Room: Yangtze 1
Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time: 11:30 - 12:45 CEST
Session code 2BO.6
Optimal biomass use
Speaker
Marzouk BENALI
Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, CANADA
Biography
Chemical Engineering in training, Dr. Marzouk Benali is a Senior Research Scientist and Research Manager at CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada. With extensive national and international experience in process design, intensification, and sustainability assessment, he leads R&D on bioeconomy, clean fuels, hydrogen integration, and biorefinery technologies. His work supports the scale-up of low-carbon solutions, from lab to demonstration, including intellectual property transfer, standards development, and decision-support tools. Dr. Benali's leadership bridges science, technology, and policy to advance decarbonization in hard-to-abate sectors through integrated, regionally tailored strategies. He is the Canadian delegate to IEA-IETS TCP.
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