Conference Schedule

3rd Biomass Trade & Power
22-24 Feb 2012 – Brussels
Crowne Plaza Brussels
Le Palace – Vision, Level 8

Day 1 – 22 Feb 2012 – Wednesday

Pre-Conference Site Visit
(1300 – 1830 hrs.)

Rodenhuize Power Station, a 180MW biomass fuelled plant, located in Ghent, Belgium. Rodenhuize 4 was originally developed as a coal-fired power plant. The plant was modified in 2005 and 2008 to enable generation of electricity from both coal and biomass.

The plant was converted from a coal-fired unit called Rodenhuize 4 into a 100% biomass unit. Opened in September 2011, the converted unit can generate enough electricity to power 320,000 homes. An investment of €125m was made into the project. The plant will reduce about 1.2 million tons (mt) of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

Schedule of Tour:

1230 – Registration for Site Visit @ Hotel Lobby

1300 – Departing Hotel for Rodenhuize Power Station

1400 to 1700 – Presentation, Q&A & Guided Tour of the Power Station

1830 – Estimated Time to Arrive back at Hotel

Day 2 – 23 Feb 2012 – Thursday

08:00     Registration & Coffee

09:00     Chairman’s Welcome & Remarks
Speaker: Ms. Pia Kåll, Associate Principal
McKinsey & Company

09:10     Global Growth in Biomass Based Power Generation & Trade/Demand Updates
a) UK
Speaker: Mr. Alexandre Strapasson, PhD Researcher, Energy Policy & Technology
Imperial College London – Centre for Environmental Policy

b) Poland
Speaker: Mr. Piotr M. Nowak, Manager – Foreign Solid Fuels Trading Department
Weglokoks S.A.

c) Progress on Initiative Wood Pellets Buyers’ Initiative on Sustainability & Specifications for Industrial Wood Pellets
Speaker: Dr. Yves Ryckmans, Chief Technology Officer Biomass
Electrabel – Laborelec

d) Bioenergy in the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme
Speaker: Ms. Silvia Vivarelli, Project Officer – Renewable Energy (Unit 1)
European Commission – Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation(EACI)

10:40     Discussion followed by Networking Coffee

11:20     Meeting Korea’s RPS 2012 – Outlook of Biomass to Power
Speaker: Mr. Michael Paik, General Counsel
EnerOne, Inc.

11:45     Current Situation in India on Renewable Biomass Power Generation
Speaker: Mr. Shanmugam Pattu, Director
Cetex Energy Generation Co Pvt Ltd

12:10    Insights of Global Trade Flow (Limiting Factors, Cost Structures, etc)
Speaker: Mr. Ric Hoefnagels, Researcher, Energy & Resources, Faculty of Geosciences
University of Utrecht

12:40     Discussion followed by Networking Lunch

Biomass as Commodity – Market Developments

14:00     Efforts of the European Pellet Council & Progress on Industrial Adoption of ENplus Pellet Certification Scheme
Speaker: Ms. Edita Vagonyte, European Affairs Manager
European Biomass Association – AEBIOM

14:25     Latest on Sustainability Criterias for Solid Biomass & iLUC
Speaker: Dr. Marieke Harteveld, Consultant Bioenergy & Biobased Economy
Ecofys Netherlands BV

14:50     LCA & Sustainability of Solid Biomass for UK’s Power Generation
Speaker: Dr. Mairi Black, Biomass Sustainability Development Manager
Drax Power Ltd

15:20     Discussion followed by Networking Tea

15:50     Torrefied Pellets Production Value Chain
Speaker: Mr. Robin Post van der Burg, Director, Business Development
Topell Energy BV

16:15     Outlook of US Wood Pellets Supply & Cost Competitiveness of Supply to EU & Other Demand Markets
Speaker: Mr. Thomas Meth, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Enviva LP

16:50     Biomass to Energy Sourcing Economics
Speaker: Ms. Pia Kåll, Associate Principal
McKinsey & Company

17:15     Co-firing & full conversion from Coal to Biomass: Assessment of Fuel Alternatives
Speaker: Mr. Ronald Meijer, Managing Principal Clean Fossil Power
KEMA Netherlands Ltd

17:50     Discussion followed by End of Day 1

18:00     Networking Cocktail Reception for Speakers & Delegates

Day 3 – 24 Feb 2012 – Friday

09:00     Chairman’s Welcome & Remarks
Speaker: Mr. Alexandre Strapasson, PhD Researcher, Energy Policy & Technology
Imperial College London – Centre for Environmental Policy

09:05     Africa’s Biomass Focus – on On-Going Projects, Infrastructure, Investment & Trade
Speakers:

Mr. Jonas Wilde, Director, Biomass sourcing project development
Vattenfall AB

Mr. Rob Prange, Managing Director
Dutch Energy Solutions

Mr. Rob Verheem, Deputy Director
Netherlands Commission for Environmental Impact Assessment (NCEA)

10:00     A Profitable Wood Pellet Producer – a contradictio in terminis?
Speaker: Mr. Roeland Jacob Reesinck, Director
GF Energy BV

10:25     Discussion followed by Networking Coffee

10:55     Update of Vyborgskaya Cellulose Pellet Plant & Distinction Between Working with an Agent & Trader
Speaker: Mr. Johan Granath, Head of Bioenergy
Ekman & Co AB

11:20     Torrefied Biomass/Pellets – Finally it is Happening
- Case Study on the Technology
- Experience in Shipping/Handling
- Quantification of the Markets
Speaker: Mr. Michael Wild, Principal
Wild & Partners KG

11:45     Bioenergy Development in Central Europe & Supply Chain of Biomass Pellets (Woody and Agricultural Residues)
Speaker: Mr. Patrick de Jamblinne, CEO
Tuzetka (2ZK)

12:10     Energy Economics & Palm Biomass for Power Generation & Availability
Speaker: Mr. Joseph Lim, Managing Director
Global Green Synergy Sdn. Bhd

12:35     Manipulating Biomass Ash Content & Ash Quality
Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Wolter Elbersen, Senior Scientist Biomass and Bioenergy
Wageningen UR, Food & Biobased Research

13:00     Final Discussion followed by Closing Lunch

14:20     End of Conference