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iLUC, Sustainability and Certification

15th March 2010

8.00 Registration Opens 

This key stream will examine the latest updates on achieving social and environmental sustainability along the biofuels supply chain, an essential component for the growth of a viable, sustainable industry.  Biofuels producers and sustainability experts will address the latest developments in iLUC modeling, other environmental impacts and the first certification schemes. 

9.00 - 10.45
Promoting Biofuels that Reduce GHG’s, Protect Biodiversity and Food Production

  • How can bioenergy and liquid biofuels become truly sustainable?
  • What steps are being taken and need to be taken to ensure a win-win scenario?
  • What can companies do to minimise other environmental impacts such as water use and help promote the socio-economic benefits of biofuels?

10.45     Networking Break & Exhibition Visit

11.30-13.00
Biofuels Policy Update

  • How are biofuels policies developing to reflect sustainability criteria?

13.00     Lunch & Exhibition Visit

14.30 - 16.15 
iLUC – Measuring and Monitoring

  • What is the current status of iLUC?
  • What possible scenarios and impacts will iLUC have on biofuels legislation?
  • What progress is being made in developing the 4 Step Approach to iLUC assessment (screening, landscape-level assessment, site level mapping and responsible management?

Practical Strategies for Avoiding & Minimising iLUC

  • How can companies prepare and plan to minimise iLUC effects through feedstock selection, use of waste materials, use of degraded and abandoned lands, use of Responsible Cultivation Areas (RCA)?
  • How can GIS and decision support tools, measuring of co-products, use of sustainable agricultural practices, low fertilizer use or even vertical farming help?

Nettworking Break & Exhibition Visit 

16.45 – 18.00 
Certification Schemes

  • What good examples of current best practice are there?
  • What can be learnt from the current certification schemes?

18.00     Networking Drinks Reception

Speakers Include: 
Greg Archer, Managing Director, LowCVP
Martina Otto, Head of the Energy and Transport Policy Unit, UNEP
Michael Wang, Center for Transportation Research, Argonne National Laboratory
Gloria Visconti, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative, Inter-American Development Bank
Werner Siemers, Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE), King Mongkuts University of Technology Thonburi
László Máthé, Bioenergy Coordinator, WWF International/WWF Scotland
Paul Hodson, Deputy Head of Unit, Regulatory Policies and Promotion of Renewables, DG TREN, European Commission
Joris van der Voet, Project Director for Biofuels, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning & the Environment
Paul De Moudt, Alternative Energies Strategy, Shell
Harry de Gorter, Associate Professor, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Sebastian Meyer, Coordinator Biomass & Bioenergy Unit, Ecofys
Uwe Fritsche, Coordinator, Energy and Climate Division, Oeko Institut
Ausilio Bauen, Director, E4Tech Practical Strategies for Avoiding Practical Strategies for Avoiding & Minimising iLUC
Chris Bradford, Managing Director, Valcent Products (EU)
Andre Faaij, Professor, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development
Khoo Hock Aun, Chief Executive Officer, Cosmo Biofuels Group
Alex Smith, Sustainability Director, Greenergy
Federico Pochat, Patagonia Bioenergia & Executive Director, Argentine Chamber of Biofuels Producers
Alwin Kopse, Executive Secretary, Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels
Aaron Berry, Head of Carbon & Sustainability, Renewable Fuels Agency
Suzanne Hunt, Principal, Hunt Green, LLC
Ortwin Costenoble, Secretary, CEN TC 383

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