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Bringing Together the Best Brains in the Business

Over 250 industry leading speakers will participate in WBM 11, during 3 days of high level keynotes and interactive panel discussions.

“Biofuels are very complex, we need to get the best brains together and at WBM most of the best brains are here” - , Koen Vanhoutte,CTO, SBAE Industries

WBM 10 Speakers Include:

Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, former Head of the World Health Organisation, UN Special Envoy & member of the Elders
Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Professor Suani Coelho, Executive Director, CENBIO, member, UN Secretary General’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change & International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Karl Watkin MBE, Bioenergy pioneer, serial entrepreneur and founder, D1 Oils, Helius Energy, Proton Power Systems, Sabien Technology, Zero Emissions & Biotric, plus former Chair Bioenergy Advisory Board, UN Foundation
Ruud Lubbers, Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Philip New, Chief Executive Officer, BP Biofuels
Jan Ernst de Groot, Managing Director, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Poul Ruben Andersen, Global Marketing Director, Novozymes
Mark Lyra, Commercial Director-Ethanol, Cosan
Andrew Owens, Chief Executive Officer, Greenergy
Aaron Berry, Head of Carbon & Sustainability, Renewable Fuels Agency
Akin Ozkutan, Bioindustrial Segment Leader, Cargill
Alain Castro, Akuo Energy Group & President, Enresur Uruguay
Alain de Plaen, Vice Convenor CEN/TC 383/WG5, Verification and Auditing, Synergoil (BE)
Alan Epstein, Vice President, Technology & Environment, Pratt &Whitney
Alex Major, Founder & Executive Director, Green Flight Initiative
Alex Smith, Sustainability Director, Greenergy
Alfredo Langesfeld, Chief Executive Officer, GEA Biodiesel
Alison Ouellet, Director of Government Affairs, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
Allison Carlson, Vice President for Green Fuels & Technologies, Garten Rothkopf
Alwin Kopse, Executive Secretary, Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels
Andre Faaij, Professor, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development
Andreas Pilzecker, Agricultural Economist, Agriculture and Rural Development Office, European Commission
Andrew Kingston, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dynamotive
Andrew Leadbetter, Merseytravel & Project Coordinator, BIONIC
Anja Silvennoinen, Senior Vice President, Energy Business Area, UPM-Kymmene
Anna Lerner, Technical Advisor, SADC Energy Sector & GTZ
Annarita Baldan, Scientist, VLS (NL)
Annita Westenbroek, Program Manager, Kenniscentrum Papier en Karton
Aurélien Lejeune, Managing Director, Ren-X, Mer 7
Ausilio Bauen, Director, E4Tech
Ayla Uslu, ECN Policy Studies, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
Barry Cahill, Consultant, (FR) & Jacco Woldendorp, CEN/TC19, Shell Global Solutions International (NL)
Barry Caslin, Bioenergy Specialist, Teagasc
Ben Cappelle, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Tech Development Center (Air Center Europe)
Bill Haywood, Chief Executive Officer, LS9
Birgit Kamm, Scientific Director, Research Institute Biopos
Bob Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Biofuels and Board Member, ABO
Boris Estrine, Head of Chemistry & Evaluation Department, Agro Industrie Recherche et Developpements
Brian Young, Element Strategic Partners
Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho, Professor, UFRJ and Chairman of ISO Sustainability Subcommittee (BR)
Carlos Riva, President & Chief Executive Officer, Verenium
Chris Bradford, Managing Director, Valcent Products (EU)
Chris Moore, Director, MGT Power
Christian Hemerka, Sales & Marketing Partner, PPM Energie
Christophe Luguel, Head of International Affairs, Industries & Agro-Resources Cluster
Christophe Rupp Dahlem, Director of Programmes, Roquette Freres
Chuck Corr, Ethanol Technical Services Manager, Archer Daniels Midland (USA)
Clas Engstrom, Chief Executive Officer, Processum Biorefinery Initiative
Clemens Posten, KIT Institute of Life Science Engineering
Curt Rich, Head, Public Policy Practice Group, Van Ness Feldman
Cynthia Bryant, Global Business Development Manager – Biomass and Biofuels, Novozymes
Dan Friend, Chief Thermophysical Properties Division, NIST (USA)
