3. SWEET-reFuel.ch Annual Conference, 2026

Monday 21 Sept 2026, 09:00 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

Akademie (Empa Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

Christian Bach (EMPA), Regina Betz (ZHAW)

Please register by September 14, 2026.          
         

Cordially invites you to the 3^rd annual conference of the SWEET-reFuel.ch consortium!

 

To comply with the timeline of Swiss net-zero targets, our mission is to promote an accelerated market development of sustainable fuels and platform chemicals. While first-generation technologies are close to being available to initiate a ramp-up of the production of those substances, this is less the case for policies, laws, regulations, and markets, which still have to demonstrate their effectiveness, the policies, laws, regulations, and markets (non-technical aspects) are not available. The second-generation technology, aiming at efficient and cost-optimized production, is currently at a lab scale.

To foster the necessary exchange, reFuel.ch would like to invite you to this years annual conference, bringing together experts on Power-t-X and manure-based Sustainable Aviation Fuels to discuss implementation options in Switzerland and abroad.

 

The conference's language is English. Participation is free of charge, but registration until September 14, 2026 is mandatory. 

Poster presentations are very welcome!

We look forward meeting you at our third annual conference.

SWEET-reFuel.ch is a consortium sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy's SWEET program and coordinated by Empa.

Learn more about us: www.sweet-refuel.ch

10:00 → 10:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:30 → 10:35 Welcome

Speaker: Chistian Bach (empa)

10:35 → 10:55 Swiss policy analysis​

Speaker: Paula Castro (zhaw)

11:00 → 11:20 Assessment of international policies​

Speaker: Anna Panarella (USI)

11:25 → 11:45 Facility location allocation and logistics optimisation for domestic SAF production in CH

Speaker: Viola Rühlin (zhaw)

11:50 → 12:10 Findings WP1 – WP3 (Panel discussion)

Speaker: Regina Betz (zhaw)

12:15 → 12:25 Case presentation

Speaker: Christian Bach (empa)

12:30 → 13:30 LUNCH and POSTER SESSION

13:30 → 14:10 Integrated concepts for future´s green refineries

Speaker: Nicolaus Dahmen (KIT)

14:15 → 14:35 Unlocking manure's biogas potential from local to national scale: A case study of Switzerland

Speaker: Sandrine Werner (ethz)

14:40 → 15:15 Coffee break

15:20 → 15:40 Catalyst layer stability during long-term pulsed CO2 electrolysis

Speaker: Claudia Bissanttini (empa)

15:45 → 16:05 The reFuel.ch Toolbox for optimizing green methanol synthesis

Speaker: Riccardo Purgaleiesi (supsi)

16:10 → 16:30 Oligomerization of olefins -chemical engineering, catalysis, or even physics

Speaker: Andreas Borgschulte (empa)

16:35 → 16:45 Closing remarks and outlook

Speaker: Regina Betz (zhaw)

16:50 → 17:20 Apéro