Defining The Future Of The World Biofuel And Bioethanol Industry
Premier Event Biofuel And Bioethanol Industry
13-14 September 2010
The InterContinental Hotel, Berlin, Germany


Confirmed Speakers Include:

Mr Krzysztof Biernat Ph.D., on behalf of Institute for Fuels and Renewable Energy, is the Coordinator of Polish Technology Platform for Biofuels and the Director of Continuing Education Center in Institute for Fuels and Renewable Energy and a member of Scientifics Board of this Institute. He is a representative of Poland in European Technology Platform as a member of "Mirror Group" and represent Platform in American Council On Renewable Energy "ACORE". Mr Bernat is a member of Advisory Board for BIOPOLs "Assesment of BIOrefinery Concept and the Implication for Agriculture and Forestry Policy" and "Working Group" BITES Project, "Biofuels Technologies European Showcase. The author of above 200 publications on properties and exploitative conditionings of fuels, biofuels and other exploitational liquids as well as environmental protection.



Mr Steinar Kolnes, Chairman of the Managing Board, Biofuel Africa, Ghana

Mr Steinar Kolnes, is Chairman, Director and co-founder of BioFuel Africa Ltd. Mr Kolnes started to explore the opportunities for jatropha in 2004/2005 testing growth conditions together with AngloGold Ashanti. In 2007 Mr Kolnes started to grow jatropha on his own 850 ha (2100 acres) farm in Sugakope in 2007. On over 154,000 ha (380,500 acres) of land he has option agreement. He was the first in Ghana to get EPA permit for jatropha farming for 23,762 ha (58,718 acres). Currently he has 10,696 ha (26,431 acres) of registered land and the total of 660 ha (1630 ha) planted. He was the first in the world to use fully mechanical harvester. Life Cycle Analyses on Biofuel Africa farms (by SGS) have verified a 78%  reduction in CO2 emission when switching from fossil fuel to jatropha.



Ms Christine L. Adamow, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Biofuel And Emission Reduction, Tanzania/USA

Ms Adamow has over 20 years of experience founding, managing, and operating start-up and early-stage companies. In 2006 she was the principle consultant for the start-up of three software companies in Tanzania. She founded eCent Technology Inc in 1998 and served as its president through 2003. Ms. Adamow was Founder, President & CEO of National Corporate Health Services, a privately held software company that developed and marketed a decision support medical risk management solution. Ms. Adamow is a seasoned executive, holding the office of President for three start-up firms and one service firm. During these tenures, she has attracted both start-up and early-stage funding through private placement offerings. She held executive management positions at Alexander & Alexander, an international insurance brokerage firm, and US Trust, where she was an institutional banking officer. She brings to Africa Biofuel and Emission Reduction (Tanzania) Limited extensive expertise in both corporate and start-up turnarounds, mergers, acquisitions and business development.


Mr Carlos St James, President, Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber, Argentina

Mr James is a business leader in the renewable energies industry in Latin America.  He is the Managing Director of Santiago & Sinclair, LLC, an advisory firm focusing on the industry in Latin America.  He is also the founder and President of the Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber ("Camara Argentina de Energias Renovables"), a non-governmental, non-profit industry trade association dedicated to the sustainable development of an industry that includes biofuels, solar, wind, biomass and energy conservation. He is very knowledgeable in legislative matters pertaining to renewable energy and communicates regularly with business leaders, government officials and the banking and investment sectors to maintain the pulse of the biofuels and renewable energies industry in Latin America - especially regarding the manner in which it will affect markets in the more developed economies. Mr James is the author of a number of published studies on the development of the industry, and has hands-on experience in the acquisition, permitting, production and sale of biodiesel plants.


