Conference Programme

Conference Day Two: Thursday, 2 April – programme

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DAY ONE: Wednesday, 1 April

8.45 Registration and refreshments

9.15 Chairman’s welcome address and opening remarks
Thomas Meth, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Intrinergy

9.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dr Kyriakos Maniatis, DG Energy and Transport, European Commission

10.00 EU policy, targets and an update on developments
• State of play on the Energy & Climate package & Renewable Energy Directive
• Implications for biofuels, biogas and biomass
• Progress towards targets
• Sustainability and likely rules
• Imports vs domestic production
• What the new RES Directive means for biomass
• Will there be a revision in 2015 of the 10% renewable energy fuels target for 2020?
Martina Otto, Head of Energy and Transport Policy Unit, UNEP

10.30 Coffee break & networking

11.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Sustainability and biofuels
• Outlook for first generation biofuels
• The food vs fuel debate and land-use implications
• Feedback from EU consultations
• Update on demand & supply for ethanol and biodiesel in Europe
• GHG reduction targets
• The indirect effects of using biomass for energy
• How sustainability criteria are reflected and controlled?
Uwe Albrecht, Managing Director, Ludwig-Bolkow-Systemtechnik (LBST)
Mark Avery, Director of Conservation, RSPB
Olivier Dubois, Senior Rural Institutions Officer and Bioenergy Group Co-ordinator, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
Prof Andre Faaij, Co-ordinator Research Energy Supply & System Studies, Utrecht University

11.50 Second generation biofuels
• Current state of development of second generation fuels
• Economic and environmental benefits of cellulosic feedstocks, algae, biobutanol
• Potential supply from second generation fuels
Marc Londo, Senior Researcher, ECN Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands

12.30 Chairman’s summary remarks

12.40 Lunch & networking

2.00 – PANEL DISCUSSION: Bioenergy and carbon finance/climate change
• Methane capture projects in the CDM
• Biomass projects for small-scale power generation
• Bio-char – assessing the carbon sequestration potential
• Carbon credits for avoided deforestation – update on negotiations
Andrew Hedges, Senior Associate, Norton Rose
Naomi Pena, Senior Research Scientist, Joanneum Research
Craig Sams, Founder, Carbon Gold

2.50 CASE STUDY: Biomass projects in the CDM
• Identifying suitable projects
• Validation, verification and monitoring of emissions savings
• Impact of carbon credits on project finance
Marco Berggren, Head of Technology Transfer, Tricorona

3.20 Coffee break & networking

3.50 PANEL DISCUSSION: Investment opportunities in forestry
• Recent trends in forestry finance – whose buying what
• Monetising non-timber assets
• Risk management of forestry projects
Martin Berg, VP and Carbon Emissions Originator, Merrill Lynch
Phil Cottle, Managing Director, ForestRe Ltd
John Bingham, Research Director, Hawkins Wright
Hans van den Berg, General Partner, Mother Earth Jatropha Plantation Funds

4.40 Promoting production and use of energy crops in Europe
• Energy crops as a promising source of bioenergy
• Promoting trust and collaboration within the crop-to-energy chain
• Developing crop-to-energy business and contract models
Teuvo Paappanen, Research Scientist, VTT, Finland

5.20 Chairman’s closing remarks

5.30 Networking drinks reception

DAY TWO: Thursday, 2 April

8.45 Registration and refreshments

9.15 Chairman’s welcome address and opening remarks
Robert Wilson, Chairman, Poyry Forest Industry Consulting

9.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Outlook for biomass in power generation
• Analysis of major new investments
• Economic and environmental implications
• Choice of feedstocks – securing the supply chain
• Financing mechanisms
Ian Calvert, Head of Cogen Strategy, Npower Cogen
John Seed, Managing Director, Helius Energy
Peter Rechberger, Bioenergy Expert, European Biomass Association (AEBIOM)
Thomas Meth, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Intrinergy

10.20 CASE STUDY: Biomass for heat and power
• Is it safe to assume that biomass is always a low carbon source of heat and power?
• Do we need minimum greenhouse gas savings standards or might other policy options be more appropriate?
Matt Georges, Climate Change Policy Advisor, Environment Agency

10.50 Coffee break & networking

11.20 FINNISH CASE STUDY: Future challenges in sourcing biomass for
heat and power
• How emissions trading affects the competitiveness of biomass in the
energy sector
• What will be the impact of global wood fuel trade and support mechanisms
in the EU?
• Do we need to use stem/pulpwood to secure biomass sourcing in the future?
Juha Elo, Senior Consultant, Poyry Energy

11.50 PANEL DISCUSSION: New opportunities in biogas
• Prospects for a European Biogas Framework Directive
• Investment opportunities in landfill gas capture
• Integrating biogas with biodiesel and ethanol projects
• Biogas for transport
Craig Jamieson, Biomass Consultant, AEA
Markus Meyr, Head of Marketing, Investor Relations and Sales Administration, Schmack Biogas
One further expert panellist to be confirmed

12.30 The impact of the current credit crisis on financial bioenergy projects
James Barrett-Miles, Infrastructure Advisory - Renewables, Waste and Clean Energy, Ernst & Young

1.00 Chairman’s summary remarks

1.10 Lunch & networking

2.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Investment opportunities in biorefineries
• Europe’s biorefinery challenge
• Optimising production of heat, power, chemicals
• Variety of business models
Robert Outram, Global Programme Manager - Speciality Chemicals,
Frost & Sullivan
Petri Vasara, Principal, Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting
Niel Barnard, Director, Ceres Ventures

3.20 Coffee break & networking

3.50 Infrastructure investment challenges
• Logistics of feedstock supply
• Challenges in shipping and storage
• Pipelines, distribution requirements for renewable fuels
Peter Jones OBE, Sector Commentator

4.25 Commodity price risk management in bioenergy markets
• Hedging feedstock and fuel supplies using OTC and exchange-based contracts
• Funding the complete life cycle from sources with a long-term investment perspective
David Lyons, Founding Partner, Capital Partners Worldwide

5.00 Chairman’s closing remarks

5.10 Close of conference

Documentation

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Programme changes

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