ETIP Bioenergy is happy to welcome 2 new co-chairs in its Working Groups. After Lauri Sikanen stepped down in WG1 Robert Prinz has taken over his position. He is a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) within the group Forest Technology and Wood Material Solutions and mainly does research on biomass supply chains, forest technology and forest bioenergy related topics. In WG4 Rainer Jannssen has stepped in after Marc Londo resiled. Rainer Janssen is Managing Director Projects and Consulting at WIP Renewable Energies and Senior Expert in innovative bioenergy and bioeconomy solutions, renewable energies and sustainable energy systems. At this point we want to thank Lauri and Marc for their great efforts over the last years.