Darrin Morgan, Director - Sustainable Biofuels Strategy, Boeing
David Erazo, Director General, AGROIPSA Honduras
David Jackson, Head of Oils and Oilseeds, LMC
David Maunder, Technical Director, RES New Ventures Ltd
Dickon Posnett, Development Director, Argent Energy
Dirk Radzinski, Managing Director, Algenol Switzerland
Doron Gal, Chief Executive Officer, Kaiima
Dorothee Lahaussois, Toyota Motor Europe
Douglas Bradley, President, Climate Change Solutions
Dr Ben Graziano, Research and Development Manager, The Carbon Trust
Dr Julie Tolmie, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
Dr Petri Vasara, Technical Principal, Poyry Forest Industry Consulting
Dr Stefan Kromus, Chief Executive Officer, Enbasys
Dr. Karl Sanford, Vice President Technology Development, Genencor
E Nigel, ExxonMobil (UK)
Edgar Ahn, Chief Innovation Officer, BDI - BioDiesel International
Edward Pfeiffer, Bioenergy Consultant, Kema
Edward Richard, Jr., Research Leader, Sugarcane Research Lab, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Eelco Dekker, Chief Marketing Officer, BioMCN
Eibhilin Manning, Policy Director, EUBIA
Elizabeth Willett, Business Development and Commerical Manager, Mars Symbioscience
Ellen Catherine Rasmussen, Chief Executive Officer, Xynergo
Federico Pochat, Patagonia Bioenergia & Executive Director, Argentine Chamber of Biofuels Producers
Felix Gómez Cuenca, Head of Quality Systems & Technology Management, CLH Group - Hydrocarbons Logistic Company
Francis Johnson, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute
Franziska Mueller-Langer, Head of the Biofuels Department, German Biomass Research Centre
Fred Wellons, Vice President – Operations, Tellurian Biodiesel
Gabriel de Scheemaker, Chief Executive Officer, Cellana
Geert Kleisterlee, Business Developer, Essent
Gene Gebolys, Chief Executive Officer, World Energy
George Weyerhaeuser Jr., Partner, Houghton Cascade, former Senior Fellow, World Business Council for Sustainable Development & former Chief Executive Officer, Weyerhaeuser Canada
Geraldine Gilmartin, Senior Analyst, Kingsman
Gerhard Ablasser, City Planning Directorate, City of Graz
Gerhard Muggen, General Manager, BTG Bioliquids BV (Biomass Technology Group BV)
Glenn Johnston, VP of Regulatory Affairs, Gevo
Gloria Visconti, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative, Inter-American Development Bank
Graeme Wallace, Director General, EFOA
Graham Rice, External Relations & Development Manager, Ineos Bio
Graham Stowell, Managing Director, Bronzeoak Group
Grant Hawkes, Research Engineer, Idaho National Laboratories
Greg Archer, Managing Director, LowCVP
Gunter Fischer, Programme Leader of Land Use Change and Agriculture, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Gustaf Landahl, Environment and Health Administration, City of Stockholm
Hamata Ag Hautafaye, Chief Executive Officer, National Biofuel Development Agency (ANADEB), Ministry of Energy, Mali
Hans Reith, BIOSYNERGY Project Coordinator, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Hans Sohlstrom, Executive Vice President, UPM-Kymmene Corporation
Harry de Gorter, Associate Professor, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Henri Leturque, Research Officer - Rural Policy & Governance Group, Overseas Development Institute
Holger Gassner, Head of Markets & Politics, RWE Innogy
Humberto S Brandi, Diretor de Metrologia Cientifica e Industrial, INMETRO (BR)
Ilpo Mattila, Head of Section (Energy), MTK
Jaap Koppejan, Director, Procede Biomass, & Founder, Bio Forte BV
Jack Huttner, Executive Vice President, Commercial and Public Affairs, Gevo
Jaco Boelhouwer, Business Manager C4's and Oxygenates Europe, Sabic Europe
Jamie Boyd, Senior Vice President, Cascadia Capital
Jason Pyle, Chief Executive Officer, Sapphire Energy
Jean Marc Jossart, Secretary General, AEBIOM European Biomass Association
Jean-Francois Larivé, CEN/TC 383/WG2 (GHG Calculations) Convenor, CONCAWE (UK)
Jeff Grove, Vice President, Global Policy and Industry Affairs, ASTM International (USA)
Jeff Mettais, Vice President, Strategic Business, A2BE*
Jeff Passmore, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Iogen
Jens Erik Pedersen, Senior Vice President, DONG Energy
Jeremy Tomkinson, Chief Executive Officer, National Non Food Crop Centre
Jeremy Woods, Centre for Energy Policy and Technology (ICEPT), Imperial College
Jessica Löhndorf, Fellow at Ecologic Institute, on behalf of German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Jim Lane, Editor, Biofuels Digest
