137verbleibende Tage
Agenda
Tuesday 21 April 2026
- 08:00 - 09:00
Doors open for main conference day one
- 09:00 - 09:10
Chairperson’s opening remarks
- 09:10 - 09:40
Opening keynote
- 09:40 - 10:20
Global Outlook: Trends, opportunities, forecasts
- Exploring supply-demand dynamics impacting the global biomass markets in 2026 and beyond
- 10:20 - 11:00
Shaping markets: The changing landscape of EU regulation and changing policy priorities
- What’s next for the EU Green Deal, and what progress can we expect on existing and emerging EU regulations, including RED III and RED IV, EUDR, EU ETS for carbon removals?
- How might the EU simplification agenda and new Bio-Economy strategy change the rules of the game?
- What are the implications of the current ‘green backlash’ and the rollback on climate rules for the industry?
- 11:00 - 11:40
Morning coffee break
- 11:40 - 12:25
Panel: Securing the Next Phase of Industry Growth - Towards Robust, Resilient and Reliable Supply Chains and Scale
- With demand for biomass growing across power, industrial decarbonisation, and new biochemical pathways, how can the industry work together to scale and to ensure its supply chain is seen as cost-competitive, reliable, resilient, and robust?
- What role could AI and other advanced technologies and approaches play in lowering costs and yielding across-the-board efficiencies?
- How could geopolitics, tariffs, trade disruption, and a move towards localisation reshape the industry?
- 12:25 - 12:55
Spotlight on the Nordics, Baltics and Eastern Europe
- What are the trends and issues reshaping Europe’s leading Nordic, Baltics and East European biomass markets?
- 12:55 - 14:40
Lunch
- 14:40 - 15:25
Producers Panel: How are Biomass Leaders Positioning for Growth?
- How are shifting government policies, downward revision of power market subsidies in key markets, as well as growing demand from the hard-to-abate and bioproduct industry sectors reshaping the landscape for biomass producers?
- What do leading producers see as the challenges ahead and the role of cross-industry and cross-sector collaborations and partnerships?
- How are they managing risks, and where do they see opportunities emerging? How are they positioning for growth?
- 15:25 - 16:05
Panel: Building the Foundations of the Industry - Financing and Investing in the future of Biomass
- What do financiers and investors see as the risks and opportunities in the biomass industry, and where are they investing across the biomass value chain?
- What innovative sources of financing, including sustainability funds, green bonds, growth capital and beyond can be leveraged – and maximised in conjunction with government funding and incentives - for growth and industry expansion?
- To what extent will private finance support BECCS?
- 16:05 - 16:45
Can Agricultural Biomass Meet its Market Potential?
- What are the emerging innovations in novel agricultural feedstocks, as well advances in processing and production technologies with the potential to advance the market?
- Who are the offtakers, and what challenges ae they experiencing in procuring these products?
- How are barriers to market growth being addressed?
- 16:45 - 16:50
Chairperson’s closing remarks for day one
Wednesday 22 April 2026
- 08:00 - 09:00
Doors open for main conference day two
- 09:00 - 09:10
Chairperson opening remarks
- 09:10 - 09:40
Keynote: What’s next for the global energy transition and the role of biomass?
- Where we are in the global energy transition and the expansion of renewables, and where do we go from here?
- What can we expect in terms of future disruptions, the pace of change, and the impact of other emerging ‘clean ‘energy sources, for instance the renaissance of nuclear on the role of biomass.
- 09:40 - 10:30
Panel: Biomass in the Power Markets - Strategies for a Post 2027 World
- As the cutbacks in subsidies hit, how will the biomass power markets be transformed?
What are the strategies and business models to ensure business continuity and ensure resilience post 2027, and in the transition from ‘subsidy cliff ‘to the commercialisation and launch of BECCS? - How are biomass power players managing feedstock availability, regulation, cost competitiveness and environmental impact?
- How will the move to capacity markets impact global feedstock supply chains?
- As the cutbacks in subsidies hit, how will the biomass power markets be transformed?
- 10:30 - 11:15
Morning Coffee Break
- 11:15 - 11:55
Data Centres, Biomass, Negative Emission: Risk and Opportunity in Powering AI
- What is the opportunity for biomass as power demand from data centres and servers that are powering the worldwide AI boom increases exponentially?
- How are biomass power providers harnessing the opportunity through innovative collaborations with data centre providers, with the promise of safe, reliable 24/7 or negative emissions power?
- Demand is high, but are we in and AI bubble, and will the opportunity be short lived as the power efficiency of AI chips increases?
