Distillers Grains & Product Diversification Summit 4 November 2025
SAF Summit 4 November 2025
Evening Trade Seminar & Networking 4 November 2025
Main Conference 5-6 November 2025
Pre-conference Summits: Separately Bookable - CET (Central European Time, GMT+01:00)
This presentation highlights the Distillers Technology Council's (DTC) ongoing adaptation to the evolving distillers’ spirits, ethanol, and biorefinery industries. The DTC (formerly Distillers Grains Technology Council) has been key in promoting collaboration, sharing information, and advancing distillers’ coproduct research since its inception. It now focuses on innovation, analytical testing methodology and sustainability challenges facing the industry.
The presentation discusses DTC's renewed focus on distillers’ coproduct testing methodologies, industry collaboration, and environmental concerns. It also emphasizes the Council's role in fostering dialogue and knowledge exchange, addressing challenges like optimizing production, ensuring quality and safety, and navigating regulations. DTC’s commitment to staying at the forefront of technological advancements is evident, as it aims to foster resilience and innovation amid industry disruptions. As DTC continues to evolve, this presentation invites participants to appreciate the Council's proactive approach in addressing current issues and its significant role in driving progress and collaboration in the distilling and ethanol/ biorefinery sectors.
- Joe Ward - Executive Director, Distillers Technology Council
Plants are always associated with populations of mostly beneficial microbes (the phytomicobiome) that improve plant growth and productivity. These microbes and the associated plants communicate with each other through exchange of signal compounds and we have been able to show that the microbe-to-plant signal compounds activate elements of the plant that improve resiliance to a range of stresses (including those associated with climate change, leading to enhanced CO2 uptake and the accumulation of biomass that can be used to sequester carbon into soils or produce biofuels.
- Donald L. Smith - CEO, BioFuelNet Canada
- Emily Burton - Professor in Sustainable Food Production, Nottingham Trent University
- The ethanol biorefinery produces a “Super Protein”
- Addresses high quality protein markets – aquaculture/ companion animal
- A low Carbon Index protein to address the European protein gap
- A sustainable response to European protein requirements
- Peter Williams - Senior Nutritionist, Fluid Quip Technologies
- Simo Ellilä - CEO and Co-founder, Enifer
- Eddie Tofpik - Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM
- Jace Hefner - Manager of Global Trade, US Grains Council
- Investment in emerging SAF production technologies like Power-to-Liquid (PtL) and Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ).
- Research partnerships between EU member states and private sector players to drive innovation.
- Role of digital tools and artificial intelligence in optimizing SAF production and distribution.
- Filip Cornelis - Director for Aviation, DG Move, European Commission
- Addressing the cost disparity between SAF and conventional jet fuels through subsidies, tax credits, and market-based incentives.
- Encouraging private investment in SAF production facilities and infrastructure across the EU.
- Development of carbon pricing mechanisms to enhance SAF competitiveness.
- Elvis Ebikade - Sustainable Fuels Expert, Independent Advisor and former Sustainable Fuels Expert, Southwest Airlines
- Investment in emerging SAF production technologies like Power-to-Liquid (PtL) and Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ).
- Research partnerships between EU member states and private sector players to drive innovation.
- Role of digital tools and artificial intelligence in optimizing SAF production and distribution.
- Ulrike Ziegler - President of the Board of Directors, IMPACT on Sustainable Aviation
- Strengthening regional supply chains for SAF feedstocks and final products within the EU.
- Enhancing infrastructure at major airports to enable SAF blending, storage, and fueling.
- Investment in multimodal transport systems to improve feedstock logistics and reduce overall emissions.
- Explore the preparedness of the market for the implementation of ReFuel EU Aviation and the UK mandate.
- Discuss the coexistence of EU and UK Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) mandates.
- Analyse the potential impact of SAF mandates on aviation fuel prices and trading patterns.
- Assess whether SAF mandates will stimulate domestic production and how demand is projected to evolve beyond 2050.
- Daniel Lopes - VP of Business Development and Sustainability, FS Brazil
- Understand the complexities of SAF accounting under various international frameworks, including CORSIA, EU, and UK ETS.
- Examine how SAF contributes to achieving emissions reduction goals set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
- Review advancements in research and development that support robust and transparent emissions reduction accounting mechanisms.
- Scaling Up Production – Overcoming supply chain and cost challenges.
- Policy & Regulation – Impact of EU RED II, CORSIA, and US incentives.
- Corporate SAF Engagement – Lessons from United’s corporate SAF program.
- Future Outlook – Investments, innovation, and industry collaboration
- Freya Burton - Chief Sustainability Officer & Head of Europe, LanzaTech
- Michaël Tanchum - CEO, Nexus Foresight