Speaker Profile
Jorge A Hilbert is presently Director of the rural engineering institute of INTA and coordinates at a national level the bioenergy program. He has conducted research and programs on bioenergy for more than 25 years. The national project he is conducting all over the country has an specific module studying Jatropha.

He graduated in agronomic engineering at the Univ of Buenos Aires and obtained a Master Degree in Farm Mechanization. He has represented Argentina in international forums and acted as expert consultant for FAO ONUDI, GEF and other international organizations. Jorge is member of regional and international organizations related with agronomical engineering and farm mechanization.

He acted as international consultant in bioenergy related topics in Austria, India, China, Salvador, Mexico, Brasil, Chile and Paraguay. This year he has been involved at international expert meetings regarding biofuels sustainability in preparation for COP meeting in Germany. He is also co-chair of Methane to markets international partnership.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1: Tuesday, June 10
15:15 JATROPHA IN ARGENTINA – OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INVESTMENT PROJECT

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

PT WABV see it as their main responsibility to provide their Indonesian business partners, local Governments, farmers groups and communities with quality technology knowledge, equipment (productions units) and international business information & marketing solutions, reliable and professional technical Support and to earn a fair profit for our company & employees, Indonesian & Europeans partners and stakeholders by embracing sound, ethical, social, ecological and environment-friendly business practices. Indonesian and local community rules and national & international environmental regulations are strictly followed by PT WABV combined with a strongly felt and executed responsibility to all people, parties and communities they work with and their habitat.

PT WABV awareness is attached to environmental issues as global warming and the move by the international community to use more environment-friendly fuels. They are committed in contributing to the reduction of global reliance on non-renewable energy sources which contribute to the global warming through the emission of greenhouse gases, with the aim of ensuring that the products and plantations do not come at the cost of destruction to the environment, the misuse of other natural resources or the loss of bio diversity. PT WABV will only use degraded, marginal land and/or artificial forest areas for their Jatropha Curcas L crop plantations and wood & agriculture (waste) pellet productions in Indonesia. All products producing by PT WABV is for the European market.

Speaker Profile
Drs. Ir. William Ludwig Nolten is the Regional Director – Asia of Koudijs Beheer B.V. in the Netherlands, is also the President Director of PT Waterland Asia Bio Ventures in Jakarta Indonesia.

Drs. Ludwig Nolten has studied in the Netherlands Science and Innovations Management and BSc in Biochemistry.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 : Wednesday, June 11
15:30 INNOVATION IN OIL EXTRACTION & PURIFICATION

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Speaker Profile
Mr Lu graduated from University of Sao Paulo in biology and Business Administration

He is currently the CEO of Curcas Diesel Brasil.

He is also the Executive Secretary Brazilian Research Network on Jatropha curcas and the President of Brazilian Association of Jatropha Growers.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 : Tuesday, June 10
14.40 BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE: SAO LUIS BIO – ECO-EFFICIENT APPROACH TO CRUDE VEGETABLE OIL & FOOD PRODUCTION

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Also, on a per acre basis, Clonal Jatropha can yield up to 10 times the amount of oil as other sources of biodiesel. Finally, Jatropha is a perennial, lasting up to 50 years without replanting. In fact the ‘cake’ (portion of the seed left over after extraction of the seed’s oil) is full of nitrogen fixing compounds making it an excellent organic fertilizer. Finally, on average one acre of a Jatropha Plantation can capture four (4) tons of CO2 per year.

MDF offers two major programs, one directed to the biodiesel production market, the other directed at business in general. For the biodiesel production market MDF offers the opportunity for refineries to purchase Jatropha Oil at a flat rate of $2.50 per gallon for 5 years and for an additional 5 years at $2.00 below market rate as defined by a mutually agreed upon index. The general business program which goes by the name of “10 For 10 Fuel Discount Program”, involves the payment of a set amount of money per gallon or liter currently being used by a business for as little as 10 months and receiving a specific discount on a per gallon or per liter basis for each unit of fuel consumed over as long as the next 10 years. Both programs involve either the purchase of a leasehold interest in our Jatropha Plantations and/or a Joint Venture Agreement. In either case, programs can and are being implemented on both land owned by MDF or the business or Joint Venture Partner.

