World Biofuels Markets 2013 Speakers include:

Keynote Speakers - View Agenda

• General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and Co-chair, Growth Energy
• Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
• Jonathan Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future
• Philip New, Chief Executive Officer, BP Biofuels
• Rogerio Manso, Chief Commercialization Officer, Solazyme
• Guido Ghisolfi, Chief Executive Officer, Beta Renewables
• Michael Eckhart, Managing Director & Global Head of Environmental Finance, Citigroup
• Hans Smits, Chief Executive Officer, Port of Rotterdam
• Petri Vasara, Director, Pöyry Global BioFutures
• Tony Juniper, Sustainability Adviser & Environmentalist
• Raffaello Garofalo, Secretary General, European Biodiesel Board (EBB)
• Moderator: Jonathan Dimbleby, Political Commentator, Author and Television Presenter

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Advanced Biofuels - View Agenda

• Marie Donnelly, European Commission, DG ENER
• Anton Robek, President, Biobased Products & Services, DSM
• Kaisa Hietala, Vice President, Renewable Fuels, Neste Oil Corporation - Read 60 second interview
• Jan Koninckx, Global Business Director, Biofuels, Dupont  
• Jennifer Holmgren, Chief Executive Officer, Lanzatech
• Paul Beckwith, Chief Executive Officer, Butamax Advanced Biofuels
• Dave Cepla, Managing Director, Envergent Technologies
• Tjerk de Ruiter, President and Chief Executive Officer, LS9
• Michele Rubino, Chief Operating Officer, Beta Renewables
• Sari Mannonen, Director, Business Relations & Marketing, UPM Biofuels
• Paolo Corvo, Biotech Renwables Center, Business Development Manager Europe, Clariant 
• Niels Henriksen, Chief Technical Officer, Inbicon International
• Rune Skovgaard Petersen, Director, Engineering and Design, BioGasol 
• Stéphane Fedou, Product Line Manager, XtL & Renewable Fuels, Axens
• Thomas Raiser, Senior Application Manager, Process Technology, Sulzer Chemtech
• Ronald Zwart, Senior Vice President BioRenewables, Dovre Group
• Alan Del Paggio, Vice President Upstream & Renewables, CRI Catalyst Company
• Mark Emalfarb, Chief Exective Officer, Dyadic 
  
• Chairman: Jim Lane, Editor, Biofuels Digest

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Aviation - View Agenda

• Chairman: Dirk Kronemeijer, Managing Director, SkyNRG
• Darrin Morgan, Head of Environment, Boeing
• Virpi Kröger, Manager, Renewable Aviation Fuel, Neste Oil Corporation
• Gerard Ostheimer, Science Advisor, US Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agriculture Service
• Sian Foster, General Manager, Government and External Affairs & Sustainability, Virgin Atlantic Airways
• Alexander Zschocke, Senior Biofuels Manager, Lufthansa
• Leigh Hudson, Environmental Manager, British Airways
• Ignaas Caryn, Director Innovation, Corporate Venturing & Biofuels Strategy, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• Jim Andersen, Program Development Director for Renewable Energy and Chemicals, Honeywell/UOP
• Laszlo Mathe, Bioenergy Co-ordinator, WWF
• Siegfried Knecht, Senior Manager Political Affairs, EADS
• Jonathan Hart, Environment Strategy Manager - Civil Aerospace, Rolls-Royce
• Philippe Novelli, Alternative Fuels Officer, Environment Branch, ICAO
  
• Barbara Bramble, Senior Advisor, International Climate and Energy Program, National Wildlife Foundation
• Alejandro Ríos Galván, Director, Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium, Professor of Practice, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
• Via Video Conference: Chris Tindal, Director for Operational Energy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy
• Via Video Conference: Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, Chief of Navy, Royal Australian Navy

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The Water Debate - View Agenda

