| 9:00 |
REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
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| 9:30 |
Chairman's opening remarks
John F. Seymour
, Chairman, REGIONAL STRATEGY BOARD NE BIOFUELS
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| 9:35 |
Keynote Address
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| 9:45 |
Opening Plenary Session
UK/ NE Production - Ensus: Biorefining wheat to produce greener food and fuel
Sam Cockerill, ENSUS UK
- Synthetic diesel ... Today
Dave Atkinson, PLASREC
- Advanced bio-energy from wastes - the Ineos Bio process
Graham Rice, INEOS BIO
- Biogas to fuel
Asit Barchha, COMPACT GTL
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| 11:10 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK
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| 11:30 |
Plenary 2
Research Projects - Market opportunities from the separation of biomass components
Dr Claire Smith, NATIONAL NON FOODS CROPS CENTRE
- Grower Network: maximising UK oilseed rape and wheat yields
Chris Martin, AGROVISTA UK
- Novel energy from organic feedstocks
Professor Dermot Roddy, NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY |
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| 13:00 |
LUNCH
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| 14:00 |
Plenary 3
Biofuel Activity in Brazil - Overview of Petrobras biofuels activity
Luthero Winter Moreira, PETROBRAS
- Sugarcane ethanol in Brazil: An overview
Emmanuel Desplechin, UNICA
- Bioenergy technology development in Brazil
Alexandre Morais do Amaral, EMBRAPA |
| 15:30 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK
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| 15:50 |
Plenary 4
Meeting Renewable Energy Directive (RED) 2020 Targets - Advanced biofuel technology options
Dr. Geraint Evans, NATIONAL NON FOODS CROP CENTRE
- Integrated biomass to syngas - The project
Peter Harrison, LIGNO SYNTHETICS
- Practical steps to delivering advanced biofuel technology options
Dr. Chris Manson Whitton, PROGRESSIVE ENERGY
- Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions savings
Dr. Nigel Mortimer, Director, NORTH ENERGY ASSOCIATES LTD |
| 17:30 |
Chairman's closing remarks
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