Speaker Profile
Paul S. Dalton, was for 29 years the senior partner of Dalton & Dalton, P.C. As an attorney and a certified financial planner, Mr. Dalton spent nearly 3 decades advising potential business startups on both legal and financial issues. Prior to establishing Dream Fuels, Mr. Dalton reforested tens of thousands of tropical hardwoods in Costa Rica and acquired the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the unique cloning technology developed by Labland Biotech of Mysore, India.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 : Wednesday, June 11
12.15 INTERACTIVE PANEL: PLANTATION MANAGEMENT & HARVESTING
Soil conditioner that helps to rehabilitate degraded land
Making mechanisation a reality – development of mechanical seed sowing and harvesting

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

The Company has built or is building jatropha-based energy projects in Ghana, the Philippines and Colombia on more than 2.5mm acres of marginal, underused land. Its profitable business model provides:

Positive environmental impact – There is no deforestation, no diversion of productive agricultural land, and no irrigation
Positive in-country economic impact – Import substitution while helping workers out of poverty
Positive environmental impact – Existing acreage will produce 13.3 million metric tons when fully planted.

Speaker profile
Dr. Charles V. Fishel is chairman and CEO of Abundant Biofuels Corporation.

He has held senior management, finance and legal roles with Fortune 100 multi-national organizations, namely Intel, Teledyne, Carnation Company, Peter Kiewit Sons’ and Williams Companies as well as some start-up companies. His industry experience includes technology electronics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, insurance, construction, mining, broadcasting, food processing, energy, manufacturing, public utility, and consulting about technology evaluation and commercialization.

He serves on the Environmental Impacts Working Group and Social Impacts Working Group and also as Director on the boards of several public and private for-profit companies, including the Brownfield Foundation, Inc., a charitable, non-profit corporation dedicated to land recycling for the good of the community and the environment.

Dr. Fishel teaches at San Jose State University and is a visiting professor at the Naval Postgraduate School. He is the author of Global Business Strategies (CyclopsMedia: 2004). 

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 : Tuesday, June 10
17:25 INTERACTIVE PANEL: FEASIBILITY OF JATROPHA-BASED BIODIESEL PROJECT
Economic and production model
Financing strategy
Earning carbon credits

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami on June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

During his political career, he has served as Secretary of Studies of the Municipal Board of Directors of Ciudad Guzman; Member of the State Board of Directors, and the State Board of the National Action Party; pre-candidate to assistant senator; president of over twenty boards, trusts and committees, and member of the Federation of Free Municipalities.

Before becoming Governor of the State of Jalisco, Alberto Cardenas was elected Mayor of Ciudad Guzman.

He has had extensive experience in the countryside, since he has undertaken projects involving maize and potato growing as well as forestry, with excellent results.

He was Mayor of Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, from 1992 to 1994; Governor of Jalisco from 1995 to 2001 and Director of the National Forestry Commission from April 2001 to August 2003.

He was also Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources from August 2003 to June 2005 and pre-candidate for the internal presidential elections in 2005.

In the recent elections, he was elected senator.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 : Tuesday, June 10
09:10  KEYNOTE ADDRESS: MEXICO – AMERICAS’ EMERGING CHAMPION FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF JATROPHA CRUDE OIL

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Speaker Profile
Christian Langaard is the Founder and Managing Director of Euro-Latin Capital. He is also holds other positions in other companies including: General Partner of Carbon Opportunities Fund, Vice Chairman of Patagonia Bioenergia SA., Member of the Board of Alterra Bioenergy Resources Corporation, Partner and Member of the Board of Directors at Marcuard Holding.

He was previously the Head of South America at Banque Paribas (1992-1999) and Director of at Credit Suisse First Boston in Europe (1986-1992).

Mr Langaard holds a MBA, Finance & International Business, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 : Tuesday, June 10
12:05 INVESTOR’S PANEL: ATTRACTING INVESTMENT FROM PROJECT FINANCIERS, PRIVATE EQUITY & FUND MANAGERS
Investment trends and perspective on jatropha
Selection criteria
Characteristics associated with successful application
Risk appetite

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

The product is used today by professionals and consumers in more than forty-five countries worldwide to improve the quality and success of their work while reducing water consumption, in landscaping, sport and golf turf, horticulture, reforestation and gardening. The TerraCottem company manufactures the TerraCottem soil conditioner and distributes the product through a network of distributors in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. To ensure that the product remains at the forefront of the industry, research and development on improving the TerraCottem mixture continues. This research and development is carried out in conjunction with independent national research facilities in Belgium.

