Conference Day One: Wednesday, 10th September 2008

9:00 Chairman’s welcome & opening address

Prof. Norbert Metz
Engineering Firm Emitrade-Herrsching, Germany Formerly Manager Energy and Environment
BMW AG Germany

Market update to define the right strategy with biofuels

9:15 Biofuels and the automotive industry

• Biofuels: A way of reducing CO2 emissions from fossil carbon
• Assessing their environmental performance on an undisputable basis
• Evaluating biofuel utilization and its technical impacts on cars and engines

Bertrand Hauet
Head of Energy Department
Renault S.A.S., France

10:00 Volkswagen's assessment on biofuels

• Volkswagen's strategy for sustainable mobility
• SunFuel: A second generation biofuel
• Potentials of SunFuel for today's and tomorrow's engines

Dr. Frank Seyfried
Head of Research, Fuel Cell and Fuels
Volkswagen AG, Germany

11:15 Defining the right strategy in regards to biofuels

• OEM's view on different biofuels, possibilities and challenges
• Defining an efficient strategy to meet the legislative requirements
• Necessary optimisation of vehicle powertrains

Anders Kellström
Alternative Drivelines Planning Manager
Volvo Technology Sweden

12:00 BioPower – The Swedish biofuel experience

• Low vs. high biofuel blends – How to take advantage of the fuel properties
• Biofuels and the upcoming CO2 demands
• Sustainabillity certification, well-to-wheel and energy efficiency
• Biofuels and exhaust emissions in the context of Euro5 and Euro6
• Biofuels and international fuel standardisation

Kjell AC Bergström
CEO & President
GM Powertrain, Sweden

14:15 Market perspectives for biofuel vehicles

• The role of alternative fuel engines in the context of powertrain evolution
• Global market for flex-fuel cars
• Regional growth perspectives
• The biodiesel market
• The OEM's orientation

Marco Piraccini
Business Development & Marketing
Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A., Italy

Successfully implementing 2nd generation biofuels

15:00 A technology roadmap towards implementing next generation biofuels in the European infrastructure

• The European fuel production infrastructure revealing some unique challenges that Europe is facing with respect to fuel supply in general and biofuels in particular
• An overview of the available biomass resources to meet the EU ambitions reveals the need for flexible and versatile technology
• Which technology is being developed and needs to be developed to achieve the ambitious goals?
• Which fuels can be expected from the various technologies?

Arij van Berkel
R&D Programme Manager
TNO, The Netherlands

16:15 Evaluation of 2nd generation biofuel supply routes

• Biomass feedstocks
• 1st and 2nd generation biofuels
• Conversion processes
• Political targets and biofuel potentials
• Outlook

Thomas Grube
Scientific Assistant
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany

17:00 2nd generation biofuels

Discuss with experts the potential and challenges of second generation biofuels for the automotive industry

Chaired by:

Prof. Norbert Metz
Engineering Firm Emitrade-Herrsching, Germany Formerly Manager Energy and Environment
BMW AG, Germany

Panelists:

Selected speakers of the day

17:30 Closing remarks from the Chairman and end of Conference Day One

At the end of congress day one, the HOTEL BERLIN , BERLIN invites all participants to an evening reception.

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