Petri Laakso, CEO and Co-founder, Soletair Power will speak at the upcoming FinnCERES Annual Seminar titled “Bio-based Futures: Alternative Feedstocks and Technologies”, taking place May 15–16, 2025, in Espoo, Finland, and online.
This year’s seminar highlights sustainable innovations in the circular bioeconomy, focusing on alternative feedstocks, circular carbon solutions, and novel utilization of forest industry side streams. The event connects experts from leading institutions such as Aalto University, VTT, and top innovators from the clean technology sector.
📣 Presentation by Petri Laakso, Soletair Power
🗓 Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
🕦 Time: 11:30–11:50 AM (EEST) Session 2: Infinite Carbon
📍 Location: Espoo & Online
🎤 Topic: Buildings as Carbon Sinks
📺 Watch the event online here:
👉 https://videonet.fi/biobasedfutures/
In his talk, Petri will explore how Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology can turn buildings into active carbon sinks, capturing CO₂ directly from ventilation systems.
“With DAC integrated into buildings, we can shift from passive energy consumers to active climate contributors,” says Petri Laakso, CEO of Soletair Power.
✅ Join the event
🎟 Register to Attend (Espoo or Online):
👉 https://www.finnceres.fi/event-details/biobasedfutures
📺 Watch the Live Stream Here:
👉 https://videonet.fi/biobasedfutures/
Tentative program of the Bio-based Futures: Alternative feedstocks and technologies seminar
Thursday May 15, 2025 (click to watch the event live)
9.00 Welcoming words, Monika Österberg, Tekla Tammelin
FinnCERES Scientific Principal Investigators
9.10 Keynote: Orlando Rojas, University of British Columbia
9.45 Session 1: Alternative feedstocks
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00 Session 2: Circular carbon
11.10-11.30
Esa Vakkilainen, LUT University
Why we need CCS/CCU?
11.30-11.50
Petri Laakso, Soletair Power
Buildings as carbon sinks
11.50-12.10
Pirita Mikkanen, Metsä Group
Industry view on bioCO2 and hydrogen economy
12.10-12-30
Silvan Scheller, Aalto University
Biotechnological CO2 Valorization Using Engineered Methanogenic Archaea
12.30-13.30 Lunch break
13.30 Keynote: Jason Hallett, Imperial College London
14.05 Session 3: Bio-based futures
14.35-15.00 Coffee break
15.00 Session 3 continues
15:55 Pitching of FinnCERES Proof-of-Concepts projects
16.30 Streaming ends
Friday May 16, 2025 (click to watch the event live)
9.00 Keynote: Joseph Samec, Stockholm University
9.35 Session 4: Holistic utilization: Forest industry sidestreams
10.15-11.00 Coffee break + poster session
11.00 Session 5: Secondary materials: Increasing circularity
12.00 Concluding remarks and poster session awards
Monika Österberg, Tekla Tammelin
FinnCERES Scientific Principal Investigators
12.10 Streaming ends
