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Criteria for WG Selection

The Membership of all Working Group is being reviewed in early 2009, and applications for membership are welcome from all biofuels stakeholders. Please e-mail your C.V. and a short message summarising your motivation for joining a particular WG to secretariat@biofuelstp.eu. Your details will then be forwarded to the relevant Chair for approval.

Further information on the selection process for WG membership is presented below.

Several hundred people responded to the original invitation on the Europa website for persons wishing to become actively involved in the Working Groups of the Technology Platform to express their interest by completing a registration form.  All completed requests were collated by the secretariat and assigned to possible WGs and these lists discussed at a formal meeting held in December 2006 at which short lists of possible invitees were drawn up on the basis of selection criteria set by the Steering Committee as follows:

  • The technical competence of individuals based on their professional profile.
  • Their individual commitment to the work involved.
  • Expected technical support from company or institution, company profile and formal commitment to allocate adequate resources to the task.
  • Individuals and their company or organisation should be recognised as having previously made significant contributions to the development of biofuels for transport, through (for example) contributions to BIOFRAC, R&D activites and scientific or technical publications.
  • A diversity of country representation from EU-25 is to be attempted, since biofuels issues reflect significant regional and sectorial differences.
  • There should be only one expert per company/institution and WG.
  • Numbers should be manageable with a proposed maximum of 25 people per WG, with the Chair able to consult with or co-opt specific individuals on a one-off basis if the need arises.

In general the appointment to the WGs is a personal appointment. However, since the activity is offered on a voluntary basis and will involve an investment of time and effort membership also reflects the interest and support of the company or other organisation involved.


Details of current WG Membership

WG1 Biomass

Chair
Markku Karlsson
UPM-Kymmene Corporation
PO Box 380, Eteläesplanadi 2, 00101 Helsinki
FINLAND
www.upm-kymmene.com

Vice-chair
Calliope Panoutsou
Imperial College London
Royal School of Mines, Room 4.03, South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM
www.iccept.ic.ac.uk

Members

Melvyn Askew
Central Science Laboratory Alternative Crops & Biotechnology Group
UNITED KINGDOM
www.csl.gov.uk

Gabrielle Benoit
UMR Environnement et grandes cultures Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech
FRANCE
www.egc-grignon.inra.fr

Dirk Carrez
EuropaBio
BELGIUM
www.europabio.org

Salvatore Luciano Cosentino
University of Catania
ITALIA
www.unict.it

Maria Dolores Curt
UPM Universidad Politéca de Madrid Botánica
Grupo de Agroenergética
SPAIN
www.upm.es

Michael Deutmeyer
CHOREN Biomass GmbH
GERMANY
www.choren.com

Philippe Dusser
Fédération Française des Producteurs d'Oléagineux et de Protéagineux FRANCE
www.prolea.com

Wolter Elbersen
Wageningen University Agrotechnology and Food Innovations BV
THE NETHERLANDS
www.wur.nl | www.biomassandbioenergy.nl

Andre Faaij
University of Utrecht
Department of Science, Technology and Society
THE NETHERLANDS
www.chem.uu.nl

Raffaello Garofalo
European Biodiesel Board (EBB)
BELGIUM
www.ebb-eu.org

Joakim Hague
Bellona
NORWAY
www.bellona.org

Satu Helynen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
FINLAND
www.vtt.fi

Juliette Imbach
Institut de Technico-Économie des Systèmes Énergétiques /
CEA Saclay
FRANCE
www.cea.fr

Jean Marc Jossart
AEBIOM European Biomass Association
Belgium
www.aebiom.org

Roland Löfblad
SÖDRA
SWEDEN
www.sodra.se

Tomas Lundmark
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Unit for Field-Based Forest Research
SWEDEN
vfp.esf.slu.se

Kari Mutka
Vapo Oy
FINLAND
www.vapo.fi

Luis Nieto
CIDAUT
SPAIN
www.cidaut.es

Lucas Owsianowski
Syngenta International AG
SWITZERLAND
www.syngenta.com

Magdalena Rogulska
Institute for Fuels and Renewable Energy
POLAND
www.ecbrec.pl

Daniela Thrän
German Biomass Research Centre gGmbH (DBFZ)
GERMANY
www.dbfz.de

Gianpetro Venturi
Bologna University, Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences
and Technologies
ITALIA
www.unibo.it

 

WG2 Conversion

Chair
Kai Sipilä
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
P.O.Box 1000, 02044 VTT
FINLAND
www.vtt.fi

Vice-chairs
Ingvar Landälv
Chemrec AB
SWEDEN
www.chemrec.se

Pierre Porot
IFP
1 & 4, avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex
FRANCE
www.ifp.fr

Members

Ricardo Arjona Antolin
Abengoa Bioenergy
SPAIN
www.abengoabioenergy.com

Robert Bakker
Wageningen University & Research Centre
THE NETHERLANDS
www.wur.nl | www.biomassandbioenergy.nl

