1. Headline IndustryThought-Leaders:
Ilmari Lastikka
Head of EU Affairs
Neste Oil
John Cropley
Senior Commodity Analyst
ED&F Man
Robert Wright
Secretary General
ePURE
Kevin McGeeney
CEO
Starsupply
Geraldine Kutas
Head of International Affairs
UNICA
Reevaluating strategies in an evolving biofuels landscape
April 15, 2015
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2. TUESDAY, 14TH APRIL 2015
18:00 Networking reception in collaboration with EU
Sugar Seminar delegates
33 Join us for drinks and canapés in the exhibition area
WEDNESDAY, 15TH APRIL 2015
08.00 Registration and continental breakfast
09.00 Welcome Address
Tim Worledge, Editor-In-Chief, Agriculture, Platts
SESSION ONE: POLICY
Moderator: Tim Worledge
09:20 Insight from the European Commission
33 What principles are driving the new legislation?
33 What next?
Senior Representative, European Commission
09:40 Neste Oil view’s on the post 2020 framework for biofuels
33 The revision of the Renewable Energy and Fuel Quality Directive and
its implications
33 Future biofuels development and the EU 2030 targets
33 Advanced biofuels and EU waste regulation
Ilmari Lastikka, Head of EU Affairs, Neste Oil
10:00 GLOBIOM model
33 Ecofys, together with IIASA and E4tech, modelled ILUC of biofuels for
the European Commission using the GLOBIOM model.
33 Feedstock specific ILUC values are modelled for conventional and
some advanced biofuel feedstocks and a number of aggregated
scenarios including ‘cap of 5%’ and ‘cap of 6%’ scenarios, an
‘increased use of unused land’ scenario and a ‘higher deforestation’
and ‘lower deforestation’ scenarios.
33 Study results will be published shortly. What can we expect?
Daan Peters, Senior Consultant Bioenergy, Ecofys
10:20 Biofuels: from boom to bust….and boom again?
33 Lessons learned from Biofuels competitive dynamics in the last decade
33 Perspectives on the options for development of a self-sustaining sector
Juan Carlos Gay, Partner, Bain Company
10:40 PANEL DISCUSSION
GHG changes and 2020; the challenges facing
Europe’s biofuels
Europe’s legislative framework has seen every country setting
its own path to 2020 compliance, against that backdrop, does
the continent really need two competing approaches?
33 How do recent changes to policy impact Europe?
33 What will individual states to post 2020?
33 Looking beyond 2020, where do biofuels go next?
Daan Peters, Senior Consultant Bioenergy, Ecofys
Ilmari Lastikka, Head of EU Affairs, Neste Oil
Juan Carlos Gay, Partner, Bain
Melanie Williams, Regional Director EMEA, Roundtable on
Sustainable Biomaterials
11:10 Morning Refreshments
SESSION TWO: BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Moderator: Tim Worledge
11:40 Feedstocks: Is GHG the stimulus the sector needs?
33 Market overview, front runners and dark horses
33 Expectations for the year ahead
Andreas Feige, Managing Director, ISCC System
12:00 Reigniting investment
33 What can be done to encourage investment
33 Where are the growth markets and what is driving them?
Robert Wright, Secretary General, ePURE
12:20 Beyond the margin; DDG, corn oil and other
products
33 “Finding their place, where do co-products fit into the feed complex”
33 Niche Protein markets today, non-GMO, SPC’s, CMR’s and aqua-
feed markets
33 Beyond Biofuels, what else can producers do to improve “and
protect” margins?
Rory Deverell, Commodity Risk Manager, INTL FCStone
12:40 PANEL DISCUSSION
Diversification: The key to survival?
Amidst legislative uncertainty, can biofuel producers
do more to diversify their activity and bolster operating
margins?
33 Where are the opportunities to diversify?
33 What are the barriers to greater diversification?
33 Does diversity mean loss of focus for biofuel producers?
Simon Usher, CEO, Bonsucro
Timo Huhtisaari, Sustainability and Biofuels Expert,
North European Oil Trade
Robert Wright, Secretary General, ePURE
Andreas Feige, Managing Director, ISCC System
13:10 Networking Lunch
SESSION THREE: MARKETS, TRADING PRICING
Moderator: Tim Worledge
14:30 GHG and the impact on market dynamics
33 Meeting the standard
33 Role of biofuels in German government policy
Aleksandra Rybczynska, Associate Bioenergy, Bloomberg New
Energy Finance
14:50 Outlook, overview and performance of the key
benchmarks
33 Changing the game – the impact for price reporting
33 How prices are assembled?
33 Ethanol and biodiesel benchmarks
Caroline Knight, Biofuels Editor, Platts

3. 15:10 Current markets up to and beyond 2020
33 Current view of market
33 Barriers to trade – the position of anti-dumping
33 Utilizing financials to make a profit
Kevin McGeeney, CEO, Starsupply
15:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
Rip it up and Start Again: Trade Barriers and
International Relations it’s complicated.
Trade barriers hinder international biofuel flows, but
paradoxically can bring opportunities too. Is the balance right?
33 For richer or poorer; what is the net impact of trade barriers to
Europe’s market?
33 Is it time to rip up the current positions and start again?
33 GHG vs RED, who wins internationally?
Kevin McGeeney, CEO, Starsupply
Bertrand Ferte, Director of Bioethanol, Cristalco
Stephane Ansellem, Biodiesel Trader, TOTSA
George Hayes, Head of Renewable Fuels – Europe, CHS
16:00 Refreshment Break
SESSION FOUR: INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Moderator: Tim Worledge
16:30 Asia – The sleeping giant?
33 Palm oil exports potential
33 Anti-dumping legislation
33 Growth of local demand
Esther Beng Choo Ng, Biofuels Editor, Platts Asia
16:50 Brazil – Overcoming the challenges for producers
to export biofuels
33 Prospects for the 2015/16 harvest
33 New government regulations
33 2nd generation ethanol for exports?
Geraldine Kutas, Head of International Affairs, UNICA
17:10 America – still the land of opportunity?
33 Growing up alongside the biggest ethanol business on earth
33 Opportunities and threats from the RFS
John Cropley, Head of Biofuels Liquid Products Research,
EDF Man
17:30 Closing comments
Tim Worledge, Editor-In-Chief, Platts
17:40 Networking reception
33 Join us for drinks and canapés in the exhibition area
Geneva – the global
meeting place of the biofuel
industry’s decision makers
Home to many of the industry’s leading players and traders,
Geneva has established itself as an important hub for the
international biofuels community. Alongside this, Geneva
boasts being one the most beautiful and cultured cities in the
world, combining the splendors of nature with a rich palette of
historic and architectural offerings.
“The conference was interesting, well
organized and included key companies”
VP Business Development, Dyadic 2014
Providing a perfect environment to encourage stimulating
debate and interaction with the speakers and your peers, the
Platts EU Biofuels Seminar will tackle the industry’s key issues
while providing you with the insights and relationships you
need to prepare for the year ahead.
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