How does it work?

By absorbing water and nutrients that would normally be lost to runoff or evaporation and providing plants and turf with a consistent, readily available source, TerraCottem improves the water retention capacity of soils and growing media, improving soil structure and aeration, increasing root growth, enhancing fertilizer availability and reducing the occurance of transplantation shock, water stress and resultant plant loss. The product is specially suited for use in degraded or problematic soils and root zones with little capillarity, eg. sandy soils, containers, pots, industrial or municipal areas where little or no maintenance (irrigation, fertilization, soil treatment) is performed, and to improve the quality and performance of growing media.

The product

A mixture of:
- The best-performing potassium-based organic hydroabsorbent polymers currently available, to increase the capacity of soils or substrates to retain and provide water and nutrients.
- A starter component of soluble and slow-release mineral and organic fertilizers, which play an important role during the initial growth phase, and for many months after.
- Trace amounts of a growth stimulating agent to encourage extensive root development in the initial growth phase
- A carrier material allows homogeneous distribution of all components.

Speaker Profile
Davy Ottevaere is the R&D Manager at TerraCottem NV, located in Zulte, Belgium. The company has a second office, TerraCottem Internacional SL, in Benalup (Cadiz), Spain. He graduated in 2000 as bio-engineer in soil and water management from the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at at the University of Ghent, Belgium. He is currently preparing for a PhD degree at the same university with a study on “Soil Physical and Soil Mechanical Characteristics of Sand Blends and Sand Fractions”. MSc. Davy Ottevaere joined TerraCottem NV in 2000. His task is threefold: R&D on the soil conditioner TerraCottem to ensure that the product remains at the forefront of the industry. This research and development is carried out in conjunction with independent national research facilities in Belgium. A second aspect is project management of worldwide showcases of the usage of TerraCottem in various applications and for 2008 priority will be given to potential investors in Jatropha curcas plantations on degraded land so that competition with the human food sector can be avoided. Finally, technical support is given to the commercial department in both offices and to their agents in more than 40 countries. Davy is also board member of Terr@dialoog, a non-profit development cooperation organisation, with focus on soil improvement for school gardens, women’s vegetable gardens and reforestation projects.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 : Wednesday, June 11
12.15 INTERACTIVE PANEL: PLANTATION MANAGEMENT & HARVESTING
Making mechanisation a reality – development of mechanical seed sowing and harvesting

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Two things quickly became apparent, the exciting possibilities for Jatropha commercially and environmentally, together with a major absence of scientifically based Jatropha knowledge and research.

In order to address this lack of reliable information, in 2007 Viridas raised US$1.2M to establish a trial Jatropha plantation in the North East of Brazil. This plantation to provide Viridas with a sound knowledge base to support the initiation, in the Autumn 2008, of a major seven year project, to purchase 250,000 Hectares of idle land in North East Brazil on which to plant and develop Jatropha under the companys its own agronomy. This will be a world scale Jatropha business.

To further promote this project Viridas PLC entered into an exclusive strategic partnership with INEOS Enterprises Ltd, part of INEOS, the worlds third largest chemical group, with annual sales in excess US$45 Billion. INEOS Enterprises will bring to the partnership down stream intelligence together with a significant outlet for Jatropha oil through its ambitious strategy to become a leading European biodiesel supplier. The first step of that strategy, to achieve at least 2 million tonnes of biodiesel output by 2012.

Further information on Viridas PLC @ http://viridasplc.com/

Speaker Profile
Stanley Wootliff has had an active life in the city and has been involved as a major investor and Chief Executive in a number of smaller listed companies. He became Chairman and Chief Executive of Viridas Plc in July 1986. He was amongst the first to realise the potential for Jatropha and Biodiesel and in December 2006 started the research and the reorganisation of the company necessary to refocus the companies activities away from its traditional textile trading and into Biodiesel.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 : Wednesday, June 11
12.15 INTERACTIVE PANEL: PLANTATION MANAGEMENT & HARVESTING
Making mechanisation a reality – development of mechanical seed sowing and harvesting

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Aiming at the Global Natural products & Nutraceuticals Market and Non-edible oil & Bio-diesel market, Nandan is conducting extensive R&D for scientific validation for commercialization of a range of Medicinal and Biofuel plants. In its efforts for excellence, Nandan has collaborated with National and International Organizations of repute for R&D and Technology.

