2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speakers
Speaker Profile: Ronald Zwart, Director, CKade BV
Mar 17th
Dr. Ronald Zwart is the director of CKade, an expert consulting company in the biobased economy.
He acquired more than 10 years of professional experience in the private sector and public government in the areas of biomass and renewable energy.
He holds a PhD in biotechnology and won the FOSFA Special Merit Award in 2009.
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
08:30 Chairman’s Welcome & Opening Remarks
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
Speaker Profile: Ir. Frank Van Erp, Senior Advisor, Agentschap NL
Mar 17th
Frank Van Erp worked at the Dutch Bureau for Renewable energy as an advisor on wind energy. After that he joined the Dutch Utility Nuon where he developed wind farms and was responsible for grid connections. Since 2006 he works as a senior advisor on Renewable Energy at NL Agency , the Dutch executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation.
At NL Agency he advised on the development of the Dutch Stimulation Scheme for Renewable Energy and was projectleader of European Projects like EUBionet II and BAP Driver. Mr. van Erp coordinates the bio-energy activities at the implementation programma for renewable energy.
Currently he is the secretary of the Dutch Agricultural Convenant ‘Clean and Efficient’, NL Agency’ project leader for the Dutch Renewable Energy Action Plan, and the Concerted Action on Renewable Energy Sources.
Mr. Van Erp graduated in 1992 his study Technical Physics at the Eindhoven Polytechnic, and in 1996 for his study Technology Management at the Eindhoven University of Technology.
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
08:45 EU Countries on NREAP & Updates on Incentives/Subsidies Program – Netherlands
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
Speaker Profile: Luc Pelkmans, Project Manager, VITO, The Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Mar 17th
Luc Pelkmans is project manager bio-energy within the unit Transition Energy & Environment at VITO, the Flemish Institute for Technological Research. He graduated as Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1994, and performed a post master in environmental technology. He works for VITO since 1996, performing research on alternative motor fuels, development of hybrid electric drive trains and emission evaluation of new vehicle technologies in real world circumstances.
His focus in the past years has been on policy oriented studies and sustainability analysis, mainly towards biofuels and bio-energy. He gained important expertise on the topic in European projects (ESTO, PREMIA, Biofuel Cities, ELOBIO) and in studies for Belgian and Flemish governments.
Since 2006 he is project manager of the bio-energy team at VITO. Luc is Belgian alternate ExCo member of IEA Bioenergy, and is the Belgian representative in IEA Bioenergy Task 40 on Sustainable Bio-energy Trade.
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
08:45 EU Countries on NREAP & Updates on Incentives/Subsidies Program – Belgium
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
Speaker Profile: Gideon Richards, Chief Executive Officer, Consulting With Purpose
Mar 17th
Gideon Richards has consulted across a wide range of industry sectors, for both large and small organisations as a change management, business development and environmental management consultant. Over the last 7 years Gideon has spent an increasing amount of time working with clients on biomass related projects such as assessing the financial viability of major projects, resource identification and fuel supply chain development, quality assurance and standards work.
Gideon sits on a number of UK, European and International technical committees for the development of standards for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, with a particular interest in Solid Biofuels and Solid Recovered fuels. He is currently the chair of the BSI’s Technical Committee for Solid Biofuels and Solid Recovered Fuel Standards and is Convenor of Working Group 3 Fuel Quality Assurance for ISO TC238 Solid Biofuels Standards and is involved with the CEN and ISO Biofuels Sustainability Standards.
Gideon is also the Chair of the Steering Group for the UK’s MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme).
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
08:45 EU Countries on NREAP & Updates on Incentives/Subsidies Program – How does Biomass Fit with UK’s Energy Strategies?
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
Speaker Profile: Dr. Caroline Midgley, Head of Biofuels/Biomass, LMC International Ltd
Mar 17th
Caroline Midgley, PhD, is Team Leader with the Biofuels and Biomass Research Team at LMC International, a firm providing economic, marketing, and consulting services for a broad range of industries related to agricultural commodities and their downstream derivatives.
Supported by LMC’s grains, oilseeds, sugar and starch teams, Dr. Midgley is responsible for LMC’s biofuels and biomass work. This work includes investment appraisal projects for new plants, assessing the impact of changes in domestic biofuel/biomass policies, analysis of raw material and by-product markets and an analysis of the impact of technological developments within the biofuels/biomass sector.
Prior to working for LMC International she was a commodity analyst for ED & F Man Sugar Limited.
