building CCS infrastructure.
• Explore key developments and investments that have taken place over the last 12 months.
• Gain expert insights into accelerating investment, both with private and public money.

As the US Department of Energy is walking back $3.7 billion in funding for carbon capture and other emissions-reduction technologies, does this present an opportunity for Canada to ensure sustained competitiveness of Canadian energy and industrial sectors, and to provide corresponding jobs and regional economic benefits.

• Discover Who the global leader is in developing and deploying CCUS technologies.
• Explore strategies for aligning key industry priorities and discuss how to secure business certainty.
• Strategies for strengthening global ties and cross-border partnership that withstand market volatility.

As global demand for data centres surges, so does the urgency to decarbonize the digital backbone of our economy. While CCUS is gaining traction in heavy industry, its role in data infrastructure is just beginning to emerge. This session explores how carbon capture, utilization, and storage can be integrated into the data centre ecosystem — and what it will take to deploy these solutions efficiently, competitively, and at scale.

• Unpack the future of data centre sustainability, with CCS as a competitive advantage, enabling cost-effective, scalable decarbonization.
• Explore market mechanisms and innovations that ensure efficient, reliable, and low-carbon power for data infrastructure.
• Discuss how data centres are integrating CCUS into next-gen infrastructure, and the real-world strategies for making carbon capture a core component of digital expansion.

The Nordic countries all have strong energy systems and are far advanced when it comes to tackling climate change. We have different prerequisites and priorities, but many challenges and opportunities are common to the entire Nordic Region, and we support common ambitions. At the same time, the Nordic Region must contend with a new geopolitical reality that affects the security and supply chains of its nations.

The energy transition will require the development of new technologies, and this is an area in which the Nordic Region has already proven itself to be a leading player globally. There is every indication that CCUS must be a part of the solution for the Nordic countries to become carbon neutral by 2050, and success requires rapid and immediate development. Both Canada and the Nordics are well-equipped in this regard: we have the technology, the competence, and the natural resources. Consequently, we also have a lot to learn from each other.

Based on these foundations, this panel featuring the five Nordic ambassadors to Canada will serve as an important opportunity to highlight tangible opportunities for cooperation between Canada and the Nordics in this field.

As CCUS expands globally, the role of CO₂-enhanced oil recovery (EOR) remains a topic of debate. This panel will examine how Alberta is leveraging CO2-EOR to revitalize existing assets, lower emissions and strengthen energy security.
 
•    Explore how CO₂-EOR supports emissions reduction while unlocking economic value.
•    Gain expert insights into the global potential for CO2-EOR.
•    Discover how CO₂-EOR helps address Alberta’s mature assets challenge.