Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition

Marine focus day - Biofuels & Marine Ticket

08:00

Exhibition and registration open

Collect your badge and explore the Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition. Grab your morning coffee from our barista stand ahead of the start of the Marine focus day.

*The exhibition area on Monday 20 October is open to Marine, SAF, or Networking ticket passholders access only. Select 'Biofuels & Marine Ticket' when registering for access to the Marine Focus Day sessions and content.

Morning sessions

09:00 - 09:05

Marine focus day chairperson's opening remarks

Speakers Include:

Charles Jans

Vice President, Consulting

Argus

09.05 - 09.30

Presentation: Biofuels 101 for shipowners

• Quality Considerations

• Compliance vs Quality

• Alternative specs and emerging feedstocks

 

Speakers Include:

Michael Green

Senior Quality Manager

World Fuel Services

09:30 - 09:50

Bio-bunkering: what is available and where in Europe?

• Overview of the current regulatory requirements for the maritime sector. What does it mean for fuel price options?
• Marine fuels available now in ARA, major trade routes and arbs
• Biodiesel deep dive: Singapore – ARA market dynamics, anti-dumping duties and what this means for European players?

Speakers Include:

Hussein Al-Khalisy

Associate Editor - Alternative Marine Fuels

Argus

09:50 - 10:10

Argus insights: What are the current constraints to marine decarbonisation?

• Why is the absence of biodiesel in the long-term significant? How quickly are is maritime sector adopting new technologies for vessels?
• What does the fuel mix look like in the medium term? What role can uncommercialised biofuels technologies play?
• Open industry question: IMO does not preclude crop based biofuels but FuelEU Maritime does?

Speakers Include:

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting

Argus

10.10 - 10:20

Q&A section

Speakers Include:

Hussein Al-Khalisy

Associate Editor - Alternative Marine Fuels

Argus

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting

Argus

10.20 - 10.45

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:30

Panel discussion: Feedstocks for marine biofuels: biodiesel, LNG & bio LNG and methanol & bio methanol

• What will be the availability of biofuels and feedstocks moving forward: will there be enough for shipping? 

• Are methanol and LNG competing for feedstocks? How much biomethane is available and where? 

• Competition for biogas: What will the impact be on prices in Europe? Who is the marine sector competing with?

• Sustainability and why its important: compliance and certification 

Speakers Include:

Urszula Uszko

Head of Green Fuels Portfolio

Maersk

Caroline Braun

Director Sales & New Business,

Anew Climate Europe GmbH

Anabela Antunes

COO

PRIO Bio

Charles Jans

Vice President, Consulting

Argus

11.30 - 11:45

Practical advice: marine sector blending: how do you test it?

Speakers Include:

Jimmy Matheussen

Technical Manager Feedstocks & Renewable Fuels

Bureau Veritas

11:45 - 11:50

Presentation: IMO Net-Zero Framework developments - what they mean for decarbonisation of the global shipping industry

• What progress has been made since April 2025?

• How is the IMO building its regulatory framework?

• What to expect from IMO before entry into force in 2027?

Speakers Include:

Joe Bettles

Climate Policy and Analysis Manager

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

12:10 - 12:40

Regulatory panel - FuelEU Maritime, IMO Net-Zero Framework: what’s the latest?

• Reviews of EU regulations and EU ETS 2026 — what does this mean for shipowners and bio-bunkering players?
• New RED III — Which biofuels can really be used by European shipowners? How much do they need to pay?
• What’s the impact of the MEPC 83 outcomes for the IMO Net-Zero Framework?
• How can shipowners comply using the different fuel options available today? How does it work for those operating only in Europe compared with those that have a global footprint?

Speakers Include:

Nicolas Degorce

Sustainability Project Manager

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore

Dáša Mamrillová

Government Affairs Director

EWABA (European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association)

George Deslandes

Certification Lead

Roundtables of Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB)

Russell Fernandes

Emissions Manager

ST Shipping and Transport Pte Ltd / Glencore UK Ltd

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting

Argus

12:40 - 13.15

Shipowners’ panel: needs and challenges in the transition to low-carbon fuels

• What do shipowners need from fuel suppliers to make the transition to low-carbon fuels available in market today?
• What pressures are shipowners under from their own customers?
• What are the options shipowners are looking at to comply with regulations? How are they assessing the different options to reach compliance?

Speakers Include:

Masanori Nagashima

Senior Manager, Business Planning and Sustainability Department

UECC

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting

Argus

Stefan Fahrnholz

Manager R&D - Decarbonisation

Carnival Maritime

Networking lunch

13:15 - 14:15

Networking lunch break

Afternoon sessions

14:15 - 15:00

Panel discussion: What are the different ways in which shipowners can comply with regulations?