Leveraging its leading-edge expertise in agriculture, Nandan Biomatrix intends to make the most of energy plantations for the ecological and economic benefit of the country. Towards this, Nandan has been working on biomass and biofuel plantations. Nandan is confident and committed to impart a significant value in the National Bio-diesel programme of India through effective and cost-efficient crop management techniques and technologies. Nandan’s singular accomplishments in the promotion of mainstream cultivation of Chlorophytum borivilianum and Jatropha curcas are well known and widely acclaimed. Enlisting the services of expert agronomists and pooling up the finest technology, Nandan has set up the first ever Medicinal Plants & Jatropha Resource Centre at Zaheerabad, A.P., India. Besides being an R&D facility, the center extends technical support to individuals, groups and corporate farming communities for the profitable cultivation of Medicinal plants & Biofuel crops. Nandan has to its credit the implementation of several large-scale plantation projects across the country.

Nandan has a R&D centre for processing of nutraceuticals & biodiesel in the Agri-Science
Park of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute of the Semi-Arid Tropics),
Hyderabad.

Speaker Profile
Jaya Kumar Bhavanasi is a Gold Medalist in Master of Science from Mysore University. He has 20 years of experience in the fields of Nutraceuticals and Well-Being industry. He has an interest in Ecology and Environment and strongly believes that Jatropha has a great potential to offer for marginal farmers / soils across the globe with Biodiesel production. Currently he leads the Technical Team of Nandan Biomatrix as Director-Technical. He is also a Member of International Coordination Committee for the Biodiesel Society of India.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1, Tuesday, 10 June
16:20 INTEGRATED JATROPHA – BIODIESEL PROJECT
Improved breed which delivers higher yield
Farming contracts/arrangements
Off-take agreements
Forecasted pricing structure for seed trading and CJO

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

SoilCorp considers Plant oil, and its refined by-product biodiesel, viable only if made from non-edible perennial plants grown in areas where production does not negatively affect rain forestation, and where it is non-competitive with food crop cultivation. Further, we perceive standardized sustainability certification procedures essential for the industry to succeed.

Currently, R&D competency is fragmented. Synergizing R&D from a variety of sources, partners, and test facilities is in our opinion vital to establish agricultural best-practices, develop ideotype cultivars, enhance growth and yield characteristics, enable mechanized harvesting and spreading risk. As Jatropha farming is labor intensive and mainly conducted in rural areas, SoilCorp believes community- and infrastructure building is as vital for success as agronomical procedures and advancements.

We consider risk reduction, accumulated learning, and knowledge dissemination key success factors. Fiduciary responsibility dictates properly diversifying geographic, agricultural, political, and plantation risk. Green-field perils can be minimized through investing in and ramping up ongoing operations. Logistical challenges may be harnessed by curtailing initial farm size. Enabling frameworks for joint R&D, proliferation of best plant and plantation practices, and streamlining community and infrastructure building are all paramount ingredients in increasing each farm’s chance of success.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 : Wednesday, June 11
14:00 BUILDING BLOCKS FOR SUSTAINABLE OIL
The need for independent certification of sustainability
A proactive PPP approach to infrastructure and community building
Local R&D partnerships on plant technology and biodiversity
A portfolio approach to identifying and disseminating ‘best practices’ – safeguarding indigenous rights, breaking the poverty gridlock of subsistence farming, and securing a locally adaptable industry

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

We plan to fulfill this mission primarily by cultivating jatropha curcas, a crop with the potential to yield fuel without squeezing out food production or reducing biodiversity, and with the potential to help rural economies in some of the poorest parts of the world.

Biogreen Oil cultivates jatropha primarily through plantations which we directly operate.
Biogreen Oil actively intercrops alternative plantings for local food production and additional biofuel feedstock.
Biogreen Oil plans to use state-of-the-art biomass conversion processes. It will leverage the technology used by other feedstocks for its Jatropha Biofuel processing.
Biogreen Oil employs partners with the best technology for seed oil extraction, ensuring optimum results from all plantation operation.
Biogreen Oil’s extraction and production facilities provide local farmers with opportunities to use marginal lands on which to plant jatropha. Biogreen Oil will manages all downstream operations ensuring the farmer can concentrate on what they do best, growing plants.

