BIOENERGY ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2016

The Bioenergy Australia Annual Conference 2016 was a resounding success with an increase in numbers, exhibitors and sponsors. Bioenergy Australia would like to thank all those involved in making the 2016 event a huge success. Thank you to our Sponsors, our exhibitors, our speakers and our delegates.

Media Coverage

Program

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Delegate List

Presentations

Day 1

Session 1: Framework for Bioenergy

Queensland’s Biofutures Revolution, Michael Burke, Department of State Development
Financing Bioenergy in Australia: Experience and Insights from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Henry Anning, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
ARENA’s Activities in Bioenergy, Matthew Walden, ARENA

Session 2: Bioenergy Perspectives

Life Cycle GHG Assessments of Cellulosic Ethanol Concepts, Jesper H Kløverpris, Novozymes, Denmark
*The Potential of Drop-In Biofuels and Biomass-to-Biojet in Particular (modified version available), John N Saddler, University of British Columbia, Canada
*Bioenergy in Austria, Manfred Wörgetter, Bioenergy 2020+ GmbH, Austria
*Overview of Advances in United States’ Bioenergy Arena, James J Spaeth, U.S. Department of Energy, Golden, USA
*The Role of Bioenergy in a Low Carbon Economy, Kees Kwant, Chairman IEA Bioenergy, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands
Prospects for Thermo-Chemical Conversion of Biogenic Resources in Australia, Marc Stammbach, Hitachi Zosen Inova Australia

 * Presentations are IEA Bioenergy related.

Day 2: IEA Bioenergy Task Presentations

The National Team Leaders for Tasks 37, 38, 39, 42 and 43 each presented a Task Update at the Conference.  ARENA funding contributes to the fees payable for Australia's participation in these Tasks.  As such, the presentations made by the NTL's and other IEA Bioenergy task participants are openly provided below as follows:

Other Sessions

Presentations from the following sessions are available to delegates only:

Day 1: Session 3
Day 2: Sessions 4 – 8

Post the 2016 Conference, attending delegates will have received a direct link to these presentations.

If you would like access to any or all of the presentations and did not attend the conference, please contact us for further details including costs and Terms and Conditions (note – BA Members received reduced rates on Conference Materials).

Technical Tour Details

Bioenergy Australia 2016 included a technical tour of the following locations:

ABBA Presentations

The ABBA Project (Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment Project) is an ARENA funded project and as such, the presentations relating to ABBA are also made widely available.

Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment, with contributions from:

Julie Bird, Rural Industries R&D Corporation
Dave Rogers, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
Mary Lewitzka, RenewablesSA
Kelly Wickham, Sustainability Victoria
Martin Moroni, Private Forests Tasmania
Kelly Bryant, Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation
Fabiano Ximenes, NSW Department of Industry
Ana Belgun, Data61 CSIRO
Rebecca Dengate, Data61 CSIRO
Phil Hobson, Queensland University of Technology, Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan, University of the Sunshine Coast

Posters

The following Posters were on display at Bioenergy Australia 2016:

List of Posters and their presenters at Bioenergy Australia 2016
Poster Competition Winner 2016 – Congratulations to Jo-Anne Blinco, Wilmar, who won the Best Poster Competition and took away the $550 prize.