Description
Estimated Time: 1 hour
Language: English
Summary of the lecture
Join internationally renowned expert Göran Roos, adjunct professor at The University of Adelaide’s Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources, for an examination of how European industrial hubs have navigated the shift toward sustainability, while reducing emissions in the steel, cement, chemicals and aluminium industries.
The webinar explores the pivotal role of circular economy principles in achieving emission reductions, including evidence suggesting that material efficiency could contribute up to 50% of the required emission reductions by 2050. It also examines the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration through examples such as Sweden’s HYBRIT project and Denmark’s Kalundborg industrial symbiosis network, along with region-specific transition pathways, economic and technical barriers, disparities in decarbonisation progress across Europe, and policy mechanisms such as Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfDs) to support sustainable industrial investment.
This presentation is part of the HILT CRC webinar series.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain how industrial hubs and cross-sector collaboration can support the decarbonisation of heavy industry.
- Describe the key technological, economic and policy factors influencing industrial decarbonisation across Europe.
- Identify the opportunities and challenges associated with low-emissions pathways in sectors such as steel, cement, chemicals and aluminium.
- Recognise the role of circular economy principles, infrastructure development and government support in enabling industrial transformation.
- Summarise key lessons from European industrial hubs that may inform decarbonisation strategies for Australia’s industrial regions.
Speakers Introduction
Professor Göran Roos
Professor Roos is a Swedish academic, technologist, author, and businessman. He is one of the founders of modern intellectual capital science and a recognised world expert in the fields of innovation management, and industrial and innovation policy.
Göran Roos is a member of the board of the Global Centre for Modern Ageing; Visiting Professor in Business Performance and Intangible Asset Management, Centre for Business Performance, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University and Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University. He is a member of the board for Lifestyle Bakery and Chair of the Board for the NeuroTech Institute.
Göran is a CSIRO fellow and a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). He has been a member of the Economic Development Board of South Australia, the Prime Minister’s Manufacturing Leaders Group, the advisory board for Investment Attraction South Australia, the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) Reference Group, and METS Ignited Australia Limited’s Innovation Advisory Council (MIAC).
Course Content
Course includes
- 1 Lesson
- Steel Manufacturing