In addition to Jatropha, Biogreen Oil is developing other high yielding, non food competing biofuel energy feedstocks. www.biogreenoil.com

Speaker Profile:
Prior to starting Biogreen Oil with his partners, Bill was with Goldman Sachs for 19½ years in New York, Tokyo and London. Bill started in 1987 with the Mortgage Securities Research group where he published research papers and advised financial institutions on mortgage hedging strategies. In 1998 he moved to Tokyo where he headed the Derivates Marketing group which was responsible for marketing interest rate and credit derivatives to insitutional clients.

In Tokyo, Bill also headed the Structured Finance group which was responsible for a wide range of principal and agency structured finance transactions such as securitization, leveraged finance, mortgages, leases, real estate and other illiquid assets.

In 2004 he moved to London to co-head the European Structuring Group which was responsible for structuring interest rate, credit, equity and funds derivatives products for institutional and retail clients. He was made a Managing Director in 1998 and a partner of Goldman Sachs in 2002. Bill received an M.S. in Industrial Administration in 1987 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1984, both from Carnegie-Mellon University.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 : Tuesday, June 10
12:05 INVESTOR’S PANEL: ATTRACTING INVESTMENT FROM PROJECT FINANCIERS, PRIVATE EQUITY & FUND MANAGERS
Investment trends and perspective on jatropha
Selection criteria
Characteristics associated with successful application
Risk appetite

17:25 INTERACTIVE PANEL: FEASIBILITY OF JATROPHA-BASED BIODIESEL PROJECT
Economic and production model
Financing strategy
Earning carbon credits

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

The PNOC-AFC’s primary mandate is to explore, develop and accelerate the utilization and commercialization of alternative fuels in the country. It has the primary responsibility over the biofuels project and to coordinate with the concerned agencies as directed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during the joint National Economic Development Authority-National Anti-Poverty Commission Cabinet Meeting on August 8, 2006.

The PNOC-AFC also pursues the development, operation and management of the PNOC-AFC Industrial Park, an industrial estate with an area of more than 530 hectares located in the province of Bataan.

The role of PNOC-AFC in the government’s Alternative Fuels Program has become even more relevant with the signing into law of Republic Act 9367 also known as the Biofuels Act of 2006 on January 12, 2007. The Biofuels Act of 2006 mandates the use of biofuels in the country.

The Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, in its Opinion No. 285, dated December 29, 2006, likewise affirmed PNOC-AFC’s primordial role as a direct investor with a purpose to invest its capital and carry on the business of alternative fuels.

Speaker Profile:
Peter Anthony A. Abaya is presently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Philippine National Oil Company Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC). Concurrently, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of Association of Petrochemical Manufacturers of the Philippines (APMP). He is the former Undersecretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) in charge of oil and gas, renewable energy and alternative fuels from 2004-2006. He was an Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary of the President’s Priority Programs and Official Development Assistance (ODA) Office of the Office of the President from 2001- 2004. He was the Director of the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources from 1998-2001.

Mr. Abaya has a Master of Engineering degree in both Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics (Honors’ Program) from the University of California-Irvine where he graduated with Honorable Distinction in both degrees. In 1999, he completed a Post-Graduate Program in Climate Change and Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Philippines, with the PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC) at its helm, is at a charging state in the biofuels industry. The country has sufficient lands and favorable climatic conditions for growing jatropha. Already the Company has consolidated more than 150,000 hectares of land for plantations and to be strengthened more with at least 200,000 hectares under way. On research and development, PNOC-AFC has research partners from the academe and technology research institutions, dealing with germplasm management, varietal improvement, seed testing, propagation techniques, soil fertility, fruiting management, pest and disease management, oil extraction and processing, and engine performance test. Analyst Frost & Sullivan recently cited PNOC-AFC as the most advanced in the region in terms of R&D having the most extensive and highly-developed integrated R&D program on jatropha. The Company is pursuing 1 million metric tons of biofuel refining capacity and 700,000 hectares of plantation. This will be expandable to 2 million hectares. The PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation is determined to provide energy security, pollution reduction, job generation, and economic prosperity for the country and the region.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 : Wednesday, June 11
09:05 JATROPHA BUSINESS MODEL IN THE PHILIPPINES
Investment regulation / government support program
Economic model
Organization model/Farming model direct ownership or contract farming and its mechanism
Seed and oil yields
Integration of small holder farmers

