International Industrial Conference
«Biofuels. Ukraine-2009»
Business Centre Leonardo
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
| 08:00 – 18:00 | Conference Secretariat open |
09:00 - 10:00 | Registration of the participants, morning coffee |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Conference opening session Welcome address of Mr. O. Shevchenko, Deputy Minister of the Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Welcome address of Mr. Y. Prodan, Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine Welcome address of Mr. S. Pashynsky, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine Welcome address of Mr. S. Yermilov, Head of Ukrainian National Agency on Efficient Use of Energy Resources Greetings on behalf of Mr. Manuel Pinto Teixeira, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine Welcome address of Mr.Y. Blium, Director of the Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
10:30 - 14:00 | PLENARY SESSION: Legislative, Regulatory and Legal Frameworks for Creation and Development of the Ukrainian Biofuels Market Moderator: Volodymyr Kravchuk, Ukrainian Center for Equipment Test-Run named after L.Pogoreliy |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Legislative frameworks for biofuels production in Ukraine Mr. Sergiy Pashynsky, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, the author of the Law |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | EU regulatory policy on support and promotion of biofuels Mr. David Ceschia, Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | New challenges of ethanol industry in the context of European policy Mr.Robert Vierhout, Secretary General, European Bioethanol Fuel Association |
11:30 - 12:10 | Coffee break |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | State policy of Ukraine in sphere of biofuels production and usage Mr. Olexander Shevchenko, Deputy Minister of the Agrarian Policy of Ukraine |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Status of by-laws elaboration for implementing the Law of Ukraine on promotion of biofuels Mr. Sergiy Yermilov, Head of the Ukrainian National Agency on Efficient Use of Energy Resources |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | How to make use of tax privileges envisaged by the Law of Ukraine on promotion of biofuels Ms. Lyubov Migunova, State Tax Administration of Ukraine |
| 13:10 – 13:30 | Availability of technical requirements and regulatory norms of bioethanol and biodiesel production in Ukraine, certification and standardization Mr. Bohdan Kochyrko, Masma Institute, Ukraine |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Comparative analysis of Ukrainian legislation and European Directives in the sphere of biofuels production and usage Mr. Wolfram Rehbock, senior partner, "Arzinger" |
13:50 – 15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00 – 16:20 | PLENARY SESSION: Trends of world biofuels market development and their impact on the Ukrainian market Moderator: Mr. Valeriy Dubrovin, Institute of Ecobiotechnologies and Biotechnics at National University of Bioresources and Environmental Management of Ukraine |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Overview of the modern biofuels potential of Ukraine Mr. Valeriy Dubrovin, Institute of Ecobiotechnologies and Biotechnics at National University of Bioresources and Environmental Management of Ukraine |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | The place and role of Ukraine on the International biofuels market Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Strubenhoff, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | What restrains Ukraine from becoming a biofuels Klondike? Mr. Mykola Kobets, UNDP Blue Ribbon Analytical and Advisory Centre |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Discussion |
16:20 – 16:40 | Coffee break |
16:40 – 18:00 | PLENARY SESSION: Raw-Material Base and Production Possibilities Moderator: Mr. Valeriy Dubrovin, Institute of Ecobiotechnologies and Biotechnics at National University of Bioresources and Environmental Management of Ukraine |
| 16:40 – 17:00 | Promising crops for biofuels production in Ukraine Mr. Mykola Royik, Institute for Sugar Beet of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences |
| 17:00 – 17:20 | Advanced Sustainability Aspects of the feedstock supply for liquid biofuels and biolube production Ms. Annalisa Romani, University of Florance, Italy and Mr. Marco Romani, ISR Ecoindustria, Italy |
| 17:20 – 17:40 | Willingness and capability of oil and fat sector for biofuels production: current situation and prospects Mr. Stepan Kapshuk, President of UkrOliyaProm Association |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Current situation and prospects of further development of bioethanol production in Ukraine Mr. Vitaliy Sosnytskiy, Ukrspirt concern |
18:00 -20:00 | Networking Cocktail |
Thursday, October 22, 2009
#FORMAT#| 10:00-13:30 | Technological process of biodiesel production | Technological process of bioethanol production |
| Moderator: Mr. Volodymyr Semenov, Research Institute of Alternative Fuels LLC, Ukraine | Moderator: Sergiy Tsygankov, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | |
| 10:00-10:20 | Ecological biodiesel fuel made of oils and fats Mr. Volodymyr Semenov, Research Institute of Alternative Fuels LLC, Ukraine | Bioethanol in Ukraine Sergiy Tsygankov, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| 10:20-10:40 | Analysis and improvement of biodiesel quality with focus on Ukrainian conditions Mr. Juergen Bernath, ASG Analytik-Service GmbH, Germany Mr. Igor Vasilyev, East Ukraine Volodymyr V. Dahl National University | Design considerations for efficient, feasible and sustainable bioethanol plants Mr. Torsten Schulze, Vogelbusch GmbH, Austria |
| 10:40-11:00 | Used cooking oil and animal fats – practical experience Mr. Terrence Booysen, Sunfuel Ukraine LLC | Improving feasibility and reducing project risks by using advanced process simulation and intelligent energy-management Mr. Christian Abel, GEA Wiegand GmbH, Germany |
| 11:00-11:20 | Modern approach to the construction of biodiesel plants Mr. Alex Ivchenko, Merloni Progetti | Discussion |
11:20-11:50 | Coffee break | |
| 11:50-12:10 | Catalyst selection for biodiesel production Mr. Jan Blokhin, «Evonik Industries», Russia | Recent breakthroughs in enzymes for biomass hydrolysis Mr. Liekel Faber, Genencor International, USA |
| 12:10-12:30 | Specific aspects of biofuels usage in agricultural sector Mr. Viktor Voytov, Kharkiv Scientific and Technical University of Agriculture | Quality control in the process of bioethanol production Mr. Markin Grigory, SocTrade |
| 12:30-12:50 | Technology and methods of biodiesel purification Mr. Valeriy Nikvas, UkrBioEnergiya LLC | Comparative analysis of energy saving and cost-effective technologies for producing bioethanol Mr. Ralf Leibig, LSMW GmbH, Germany |
| 12:50-13:10 | Results of testing of the equipment for biodiesel production Mr. Volodymyr Kravchuk, Mr. Volodymyr Yasynetskiy, Ukrainian Center for Equipment Test-Run named after L.Pogoreliy | Feedstock selection for bioethanol production. Water waste management in bioethanol production. Mr. Sunil Rohom, Praj Industries, India |
| 13:10-13:30 | Discussion | |
13:30-15:00 | Lunch | |
| 15:00-18:00 | PLENARY SESSION: Biofuel blends and technologies Moderator Mr. Gennadiy Riabtsev, R&D Centre “Psiheya” | |
| 15:00-15:20 | Energy saving technologies in production of biodiesel and bioethanol Mr. Andriy Gogenko, Alfa Laval Ukraine | |
| 15:20-15:40 | Practical experience of usage of the biofuels for public transport Mr. Andriy Shadrin, Scania Ukraine | |
| 15:40-16:00 | Issues related to usage of biofuel blends Mr. Mykola Hudoliy, Fuels and Lubricants Test Centre LLC, Ukraine | |
| 16:00-16:20 | The influence of GHG limitations on new quality requirement for fuels and biofuels Mr. Arkadiusz Majoch, Institute for Fuels and Renewable Energy, Poland | |
16:20-16:50 | Coffee break | |
| 16:50-17:10 | Perspectives for production of organic synthesis products containing bioethanol Mr. Valentin Kazakov, Board Chairman, JSC “Severodonetsk Azot Association”, Ukraine | |
| 17:10-17:30 | Perspectives for cooperation of oil-refining companies with biofuels producers Mr. Olexandr Shpak, League of Oil Industrialists of Ukraine | |
| 17:30-17:45 | Discussion of the recommendations | |
| 17:45-18:00 | Summary of the conference | |
Friday, October 23, 2009
Round Table
Moderator: Mr. Alex Ablaev, President, Russian Biofuels Association
| 09:00-14:00 | Round Table Secretariat open |
10:00-11:30 | Background for the Ukrainian biofuels market Opening presentation: Mr. Alex Ablaev, President, Russian Biofuels Association Launch of innovative future: - Food vs. fuel; - Innovation development; - Impact of modern trends on the development of biofuels market in Russia.Ms. Olena Borodina, Institute for Economics and Forecasting UNAS Economic backgrounds for the Ukrainian biofuels market Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Strubenhoff, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting Trends, perspectives and competitiveness of Ukrainian biofuels: - World bioethanol and biodiesel markets; - EU policy promoting biofuels; - Germany’s experience and lessons learnt; - Options for Ukraine. Mr. Volodymyr Trotsenko, Deputy Chairman of Ukrnafta JSC Specific aspects of technical characteristic compliance with international standards of motor fuel and engines. DISCUSSIONS |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00-14:00 | Market chain: biofuels – blends - consumers Opening presentation: Mr. Andriy Seleznev, Director of experimental biodiesel production plant in Volodarka Practical experience of biodiesel production during last five years Mr. Igor Schutzky, General Director, NC Tekhinservis LLC Motor blends based on biofuels: - Tests of Lanos using E85 (drivers' opinion); - Prime cost and bioethanol fuel retail price; - What is missing for the Ukrainian biofuels market development?Mr. Sergiy Kuyun, Director, Consulting Group A-95 LLC Cooperation between oil companies and biofuels producers aiming to provide the consumers with fuel: - Possibilities of biomixtures usage in the process of fuel blends production; - Problems and advantages of marketing fuels containing biomixtures at the gas filling stations.Mr. Stanislav Taranchuk, Commercial Director, GFC (Gasoline filling stations network) Biofuels usage experience: - Advantages, disadvantages and technologies; - Consumers’ opinion. DISCUSSIONS |
| 14:00 | Coffee |