• Dan Neary, Southwest Watershed Team, USDA Forest Service
• Sonia Yeh, Institute of Transport Studies, UC Davis - University of California
• Graham Jewitt, Professor of Hydrology, University of Kwazulu-Natal
• Rolf Hogan, Executive Secretary, Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels 
• Jessica Chalmers, Senior Associate, Sustainable Bioenergy, Winrock International 
• Ophir Gore, Director - Renewable Energy & Alternative Fuels Department, Israel NewTech - National Energy & Water Program, Ministry of Indudstry, Trade and Labor
• Pål Börjesson, Professor - Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University
• Chair: Goran Berndes, Head, IEA Task 42 - Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers University

Infrastructure & Downstream - View Agenda

• Frans Jan Hellenthal, Business Developer Chemicals and Biobased Industry, Port of Rotterdam
• Sandra De Mey, Commercial Manager, Port of Ghent
• Jonas Stromberg, Director Sustainable Solutions, Buses and Coaches, Scania
• Dorothée Lahaussois, Senior Specialist, Technical Affairs Planning, Fuels & Biofuels,
  Toyota Motor Europe
• Ronald Backers, Business Developer Liquid Bulk Cargo, Port of Rotterdam
• Douglas R. Bradley, President, Canadian Bioenergy Association
• Ausilio Bauen, Director, E4tech
• Harmen Willemse, Director, NEN - Netherlands Standardization Institute 

Malaysian Palm Oil Council Workshop

• Dr. Kalyana Sundram, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Palm Oil Council
• Arjen Brinkmann, Director, Brinkmann Consultancy
• Florian Boenigk, PR Manager, Kaiser Communication 
• Nils Rettenmaier, Senior Scientist, Department of Food and Bio-based Systems, IFEU - Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg

Biorefinery Platforms - View Agenda

• Pablo Gutierrez, General Manager, Biotechnology, Abengoa Bioenergy
• Charles Lucius, Vice President and Manager, Business and Open Innovation, Energy and Environment Business, Battelle
• Gisle Johansen, Senior Vice President R&D and Business Development, Borregaard Industries - Read 60 second interview
  
• Dennis Korthout, Business Development Manager, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies
• Marcel Verschuur, Process Director, Chemicals Technology, Fluor
• René Van Ree, Food and Biobased Research & Co-ordinator, IEA Bioenergy Task 42 on Biorefining
• Jan Paul Grollé, Managing Director, Alternative Energies, Elsevier
• Krister Sjöblom, Senior Process Manager, Bio Business Development, Fiber Processing Unit, Metso Paper
• Barend Verachtert, Deputy Head of Unit Biotechnologies, European Commission - DG Research & Innovation
• Björn Alriksson, Senior Scientist, Processum Biorefinery Initiative- Read 60 second interview
  
• Eisse Luitjens, Co-Director, Dutch Biorefinery Cluster
• Gulden Yilmaz, Programme Manager, Biorefinery, Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research

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Sustainable Agriculture - View Agenda