Mr Syed Isa Syed Alwi, Chief Executive Officer, Algatech, Malaysia

Mr Syed Isa Syed Alwi is the founder and Group CEO of Algaetech Group of comapnies, which comprises of Bio Herbal Extract Sdn Bhd, Sasaran Biofuel Sdn Bhd and Biomac Corporations Sdn Bhd,  all are Malaysian-based renewable energy and bio-technology algae -based company. Biomac groups business activities include research, development, commercialization and consultancy of Jatropha and micor algae for biodiesel feedstock production and processing as well as micro algae for other applications especially High Value Products such as anti oxidants. Biomac is located within the Technology Park Malaysia and own a state-of-the-art micro-algae laboratory, 17000 sq ft processing center and 2-hectares micro-algae ponds. Biomacs subsidiary, PT Biomac Indonesia focuses on Jatropha plantation and production of biodiesel.



Ms Myrsini Christou, Head Of Biomass, The Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving CRES, Greece

Ms Christou is an agriculture engineer from Agricultural University of Athens, with MSc on environmental planning. She has twenty years of experience in research and evaluation of growth and productivity of several energy crops, as well as the technical evaluation of the whole bioenergy chains. She is involved in several European and national projects as scientific responsible and as coordinator in the projects FAIR CT96 2028 "Giant reed (Arundo donax L.) Network"(completed), ENK-CT-2001-00524 "Bio-energy chains from perennial crops in South Europe" (completed), EIE-05-113 "romoting favourable conditions to establish biodiesel market actions" (completed) and KBB7-208-2B-227299 "Non-food-crops-to-industry schemes in EU27" just starting. The outstanding results of her work has been presented in several papers in international journals and conferences.



Mr Emmanuel Desplechin, Chief Representative in the European Union, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association UNICA, Brazil

Graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux, France, and holder of an LL.M in European Law from the University of Madrid, Spain, Emmanuel Desplechin is the Chief Representative of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) in the European Union. Emmanuel was the Secretary General of the Industrial Ethanol Association for several years. In April 2008, he joined UNICA to open its office in Brussels and manage its European affairs. UNICA represents the top producers of sugar and ethanol in the countryas South-Central region, the heart of the sugarcane industry. Their experience is particularly relevant at a time when European countries look to sustainably reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector.




Mr Ben Cloud, President and COO,  XL Renewables, Inc, USA

XL Renewables, Inc. is a renewable energy innovation company focused on the large-scale production of algae biomass and the development of integrated biorefinery projects. It is our mission to provide renewable solutions to the issues facing energy, food and the environment. The company has developed the XL Super Trough System for Large-Scale Algae Production, which combines both photosynthetic and heterotrophic production approaches and is exttremelly economical to install and maintain. Mr Cloud will present the compnay experience with refining the production process at the Algae Development Center located in Casa Grande, Arizona; the economics of algae biomass production, and specific markets for algae oils and meals with an emphasis of Omega 3 fatty acids for the animal markets.



Mr Kevin McGeeney, Chief Executive Officer, Starsupply Renewables, Switzerland

Kevin was a founder of Starsupply Renewables SA in 2006 and is its Chief Executive Officer. He is called on regularly as a speaker at many international and commercial conferences organized by the likes of Argus and Green Power. Additionally, to promote the development of biofuels trading, Mr. McGeeney has worked with the World Economic Forum in Geneva and biofuels associations, such as the European Biodiesel Board, with the objective of improving transparency in biofuels pricing and lowering frictional trading costs.






Mr Charles Fishel, Chairman, Abundant Biofuels Corporation, USA

Dr. Charles V. Fishel was the founding CEO and director of Gold Star Biodiesel. He serves on the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausaane Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (Environmental Impacts Working Group and Social Impacts Working Group). Dr. Fishel is a distinguished executive lecturer at California State University, Monterey Bay, senior lecturer at San Jose State University and visiting professor at Naval Postgraduate School. Before joining Hoffman Row Group, he was director of the Center for International Business Planning, and senior lecturer in global business strategy and industrial competition at Monterey Institute of International Studies. Other teaching experience has included Santa Clara University and University of California, Berkeley. His teaching emphases are global business strategy, international business, and comparative management.



