Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition

Morning registration and coffee

Marine day welcome 

Speakers Include:

Catherine Caulfield

Business Development Manager— Oil Markets

Oil Markets, Argus Media

Interactive voting and objectives setting

Human bingo poll: Send your most pressing questions and they will be addressed throughout the day by experts

How is regulation driving biofuel demand from the marine sector?

- Regulation today: what impact is EU ETS having on competitiveness of marine biodiesel and other biofuels and how Is IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) driving demand?
- Upcoming regulation: how will FuelEU maritime impact biofuel demand from 2025 and what are companies doing today to prepare for GHG reduction requirements?
- Is EU and global (IMO) regulation enough to close the price gap between conventional and marine biofuels in the long term?

Speakers Include:

Valerie Ahrens

Senior Director New Fuels and Carbon Markets

Bunker Holding

Roel Hoenders

Head of Climate Action and Clean Air

International Maritime Organization

Argus market update: Global marine biodiesel price competitiveness

- Global marine biodiesel market update and key trends to watch
- Europe vs. Asia price competitiveness and impact of EU ETS costs
- How regulation will drive demand fundamentals and pricing in the next 2-years

Moderator:

Hussein Al-Khalisy

Alternative Marine Fuels Reporter

Argus

Elena Domashenko

Senior Analyst, Argus Marine Fuels Outlook

Argus

Coffee break

How biofuels are accelerating decarbonisation of the marine sector?

- Learn about the supply availability today and will the shipping industry look to novel feedstocks to mitigate supply and competition concerns?
- How are shipowners using biofuels to meet EU ETS, CII and FuelEU maritime compliance?
- How to break down the communication barrier between traditional biofuel and marine market participants?

Daniel de Miguel Fernandez

Head of Biofuels Business Development, Technology, Regulation & Sustainability

CEPSA Commercial & Clean Energies

Novel feedstocks: What role can they play in meeting marine biodiesel demand?

- What alternative feedstocks to FAME are available in the market for marine blending and is availability rising to meet the demand?
- What are the challenges facing suppliers and shipowners seeking to diversify feedstocks?
- How can specifications help or hinder feedstock diversification?

Speakers Include:

Robert Harper

Co-Founder, Deputy CEO and Director

CIRCTEC

Biomethanol landscape: How can supply meet demand?

- Will global biomethanol capacity rise to meet growing demand from new methanol capable vessels
- How are producers and buyers managing supply shortages and competition from other sectors?
- When can the market expect e-methanol availability for bunkering and what will the transition from biomethanol look like?

Patricia Guiterrez

Originator

Uniper Global Commodities

Networking lunch

Shipowners panel: Pros and cons of biofuels in meeting regulation and consumer demand

- Benefits and challenges of bunkering marine biodiesel, biomethanol, and bio-LNG from regulatory, operational, and cost standpoints
- Fuels of the future: How will e-fuels compete with these biofuels?
- What obstacles are faced by shipowners and what suppliers should know when targeting this sector?

Speakers Include:

Ilyas Muhammad

Director, Head of Green Fuels

Hapag-Lloyd AG

Christos Chryssakis

Head of New Energy

Wallenius Wilhelmsen

Catherine Caulfield

Business Development Manager— Oil Markets

Oil Markets, Argus Media

Port of Rotterdam on decarbonizing the marine sector

- How is the largest bunker port in Europe preparing itself for alternative fuels and a zero-emission future?
- What does the future fuel landscape look like?
- What role do ports play in realizing this transition?

Speakers Include:

Jan van Hengel

Sr. Business Development Manager

Port of Rotterdam

Biofuel tickets and mandates: What the marine sector needs to know?

- How can companies manage EU ETS exposure and maximise trading?
- Impact of the Dutch HBE-G ticket on marine biofuel demand and preparing for future changes to the system
- Developments in trading Fuel EU Maritime over-compliance and how a voluntary market may develop in Europe
- Lessons learned from the Norwegian marine blending mandate and EU road blending mandates

Book and claim: Assessing the risk in the marine sector and how this enables early action

- What are the incentives for the shipping sector? How can they benefit from it?
- What is the book and claim system and how is logistical efficiency reducing emissions and costs?
- How can it be made more aligned to other existing regulations so that stakeholders can avoid risk?

Speakers Include:

William Boatwright

Senior Manager-Logistics and Climate Solutions

Norden

Tom Strang

Naval Architect

Carnival Corporation & plc

Hussein Al-Khalisy

Alternative Marine Fuels Reporter

Argus

Coffee break

SAF and Marine SWAP session: How will markets manage competition between different sectors?

For this session, please make your way to the main conference hall for networking with SAF and marine

- How will feedstock competition impact Fuel EU Aviation and Marine requirements?
- What are the similarities and differences under FuelEU maritime and how would the split of ticket markets and RED III lead to multiple sectors converging on the same fuels?
- Cross-sector collaboration: what can be done to minimise competition? Should one sector be prioritised over the other?
- Long-term demand trends: will falling demand in the road transport sector liberate supply for aviation and marine?

Closing remarks

Drinks reception

Breakfast and networking

Dedicated networking space and canapes in the event exhibition area

Chairperson’s opening remarks    

Keynote on from the top view on long-term outlook for biofuels industry

- How do the key targets of the biofuels industry align with mandate compliance?
- What methods can we adopt to ensure sustainable value chains from producers to end-users?
- What are the growth opportunities for different sectors at present?

