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 Dr.
Joosten Connemann
Past President, Connemann GmbH & Company, Leer, Germany;current
Chairman of the Board, and retired General Manager of Oelmiihle
Leer Connemann GmbH & Co., a subsidiary of Archer Daniels
Midland Co.
Since 1750 the Connemann family has worked with
products from renewable raw materials such as vegetable
oils, maize, flax and wood, and in 1887 the first German
oilseed extraction plant was established in Leer by the
Connemann family. Dr. Joosten Connemann, a visionary entrepreneur
and qualified chemist and engineer, laid the foundation
for German development of Biodiesel when he and his team
developed the CD-PROCESS/Connemann-ADM. Regarded as a pioneer
of the German biodiesel industry, he not only created a
biodiesel plant that over ten years ago was larger than
most commercial plants today, he also was instrumental in
creating the demand, through marketing , for the biodiesel
he was producing. It continues to be the most advanced biodiesel
plant in the market, the European Demonstration Plant for
Biodiesel Production, and is currently owned by to ADM (Archer
Daniels Midland), a large US company in the agro-industrial
business.
 Dr.
Manfred Kern
Global Head of Business Relations
Bayer CropScience (Monheim, Germany).
Dr. Kern heads up the renewable energy business worldwide
for Bayer CropScience. Bayer CropScience is one of the world's
leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of
crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seed and plant
biotechnology. They offer a range of products for modern,
sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications
in 120 countries worldwide.
 Don. V.
O'Connor, P. Eng.
For the past eight years, Mr. O'Connor has been President of (S&T)2
Consultants Inc, a consulting company on environment and energy issues, and he
has been a leader in energy and environmental issues in Canada for over 20
years. He is an internationally renowned expert and consultant in ethanol
production and utilization, greenhouse gas modeling and the commercial
feasibility of converting softwood residues to ethanol - providing advice to
provincial governments,
several Canadian federal government departments, and international agencies and
governments.
 Prof.
Dr. Marcos Fava Neves
Professor, University of Sao Paulo (Agribusiness Program)
and Coordinator of Agri-Energy Research Group
Prof Dr. Marcos Fava Neves focuses on strategy and marketing
in the Agri-Food Business. As part of that focus, he coordinates
the Agri-Energy Research Group that supports agribusiness
value chains in renewable energy and sustainability. He
is a leading Professor of Marketing & Strategy at the
Business Department of FEA/University of São Paulo,
Campus of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
 Doug
Horner, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development,
Government of Alberta
Doug Horner is the Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert. In November 2004
he was sworn in as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Development. He also serves as a member of the Treasury
Board.
On October 3, the Alberta government committed $239 million
over the next five years to strengthen and expand Alberta’s
bioenergy sector. This significant investment positions
Alberta as a potential leader in producing renewable energy
from organic materials.
Minister Horner will explain the renewable energy credit
program, and how such prgrams can be used, along with
policies and programs, to take advantage of the exciting
opportunities in the bioenergy sector.
 Dr.
Choo Yuen May, Director - Engineering and Processing
Division, Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Dr. Choo is a researcher and inventor of note with a
focus on renewable energy and bioenergy, specifically
related to palm oil. She is responsible for the development
of new, efficient and green processes within the palm
oil industry, including work in developing petroleum
/ palm oil blends supporting the Malaysian government’s
initiative that, starting in 2007, all diesel sold in
Malaysia must contain 5% palm oil.
Dr. Choo is the Director of the the Malaysian Palm
Oil Board, which is responsible for providing the scientific
and technological support to the Malaysian palm oil
industry.
 Nancy
V. Lever
Senior Vice-President and Director, Energy Development
& Services Group, ARC Financial Corporation, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada
Nancy Lever has senior responsibility for sourcing
and managing investments and is focused on oil sands
and heavy oil, frontier activities (i.e. Far North,
Canada's East Coast, including LNG) and unconventional
gas. Nancy has been involved in the energy sector
for more than 25 years and has an extensive range
of experience covering oil and gas exploration and
production, business development, marketing, research
and frontier development. Currently Nancy applies
her significant expertise to structuring and growing
new investment opportunities specializing in oil sands,
infrastructure, renewable power and other resource
development.
ARC Financial is the premier investment management
firm focused exclusively on the energy sector. They
have been active investors in early stage energy companies
since 1990, and since 1997, ARC has launched and managed
four private equity funds.
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Dr.
Charles Wyman
Professor
Marianne Karpenstein-Machan
Dr.
Donald C. Erbach