TOPICS

1. Biomass Resources:

1.1. Assessment of the availability of resources, land use issues, recovery of feedstock, environmental impact of resource recovery
1.2. Production of feedstock from forestry, agriculture, animal residues and processing industry
1.3. Pre-treatment, supply and logistics for feedstock from forestry, agriculture, animal residues and processing industry



2. Research and Development of Bioenergy Conversion Technology Systems:

2.1. Thermochemical conversion - Gasification and Pyrolysis
2.2. Thermochemical conversion, combustion and co-combustion
2.3. Biological conversion and biofuels production (biodiesel, ethanol, bio-methanol, bio-synthetic-fuels, bio-hydrogen, direct/indirect liquefaction)



3. Demonstration and market implementation of bioenergy in the heat and electricity sector

National sector, municipal sector, industry sector, private sector, projects and results, economy of market implementation, directives and needs for directives



4. Demonstration and market implementation of bioenergy in the transportation sector

Private vehicles sector, public bus transport, hybrid systems for ships and trains, ecological cars, jet-biofuel



5. Application of biomass for energy, and industrial products

5.1. Biofuels, chemicals (biomolecules, biomaterials), biorefinery, combined production
5.2. Timber, board & panels, pulp for paper, animal feed, activated coal, syderurgical pellets, etc.



6. Economics and benefits deriving from biomass process technologies, integration and simultaneous production

Identification of most promising bioenergy complexes.



7. International biofuels trade, strategy, policy and climate protection issues

Externalities assessment, clean development mechanism and joint implementation, programmes on greenhouse gas emissions, green certification, environmental management system, financial mechanisms. Globalisation of biofuels trade and competition, security of supply, regulations, industrial policies, socio-economic impact. International standards and certification.



8. International Co-operation for accelerating the large-scale worldwide deployment of bioenergy. Biomass in the Developing World

8.1. Experience and case studies
8.2. Economic opportunities and knowledge transfer, integration of knowledge to enable and accelerate wide demonstration and industrialisation of feasible technologies and schemes
8.3. Sustainable biomass use, poverty alleviation, rural development education
training and local manufacturing capacity building; financial support schemes.