2026 Carbon Elimination Conference
October 13 & 14, 2026 – Paris
AFEN is delighted to invite you to the 2026 edition of the Carbon Dioxide Reduction Conference in France, hosted by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Following the success of previous editions, this major annual industry gathering is taking on a new scale and will focus this year on operational deployment and concrete solutions to accelerate the transition to action.
Under the theme of synergies, the program includes roundtable discussions, workshops, and opportunities for dialogue with key players in the carbon removal sector (CR).
On the agenda:
OCTOBER 13 (1:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.)
Plenary session followed by a cocktail reception
- 13:00 : Welcome and Opening Remarks (Julie Gosalvez, AFEN)
- 13:10 : Introduction and Public Policy (Diane Simiu, DGEC)
- 13:25 : Overall Status Report on the EDC (Kirsty Harrington, State of CDR)
- 13:40 : Overview of the French EDC ecosystem & Political Perspective (Coline Roux, AFEN; Diane Simiu, DGEC; Jean-Luc Fugit, Member of Parliament; Sylvain Delerce, Carbon Gap)
- 14:20 : Is EDC a bankable asset? (Fabienne Moimaux, BNP Paribas)
- 14:35 : How Governments Can Support Demand – Local Progress, Regional Challenges, EDC’s Public Policies (EU – Fabien Ramos (European Commission), France – Frederic Branger (DGEC), Canada – Na’im Merchant (Carbon Removal Canada), Germany – Leonie Hoffmann (DVNE), Netherlands – Martijn van Sande). Moderated by Sylvain Delerce (Carbon Gap)
- 15:20 : From Agreement to Deployment: A Look Back at the ENGIE × Deep Sky Partnership (Jan Mertens, ENGIE; Quentin Servais-Laval, DeepSky)
– 15:40 : Networking Break – - 16:20 : Report: "In the Voluntary Carbon Market, Buyers Will Pay for Quality" (Bayo Owolabi, BCG)
- 16:30 : SBTi × Quantis Fireside Chat (Piera Patrizio, SBTi; Pierre Collet, Quantis)
- 16:50 : Purchasing EDC in 2026: Regulations, the Market, and Insights from the Field (Léo Barruol, Schneider Electric; Vincent Poncet, Google; Julien Manceaux, TD Bank Canada; Anne Idiart, Engie). Moderated by Antoine Poulaillon, ClimeFi
- 17:35 : Isometric: Introducing the platform to French market players (Nora Venin, Isometric)
- 17:45 : Industrial integration of EDC into the value chain (Elodie Le Cadre, Veolia × Fabien Michel, Carborok; Marie-Laure DeCrescenzo, PuRE Carbon Capture × Jean-Baptiste Lemarquand, Safran). Moderated by Cara Maesano (CDR 2030)
- 18:30 : Conclusions (Mathilde Fajardy, AFEN)
– 18:45 – 9:00 p.m. : Cocktail Reception –
OCTOBER 14 (9 a.m.–1 p.m.)
Collaborative workshops, sharing of feedback from the field, and thematic working groups.
- 9:00 : Breakfast & Welcome
- 9:30 : Keynote
- 9:45 : EDC in Local Networks (Dylan Marks, City CDR Initiative; Stéphanie (Schmutz) Doat, Elodica); Moderated by Coline Roux, AFEN
- 10:30 : Workshop A: BioCCS in France: Roadmap, Available Biomass, and Scaling Up (Camille Poiroux, GrDF; Ludovic Mougeot, Suez; Marion Péotta, Crédit Agricole; Mallorie Navarre, Téréga). Moderated by Karim Rahmani, Carbon Impact
- 10:30 : Workshop B: Offtake Contracts: What Is the Best Offtake Contract Format for France? (Mathias Dantin, HSFK; Laura Penrose, ClimeFi)
– 11:15 : Coffee break – - 11:45 : Workshop A: Nature-Based Solutions (Jérôme Beilin, Philippe Rochet, Removall; Jean-Gabriel Dayre, Proparco)
- 11:45 : Workshop B: Integrating EDC into the ETS: Technical Q&A (Elisabeth Harding, Negative Emissions Platform; Aymeric Amand, Carbon Management Europe)
- 12:30 : Summary and Conclusion — Outlook for 2027 (AFEN × BCG)
Reserve your spot now!
*This event is for professionals only; please register using your work email address.
