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The annual Vista seminar 2018, November 7th: tentative program
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee/ light lunch
12.00 – 12.15 Opening
President Ole Sejersted/Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Anders Elverhøi/VISTA Board
Principal Aspects
12.15 – 12.45 Roles and challenges for CCS in Meeting climate targets
Professor Robert Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative
12.45 – 13.15 Negative emission technologies and the importance of CCS
Professor Mike Norton, EASAC
13.15 – 13.45 Equinor: "Shaping the future of energy - The importance of CCS"
Torbjørg Klara Fossum, Project Manager, Northern Lights Project, Equinor
13.45 – 14.15 Coffee break
CCS and its Technical Aspects
14.15 – 14.45 Assessment of CO2 storage options: technology, capacity, and public safety
Professor Ruben Juanes, MIT, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
14.45 – 15.15 Perspectives on the energy transition and the role of CCS
Research director Marie Bysveen, SINTEF Energy
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee break
Closing the carbon window—Economic, Public and Political aspects
15.45 – 16.15 CO2 reduction pathways: choosing among options
Dr. Francis O'Sullivan, Director of Research, MIT Energy Initiative
16.15 – 16.45 Public acceptance of CCS – The key issues
Professor Linda Steg, Dept. of Psychology, University of Groningen
16.45 – 17.15 The Paris Agreement (and CCS) – will it be able to succeed?
Professor Miranda Schreurs, Technical University of Munich
17.15 – 17.30 Summary/concluding remarks
Professor Arild Underdal, Dept. of Political Science, University of Oslo
17.30 – 18.00 Aperitif
18.00 – 21.00 Tapas
