Jakarta 2009

BIOMASS WORLD 2009, JAKARTA, INDONESIA

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Action Packed Biomass World 2009 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.

08:00  Registration and Coffee

09:00  Chairman’s Welcome and Remarks

09:10  Biomass to Bioenergy – Future Prospects, Competition for Resources & Climate Change
• Feedstocks – sustainable production and future potential
• Competition for the resource for heat, power, biofuels and chemicals
• Comparative cost analyses including supply chain and carbon pricing
• Climate change – opportunities and constraints
Speaker: Dr. Ralph Sims, Renewable Energy Unit, International Energy Agency 

Power Generation

09:50  Palm Biomass (EFB) to Power Generation – Operational Challenges
• From project implementation to realisation
• Financing challenges
• Dealing with government on connection to grid
Speaker: Pongsatit Rajatanavin, Project Coordinator, Suratthani Green Energy

10:20  Challenges in Collection, Storage & Transportation of Biomass
Speaker: Suryo Prawiro, Business Development Director, PT Godwin Austen Indonesia

10:50  Discussion followed by Coffee

11:20  Using Sugar Cane Bagasse in Power Generation
Speaker: Suwat Kamolpanus, Managing Director, Power Business, Phu Khieo Bio-Energy Co., Ltd 

11:50  Capacity Outlook of Agriculture Biomass including Cassava Waste and Rubberwood Residues
Speaker: Bambang Prastowo, Senior Researcher, Ministry of Agriculture National Team, Indonesia

12:20  Developing Large Scale Biomass Co-Firing Model – Economics, Options and Constraints
Speaker: Senior Representative, Alstom Power

12:50  Discussion followed by Lunch

14:10  Project Experience of Rice Husk Biomass Powergen
• Fuel problems, logistics and challenges
• Operation and Maintenance problems
• Technologies options
Speaker: Pornsak Pornchanadham, General Manager, Roi Et Green Company Limited, EGCO Group 

14:40  Emission Reduction Through Partial Substitution of Fossil Fuel with Biomass in Cement Manufacturing
Speaker: Naveen Sharma, GM (E&S), JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd

15:10  Panel Discussion – Biomass Owners/Project Developers/Agronomists
• At what price do we value our biomass?
• What is more economical – leave it for natural decomposition or sell it?
• Incentives for biomass owners to develop conversion projects
• Is there any mechanism to monitor biomass price?

15:40  Discussion followed by Tea

16:10  Letaba Biomass Project – Switching from Coal Fired to Biomass Saw Dusts
• Feedstock economics, energy output & technology
Speaker: Renat Heuberger, Managing Partner, South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd

16:40  Turning Palm Biomass into Carbon Credits – Case Study of an EFB Power Generation Project In Malaysia
Speaker: Ricky Tagar Risnauli, CDM Consultant, Clean Energy Finance Committee, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities

17:15  Innovative Financing for Biomass Projects
• Project Structuring and Risk Mitigation
• Financing Models and Investors/Lenders Expectations
• Case Study
Speaker: Frederic Crampe, Managing Director, ReEx Capital Asia

17:45  Discussion followed by End of Day One

18:15  Cocktail Reception for All Participants
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08:00 Breakfast Talk: Biomass Pretreatment, Pyrolysis and Gasficiation
Speaker: Dr. Ir. R.H. Venderboscjh, Senior Process Engineer, BTG Biomass Technology Group B.V.

Issues on the conversion of biomass to gas, solid or liquid by pyrolysis and subsequent further use, f.i. gasification.
Discussion also include:
• Principles of Fast Pyrolysis and Biomass Requirements
• Key technologies (Demo scale – Fluid bed, Rotating cone and Vacuum Pyrolysis, Pilot plant – Ablative Pyrolysis)
• Possible Product Application, Energy Balance and Economics
• Challenges ahead

10:00  Discussion followed by Coffee

Cellulosic Ethanol, Fuels and Chemicals

10:25  Chairman’s Remarks

10:30  First Generation Ethanol Plant to Cellulosic Ethanol Production
• New Philippines Ethanol Plant – A Case Study of Current Technology
• Linking A First Generation Ethanol Plant to Future Cellulosic Production
• Time Frames for Second Generation Ethanol Development
Speaker: Peter Heinzelmann, Managing Director, Poyry

11:00  Converting Cellulosic Biomass to Ethanol: Status, Developments, Opportunities, and Challenges in China
Speaker: Dr. Bin Yang, Associate Research Professor, University of California 

11:30  Cellulosic Ethanol Technologies – Current Initiatives in Japan
• Feedstock potential – wood & rice straw
• Technology advancement
• Economic estimation
Speaker: Dr Tomoaki Minowa, Team Leader, Biomass System Technology Team, Biomass Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

12:00  Enzymatic Technologies for Sustainable Biofuels
Speaker: Carsten Lauridsen, R&D Director, Novozymes (China) Investment Co. Ltd. 

12:30  Discussion followed by Lunch

13:50  Advanced Production Technology to Convert Biomass and RDF Waste Material to Diesel Oil

14:20  Developing Algae as a Biomass Feedstock
• Conversion technology
• Cost economics & yields
Speaker: David Liang, Director, Advanced Clean Energy Centre, Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering (IESE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

14:50  Converting Biomass and EFBs to Liquid Fuels via BTL Route

15:20  Discussion followed by Tea

15:50  Replacing Fossil Fuels Feedstocks with Renewable and Sustainable Alternatives – Woody Biomass
• The economics of woody biomass – lessons from the petrochemical industry
• Current research directions in lignocellulosics
• Hardwoods vs softwoods
• New technologies for processing woody biomass
• A ten point plan for capturing the full value of woody biomass
Speaker: Dr. James Watson, Energy Evangelist, Pure Power Technology Limited 

16:20  Using POM Biomass for Integrated Natural Fertiliser
Speaker: Gary Mulligan, Chief Technology Officer, PT Bakrie Plantations

16:50  Global Potential for Second Generation Bio-Fuels
• Status of current technologies – bio-chemical and thermo-chemical
• Processing costs
• Life cycle analyses relating to greenhouse gas emissions and other social and environmental factors
• Future role in the global transport sector
Speaker: Dr. Ralph Sims, Renewable Energy Unit, International Energy Agency 

17:20  Final Discussion followed by End of Conference

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