Edwin Berends
DSM White Biotechnology B.V.
THE NETHERLANDS
www.dsminnovation.com

Serge Biollaz
Paul Scherer Institute
SWITZERLAND
www.psi.ch

Michel Bourgogne
Total
FRANCE
www.total.com

Anthony Bridgwater
Aston University
UNITED KINGDOM
www.aston.ac.uk

Denis Cieutat
Air Liquide
FRANCE
www.airliquide.com

Hanne Berg Cortesi
Bellona
NORWAY
www.bellona.org

Nicolaus Dahmen
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
GERMANY
www.fzk.de

Isabella DeBari
ENEA CR TRISAIA
ITALIA
www.trisaia.enea.it

Martin Ernst
BDI - BioDiesel International AG
AUSTRIA
www.bdi-biodiesel.com

Herman den Uil
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
THE NETHERLANDS
www.ecn.nl

Sören Eriksson
PREEM
SWEDEN
www.preem.se

Gunter Festel
FESTEL CAPITAL
Switzerland
www.festel.com

Steven Gust
Neste Oil
FINLAND
www.nesteoil.com

Katharina Harlander
Vogelbusch GmbH
AUSTRIA
www.vogelbusch.at

Stéphane His
Technip
FRANCE
www.technip.com

Axel Kraft
Fraunhofer UMSICHT
Institute for Energy, Environment and Safety
GERMANY
www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de

Niels Bo Langvad
BioGasol
DENMARK
www.biogasol.com

Florence Lefebvre-Joud
CEA/Siège
FRANCE
www.cea.fr

John Monks
Genencor International
THE NETHERLANDS
www.genencor.com

Alexandru Naghiu
University of Agricultural Sciences Cluj-Napoca
ROMANIA
www.usamvcluj.ro

Charles Nielsen
DONG Energy
DENMARK
www.dongenergy.com

Luis Nieto
CIDAUT
SPAIN
www.cidaut.es

Frans Plantenga
Albemarle Catalyst Company BV
THE NETHERLANDS
www.albemarle.com

Kati Reczey
Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
HUNGARY
www.nonfood.bme.hu

Matthias Rudloff
CHOREN Industries GmbH
GERMANY
www.choren.com/de

Yrjö Solantausta
Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT)
FINLAND
www.vtt.fi

Krister Stahl
Ducente AB
SWEDEN
www.ducente.se

Maria Tuohy
NUI Galway Department of Biochemistry
National University of Ireland, Galway
IRELAND 
www.nuigalway.ie

Wolfgang Wach
Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt
GERMANY
www.suedzucker.de

Lars Waldheim
TPS Termiska Processer AB
SWEDEN
www.tps.se

Eckhard Weidner
Fraunhofergesellschaft, Institute for Energy, Environment and Safety - UMSICHT
GERMANY
www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de

Niclas von Weyman
VTT Bioprocessing Knowledge Centre
FINLAND
www.vtt.fi

Guido Zacchi
Lunds Tekniska Högskola Center
for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
SWEDEN
www.chemeng.lth.se

 

WG3 End Use

Chair
Jukka-Pekka Nieminen
Neste Oil
PL 310, 06101 Porvoo, Finland
www.nesteoil.com

Vice-chair
Henrik Landälv
Volvo Technology Corporation
SWEDEN
www.volvo.com

Members

Angel Alvarez Alberdi
European Biodiesel Board (EBB)
BELGIUM
www.ebb-eu.org

Renato Andorf
Daimler AG
HPC G207, 70546 Stuttgart, Germany
www.daimler.com

Jose Maria Baro Calle
Repsol YPF, S.A., Corporate Identity
SPAIN
www.repsolypf.com

Thomas Becker
General Motors Europe
GERMANY
www.opel.com

Hanne Berg Cortesi
Bellona
NORWAY
www.bellona.org

Rosa Delgado
IDIADA Automotive Technology SA, Powertrain Department
SPAIN
www.idiada.com

Robert Gmyrek
PKN Orlen
POLAND
www.orlen.pl

Wieslaw Gorski
Institute of Petroleum Processing
POLAND
www.itn.com.pl

Hartmut Heinrich
Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg
GERMANY
www.volkswagen.de

Dorothée Lahaussois
Toyota Motor Europe, Powertrain Engineering Division
BELGIUM
www.toyota-europe.com

Matthias Lamping
FEV Motorentechnik GmbH
GERMANY
www.fev.com

Xavier Montagne
IFP
FRANCE
www.ifp.fr

Luis Nieto
CIDAUT
SPAIN
www.cidaut.es

Nils Olof Nylund
TEC TransEnergy Consulting Oy
FINLAND
www.teconsulting.fi

Maria Vittoria Prati
Instituto Motori CNR
ITALIA
www.cnr.it

Peter Reimers
ADM European Management Holding GmbH
GERMANY
www.admworld.com

Kenneth D Rose
CONCAWE
BELGIUM/INT
www.concawe.org

Pierre Rouveirolles
Renault Research Division
FRANCE
www.renault.com

Ann Segerborg-Fick
Scania
SWEDEN
www.scania.com

Udo Schlemmer-Kelling
Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG, Kiel
GERMANY
deutschland.cat.com