Mr Srinivas Kilambi, President and CEO, Sriya Innovations, Inc, USA

Dr. Srinivas Kilambi, Founder, President and Chairman, has over 6 years of CXO experience in bio-refineries for Fortune 100 companies. He is a chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur and former CEO at $85 Billion India-based conglomerate Reliance Industries and CTO at $80 Billion Tata group. In addition to his industry management and technology accomplishments, he has delivered over 15 presentations in conferences and exhibitions spanning 7 countries; holds over 5 Indian process patents and 6 International and US patents, and has over 5 publications in leading journals. He holds a PhD in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from University of Tennessee. In achieving his C.F.A/MBA from Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst, India, Dr. Kilambi was ranked 2nd in a field of over 5,000 candidates. He also has a MS in Chemical-Environmental Engineering from John Hopkins & Clarkson Universities with a BS in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras India.



Mr Patrick Horka, International Support and Control Team, South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd., Switzerland

Mr Patrick Horka is environmental engineer focusing on CDM/VER projects throughout his academic and professional career. In particular CDM/VER related matters within renewable energies (biomass, biogas, LFG, biofuels, water, wind and solar PV) count to his expertise. His background allowed him to revise/develop UNFCCC methodologies bringing emission reduction opportunities to reality. He succeeded in quickly scan projects in terms of CDM/VER critical issues. Within South Pole Ltd., Patrick Horka is the ISC (Internal Support and Quality Team) Member responsible for Latin America and Indonesia and taking part at methodology related consultancy mandates.





Mr Robert Gmyrek, Director of Biofuels Department, PKN Orlen SA, Poland - Session Chairman

Mr Gmyrek takes responsibility for the development of the activities in the field of alternative sources of energy (ASE), especially in the area of liquid biofuels. He is responsible for monitoring and supervising of activities connected with trends and changes in the national, european and worldwide legislature relating to ASE Department objectives and fields of interest. Additionally, he participates and cooperates with appropriate state agencies in drafting and developing of biofuels and ASE legislature on the national level as well as takes the responsibility for the supervision in the area of setting up capital and business connections and cooperation with the home and foreign companies in the field of ASE to assure the constant and progressive growth of the Concerns assets value.




Mr Rolf Panzke, Director Petrochemical, Oil & Gas and Shipbuilding, Siemens, Germany

Mr Rolf Panzke manages global market development for Siemens Sensors and Communication in the chemical /petrochemical, Oil & Gas and shipbuilding industries. As a specialist in products for these applications, he consults with industry officials and plant operators to gather input on global trends and to coordinate development of Siemens portfolio of Sensors and Communication to meet customer needs.







Mr Russell Teall, JD, President & Founder, Biodiesel Industries, Inc, USA

Mr Russell Teall 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 NBBs Legislative/Regulatory Committee, and is currently vice-chairman of the California Biodiesel Alliance. 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 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.



Dr. Mustafa  Al-Jarrah, Independent Iraqi Consultant, Former Chairman of board and Director General of State Company for Petrochemical Industries, Iraq - Session Chairman
 
Dr. Mustafa Al-Jarrah is an independent Iraqi consultant with over 30 years of experience in hydrocarbon and petrochemical sectors following his  PhD from the  University of  Sheffield in  1978. His previous  posts include: Senior Scientist for the Petroleum research Center, former Director General of  Iraqs  new petrochemical complex (PC-2) and central refinery projects, and recently Director General of the state company for petrochemicals (PC-1) and now on sabbatical leave from his post as a visiting professor in the department of chemical engineering of the University of Jordan in Amman.  Dr Al-Jarrah holds 15 patents and published over 100 scientific papers in international periodicals and conferences and also a frequent invited speaker on events related to the development of the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical  industries in Iraq.