Overview of Presentation
The Philippines, with the PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC) at its helm, is at a charging state in the biofuels industry. The country has sufficient lands and favorable climatic conditions for growing jatropha. Already the Company has consolidated more than 150,000 hectares of land for plantations and to be strengthened more with at least 200,000 hectares under way. On research and development, PNOC-AFC has research partners from the academy and technology research institutions, dealing with germplasm management, varietal improvement, seed testing, propagation techniques, soil fertility, fruiting management, pest and disease management, oil extraction and processing, and engine performance test. Analyst Frost & Sullivan recently cited PNOC-AFC as the most advanced in the region in terms of R&D having the most extensive and highly-developed integrated R&D program on jatropha. The Company is pursuing 1 million metric tons of biofuel refining capacity and 700,000 hectares of plantation. This will be expandable to 2 million hectares. The PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation is determined to provide energy security, pollution reduction, job generation, and economic prosperity for the country and the region.

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Raymond Jongschaap’s career in tropical crop science, integrated farming systems, soil science and dynamic simulation modeling is build upon the production ecological approach of C.T. de Wit. The production ecological approach explains the behaviour of ecological systems at higher integration levels by studying system processes at lower levels. His research group at Plant Research International focuses on Agrosystems research at different scales, from the sustainable production on plot level to (integrated) farming systems, from regional studies to global explorations, all based on the optimization of natural resources, such as water and nutrients. He is currently involved in the global debate on the production of Food, Feed and Fuel and the potentials of bio-energy with regards to limitations set by the availability of land and (natural) resources.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Pre-Conference Workshop Leader
Monday, June 9
A to Z of JATROPHA CURCAS L. (Separately Bookable)

Overview of Presentation
In our search for renewable energy sources, Jatropha curcas has been promoted as a bio-energy crop with huge potentials. The claims on Jatropha curcas are based on a number of positive traits and characteristics, each of them observed separately from the other and under different circumstances. Real numbers and scientifically sound publications are hardly found, and you may wonder why. In this workshop we will introduce you to a better understanding of the plant and we will address the claims and facts on Jatropha curcas through a plant physiological and production ecological approach. The workshop will help you to get realistic expectations of the crop as a renewable energy source.

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Speaker Profile
Dr. Piet C.G. van der Linde is technology development manager D1 Oils Plant Science since August 1, 2007. His professional career shows a long record of work on the integration of modern biotechnology in breeding and propagation of ornamental, horticultural and agricultural plants, ranging from micropropagation to disease indexing, gene isolation, transformation and marker development. After his PhD on the molecular mechanism of plant hormone action, he subsequently became researcher on bulbous crops, research manager of biotechnology companies and research director of an international micropropagation laboratory.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 : Wednesday, June 11
10:40 YIELD IMPROVEMENT: AGRONOMIC PRACTICES & CROP MANAGEMENT

Overview of Presentation
Focus on Jatropha curcas. The activities involved are breeding and technology development, product placement and agronomy research, multiplication, and a stewardship program. The activities are centered in Cape Verde, where a new breeding centre has been erected, and in Southern Africa, India and South-East Asia, the regions where the new varieties from the breeding and selection work are being evaluated in product placement trials and where our agronomy research is performed. New lines that perform well are being multiplied locally in seed gardens and put on the market. The target for 2008 is to produce over 90 million seedlings. The company has one major client, D1-BP Fuel crops that is focusing on planting and expelling of oil.

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

The company is a subsidiary of ScanFuel AS Norway. The founders and investors are from the Norwegian oil & gas sector. The company has raised $12m for the initial seed funding.

The company is about to invest more than $500m in Ghana in the next 10 years. By the end of 2009, the company will have invested approx $30m in its operations in Ghana. The initial investment covers:

50,000 acres of land planted.
Create approx. 10,000 new jobs.

ScanFuel Ghana and University of Ghana, Legon has sign a MoU to establish a Jatropha Research Centre located just outside Accra. The Centre will develop high yielding variety to be used for replanting in Ghana. The Centre has a production capacity of 500 million seeds or seeds for approx 700,000 acres annually when fully build out.

Through local banks/financiers, Scanfuel is in a process of facilitating a $1.5m credit facility for local farmers participating in ScanFuel’s Rural Empowerment Programme 2008. ScanFuel intends to triple such facility next year and beyond. Scanfuel provide a 5 year guaranteed purchase of the farmer’s harvest.

The company has already agreed off-take of all crude jatropha oil coming from jatropha seeds and is in discussions with local companies for them to source all crude palm oil.