• How much biofuel do you need to hit carbon reductions under FuelEU Maritime? How does that compare to IMO requirements?
• Trading surplus units under FuelEUMaritime and IMO: what are the options and how is this developing?
• What are the alternatives: investment into new fuels, physical blending, paying the penalty

Speakers Include:

Ian Butler

Head of Energy Transition – Shipping

Vitol

Willem Kalter

Bio-LNG Trading and Business Development

Cargill

Hussein Al-Khalisy

Associate Editor - Alternative Marine Fuels

Argus

Jani Arala

Maritime Commercial Manager

Gasum Oy

Rachel Hoyland

Of Counsel – Maritime Decarbonisation

Stephenson Harwood LLP

15:00 - 15:45

How are European players working on developing bio-bunkering infrastructure and preparing for low-carbon future?

• What investments taking place in key regions such as ARA?
• How are players across the value chain including ports, storage and logistics players playing a role?
• What more is needed or what are the main bottlenecks?

Speakers Include:

Oleksandr Siromakha

Head of Sustainable Fuels

MB Energy

Jorgen S Vedsted

Principal Promotion Manage

Everllence

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting

Argus

15:45 - 16:15

Networking break

SAF and marine swap

16:15 - 17.00

Interactive Panel Session: SAF vs Marine Biodiesel: Who Is Winning the Feedstock Battle?

1) UCO Feedstock Tug-of-War in Europe: SAF vs. Marine Biodiesel

• UCO is increasingly retained in Asia for SAF production

• Freight and impact on Asia-Europe UCO trade

• Feedstock competition and impact on prices of SAF and biodiesel in Europe

2) Cross-regulatory exposure in marine, aviation and road

• eFuel EU and FuelEU vs RED III

• Impact of aviation and marine blending on the road sector 

• Compliance overview: handling multiple claims

3) Transatlantic SAF Trade: Disruptor or Stabilizer?

• U.S. SAF exports are reshaping European market fundamentals

• SAF arbitrage from Asia stalled  - freight and mandates

• US tax credits (45Z) and UCO availability

Q&A and Roundtable

Speakers Include:

Hussein Al-Khalisy

Associate Editor - Alternative Marine Fuels

Argus

Alex Younevitch

Vice-President, Freight

Argus

Evelina Lungu

Senior Reporter, Oil Products

Argus Media

Leonard Fisher-Matthews

Senior Reporter, Freight

Argus Media

17: 00 - 17:05

Chairperson's closing remarks

Speakers Include:

Charles Jans

Vice President, Consulting

Argus

Welcome networking drinks

16:30

Registration and badge collection open for 'Biofuels Ticket' holders

17:05 - 19:00

Welcome drinks reception (open to all attendees)

Main conference day 1 - All ticket holders

08:00

Exhibition and registration open

Collect your badge and explore the Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition and grab your morning coffee from our barista stand, start networking ahead of the start of the conference sessions.

 

Morning sessions

09:00 - 09:10

Main conference chairperson's opening remarks

Speakers Include:

Josefine Ahlström

SVP, Global Biofuels

Argus

09:10 - 09:30

Market download from Argus: biofuels market drivers over the long term

• Geopolitical and regulatory drivers in Europe and beyond impacting global biofuels trends
• Feedstock distribution across end-use sectors for transportation
• Electrification trends in Europe
• Hydrogen and efuels post 2030?

Speakers Include:

Tom Searle

Principle, Consulting Services

Argus

09:30 - 10:15

Keynote Panel: from production site to road — how biofuels continue to play a role in the energy transition

• How are majors balancing the energy transition with the need for biofuels to be competitive and affordable?
• Mandates need to hold in the EU and the UK: What do majors need to see from regulators?
• Measuring the temperature of the sector: What is the current view on the majors’ role in the biofuels industry from FAME to HVO

Speakers Include:

Josefine Ahlström

SVP, Global Biofuels

Argus

Carl Nyberg

Senior Vice President Commercial, Renewable Products

Neste

Matteo Vaglio

Director of Biofuels

Moeve

10:15 - 10:35

UDB Keynote: how is it going to work in practice?

• Principles of the Union Database: sustainability verification for biofuels supply chains
• The case for adoption: marketing testing, onboarding and next steps. How to connect to the UDB? What are the expectations?
• How will it work with systems companies already have in place?

Speakers Include:

John Houghton-Brown

Senior Editor, Oil Products

Argus

Patrick Lynch

Co-founder

Bioledger

Timo Huhtisaari

Sustainability and Regulatory, Low-Carbon Fuels Lead

Glencore

Galin Gentchev

Policy Officer

European Commission, Directorate General for Energy (ENER)

10:35 - 11:20

Panel discussion: Sustainability and certification- building a system that creates reliable biofuels markets

• How are non-compliant operators disturbing the rest of the market? What are the latest signals from regulators?
• How could the European Commission and member states change the structure of the market to support the verifiability of biofuels?
• How are voluntary schemes looking at the space — planning to expand?

