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
Main conference Day 2 - CET (Central European Time, GMT+01:00)
EXCLUSIVE: ETHANOL PRODUCER ONLY BREAKFAST BRIEFING AND NETWORKING
Theme: Broader Industry Outlook For Ethanol Producers
- Simona Vackeová, Director of Government Affairs, ePure
- Chris Bliley, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Growth Energy
- Michael Tanchum, CEO, Nexus Foresight
- Chris Bliley - Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Growth Energy
- Simona Vackeova - Director of Government Affairs, ePURE
- Michaël Tanchum - CEO, Nexus Foresight
- Cornelius Claeys - Founder, CleanMotion Advisory
- Emily Skor - CEO, Growth Energy
- Background and legal process under the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) and the Classification Labelling and Packaging Regulation (CLP)
- Possible outcomes and regulatory/practical consequences
- Potential cross-sector impacts and key take-aways for industry
- Koen Van Maldegem - Partner, EU Regulatory, Fieldfisher LLP
- Maud Grunchard - Counsel, EU Regulatory, Fieldfisher LLP
- Neil Griffiths - ., Former Transformation Director, Vivergo Fuel
- Laurent Lambert - Plant Director, CropEnergies Biowanze
- Neal Jakel - President, Fluid Quip Technologies
- Markus Lehr - Deputy Managing Director, VOGELBUSCH Biocommodities GmbH
- Richard Salliss - Global Sales Director, Keit Industrial Analytics
- Izmirta Rachman - Chairman, Indonesia spiritus & ethanol producer association (Apsendo)
- Pipat Suttiwisedsak - Managing Director, KTIS BioEthanol and Honorary President of Thai Ethanol Manufacturing Association
- Bryson Mkhomaanthu - Chief Executive Officer, Presscane Limited
- Lusubilo Chakaniza - Chief Executive Officer, ETHANOL COMPANY LIMITED
- Agustín Torroba - International Specialist in Biofuels and Renewable Energies, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Roundtable 1: Market trends: Global outlook for biofuels and ethanol
Roundtable experts: Oliver Guirdham, CEO, The Business Research Company
Roundtable 2 Clime change and biomass production.
Roundtable experts: Dr. Donald L. Smith, Director and CEO, BioFuelNet
Roundtable 3 Business Diversification within the Ethanol Industry
Miguel Villena Reyes, CEO of Tomsa Destil
Roundtable 4: SAF and low carbon shipping fuels: the new gold rush? Cornelius Claeys, Founder, CleanMotion
Roundtable 5: Regulatory Challenges in Scaling Advanced Biofuels
Roundtable experts: Eric Woydte, Policy Officer for Climate Policy, Hydrogen, and Fuels at the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)
Roundtable 6: Biggest Industry challenges
Roundtable expert: Elvis Ebikade, Independent Advisor and former Sustainable Fuels Expert, Southwest Airlines
Roundtable 7: Unlocking the Potential of Animal Feedstock
Roundtable experts: Emily Burton, Professor in Sustainable Food Production, University of Nottingham
Roundtable 8: Ethanol’s Co-Product Revolution: Sustainability and Profitability
Roundtable experts: Kurt A. Rosentrater, Professor of Sustainable Grain, Food and Agriculture Systems, Iowa State University
- Emily Burton - Professor in Sustainable Food Production, Nottingham Trent University
- Elvis Ebikade - Sustainable Fuels Expert, Independent Advisor and former Sustainable Fuels Expert, Southwest Airlines
- Donald L. Smith - CEO, BioFuelNet Canada
- Kurt A. Rosentrater, - Professor of Sustainable Grain, Food and Agriculture Systems, Iowa State University, Consultant, Author, Podcaster, Creator & Farmer
- Oliver Guirdham - CEO, The Business Research Company
- Eric Woydte - Policy Officer for Climate Policy, Hydrogen, and Fuels, German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)
- Cornelius Claeys - Founder, CleanMotion Advisory
- Miguel Villena Reyes - CEO, Tomsa Destil