The biomass from both Jatropha and Oil Palm will be used as raw material for a Bio-electricity generation plant, which Scanfuel intend to deploy at plantation site. Surplus energy will be distributed on the local grid, enabling Ghana to reduce her dependency on hydro and fossil fuel based energy.

Speaker Profile
Thor Hesselberg is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ScanFuel AS and ScanFuel Ghana Ltd. ScanFuel ventured into the clean energy field through its Ghanaian branch securing more than 1 million hectare of unutilized land with the traditional councils of chiefs. ScanFuel will develop the land over the next 15 years and will from 2020 be producing more than 40.000 barrels of crude Jatropha oil to be sold to the biodiesel industri.

Previously Mr Hesselberg has worked as Clean Energy Investor and Chief Executive Officer for 2-3 start up companies. He holds Master of Science degree from University of Vö, the same University he also completed his Bachelor of Business Administration.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 : Tuesday, June 10
16:55 SEED GARDEN – ITS NEED AND IMPORTANCE

Overview of Presentation
A well developed and organized seed garden of less than 20 hectares provide enough proven high yield seeds for a commercial plantation of 1 million hectare.

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Dr. von Wedel is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received his Doctorate in Biochemistry from the University California Medical Center in San Francisco. Dr. von Wedel completed 2 years as a post doctoral fellow at Scripps Research Institute before entering the biotechnology industry.

Dr. von Wedel has managed several biodiesel research contracts and he established the first B-20 fleet in California at the UC Davis (March 1999). The City of Berkeley became the first municipality in North America to run all 192 diesel powered vehicles on B-100.

In May of 2001, CytoCulture opened the first retail B-100 fuel station in North America (San Francisco) with World Energy.

He is a consultant to the City of San Francisco, Disneyland, Disney World, Pacific Gas & Electric, Florida Power & Light, and other large biodiesel fleets to source sustainable feedstock biodiesel, set protective fuel contract specifications, and establish fuel quality monitoring programs to avoid problems as fleets proceed with biodiesel implementation.

Dr. von Wedel is also the inventor of the pHLip Test for confirming the quality of B100.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 : Wednesday, June 11
16:05 FUEL QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR BIODIESEL FROM JATROPHA

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Private Clients and Asset Management
The Private Clients and Asset Management Group Division, or PCAM, comprises Deutsche Bank’s investment management business for both private and ins­ti­tu­tional clients, together with our tra­di­tional banking acti­vities for private individuals and small and medium-sized businesses. PCAM comprises two Corporate Divisions: Asset and Wealth Management and Private and Business Clients.

Asset and Wealth Management
Asset Management provides institutional clients, including pension funds and insurance companies, with a full range of services including traditional asset management, alternative assets, sophisticated absolute return strategies and real estate asset management. Asset Management also provides retail clients across the globe with mutual fund products through our DWS and DWS Scudder franchises.

Private Wealth Management (PWM) serves high net worth individuals and families worldwide. We provide these very discerning clients with a fully-integrated wealth management service, encompassing portfolio management, tax advisory, inheritance planning and philanthropic advisory services. PWM offers an integrated approach to wealth management to wealthy individuals and families both in the home country of the clients (onshore) and in international financial centres (offshore). Advisory services are offered in over 85 offices in more than 30 countries.

Private & Business Clients
Private & Busines Clients (PBC) offers banking services to private customers as well as small and medium-sized business clients in Germany and seven other countries across Europe and Asia through various channels including online access. Our range of services encompasses loans, current accounts and deposits and payment services as well as secu­rities and mutual funds and portfolio investment advisory.

Customers can access us through almost 1,500 branches, most of them located in Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland. In addition, we work closely with more than 3,200 independent financial advisors and have numerous sales coopera­tion arrangements with partners which include in Germany, among others, Deutsche Vermgens­beratung AG ( DVAG ) and the ADAC, Europe’s largest automobile club.