Speakers Include:

Colin Cowan

Head of HVO Feedstock Supply & Trading

st1

Amparo Arellano Gil

Standard and Certifications Director

RSB

Xavier Noyon

Secretary General

European Biodiesel Board (EBB)

Josefine Ahlström

SVP, Global Biofuels

Argus

Luis Poch Rodrigo

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

UCO Trading

11:20 - 11:50

Break

11:50 - 12:20

RED III: where does the industry stand? What more support is needed for blending regulations?

•  A waiting game? Who’s getting closer? What are the proposals submitted so far? 
• How are key member states changing their approach? What does the market need to be looking out for? What further clarity has been received from regulators?  
• Notes to regulators: What could be improved? What further clarity is needed? 

Speakers Include:

Henrik Brodin

Head of Energy Transition

Sodra

Angel Alvarez Alberdi

Secretary General

EWABA

Alex Kauffmann

Manager, Analytics & Consulting

Argus

12:20 - 13:00

The Journey of Biofuels: Navigating to a Low-Carbon Future

• • How relevant is first-generation biodiesel today in accelerating decarbonization in two very different transportation sectors? 
  • What are the immediate and mid-term challenges and solutions in adopting and scaling renewable fuels, and integrating higher blends? 
  • Do current biodiesel plants need to be replaced, or how do intermediate crops and novel feedstocks complement and diversify the future of European renewable biofuels? 
  • What role does an integrated supply chain, from agricultural sourcing to processing assets, play in building the necessary capacity and resilience for Europe’s evolving biofuels landscape? 
  • How can dialogue and collaboration between feedstock providers, fuel producers, and end-users enhance the sustainability and carbon reduction potential of both existing and next-generation biofuel solutions? 

Speakers Include:

Luciano Salvatierra

Senior Vice President - Renewable Fuels

Bunge

Eleanor Franklin

Stena

Lunch including Women in Biofuels networking event

13:00 - 14:30

Networking lunch break

13:45 - 14:30

Women in Biofuels Networking event

14:30 - 14:35

Chairperson's opening remark

Speakers Include:

Fabricio Cardoso

Principal, Consulting

Argus

Afternoon sessions

14:35 - 15:00

Argus feedstocks session

• Tariffs: Transatlantic trade — what are the implications for feedstock flows?
• Feedstock pinches: Supply from Asia? What is happening in Indonesia and what will happen? Anti-dumping duties on China
• Crops talks — feedstock gaps to comply with 2050 mandates. Where are all these feedstocks going to come from?

Speakers Include:

Maxence Devillers

Senior Analyst

Argus

Louis Springate

Senior Analyst, Consulting & Analytics

Argus

15:00 - 15:30

Presentation: Refinery perspectives: how are they preparing for new materials?

• Feedstock adaptation: adapting to new raw materials and residues for efficiency
• Challenge of developing operational capacity to respond to new raw materials and adapting existing units

Speakers Include:

Henrik Rådberg

Head of New Opportunities

Preem

15:30 - 16:15

New feedstocks intermediate and cover crops: What needs to be done to help intermediate and cover crops grow?

• Investments in feedstock expansion for annex 9: how much can be grown and how quickly?
• Certification guidelines around valuable feedstocks: where are we now?
• How to engage policy makers to make this happen? How to maximise value from agricultural materials and building out business case and scale? 

Speakers Include:

Dan Lieberman

Global Sustainability Strategy & Engagement Lead

Nufarm

Fabricio Cardoso

Principal, Consulting

Argus

Glauco Bertoldo

Agricultural Attache

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Mission of Brazil to the European Union

Yuri Yambanis

Director

Camelina Company

Fernando Candia

VP Carbon Solutions

Bunge

16:15 - 16:45

Beyond Biofuels: Scaling RFNBO Methanol & Ammonia Supply for Europe’s Energy Transition

Case study on sourcing, import infrastructure, and distribution capabilities

Oleksandr Siromakha

Head of Sustainable Fuels

MB Energy

16:45 - 17:00

Day 1 Wrap up & chairperson’s closing remarks

Speakers Include:

Fabricio Cardoso

Principal, Consulting

Argus

Main networking drinks reception

17:00 - 19:00

Main networking drinks reception (open to all attendees)

Main conference day 2 - All ticket holders

08:00

Exhibition and registration open

Morning sessions

09:30 - 09:35

Main conference day 2 chairperson's opening remarks

Speakers Include:

Charles Jans

Vice President, Consulting

Argus

09:00 - 09:25

Presentation: Port of Amsterdam - Gateway for Renewable Fuels

• The Port of Amsterdam’s role as a key European hub for liquid bulk and renewable fuels, including logistics, storage, and distribution infrastructure

• Updates on the port’s growing capacity for biodiesel production, biothermal energy, and its strategic positioning in the import and handling of hydrogen

• Ongoing infrastructure projects and the constraints faced

• Common hurdles across the renewable fuels sector, including EU regulatory complexity, investment uncertainty, and the need for harmonised sustainability standards

• How the Port of Amsterdam is adapting to support the energy transition and what it means for stakeholders across the biofuels value chain

Speakers Include:

Didier de Beaumont

Commercial Manager Energy Cluster

Port of Amsterdam

09:30 - 10:00

Demystifying global trade flows: making sense of supply and demand dynamics

• How are global geopolitics including tariffs impacting the market?
• What’s happening in the US and Asia and what does that mean for European biofuels?

