Keynote speakers
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Presentations of Keynote speakers
Prof. Dr. Hannes Utikal
Prof. Dr. Hannes Utikal is the Head of the Center for Industry and Sustainability (ZIN) at Provadis Hochschule, Frankfurt, Germany. He is involved in the Cluster Process4Sustainability, situated at the Industriepark Höchst. The cluster is a network of companies in the process industry, research institutions and societal innovation partners with the aim to proactively shape the sustainability transformation. They do so by for example translating the major goal of CO₂ neutrality into tangible steps for individual companies and its specific local conditions. Options in the transformation of the Höchst Industrial Park (IPH) will be discussed in the speak, including renewable electricity, heat electrification, green hydrogen, carbon capture and utilization, biomass, and recycling.
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Stefan Sandelin
Stefan Sandelin is R&D Manager at Heidelberg Materials. He will share experiences from Slite CCS, which is one of Sweden's most significant climate transition projects aiming to manufacture cement with net-zero carbon dioxide emissions, with the goal of achieving negative emissions. With innovative CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) technology, emissions will be captured, transported, and stored to prevent them from reaching the atmosphere. This reduces Sweden's total carbon dioxide emissions by 4 percent.
Dr. Martin Pei
Since 2007 Dr. Martin Pei has served as executive vice president and CTO at SSAB, and he stepped down in April 2025 and is now a senior advisor at SSAB. Martin Pei is the initiator of the HYBRIT, a joint venture between SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall and he is the chairman of board for Hybrit Development AB. The HYBRIT is a pioneering Swedish initiative launched to replace coal-based blast furnace technology with hydrogen-based direct reduction.
Angels Orduña
Angels Orduña is since eight years the Executive Director of A.SPIRE. She studied at University Barcelona, Barcelona Institute for International Studies (IBEI) and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. A.SPIRE is the association that runs @Processes4Planet Partnership under Horizon Europe, in collaboration with the European Commission. It represents innovative process industries; 20% of the total European manufacturing sector in employment and turnover, and more than 170 industrial and research process stakeholders from more than 20 countries spread throughout Europe.
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Dr. Petri Vasara
Dr. Petri Vasara, Dr. Tech and Vice President, is one of AFRY’s experts. He has been in the company a couple of decades and has more than 20 years’ experience of artificial intelligence. Petri Vasara is an engineer with a doctorate in Artificial Intelligence and Data Visualization, which is a lot more fashionable now than earlier! AFRY has more than 20 years’ experience using artificial intelligence in everything from forecasting sustainability trends to analyzing company strategies, bioproduct startups and market dynamics.
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