World Biofuels, Ethanol & Feedstocks Conference

Biofuels Industry Fundamentals Training Course

Instructors:
Christoph Berg
Global Team Lead Biofuels
S&P Global Commodity Insights

Ina Chirita
Associate Director: Biofuels Analytics
S&P Global Commodity Insights

Ji Yang Lum
Principal Research Analyst
S&P Global Commodity Insights

Harry Clyne
Price Reporting, EMEA Biofuels
S&P Global Commodity Insights

Ignacio Leone
Business Development Director
Connex Trading

Nathan Nguyen
Senior Analyst, Biofuels
S&P Global Commodity Insights

Sue Koh
Senior Principal Research Analyst (Biofuels, Renewable Chemicals)
S&P Global Commodity Insights

• 08:00 Registration and Networking breakfast
• 09:00 Introduction to biofuels
  • Biofuels introduction & technology development
  • What are biofuels? How have they evolved?
  • Overview of key biorefining technologies and TRL levels
  • Regional policies & global initiatives
  
• 10.00 Biofuels & feedstocks pricing assessments
  • Platts price assessment methodology and the market on close
  • Price drivers for biofuels and feedstocks
  
• 11.00 Break
• 11.30Advance feedstocks & traceability in developing new product streams
  • Traceability, practicalities and how to secure your supply chain
  • Advanced feedstocks: What, where and how
  • From traceability and plausibility for all feedstocks to their heightened importance in advanced feedstocks
  
• 12:00 Biofuels market outlook (pt. 1)
  • Concepts and assumptions behind S&P Global’s long-term outlook
  • The future of Biofuels, SAF and Bunkers
  
• 13.00 Lunch
• 14:00 Biofuels market outlook (pt. 2)
  • PtL outlook
  • Carbon Intensities and how they are derived?
  
• 15.15 Coffee break
• 15:30 Biofuel market outlook (pt.3)
  • Feedstock demand, lipids, alcohol and more SAF, HVO, FAME, Ethanol price outlook, Q&A
  
• 16:30 Biofuels training course ends

• 08:30 Registration welcome coffee
• 09:00 Opening Remarks from the Chair
• Christoph Berg, Global Team Lead Biofuels, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• 09:10 The future of biofuels: Biofuels in the global energy mix
  The expanding role of biofuels in decarbonising land, air and sea mobility
  Scaling-up sustainably produced low-carbon liquid fuels
  Supporting OEMs in the transition to sustainable transportation solutions
  Energy transition and biofuels demand growth in existing oil refining capacity
  Challenges and opportunities for scaling up biofuel production in Spain’
• Matteo Vaglio, Director of Biofuels, Moeve
• Antonio Vallespir, CEO, Vertex Bioenergy
• Paulo Macedo, Global Managing Director, Raizen
• Thomas Garbe, Head of Petrol and Diesel Fuels, Volkswagen AG
• 10:00 Global biofuels outlook and policy impacts
  Biofuels blending mandates and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets – how these are impacting biofuel supply and demand globally.
  New regulations and GHG reduction targets drive demand and investment appetite.
• Christoph Berg, Global Team Lead Biofuels, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• 10:25 Refreshments Break
• 11:00 The feedstock challenge in the global race for low carbon fuels Biofuel feedstock availability and carbon intensity reduction.
  Market dynamics for low carbon feedstocks.
  Are we heading to a supply crunch with growing demand for biofuels?
  The interplay between oil, biofuels and agriculture
  Securing feedstock supplies for biofuel projects
  Price mechanisms for feedstocks
• Andrea Martelli, Global Head of BIO, Eni Trade & Biofuels S.p.A
• Andreas Bodenmüller, Head of STS Commodities Europe, Verbio SE
• Juan Sacoto, Global Head, Agribusiness Consulting, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• 11:40 Fuelling Europe’s future: What’s next for biofuels?
  Policy matters: How RED III, RefuelEU Aviation and FuelEU Maritime are shaping the industry
  
• David Carpintero, Director General, ePURE - the European renewable ethanol association
• Leonidas Kanonis, Director for Communications & Analysis,EWABA – the European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association
• Xavier Noyon, Secretary General, European Biodiesel Board (EBB)
• 12:20 Networking lunch
• 14:00 International market dynamics: Global production expansion, trade and policy
  USA:Policy impacts on production and investments.
  Brazil: Biofuels demand to outpace supply with increased blending and a greater push for RD and SAF.
  Canada: How policy and trade dynamics are shaping the future of ethanol production and investment.
  Pakistan: Fuel ethanol goals and evolving export routes.
• Geoff Cooper, President & CEO, Renewable Fuels Association
• Julio Enrique Varela Gubitosi, CFO, Atvos
• Andrea Kent, VP Industry and Government Affairs, Greenfield Global Inc.
• Rana Waseem Akhtar, General Manager (Sales & Finance), Noon Sugar Mills Limited