Jim Woodger, Sales Account Manager, UOP
Joe Raia, Managing Director, Global Head of Energy & Metals, CME Group
Johan Elvnert, Project Officer, European Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform, Forest Technology Platform
John Bingham, Director of Research, Hawkins Wright
John Cusick, Vice President of Biodiesel Trading, Morgan Stanley Commodities
John Gilliland OBE, Chair, Rural Generation & Chair, Rural Climate Change Forum
John Regalbuto, Program Director, NSF and Engineer, University of Illinois
Jonathan Hoopes, Chief Executive Officer, Green Hunter
Jonathan Kingsman, Chief Executive Officer, Kingsman
Jonathan Lowe, Commerical Director, EMEA, Arizona Chemical
Jonathan Wolfson, Chief Executive Officer, Solazyme
Jonathon Counsell, Head of Environment, British Airways
Jørgen Nielsen, Head of Environmental Strategy, Vattenfall
Joris van der Voet, Project Director for Biofuels, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning & the Environment
Joseph Skurla, President, Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol
Joy Clancy, Associate Professor, Twente Centre for Studies in Technology & Sustainable Development
Juergen Fischer, ADM Research (DE)
K’Lynne Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Elevance Renewable Sciences
Kenneth Rose, Technical Co-ordinator, Fuel Quality & Emissions Program, CONCAWE
Kersten Beib, Sales Manager, Vecoplan
Kevin McGeeney, Chief Executive Officer, Starsupply Renewables
Khoo Hock Aun, Chief Executive Officer, Cosmo Biofuels Group
Klaus Neumann, Vice President, Business Development, Borregaard Industries
Koen Vanhoutte, Chief Technology Officer, SBAE Industries
Kristy Moore, Director of Technical Services, Renewable Fuels Association
Kurt Tyssen, Senior Business & Analytical Development Manager, Biofuels Development Manager, Intertek
Kyriakos Maniatis, DG TREN, EC (BE)
Larry Donovan, President EXL Refining, NovaGreen
Larry Schafer, Senior Advisor National Biodiesel Board (USA)
László Máthé, Bioenergy Coordinator, WWF International/WWF Scotland
Li Shen, Junior Researcher, Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS), Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University
Lourdes Maurice, Chief Scientist, Office of Environment and Energy, Federal Aviation Administration
Luc Pelkmans, Project Manger Bioenergy, VITO - Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Lucas Assuncao, Head Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, Division on International Trade and Commodities
Lucy Hopwood, Land & Agriculture Manager, National Non Food Crop Centre
Luiz Eduardo Oliveira, UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (BR)
Lutz Guderjahn, Chief Operating Officer, Crop Energy
Maelle Pinto Soares, Biofuels Director - Europe, International Fuel Quality Centre (IFQC)
Marc Van Aken, Chief Executive Officer, SBAE Industries
Marcos Sawaya Jank, Chief Executive Officer, Unica
Marcus Jentsch, Head of Structured Finance, MVV
Mark Emalfarb, Chief Executive Officer, Dyadic
Mark Rumizen, Aviation Fuel Specialist, US Federal Aviation Administration
Markku Karlsson, Senior Vice President, Technology, UPM-Kymmene
Martijn Veen, Program Leader - Biofuels, SNV, Peru
Martin Junginger, IEA Bioenergy Task 40
Martin Mayr, Head of Competence Center Renewable Energies, UniCredit Leasing
Martina Otto, Head of the Energy and Transport Policy Unit, UNEP
Matt Taylor, Partner, Foresight Group
Matthias Rudloff, Business Development Manager, CHOREN Industries (DE)
Max Nyiri, Head of Strategic Scenario Planning, Institute for Strategy & Complexity Management
Meghan Sapp, Secretary General, Pangea
Melissa Stark, Senior Executive, Energy Industry, Accenture
Michael Cooper, Vice President, Ultra Green Energy Services
Michael Gudera, Business Development, GEE Energy
Michael J McAdams, President, The Advanced Biofuels Association
Michael Wang, Center for Transportation Research, Argonne National Laboratory
Mikael Hannus, Vice President, Bioenergy & Biorefinery, Stora Enso
Mike Lu, Chief Executive Officer, Curcas Diesel Brasil & President, Brazilian Association of Jatropha Growers
Monika Lekander, Managing Director, Lantmannen Energi
Nicholas Ashby, Chief Executive Officer, Celadon Capital and Consultant, Biolosic Technologies
Niels Eirik Nertun, Environment Director, SAS Group & Member Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group
