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The Who, What and When of the 2006 Symposium
Day One: Thursday, November 9, 2006
| 07:15 - 08:00 a.m. |
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Registration and Full Breakfast |
| 08:00 - 08:15 |
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Opening Comments |
| 08:15 - 08:30 |
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Welcome from the Minister of Agriculture
Doug Horner, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Development, Government of Alberta |
| 08:30 - 09:30 |
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Future Fuels Fueling the Future: From Seed
to Speed
Dr. Manfred Kern, Global Head of Business Relations,
Bayer AG (Monheim, Germany)
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| 9:30 – 10:30 |
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Lessons from Europe: Integrating Biodiesel into
the Global Biofuels Value Chain
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.
It is estimated that bio-diesel production in the
European Union will increase to over 2.4 million tons
in 2005, up from 700,000 tons in 2000.
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| 10:30 - 11:15 |
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Networking Break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
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Ethanol as Commodity - A Matter of Urgency
Prof. Dr. Marcos Fava Neves, Professor, University of
Sao Paulo (Agribusiness Program) and Coordinator of Agri-Energy
Research Group
Launched in 1975, the Brazilian
Ethanol Program remains the largest commercial application
of biomass for energy production and use in the world. |
| 12:15 - 01:30 |
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Networking Lunch |
| 01:30 - 02:30 |
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Growth and Global Opportunities in Biofuels
for Malaysian Palm Oil
Dr. Choo Yuen May, Director, Engineering & Processing
Research, Division, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Malaysia) |
| 02:30 - 03:30 |
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The Billion Ton Challenge: Can the USA Meet
Its Fibre Needs for Bioenergy?
Dr. Don Erbach, National Program Leader of Engineering
and Energy, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville,
MD (USA) |
| 03:30 - 04:15 |
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Networking Break |
| 04:15 - 05:15 |
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The Business Case for Biofuels in Canada: Can
an Energy Superpower be a Player in Renewable Energy?
Mr. Don O'Connor, President, (S&T)2 Consultants, Delta,
BC, (Canada) |
| 05:30 - 07:30 |
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Gala
Reception |
Day Two: Friday, November 10, 2006
| 07:15 - 07:45 a.m. |
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Full Breakfast |
| 07:45 - 08:00 |
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Opening Comments |
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
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Ethanol Technologies & Feedstocks for
the Next Generation
Dr. Charles Wyman - The Next Generation Bio-Fuels
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| 09:00 - 09:45 |
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Are Biofuels Just a Transition Technology? If So,
What's Next?
A look at the sustainability of biofuels and
future fuel technologies. |
| 09:45 - 10:30 |
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Bioenergy Village: Sustainable Concepts for Energy in
Action
Professor Marianne Karpenstein-Machan, University
of Göttingen (Germany)
The Bioenergy Village project serves as a world model for
converting biological material into electrical power and heat -
generating 4,000,000 kWh of electricity annually from animal waste, corn and
grass silage and cracked grain. |
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
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Networking Break |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
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The Future of Biofuels from the Perspective of
Traditional Energy Providers — Oil and Gas Companies
Insight into the challenges, pitfalls and
possibilities from the dominant players in the fuel market. |
| 12:00 - 01:00 |
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The Biofuels Investment Landscape: Current and Future Prospects
Markets are starting to pay attention to the next
great 'disruptive' technology after the Internet — alternative
fuels and other 'greentech' products. |
| 01:00 - 03:00 |
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Farewell Lunch |
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