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InTRoDUCTIon bY THe oRGanIseRs<br />

It is our personal pleasure to welcome you to the<br />

20th edition of the <strong>European</strong> <strong>Biomass</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> Exhibition, an exclusive international Platform<br />

for the global <strong>Biomass</strong> Sector.<br />

<strong>We</strong> are proud to provide the place where the<br />

global <strong>Biomass</strong> Community meets <strong>and</strong> where<br />

progress in research, technological development<br />

<strong>and</strong> production processes will be presented <strong>and</strong><br />

discussed.<br />

This year nearly 1,000 abstracts have been<br />

submitted, a number which reflects the high<br />

interest in becoming a part of this prime<br />

international <strong>Biomass</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>. Following<br />

the abstract review process, the International<br />

Scientific Committee, made up of 140 leading<br />

experts from the global biomass community, has<br />

composed the programme of this trend setting <strong>Biomass</strong><br />

<strong>Conference</strong>. The <strong>Conference</strong> Programme<br />

has been defined <strong>and</strong> structured with more than 880 presentations<br />

in 264 Plenary <strong>and</strong> Oral <strong>and</strong> more than 620 Visual Presentations.<br />

Keynote Presentations, by high ranking speakers from international<br />

research facilities <strong>and</strong> from the global <strong>Biomass</strong> industry give an overview<br />

<strong>and</strong> outlook on the latest technologies <strong>and</strong> future challenges of<br />

biomass.<br />

Additional to the <strong>Conference</strong> programme, special EU BC&E Parallel<br />

Events will be held during the <strong>Conference</strong> week, such as:<br />

The Special Event:<br />

• World Forum on ‘Food, Fuel <strong>and</strong> Environment:<br />

The Bioenergy Challenge’<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

• Biofuels FlightPath - Workshop on Upstream R&D<br />

<strong>and</strong> Innovation for Paraffinic Biofuels<br />

• Biogas goes Europe <strong>and</strong> Biowaste to Energy<br />

• Job Opportunities in the <strong>Biomass</strong> / Bioenergy Sector<br />

• Biogas Upgrading <strong>and</strong> Grid Injection<br />

• <strong>Biomass</strong> <strong>and</strong> Bioenergy: an Investor’s Perspective -<br />

Challenges <strong>and</strong> Opportunities for the Financial Sector<br />

• EuroBioRef Workshop: Future Prospects for Biorefineries<br />

• Italian <strong>Biomass</strong> Forum (in Italian)<br />

• Bioenergy in Smart Grids<br />

• Torrefaction Workshop: Market Implementation of a new Solid<br />

Biofuel <strong>and</strong> its midterm Prospects<br />

• Workshop on Sampling, Detection <strong>and</strong> Quantification<br />

of Impurities in Gases from Thermochemical <strong>Biomass</strong><br />

Conversion Process - ‘Gas Analysis Workshop’<br />

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