Mr Mark A. Emalfarb, Founder & CEO, Dyadic International, Inc., USA
                                 
Mr Emalfarb is the founder of the company, serving as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from June 2008. Mr. Emalfarb has been a member of the board of directors of the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Dyadic International (USA), Inc., a Florida corporation ("Dyadic-Florida") from its inception until the present. Since founding Dyadic-Florida in 1979, Mr. Emalfarb has successfully led and managed the evolution of Dyadic-Florida from its origins as a pioneer and leader in providing ingredients used in stone-washing of blue jeans to the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization of specialty enzymes used in various industrial applications and the development of an integrated technology platform based on the company patented and proprietary C1 fungus. Mr. Emalfarb is an inventor of over 25 U.S. and foreign biotechnology patents and patent applications resulting from discoveries related to Dyadic-Floridas patented and proprietary C1 microorganism, and has been the architect behind its formation of several strategic research and development, manufacturing and marketing relationships with U.S. and international partners.


Mr Koenraad Vanhoutte, Chief Executive Officer, SBAE Industries NV, Belgium

Dr. Koenraad Vanhoutte holds a PhD in Biological Sciences and is specialized in micro-algae and microbial ecosystems. He holds a Master in Applied Biostatistics and Research Methods and received an MBA degree at the Vlerick Business School. During his academical career (1997-2004) he was a researcher at the University of Ghent, trained dozens of algae scientists and is the author of various scientific papers and book chapters. Five years ago he started working together with expert engineers on diatom-algae based mass production technologies. This resulted in the development of various patented platform technologies, amongst others the DIAFORCE platform. He is a founder of the company SBAE Industries which provides turnkey solutions for diatom-algae production for various sectors, including the energy sector. Today, he holds the position of Science Director in the company and is Chairman of the Board. He is a frequent speaker on algal technology at industrial events and seat on a number of advisory boards.



Mr Federico Maria Grati, Managing Director, Agoils Slr /Jatropha Book, Italy - Session Chairman

Mr Federico Maria Grati is Partner of Agroils s.r.l. and is also involved in a number of other projects promoting jatropha curcas. Environmental Engineer with a masters degree in "Natural Resource Management" from the University of Florence (2005), he has worked as a researcher for the Faculty of Agronomy of Florence on the extraction of combustible seed oil and the optimization of the production chain of biodiesel, in addition to running projects in Africa for a Florence NGO. He currently works for Agroils, where he is the director of planning, realisation and management of the Jatropha Curcas projects of certain sub-Saharan regions of Africa.





Mr Alwin Kopse, Head of the Secretariat, Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne - Energy Center, Switzerland
 
Mr Alwin Kopse is the Head of the Secretariat of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels. He joined the RSB from Harvard University where he worked as a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government. His research focused mainly on the governance issues of biodiversity. Previously, Alwin worked both in the private and public sectors on issues related to agriculture, biodiversity, intellectual property, biotechnology, trade and human rights. He is a specialist in international negotiations, especially around the Convention on Biological Diversity, and has extensive experience in negotiating agricultural agreements among industry, government, and NGO actors. Alwin holds an MLaw of the University of Bern, Switzerland, and an MSc in Public Policy and Management of the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, UK. He speaks German, English and French.


Dr. Mohammad I. Abdel-Hamid, Associate Professor, University of Mansoura, Egypt
 
Dr. Abdel-Hamid has been working with the River Nile for more than twenty five years. Water quality characterization is the domain of his researches. Eco-toxicology of industrial pollution is a particular research topic. Bio-assessment of water quality using freshwater microalgae deserved special research interest. Toxicity assessment of water pollutants, using standard algal bioassays and biosensors, is a special area of research expertise. Deep research attention was focused on using immobilized algal biosensors for bio-monitoring of water quality. He has deep experience in isolation, identification and culturing of microalgae and focuses on mass production of microalgae. Special interest and great attention were paid to the use of algal biomass as feedstock for the production of biofuels, mainly biodiesel and bioethanol.




