| Day One10 June
2008 |
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| 08:00 |
Registration and morning coffee
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| 08:50 |
Chairman's welcome and opening address
Carlos St. James,
President,
ARGENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGIES CHAMBER
Argentina
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| 09:00 |
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KEYNOTE SESSION:
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BIOFUELS INDUSTRY |
- Current state of the biofuels industry– new regulatory developments
- Identifying challenges and opportunities in different countries
- Discussing new government incentives to promote biofuels
- Biofuels support: taxation vs. obligations
Dr. Hans-Harald Jahn,
Head of INCO/SAS Division,
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
Luxembourg
Lutz Guderjahn,
Chief Operating Officer,
CROPENERGIES AG
Germany
Carlos St. James,
President,
ARGENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGIES CHAMBER
Argentina
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| 10:00 |
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE & BIOFUELS |
- Market opportunities for biofuels trading across the EU, Asia, the US and Brasil
- Subsidised US biodiesel trade: implications for European market
Raffaello Garofalo,
Secretary General,
EUROPEAN BIODIESEL BOARD
Belgium
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| 10:30 |
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BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION IN EUROPE |
- Improving production practices: increasing efficiency and lowering of cost
Lutz Guderjahn,
Chief Operating Officer,
CROPENERGIES AG
Germany
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| 11:00 |
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PRE-ARRANGED ONE-TO-ONE BUSINESS MEETINGS WITH MORNING REFRESHMENTS |
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| 11:50 |
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| 13:00 |
| FOCUS SESSION |
| BIODIESEL OPPORTUNITIES IN CEE COUNTRIES |
- Current challenges and opportunities within the CEE biodiesel market
- High commodity prices drive CEE raw material supply
- EU as the driving force for CEE biodiesel demand
- EOP biodiesel AG’s biodiesel strategy in CEE
Prof. Karl-W. Giersberg,
CFO,
EOP BIODIESEL AG
Germany
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| NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES |
| CELLULOSIC/LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOL |
- Technical and commercial challenges for cellulosic/lignocellulosic ethanol production
- Achieving commercial viability of cellulosic/lignocellulosic ethanol
Christian Morgen,
Senior Manager, Business Development & Marketing,
DONG ENERGY
Denmark
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| 13:30 |
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RENEWABLE DIESEL PRODUCTION IN EUROPE |
- Developing next generation technology for renewable diesel production
- Challenges of moving to a larger scale production
- Opportunities for renewable diesel technology integration into oil refinery
Ilmari Lastikka,
Stakeholder Relations Manager ,
NESTE OIL
Finland
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| 14:00 |
| WORKSHOP |
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CUSTOMERS' FEEDBACK – PROCESS AUTOMATION AND MAINTENANCE IN BIOFUELS
- A global strategic alliance to benefit the biofuels industry
- Reduce cost and down time with asset management and service:
- Case study of a biodiesel project - W@M web based asset management system
- Case study “Automation solutions for a bio-ethanol plant”
- Sharing best practices of a real-life automation implementation
- Cost savings and benefits
- Multi-disciplined, scalable and information-enabled integrated architecture solutions
Urs Marti,
Marketing Director,
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
Belgium
Michael Ziesemer,
Director Sales & Marketing, Me,
ENDRESS + HAUSER
Germany
Dr. Ing. Knut Schroeder ,
Director Technical Service,
LURGI AG
Germany
Didier Guérin,
Joint Managing Director,
MANGIN-EGLY
France
Johan Manka,
Head of Division,
MANGIN-EGLY
France
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| WORKSHOP |
OPTIMIZING THE CARBON DIOXIDE BALANCE OF THE BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION BY FERMENTATION OF STILLAGE TO BIOGAS
- Practical results of the biogas production from stillage in high capacity fermenters:
- Effect of micro nutrients on the fermentation process
- Biogas yield in practice
- Applicability of the high capacity fermentation
- Impact on the carbon dioxide balance of the bioethanol production by fermentation of stillage to biogas
- State-of-the-art methods for preparation of biogas to natural gasoline quality:
- Comparative evaluation of the technologies
- Profitability of the gas preparation techniques
- PCC-Process for economical biogas purification and concentration
- Potentials of the fermentation residues usage in the fertilizer market:
- Quality of the fertilizer
- Application as liquid fertilizer
- Market potential and assumable revenues
Dr. Ing. Hans Friedmann,
CEO,
AGRAFERM TECHNOLOGIES AG
Germany
Dr. Heinrich Follmann,
CEO,
HF BIOTEC
Germany
Aicke Grünke,
Economist, Sales Manager,
HF BIOTEC
Germany
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| 15:00 |
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PRE-ARRANGED ONE-TO-ONE BUSINESS MEETINGS |
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| 17:10 |
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AGRICULTURE AND FEEDSTOCKS |
- Growing crops for biofuels: Examining the impact of increasing feedstock prices
- Securing the agricultural supply chain for biofuels production
- What is the best sustainable way to increase biofuels production in Europe and globally
- Irrigation Technology and Crop Management: The sustainable way of assuring price and availability of feedstock
Dr. Hilkka Summa,
Head of Unit - Bioenergy, Biomass, Forestry and Climate Change,
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Belgium
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| 17:45 |
Evening reception sponsored by BIO MCN
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