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Biofuels & Developing Nations

17th March 2010
8.00 Registration Opens

This stream will examine the opportunities that biofuels can provide to the developing economies of Africa, Latin America and Asia. How can biofuels help bolster domestic energy autonomy, protect fragile economies from fuel price fluctuations, provide energy for industrial development, create new products for export and help create jobs? What pitfalls must be avoided to ensure successful sustainable development is achieved?

9.00 - 10.45

Developing a Domestic Energy Resource

  • What are the best ways to introduce biofuels into developing countries?
  • What are the key questions to consider on promoting a biofuels industry?
  • What key lessons can be learnt from the 2008 oil price hike, how did it impact developing economies and what must be done to avoid a repetition?
  • What should be avoided in promoting biofuels and what challenges must be overcome?

10.45     Networking Break & Exhibition Visit

11.30 - 13.00

Biofuels, Poverty and Growth

  • How can biofuels create jobs and economic development?
  • What case studies are there of successful job creation from the biofuels industry?
  • What agricultural policy is best for development?
  • What is the best method to organize the means of production, outgrower vs centralized?
  • How to protect land rights and create pro-poor biofuels?
  • What is the impact on scarce water resources?

Financing Models for Biofuels in Developing Countries

  • How can biofuels project secure financing and funding?
  • Are there successful examples of partnerships?
  • What are the opportunities for carbon finance?

13.00     Lunch & Exhibition Visit

14.30 - 16.15

Jatropha Focus Panel

  • Why is Jatropha excellent for developing countries
  • How sustainable is Jatropha and what is its impact on water resources?
  • What best practice can be learnt from the early practical case studies?

16.15      Networking Break & Exhibition Visit

16.45 – 17.30

Sustainable Biofuels Microenergy Models for Local Communities

  • What are the benefits of developing small scale, decentralized biofuel programs for non transport purposes?
  • What are the opportunities for the Less Developed Countries?

17.30      Close of Congress

Speakers Include: 
Hamata Ag Hautafaye, Chief Executive Officer, National Biofuel Development Agency (ANADEB), Ministry of Energy, Mali
Gloria Visconti, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative, Inter-American Development Bank
Allison Carlson, Vice President for Green Fuels & Technologies, Garten Rothkopf
Meghan Sapp, Secretary General, Pangea
Henri Leturque, Research Officer - Rural Policy & Governance Group, Overseas Development Institute
Lucas Assuncao, Head Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, Division on International Trade and Commodities
Anna Lerner, Technical Advisor, SADC Energy Sector & GTZ
Jeremy Woods, Centre for Energy Policy and Technology (ICEPT), Imperial College
Sue Canney Davison, Director, Pipal
Per Carstedt, Chairman, EcoEnergy Tanzania & EcoEnergia Mozambique (formerly Sekab)
Paul van Aalst, Director - Europe, E+Co
Max Nyiri, Head of Strategic Scenario Planning, Institute for Strategy & Complexity Management
Mike Lu, Chief Executive Officer, Curcas Diesel Brasil & President, Brazilian Association of Jatropha Growers
Martijn Veen, Program Leader - Biofuels, SNV, Peru
David Erazo, Director General, AGROIPSA Honduras
Peter Vissers, Senior Partner, Partners for Innovation
Thilo Zelt, President, Jatropha Alliance
Sue Canney Davison, Director, Pipal
Joy Clancy, Associate Professor, Twente Centre for Studies in Technology & Sustainable Development
Francis Johnson, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute

 

 

 

 

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