International Latin American - European Cooperation Workshop on "Sustainability in Biofuels Production and Biofuel Conversion Technologies"

Taller Internacional de Cooperación América Latina – Europa
“Sustentabilidad en la producción de biocombustibles y tecnologías de punta para la obtención de biocombustibles”

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18-20 March 2009

Conference Objectives:

• Create a platform for knowledge exchange among stakeholders from Latin America and Europe
• Inform interested stakeholders about biofuel conversion technologies
• Discuss current and future biofuel production in Latin America and specifically in Argentina
• Inform stakeholders about EU and LA perspectives, policies and legislation on sustainability aspects of biofuel production
• To get feedback from associations, industry sector, and research organisations about sustainable biofuel production
• To assess research needs and cooperation opportunities between scientists from Europe and Latin America 


Updated (20/02/2009): Agenda of the BioTop Workshop in Buenos Aires (English: click here!)

Updated (20/02/2009): Agenda: BioTop Taller (Español: clique aqui!)

Updated (30/04/2009): Workshop Proceedings (click here)

Presentations

- Day One -

INTA’s National Bioenergy Program
Ing. Jorge Hilbert, Coordinator of the National Bioenergy Program, INTA, Argentina

The Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber (no powerpoint)
Carlos St. James, President, Cámara Argentina de Energías Renovables

The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels
Matthew Rudolf, Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, Switzerland

The Inter-American Development Bank
Eugenio Díaz - Bonilla, Executive Director, IADB Argentina

The BioTop Project
Dominik Rutz, Coordinator of BioTop, WIP Renewable Energies, Germany

Government Perspective: General scope of Biofuels in Argentina
Ing. Osvaldo Bakovich, Head of Biofuels Program, Secretariat of Energy, Argentina

Farmer’s Perspective: No-Till Farming and Relationship to Sustainable Biofuels
Ing. Jorge Rabasa, Technical Coordinator,  Aapresid , Argentina

Producer’s Perspective: Taxes, Prices and Markets (no powerpoint)
Alfredo Langesfeld, CEO, GEA Biodiesel, SA

Feedstock potential for Biofuels in Latin America
Dr. Omar Masera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Feedstock potential for Biofuels in Latin America
Stella Carballo, Noelia Flores and Alicia Anschou, INTA, Argentina

Sustentabilidad en la producción y tecnologías de punta para la obtención de biocombustibles
José Antonio Ruiz, Director de Hidrocarburos y Biocombustibles, Comisión National de Energia, Chile

New trends in Biodiesel Technologies
Dr. Martin Mittelbach, University of Graz, Austria

Enzymes for Biodiesel Conversion
Dr. Germán Aroca, UCVP, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Requirements for Pure Plant Oil production for Fuel Application
Dr. Sigurd Schober, University of Graz, Austria

Multifeedstock Biodiesel Technology
Jordi Vaquer, Biodiesel International-AG, Austria

Bioethanol from Lignocellulose
Prof. Mercedes Perdices Ballesteros, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain

Methane-to-Markets: Biogas Production and Methane Utilization
Dr. Steffen Gruber INTA-SIM, Biogas Technolog,  Germany

Second Generation Biofuels
Dr. Michiel Groeneveld, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Biorefinery Concepts
Gustavo Nadal, Fundación Bariloche, Argentina

- Day Two -

Biofuels as an opportunity to improve ecosystems
Ing. Martin Fraguio, Executive Director, MAIZAR, Argentina

European policies on Sustainability for Biofuels
Dominik Rutz, WIP Renewable Energies, Germany

Roundtable on Responsible Soy: Perspectives (no powerpoint)
Miguel Hernández, Roundtable on Responsible Soy, Argentina

Sustainability of Sugarcane Ethanol
Prof. Suani Teixeira Coelho, Centro Brasilero de Referencia en Biomasa (CENBIO), Brazil

Scenarios on Increasing Global Biofuel Production
Dr. Kristian Borch, National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy (RISOE), Denmark

ISCC: Certification in Practice
Dr. Jan Henke, MEO Consulting, Germany

Hacia una visión integrada para la conservación de las pampas del Cono Sur
Anibal Parera, Coordinador, Birdlife Internacional, Argentina

The Argentine Carbon Fund
Máximo Sáenz, Climate Change Director, Fondo Argentino de Carbono, Secretariat of Environment, Argentina

The Inter-American Development Bank’s Scorecard for Biofuels
Gregor Meerganz von Medeazza, SECCI, IADB, USA