Brown Bag seminar 13.5.2025: Sustainability transition of hard-to-abate industries: metal manufacturing as an example

Welcome to the last Brown Bag Seminar of this Spring on Tue 13th of May to hear about sustainable technological solutions for hard-to-abate industries and the challenges of legitimizing them in the context of metal manufacturing! In this seminar we will reach for an overview of the changes that industries need to undergo to enable the sustainability transformation, so if you're working in a hard-to-abate industry or striving to make the transition a reality, join the seminar and participate in the discussion! The speakers in this seminar are Professor Pasquale Cavaliere from the Process Metallurgy Research Unit working with the H2Future research programme and Senior Research Fellow Ilkka Ojansivu from the Department of Marketing, Management and International Business. Professor Cavaliere will talk about the role of hydrogen in the sustainability transformation of hard-to-abate industries focusing on the case of steel manufacturing. Senior Research Fellow Ojansivu will discuss the challenges in legitimizing sustainability within organizations and global networks in metal manufacturing. His focus will be on the case of diesel engine producers. This interdisciplinary seminar welcomes researchers from all fields interested in the topic as well as everyone working with related issues to join the discussion and learn from each other! The seminar will take place on Tuesday 13th of May from 11 am to 12 pm at Tellus Stage on Linnanmaa campus. Lunch will be provided for those who register by Thursday 8th of May at 12 pm. The seminar will be in English. If you cannot make it to the Linnanmaa campus, you can also participate via Zoom. If you participate via Zoom(Avautuu uuteen välilehteen), you don’t need to register for the event.