Scaling CCUS into Bankable Infrastructure
The executive forum convening industry leaders, capital providers, and policymakers accelerating the commercialization of carbon management.
Welcome to CCUS Xchange USA 2026
CCUS has moved beyond policy ambition. The focus now is disciplined deployment. Commercial viability depends on scalable engineering, integrated transport and storage networks, and capital structures capable of supporting infrastructure-grade assets.
CCUS Xchange USA 2026 is a focused executive forum addressing the realities of project finance, industrial integration, and carbon infrastructure development across North America.
This is where policy translates into profitable execution — bringing together the capital providers, EPCs, policymakers, and industrial operators making carbon hubs bankable.
Designed as a focused, high-impact forum, the Xchange model prioritizes strategic dialogue, commercial alignment, and long-term partnership formation over exhibition-floor noise. The future of carbon infrastructure will be built through cross-sector collaboration. This is where that collaboration begins.
Key Topics on This Year's Agenda
Five strategic pillars covering project finance, industrial integration, carbon transport & storage, and utilization markets driving North America's CCUS deployment in 2026.
Scaling Bankable CCUS Infrastructure
Moving beyond pilots toward standardized, finance-ready projects. Engineering optimization, supply chain maturation, hub development, transport & storage integration, and the transition from first-of-a-kind to repeatable industrial-scale assets.
Financing & De-Risking Carbon Assets
Blended finance, tax incentives (including 45Q), carbon contracts for difference (CCfDs), project aggregation models, and risk allocation frameworks required to secure Final Investment Decisions in a volatile macroeconomic environment.
Industrial Decarbonization in Practice
Case-driven insights from steel, cement, chemicals, refining, and power generation. Addressing integration challenges, retrofit complexity, energy penalties, and operational reliability in heavy industrial environments.
Carbon Transport, Storage & Integrity
CO₂ pipelines, shipping, geological storage, hub models, cross-border transport, Measurement, Monitoring & Verification (MMV), and long-term liability frameworks.
Carbon Utilization & Market Development
Advancing CO₂ utilization pathways, synthetic fuels, carbon-based materials, mineralization, and emerging carbon markets. Assessing durability, lifecycle accounting, and the role of utilization in expanding demand for captured CO₂.
The CCUS Ecosystem
CCUS Xchange convenes a cross-sector leadership cohort spanning industry, finance, infrastructure, and regulatory institutions across the global carbon value chain. Attendees include CEOs, CTOs, VPs, Senior Managers, Directors, Lead Engineers, policymakers, and research leaders responsible for infrastructure deployment and industrial decarbonization.
CEOs, CTOs, VPs, Senior Managers, Directors, and Lead Engineers from heavy industry, energy, finance, and regulatory institutions. This is not a trade show — it is a working summit for those with capital allocation and project authority.
Core Attendee Profiles
Industrial Decarbonization
Steel, Cement, Aluminum, and Iron manufacturing leaders integrating capture into hard-to-abate operations.
Energy & Power
Senior operators from thermal power plants, oil & gas production, and utilities driving low-carbon transitions.
Strategic Planning
Heads of Projects & Public Affairs, Strategy & Risk, and Business Development architecting deployment roadmaps.
Technical Operations
Carbon Capture Engineers, Reservoir Engineers, and Pipeline Management leads delivering operational performance.
Capital & Compliance
Infrastructure finance, legal & regulatory affairs, and ESG compliance leaders structuring bankable projects.
Innovation
R&D leads, Equipment Certification, and Carbon Utilization startups advancing the technology frontier.
Trusted by Industry Leaders
Join the organizations that have participated across our conferences.
Your Competitive Edge in CCUS Deployment
Commercial Benchmarking
Move beyond the "what" of CCUS to the "how." Gain insights into the economics of large-scale projects and First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) deployment hurdles.
Targeted Value-Chain Networking
Engage with a 70% senior leadership cohort from the industries shaping carbon infrastructure.
Regulatory Roadmapping
Hear directly from policymakers architecting tax credits (45Q), subsidies, and carbon-border adjustment mechanisms (CBAM) that dictate project ROI.
