PROGRAMME

3 March 2010

9.00 Opening & Welcome

- Rudi Anschober, Regional Minister for Energy, Upper Austria
- MEP Paul Rübig, European Parliament

• European policies for biomass
  Emese Kottasz, Directorate General for Energy and Transport, European Commission
  
  
• The importance of standards - increasing quality and output
  Walter Haslinger, Area Manager, Bioenergy 2020+, Austria
  
  
• The new European Pellet Standards
  Eija Alakangas, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
  
  
• Sustainability criteria for solid biomass production
  Martijn van Vis, Biomass Technology Group, The Netherlands

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 Round-Table: "Key issues for pellet market development"
sustainability - security of supply - customer focus - international trade

• Richard Sikkema, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Christiane Egger, Deputy General Manager, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria
• Patrick de Jamblinne, Tuzetka Ltd., Ukraine
• Bengt-Erik Löfgren, ÄFAB, Sweden
• Jill Stuckey, Director, Center of Innovation for Energy, USA
• Beate Schmidt, President, Deutscher Energieholz- und Pellet-Verband, Germany
  
  Chairperson: Johannes Jetschgo, ORF, Austria

12.50 Lunch break

14.20 Resources & Technologies

• Miscanthus pellets - experiences and chances
  Claudia Kirsten, Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum
   
• Making pellets from cork residues and shrubs
  Joao Monney Paiva, DEMGI - Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal
   
• Pelletising properties of different types of biomass - a prediction method
  Wolfgang Stelte, Technical University of Denmark
  
  
• Torrefied pellets: advantages and challenges
  Robin Post van der Burg, Topell, The Netherlands
   
• Development of low-dust biomass boilers
  Ingwald Obernberger, BIOS Bioenergiesysteme, Austria

16.10 Coffee break

16.40 Markets & Logistics

• How to set up a local wood pellet production
  George Stammers, Programme Director, CO2 Sense Yorkshire, UK
  
  
• The world's largest wood pellet plant
  Morten Neraas, Senior Vice-President, CFO, Green Circle Bio Energy Florida, USA 
  
  
• Contracting - successfully financing and operating larger pellet heating systems
  Rudi Maier, President, Südwärme, Germany 
  
  
• Price indices for wood pellets
  Matti Sihvonen, FOEX, Finland

18.00 Project Flash

• Substituting coal by biomass in the district heating system of Belgrade
  Radmilo Savic, CEO, JKP Beogradske elektrane, Serbia
  
  
• A wood pellet ESCO in Wales
  Duncan Kerridge, Dulas Ltd., UK 
  
  
• Operational results of an ORC installation at a pellet production plant
  Stefano Tavolo, Turboden, Italy

18.30 End of session

19.00 Evening programme