Mr Carl Philipp Riedel, Biofuels Team Manager, LMC International, UK
 
Mr. Riedel is Manager of the Biofuels Research Team at LMC International. This work includes market analysis, investment appraisal projects for new ethanol and biodiesel plants, assessing the impact of changes in domestic biofuel policies, analysis of raw material and by-product markets and  analysis of the impact of technological developments within the biofuels sector. Since joining LMC, Mr Riedel has played a leading role in a wide range of consultancy projects.
Prior to working for LMC International he worked at the European Headquarters of ADM He has also worked with the European Commission and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisations (FAO).




Mr John P. A. Neeft, Coordinator biofuels programme GAVE, NL Agency, The Netherlands
 
Mr John P. A. Neeft joined SenterNovem in 2002, working on the market introduction of small-scale biomass CHP systems like wood-fired boilers and digestion systems. Since 2005 he is responsible for a small team working on biofuels for transport and supporting the Dutch Government in implementing the Biofuels Directive. During his SenterNovem period, John has been member of IEA bio-energy agreement Task 33 on biomass gasification, Task 37 on biogas and Task 39 on liquid biofuels. Since 2005 he is the leader of the policy subtask in Task 39. From 2002-2006 he was the convenor of CEN BT/TF 143 developing a standard to measure biomass gasification tars.






Mr Aurelien Lejeune, Managing Director, mer-7, France
 
Mr Aurelien Lejeune joined MER7 as managing director in January 2009 to develop the Ren-X project, a fully-regulated derivates market for biodiesel and other renewables. Prior to his work at MER7, he worked for the leading biodiesel producer Diester Industrie where he was in charge of biodiesel sales to French oil distributors. He was also in charge of crude glycerine sales.







Dr Patricia Luis-Manso, Head of European Research, Economist, Kingsman, Switzerland
 
Dr Patricia Luis-Manso is the team leader of the European Research Department for Kingsman in Lausanne. Prior to joining Kingsman, Patricia was a Senior Research Associate at the Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, specialising in the Regulation of Network Industries, and a Junior Consultant at the European Investment Bank based in Luxembourg. She holds a diploma in Economics from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a PhD in Regulatory Economics from the EPFL.






Prof. Miodrag Zlatic, D.Sc., President, The World Association of Soil and Water Conservation, and Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade University, Serbia - Session Chairman

Mr Miodrag Zlatic is president of the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC). He is full professor at the Faculty of Forestry of Belgrade University/Serbia at the Department of Ecological Engineering of Soil and Water Resources Protection. He was chairman and co-chairman of several international conferences. He was supervisor and one of the lecturers of the Ph.D.programme "Forestry in Transition" at the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Sciences - "Albert Ludwigs Universitat"-Freiburg/Germany in January/February 2003. He is the director of NGO "Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development" which is involved in environmental protection in the region and has been a coordinator of the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) for Serbia since 2001. He is also coordinator of national scientific programme "Rehabilitation of  Degraded Land in Serbia".


Mr Per Dahlen, Partner, Portelet Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore
 
Mr. Dahlen is an international serial entrepreneur with an outstanding track record of business achievements, now fully dedicated to the fast growing Cleantech market. In the 1990s Mr. Dahlen gained international experience with Philips Electronics, managing the new business group for recordable disc technologies and several multi-million projects in Europe, US and in Asia. With a background as Innovation Engineer complemented with an MBA from IESE, Spain, Nominated Biofuels Personality of the year, 2010 by Biofuels Digest Mr Dahlen is an author of a number of important publications, features in the most important international conferences as well as Vice Chairman, Market Development Committee for the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and Advisor in financing and business matters for bio-energy projects for BioEnergy Consult, India.


