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SAF Focus Day
- 08:00 - 09:00
Morning registration and coffee
- 09:00 - 09:05
SAF day welcome
Speakers Include:
Devina Singh
Conference ProducerArgus- 09:05 - 09:10
Chairperson's opening remarks
Giulia Squadrin
Associate Editor, BiofuelsArgus- 09:10 - 09:20
Interactive voting and objectives setting
Human bingo poll: How many miles have you travelled, and can you guess your individual CO2 emissions?
- 09:20 - 09:40
Are the markets ready for ReFuelEU and UK mandates, and will it boost production?
- EU and UK emissions trading systems (ETS): How do they co-exist and are both markets ready?
- With the ReFuelEU Aviation initiative, how will the blending mandate affect the demand for aviation fuels in terms of price competition, price transparency, and fair allocation?
- Will the finalised legislations boost domestic production capacity and demand beyond 2030-50?- 09:40 - 10.10
The role of science and SAF accounting under different frameworks
- Understanding the co-existing Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) and the ETS, and how to navigate it.
- How and to what extent can SAF achieve the international aviation goals set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation? Addressing double-counting and other barriers
- To what extent has research and development been accurate and supportive in developing robust mechanisms for accounting, transparency?Speakers:
Inmaculada Gómez Jiménez
Sustainability expertAESA-SENASAMathilde Tannous
SAF & EU ETS for aviation program ManagerFrench Civil Aviation Authority- 10:10 - 10:40
Coffee break
- 10:40 - 11:05
Argus Open markets (AOM): The first SAF price discovery platform
- Comprehensive coverage on the global price benchmarks and current pricings
- Comprehensive Argus Open Markets (AOM), first SAF pricing platform
- SAF market at a turning point: Is there liquidity to grow with capacity and mandates?Giulia Squadrin
Associate Editor, BiofuelsArgusAlfonso Berrocal
Business Development Manager Middle Distillates & SAFArgus- 11:05 - 11:30
Neste’s perspective on accelerating SAF production and supply to achieve goals set by the mandates in Europe
- What is needed to accelerate the ramp-up of SAF production and availability at airports across Europe?
- What will regulations such as ReFuelEU and the UK mandates mean for the aviation fuel supply chain?
- How does Neste plan to increase its SAF production and supply to support the aviation industry?Alexander Kueper
Vice President, Renewable Aviation BusinessNeste- 11:30 - 12:10
Live Q/A: Feedstock challenge: Demand, alternatives and third generation
- How can feedstocks suppliers optimise their operations in the current market?
- Alternatives: Will other technologies (i.e. Fischer-Tropsch, Alcohol-to-Jet) unlock new feedstocks (i.e. biomass) and how?
- Beyond HEFA: How far along are the third-generation feedstocks and how can we prepare for it?André Paula Santos
Head of EU PolicyNuseedEmanuele Fratantuono
Business Development ManagerAdamant Group- 12:10 - 13:30
Networking lunch
- 13.30 - 13.50
Airlines assemble: Global landscape for SAF targets and cost of travelling
- Is the production and demand gap actually bridging and what does it look like in the future?
- Who will bear the cost and risk mandates for SAF? What affect will it have on cost of flying?
- With the rising fuel costs, what are the incentives pushing airlines to decarbonize?Speakers Include:
Margaux Thoyer-Rozat
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Procurement ManagerAir FranceRaman Ojha
PresidentShell Aviation- 13.50 - 14.10
VistaJet on how to lead the market in sustainable aviation fuel?
- How can we scale up SAF demand and utilise it in our daily operations?
- How to stay ahead of the curve in the industry by facilitating government support and markets sectors?Speakers Include:
Andrew Thomas
Director, SustainabilityVistaJetAshleigh McDougall
General Manager Aviation Europe & AfricaShell- 14:10 - 14:30
Wizz Air keynote on SAF policies and investment
- Overview of airline venture capitalism in SAF
- Offtake agreements: How to invest in SAF?