- 11:55 - 12:25
Biomass-based Heat Markets
- How is global demand, as well as government policy and incentives for sustainable heat systems creating opportunities for the biomass industry?
- What are the opportunities (e.g. domestic and industrial boilers, processing heat, district heating, renewable gas/biomethane) across the residential and commercial and light manufacturing industries?
- How will the biomass-based heat compete with alternatives (e.g. heat pumps, hydrogen boilers, gas, electrification, geothermal, solar thermal)?
- What are the prospects for premium pellets and CHP?
- 12:25 - 14:05
Speed networking and lunch
- 14:05 - 14:35
Spotlight on Biomass Growth Markets: Unlocking India’s Biomass Market
- 14:35 - 15:25
Panel: Biomass and Industrial Decarbonisation
- To what extent will government concerns regarding overburdening industry with additional costs derail current industrial decarbonisation plans and industry demand for biomass?
- What do heavy industry players across the hard-to-abate industrial sectors view as the role, the opportunity and the challenges of industrial ‘defossilisation’ with biomass and biocarbons?
- What will be the demand for processing heat? Will biomass-based alternatives be available in sufficient quantities to meet demand?
- What support from government might be available to stimulate uptake?
- 15:25 - 16:05
Afternoon coffee break
- 16:05 - 16:45
Panel: Can Biomass replace ‘forever chemicals? Exploring the future of biochemicals and biomaterials
- How is consumer demand for green products increasing demand for bioproducts, and what is the opportunity for the biomass industry?
- Biobased products are already available across plastics, cosmetics, fabrics and a growing range of consumer products, but how are challenges such as scalability being addressed?
- What are the fundamentals of the market- the economics of production, the challenges of meeting specific end user needs, addressing cost competitiveness and building consumer markets?
- 16:45 - 17:25
Panel or Presentation: SAF: Biomass in the Transition to Low-Carbon flying
- The airline industry is placing large bets on SAF to meet net zero targets, but what role can biomass- based aviation fuels play in this market?
- What role will EU SAF mandates play in growing the market, and will biomass based SAF be eclipsed by e-fuels?
- How do airlines view the market?
- 17:25 - 17:30
Closing remarks
Thursday 23 April 2026
- 08:00 - 09:00
Doors open for main conference day three
- 09:00 - 09:10
Chairperson’s opening remarks
- 09:10 - 09:40
Keynote Address
- 09:40 - 10:20
Panel: Responsible Sourcing – Driving Sustainability Across the Biomass Supply Chain
- How are biomass leaders navigating the complexity of compliance with national and international regulations for sustainable sourcing, and what do they see as the barriers to doing so effectively?
- What is the emerging best practice in sustainable sourcing?
- How can the industry work towards building consumer and investor confidence in a sustainable biomass industry?
- 10:20 - 11:05
Morning coffee break
- 11:05 - 11:50
Panel: Will BECCS live up to its promise?
- Will the biomass industry’s hopes for BECC be realised?
- Will government support be forthcoming and what role could government purchasing of BECCS derived credits stimulate the market?
- How might concerns regarding permanence of removals and expected constraints on carbon storage limit the market’s potential?
- What are the insights from first movers in this market? Wil carbon removals be incorporated into EU ETS?
- 11:50 - 12:30
Panel: Monetising Carbon - Navigating the Complexity of the Global Carbon Markets
- How are the global carbon markets developing to support green projects, and will carbon market support revenue certainty for biomass carbon removal markets including BECCS and biochar?
- What are the key market developments, including the interaction of the VCM and compliance markets, the alignment of UK ETS and EU ETS, the transition to a global carbon price?
- How will the offtake market develop - how do how leading buyers view biomass derived carbon credits, and how might this evolve in the future as the market or carbon removals develops?
- 12:30 - 13:20
Panel: Biocoal, Biocarbon, Biochar- From Niche to Commodity
- How are the markets for biocoal, biocarbon, biochar developing. both in terms of the products’ carbon removal and credit potential as well as a substitute for coal and traditional fossil-based fuels across a wide range of applications.
- How are issues including standardisation, shipping safety, and a lack of scale to meet demand being addressed, and what are the pathways to scale?
- To what extent will these products ‘replace fossil fuels in all industries and in all applications’?
- How do we avoid double accounting of carbon credits by both producers and end users- who captures the value, and what is the likely demand from end users?
- 13:20 - 13:25
Chairperson’s closing remarks
- 13:25 - 14:30
Networking lunch
- 14:30
Close of conference