Conference Schedule
BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals
6-7 Oct 2010 – Rotterdam
Inntel Hotels Rotterdam Centre – Panorama Room, Level 16
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Day 1 – Wednesday, 6 Oct 2010
08:00 Registration & Morning Coffee
09:00 Chairman’s Introduction
Keynote Address
09:10 Strategic Energy Technology Plan: A Boost to Technological Progress in the Bio-Energy Industry
- Technology roadmap for the European Industrial Initiative on Bioenergy
Speaker: Dr. Stefan Tostmann, Head of Unit -Energy Technologies and Research Co-ordination, European Commission
09:40 Discussion followed by Coffee
Biomass Feedstock Developments
10:10 Satisfying Europe’s Growing Bio-Based Needs
- Biomass availability : developments, pricing, forecasts, sourcing, practices, advise, trade
Speaker: Dr. Caroline Midgley, Head of Biofuels/Biomass, LMC International Ltd
10:40 Fine Tuning Feedstocks to Optimise Greater Thermochemical Conversion Efficiency
Speaker: Spencer Swayze, Senior Manager of Business Development, Ceres, Inc.
Progress on BTL Jet Fuel Projects
11:05 Sustainable Aviation & Progress on Bio-Jet Fuels
Speaker: Mike Heijstee, Chief Executive, Sustainable Aviation Network Europe (SANE)
11:30 Evaluation of BTL as the most viable route to jet biofuels
Speaker: Ms. Jo Howes, Managing Consultant, E4tech Ltd
BTL Projects & Commercial Deployments
11:55 First BTL Project using external hydrogen to boost biofuels yields– Bure Saudron Project
Speaker: Mdm. Juliette Imbach, Operations Manager for Biofuels, Commissariat à l Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives / CEA
12:20 Technologies of GTL.F1/ Lurgi making Bure possible
Speaker: Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Wagner, Managing Director, GTL.F1 Ag
12:45 Discussion followed by Lunch
14:00 Lessons Learned from the Operation of Multiple Bioenergy Platforms at Southern Research’s Clean Energy Development Center in the USA
Speaker: Stephen Piccot, Director Environment and Energy, Southern Research Institute
14:30 Producing Biomass Based Bio-Oil in Tampere, Finland – Technological Development & Promising Applications
Speaker: Dr. Jani Lehto, Project Manager, Metso Power
15:10 Discussion followed by Tea
15:30 Hydroprocessing of Biofeeds for Renewable Diesel
Speaker: Lars Joergensen, Process Engineer, Haldor Topsoe A/S
16:00 BioDME production via black liqour gasification route & technology scaleup
Speaker: Ingvar Landalv, Chief Technology Officer, Chemrec AB
16:30 Creating Something from Nothing – Adding Value to Steel Mill Gases
- Using a microbial process for the production of liquid biofuels and high value chemicals
Speaker: Dr. Sean Simpson, Co-Founder/ Chief Scientific Officer, LanzaTech NZ
17:10 Discussion. Close of Day 1
18:00 Networking Reception
hosted by
Participants to the BTL & Bio-based Chemicals 2010 conference are cordially invited to the RBCN networking event that will take place at the end of day one’s sessions.
RBCN is a business-to-business network for traders and other relevant parties active in the biomass supply chain. It is one of the activities initiated and supported by the Rotterdam Climate Initiative to strengthen the position of Rotterdam as the sustainable biomass hub forEurope and to promote the import, processing and trade of biomass. For more information on RBCN please visit www.rbcn.nl
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Day 2 – Thursday, 7 Oct 2010
09:00 Chairman’s Remarks
09:10 Bio Energy with CO2 Capture and Storage (BECCS): Conversion Routes for Negative CO2 Emissions
Speaker: Dr. Michiel Carbo, Research Engineer – biosyngas, bioSNG and BECCS, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
09:40 New Catalytic Fluid Bed Process for Converting Biomass into Chemicals in One Step
Speaker: David Sudolsky, President & CEO, Anellotech Inc
10:10 Discussion followed by Coffee
10:40 Sustainable and Integrated Production of Advanced Liquid Biofuels, Green Chemicals and Bioenergy from Glycerol in Biorefineries
Speaker: Mhairi Workman, Associate Professor, Technical University of Denmark
11:10 Conversion of Crude Glycerine to Bio-Methanol
- Developing new applications for bio-methanol
- Exploring alternative feedstocks for the production of bio-methanol
Speaker: Eelco Dekker, Chief Marketing Officer, BioMCN
11:40 Final Discussion
12:00 Close of Conference. Lunch
Optional Site Visit to ECN Gasifier & Torrefaction Facility in Petten
13:30 Depart hotel
15:00 Arrive Site
ECN is delighted to host the excursion for delegates of the BTL and Bio-Based Chemicals conference . At ECN we have an elaborate lab-scale (25 kWth) and pilot-scale (1 MWth)gasification and gas treating infrastructure, which we could present during the excursion. Furthermore, we also have a pilot-scale torrefaction setup and a lab-scale entrained flow gasifier on-site.
The tour shall be for about 2 hours.
17:00 Leave Site
18:30 Arrive back to hotel
