6th October 2026 – SAF Main Conference
Hotel Riu Plaza España,
Madrid, Spain
Key Sessions
Sergio Nuñez
Keynote: Fueling the Future: Can SAF Economics Deliver Aviation's 2030 Decarbonization Promise?
8020 EDGE and former Global Head of Sustainability, Shell
Sustainable Skies: The Path to 2030
08:40 - 09:00
Registration & Networking Coffee
09:00 - 09:10
Chairman's Opening Remarks: Setting the Stage for Aviation's Transformation
- Sergio Nuñez - Managing Director, 8020 EDGE and former Global Head of Sustainability, Shell
09:10 - 09:40
The Aviation Industry's Strategic Imperative for SAF Integration
09:40 - 10:05
Keynote: Fueling the Future: Can SAF Economics Deliver Aviation's 2030 Decarbonization Promise?
- Sergio Nuñez - Managing Director, 8020 EDGE and former Global Head of Sustainability, Shell
10:05 - 10:45
Panel: One Year of SAF Mandates – Lessons Learned and Path Forward
- Cost-effectiveness of the EU SAF mandate: concerns and feedback
- What has worked in driving SAF production and integration into aviation
- The mismatch between regulatory expectations and the current pace of SAF adoption, including supply shortages and cost barriers
- Challenges in global implementation and enforcement of SAF mandates
- Elvis Ebikade - Sustainable Fuels Expert, Southwest Airlines
- Ioan Bucuras - Deputy Director – Spain, Transport & Environment
- Sergio Nuñez - Managing Director, 8020 EDGE and former Global Head of Sustainability, Shell
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break & networking
11:15 - 11:40
Technical Analysis of 1st Generation Biofuel Feedstocks
- Eddie Tofpik - Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM
11:40 - 12:05
High ILUC risk biofuels
- Glauco Bertoldo - Agricultural Attaché, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Mission of Brazil to the European Union
12:05 - 12:30
Waste-Based Biodiesel in the Transport Transition: Ensuring a Level Playing Field Across Road, Aviation and Maritime
- Dasa Mamrillova - Government Affairs Director of the European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association, EWABA
12:30 - 12:55
Emissions system EU - ETS, CBAM and EU ETS 2
Europe's evolving carbon pricing architecture is reshaping industrial competitiveness and trade dynamics. This session decodes the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the groundbreaking Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) designed to prevent carbon leakage, and the new EU ETS 2 extending carbon pricing to buildings and road transport—exploring how these interconnected mechanisms drive decarbonization, impact global supply chains, and redefine the cost of doing business in a carbon-constrained world.
- Valentina Stekovic - Senior Sustainability Advisor, AFS Energy
12:55 - 13:00
Closing remarks
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch and networking
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Tapas Dinner, Drinks and Flamenco Performance
