Room: Auditorium 1
Date: Monday, 09 June 2025
Time: 09:00 - 09:30 CEST
Scientific Opening
Chair

Technical Programme Chair, European Commission, JRC Directorate for Energy Transport and Climate

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy
With

Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, GERMANY
Global biomass: research needs for a sustainable carbon management

IEA Bioenergy Technical Coordinator / studio Gear Up B.V., THE NETHERLANDS
Global Biomass: Status, Prospects and Development needs
Room: Auditorium 1
Date: Monday, 09 June 2025
Time: 09:40 - 10:00 CEST
Linneborn Prize and Giuliano Grassi Prize Ceremony
Chair

Politecnico di Torino, DENERG Dpt.

Former European Commission, DG Energy
Room: Auditorium 1
Date: Monday, 09 June 2025
Time: 10:00 - 11:10 CEST
International Opening Addresses
Chair

Plataforma Española Tecnológica y de Innovación en Biocircularidad - BIOPLAT, EUBCE National Chair
With

Secretary General for Innovation, Ministry for Science, Innovation and Universities, SPAIN

European Commission JRC, Director, Directorate for Energy, Mobility and Climate, THE NETHERLANDS

Natural Resources Canada, CANADA

China Petroleum & Chemical Industry Federation, Director of International Cooperation, P.R. CHINA

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, Scientist G & Group Head, Bioenergy Programmes, INDIA
Room: Auditorium 1
Date: Monday, 09 June 2025
Time: 11:10 - 12:30 CEST
Panel Discussion: The role and opportunities of sustainable biofuels and biochemicals in times of uncertainty
Chair

Biofuture Council
With

Plataforma Española Tecnológica y de Innovación en Biocircularidad - BIOPLAT, EUBCE National Chair, SPAIN

Director of the IEA’s Renewable Energy Division, FRANCE

European Commission, DG RTD, Directorate General for Research, BELGIUM

International Air Transport Association (IATA), SWITZERLAND

REPSOL, Renewable fuels and Circular Economy Director, SPAIN

Politecnico di Torino, DENERG Dpt., ITALY