10th North East Energy Materials and Systems Meeting (NEEMS 10)

10th North East Energy Materials and Systems Meeting (NEEMS 10)

Tuesday 12th November 2024, 9am - 5pm

The NEEMS meeting has been running since 2016 and has an industry focus with previous meetings addressing skills, supply chains and whole energy systems for Net Zero. The theme of this year’s meeting is a celebration of collaborative ReNU projects between industry and academia including joint presentations from industrialists and doctoral candidates.

The meeting offers an excellent opportunity to:

• build professional relationships between industry and academia;

• interact with ReNU doctoral candidates and industrialists;

• identify collaborative R&D projects; and

• share and learn new perspectives on achieving Net Zero.

The meeting also provides an opportunity to learn more about the newly-funded £5.3M ReNU+ programme which, for the first time, will open a limited part of the training programme to people who are not enrolled on a PhD.

Agenda:

Morning 

0850 - 0920: Registration with coffee and tea

0920 - 0930: Welcome: Introduction to NEEMS and ReNU (Lu Xing and Neil Beattie - ReNU)

Session 1

0930 - 0950: Project 1 Presentation

Sustainable approaches to reducing air pollution and carbon emissions in urban hospital environments - Babatunde Okeowo (ReNU student) & Anna-Lisa Mills (NHS)

0950 - 1010: Project 2 Presentation

Low-carbon engineering framework for a resilient water network using renewable energy and storage integration - Divyabhan Duggal (ReNU student) & Anthony Browne (Northumbrian Water)

1010 - 1030: Project 3 Presentation

A living bionic leaf to produce solar fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide - Muhammed Rishan Kappattu Kizhakkayil (ReNU student) & James Galman (Johnson Matthey)

1030 - 1100: Coffee break

Session 2

1100 - 1120: Project 4 Presentation

Connecting hydrogen storage with carbon capture and utilisation using engineered bacteria - Andreas Zannetou (ReNU student) & Linsey Fuller (Procter and Gamble)

1120 - 1130: Project 5 Presentation

Polyoxometalates in Catalysis - Amar Mohammed (ReNU student) & John Errington (ReNU Supervisor presenting on behalf of Mitsubishi)

1130 - 1140: Project 6 Presentation

Circular Economy Routes to Sustainable Catalysts - Catherine Crockett (ReNU student) & Chris Greenwell (ReNU Supervisor presenting on behalf of Northumbrian Water)

1140 - 1150: Introduction to industry-challenge projects C9 (Yongtao Qu - ReNU)

1150 - 1320: Lunch & Networking

Afternoon

Session 3

1320 - 1330: Introduction to the afternoon session (Guillaume Zoppi - ReNU)

1330 - 1415: Plenary speech (Prof Andrew Crossland, Future Zero Consulting)

                      Different Pathways to Net Zero Electricity in the UK

1415 - 1435: Industrial speech (Ellie Grimes, Durham County Council)

Pathway to net zero: Achieving Net Zero for County Durham by 2045

1435 - 1455: Industrial speech (Tom Bradley, Decerna)

Real-world applications of life-cycle assessment

1455 - 1515: Industrial speech (Stuart Bowman, Dalkia)

Key ingredients for successful heat decarbonisation

1515 - 1530: Coffee break

Session 4

1530 - 1635: Thematic Roundtable - Unite with Innovators to Transform Energy's Tomorrow

Objective: To enhance cross-sector understanding, generate actionable insights and identify collaboration opportunities

Joint discussions: Industry experts, PhD students, academics, and policymakers

1635 - 1640: Summary and Closing Remarks (Neil Beattie - ReNU)

If you have any queries about the event please contact: samantha.tennant@northumbria.ac.uk

And for further information about ReNU please click here: renu.northumbria.ac.uk