Archive for the ‘BTLtec 2008 Speakers’ Category

Speaker Profile: Anders Lewald, Head of Energy, Swedish National Energy Agency

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Anders Lewald is head of unit at the Swedish Energy Agency since 1998 with responsibilities for research and develpoment financing in the transport sector. He has also has long experience in energy efficiency development and policy instruments in all end use sectors. He has a Technology Licentiate exam in Energy ...

Speaker Profile: Sami Kokki, Research & Devt Engineer, Foster Wheeler Energia Oy

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Sami Kokki has Master’s degree in Energy Technology. He graduated at Lappeenranta University of technology in 2002. Currently he works for Foster Wheeler Energia Oy at the Varkaus Office in Finland. He is a Research and Development Engineer in the field of gasification process development. Currently he is involved in BTL ...

Speaker Profile: Harri Turpeinen, Vice President, Corporate Stakeholder Relations, Neste Oil Corporation

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Harri Turpeinen graduated from the University of Oulu with a degree in organic chemistry. He has worked with Neste Oil as a research engineer, as a marketing manager in the coal business, as a Vice President in charge of the bitumen business and as a Vice President in charge of ...

Speaker Profile: Pekka Jokela, Manager, Bioenergy, UPM-Kymmene Corporation

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Pekka Jokela has Master’s degree in Energy Economics and Power Plant Technologies. Mr Jokela has over 15 years experience in novel biomass processing technologies including biomass drying, pyrolysis and gasification. Experience has been gained through evaluation, demonstration and piloting activities. Currently Mr Jokela is working for UPM-Kymmene Corporation in the department ...

Speaker Profile: Dr. Tech. Marita Veringa Niemelä, Vice President Biofuels, Pöyry

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Marita Veringa Niemelä holds a Dr. Tech. degree from Helsinki University of Technology. She works presently as a Vice President Biofuels in Pöyry Chemical Industry in Vantaa, Finland. Dr. Tech. Marita Veringa Niemelä has approx. 20 years of experience in Industrial Chemistry, majoring in Catalysis. Her specialization includes development of ...

Speaker Profile: Derek Atkinson, Business Development Director, Oxford Catalysts Ltd

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Derek Atkinson is a Business Development Director at Oxford Catalysts, a catalyst technology development company located in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, UK. He is responsible for Oxford Catalysts's carbide technology platform, specifically its application in F-T and hydroprocessing.  He has a degree in Chemistry and Polymer Science Technology from Loughborough University ...

Speaker Profile: Klaus Schoffel, Managing Director, Xynergo

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Klaus Schöffel holds a  Dr. degree in physical chemistry from the Freie University Berlin. He has over 15 years experience i industrial R&D wihin catalysis and new energy technologies from the Norwegian O&G company StatoilHydro as chief-scientist and research director. Since  2007 he is employed as Vice President Corporate Energy ...

Speaker Profile: Marc Londo, Scientific Researcher, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Marc Londo works as scientific researcher at ECN since 2005. His main field of interest is biomass energy, with a project portfolio focusing on application in fuels, electricity as well as heat. He is project leader of REFUEL and Elobio, two projects under Intelligent Energy Europe. REFUEL develops an EU ...

Speaker Profile: Sune Bengtsson, Co-ordinator, CHRISGAS

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Sune Bengtsson, graduated in chemical engineering at KTH, Stockholm and has received a Dr.rer.nat from Technical University of Munich. SB is since 2004 with Växjö University  as co-ordinator for the CHRISGAS project and was until 2008 managing director of and is now a board member of the VVBGC company. Before this SB ...

Speaker Profile: T Lennart Gardmark, Senior Advisor, Vaxjo Varnamo Biomass Gasification Centre (VVBGC)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Lennart Gardmark has for the last ten years been a driving force in the Vaxjo bio-DME efforts which includes several projects in the DME-vehicle, the biomass gasification and the DME information areas. He is currently Vice President, Government Relations, International DME Association and Senior Advisor, DME for a number of ...