8:30 |
Reception and Welcome Coffee |
9:00 |
Opening Ceremony |
9:30 |
FAPESP environmental programs, BIOEN, BIOTA and Climate Change
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (FAPESP, Brazil) |
9:55 |
What are the real perspectives of renewable energies?
José Goldemberg (University of São Paulo, Brazil) |
10:20 |
Global sustainable bioenergy: making it work
Lee Lynd (Dartmouth University, USA) |
10:45 |
Why is developing an integrated, whole systems, perspective on land use critical to resolving conflicts between the three global securities: energy, climate and food?
Jeremy Woods (Imperial College, UK) |
11:10 |
Biofuels technology development - Lessons learned
Helena Chum (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA) |
11:35 |
Development of lignocellulosic biofuels
Chris Somerville (Berkeley University, USA) |
12:00 |
The potential of biofuels, the need for a biorefinery approach and a review of technologies and co-products
Jack N. Saddler (University of British Columbia, Canada) |
12:25 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 |
Global energy and CO2 reduction requirements to 2050 and the role of biofuels
Lewis Fulton (UC-Davis, USA) |
14:25 |
Biofuels - South African policy, practice and perspectives
Brian Huntley (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) |
14:50 |
Birdsview of state-of-the-art scientific understanding on sustainable biomass sourcing
Andre P. C. Faaij (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) |
15:15 |
Break |
15:35 |
Use of biomass and biofuels in Scandinavian energy systems
Jon Samseth (HIOA / SINTEF, Norway) |
16:00 |
Implementing sustainable biofuels in a global context
Patricia Osseweijer (Delft University, The Netherlands) |
16:25 |
Why biomass-based cogeneration is potentially the ideal starting point for a sustainable african biofuel industry - case examples from eastern and southern Africa
Stephen Karekezi (African Energy Policy Research Network, Kenia) |