• 15:00 Refreshments Break
• 15:30 Panel discussion: SAF:  Fuelling aviation change
  Industry adoption: Increasing SAF demand to decarbonise aviation.
  Economic viability: SAF production costs and pricing.
  Sourcing feedstocks and setting up a reliable SAF supply chain.
  Scaling up production of SAF with biobased, waste-based and synthetic feedstocks.
  Policy and legislative drivers to create demand certainty and new SAF production capacity.
  Alcohol-to-jet (AtJ) as a solution to solve the growing SAF demand challenge.
• Sophie Byron, Global Head Biofuels Pricing, S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts)
• Jennifer Aurandt-Pilgrim, Vice President of R&D and Innovation, Marquis
• Moderator: Ina Chirita, Associate Director: Biofuels Analytics, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• 16:05 Panel discussion: Growth prospects for renewable diesel and  SAF
  Renewable diesel and SAF markets market expansion plans.
  Capacity build outlook: will we see a shift from RD to SAF?
  Feedstock and regulation are key drivers; strategies needed to navigate policy and secure supply
  Technology and process efficiency challenges and innovation.
• Konrad Jar, Executive Director for Strategy & Innovation, ORLEN S.A
• Berta Cabello Calvo, Renewable Fuels Director, Repsol
• David Nusser, Renewable Fuels Manager, MOL Group
• Moderator: Ina Chirita, Associate Director: Biofuels Analytics, S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts)
• 16:40 Bio-Bunkering: Accelerating the decarbonisation of the shipping industry with biofuels
  Making sustainable marine travel a reality.
  Meeting shipping sustainability goals and regulatory requirements with biofuels.
  Supply and demand projections and new investments.
  Enhancing logistics supply chains for biofuels in port facilities
  Ethanol as a low-GHG shipping fuel
  
• Dani Ruiz, Sustainable Fuels Manager, Port of Barcelona
• Roberta Cenni, Head of Biofuels, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
• Dickon Posnett, Corporate Affairs Director, Argent Energy
• Moderator: Ji Yang Lum, Principal Research Analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• 17:15 Closing Remarks from the Chair
  
• 17:30 Networking drinks reception

• 08:00 Platts Ethanol Benchmark Update Breakfast How Platts produces price assessments for the European ethanol market.
  Upcoming methodology changes to the T2 ethanol benchmark .
  Ethanol coverage expansion: non-fuel, advanced and GHG savings.
  
• Sophie Byron, Global Head Biofuels Pricing, S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts)
• Harry Clyne, Manager, Price Reporting, EMEA Biofuel, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• 08:45 Welcome coffee
• 09:10 Opening Remarks from the Chair
• Andy Barrett, Senior Advisor Global Energy, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• 09:15 Leadership Panel: Navigating policy changes through diversification and decarbonization
  How to prosper in a world of shifting policies.
  Shaping tomorrow’s biorefinery.
  Getting to negative CI.
  Expanding opportunities for biofuels growth.
  Ethanol as a cost-effective decarbonization tool in the short and mid-term, enabling scalable e-fuels and supporting a diversified energy mix.
• Doug Berven, VP Corporate Affairs, POET
• Fritz Georg von Graevenitz,, CEO, CropEnergies AG
• Renato Zicardi, Trading Director, Inpasa
• 10:00 Facilitating the energy transition with advanced and waste-based biofuelsRealising the full potential of advanced biofuels.
  New opportunities in waste-based biofuels production and trade.
  Post-2030 outlook and REDIII impacts.
  Maintaining market stability & integrity.
  
• Yury Chaus, Biofuels Supply & Trading Director, Envien Group
• Davis Krezins, Business Developer - Future Fuels and Carbon Markets, Nvalue
• 10:30 Refreshments Break
• 11:00 Opening Remarks from the Chair
• Christoph Berg, Global Team Lead Biofuels, S&P Global Commodity Insights

• 11:05 Reducing the carbon intensity of your biorefineryEmploying onsite carbon capture and sequestration
  Converting biogenic CO2 to X
  Reduction of natural gas usage
  alternative methods of electricity generation
  Reducing the carbon intensity in the whole biorefinery value chain
  
• Jennifer Aurandt-Pilgrim, Vice President of R&D and Innovation, Marquis
• Alarik Sandrup, Director of Public and Regulatory Affairs, Lantmännen
• Moderator: Ji Yang Lum, Principal Research Analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• 11:35 Non-fuel spotlight: Markets, trade dynamics and risk of CMR classification
  Biocide-CLH : the threat of CMR classification to EU non fuel industry
  Green chemistry, from biofuels to plastics
  EU and FTA’s endangering the EU ethanol industry
  
• Koen van Maldegem, Partner, EU Regulatory, Fieldfisher LLP, Belgium
• Andreas Bodenmüller, Head of STS Commodities Europe, Verbio SE
• Hubert de Biolley, Partner, KWST GmbH
• 12:20 Getting the best out of biofuel co-products
  Improving the sustainability and profitability of the biorefinery with co-products.
  Producing high-protein animal feed.
  
• Thomas Nolan, Head of Feed Proteins, Pannonia Bio
• 12:40 Closing Remarks from the Chair
• 12:40 Lunch
• 14:15 End of Conference