Mr Alfredo (Freddy) Langesfeld, Shareholder and Director, GEA Biodiesel SA, Argentina

Mr Alfredo (Freddy) Langesfeld is the Founding Member of the Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber and the Association of Biofuels & Hydrogen. He is a member of the USA-Argentine Chamber and the German-Argentine Chamber of Commerce. He is the Shareholder and Director of GEA Biodiesel S.A., he is dedicated fully to international business since 1958 in Latin America, Europe, USA, Africa, Asia, Middle East, in commodities, food products, etc. Beginning 2002, he got involved in renewable energies. GEA Biodiesel S.A. trades in Biofuels and by-products in USA, Europe, Asia and Latin America. GEA has a project of a 250.000 m/t Biodiesel plant (suspended) to be installed in Santa Fe/Argentina.



Mr Marco Brocken, Chief Executive Officer, Evodos BV, The Netherlands
 
An Econometrics graduate from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Mr Brocken started his career in management consulting and information technology. He worked for over twenty years at Accenture. In this company he was in charge of multiple change projects related to strategy, processes, people and technology. Within Accenture he started several new business, in outsourcing and in the insurance industry. He left Accenture in 2006 as Executive Partner. With the objective to be more involved in preserving natural resources he founded Evodos BV in 2007. Evodos developed and commercialised a centrifugal technology which does not need any chemicals for the separation and discharge process. This technology got the attraction from several players in the algae industry. After performing successful tests in dewatering algae the decision was taken to set up a specific distribution channel for the algae industry. Evodos Algae Technologies BV was founded in 2009.


Mr Michael Jackson, CEO, Syntec Biofuel, Inc
 
Mr Jackson was appointed Syntecs Chairman and President in January 2006 and CEO in 2008, after having worked with Syntec since 2005. Mr Jackson brings over 35 years of legal, investment, business development and start-up experience to the company.
 
Prior to joining Syntec, Mr Jackson was the Founder, CEO of MicroPower Corporation, a software development company. In that role, Michael oversaw the companys expansion to include multiple subsidiaries and an international clientele base. He is also the Founder and President of Hillcon Developments Ltd. - a real estate development company with completed syndicated projects in excess of $300 million.


Prof. Hassan El Bari, President of Moroccan Association, of Solid Waste (AMADES-Morocco), Faculte of Sciences, University of Ibn Tofail, Morocco
 
Mr Hassan El Bari has been the President of the Moroccan Association of Solid Waste (AMADES-Morocco) since 2005. He is also a member of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). In his capacity as President he is responsible for the Research Project A PCI-2008 Anaerobic digestion and the recovery of organic waste in Morocco conducted in collaboration with the University of Cordoba (Andalusia, Spain), Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI)




Mr Shi-Zhong Li Ph. D,  Prof. of Bioenergy Eng., Institute of New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, China
 
Dr. Li is a full professor and deputy director of the Institute of New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, and chairs New Energy Lab., director of the Joint US-Sino Center for Biofuel Research (China), the member of Bioenergy Advisory Board of International Risk Governance Council (IRGC). He is also the member of eleventh-five year National Bioethanol Program Office, National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC), Advisory Board of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Finance (MOF), contributes to roadmap designing, development strategy formulating and incentive policy making for promoting China?????s Biofuel and Bioenergy industry.




Mr George Joannou, Chairman, CAMS Group, Tanzania

Mr Joannou is the founder and Chairman of CAMS Group, a consortium of companies focused on energy and other growth sectors in emerging economies. CAMS' first energy projects were in Saudi Arabia in the mid-seventies.  In 1980 he established Universal Solar Energy. His first foray into bio-fuels was in 2005, with a Kenyan project that planned to use sugar cane as feedstock. After a comparative analysis of feedstock, working closely with NGO's like ICRISAT and Tanzanian government ministries & agencies, Joannou switched to Sweet Sorghum as feedstock for the Tanzania projects and has since become an avid promoter of the crop.  Presently CAMS Agri-Energy is developing production of sweet sorghum project with Chinese proprietary ASSF (Advanced Solid State Fermentation) Technology in Coastal Region of Tanzania in a JV (PPP) with a Tanzanian State Company, with  Schaffer & Associates of USA as project consultant and Maison Engineering Co. of Beijing China as EPCM.