- Comparative perspective: What are the challenges for SAF policy in the UK, EU, US
Speakers Include:
Yvonne Moynihan
Corporate & ESG OfficerWizz Air- 14:30 - 14:50
European renewable ethanol industry: What are the hindrances in the ethanol pathway?
- What are the issues with regulations around crops designated for SAF and maritime?
- How can the production and cost challenges be optimised towards mandates compliance?
- Without final investment decisions, how can we ensure risk management?- 14:50 - 15:15
NX SAF™ Bio technology: Regional model to move up on the market value chain
- How is small-scale technology enabling the utilization of locally collected feedstock?
- How to derisk the supply chain with HEFA production technologies in a regional model?
- Which feedstock collection will be unlocked in the medium term to cope with increasing demand?
Speakers Include:
Marco Bonvini
Fuels & Chemicals Licensing & Business Development Director, Nextchem TechNEXTCHEM- 15:15 - 16:00
Coffee break
- 16:00 - 17:00
SAF and Marine swap session: How will markets manage competition between sectors?
For this session, please make your way to the main conference hall for networking with SAF and marine sector experts.
- 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?- 17:00 - 17:10
Closing remarks
- 17:10 - 19:00
Drinks reception
Marine Focus Day
- 08:00 - 09:00
Morning registration and coffee
- 08:45 - 08:50
Marine day welcome
Speakers Include:
Catherine Caulfield
Business Development Manager— Oil MarketsOil Markets, Argus Media- 08:50 - 09:00
Interactive voting and objectives setting
Human bingo poll: Send your most pressing questions and they will be addressed throughout the day by experts
- 09:00 - 09:45
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?- 09:45 - 10.10
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-yearsModerator:
Hussein Al-Khalisy
Alternative Marine Fuels ReporterArgusElena Domashenko
Senior Analyst, Argus Marine Fuels OutlookArgus- 10:10 - 10.:50
Coffee break
- 10:50 - 11:20
Buyers' perspective: How has biofuel demand from the marine sector developed in recent years including marine biodiesel, biomethanol and bio-LNG
- 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?Catherine Caulfield
Business Development Manager— Oil MarketsOil Markets, Argus Media- 11:20 - 11:45
Commercial giants using marine lines for global transport
- What’s the strategy for decarbonization in the current scenario of shipping goods?
- Which feedstocks are being used to replace fossil fuels and how are they procuring them?
- How are they planning to leverage mechanisms like book and claim for enhanced transparency in the value chain?Speakers Include:
Catherine Caulfield
Business Development Manager— Oil MarketsOil Markets, Argus Media- 11:45 - 12:10
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- 12:10 - 13:20
Networking lunch
- 13:20 - 13:50
Maersk about managing risks in maritime shipping
- Maritime shippers account for 2-3pc of global greenhouse gas emissions. How will they reduce 50pc of emissions by 2050?
- What is Maersk doing as the lead in testing biofuels blends?
- From Maersk’s perspective, what are the gaps in the regulatory standards?- 13:50 - 14:20
Port of Rotterdam on decarbonizing the marine sector
- What is the biggest challenge in terms of existing relationships in the value chain of alternative fuels?
- How far advanced are storage suppliers in their preparation for changeover procedure, maintenance regime and capacity?Speakers Include:
Jan van Hengel
Sr. Business Development ManagerPort of Rotterdam- 14:20 - 14:50
Hydrogen versus ammonia: The potential of future fuels
- At what stage are both currently at and what does the market need to know about them?
- How far in the future are these fuels? What are the major roadblocks and when will the market adopt them?