Speakers Include:

Jamuna Gautam

Associate Editor - Americas Biofuels

Argus

Lauren Moffitt

Editor, Asia Biofuels

Argus

10:00 - 10:40

Biodiesel & Ethanol panel discussion: a here-and-now means of decarbonising road transportation

• How feedstock availability and pricing are shaping biodiesel and ethanol production. What are the key challenges, and how are producers responding?

• How demand for SAF is impacting earlier-generation biofuels. Are feedstocks being diverted, and what does this mean for ethanol and biodiesel?

• How producers have maintained margins amid price volatility. What strategies—operational, commercial, and financial—have proven effective?

• How futures contracts, including those for ethanol, are being used to manage risk and stabilise revenues in uncertain markets

• How EU regulations are influencing the future of biodiesel and ethanol, from blending mandates to sustainability criteria

Speakers Include:

Stephen Walsh

Manager, Energy Transition Components

SCB Group

Xavier Noyon

Secretary General

European Biodiesel Board (EBB)

Vincent Desfossez

International Market Advisor

Fediol

Aleksy Fichot

Government Affairs Manager

ePURE

Giulia Squadrin

Business Development Manager

Argus

10:40 - 11:10

Panel discussion: Tickets detailed analysis: returning to a healthy market

• A return to physical blending: how much of a recovery have we seen in the market after two difficult years? 

• France, Netherlands and Germany: how have these most liquid markets been operating?

• What are the most exciting prospects in the market?

Speakers Include:

Arezki Djelouadji

Partner

Greenea

Akman Ozel

Renewable Fuels Market Analyst

STX Group

Evelina Lungu

Senior Reporter, Oil Products

Argus Media

11:10 - 11:40

Fireside Talk: Managing feedstock risks and exposure - why are hedging tools and logistics so important for biofuels markets?

• How have geopolitics impacted trade flows of key feedstocks including UCO and UCOME? Have US tariffs and/or EUDR led to a fall in UCO consumption or shifts in flows?  Have new arbitrage opportunities emerged?  

• With increased means of hedging, how are market players managing risk on physical trade flows for UCO, UCOME and key feedstock? 

• What role are logistics flows and futures contracts playing in UCO markets? Market examples 

Speakers Include:

Edwin Dominicus van den Berg

Commercial Manager

Chane Terminals

Emanuele Fratantuono

Business Development Manager

Adamant Group

Solape Godswill Jegede

Commercial Director

Grupo Reis Lda

Leonidas Kanonis

Director for Communications and Analysis

EWABA

11:40 - 12:00

Networking break

12:00 - 12:40

Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO): trends, hedging and developments

• HVO demand in the EU and the UK: with higher targets, RED III and blend walls, how is the market shaping up? How has the role of HVO in the fuel mix changed in the last few years?

• Consumers perspective: is voluntary demand on the rise? What are the key concerns and incentives for customers deciding to use HVO and/or biodiesel?

• HVO vs SPK: will hydrotreated biofuels producers maximise their plants' flexibility to switch between HVO and HEFA-SPK SAF production?

• Trade flows: how have global HVO trade flows developed in recent years?

• Hedging: how does it work? Why does the market need hedging tools for HVO and SAF?

Speakers Include:

Ollie Bradshaw

Head of Biofuel Commercial & Sustainability

Certas Energy UK Limited

Giulia Squadrin

Business Development Manager

Argus

Bjoern Scheid

VP Biofuels Trading

freepoint Commodities

Leo Mathieu

Senior Broker

Olyx

12:40 - 13:00

Biomethane on the Move: Policy, Price, and Potential

This discussion covers how policy, pricing, and new opportunities are driving biomethane’s growth. It highlights the impact of recent regulations such as REDIII drafts, market trends, and outlines the potential of biomethane in supporting a cleaner, more secure transport future.

Speakers Include:

James Evans

Senior Manager, Analytics & Consulting,

Argus

Nik Pais Dos Satos

Business Development Manager - European Biomethane

Argus

13:10 - 13:15

Chairperson's closing remarks

Speakers Include:

Charles Jans

Vice President, Consulting

Argus