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John Davison
John has worked as a Project Manager at IEA GHG transportation, renewable energy and biological
carbon sequestration. Prior to joining IEAGHG he
since 1997, where his main role is to provide impar- worked for British Coal on coal utilisation R&D and
in energy consultancy. He was one of the lead au-
tial assessments of technologies and ccoonsctsenotfraCteOd2 thors of the IPCC Special Report on CCS and is a
abatement. In recent years he has chartered chemical engineer.
mainly on managing and carrying out studies on
CcoOn2scuampintugreinidnupsotrwieesr. generation and large energy
He has also worked on CO2
Luca Mancuso
Luca is Process Director in Amec Foster Wheeler, In the field of CCS, he has successfully worked for
with a first class degree in chemical engineering. a large number of renowned international compa-
He joined Amec Foster Wheeler since 2000 as pro- nies and organizations.
cess engineer. In Amec Foster Wheeler, Luca had The acquisition of this expertise allowed Luca to
the opportunity to develop a deep experience in publish several papers and to present them at in-
the design of fossil-based power and chemical ge- ternational conferences on Gasification Technolo-
neration plants, following feasibility studies, basic gies and Greenhouse Gas Control techniques.
design and detailed engineering phases of several
worldwide projects.
Noemi Ferrari
Noemi is Power Senior Process Engineer in Amec generation, gas treatment and chemical production
Foster Wheeler, with 7 years of experience. She joi- plants, following feasibility studies, front-end engi-
ned Amec Foster Wheeler in 2008 as a process neering design phase and EPC phase of different
engineer, with a Master Degree in Chemical Engi- projects. Particular area of expertise is the design
neering at Politecnico di Milano. of gasification plants for the combined production
In this role, Noemi had the opportunity to develop of hydrogen and electric energy, with and without
her experience in the design of fossil-based power carbon dioxide sequestration
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