JATROPHA WORLD is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Jatropha from a technological and socio-economic angle.

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2nd Jatropha World Americas

Day 1: Thursday, December 3rd

08:00  Registration & Coffee

09:00  Chairman’s Welcome & Introduction

Practitioner Roundtable
 
09:10  Cultivation Technologies
- Seed Selection according to plantation size and cropping method
- Seed treatment, cultivation of seedling and direct seedling
- Pre-analyses of soil to check pH level, residual fertilizers and micro-nutrients in soil
- Application of limestone and basic fertilizers
- Definition of the plantation span for mechanical treatments and harvesting
- Additional fertilization: timing, volume and product
- Control of plagues and disease
- Influence of site height, temperature and humidity
- Presence of insects (bee) for better fructification
Speaker: Nagashi Tominaga, Director, Biojan-MG Agro Industrial Ltda. 

09:40  Planting & Maintenance Techniques in Brazil / Argentina
Speaker: Antonio Tomas Parsons, Director, Cazenave y Asociados S.A.

10:00  Commercial Scale Jatropha Growing in Honduras
Speaker: David Erazo, Director General, Agroipsa 

10:30  Discussion followed by Refreshments

11:00  Gota Verde Project in Honduras: Integrated Outgrower Agricultural Systems
Speaker: Titus Galema, Tecnical Agronomy Advisor, Social Trade Organization STRO (voorheen Strohalm) 

11:30  Results of Field Trials in California and Mexico
- Seed selection
- Climate
- Cultivation practices
- Toxicity
- Cold tolerance
Speaker: Russell Teall, President, Biodiesel Industries, Inc 

12:00  Practitioner Roundtable Discussion
Panelists: all speakers above
 
12:40  Lunch

14:00  Chairman’s Remarks

14:05  Inclusive Business Promotion with Jatropha in Latin America
- Implementation strategies in Peru, Ecuador & Central America
- Linking small-scale Jatropha producers with leading biodiesel companies
- Case study Peru: progress in Jatropha development and plantation management techniques
Speaker: Martijn Veen, Program Leader Biofuels, Advisor in Inclusive Business – SNV Peru, SNV – Netherlands Development Organisation 

14:35  Production Model Roundtable (Centralised Plantation vs. Outgrowers)
- How to effectively manage centralized plantation?
- Challenges of managing outgrowers / small holders
- Setting buy-back price of seeds
Panelists include:
- Ricardo Asturias, Director General, Biocombustible de Guatemala
- Martijn Veen
- David Erazo

15:15  Cloning Jatropha: Mass Multiplying Superior Cultivars
Speaker: Robert L. Burkey, Managing Partner, Jatropha Biotech Solutions, LLC 

15:45  Discussion followed by Refreshments

16:15  Mechanised Harvesting – Key to Future Success
- How does it work?
- Results from trials
- Plantation design to suit mechanical harvesting
Speaker: Scott Korthuis, Oxbo International Corporation 

16:45  Biodiesel Fuel Quality & Specifications for Fuel Made from Jatropha Crude Oil (JTO)
- Phorbol ester concentrations in both refined JTO and finished biodiesel product from JTO
Speaker: Dr. Randall von Wedel, Founder and Principal Biochemist, CytoCulture International Inc. 

17:15  International Trade in Biofuels/Jatropha
- Cost of plantation, harvesting, jatropha oil and biodiesel
- Logistics according countries
- Is jatropha profitable?
- Argentina experience
Speaker: Alfredo Langesfeld, CEO, GEA Biodiesel S.A. 

 17:45  Jatropha Project Planning
- Financial & economic model
- Cost-revenue projections
- Funding sources
Speaker: Mike Lu, CEO, Curcas Diesel Brasil 

18:15  Discussion followed End of Day One

18:30 Networking Reception for Speakers & Delegates

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Day 2: Friday, December 4th

09:00  Chairman’s Remarks

09:05  Financial & Operational Model for Jatropha Business Proposal – Meeting Funding Requirements

11:05  Discussion followed by Refreshments

11:35  Finance & Investment Roundtable
- Impact of credit crunch on fund raising for jatropha project
- Options to raise capital during recessionary period
- Financiers’ perspective: Investment appetite and lending criteria during recession
- Role of private equity / microfinance in jatropha project
- Outlook on jatropha project’s profitability
Panelists include:
Dr. Lionel Fernando Lopez Valdes, Director, Guatemala, TechnoServe
Joakim Bergander, Vice Chairman, Biogreen Oil

12:05  Commercialization of Bio-Jet Fuel with 2nd Generation Feedstocks
- Energy macro-market summary
- UOP Renewables vision
- Market Drivers for Renewable Jet
- UOP’s Renewable Jet Development Program
- Renewable Jet Economics
- Life cycle analysis of renewable jet
Speaker: Dr. Amar Anumakonda, Business Development Manager, Renewables Business Unit, UOP LLC 

12:35  Technology & Economics of Using Jatropha Pure Plant Oil on Vehicle, Machinery and Generators
Speaker: Charles Anderson, President, Golden Fuel Systems 

13:05  Final discussion followed by Lunch

14:30  End of Conference

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