Biofuels 2009, 4th Annual Meeting

Programme

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2009 

08:00 Registration and coffee 

08:50 Opening welcome address and business card exchange – meet your fellow attendees

9:00 Keynote and opening address:

Paul Hodson, Deputy Head of Unit, EUROPEAN COMMISSION - DG TRANSPORT AND ENERGY (TREN)

9:20 Session one: Window on the biofuels world: the real scenario and the way forward

Chairman: Robert Wilson, Chairman, POYRY CONSULTING 

• Key market drivers, restraints, challenges and perspectives for the sector
• Asia, US, Africa and Brazil – subsidies, new policies and investments and how it has affected the EU. What is working abroad and how we can make the most of these experiences
• Global biofuels production and regional comparison. The forecast for crude oil prices and the real scenario for biofuels
• Biodiesel, bioethanol and biogas: a global dialogue from Europe

Johannes Benigni, Managing Director, JBC ENERGY
Gordon McManus, Lead Analyst – Biofuels, WOOD MACKENZIE
Senior Representative, PETROBRAS BIOFUELS

10:45 Coffee Break

11:05 Session two: The integration of the oil and the biofuels industry: lessons learnt

Chairman: Walter Mirabella, Chairman, EFOA

• Best practice examples of supply chain, storage and blending
• Meeting the mandatory blending specifications. How refiners are dealing with this challenge
• What are the plans and projects of Europe’s major refiners in the field of biofuels?
• Development and demonstration of integrated biorefineries
• Using the oil industry structure to implement the next generation biofuels: joint ventures

Jacques Blondy, Director of Agricultural Development, TOTAL
Artur Thernesz, Director of Downstream Technology, MOL GROUP
Simo Honkanen, Senior Vice President Sustainability and HSSE, NESTE OIL
Robert Gmyrek, Director Alternative Sources of Energy Department, PKN ORLEN

12:40 Luncheon with social networking opportunity

14:00 Session three:  Biodiesel Europe: Where do we go from here?

• Sharp drop in crude oil price plus global financial crisis: how to solve this complex formula?
• Developing a cost-effective strategy for biodiesel distribution and raw material pricing
• StatoilHydro and the FAME biodiesel market. RME in Lithuania and the next steps to move to next generation biodiesel
• International Maritime Organisation: new rules, new opportunities! The recent and on-going initiatives of the IMO to reduce the carbon footprint of sea-going transportation and the potential benefits for the biofuels industry
• Biofuels challenges and opportunities in Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Poland and Czech Republic

Christian Hemerka, Marketing & Sales Partner, PPM – ENERGIE
Kristina Maria Holm, Principal Business Developer Bioenergy, STATOILHYDRO
Karl-Wilhelm Giersberg, CFO, EOP BIODIESEL AG
Laura Zanibelli, R&M Technology Plan & Intellectual Property Management  Responsible, ENI
John McVay, Managing Consultant, PURVIN & GERTZ

15:40 Tea break 

16:10 Session four: Panel discussion - EU policy under the spotlight: global climate, targets, sustainability and funding

Chairman: Ian O'Gara, European Biofuels Lead, ACCENTURE

• What are the legislation trends? What can we expect from the European Union energy policy and strategy? The current state of the biofuels industry and regulatory development
• Biofuels vs. Food: who is who in this debate and the latest independent analysis
• EU vs US - anti-dumping and a countervailing duty complaint. Trade litigation and an overview of the major issues at the heart of the dispute
• How to protect the European market from unreasonable competition? How to certify that “foreign” biodiesel and its feedstocks are produced in a sustainable way?
• Certification, standard quality and the latest developments in the biofuels industry
• How are biofuels producers coping with the global financial state? How and where are they getting the money from? What are the criteria to ensure financial investment in the current international scenario?

Pierre Dechamps, Adviser Energy and Climate Change, EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Raffaello Garofalo, Secretary General, EUROPEAN BIODIESEL BOARD (EBB)
Rob Vierhout, Secretary General, EUROPEAN BIOETHANOL FUEL ASSOCIATION (eBIO)
Gabor Kiss, Associate Banker, EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Marcos S. Jank, President, UNICA/BRAZIL

17:30 Close of day one

Evening drinks reception including the presentation of the 2009 Biofuels Technology
Innovation of the year Award and the NEW Biofuels Corporation of the year Award

DAY TWO: THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER 2009

08:30 Registration and coffee

08:45 Business card exchange

09:00 Session five: Bioethanol: the facts and the game plan

Chairman: Jens Thorup, Chief Technical Officer, PURSUIT DYNAMICSEconomic framework for European bioethanol producers. Will you sell what you are planning to produce?

• Cellulosic ethanol developments: technology, strategy and successful partnerships
• The “Brazilian challenge” and how Europe is coping with it: sustainability, subsidies and competition
• Benefits of integrating a Bioethanol production facility with a refinery

Pedro Carrillo Donaire, Executive VP, ABENGOA BIOENERGY
Boris Hinz, Head of Sales, CROPENERGIES
Bernard Chaud, Director, Biofuels Projects, TEREOS  
Ylwa Alwarsdotter, Marketing Director, SEKAB

10:30 Coffee break 

11:00 Session six: Feedstocks: new supplies and processing

• Feedstocks: sustainability and successful experiences worldwide
• Producing algae in a commercial scale in an economically viable manner
• Biofuels and aviation: reality or dream? How far are we from a strong demand for biofuels and the latest news from the sector
• Improved methods of processing lignocellulose feedstocks and conversion of cellulosic feedstocks economically into biofuels

Nathan Brown, Deputy Executive Director, CAAFI and FAA (FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION/US)
Eelco Dekker, Marketing & Sales Manager, BIO MCN
Mika Aho, Managing Director, ST1 BIOFUELS OY

12:30 Luncheon with social networking opportunity

14:00 Session seven: State of the biogas market today and tomorrow 

• Anaerobic digestion and biogas – the latest technologies and developments
• Development and shaping of biogas systems and plants. Biogas commercialisation: rationale, framework, practical implications
• The movement towards biofuels in the automotive sector. European consumers attitudes and perceptions towards sustainability environment and alternative powertrains

Ulrich Schmack, CEO, SCHMACK BIOGAS
Johnny Johnston, Implementation Manager, Sustainable Gas Group, NATIONAL GRID 
Kornel Kovacs, President, HUNGARIAN BIOGAS ASSOCIATION

15:20 Coffee break 

15:50 Session eight: Roundtables discussions

Interactive open discussions providing an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and information with panels of senior biofuel personnel from Europe.

Table 1 - Biodiesel
Raffaello Garofalo, Secretary General, EUROPEAN BIODIESEL BOARD (EBB)

Table 2 - Bioethanol
Rob Vierhout, Secretary General, EUROPEAN BIOETHANOL FUEL ASSOCIATION (eBIO)

Table 3 - Biogas
Kornel Kovacs, President, HUNGARIAN BIOGAS ASSOCIATION

17:30 End of day two and close of conference

Panel question and answer discussions will follow each session

For further information please contact:
Gustavo Favaron
Director of Renewable Energy Projects, Europe and Asia 
Tel +44 (0)20 7067 1800
Fax +44 (0)20 7430 0552
Email: g.favaron@theenergyexchange.co.uk

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