Mr Enrico Treichler, President, Man.Se.F. Onlus, Italy
 
MAN.SE.F.Onlus is a Non Profit Organisation offering its services to local communities in LDCs, in cooperation with Federchimica, the Chemical Industry Federation in Italy. Investment of approximately 40,000 euro to produce 70 tons/year of biomass oil and 140 tons/tear of natural fertilizers from Jatropha Curcas, creates 70 jobs using a cooperative entity. Supply to the members cooking stoves fuelled with the oil replacing charcoal presently used, saves 2,17 tons/year of CO2 per family, or 150 tons/year for a nucleus of 700 people, doubled because of non cutting trees and transformation of wood into charcoal. The substantial time involved in firewood collection (7 hours/week) and the long cooking hours (14-21hours/week) do not allow women time to engage in other, more productive activities. A potential of roughly 3,000 euro CDM of CO2 equivalent could be generated.



Mr Eric Connor, Senior Vice President,  ThermoChem Recovery International (TRI), USA

Mr Eric Connor is Senior Vice President of ThermoChem Recovery International (TRI), a firm commercializing the thermochemical platform biorefinery for the production of renewable fuels, chemicals and energy from non food biomass feedstocks.  He has over 35 years experience in technical business development, marketing, manufacturing, engineering and construction, and mergers and acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Connor served as Senior Director Corporate Development for Enron North America, VP of Sales for Industra Engineers and Consultants, Director of Business Development for Fluor Daniel, Inc., and in a number of manufacturing management positions for Procter & Gambles Cellulose and Specialties Division.



Mr Eelco Dekker, Chief Marketing Officer, BioMCN, The Netherlands
 
As Chief Marketing Officer, Eelco focuses on marketing bio-methanol as an attractive, sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative for a variety of fuel and other applications. Eelco is also involved in the introduction of a bio-fuel certificate system that captures relevant sustainability data and can be traded internationally. As one of the founding members, Eelco is involved in BiofuelGO (www.biofuelgo.org), a pan-European association with the objective to drive demand for sustainable biofuels through the introduction of a bio-fuel certificate system, which captures relevant sustainability data and that can be traded internationally.




Mr Nick Goodall, Chief Executive Officer, The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA), UK

Nick Goodall became CEO of the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA), the UK's independent sustainable fuels regulator, in July 2008. From May 2003, he established and was Chief Executive of the ENA (electricity and gas transmission and distribution). Concurrently, he was CEO at Renewables East to 2004. He was CEO of BWEA for six years from 1997 and is an honorary life member.







Dr. Srinivasan Ramachandran, Associate Director (SRP), Rice Functional Genomics, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, and JOil Pte Ltd., Singapore

Srinivasan Ramachandran obtained his PhD in Biochemistry with Plant Molecular Biology as specialization from University of Idaho under the guidance of Prof David Oliver. In 1993 he joined Prof Nam Hai Chuas group at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology and Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, Singapore. Since 2001 he is heading the group of Rice Functional Genomics at Institute of Molecular Biology and since August 2002 at the Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory.





Dr Sandra B. Glisic, Research Fellow, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Ms Glisic, a chemical engineer, has been - on different research projects (including FP7 project) - with the Belgrade University from 2004 and participated as TA on Chemical Reaction Engineering, and Design of Chemical Reactors courses. From August 2007 through August 2008, she worked in Qatar as a teaching assistant at Texas A&M University (two courses: Mass Transfer and Gas and oil processes). Her PhD dissertation bore title "Catalyzed and non catalyzed methanolysis of triglycerides: Kinetics and process simulation". During the past 6 years she focused on the biodiesel research regarding, kinetic model, process design, economic and environmental feasibility of process production, alternative technology and feedstock and from that she has published more than 35 papers. Ms Gllisic is national expert for "Cleaner production" proclaimed by UNIDO and she is in the top of 25 PhD's degree researchers younger than 35 years old in Serbia. Dr Glisic is member of several professional bodies as well as editorial boards, and she is reviewer of several international leading journals of chemical engineering.