• Olivier Macé, Head of Strategy and Regional Affairs, BP Biofuels
• Tony Juniper, Environmentalist & former Executive Director, Friends of the Earth UK
• Peter Pickel, Deputy Director, European Technology Innovation Centre, John Deere
• William J. Martin, Research Manager, Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank
• Henk Joos, Chief Executive Officer, Quinvita - Read 60 second interview
• Michael Persson, former Lead Regulatory Advisor, DONG Energy
• Geraldine Kutas, Head of International Affairs & Senior International Adviser to the President, UNICA
• Ewa Krasuska, Senior Bioenergy Specialist, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, National Research Institute Poland
• David Brand, Managing Director, New Forests Asset Management
• Liu Xiaoli, Co-Director, EC2 China-Europe Clean Energy Centre
• Doron Gal, Chief Executive Officer, Kaiima
• Shlomi Jonas, Chief Executive Officer, Galten Biodiesel - Read 60 second interview 
• Alejandro Rodriguez Graue, Chief Executive Officer, Agracast
• Hong Yan, Chief Scientific Officer, JOil 
• Andreas von Felde, Head of Energy Crops, KWS 
• Richard Spinks, Chief Executive Officer, Active Energy Ukraine
• Yuri Herreras Yambanis, Director, Camelina Company España
• Nikos Brouzos, Biofuels Sustainability Compliance Officer, Galp Energia - Read 60 second interview
• Shlomi Jonas, Chief Executive Officer, Galten Biodiesel - Read 60 second interview
• Henry Neufeldt, Head of Climate Change Research, ICRAF - World Agroforestry Centre - Read 60 second interview
• Alex Lissitsa, President, Ukrainian Agribusiness Club
• Magnus Marklund, Chief Executive Officer, ETC Pitea - Read 60 second interview
• Doug Winter, Director, United Soybean Board
• Willem Wiskerke, Bioenergy Campaigner, Greenpeace
• Andrew Shepherd, Consultant, CTA – Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
• Madelon Meijer, Policy Advisor Food and Agriculture, Oxfam Novib
• Leo van der Vlist, External Relations, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples
• Robert de Graeff, Research & Policy Officer, European Landowners Organization
• Jose Adriano Marini, Research on Sustainable Agriculture and Family Farming, Emprapa Amapá Brazil
• Henrique Pacini, Economic Affairs Officer, Unit for Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

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Biodiesel - View Agenda

• John Plaza, Chief Executive Officer, Imperium Renewables         
• Chris Judge, Senior Products Editor, Argus
• Juan Rodriguez, Director and Head, ITQUIMA
• Enrique Espí-Guzmán, Bioenergy Consultant, Research & Development Department, Repsol
• Sobhi Basheer, Chief Executive Officer, TransBiodiesel - Read 60 second interview
• Gene Gebolys, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Energy
• Kevin McGeeney, Chief Executive Officer, Starsupply Commodity Brokers 
• Adrian O'Connell, Manager, Europe & Africa, International Fuel Quality Centre, Hart Energy
• Al Costa, Director, Alkol 

Algae and Aquatic Biomass - View Agenda

• Peter van den Dorpel, Chief Executive Officer, AlgaeLine
• John Benemann, Chief Executive Officer, MicroBio Engineering - Read 60 second interview
• Phil Pienkos, Principal Research Supervisor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Miguel Verhein, Executive Director, Algasol
• Jose L Sanchez, General Manager, Algae Division, OriginOil - Read 60 second interview
• Gregory L. Bafalis, Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Algae  - Read 60 second interview
  
• Janine Bramer, Project Manager, Algae, GMB Gmbh - Read 60 second interview
  
• Francois Le Borgne, Research Manager, AlgoSource Technologies
• Chiara Zanasi, Project Manager, EABA - European Algae Biomass Association

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Residues and Waste Bio-feedstocks - View Agenda

• Ashley Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Waste Enterprisers
• Michael Cox, Commercial Development Manager, SITA UK 
• Robert T. Do, President and Chief Executive Officer, Solena Fuels Corporation
• Martijn Hoogerwerf, Chief Operating Officer, China Europe BioEnergy Consortium - Read 60 second interview
  
• Mike Rocke, Vice President, CoolPlanet Energy Systems
• Michael Koch, New Business Development, Methanesulfonic Acid, BASF  
• Kevin Willerton, Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Business Development, Westinghouse Plasma Corporation
• Geoff Rathbone, Vice President, Resource Recovery, Progressive Waste Solutions
• Mike Hart, Chief Executive Officer, Sierra Energy
• Jessica Findley, Director, Polyfuels Division, Masada
• Michael Fielder-Panajotopoulos, Executive Board Member, European Biodiesel Board; Director, Petrotec
• Michael Koch, New Business Development, Methanesulfonic Acid, BASF  

Finance and Investment - View Agenda

• Yvo de Boer, Special Global Advisor Climate Change & Sustainability, KPMG (Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
  
