CIRCULAR 2035

10:00 - 10:25 I  Welcome and setting the stage

The Aabenraa Circular model: what is being built, why it matters, and why the model is replicable - setting the compass for the day. 

Welcome address:
Jan Riber Jakobsen, Mayor, Aabenraa Municipality

Opening keynote:
Hanne Klintøe, Head of PtX Development, Aabenraa Municipality

10:25 - 11:30 I Building the Danish-German hydrogen economy

Findings from €1.6m EIB-funded project: a visualised mapping of the South Denmark–Schleswig-Holstein hydrogen ecosystem, pre-feasibility studies on critical infrastructure, and the hard questions of demand, regulation and cross-border governance.

Keynotes:
Rikke Beckmann Danielsen, Partners, Global Financial Advisory Leader, Deloitte
Nicola Knight, Director, Low Carbon, Worley

Panel discussion:
Steve Kelly, President & GM, 1PointFive International
Knud-Erik Andersen, CEO, European Energy
André Steinau, Head of Hydrogen Business Development, GP Joule
Lars Hedemann, Partner, CoralPoint

11:30 - 11:45 I Coffee break

11:45 - 12:40 I Circular utilities - closing the loop in practice

How wastewater becomes technical water for PtX and data centres, pyrolysis turns sludge into biochar, and surplus heat drives new industry - while cleaning the fjords.

Keynotes:
Jakob Bjerregaard, Managing Director, Arwos Technical Water
Dominique Helaine, Director, Carbon Solutions, Suez International

Panel discussion:
Ditte Lundgaard Jakobsen, Director of Planning, Technical & Environment, Aabenraa Municipality
Hazel Reardon, PhD, Head of PtX & Lead, Innovation Partnership for Technical Water, NIRAS
Christian Døring, Hydrogen & E-fuels Lead, Veolia / Krüger

12:45 - 13:30 Lunch and networking

13:30 - 14:20 I The derived economy - the heat is on!

Surplus heat, CO₂ and oxygen as feedstock for greenhouses, food producers and bio-based materials - the opportunity most energy conferences miss.

Keynotes:
Mikkel A. Thomassen, Partner & CEO, Smith Innovation
Simon Lander, Head of M&A, Selected Group

Panel discussion:
Kim Møller-Rasmussen, CEO, Aabenraa District Heating
Martin Brander, Director, Global Sector Coupling Solutions, Danfoss
Simon Lauritzen, Founder & CEO, Nordic Shrimp

14:20 - 15:10 I Building a grid for scale and energy security

The grid infrastructure that makes the hub possible - and the resilience questions it must answer. Transformer stations, grid super-highways, microgrids and the governance gap no single actor will fund.

Keynotes:
Kim Willerslev, CEO, System Responsibility, Energinet
Karsten Plauborg, CEO, Plexar / Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Panel discussion:
Lars Riis, Head of Market & Business Development, Siemens Energy
Henrik Hansen, CEO, Danish Data Center Industry

15:10 - 16:00 From blueprint to reality - who does what next?

Not a summary - an action session. What must happen in the next 12 months, and who is responsible?

Panel discussion:
Joschka Knuth, State Secretary for Energy Transition & Climate, Land Schleswig-Holstein
Andreas Wenzel, CEO, Danish-German Chamber of Commerce
Hege Økland, CEO, Hy2Gen Nordic
Jørgen Mads Clausen, Chairman Emeritus, Danfoss
Patrick Gjelstrup Rosenquist, Director, New Energy Generation, EIFO
Kim Willerslev, CEO, System Responsibility, Energinet

16:00 - 16:05 I Close and invitation to reception

16:05 - 17:00 I Networking reception