Agenda 2022

DAY ONE: 5th July 2022

9.30 Welcoming remarks from the Chair
Barinder J S Ghai, Director Technical Marketing and New Business Development, EMEA, Sandvik Materials Technology

9.45 Pellet Market Update

European pellet market update
Fresh data from 2021-2022 heating season
Most recent trends on European residential pellet market
Update on other biomass types

Gilles Gauthier, Business Development and Membership Director, Bioenergy Europe

10.15 Spotlight on Germany: Expanding the fuels mix at CHP plants to include waste wood

Danpower overview (power plants)
Waste wood usage in Germany
Price and regulations
Realizing new projects
Potentials of waste wood in Europe
Conclusions

Markus Süßmann, Head of Special Projects, Danpower

10.45 Networking break
kindly sponsored by Bureau Veritas

11.15 Advanced Pellet Fuel from a Proven Technology
Bertil Johansen, Head of Innovation, Arbaflame

11.45 Looking beyond Europe – how can bioenergy contribute to sustainable development?

Widespread unsustainable use of bioenergy – how can it be changed?
The economics of advanced bioenergy use
Opportunities and barriers

Dr. Christian Rakos, CEO, proPellets Austria

12.15 Q&A with this morning’s speakers

12.45 Networking lunch
kindly sponsored by Technoilogy

2.00 Session two: Opening remarks from the Chair
Barinder J S Ghai, Director Technical Marketing and New Business Development, EMEA, Sandvik Materials Technology

2.15 Biomass sustainability criteria: going beyond the basic requirements

Latest sustainability guidelines
Different approaches to sustainability criteria
The need to go above and beyond

Nicolas Viart, Technical Director, Sustainable Biomass Programme

2.45 Biomass trading: woodchips & pellet auctions across Europe

Overview of the biomass sector in the Baltic States
Pricing

Andrius Smaliukas, CEO, Baltpool

3.15 Networking break
kindly sponsored by Bureau Veritas

3.45 Case study: 75MW Biomass power plant in Asia

Feedstock choices
Sustainability
Overview of the biomass sector in Asia

Yoshinobu Kusano, Executive Advisor, Biomass Energy, Renova

4.15 Digital Innovations for Sustainable Biomass to Biofuels Production
Roxann West, New Segments Manager, Schneider Electric

5.15 Networking drinks with the Biogas & Biomass participants
kindly sponsored by Emmission Analytics

DAY TWO: 6th July 2022

9.30 Welcoming remarks from the Chair

9.45 Future Outlook for the Global Industrial Wood Pellet Market

European pellet market update
Fresh data from 2021-2022 heating season
Most recent trends on European residential pellet market
Update on other biomass types

Jens Wolf, Executive VP, Sales and Marketing, Enviva Partners

10.15 Policy Update

Overview on the European Policy Context
Updates on the Fit for 55 & key policy files for the bioenergy sector
The REPower Europe Plan

Irene di Padua, Policy Director, Bioenergy Europe

10.45 Networking break
kindly sponsored by Bureau Veritas

11.15 Wood waste – in between wood and waste management

General market overview in European and global context
Uncertainties and opportunities in biomass market
Role of biomass in renewable energy
Regional policy review, analysis on regulatory framework

Lauma Kazuša, Head of Market Analysis, SUEZ Trading Europe

11.45 The Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking: a competitive bioeconomy for a sustainable future

Virginia Puzzolo, Head of Programme Unit, Circular Bio-based Europe JU

12.15 Wood pellets in emerging economies

Maarten Gnoth, Managing Director, Hinterland Sustainable Investment Management

12.45 Networking lunch
kindly sponsored by Technoilogy

2.00 Opening remarks from the Chair

2.15 Complying with EU regulations to build a sustainable & efficient biomass plant

Considerations with sourcing biomass feedstock
Emissions
Creating a circular economy
Meeting the 2029 regulatory requirements to re-use phosphor

Frank S. Lund, Head of Strategy and Marketing, Aalborg Energie Technik a/s

2.45 Negative Emissions Pellet Production

What are the energy intensive machines and processes when producing pellets
Tackle those energy hogging processes
How we can reduce the emissions by changing the dryer
How we can achieve negative emissions (remove emissions for per ton pellet used for energy)

Manish Verma, Business Development Manager, Swedish Exergy

3.15 Overcoming corrosion challenges when converting from fossil to renewable feedstocks
Jonas Höwing, Technical Marketing Specialist, Sandvik Materials Technology

3.45 End of conference

Agenda 2022

DAY ONE: 5th July 2022

DAY TWO: 6th July 2022

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