11.00 Wednesday 21 May 2008

Chair: Professor Paul Mitchell, University of Aberdeen

• Wood Fuel Task Force - Roger Coppock, Policy Adviser, Business Development, Forestry Commission Scotland 
• Waste Biomass - An untapped renewable energy resource: Potential and barriers - John Ferguson, Waste and Resources Strategy Manager, SEPA

• Experience from developed biomass markets - and the future - Rainer Romirer-Maierhofer, Technical support & Training Europe, UK Export Manager, Windhager Zentralheizung  GmbH, Austria 

• The North East Scotland Biomass Cluster - quick fire case histories, led by Iain Todd, Renewables Champion of AREG

  • Ian Cowe, Forestry Commission [ presentation ]
  • Roddy Matheson, Aberdeenshire Council - Aboyne Academy conversion to wood fuel [ presentation ]
  • Keith Arbuthnott, Stovies wood pellets - the first commercial wood pellet plant in Scotland [ presentation ]

Bioenergy - Biofuels

14.00 Wednesday 21 May

Chair: Clare Wenner, Head of Renewable Fuels, Renewable Energy Association

• RTFO drivers - Sue McDougall, Acting Chief Executive, Renewable Fuels Agency
• The Carbon Trust – Advanced Bioenergy Accelerator update - Dr Robert Trezona, Head of Research and Development, The Carbon Trust
• Big is beautiful -  Dr. ir. Margriet Drouillon, Technology Developer - IOF, Ghent Bio-Energy Valley
• “And small is beautiful too!!” - Tim Evans from Renewable Zukunft
• Bioenergy: policy, progress, and parameters for decision making - Rosie Manise, Principal Specialist on Climate and Energy, Natural England
• Sustainable biofuels: prospects and challenges - Dr Jeremy Woods, Porter Alliance & Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
• Q&A