Biofuels Dubrovnik / 12-13 November 2007

Organized by

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

in cooperation with Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar

Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Croatia

Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Slovenia

Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund

WELCOME AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
8:30-9:00	Registration of participants
9:00-9:50	Welcome and Opening Session Ms. Ivana Halle, Head of Department, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship Mr. Yoshiteru Uramoto, Deputy Director-General, UNIDO Mr. Gregorz Donocik, Chief of Europe Programme, UNIDO
9:50-10:10	Introduction Biofuels Production and Use: Drivers and Concerns in Central and Eastern Europe Ms. Fatin Ali Mohamed, PTC/ECB/RRE, UNIDO
10:10-10:30	Coffee Break

PLENARY I: POLICY AND MECHANISMS PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE BIOFUELS PRODUCTION
10:30-10-50	The EU-PREMIA project on effective measures to accelerate market introduction of Biofuels and Hydrogen Ms. Leen Govaerts, VITO, Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Belgium
10:50-11-05	Biofuels in Austria- An effective implementation model within EU context Mr. Michael Sattler, Supply Biofuels-OMV Refining & Marketing, Austria
11:05-11-20	Fully integrated BioPower (Fuel/Energy) approach of Bioverda-Balanced Risk & Opportunity Mr. Siegfried F. Gamper Bioverda Sustainable Energy- Deutschland, CEE
11:20-11:35	Economic and policy challenges for wood energy in Central and Eastern Europe Mr. Volker Sasse, FAO Sub-Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe
11:35-11:50	Biofuels production in Slovenia- Present status and Legislations issues Mr. Mirko Bizjak, Environmental Agency - Republic of Slovenia
11:50-12-05	Discussions and concluding remarks

PLENARY II: FEEDSTOCK, SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES AND LCA ANALYSIS
12:05-12:25	Feedstock potential and outlook scenarios in CEE Countries Ms. Veronika Dornburg, Copernicus Institute - Utrecht University, Netherland
12:25-12:45	Economic evaluation of Biodiesel produced from oilseed, Methodology and lessons learned Ms. Elaine Booth, Scottish Agricultural College, United Kingdom
12:45-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:30	LCA tools/methodologies for GHG calculations-International Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels RSB Mr. Marcel Gauch, EMPA, Switzerland
14:30-14:50	Global and Regional Potentials of Biofuels and Sustainability Aspects Mr. Florian Kraxner, IIASA, Austria
14:50-15:10	Development of Standards and Criteria for Biofuels Production Ms. Kamala Ernest, UNEP- Paris
15:10-15:30	Discussions and Concluding remarks
15:30-15:50	Coffee Break

PLENARY III: EXISTING AND EMERGING PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES
15:50-16:10	Review of existing and emerging technologies for the large scale production of biofuels and identification of promising innovations for developing countries Mr. Sergey Zinoviev, UNIDO International Centre for Science and High Technology in Trieste
16:10-16:30	Biodiesel Production: Technologies and European Providers Mr. Werner Koerbitz, Austrian Biofuels Institute, Austria
16:30-16:50	Biofules demand in the current engine application Mr. K. Krzysztof Czopek, Institute of Fuels and Energy Renewable-Poland
16:50-17:10	Business Opportunity: Decentral Biodiesel Production Mr. Matthias Spiegelfeld, Advisor to the Board of IBG Monforts, Germany
17:10-17:30	Discussions and Concluding remarks

PLENARY IV: REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES - INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVES
9:00-9:20	Ethanol In Brazil: a successful experience Mr. José Nilton de Souza Vieira, Department of Sugar Cane and Agrienergy, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and food supply, Brasil
9:20-9:40	Croatia country-wide feasibility study; lessons learned Mr. Julije Domac, Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar, Croatia
9:40-10:00	Sustainable Biofuels Production and Use- International Industrial Perspective Mr. Werner Koerbitz, Austrian Biofuels Institute
10:00-10:20	Discussions and Concluding remarks
10:20-10:40	Coffee Break

PARALLEL SESSIONS: ISSUES AFFECTING BIOFUELS PERSPECTIVES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
10:40-12:30	Working group 1 on 'Economic' Feasibility of biofuels in CEE countries Aim: collecting and validate data, information, and knowledge, mainly by responding to questions on: Available land and present land uses, energy dependency, ratio of diesel and benzene consumption in transport , the economic performance of the agricultural sector, and land productivity, etc.) and possible Biofuels pathways appropriate to CEE countries (in terms of feedstock availability, strategies/drivers, etc Possible biofuels pathways using existing techologies Needs identification and potential for cooperation Chairperson: Mr. Werner Koerbitz, Austrian Biofuels Institute Rapporteur: Ms. Elaine Booth, Scottish Agricultural College
10:40-12:30	Working group 2 on Sustainabilty of Biofuels Aim: collecting the state of knowledge by discussing the following issues In what terms can sustainability be defined in CEE countries? What tools are there to ensure local sustainable biomass certification, etc.? Promoting second generation technology as a mean to increase the sutainablity of biofuels production Needs identification and potential for cooperation Chairperson: Mr. Marcel Gauch, EMPA, Switzerland Rapporteur: Ms. Veronika Dornburg, UU-NL and Ms. Kamala Ernest, UNEP
12:30-14:00	Lunch

CONCLUDING PLENARY: SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATIONS AND WAY FORWARD
14:00-15:30	Report on outcomes of parallel sessions
15:30-15:50	Coffee Break
15:50-17:00	Way forward / A framework for regional cooperation

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