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 Systems from 1990 and a [...]

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 test plant project, which [...]

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 the oil specialities business group [...]

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 of New Businesses and [...]

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 fuels and chemicals related catalytic [...]

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 of Technology. He held many [...]

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 in Norske Skog and since [...]

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 road map for biofuels; Elobio [...]

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 has over 20 [...]

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 actors. BTLtec 2008 Göteborg Speaker [...]