2016 IrBEA National Bioenergy Conference Unleashing Ireland’s Bioenergy Potential

Conference Agenda

Start Time: 9.30am Conference Welcome and Introduction Fred Tottenham - IrBEA President

Session 1:

9.45am Morning Presentations - Chair Fred Tottenham

Minister Alex White, DCENR - Opening Address

Frank Groome – DCENR Update on RHI and Future RES-E supports

Eamonn McGrath, Gaelectric Chief Commercial Officer – Turning Renewable Energy Policy into Projects, Investment & Employment

Q & A Break: 11am Tea/Coffee Break

Session 2:

11.30am - Policy and Action - Chair Eimear Cotter, SEAI - Head of Low Carbon Emissions Technology

Dr Cara Augustenborg, Chair, Friends of the Earth Ireland, & Climate Leader, Al Gore's Climate Reality Project

Prof. Alan Matthews, Emeritus Prof. European Agricultural Policy, Trinity College – Energy Union package, agriculture & Irish farming

Patricia Thornley, Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Manchester University – Bioenergy policy, challenges & misconceptions

Q & A LUNCH: 13.00pm

Session 3:

14:30pm - Best Practice/Case Studies from Industry - Chair Padraic O'Neill, Chair of IrBEA Biogas Group

Kjell Andersson, Policy Advisor SVEBIO; chair AEBIOM Sustainability WG – How bioenergy became largest energy source in Sweden

Finn Mortensen, Exec Director, State of Green (PPP): Denmark's best practice in delivering renewables for social benefit

David McKee, B9 (NI) Technical Director – Anaerobic digestion development in Nth Ireland & Republic of Ireland

Q&A

Conference End:

4pm Tea/Coffee Break & Exhibitors drinks reception

IrBEA AGM: 4:10pm IrBEA AGM