Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Faraday Discussion

Introduction

The 91AV are pleased to announce that this event will be moving online.

Welcome

Join us online in April 2021 for this addition to our Faraday Discussion series. For over 100 years and 300 meetings, Faraday Discussions have been the forefront of physical chemistry. Many of these Discussions have become landmark meetings in their field.

We invite you to join us to discuss the topic of carbon dioxide utilisation and make your contribution to this cutting-edge dialogue alongside leaders in this field.

This meeting is for established scientists, post-graduate students and industrial researchers interested in carbon dioxide utilisation. Given the rapid expansion of global research into carbon dioxide utilisation, the unique format of the Faraday Discussions will allow for in-depth discussions and opportunities to establish new collaborations.

Professor Peter Styring
Chair,

Professor Michael North
Deputy Chair

Attendance

The 91AV is keen to encourage and enable as many people as possible to attend our events, to benefit from the networking opportunities and the chance to hear talks from leaders in the field. If you would like to discuss accessibility, please contact us to discuss your requirements so that we can enable your attendance.

Format

Faraday Discussions remain amongst the only conferences to distribute the speakers’ research papers in advance, allowing the majority of each meeting to be devoted to discussion in which all delegates can participate. Following each meeting a written record of the discussion is published alongside the papers in the Faraday Discussions journal.

Find out more about the Faraday Discussions in this video.

Themes

Since the Faraday Discussion on carbon dioxide utilisation was held in 2015, there has been a rapid rise in research output together with commercialisation.

Our 2021 Discussion will focus on the following four themes:

Thermal catalytic conversion
In this session we will discuss using cascade processes to maximise efficiency and conversion, the development of systems that are reactive under low CO₂ concentrations, whether we can produce robust and active catalysts for use in impure gas streams using Earth abundant and low-cost metals, and whether amine capture can be used to produce a product with real value.

Accelerated mineralisation
This session will discuss the use of gaseous and solid waste streams without pre-purification, chemical strategies to extract valuable and/or toxic metals from industrial waste before it is carbonated to give stable inorganics, the chemical and physical processes for waste carbonation versus virgin minerals, and methods and kinetics for coal carbonation.

Life cycle and upscaling
In this session, we will discuss scaling systems to real application quantities, reactor design and separation processes. We will also consider the development of robust life cycle analyses on reactions and processes and setting boundaries for these.

Emerging technologies
This session will include, but is not limited to, the plasmolytic, photo- & electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide, and battery technologies. We will discuss the means of increasing efficiency while maintaining conversion.

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Speakers

Abstract Submission

Poster Abstracts

Submit your poster abstract by 08 March 2021. Posters are displayed throughout the meeting and a poster session is held on the first evening. The Faraday Division Poster Prize will be awarded to the best poster presented by a student at the conference.

As this event is being held as online, we will be using a dedicated online poster platform. If your poster is accepted for this event, you will receive an email from us inviting you log on to the poster platform where you will be able to create an interactive poster. When creating a poster you will be able to choose from a variety of templates, and select colours, backgrounds and fonts, to create a poster specific to your work. The poster can contain text, images, videos and audio recordings, and can include as much detail as you require as content boxes within the templates are not limited to size. You will also have access to video tutorials, showing you how you can create your poster in the platform, and access to email support with the poster platform if you have an specific questions.

Oral Abstracts and Research Papers

A full research paper containing new unpublished results always accompanies oral presentations at Faraday Discussions. Submit an oral/paper abstract by 3 August 2020 if you wish to be considered for an oral presentation and associated published paper. The oral/paper abstract should outline current research in progress. Authors of the selected abstracts must then submit a full research paper with a significant amount of new, unpublished work by 14 December 2020.

The research papers are reviewed upon submission and are sent to all delegates 4 weeks before the meeting so they can be read in advance. At the meeting the presenting author is allowed five minutes to highlight the main points of their paper, and the rest of the time is for discussion. The discussion is recorded and will be published alongside the research paper in the Faraday Discussion Volume.

Additional Information

Authors will be notified of the outcome of the review process within about 6 weeks of the submission deadline. The abstracts should be no longer than one A4 page in portrait layout. Please ensure you provide the details of the presenting author and indicate whether you are submitting an abstract for oral or poster presentation.

Deadlines

Registration

Registration is now closed

Please read the registration information before registering. You can register by clicking on the online registration link on this page.

For non-member registrants attending this event, affiliate membership of the 91AV is available until the end of 2021, the affiliate membership application will be processed and commence once the registrant has attended the event.

Registration includes:

Attendance at the virtual sessions
Attendance at the poster session
Attendance at the networking sessions
A copy of the discussion pre-prints

Registration fees are as follows (subject to VAT at the prevailing rate):

	Registration (24 March 2021)
Members*	£55
Non-members	£75
Student members*	£15
Student non-members	£25

The registration fees represents a discount to 15% of the fees for the equivalent physical conference.

* If you are an 91AV member and wish to register for this meeting, please select the member option on the online registration page. You will need to enter your membership number.

**For non-member registrants, affiliate membership of the 91AV until the end of 2021 is available, the affiliate membership application will be processed and commence once the registrant has attended the event.

Faraday Discussion publication

A copy of the final theme issue of the Faraday Discussion volume containing papers presented at the Discussion (issued approximately 5 months after the meeting) is not included in the registration fee. A copy of the volume may be purchased at less than half price, this discounted price is only available to Discussion delegates when ordering during the registration process.

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Deadlines

Mar 24 2021
Standard registration deadline

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Sponsorship & supporting organisations

A selection of sponsorship opportunities is available for companies who would like to promote their activities at the 2021 Faraday Discussion series

There are opportunities available to become the Faraday Discussion series sponsor, Research & Development partner or Poster prize series sponsor as well as some individual meeting options. A sponsorship menu document will be available to download from this page with more details and prices.

Please note that exhibition spaces are limited, spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

If you would like more information about sponsoring the 2021 Faraday Discussion series, please contact the Commercial Sales Department at the 91AV on solutions@rsc.org.

Venue

Online, United Kingdom

Committee

Peter Styring (Chair) University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Michael North (Deputy Chair) University of York, United Kingdom
Katy Armstrong University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Richard Catlow Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Unni Olsbye University of Oslo, Norway
Andrea Ramírez TU Delft, Netherlands

Contact information

91AV

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