KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Karl Falkenberg, Director-General, DG Environment, European Commission

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER

Dr Olaf Heil, Head of Hydro Power and New Applications, RWE Innogy, Germany

Marie-Laurence Madignier, Head of Biomass and Environment Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, France

Dr Christian Böse, Head of Feedstock Management, E.ON Bioerdgas, Germany

Gérard Fries, Director, Technical and Investment Division, Veolia Environmental Services, France

Gunter De Pooter, Chief Operational Officer, Thenergo, Belgium

The Global Biogas Congress is an essential source of information enabling you to assess the development of biogas as a renewable energy source, the role biogas will play in meeting future energy and transport fuel requirements and how you can optimise production to maximise the energy and economic potential of biogas. The Congress looks at the political framework for biogas, focusing particularly on the role of biogas in the European Renewable Energy Directive and the potential impact of a Bio-waste directive.

The Congress features important sessions on the biogas strategies of major utilities, landfill and waste operators, the sewage and wastewater industry and the agricultural and transport sectors. You can hear the latest developments on the international scene, including the US and Asia, and insights into biogas power project development and financing. The Congress offers you a unique networking opportunity and enables you to explore the full range of business development opportunities available to biogas power developers, waste management operators, the wastewater sector, the agricultural community and the transport industry.

Highlights

• The Role of Biogas in EU Environmental and Agricultural Policy
• Biogas Development in Europe's Member States
• Scaling Up Biogas: Developments from the Major Utilities
• Developing Multiple Biogas Plants and Challenges in Upgrading Biogas to Natural Gas Quality
• Integrating Biogas into the Grid: A Regulatory and Strategic Perspective
• Opportunities in Landfill Gas Generation and Biogas Cogeneration
• Opportunities for Farm-based AD Plants
• Developing Energy Crops for Biogas Production
• Residue to Resource: Digestate Handling, Transport and Application
• Refining Biogas into Biomethane for Commercial Transport Uses and Challenges and Advancements in Upgrading
• Developing a Large-scale Ethanol and Biogas Production Plant for Vehicle Fuel
• Biogas Power Project Development and Financing
• Exploring the Potential for AD Treatment of Sewage and Wastewater