Technology Validation
Compare technical data and case studies from leading EPCs and tech providers — capture efficiency, storage integrity, and CCU innovations.
Cross-Sector Partnerships
Facilitate the offtake and infrastructure agreements necessary to build the industrial carbon hubs of the future.
Actionable Intelligence, Not Just Insights
Five concrete outcomes that will shape your strategy from the moment you leave the event.
Align your organization with the evolving structure of the global carbon economy and emerging policy frameworks.
Bankable transport, storage, and utilization strategies ready for large-scale deployment across North American hubs.
Financing models currently de-risking high-cap carbon infrastructure investments — blended finance, 45Q, CCfDs, and project aggregation.
Industrial integration strategies across hard-to-abate sectors — steel, cement, chemicals, refining, and power generation.
Emerging CCU innovations transforming CO₂ into revenue-generating assets — synthetic fuels, mineralization, and carbon-based materials.
Trusted by Industry Decision-Makers
The technical presentations on bankable CCUS infrastructure and 45Q financing were exactly what our deal team needed. This is where the carbon economy converges.
We secured a project finance partner at this event. The quality of attendees from both the technical and capital sides was remarkable.
The Xchange format focuses on real-world deployment data, not marketing. Essential for anyone evaluating CCUS infrastructure investments.
The quality of conversations at this event was exceptional. Within two hours, I had connected with three potential supply partners that we had been trying to reach for months through traditional channels.
Unlike the massive trade shows where you get lost in the noise, this was focused, intimate, and genuinely productive. Every session was directly relevant to our deployment and bankability challenges.
The cross-value-chain perspective was exactly what our team needed. We came for storage insights and left with a complete view of how the carbon economy is taking shape.
As an investor, I need to understand where the industry is heading before the market catches up. This event gave me a 12-month head start on identifying the right partnerships and technologies.
We signed an MOU with a carbon capture EPC we met at last year's event. That single connection justified our attendance cost ten times over. Already registered for 2026.
Secure Your Position
in Carbon Infrastructure
Join the executives, capital providers, and policymakers accelerating commercially viable carbon capture, transport, storage, and utilization infrastructure.
- Full Conference Access
- Presentation Slide Access (permitted material)
- 20% Discount for Group Bookings (3+ Delegates)
- Digital Certificate of Participation
- Exclusive Discount at Upcoming Events
- Full Conference Access
- Presentation Slide Access (permitted material)
- 20% Discount for Group Bookings (3+ Delegates)
- Digital Certificate of Participation
- Exclusive Discount at Upcoming Events
- Full Conference Access
- Presentation Slide Access (permitted material)
- 20% Discount for Group Bookings (3+ Delegates)
- Digital Certificate of Participation
- Exclusive Discount at Upcoming Events
Partner with the Leaders Scaling Carbon Infrastructure
Align your organization with the senior decision-makers driving cell innovation, manufacturing scale-up, and technology commercialization across the CCUS value chain ecosystem.
- 8 Delegate Passes
- 10'x20' Exhibition Space
- Brand Placement on Event Website
- Logo Placement on Delegate Kits
- Branded Inserts in Delegate Kits
- Access to Sponsorship Add-ons
- 4 Banner Placements in High-Traffic Areas
- Dedicated Social Media Announcement
- Speaking Opportunity
- Session Hosting Opportunity
- Access to Attendee List
- Presentation Recording Access
- 5 Delegate Passes
- 10'x20' Exhibition Space
- Brand Placement on Event Website
- Logo Placement on Delegate Kits
- Branded Inserts in Delegate Kits
- Access to Sponsorship Add-ons
- 2 Banner Placements in High-Traffic Areas
- Dedicated Social Media Announcement
- Speaking Opportunity
- Session Hosting Opportunity
- 3 Delegate Passes
- 10'x10' Exhibition Space
- Brand Placement on Event Website
- Logo Placement on Delegate Kits
- Branded Inserts in Delegate Kits
- Access to Sponsorship Add-ons
- 1 Banner Placement in High-Traffic Areas
- 2 Delegate Passes
- Brand Placement on Event Website
- Logo Placement on Delegate Kits
- Branded Inserts in Delegate Kits
- Access to Sponsorship Add-ons
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