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
09:55 Biomass Market Dynamics, with Focus on Growth of EU Markets
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
Speaker Profile: Dr. Yves Ryckmans, Chief Technology Officer Biomass, Laborelec-Sustainable Process Technologies
Mar 17th
Yves Ryckmans graduated from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and conducted a PhD study at the same university on modeling heat transfer in furnaces by finite elements techniques.
In 1989, he joined Laborelec research Centre of Electrabel as a research engineer in the field of nuclear energy. From 1996 on, he initiated the development of fixed bed gasification and CFB gasification of wood through several Belgian and European projects. In 1999 he became Head of the Biomass Competence Centre of Electrabel at Laborelec.
This competence centre covers more than 15 years technical issues like co-firing biomass in pulverised-coal power plants, biomass gasification, biomass fuel quality, biogas applications and biomass sustainability verification. His R&D efforts were focused on CFD modeling of PC boilers, slagging and fouling, NOx and SOx emissions, biomass milling and upgrading, ESP, ash quality and utilisation, as well as the verification of sustainability criteria for solid biomass.
Currently, Yves Ryckmans is Chief Technology Officer Biomass at Laborelec. As such, he is managing research and services for bio-energy applications within GDF SUEZ Group.
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
10:50 Utilities’ Perspectives & Discussion
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
Speaker Profile: Jeppe Bjerg, Senior Innovation Manager, DONG Energy A/S
Mar 17th
Jeppe Bjerg is Senior Innovation Manager at DONG Energy R&D responsible for the long term portfolio on bioenergy.
DONG Energy is a private integrated energy company with an annual turnover of appr. 8 billion EURO with The Danish Government as main shareholder. DONG Energy has for the last decades been using straw, wood chips and pellets for efficient small and large scale CHP production.
Current annual consumption is appr. 1,5 mio tons with ambitious plans for significant expansion. DONG Energy is also expanding into advanced biomass conversion and refining like 2G ethanol production, low temperature gasification and waste refining.
Before joining DONG Energy Mr Bjerg served as Senior Analyst at the International Energy Agency in Paris and as Senior Project Manager at FORCE Technology.
Mr Bjerg has lead numerous national and international collaborative bioenergy projects and is chairman of the EURELECTRIC Task Force on Biomass.
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
10:50 Utilities’ Perspectives & Discussion
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
Speaker Profile: Ludger Spohr, Director International Sales & Business Development, Vis Nova Trading GmbH
Mar 17th
Ludger Spohr is Director for International Sales & Business Development at VIS NOVA Trading in Bremen, Germany; a Joint Venture of the Diersch & Schroeder Group from Bremen, Germany, and of Mitsubishi Corp. from Tokyo, Japan. The company owns a 120.000t pellets plant in Germany.
Mr Spohr brings with him over fifteen years of experience in the forest products industry. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences, where he specialized in Timber Trade and Wood Processing.
In previous years Mr Spohr worked as a pellet trader in Hamburg and was the Head of the Canadian Forest Product Industries in Brussels, Belgium.
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
13:45 Perspective on International Biomass Markets & Impact Arising from the Proposed ENplus Quality Certification System & other Standardization Approaches
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
Speaker Profile: Harmen Willemse, NEN Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut
Mar 17th
Harmen Willemse graduated from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, with a degree in Business Administration, major Management of Innovation. His thesis project dealt with stakeholder involvement in standardization.
He has worked as a consultant in several companies in the IT and management consultancy sector.
Currently he works at NEN, the Dutch Standardization Institute in the Energy resources division, where he focuses on sustainability standards.
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
14:05 Current Standardisation & Certification Developments – NTA 8080 Sustainability Scheme
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
Speaker Profile: Ms. Eija Alakangas, Product Manager, VTT
Mar 17th
Mrs. Alakangas has been working at VTT since 1983, and has versatile experience on bioenergy.
She has published over 200 publications. She has worked as the co-ordinator for EU Bioenergy network (EUBIONET) since 1999. She has also worked as a partner or task leader in about 30 EU projects.
She is leading the Working group 2 for CEN – Solid biofuel standardisation CEN TC335 and ISO 238.
Mrs. Alakangas has been involved in international co-operation since 1984 with different organisations like IEA, United Nations, EU, and Nordic Council of Ministers. In addition, she has contributed in co-ordination of Finnish energy technology programmes (e.g. Bioenergy, Wood Energy, Small Scale Wood Fuel Production and Use, BioRefine).
2nd Biomass Trade & Power 2011 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 19
14:25 Unfolding the New European Pellet Standards – EN14961 Serie
2ND BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2011 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.