• Samir Kaul, Partner, Khosla Ventures
• Thomas Huot, Managing Director, Vantage Point Capital Partners
• Ganesh Kishore, Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund
• William Lese, Managing Director, Braemar Energy Ventures
• Angus McCrone, Chief Editor, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
• Mark Gudiksen, Principal, TPG Biotech
• Partho Sanyal, Managing Director, Global Energy, Power and Renewables Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Richard E. Weiner, Vice President, Chair, Biofuels Practice Group, Fredrikson & Byron
• Pavel Molchanov, Senior Vice President, Alternative Energy and Equity Research Analyst, Raymond James
• Eyal Rosner, Chairman and Director of Administration, Alternative Fuels Initiative, Prime Minister's Office, Israel
• Michael Eckhart, Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental Finance, Corporate and Investment Banking Division, Citigroup - Read 60 second interview
  
• Karl Kendall, Deputy Vice President, Engineering and Environment, Export-Import Bank of United States - Read 60 second interview
  
• Soren Moller, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Export Kredit Fonden (Danish Export Credit Agency)
• Justin Sherrard, Strategist Renewable Resources, Rabobank
• Cindy Thyfault, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Westar Trade Resources
• Al-Karim Govindji, Technology Acceleration Manager, Innovation, The Carbon Trust
• Moderator: Harry Boyle, Lead Analyst, Bioenergy, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
  
• Moderator: Anne McIvor, Editor, Cleantech Investor
• Moderator: Nick Ashby, Chief Executive Officer, Celadon Capital

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Sustainability, Policy & ILUC - View Agenda

• Ignacio Vazquez-Larruscain, Policy Officer - Biofuels, European Commission DG CLIMA
• Luisa Marelli, Renewable Energy Unit, Institute for Energy, European Commission Joint Research Centre
• Peter Ryus, Chief Executive Officer, Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Services Foundation
  
• Nick Goodall, Chief Executive Officer, Bonsucro
• Peter Jurgens, Managing Director, REDcert
• David Glenister, International Biofuel Sustainability Expert, SGS
• Eyal Rosner, Chairman and Director of Administration, Alternative Fuels Initiative, Prime Minister's Office, Israel
  
• Ella Lammers, Senior Advisor, NL Agency 
• Rob Vierhout, Secretary General, ePure
• Henrique Pacini, Economic Affairs Officer, Unit for Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• David Salmon, Business Development Manager, DNV Business Assurance Group
• Tomasz Gasiński, Portfolio Manager, Processes & Services Global Unit, DNV Business Assurance Group
• Daan Peters, Bioenergy Consultant, Ecofys
• David Calderbank, Head of Compliance, RTFO Unit, Department for Transport, United Kingdom
• Dietrich Klein, Chairman of the Working Party on Bioenergy and Biotechnology, Copa-Cogeca
• Dieter Bockey, Technical Specialist, The Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants
  
• Pieter De Pous, Policy Director, European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
  
• Lazlo Mathe, Bioenergy Co-ordinator, World Wild Life Fund (WWF)
• Chris Malins, Fuels Program Lead, The International Council on Clean Transporation (ICCT)
• Wallace E. Tyner, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
• David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• André Faaij, Head of Unit, Energy & Resources, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
• Moderator: Norma Tregurtha, Senior Policy Manager, iSEAL Alliance
• Moderator: Ian Waller, Founder, FiveBarGate UK
  

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Emerging Markets - View Agenda

• H.E. Arif Havas Oegroseno, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Brussels
  
• Nikolai Germann, Chief Executive Officer, Addax Bioenergy
• Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director, ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)
• Carlo Hamelinck, Managing Consultant, Biofuels, Ecofys
• Christian Langaard, Managing Director, Euro-Latin Capital
• Lola Una Cardenas, Director, Pangea
• Gerard Ostheimer, Science Advisor, US Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agriculture Service
• Doug Hawkins, Managing Director, Hardman Agribusiness, Hardman & Co.

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