Speaker Profile
Mark Fulton, Managing Director and Global Head of Climate Change Investment Research: New York. Joined the Company in 2006 after 29 years of investment experience in senior roles in research and management at Citigroup in the US, Salomon Smith Barney and NatWest in Sydney, Potter Partners in Melbourne and James Capel in London BA in Philosophy & Economics from Oxford University.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 : Tuesday, June 10
12:05 INVESTOR’S PANEL: ATTRACTING INVESTMENT FROM PROJECT FINANCIERS, PRIVATE EQUITY & FUND MANAGERS
Investment trends and perspective on jatropha
Selection criteria
Characteristics associated with successful application
Risk appetite

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

GEXSI was launched originally in 2001, under the auspices of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum in Davos, with private sector start-up sponsorship from Deutsche Bank, Foursome Investments, The Open Society Institute, Bain & Company, and subsequent public sector sponsorship also from the German Government (BMZ/GTZ).

GEXSI supports civil voluntary organizations (CVOs) with a range of professional services:

Networking – Through our extensive network of partner organizations, we link local Civil Voluntary Organizations (CVSs) and micro-entrepreneurs to like-minded partners and facilitate access to international markets, information and expertise.

Coaching – To assist CVOs in their development of sustainable business models, we provide technical expertise in business planning and investment structuring.

Financing - To assist CVOs in becoming independent of aid, we arrange for financing in accordance with their business development stage from philanthropic funds and below-market grants to fully-fledged commercial investment.

Speaker Profile
Thilo Zelt sits in the Biofuel Team of GEXSI. He is also the Founder and CEO of JSL Biofuels Madagascar. Mr Zelt has M.Sc. in Economics and Management (MEMS) at Humboldt University Berlin, with distinction, emphasis on Corporate Finance, Marketing, and Information Systems.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 2 : Wednesday, June 11
09:05 JATROPHA BUSINESS MODEL IN MADAGASCAR
Investment regulation / government support program
Economic model
Organization model/Farming model direct ownership or contract farming and its mechanism
Seed and oil yields
Integration of small holder farmers

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.

Beginning with laboratory scale demonstrations, it eventually lead to full scale commercial operations in California, Nevada, Colorado, Texas and Australia. Biodiesel Industries recently broke ground on its newest facility located in Detroit, in conjunction with DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler, Chrysler), Bosch, Delphi and NextEnergy. These plants utilize Teall’s patented process and have capacities of 3-20 million gallons per year. They produce biodiesel predominantly from recycled fryer oils, but are capable of using a wide variety of other feedstocks, including crude vegetable oils and animal fats.

Biodiesel Industries is continuing to actively develop improvements to the biodiesel production process in conjunction with the US Navy at the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center at Naval Base Ventura County in California where a production unit is being used for research and development involving innovative feedstocks and other biobased products. Additional commercial production facilities are under development with capacities in excess of 20 million gallons each.

Speaker Profile
Russell Teall is the President of Biodiesel Industries Inc. He has over fourteen years of experience in all aspects of the biodiesel industry. He is the former Vice-Chairman of the National Biodiesel Board (“NBB,” the trade association for the biodiesel industry in the US), and former Chairman of NBB’s Legislative/Regulatory Committee, and is currently vice-chairman of the California Biodiesel Alliance.

Prior to founding Biodiesel Industries, he provided biodiesel consulting services to private companies, governments and the National Biodiesel Board. He has performed biodiesel feasibility studies throughout the US as well as Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Ghana, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Mr. Teall is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara (1974) and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Law (Boalt Hall, 1977).

Mr. Teall has held positions with the California Attorney General’s Office, the U.S. Congress and with a private firm as a litigation attorney. Formerly the president of the National Boat Owners Association, he has directed various international tourism and environmental projects, and participated in numerous international trade missions as a representative for the State of Florida (under then Secretary of Commerce, Jeb Bush). Mr. Teall has worked with the US government to develop biodiesel projects in China, India, the Philippines, Mexico and Thailand, and has helped to develop biodiesel standards in many areas of the world. He conducts workshops and speaks professionally at international conferences, and provides independent consulting services.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 : Tuesday, June 10
14:05 IDEAL CONDITION FOR GROWING JATROPHA IN USA
Includes Research on cold tolerance
Update on test plot in MEXICO

Overview of Presentation
This presentation by Russell Teall will focus upon his experience in growing jatropha under a wide range of conditions both in the US and internationally. Suitable soil, rainfall, nutrients, temperature, plant spacing, pruning and harvesting are essential for successful jatropha plantation development. Based upon feasibility studies and test plots operated in India, Mexico and the US, comparisons will be made and recommendations for the future development of jatropha in the US. The development of cold weather tolerant jatropha will also be discussed.

JatrophaWorld 2008 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. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.