Biofuels International programme
- 23-24th September 2015, Porto, Portugal
Day 1: 23rd September 2015
Opening the conference:
Mr. José Reis, vice-president, ENMC (Entidade Nacional para o Mercado de Combustíveis)
SESSION ONE: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOFUELS POLICY
8:45 Registration and Coffee
Kindly sponsored by JOil
9:15 Chair's opening remarks
Martin Tangney, President, Celtic Renewables
9:30 EU policy & the biofuels market in Portugal
Jaime Braga, Secretary General, Portugal Biofuels Association
10:00 How to meet the 10%, perspectives from an R&M operator
- Limitations from the supply side (technical, legal, economic)
- 2nd Generation (When? What cost?)
- New sustainability standards, more to overcome?
Hugo Pereira, Head of Biofuels Division at Galp Energia

10:30 Networking break
Kindly sponsored by JOil
11:15 Biofuels Policy Reform
Laura Buffet, Fuels Officer, Transport & Environment
11:45 Bioenergy projects funded under the NER 300 programme – current state of development and knowledge gained
- Short presentation of the NER 300 programme
- Funded projects and the role of bioenergy projects for the programme
- Knowledge Sharing mechanisms of the programme
- State-of-play, insights and knowledge gained from the Verbiostraw project
Joint presentation by Andreas Uihlein, Scientific / Technical Project Officer, European Commission & Dr. Oliver Lüdtke, Vice Chairman of the Management Board, Verbio AG
12:15 Ethanol's role in meeting the EU's 2020 targets- perspectives up to 2030
Emmanuel Desplechin, Director Government Affairs, ePURE
12:45 Networking lunch
sponsored by Biofuels International Magazine
5:30 Networking reception
hosted by IncBio
Day 2: 24th September 2015
SESSION FOUR: SUSTAINABILITY
8:45 Registration and Coffee
Kindly sponsored by JOil
9:00 Chair's opening remarks
Ausilio Bauen, Director, e4tech
9:15 Land use change in biofuels policy beyond 2020
- Quantitative assessments for policy options
- Handling of land use emissions for traditional and new biofuels
David Laborde, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
9:45 Sustainability of Inbicon 2G bioethanol
Dr. Jesper Dohrup, Sr Commercial Manager, Inbicon, DONG Energy
10:15 How sustainable really are advanced biofuels?
- Differentiating feedstocks
- Availability & Sustainability
- Harmonising sustainability criteria over industries
Timo Huhtisaari, Sustainability and Biofuels Expert, NEOT

10:45 Networking break
Kindly sponsored by JOil
11:15 New procedures for certifying low ILUC fuels
Melanie Williams, Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels
11:45 Land use change verification
Norbert Schmitz, Managing Director, ISCC System
12:15 Networking lunch |
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Close of conference
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