Room: King Willem Alexander
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 09:00 - 09:50 CEST
Opening Plenary Session: Applications of Science in Industry
Chair
EUBCE Technical Programme Chair, European Commission JRC, ITALY
Head of the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Unit, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, ITALY
With
University of São Paulo, Instituto de Química, BRAZIL
Biomass, Biofuels and the Global Transitions: Scale, Security and Sustainability
European Commission, DG RTD, Directorate General for Research, BELGIUM
Building Industrial Capacity for Advanced Biofuels in the EU
EcoEngineers, POLAND
Designing a Bioeconomy That Works: How Science, Policy, and Industry Learn from Each Other
Room: King Willem Alexander
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 09:50 - 10:00 CEST
Report on the High-Level Roundtable on SAF
Summary of outcomes from the high-level SAF roundtable held the previous day back-to-back with EUBCE
Speaker
Former European Commission DG Energy, EUBCE Industry Track & EUBCE/SAF Roundtable Coordinator, BELGIUM
Room: King Willem Alexander
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 10:00 - 10:20 CEST
Presentation of the Prizes
Linneborn Prize
Giuliano Grassi Prize
Room: King Willem Alexander
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 10:20 - 11:30 CEST
Opening Addresses
Chair
Conference General Chair, Former Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs, THE NETHERLANDS
Conference General Co-Chair, Program Director NGF BioBased Circular, Co-founder of DAB.bio and Chain, THE NETHERLANDS
With
European Commission, Director General JRC, BELGIUM
Director General Climate & Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, THE NETHERLANDS
European Commission, Director Competitive Circular Economy & Clean Industrial Policy, DG-ENV, BELGIUM
Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), BELGIUM
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to India, Nepal and Bhutan, INDIA
Avantium, THE NETHERLANDS
Room: King Willem Alexander
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 11:30 - 13:00 CEST
Moderated Panel Discussion: Energy Security and Diversification
Moderator
Director of the IEA's Renewable Energy Division, FRANCE
With
Director General Climate & Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, THE NETHERLANDS
Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation and Technical Director, Global Biofuels Alliance, INDIA
Chief Operating Officer, RWE Generation, THE NETHERLANDS
Vice President Sustainability & Public Affairs, Neste Renewable Products, The Netherlands, THE NETHERLANDS
Chief Strategy Officer, eFuel Alliance, BELGIUM
Komercon / Mission Innovation Integrated Biorefineries, THE NETHERLANDS
Politecnico di Torino, Chair, Biofuture Initiative, ITALY