Conference Programme
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Date
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Time | Session | Speaker | Presentation Title |
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27th March 2012 |
08.00 | Registration and Coffee | ||
| 09.00 |
Biofuels - Secure Energy in
The Future?
|
Norman Baker MP | Welcome, via video link. | |
| 09.15 |
Patricia Thornley, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change
Manchester University
|
Biofuels - Balancing Risks and Rewards | ||
| 10.00 | Questions | |||
| 10.10 |
Jeremy Tomkinson
Director, NNFCC
|
Biofuels - Current and Future Potential |
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| 10.55 | Questions | |||
| 11.05 | Coffee | |||
| 11.35 |
Dermot Roddy, Director of Joseph Swann Insitute
Newcastle University
|
Biomass in a Petrochemical World | ||
| 12.20 | Questions | |||
| 12.30 | Lunch | |||
|
13.30 |
Finance and Governance Issues |
Professor Pat Harvey, Greenwich University, IAS Fellow Jan - Mar 2012 | Welcome | |
| 13.45 |
Clare Wenner,Head of Renewable Transport
Renewable Energy Association
|
The Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive - implications for investment". | ||
| 14.30 | Questions | |||
| 14.40 | Claire Curry Bioenergy Analyst, Bloomberg New Energy Finance |
Bioenergy Investment Market Outlook | ||
| 15.25 | Questions | |||
| 15.35 | Coffee | |||
| 16.05 |
Meredith Lloyd-Evans
Director, BioBridge Ltd.
|
Algal Biofuels - Fact and Fantasy | ||
| 16.50 | Questions | |||
| 17.00 | Close | |||
|
28th March 2012 |
09.00 |
Social Issues and
Perceptions of Biofuels
|
Meredith Lloyd-Evans, BioBridge, IAS Policy and Enterprise Fellow Oct-Dec 2011 | Welcome |
| 09.15 |
Mike Adcock, Durham University
Representatitve of the Nuffield Council for Bioethics
|
Biofuels: Ethical Issues | ||
| 10.00 | Questions | |||
| 10.10 |
John Constable, Policy and Research Director
Renewable Energy Foundation
|
Biomass for Electricity: Government Expectations, Commercial Intentions, Public Perceptions |
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| 10.55 | Questions | |||
| 11.05 | Coffee | |||
| 11.35 |
Ben Campbell, Lecturer, Department of Anthropology
Durham University
|
Contect that matter in Biofuels, Science and Society | ||
| 12.20 | Questions | |||
| 12.30 | Lunch | |||
|
14.00 |
Excursion, Centre for Process Innovation | |||
| 16.30 | Poster Session, Drinks Reception and Exhibition | |||
| 19.30 | Conference Dinner | |||
| 22.00 | Close | |||
|
29th March 2012 |
09.00 |
Environmental
Considerations
|
Dr Mike Adcock, Durham University | Welcome |
| 09.15 |
Kevin Flynn, Head of Department
Biosciences Department, Swansea University
|
Microalgae, Biofuels and how to kill and Ecosystem | ||
| 10.00 | Questions | |||
| 10.10 |
Gail Taylor, Professor of Plant Biology
Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton
|
Making biofuels sustainable? | ||
| 10.55 | Questions | |||
| 11.05 | Coffee | |||
| 11.35 |
Tara Shirvani, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford
|
Energy Security in an Emission-Constrained World- The Potential for Alternative Fuels | ||
| 12.20 | Questions | |||
| 12.30 | Lunch | |||
| 13.30 |
Future Biofuels Technologies |
Dr Chris Greenwell, Durham University | Welcome | |
| 13.45 |
Mike Theodorou, Professor of Industrial Biotechnology
Centre for Process Innovation
|
Learning from Animal Gut Fermentation to Develop Novel AD Technology |
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| 14.30 | Questions | |||
| 14.40 |
Tony Bridgwater, Leader of Bioenergy Research
Aston University
|
Status of Future Biofuels | ||
| 15.25 | Questions | |||
| 15.35 | Coffee | |||
| 16.05 |
Patricia Harvey, Head of Bioenergy Research
Greenwich University
|
Glycerol Power | ||
| 16.50 | Questions | |||
| 17.00 | Close | |||