Roland von Hoerner
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG
GERMANY
www.man-mn.com

John Wilson
TOTAL
FRANCE
www.total.com

 

WG4 Sustainability

Chair
Martin Kaltschmitt
German Biomass Research Centre gGmbH (DBFZ)
GERMANY
www.dbfz.de

Vice-chair
Marc Londo
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
NETHERLANDS
www.ecn.nl

Members

Greg Archer
Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership
UNITED KINGDOM
www.lowcvp.org.uk

Luca Amatruda
NOVAOL Srl
ITALY
www.novaol.it

Ausilio Bauen
Imperial College London
UNITED KINGDOM
www.iccept.ic.ac.uk

Göran Berndes
Fysisk resursteori CTH/GU
SWEDEN
www.chalmers.se

Jessica Chalmers
Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership
UNITED KINGDOM
www.lowcvp.org.uk

David Chiaramonti
Università degli Studi di Firenze
ITALIA
www.unifi.it

Thomas Gameson
ABENGOA Bioenergy
SPAIN
www.abengoabioenergy.com

Marc Gillman
TOTAL
FRANCE
www.total.com

Carlo Hamelinck
Ecofys
THE NETHERLANDS
www.ecofys.nl

Rebecca Heaton
Shell Global Solutions International BV
THE NETHERLANDS
www.shell.com/globalsolutions

Véronique Hervouet
TOTAL
FRANCE
www.total.com

Hermann Hofbauer
Technische Universität Wien
Institut für Verfahrenstechnik,
Umwelttechnik und Techn. Biowissenschaften
AUSTRIA
www.vt.tuwien.ac.at

Gerfried Jungmeier
Joanneum Research - Institut für Energieforschung
AUSTRIA
www.joanneum.at

Andreas Kicherer
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
GERMANY
www.basf.de

Patrik Klintbom
Volvo Technology Corporation
SWEDEN
www.volvo.com

Jesper Kløverpris
Novozymes A/S
DENMARK
www.novozymes.com

Tone Knudsen
Bellona
NORWAY
www.bellona.org

Stephan Krinke
Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg
GERMANY
www.volkswagen.de

Kees Kwant
SenterNovem
THE NETHERLANDS
www.senternovem.nl

Jean-François Larivé
CONCAWE
BELGIUM
www.concawe.org

Thomas Larsson
FramTidsbränslen Sverige AB
SWEDEN
www.framtidsbranslen.se

Imke Lübbeke
WWF
BELGIUM
www.wwf.org

Luc Pelkmans
VITO Crossroads of technology
BELGIUM
www.vito.be

Anne Prieur
IFP
FRANCE
www.ifp.fr

Guido Reinhardt
IFEU Institut für Energie-  und Umweltforschung  Heidelberg GmbH
GERMANY
www.ifeu.org

Samuel Stucki
Paul Scherrer Institut Laboratory for Energy and Materials Cycles
SWITZERLAND
www.psi.ch

Susan Tarka Sanchez
Life Cycle Associates LLC
USA
lifecycleassociates.com

Luciana Tomozei
European Biodiesel Board (EBB)
BELGIUM
www.ebb-eu.org

 

WG5 Marketing


Chair

Appointment of new Chair currently pending.

Vice-chair
Béatrice Perrier
PSA Peugeot Citroen Intelligence technico-économique de l'énergie
FRANCE
www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com

Members

Edgar Ahn
BDI - BioDiesel International AG
AUSTRIA
www.bdi-biodiesel.com

Manuel Bravo Lópes
Repsol YPF, Dirección Técnica Refino
SPAIN
www.repsolypf.com

Ortwin Costenoble
NEN Energy Resources Netherlands, Centre of Standardization
THE NETHERLANDS
www.nen.nl

Arjan Dijkhuizen
Toyota Motor Europe, Government Affairs Department
BELGIUM
www.toyota-europe.com

Aurélien Gardel
BUNGE
FRANCE
www.bunge.com

Simon Godwin
EUCAR
BELGIUM
www.eucar.be

Jean-François Gruson
IFP Institut Francais du Pétrole
FRANCE
www.ifp.fr

Amandine Lacourt
European Biodiesel Board (EBB)
BELGIUM
www.ebb-eu.org

Tone Knudsen
Bellona
NORWAY
www.bellona.org

Sebastian Muissus
EADS
FRANCE
www.eads.net

Franziska Müller-Langer
German Biomass Research Centre gGmbH (DBFZ)
GERMANY
www.dbfz.de

John Neeft
SenterNovem
THE NETHERLANDS
www.senternovem.nl

Thomas Siegmund
Bundesverband BioEnergie eV (BBE)
GERMANY
www.bioenergie.de

Ebba Tamm
Svenska Petroleum Institutet
SWEDEN
www.spi.se

Robert Vierhout
eBio - European Bioethanol Fuel Association
BELGIUM
www.ebio.org

Jeremy Woods
Imperial College London ICEPT, Centre for Envrionmental Policy
UK
www3.imperial.ac.uk

Marta Zuluaga
Cargill Sweeteners Europe
BELGIUM
www.cargill.com