Niels Langvad, Vice President, Business Development, BioGasol
Ohene Akoto, Director of Operations, Jatropha Africa
Olivier Gross, Founder, Commosupply
Olivier Mace, Head of Strategy and Technology, BP Biofuels
Ortwin Costenoble, Secretary, CEN TC 383
Patrick Jansen, Director, Stichting Probos
Paul De Moudt, Alternative Energies Strategy, Shell
Paul de Wild, Senior Scientist, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Paul Hodson, Deputy Head of Unit, Regulatory Policies and Promotion of Renewables, DG TREN, European Commission
Paul Nash, Head of New Energies, Airbus
Paul van Aalst, Director - Europe, E+Co
Pedro Carillo Donnaire, Executive Vice President, Abengoa Bioenergy
Per Carstedt, Chairman, EcoEnergy Tanzania & EcoEnergia Mozambique (formerly Sekab)
Peter Axegard, Director Division Fibre, Pulp, Energy and Chemicals, Innventia
Peter Beetham, Senior Vice President of Research, Cibus Global
Peter Conway, Director, Gaia Power
Peter Hanratty, Chief Executive Officer, Fuelstock
Peter Vissers, Senior Partner, Partners for Innovation
Petri Vasara, Principal, Pöyry Management Consulting
Philip Cozens, Head of Technology Development, Progressive Energy
Philip Pienkos, National Bioenergy Center, NREL and Board Member, ABO
Piero Venturi, Directorate Agriculture, Food and Biotechnologies, European Commission
Prof Rene Wijffels, Bioprocess and Engineering Group, Wageningen University & Research
Prof. Herminia Rodriguez, Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Sevilla-CSIC
Raffaello Garofalo, Secretary General, European Biodiesel Board
Randy Cortright, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Virent
Remco Frenken, SVP, Global Commodities, Essent Trading
René van Ree, Programme Co-ordinator Biorefinery, Wageningen University and Research Centre
Richard J. LaDuca, Senior Director Business Development, Genencor
Richard Stevens, Director, Research & Product Development, CME Group
Rick LeBlanc, Chief Executive Officer, Chemrec
Riggs Eckelberry, Chief Executive Officer, OriginOil
Rob Vierhout, Secretary General, European Bioethanol Industry Organisation
Robert Gmyrek, Director Alternative Sources of Energy Department, PKN Orlen
Robert Outram, Global Programme Manager – Speciality Chemicals, Frost & Sullivan
Roberto Rodriguez, Senior Analyst, Biofuels, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Roel Bol, Programme Director Bio-based Economy, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Roland A. Jansen, Chief Executive Officer, Mother Earth Investments
Rosângela Moreira, Manager of Biofuels and Product Quality, ANP (BR)
Ruud van Eck, Director, Diligent Energy Systems
Samantha Fuller, Development Manager, Sustainable Energy, Scottish & Southern Energy
Satu Helynen, Vice President, R&D, Energy and Pulp & Paper, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Sebastian Meyer, Coordinator Biomass & Bioenergy Unit, Ecofys
Sgouris Sgouridis, Professor, Masdar Institute Biofuel Team
Shachi Sharma, Biofuels Market Specialist, Syngenta
Simo Honkanen, Senior Vice President, Sustainability, HSSE, Neste Oil
Srinivas Kilambi, President & Chief Executive Officer, Sriya Innovations
Stefan Bringezu, Director Material Flows and Resource Management, Wuppertal Institute
Stephan Freyer, Process Engineering, Chemicals Research & Engineering, BASF
Steve Gluck, Fellow, Dow Chemical
Steve Howell, President, MARC-IV Consulting and Chair, ASTM Biodiesel Task Force, (USA)
Sue Canney Davison, Director, Pipal
Suzanne Hunt, Principal, Hunt Green, LLC
Swaroop Sarangan, Assistant Vice President, Reliance Industries
Terry Booysen, Founder & Managing Director, Sunfuel Ukraine
Thilo Zelt, President, Jatropha Alliance
Thomas Meth, General Manager, Intrinergy
Urban Wastljung, Corporate Environmental Affairs, Scania
Uwe Fritsche, Coordinator, Energy and Climate Division, Oeko Institut
Véronique Hervouet, Chair of the Steering Committee, European Biofuels Technology Platform
Walter Mirabella, LyondellBasel
Werner Siemers, Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE), King Mongkuts University of Technology Thonburi
Will Thurmond, Managing Principal, Emerging Markets Online
Willie May, Director, Chemical Science and Tech Labs, NIST (USA)
Wim Soetaert, Head of Centre of Expertise - Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis, Ghent University, Belgium
Yves Ryckmans, Biomass Competence Center, Laborelec, GDF Suez