C-SINK Enhanced Weathering Workshop and General Assembly Meeting - 12-14 November 2024

The general assembly meeting is for C-SINK consortium members only. Consortium members can book their ticket for both the enhanced weathering workshop and the general assembly meeting here.

For non-members, please book your ticket for the enhanced weathering workshop on the site for non-members or directly via this form.

12 November 2024: Enhanced Weathering Workshop

Venue: KU Leuven - Brugge, Spoorwegstraat 12, 8200 Brugge, Belgium

Agenda (preliminary)

 08:30 - 09:00  : Registration

 09:00  - 09:10  : Welcome by Pieter Rauwoens, KU Leuven

 09:10 - 09:30  : C-SINK project presentation by Jennire Vanessa Nava Rosario, Icamcyl

 09:30 - 11:00  : 1° Thematic session: Enhanced weathering introduction and use cases

• Veerle Vandeginste, KU Leuven

• Liam Bullock, Spanish National Research Council

• Rosalia Shiimi and Evangelos Mouchos, MEM

• Ingrid Smet, Carbon Drawdown Initiative

 11:00 - 11:30  : Coffee break and posters exhibition

 11:30 - 13:00  : 2° Thematic session: Enhanced weathering benefits, potential risks, and synergies

• XinRan Liu, UNDO Carbon

• Christina Larkin, InPlanet

• Ondrej Masek, University of Edinburgh

• Pol Knops, independent

 13:00 - 14:00  : Lunch and networking

 14:00 - 15:30  : 3° Thematic session: Enhanced weathering standardisation and regulation (European policies)

• Fabien Ramos, European Commission

• Will Savage and Evangelos Mouchos, MEM

• Hara Wang and Alison Tune, Cascade Climate

• Jo House, University of Bristol

 15:30 - 16:00  : Coffee break and posters exhibition

 16:00 - 17:30  : 4° Thematic session: Enhanced weathering MRV systems

• Tom Reershemius, Newcastle University

• Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, University of Edinburgh

• Ella Holme, Isometric

• David Manning, University of Newcastle

 17:30 - 17:50  : CO2 removal helix by Cais Jurgens, Crowdhelix

 17:50 - 18:00  : Closing of the event by Veerle Vandeginste, KU Leuven

Each Thematic session is composed of four invited talks of 15 minutes each, followed by a half-hour panel discussion.

13 November 2024: C-SINK General Assembly Day 1

Venue: Crowne Plaza hotel, Burg 10, 8000 Brugge, Belgium

Agenda

 08:45 - 09:00  : Reception of attendees

 09:00 - 09:10  : Welcome

 09:10 - 09:40  : WP1 - Project management and status (ICAMCYL)

 09:40 - 10:10  : WP2 - C-SINK CDR solutions comprehensive analysis and characterization (UED)

 10:10 - 10:40  : WP3 - Methodologies for monitoring, reporting and verification of CO2 removal (MEM)

 10:40 - 11:00  : Coffee break

 11:00 - 11:30  : WP4 - Legal framework, regulatory barriers, and policy recommendations (UED)

 11:30 - 12:00  : WP5 - Social, environmental, and total economic value assessment (SEI)

 12:00 - 13:30  : Lunch break

 13:30 - 14:00  : WP6 - Dissemination, exploitation and communication (SCS)

 14:00 - 14:20  : Conclusions of the first part (ICAMCYL)

Work packages meetings: Technical discussions, evaluation of risks and next actions

 14:20 - 15:20  : WP6 - Dissemination, exploitation and communication (WP6 partners)

 15:20  : End of day 1

 15:20 - 17:30  : Visit Brugge centre or brewery (optional)

 19:30  : Consortium dinner at Crown Plaza

14 November 2024: C-SINK General Assembly Day 2

Venue: Crowne Plaza hotel, Burg 10, 8000 Brugge, Belgium

Agenda

Work packages meetings: Technical discussions, evaluation of risks and next actions

 09:00 - 10:00  : WP2 - C-SINK CDR solutions comprehensive analysis and characterization (WP2 partners)

 10:00 - 11:00  : WP3 - Methodologies for monitoring, reporting and verification of CO2 removal (WP3 partners)

 11:00 - 11:15  : Coffee break

 11:15 - 12:15  : WP4 - Legal framework, regulatory barriers, and policy recommendations (WP4 partners)

 12:15 - 13:15  : WP5 - Social, environmental, and total economic value assessment (WP5 partners)

 13:15 - 14:00  : Lunch break

 14:00  : End of day 2

Practical information

Book your ticket for the Enhanced weathering workshop and C-SINK general assembly (12-14 November 2024)

Participation in the workshop is free, and tickets are limited. The oral presentations are invited talks only. If you would like to present a poster, please indicate so on the booking form, and provide the presenting author, poster title as well as an abstract. If you have an invited talk, please also provide the requested information. Please book your ticket now here for both the workshop and the general assembly. Booking for the workshop will close on 27 October 2024, or earlier when all available tickets are taken.

