Quadruple Helix Foresight Workshop - SOREC2

Quadruple Helix Foresight Workshop on future developments in Photo-Electrochemical Cells and sustainable energy security | SOREC2

Date and time: May 8^th 10.30-17.00 & May 9^th 10.00-13.00

Venue: Residence Palace, Brussels, Belgium

Contact: Project Manager Thomas Richardt Ratje, trr@demx.dk

Complimentary Dinner at 19.30 on May 8th: Register here

Democracy x will reimburse your expenses for travel and accommodation up to €550. We can only reimburse travels on economy class (EU regulation). 

All original receipts/invoices (from purchase of e.g. plane tickets, train tickets and accommodation) must be enclosed in the reimbursement form.  Additionally, if you are traveling by plane your boarding pass must be enclosed as well.

Novel Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) strategies are gaining traction as possible tools for mitigating C0₂ emissions in sectors of industry and transportation which has proven difficult to convert to other sustainable sources of power. The CINEA-funded Solar Energy to Power CO₂ Reduction Towards C₂ Chemicals for Energy Storage (SOREC2) project aims to develop one such CCU technology, specifically a functional and scalable Photo-Electrochemical Cell (PEC). You can read more about the project here.

The future independence of the European supply of sustainable energy and chemicals is more important now than ever. External threats and trade wars risk disrupting European supplies. In this new geo-political context, enmeshed within a sustainable transition, strategic foresight is needed. Therefore, the SOREC2 project is hosting a two-day Quadruple Helix Multi-Criteria Workshop on PECs and future applications of this technology, to explore and overcome technological, social, and environmental barriers to its development and implementation.

Research and Innovation are iterative processes. As solutions for challenges are found, new ones arise. Some challenges are solved through easy fixes or predictable steps in the development track. Others are different, more severe in their reach and consequences. Therefore, the purpose of this stakeholder workshop is to ensure that the respective societal and environmental consequences, barriers, and impacts of the SOREC2 PEC, are identified and taken into consideration in its further development. Through thorough, facilitated exploration of and deliberation on a range of dimensions of the novel PEC technology, stakeholders will help identify possible impacts, barriers and opportunities of PECs. These dimensions include technical, political, environmental & planning, as well as security dimensions.

The Workshop invites stakeholders from Science, Policy, Industry, and Society, in accordance with the Quadruple Helix approach to innovation.

Preliminary Agenda

Day 1 – May 8^th:

10.30 – 10.45 Arrival 
10.45 – 11.15 Introduction to the workshop
11.15 – 12.15 Keynotes
12.15 – 12.45 Lunch break
12.45 – 14.45 Group work – identifying challenges
14.45 – 15.15 Plenary scoring
15.15 – 16.45 Group work – sketching solutions to the identified challenges
16.45 – 17.00 Wrap up

Day 2 – May 9^th:

09.45 – 10.00 Arrival
10:00 – 11:30 Group work – sketching solutions
11:30 – 12:30 Plenary rescoring of results
12:30 – 13:00 Wrap up 
Lunch from 13.00 - sandwiches

The Multi-Criteria Assessment Workshop is hosted by DEMOCRACY X (formerly The Danish Board of Technology) as part of the SOREC2 project. DEMOCRACY X has over three decades of experience working with collaborative technology assessment and stakeholder engagement.

Please direct any questions about the event to Project Manager Thomas Richardt Ratje at trr@demx.dk.

This workshop is part of the project SOREC2, task 5.3 ‘innovative ecosystem, societal acceptance and multi criteria stakeholder impact assessment which has received funding from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) under Grant Agreement no. 101084326