Welcome and Introduction

• Dirk Sachse (GFZ)
• Gesine Mollenhauer (AWI)

- Goals of the SynCom project and progress since the kickoff workshop - What happened so far? (10 min) - Round of introductions (35 min)

Expert talks - i) Political framework for CDR; ii) Scientific framework for CDR: "Assessing carbon removal methods for Germany"

• Sabine Fuss (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC))
• Jörg Rüger (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK), Grundsatzfragen Klimaschutz und Energiewende)

- What is happening in politics regarding CDR? What do politicians expect? How far are German politics? - Where does science currently stand?

Status report of the three SynCom CDR activities

• All Participants

- Report and presentation of the three groups: i) Synthesis Paper, ii) Parliamentary Event, iii) Expertise Mapping - What do you want to achieve and what needs to happen so that there is a finished product?

Breakout-Sessions for two SynCom CDR activities

• All Participants

Next Steps: i) Synthesis Paper ii) Expertise Mapping

Discussion: Goals for the SynCom Project until the General Assembly

• All Participants

- collection of ideas

Further Activities

• All Participants

- discussion of possible activities beyond the General Assembly, e.g. research project proposals

Exchange with representatives from industry Industry partners with confirmed attendance: - carbdown - climate farmers - SeaO2 - Pyropower - SCS - Ucaneo - novocarbo - NeoCarbon - MacroCarbon Presentations: 1. What do they do and what did they achieve so far? 2. Why do they do it (motivation and goals)? 3. How do they 'use' science (interaction with science)? Discussion: What do they need from Helmholtz scientists? What research should we do to advance this together? Do they want to work together?

Summary and next steps

• Gesine Mollenhauer (AWI)
• Dirk Sachse (GFZ)

- Set goals for the SynCom Project until the General Assembly – What do we want to achieve by then and how do we get there? - Discussion about next steps