Event

New Carbon Economy: R&D and New Technologies

Monday · November 16, 2026

1:00 p.m. TRT

In-person · Antalya, Türkiye

RMI’s Thomas Koch Blank will facilitate this blue zone session that will explore how breakthrough technologies could change what is possible in the transition away from virgin fossil carbon in chemicals and materials. Rather than focusing only on incremental substitution, the discussion will highlight non-linear innovation pathways that could unlock new feedstocks, new production routes and new ways of storing atmospheric or biogenic carbon in durable materials. With a highly climate-literate audience of approximately 20–30 participants, the event will be structured to maximize interaction, challenge assumptions and surface implications for policy, finance, research and deployment.

Speakers

Thomas Koch Blank

Managing Director

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