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"WBM Brazil brought together the global industry leaders in the backdrop of Brazil's economic growth horizon and historical drive for energy innovation." - SG Biofuels

One of the major events in the Brazilian bioenergy calendar, the 2nd annual World Biofuels Markets Brazil conference, offers both new entrants and established energy market professionals the chance to hear from and meet with the thought leaders, feedstock and biofuel producers, policy makers, biotechnology providers, project developers, financiers and end-users who are driving the development of next generation biofuels in Brazil.

Ozires Silva, Dean, Unimonte; Founder, Embraer; Former President, Petrobras and Varig Airlines & Minister of State for Infrastructure of Brazil

Pedro Moura-Costa, Founder & President of BVRio (Rio de Janeiro's Green Exchange), Co-Founder & former President of EcoSecurities & Contributing Author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Bernardo Gradin, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Graal Investments & Graal Bio 

Humberto Junqueira de Farias, Chief Executive Officer, Renuka do Brasil

André Luiz B.L. Rocha, President, SIFAEG - Syndicate of Ethanol Producers of the State of Goiás

Maurílio Biagi Filho, President, Grupo Maubisa

Ailton Braga Domingues, President, BioVerde Biodiesel

Jacyr Costa Filho, Chief Executive Officer, Guarani

Dario Costa Gaeta, President, Paraíso Bioenergia

Ismael Perina Jr., President, ORPLANA - The Sugarcane Producers Organization of Central Southern Brazil

View the full World Biofuels Markets Brazil speaker list or alternatively you can view the event agenda here.

Here's an outline of what you can attend and when at World Biofuels Markets Brazil:

For those less familiar with the Brazilian sucro-energy and biofuels industries, here is Green Power Conferences’ very brief introduction to some of the major companies operating in the sector.  This list is by no means exhaustive, but we hope will provide our international audience with a quick overview of some companies and organizations you might not have encountered before.

 Download "Companies in the Brazilian Biofuels Market"

Join an expected audience of 400 Brazilian and International biofuels leaders as domestic and international experts debate the key market issues:

• Shortage of supply: what are the potential long-term consequences for sugarcane-based first and second generation biofuels?
• The Brazilian government programs that will drive next generation supply
  
• Accelerating scale-up with finance & investment: when, why, how and how much? 
• Strategy of oil majors in accessing the Brazilian advanced biofuels market
• Output not optimism: Hear working, commercial output, real world case studies of next generation and alternative feedstock biofuels from Brazil and around the globe
• Aviation Biofuels: What have been the successes and challeng es in the first major wave of bio-jet fuel use on commercial routes?
• Alternative feedstocks: relative cost and potential of jatropha, castor, African palm, Macaúba palm, sorghum and energy cane
• Extended biochemicals, bioplastics focus:  exploring major new revenue streams for feedstock producers in Brazil
  
  Read more about the Brazilian biofuels industry here.

Who will you meet at World Biofuels Markets Brazil?

Co-located event:

Running alongside World Biofuels Markets Brazil, this conference presents a major opportunity to learn about the important new revenue streams and cost saving opportunities that biomass-fired cogeneration offers to local biofuel producers. Learn how CHP and smart grid technologies will change Brazil’s bioelectrical power matrix and how that will affect the business models across the biofuels sector.

Visit the Biomass Power Generation Brazil website for more information

If you are interested in getting involved with World Biofuels Markets Brazil 2012, as a speaker, sponsor, partner or delegate and have any questions, please contact the Event Director on the details below.

Nick Cressey
World Biofuels Markets Brazil Event Director
Green Power Conferences

T: +44 (0)203 384 6212
E: nick.cressey@greenpowerconferences.com