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Energy Crops

15th March 2010  

8.00 Registration Opens

Considerable research is being undertaken to provide sustainable, non-food feedstocks to meet the growing demand for biofuels.  This stream will explore the prospects and agronomics of various new feedstocks, examining the potential of the different energy crops to produce high yields at low cost.

Note: algae and forestry will be covered in separate focused sessions.
9.00 - 10.45

Visions of Fuel & Food Harmony

  • How can fuel & food be grown together?
  • How can new agronomic systems be developed?
  • How can the environmental impact of new feedstocks be measured?
  • How can new feedstocks be effectively introduced to minimise food production impacts?
  • How can they be grown on marginal non crop land? Can there be multiple cropping and crop rotation?
  • What genetic modification for high yield energy crops can be expected and when?

10.45     Networking Break & Exhibition Visit

11.30-13.00
Energy Crops 1 – Sugar Cane, Canola/Rape, Soya, Sweet Sorghum, Cassava, Sunflower, Isis

  • What is the impact of growing different feedstocks on the wider environment and water resources?
  • What are the greenhouse gas emissions from burning the finished fuel?
  • What is the price of the feedstock?
  • What is the potential yield and scalability of the biofuel?

13.00     Lunch & Exhibition Visit

14.30 - 16.15
Energy Crops 2 – Jatropha

  • What is the impact of growing jatropha on the wider environment and water resources?
  • What are the greenhouse gas emissions from burning the finished fuel?
  • What is the price of the feedstock?
  • What is the potential yield and scalability of the biofuel?
  • Networking Break & Exhibition Visit

 16.45 – 18.00
Energy Crops 3 – Perennials: Camelina, Miscanthus, Switchgrass, Crambe, Castor

  • What is the impact of growing different feedstocks on the wider environment and water resources?
  • What are the greenhouse gas emissions from burning the finished fuel?
  • What is the price of the feedstock?
  • What is the potential yield and scalability of the biofuel?
 

Speeding Up the Path from Field to Full Commercialisation

  • How can the agriculture commercialization process be speeded up?
  • What are the key challenges to introducing new crops: regulatory, farmer acceptance, off-take and market guarantees, logistics and agronomics?
  • How can these challenges be overcome in different global markets?

18.00     Networking Drinks Reception

Jeremy Tomkinson, Chief Executive Officer, National Non Food Crop Centre
Ayla Uslu, ECN Policy Studies, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
Gunter Fischer, Programme Leader of Land Use Change and Agriculture, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Carlos Riva, President & Chief Executive Officer, Verenium
Swaroop Sarangan, Assistant Vice President, Reliance Industries
Shachi Sharma, Biofuels Market Specialist, Syngenta
Terry Booysen, Founder & Managing Director, Sunfuel Ukraine
Alain Castro, Akuo Energy Group & President, Enresur Uruguay
Edward Richard, Jr., Research Leader, Sugarcane Research Lab, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Peter Hanratty, Chief Executive Officer, Fuelstock
Roland A. Jansen, Chief Executive Officer, Mother Earth Investments
Ohene Akoto, Director of Operations, Jatropha Africa
Thilo Zelt, President, Jatropha Alliance
Doron Gal, Chief Executive Officer, Kaiima
Barry Caslin, Bioenergy Specialist, Teagasc
Peter Beetham, Senior Vice President of Research, Cibus Global

 

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