Symposiums

A collection of the conversations that matter. Each SEEP Symposium is a space for bringing people together: to share ideas, challenge thinking, and make progress on the things that count. Below, you’ll find upcoming symposiums, each with its own focus, speakers, and takeaways.

BP’s Presentations During SEEP 2025

SEEP 2025 has concluded but you can now catch many of the fantastic presentations here by clicking on the PDF links below: Bruce Price – Engineering Our Sustainable Future Driving Progress, Delivering Value Bruce Price – Keynote Speech Andy Best – Decarbonising Upstream Oil & Gas Gio Cristofoli – The Future of Energy is Engineered […]

BP’s Symposium on: Decarbonising the Oil and Gas Industry

As part of bp’s commitment to sustainability—anchored in strong principles that guide our operations and support our ambitions to get to net zero, improve people’s lives, and care for our planet—bp is hosting this symposium in close collaboration with key societal stakeholders, including academia and industry. This initiative underscores bp’s dedication to fostering meaningful dialogue […]

Bio based bio inspired and bio derived – the impact of biology in material development

Symposium Chairman Prof. Lorna Anguilano Symposium Description The quest to Net Zero, sustainability and resilience is more and more creating a bridge between biology and material science. Bio-inspiration for novel engineering solutions, bio-derived chemicals, bio-processing is growing exponentially to tackle a variety of sectors, from chemicals to pharmaceuticals to construction. The use of algae, enzymes, […]

StreamSTEP

Symposium on: Streamlining the optimisation of Sustainable Thermal Energy systems and Prototype technologies in process industries The European process industries play a vital role in achieving climate neutrality by 2050, currently responsible for 20% of greenhouse gas emissions and 25% of final energy consumption in Europe. A significant portion (66%) of industrial energy use is […]

Geothermal Energy Symposium

July 22nd 2026

Symposium on Improving Competitiveness of Geothermal Energy, July 22nd, 2026: Geothermal energy is the only renewable energy source that is available 24/7, all year around, and in principle anywhere on the planet. It is a baseload supply, has low CO2 emissions, and geothermal power stations have small footprints. Despite these advantages, geothermal has only a […]