Spotlight on RED II and RED III: Keep up to date about policies affecting your business

- How will the latest amendments accelerate the regulatory framework to make crucial investments needed to further decarbonise transport?
- Latest revisions on Annex 9 A and B: What is on the lists and what are the opportunities for the industry
- How will the biofuels and biofeedstocks balance evolve in the next 10 years across sectors?

Xavier Noyon

Secretary General

European Biodiesel Board (EBB)

UK Trade Remedies Authority outlook on unfair industry practices caused by dumping and subsidies and case studies:

- Why establishing a level-playing field for competition is crucial for the industry?
- Evidence-based recommendations on whether trade remedies, typically tariffs, are needed to prevent injury to UK producers, caused by dumping or subsidies.

Speakers Include:

James Iddiols

Lead Investigator

UK Trade Remedies Authority

Dickon Posnett

Director of Corporate Affairs

Argent Energy

Coffee break

Bio refineries exploration: What do the majors have to say about the change in market dynamics?

- How are the oil majors preparing for this transition?
- How are they targeting emissions reduction through biofuels?
- Are they hopeful for material change in the market dynamics, given there is limited supply for feedstocks and challenges to commercial technology?

Ahmad Adly Alias

Vice President, Refining, Marketing and Trading, Downstream Business

Petronas

Assess your feedstocks options: Supply, quality and strategies in near future

- What is the effect of different feedstocks and how can we make sure there is adequate supply without affecting food security?
- Addressing the question of quality by mapping the origin of UCO and the impact on biodiesel producers
- With uncertain demand in the future, how will feedstock producers plan production and use of land?

André Paula Santos

Head of EU Policy

Nuseed

Kristine Klavers

Managing Director

Eco Engineers

Enrico Giglioli

Chief of New Initiatives Officer

Saras

☆ Women in biofuels network and networking lunch

Hear from leading women in business regarding their personal experiences of growth within the market and in business

Where are we on the food vs fuels conversation?

- How do we currently stand on the allocation of resources food vs fuel? What are the biggest challenges or opportunities?
- How can we optimise global supply chains to solve the problem of efficient allocation of resources for food and fuel?
- With the revamping of laws and mandates, is the problem becoming easier to address? How do you strike a balance between the conflicting demands of different industries?

Barbara Smailaguc

Fuels Policy Officer

Transport and Environment (T&E)

Paola Rodriguez Masiu

Head of Research and Trade Analytics

STX Group

Jiang He

CEO

Petroineos Trading Limited

Leveraging synergies in HVO for decarbonization: Integrated approach to pretreatment, hydrotreating and hydrogen

- How are the main components of an HVO/SAF plant (hydrotreating, hydrogen production and pretreatment) optimized?
- What are the challenges in the integration of heat and material streams or other synergies that are investigated?
- What are the strategies to identify synergies and maximize cross-unit efficiency?

Armin Brandner

Green Chemicals and Fuels Product Director

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction

Biomass industry: Looking at the resources of decarbonization strategies

- Which feedstocks are dominating the current market for biofuels?
- How can we ensure bioenergy is in fact low-carbon resource and can help in measuring emissions reduction from biofuels?

Lisa Schmidt

General Secretary

International Biomass Torrefaction and Carbonisation Council

Henrik Brodin

Head of Energy Transition

Sodra

Close of conference day one

Drinks and networking reception

Build new relationships and connect with old friends in this relaxed setting

Morning coffee

Chairperson's welcome

Fabricio Cardoso

Principal, Consulting

Argus

Certifications: Addressing the issues of transparency of raw materials

- Certification basics: Sustainability, traceability and GHG emissions savings of renewable fuels
- Understanding certification process as an enabler for the global deployment of renewable fuels
- From fuel feedstock to corporate end-customers – ensuring credible and transparent claims in voluntary markets

Moderator:

Adam Kirby

Sustainability Manager – Sustainable Fuels

ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification)

Tracking latest developments and addressing financial risks to facilitate a conducive industry environment

- What effect does the development of low-carbon fuels and new technology have on the industry at large?
- How do we overcome financial challenges of supply-side feedstock and prices?
- How to manage increased feedstock exposure as you switch to biorefineries?

Speakers Include:

Bjorn Breckx

Business Development Director

CFP Energy

Jan-Olov Eriksson

Head of Trading

Preem

Coffee break

Industrialising algae-based technology and its scalability

- How to solve the problem of crop protection – pesticides, herbicides and natural disaster resistance
- What do airline operators need to know about algae-base technology and the changes in infrastructure it may demand?
- How scalable is the bioengineering of micro-algae and what is the carbon footprint?

Usman Ahmed

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Gamalux Sdn. Bhd.

Lunch and Exhibition: State of technology review

Spotlight on the US renewable fuels market for local and international business

- How to produce eligible HVO and SAF for RFS, LCFS, IRA, RINs and credits?
- What are the pathways for ethanol, biodiesel and their value dynamics?
- What are the opportunities for eligible feedstocks?

Speakers Include:

Kristine Klavers

Managing Director

Eco Engineers

European renewable ethanol industry: What are the hindrances in the ethanol pathway?

- What’s the flow of standard imports into Europe and what are the challenges in waste-based ethanol?
- What conditions are required for a successful advanced bioethanol industrial project?
- What is missing now in the EU to foster investment decisions?

Speakers Include:

Stéphane Thion

Vice President

LanzaJet

Closing remarks and end of conference