Organised by CCUS Innovation, Zero Emissions Platform, COREu and ACCSESS, the half-day event ''From Innovation to FID – Making CCUS Bankable'' brings together industry leaders, financiers, policymakers, and technology providers to explore how CCUS projects can move from innovation and demonstration to bankable investments and final investment decisions (FID).

Building on concrete project experiences and EU policy instruments, the event will focus on de-risking technologies, standardisation across the CCUS value chain, and financial structures that enable investment at scale. Through expert talks, panel discussions, and networking, participants will examine how operational lessons, regulatory frameworks, and innovative financing mechanisms can reduce uncertainty, attract capital, and accelerate deployment of CCUS across Europe.

When: 2 June 2026, 10:00 – 14:00 CET

Where: Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, and online (Microsoft Teams)

Register and join the open event here.

Target audience: This event is aimed at all stakeholders in CCUS chain, from emitters to storage operators, including companies developing, financing, regulating, and scaling CCUS projects who are seeking practical pathways from pilot projects to investable infrastructure.

09:30 Welcome and mingling

10:00 Introduction: Strategic importance of keeping Europe as an industrial innovation leader

10:10 Session 1: Derisking technology

• Innovation Fund success stories
• From research to field deployment: a case study
• CCUS sandbox: derisking innovative CCS technologies

10:50 Coffee break

11:00 Session 2: Understanding and managing risks: towards standardisation

• Experience from CCS operations
• Panel discussion: CCS risks & standardisation
• Introducing a CCS Guarantee Mechanism to manage financial exposure related to value-chain disruption risks

11:50 Coffee break

12:00 Session 3: Bankability and FID

• CCS as investable infrastructure: lessons from the UK and the Netherlands
• Panel discussion: making a bankable CCS transport chain in Southern Europe
• Revenue streams for CCS projects
• Viable CCS business models for achieving project financing

13:00 Concluding remarks

13:10 Lunch and networking