- Are market participants ready to invest in them in the long term when we have biofuels right now? How is this transition fuelling cross-sector collaboration?- 14:50 - 15:25
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 SolutionsNordenTom Strang
Naval ArchitectCarnival Corporation & plcCatherine Caulfield
Business Development Manager— Oil MarketsOil Markets, Argus Media- 15:25 - 16:00
Coffee break
- 16:00 - 17:00
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?- 17:00 - 17:10
Closing remarks
- 17:10 - 19:00
Drinks reception
Main conference day one
- 08:15 - 09:00
Breakfast and networking
Dedicated networking space and canapes in the event exhibition area
- 09:00 - 09:10
Chairperson’s opening remarks
- 09:10 - 10:00
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?- 10:00 - 10:40
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 GeneralEuropean Biodiesel Board (EBB)- 10:40 - 11:00
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 InvestigatorUK Trade Remedies AuthorityDickon Posnett
Director of Corporate AffairsArgent Energy- 11:05 - 11:55
Coffee break
- 11:55 - 12:20
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 BusinessPetronas- 12:20 - 13:00
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 and mapping the origin of biodiesel for UCO collectors
- With uncertain demand in the future, how will feedstock producers plan production and use of land?André Paula Santos
Head of EU PolicyNuseed- 13:00 - 13:30
Understanding the scale of opportunities through insetting
- How is insetting used as a tool to bridge the gap and overcome financial hurdles in sustainable fuels?
- Which industries have already started doing it and what are the results?
- How can businesses with Scope 3 exposures secure strategically valuable biofuel & bio-LNG supplies that are limited?- 13:30 - 15:00
☆ 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
- 15:00 - 15:30
Where are we on the electrification vs liquid biofuels challenge?
- How can we optimise global supply chains to solve the problem of efficient allocation of resources?
- With the revamping of laws and mandates, is the problem becoming easier to address?
- How do you strike a balance between conflicting demands of different industries?Barbara Smailaguc
Fuels Policy OfficerTransport and Environment (T&E)- 15:30 - 16:00
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 DirectorAir Liquide Engineering & Construction- 16:00 - 16:25
Expanding Feedstock Sources: Advanced Treatments for Feedstock
- How can you adapt blending strategy according to mandates efficiently by accessing more residual feedstock?
- Optimising design of biomass-to-biofuel supply by using dechlorination as a process to use low-quality raw materials
- Recovery of oil and bleaching earth without the use of solvents- 16:25 - 17:00
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 SecretaryInternational Biomass Torrefaction and Carbonisation CouncilHenrik Brodin
Head of Energy TransitionSodra- 17:00 - 17:05
Close of conference day one
- 17:00 - 19:00
Drinks and networking reception
Build new relationships and connect with old friends in this relaxed setting
Main conference day two
- 09:00 - 10:00
Morning coffee
- 10:00 - 10:05
Chairperson's welcome
Fabricio Cardoso
Principal, ConsultingArgus- 10:05 - 10:35
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 marketsModerator:
Adam Kirby
Sustainability Manager – Sustainable FuelsISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification)- 10:35 - 11:40
Engaging stakeholders to track new market developments
- What are the policy drivers impacting the SAF premium market?
- What effect does the development of low carbon fuels and new technology have on the industry at large? How can one ensure liquidity in the market to keep them sustainable?
- How do we overcome financial challenges of supply side feedstock and prices?
- How to manage increased feedstock exposure as you switch to biorefineries?- 11:40 - 12:40
Coffee break
- 12:40 - 13:10
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 OfficerGamalux Sdn. Bhd.- 13:00 - 13:40
Environmental social governance effect: Buyer’s perspective on how to:
- Capture value for customers
- Form strategic alliances
- Leverage digital technology
- 13:40 - 15:00
Lunch and Exhibition: State of technology review
- 13:40 - 13:45
Chairperson's closing remarks
- 15:00 - 15:30
Spotlight on the US renewable fuels market
- 15:30 - 16:15
European renewable ethanol industry: What are the hindrances in the ethanol pathway?
- How can the production and cost challenges be optimised towards mandates compliance?
- Without final investment decisions, how can we ensure risk management?- 16:15 - 16:30
Closing remarks and end of conference