Biofuels International 2014

The event is organised over six sessions covering the following topics:

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOFUELS POLICY

• Keynote address: The latest from the European Commission
• 5% or 6% cap - what impact will it have on the market?
• Current and future production and demand levels.
• RED implementation across Europe

INTERNATIONAL BIOFUELS TRADING

• Anti-dumping duties: are they working? What more needs to be done?
• Tracking ethanol and biodiesel prices Predictions for 2015
• Production levels in Asia
• Growth of the biofuels market in the US

FEEDSTOCKS

• Feedstock pricing outlook - discussing factors from the weather to market instability
• Mitigating price risk
• Spotlight on used cooking oil
• Jatropha: the latest developments

SUSTAINABILITY

• Progress on the indirect land use change debate - how to apply factors successfully into EU policy
• Double counting: is it really the best way forward?
• Sustainability schemes - are we any closer to harmonisation?
• Accurately tracing the supply chain

WHAT NOW FOR FIRST GENERATION PRODUCERS?

• Retrofit solutions
• Benefitting from co-products
• Securing investment to expand
• Advantages of multi-feedstock technology

ADVANCED BIOFUELS - PROGRESS SO FAR

• Case study: The world's first second generation plant
• Building advanced and efficient transesterification plants
• Improving production efficiencies and managing the scale up process
• Lessons learnt from South America