Thus, five plant tours could be shown, among others a tour of the Yamama Cement Plant in Saudi Arabia, the Lehigh Hanson Cement Plant in Redding, California/USA and the Argos Plant in Martinsburg, West Virginia/USA. The virtual orientation of this year‘s conference, however, had the advantage that several plant tours could be “visited” during the event. On a beach stage live music was performed as evening program.Ī plant tour is traditionally part of the conference program. The Aggregate Platform also offered various “recreational facilities”, including a soccer field, a beach with the possibility of boating and viewing terraces. Companies could display their logos, websites, power points, and videos on the screens located within their booth, creating a unique interaction with each attendee that stopped by. The Aggregate platform and its buildings and facilities also provided private meeting spaces as well as communal areas allowing multiple attendees to join into a group conversation as if they were standing there in person together.Ībout 300 attendees joined the virtual conference that offered as usual a comprehensive program of advanced training and papers including presentations of the latest technology covering a variety of topics important to the industry.At the accompanying exhibition, over 100 exhibitors informed the participants about the latest trends in product and service offerings. The avatars could interact via voice chat, text chat, or playful animations.
Global CCSI has some of the attributes for carbon capture, and the Direct Air Capture Coalition is a new organization addressing some of those issues in the DAC space.Īm I missing similar organizations? Let me know in the comments.When joining the Aggregate 3D platform for the first time, the future attendee was asked to be creative form the start: You could create your own avatar, representing yourself in the platform like in a game. I don’t see a direct parallel yet for carbon capture or carbon removal. It was a neat group to be part of because there's just so much information and ideas and goodwill. They got together and then figured out what was good for the market and provided education and awareness to regulators and the public. Most of the industry attended the annual meeting, and they were very collegial. They had this Gasification Technologies Council (now Global Syngas Technology Council). It got me thinking back 15 – 20 years when I was focused on gasification. I was struck both by the lively discussion of the pros and cons of each technology, as well as the collegial atmosphere and acknowledgment that there is a need for many different technologies to address the size and breadth of the market. One of the carbon capture panels was moderated by an engineering firm and included three fairly different capture technologies. Smaller than in the past, it has evolved to reflect the current market.
The conference has changed significantly from a decade ago.
This February, I attended PowerGen for the first time in many years.
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