DAY 1

16 November 2021

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Time

Topic

Speaker

10:00 – 10:10

  Welcome & Introduction

Patrik Klintbom, Chair Steering Committee ETIP Bioenergy

10:10 – 10:30

  EU Research & Innovation Policy on Renewable Fuels and Bioenergy

Maria Georgiadou, EC DG RTD

10:30 - 12:00

Session 1 – Renewable Fuels and their market readiness
The focus will be on the aviation and maritime sectors. The market perspective from the point of view of technological readiness and capacity building potential of both sectors will be addressed.

Moderation: Philippe Marchand, Biofuels expert

Aviation

Moderation: Karlijn Art, SkyNRG

Proposed regulation and volume expectations, following the ReFuelEU Aviation activities

Grégoire Le Comte, EC DG MOVE

 Market demand and competitiveness

Ruben Alblas, KLM

 SAFRAN: An OEM vision of the deployment of SAF (sustainable aviation fuels) and low carbon fuels

Nicolas Jeuland, Safran

Shipping

Moderation: Philippe Marchand, Biofuels expert

Proposed regulation and volume expectations, following the FuelEU Maritime activities

Torsten Klimke, DG MOVE

 Maersk’s roadmap towards decarbonization and future marine fuels

Berit Hinnemann, Maersk

Technological, Operational and Energy Pathways for Maritime Transport to Reduce Emissions Towards 2050

Tim Scarbrough, Ricardo

12:00

Closing remarks

DAY 2

17 November 2021

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Time

Topic

Speaker

10:00 – 12:00

Session 2 – Overview on technology innovations

Moderation: Dina Bacovsky, BEST – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH

  Biorefinery Solutions for Conversion of lignocellulosic residues into Sugar, Lignin and Ethanol Platforms

Monica Normark, SEKAB

  Upgrading of biocrude from hydrothermal liquefaction

Steven Gust, Consultant – Advanced Biofuels and Sustainability

  Current state of co-processing with virgins oils and waste oils & fats (with challenges and solutions) and what it will take to co-process biocrudes

Sylvain Verdier, Haldor Topsoe

  Biomass to liquid via FT – a brief review of recent developments

Sennai Mesfun, RISE

 20-30 minutes panel discussion

12:00

Closing remarks

DAY 3

18 November 2021

Time

Topic

Speaker

14:00 – 15:30

 Session 3 – Sustainable biomass feedstock base in Europe – Opportunities and challenges

Moderation: Calliope Panoutsou, Imperial College London

  Increasing crop productivity and cultivating crops in unused/marginal land: state of play and options to grow low ILUC risk feedstocks for biofuels

Calliope Panoutsou, Imperial College London

  Perennial biomass crops for energy and for climate positive regenerative agriculture

Emiliano Maletta, Bioenergy Crops Ltd.

  Cultivation and use of Brassica carinata for the production of biofuels (experiences of UPM)

Marko Janhunen, UPM

  Results from five years food and energy crop rotations: feedstock quantity and quality for advanced biofuels value chains

Andrea Parenti, University of Bologna

 30 minutes panel discussion

15:30 - 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 17:00

 Session 4 – Panel Discussion
The fast way forward & implementation barriers

Moderation: Patrik Klintbom, Chair Steering Committee ETIP Bioenergy

Panelists:

  Maria Georgiadou, EC DG RTD

  Eric Fee, EC DG ENER

 Timo Ritonummi, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland, SET Plan IWG8

 Christian Küchen, Wirtschaftsverband Fuels und Energie e.V. (en2x)

5 minutes short introductory statements and subsequent panel discussion

17:00

Closing remarks