Global CCUS community heading to Perth for GHGT-18

With less than a month to go, Perth is preparing to welcome the global carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) community for GHGT-18 from 25–29 October 2026.

More than 950 CCS experts from 41 countries have already registered, with the strong international response reinforcing GHGT-18’s position as a truly global forum and the world’s premier conference dedicated to CCUS.

Australian Energy Producers is co-hosting the conference with IEAGHG, CO2CRC, CSIRO and Geoscience Australia, bringing leading researchers, industry representatives, policymakers and technology developers to Australia.

Global leaders join the programme

The first keynote and plenary speakers have now been announced, bringing perspectives from the institutions setting the global CCUS agenda and the experts delivering projects at scale.

Keynote speakers include:

• Jarad Daniels, Chief Executive Officer, Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
• Takeshi Enoki, Co-Chair of the Taskforce on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• The Hon David Michael MLA, WA Minister for State Development

The plenary program will feature:

• Dr Shiwang Gao, Deputy Chief Engineer, Huaneng Clean Energy Research Institute, who has helped take full-chain CCUS projects from laboratory scale to 1.5 million-tonne-a-year industrial facilities
• Christine Irvin, Director - Direct Air Capture, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, who leads work on Stratos, the world’s largest direct air capture facility
• Prof Dr Andrea Ramírez Ramírez, Head of Department Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology and a leading international CCUS researcher

Welcome addresses will be delivered by IEAGHG Director and General Manager Tim Dixon, Australian Energy Producers Chief Executive Samantha McCulloch and IEAGHG Chairman Prof Kelly Thambimuthu.

For the full keynote and plenary speaker listing, please click here.

A major international CCUS program

Delegates will have access to 355 presentations, more than 500 e-posters, keynote and technical plenary sessions and a dedicated Business Stream examining the commercial, policy and investment settings needed to accelerate CCUS deployment.

The conference offers Australian participants a valuable opportunity to connect directly with international experts, exchange knowledge and showcase Australia’s world-class CCUS projects, geological storage resources and industry expertise.

With international experts and perspectives on CCUS, GHGT-18 will provide a global view of where CCUS stands today and where it goes next.

Members are encouraged to register and take advantage of this major international conference being held in Australia.

View the programme, speakers and registration details on the GHGT-18 website.