Registration at the Enhanced weathering workshop on 12 November 2024

Registration starts at 8:30 at the reception hall of the KU Leuven - Brugge building. The conference is scheduled to start at 9:00 sharp. Please collect your delegate badge from the reception desk upon arrival. This desk will be manned throughout the day, and will be your main information point for the event.

Enhanced weathering workshop venue (12 November 2024)

The venue for this workshop is KU Leuven - Brugge, Spoorwegstraat 12, 8200 Brugge, Belgium. It is a 5 to 10-minute walk from the Brugge train station. In the train station, follow the direction towards Sint-Michiels or the back of the train station (and thus the opposite direction than the front of the station which goes to the Brugge city centre).

C-SINK general assembly venue (13-14 November 2024)

The venue for the general assembly is the Crowne Plaza hotel, Burg 10, 8000 Brugge, Belgium. It is a 20 to 25-minute walk from the Brugge train station. In the train station, follow the direction towards the Brugge city centre or the front of the train station. There are also several bus lines (for example line 2) that go into the centre and take you to the bus stop Brugge Dijver, from which the Crowne Plaza is then a 4-minute walk.

Train station

The Bruges Train Station (Brugge), operated by SNCB, is located just southeast of the city center, about a 12-minute walk from Minnewater Lake. In fact, the entire city of Bruges is within walking distance! Arriving by train is the most convenient mode of transportation as car and bus traffic in the historic inner city has been gradually reduced so as to preserve the unique heritage of Bruges for both locals and visitors.

It usually takes around 1h 34m to travel the 95 km from Brussels Airport to Bruges by train, with around 59 trains per day running on this route.

Prices:

London to Bruges by train: From € 45.64

Brussels to Bruges by train: From € 16.43

Amsterdam to Bruges by train: From € 15.97

Ghent to Bruges by train: From € 7.00

Paris to Bruges by train: From € 25.10

Cologne to Bruges by train: From € 29.21

Aachen to Bruges by train: From € 28.75

Welkenraedt to Bruges by train: From € 5.48

Frankfurt am Main to Bruges by train: From € 31.49

Antwerp to Bruges by train: From € 39.67

Dresden to Bruges by train: From € 90.37

Zeebrugge to Bruges by train: From € 3.50

Train tickets booking:

• Brugge train station: https://www.raileurope.com/en/destinations/stations/bruges

• Belgian train official website: https://www.belgiantrain.be/en

Bus station

The bus station is run by De Lijn, with buses going all around the city throughout the day.

Prices

Single ticket: € 2.5

10-journey ticket: € 17

Day ticket: € 7.5

Accomodation

Brugge is a touristic city with 88 hotels and 12 hotel chains in Brugge.

The venue of the general assembly is the Crowne Plaza. Consortium members can book directly through the site here.

Crowne Plaza

-          Book: link for consortium

-          Location: googlemaps

-          Price: € 160

If the Crowne Plaza Hotel has run out of rooms reserved for our C-SINK general assembly meeting, then here are some other options for accomodation:

Hotel Heritage - Relais & Chateaux*****

-          Book: https://www.hotel-heritage.com/

-          Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/UrNU3Wp82ZgyAxdU9

-          Price: € 280

Grand Hotel Casselbergh****

-          Book: https://www.grandhotelcasselbergh.be/

-          Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8BYrJNQ52dMmLEkr6

-          Price: € 193

Boutiquehotel 't Fraeyhuis****

-          Book: https://www.fraeyhuis.be/en/

-          Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1d3X9A1BaRnHGm7P8

-          Price: € 189

Grand Hotel Normandy****

-          Book: https://grandhotelnormandy.com/

-          Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gKUtJVrfYNNcXMhu9 

-          Price: € 164

Hotel Bourgoensch Hof***

-          Book: https://hotelbh.be/

-          Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ycUd4xC4J1b58Fgq7

-          Price: € 165

Martin's Brugge***

-          Book: https://www.martinshotels.com/en/

-          Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yHf61PCh6vTVSQg48

-          Price: € 175

Die Swaene Hotel***

-          Book: https://www.dieswaene.com/en/

-          Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yR2TCnGrLw3iYVgAA

-          Price: € 160

interfacial engineering Research (iR) group