CO₂ Utilisation in Australia: Understanding progress and market potential

We invite you to a live webinar exploring the progress, challenges and market potential of CO₂ utilisation in Australia.

CSIRO Futures has released an updated CO₂ Utilisation State of Play, revisiting the 2021 CO₂ Utilisation Roadmap to assess progress, highlight key industry and policy developments, and explore the potential demand and abatement opportunity for CO₂-derived products in Australia toward 2050.

We're inviting industry and government stakeholders to a one-hour webinar to share the report's key findings and discuss further insights with an expert panel — including highlighting landscape trends and market opportunities for select CO₂-derived products.

Pricing

• Free

Dates and Times

Contact

Dominic Banfield

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Speakers and panellists

• Dominic Banfield, Senior Manager, CSIRO Futures
• Angus Grant, Senior Technoeconomic Manager, CSIRO Futures
• Erin McClure, Senior Strategy Consultant, CSIRO Futures
• John Beever, Chair, CO₂ Value Australia
• Paul Webley, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Monash University

Who should attend

This webinar will be of interest to stakeholders across industry and government with an interest in decarbonisation, manufacturing, energy and carbon management.

Event details

• This webinar will be delivered online.
• Connection details will be provided to registrants prior to the event.
• We recommend joining from a computer and, where possible, having a second device available for interactive elements.

We hope you can join us for this timely discussion. Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues across industry and government who may be interested.

Speaker bios

Dominic Banfield, Senior Manager, CSIRO Futures

Dominic Banfield is a Senior Manager at CSIRO Futures, with over ten years of experience in strategic technology consulting and policy analysis. At CSIRO he has successfully delivered major industry development roadmaps for quantum, synthetic biology, and carbon utilisation technologies. He also led projects related to hydrogen, energy storage, industrial decarbonisation, low-impact mining, green shipping, business innovation processes, and research policy.

Dominic joined CSIRO in 2019 after serving as a policy analyst at the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, focusing on energy, water, and resource challenges. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering with Honors from RMIT University.

Angus Grant, Senior Technoeconomic Manager, CSIRO Futures

Angus is a Senior Technical Modelling Manager at CSIRO Futures. Angus holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Finance. He previously worked in engineering and economics, including:

• KPMG's Planning & Infrastructure Economics team, where he assessed the value of investments in social infrastructure and industry.
• HS2 Ltd.'s Economic and Commercial Analysis team, collaborating with experts to model the economic and financial impacts of Europe's largest infrastructure project.
• Beca, a consultancy, as a mechanical engineer, gaining practical experience across the asset lifecycle.

Erin McClure, Senior Strategy Consultant, CSIRO Futures

Erin is a Senior Strategy Consultant in the CSIRO Futures team, with experience spanning energy, heavy industry, and agricultural sectors. Her work has included assessing decarbonisation pathways across Australia's energy system, examining the innovation needs for building globally competitive green metal industries, exploring national hydrogen industry development, and shaping the shift towards more sustainable, productive and resilient food systems in Australia.

She has experience assessing the potential of a wide range of decarbonisation technologies and translating complex science into insights that support government, industry and research leaders in their strategic decision-making. She holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Global Studies, and has prior experience in industry through lab-based analytical and quality assurance roles.

John Beever, Chair, CO₂ Value Australia

Bio TBC

Professor Paul Webley, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Monash University

Professor Paul Webley is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Monash University and Director of both the Woodside Monash Energy Partnership and the ARC Research Hub for Carbon Reuse and Recycling. His research focuses on carbon capture, CO₂ utilisation, and advanced adsorption technologies for gas separation and energy systems. Over a 30-year career spanning industry and academia, he has authored more than 260 peer-reviewed publications and holds multiple patents in gas separation technologies. Professor Webley works closely with industry to translate research into deployable low-carbon technologies and has led several national and international programs advancing decarbonisation and sustainable energy systems.

Find out more

• Read the report