Mr Nathaniel Naane, Chief Executive Officer, Kemonosi Investments (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Nathaniel Naane studied ((BComm (Statistical Science)) , BComm Hons (Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management) at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), he underwent rigorous professional development in the world of finance under some renowned stock broking firms and investment banks. He worked as an Equities Trader and Arbitrageur, he co-managed the dual-listed arbitrage book between Johannesburg (JSE) and London (LSE). He was nominated for the ABSIP (The Association of Black Securities and Investment professionals) in 2004. Nathaniel devoted to making a difference in the world started an investment company driven by the core vision of investing in cleaner technologies. Kemonosi Investments (Pty) Ltd has been in existence since mid 2005 and has invested in renewable energy projects in South Africa.



Dr Claudiu Covrig, Biofuels Research Analyst at Kingsman, Switzerland

Dr Eng Claudiu Covrig is a biofuels market research analyst at Kingsman in Lausanne with over 8 years experience in the renewable energy field. He obtained his PhD degree at Transilvania University of Brasov, his work being focused on the implementation of renewable energy systems as sustainable solutions for reducing companies energy consumptions/expenses and on studies regarding the renewable and conventional energy markets. Before joining Kingsman, Claudiu was a research associate and assistant professor, an economic engineer in Switzerland and Romania and a marketing area manager in Brasov. He participated in many international conferences where he was invited to be chairman, co-chairman and speaker. Claudiu also holds a diploma in Economic Engineering and a Master Degree in Engineering Design and Management of Renewable Energy Systems.



Prof. dr. Guanyi Chen, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, China

Mr Guanyi Chen is a professor with the Department of Built Environment and Equipment, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Tianjin University, with interests in Bio-Energy and Energy Efficiency in Buildings. He received PhD degree in Engineering Sciences at Zhejiang University in 1998. He previously worked in The University of Hong Kong, and was a Senior Research Fellow in Department of Process and Energy, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands for 3.5 years. He is the Executive member of China Renewable Energy Association, Executive member of China Biomass Technology Development Centre, Member of China Urban Environment and Sanitation, Member of ISES, and Evaluators of several Chinese S&T Research Programs. His research is focusing on the improvement of Biomass-to-energy Conversion Efficiency and its Environmental Behavior, as well as Energy Performance in Building Sectors through the research and technological process development.


Mr. Shanmuga K. Vinayagem, Chief Executive Officer, Agni Net Bio Fuels (P) Ltd., India - Session Chairman

Agni Net Bio Fuels (P) Limited (ANBFPL) is relentlessly engaged in manufacturing biofuel from plantation and extraction of Jatropha oil right from its inception. The company is dedicated to provide big & small loans to the farmers on tie-up with Nationalized Banks for the commercial cultivation of Jatropha. It also offers agronomic techniques right from seedlings to the finished product to receive quality product so. Mr S.K. Vinayagem is a chartered engineer with 32 years of experience. He carries a rich profile being a Govt. of India authorized surveyor, loss assessor, a Non-conventional Energy System Consultant, an Organizational Leader for biomass gasification for power generation and thermal energy production by Engineering Procurement and Commissioning (EPC) and an environmentalist by promoting Jatropha curcas.



Mr Frank Riedel, Chief Executive Officer, Inter Engineering, Germany

Inter Engineering is an independent engineering and Consulting company, founded and managed since 1988 by engineer Frank J. Riedel, specialised in all services for waste disposal and recycling: consultancy for suitable waste management and disposal concepts, compilation of bankable feasibility studies, planning and supply of turn-key plants and project management.







Mr Reinhard Kluge, General Manager, Bio-Olwerk Magdeburg GmbH, Germany

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