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Building a low emissions future

The role of CCS in confronting energy realities

CO2CRC CCS Symposium 2026 - MELBOURNE CBD

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23 - 25 February 2026

RACV City Club, Melbourne (not Torquay!)

CO2CRC CCS Symposium 2026

Australia's premier carbon capture and storage event 

The CO2CRC CCS Symposium is Australia’s leading carbon capture and storage (CCS) event, providing a premier platform to showcase industry leadership, research excellence, and collaborative partnerships.

As the world races to build clean energy systems, the hard realities of energy supply cannot be ignored. While renewables are accelerating, hydrocarbons remain essential, widespread, and continue to grow in use-driven by the energy demands of expanding, and developing, economies and populations.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies provide one of the few viable pathways to reduce emissions while preserving energy security and affordability. Yet a widening investment gap threatens to slow progress, with current CCS funding falling well short of what’s needed to keep net-zero ambitions on track. 

The theme of this year’s symposium is ‘The role of CCS in confronting energy realities’ and it will bring together international experts, senior government officials, industry leaders, investors, academics, and researchers to discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead. With a distinguished line up, you will explore how technical, economic, policy and political forces are shaping Australia's contribution to CCS innovation, both at home and on the world stage. In addition, we'll present the latest findings from the Otway international test centre, dive into project updates across sectors, and host critical conversations on how to accelerate CCS investment and deployment. 

This three-day event will bring together premium networking with the industry's most experienced veterans and emerging talent, along with an unmissable welcome drinks and gala awards dinner event at the award winning RACV venue in Melbourne's CBD. Inspiring and enabling, don't miss your opportunity to connect, collaborate, and confront energy realities ahead.

CO2CRC CCS Symposium 2026 - Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker


The Hon. Madeleine King


The Hon. Madeleine King
Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia.

We are delighted to announce that the Hon. Madeleine King will be the Keynote Speaker at the CO2CRC CCS Symposium 2026.

In a visit to Japan, the Minister highlighted Australia’s “huge potential for CCS,” adding “we have the right geological formations, the right infrastructure, and the right skills to be at the forefront of CCS and to help our regional partners in their own decarbonisation journeys.”

The Minister consistently states there is no pathway to net zero without large-scale carbon capture and storage. CCS is critical for reducing emissions from challenging industrial sectors like manufacturing, particularly in Australia's resource sector.

Join us on 23–25 February 2026 to hear the Minister’s keynote presentation illustrating the government’s strong position on CCS.

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The CO2CRC CCS Symposium 2026 will be held at the RACV City Club in Melbourne, 501 Bourke St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000.