8.00

Registration

9.00

WELCOME and KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Jose Manuel Silva, (European Commission, Director General for Research Directorate General)

9.20

POLITICAL FRAMEWORK, Chairman: Luis Cabra, (Repsol YPF, Chairman Biofuels TP Steering Committee)

1. The European Strategy for Implementation of Biofuels for Transport in Europe (including SET-Plan), Alfonso Gonzalez Finat, (European Commission, Directorate General for Energy and Transport )

2. European Agricultural Policies and the Promotion of Biofuel Technologies, Hilkka Summa, (European Commission, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development)

3. A View from the European Parliament, Lena Ek, (Member of the European Parliament)

10.05

THE BIOFUELSTP STRATEGIC RESEARCH AGENDA and DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY (I): GLOBAL VIEW, Chairman, Anders Röj (Volvo, Vice-Chairman BiofuelsTP Steering Committee)

1. The Consultation Process and its Impact on SRA/SDD
Ann Segerborg-Fick, (STEM, Coordinator BiofuelsTP Secretariat)

2. Presentation of Key Findings and Recommendations
Luis Cabra, (Repsol YPF, Chairman BiofuelsTP Steering Committee)

3. Discussion

10.50

Coffee Break

11.20

THE BIOFUELSTP STRATEGIC RESEARCH AGENDA and DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY (II): RESEARCH, TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT & DEPLOYMENT PRIORITIES, Chairman: Veronique Hervouet, (Total, Member BiofuelsTP Steering Committee)

1. Biomass Production and Supply, Markku Karlsson, (UPM-Kymmene, Member BiofuelsTP Steering Committee & Chairman BiofuelsTP Biomass-Working Group)

2. Conversion Processes (I): Improved Technologies and Alternative Approaches, Harri Turpeinen, (Neste Oil, Member BiofuelsTP Steering Committee & Co-Chairman of End Use-Working Group)

3. Conversion Processes (II): Lignocellulosic Biomass & Biorefinery, Ricardo Arjona, (Abengoa Bioenergy, Co-Chairman of BiofuelsTP Conversion-Working Group)

4. End-use: Engine/Fuel Performance, Stefan Keppeler, (Daimler AG, Member BiofuelsTP Steering Committee)

5. Discussion

12.45

Lunch Break

14.15

BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY AS ADDRESSED BY THE SRA/SDD, Chairman: Olivier Appert, (IFP - Institut Français du Petrole, Vice-Chairman BiofuelsTP Steering Committee)

1. Sustainability of Biofuels - Research and Development needs to exploit potential improvements, Martin Kaltschmitt, (IE Leipzig&TU Hamburg; Chairman BiofuelsTP Sustainability-Working Group) and Marc Londo, ( Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands - ECN; Cp-Chair BiofuelsTP Sustainability Working Group)

2. How to Make Biofuels Sustainable – An NGO Perspective, Imke Lübbeke, (WWF Europe - World Wildlife Fund Europe)

3. Biofuels Sustainability in the EU Policy, Ariane de Dominicis, (European Commission, Directorate General for Environment)

4. Biofuels for Transport – Opportunity or Threat for Agricultural Commodity Markets?, Loek Boonekamp, (OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

15.00

THE CHALLENGE OF IMPLEMENTING THE SRA/SDD, Chairman: Birger Kerckow (FNR – Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V.; BiofuelsTP Secretariat)

1. Biomass Feedstocks – Can Agriculture and Forestry Meet Future Market Demand?, Calliope Panoutsou, (Imperial College, Co-Chairman BiofuelsTP Biomass-Working Group)

2. 2nd Generation Biofuels R&D – Do We Need a Different Research Infrastructure?, Alexandre Rojey, (IFP - Institut Français du Petrole, Chairman BiofuelsTP Conversion-Working Group))

3. Biofuels and Motor Fuel Quality – Enemies or Allies? Ebba Tamm, (SPI -Swedish Petroleum Institute, Member BiofuelsTP Markets-Working Group)

4. Biofuels and future engine requirements – The View of a Car Manufacturer, Wolfgang Steiger, (Volkswagen AG; Member BiofuelsTP Steering Committee)

15.45

THE BIOFUELS TP SRA/SDD AND OTHER INITIATIVES – COOPERATION AND SYNERGIES, Chair: Ann Segerborg-Fick, (STEM, Coordinator BiofuelsTP Secretariat)

1. Biofuels and Sustainable Chemistry - Just Meeting in Biorefineries or More Synergies?, Dirk Carrez (EuropaBio; European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry)

2. Biofuels and the Contribution of Plant Biotechnology, Ulrich Schurr, (Forschungszentrum Jülich, European Technology Platform Plants for the Future)

3. SRA and SDD – A View from the EU Member States, Andreas Dorda (BMVIT - Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology; Chairman BiofuelsTP Mirror Group)

4. The BiofuelsTP SRA/SDD – How Can the European Investment Bank Contribute to Their Implementation?, Hans Harald Jahn (EIB – European Investment Bank)

5. Biofuels in the Global Energy Market - The IEA Perspective, Ralph E.H. Sims (IEA - International Energy Agency)

16.45

GOING FORWARD, Luis Cabra, (Repsol YPF, Chairman, BiofuelsTP Steering Committee)

17.00

End of Meeting