Biofuel Seminar

BIOFUEL SEMINAR WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2009

08.00 08.30

Registration & refreshment Introduction by chairman of Indonesian Palm Oil Commission

08.45

Welcome address Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia

09.15

Exhibition visit and refreshment

09.30

Keynote speech: Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia

10.00

General Lecture: 10.00

The availability of fossil fuel and challenges for biofuels (Dr. Kurtubi, Director of Center for Petroleum and Energy Economics Studies, Indonesia/TBC)

SESSION 1: 10.30

12.40

Biofuels policy in producing countries (Brazil, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia) Chairman: Al Hilal Hamdi (Commissioner President of PT. PLN, Indonesia) 10.30

Brazil’s policy on biofuels (Representative from Brazil/TBC)

10.50

Philippines’s policy on biofuels (Marriz B. Agbon, Department of Agriculture of the Republic of Philippines/TBC)

11.10

Thailand’s policy on biofuels (Dr. Sarawut Kaewtathip, Ministry of Energy of Thailand)

11.30

Development on Biofuels in Malaysia (Dato’ Dr. Choo Yuen May, MPOB)

11.50

Indonesia’s policy on biofuels (Evita H Legowo, Department of Energy of the Republic of Indonesia)

12.10

Discussion

Lunch and exhibition visit

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SESSION 2: 13.40

15.30

Policy and challenges in consuming countries of biofuels Chairman: Dr. Rosediana Suharto (Executive Chairman of IPOC) 13.40

Biofuels policy in EU (target, demand, subsidy, taxes and development) (Ewout DEURWAARDER, European Commission DirectorateGeneral for Energy and Transport, Brussels, Belgium)

14.00

Biofuels policy in State of California USA (target, demand, subsidy, taxes and development) (Jim McKinney, California Energy Commission, Sacramento)/TBC

14.20

Biofuels policy in Japan (target, demand, subsidy, taxes and development) (New Energy & Industrial Tech. Development Org./NEDO/TBC)

14.40

Producing Biofuel for EU market (Kaisa Hietala, Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd)

15.00

Discussion

Exhibition visit and refreshment

SESSION 3: 15.45

Emission from palm oil plantation and mills Chairman: Tony Liwang (Sinar Mas Group, Indonesia) 15.45

General Lecture: Climate change science and its impact (Ian Hanson/TBC)

16.05

Research on biodiesel pathways: Indonesia and Malaysia (Dr. Meine van Noordwijk, World Agroforestry Center)

16.25

How RSPO P&C and EU Directive on renewable energy sources can be reconcile (Dr. Vengeta Rao, Secretary General of RSPO)

16.45

Discussion

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THURSDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2009

09.00

General Lecture: 09.00 Biofuel investment in Indonesia (Investment Coordinating Board/TBC)

SESSION 4: 09.30

10.30

Biofuels: supply – demand and price trend Chairman: Imanuel Sutarto (APROBI, Indonesia) 09.30

Rabobank, Singapore/TBC

09.50

Biodiesel feedstock availability and marketing of sustainable biofuel (Bryan Dyer, PT. London Sumatra Plantation)

10.10

Biofuels: long term availability (James Fry, LMC International)

Exhibition visit and refreshment 10.45

Price trend of biodiesel and bioethanol (Argus International/TBC)

11.05

Biodiesel market development in Indonesia (APROBI, Indonesia)

11.25

Discussion

SESSION 5: 12.00

Possibility of producing biofuel from other feedstock: Chairman: Mukti Sardjono (Directorate General of Estate Crops) 12.00

12.20

12.40

13.00

Possibility of producing biofuel from jatropha (Prof.Dr. Erliza Hambali, SBRC IPB Bogor/TBC) Possibility of producing biofuel from cassava (Djatnika S. Puradinata, MEDCOENERGI Chemicals, PT Medco Methanol Bunyu) The development of Desa Mandiri Energi (DME)/ Self Sustain Energy Village in Indonesia (Directorate General of Gas and Oil, Department of Energy of Republic of Indonesia/TBC)

Lunch and exhibition visit 14.00

Discussion

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14.30

15.45

Secondary & other biofuels: 14.30

Technology development and future market availability of secondary biofuels/TBC

14.50

Possibility of producing biofuel from algae (Mujizat Kawaroe, SBRC IPB Bogor/TBC)

15.10

Discussion

Exhibition visit and refreshment

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