• An overview of the lessons learnt from the Loan guarantee scheme – How will the DOE’s participation change in light of the loan guarantee scheme.
• Find out what the future holds for biofuels and bioenergy projects
• Your road map to making your project bankable and easy to approve

Brian Duff, Chief Engineer, Department of Energy

• Discover what is driving equity IPOs
• Find out how to raise capital for your projects vs. the debt finance option

Alfred Griffin, Alternative Energy, Citi Group

• Identify the barriers to funding and assess the options available if you choose to avoid federal support
• Assess whether the presence of government subsidies and loan guarantees shows strength or weakness in a MSW to Biofuels project
• Take into account the inherent risks of ‘going it alone’

• Examine the flexibility of Ineos Bio’s licensing process and understand why it is key to pushing technology out globally
• Limit your exposure to financial risk by using proven technology to jump start your credibility
• Drive revenues through rapid expansion based on a proven, scalable model

• How to harness  RINs to offset operational costs in your advanced biofuels project
• Practical guidance on the E-15 blend and RFS-2 – what do they mean for your business?
• Uncover the extent to which incentives and tax credits can support your project’s business plan.

• Grasp the fundamentals of tax exempt bonds as a means of financing
• Find out about the structural advantages of bond finance vs. bank debt and how it improves equity returns
• Investigate the strength of the bond option against previous successes in solar, advanced biofuels and landfill gas

• Discuss and debate the framework that is needed to construct lucrative deals between waste management companies and technology providers/ operators
• Gain a deeper understanding of the contracts that are put together to ensure a fair deal for all parties
• Understand how zero-cost MSW feedstock can provide you with a significant competitive advantage

• Southern Research is engineer­ing and building a new micro-scale MSW and biomass conversion platform based on gasification to produce renewable power and liquid fuels.
• The dramatic cost reduction at small scale is achieved by using a simple and proven low-cost scalable gasifier and other novel technology features that will be described in the presentation.
• Construction of a 3 ton/day pilot plant, representative of Southern’s scalable technology, is underway at Southern’s Clean Energy Technology Development Center

• Lessons learned from Alter NRG and Coskata’s collaboration on Project Lighthouse – the successful commercial demonstration of the waste to ethanol biorefinery concept.
• Hear how Alter NRG successfully crossed “the valley of death” to become the first waste gasification company to sell its technology at full commercial scale
• Understand how Alter NRG’s model for partnerships has accelerated the commercialization of its technology and hear about other gasification – biofuel technology combinations that Alter NRG is involved in.

• Focus on process controls and find out how their effective use can be key to maintaining efficiency
• Investigate automation and direct your questions at industry experts

• Understand the difficulties of site selection and learn how to effectively consider the engineering challenges
• Investigate the issues surrounding the completion of commercial scale projects
• Understand the pivotal steps in facility construction and work these into a realistic time line for commercial deployment of waste to fuels units

Robert Schuetzle, CEO, Synterra Energy, Inc.

• Understand how commitment to MSW-based biofuels will spring from civic, municipal, and governmental imperatives
• Focus on civic decisions and find out the reasons why these should be taken into account at an early stage
• Civic and community imperatives: thinking about goals and positioning as well as fuel

• Learn how developers of ethanol and biodiesel projects are overcoming regulatory hurdles by working with municipalities
• Find out about the Twin Cities metropolitan area and how they negotiated a six-year agreement for the processing of municipal solid waste

• What steps are being taken to educate communities about MSW to biofuels processes
• Learn the benefits of effective collaboration from the municipalities engaging in waste management partnerships for future technology
• Understand the parameters of the working relationships between waste to energy businesses and municipalities

• The Confluence of Biofuels, Peak Oil and Peak Soil - find out how Harvest Power are developing the next generation of organics management

Mereditch Sorensen, Harvest Power

• Create a robust bio-commodities business model that responds to market need
• Secure your ethanol business with an expanded portfolio that includes bio-chemicals
• Maximise the capacity of your facilities and supplement your long term future with chemicals: isoprene, MEK, isopropanol

• Get sound advice from industry experts on how small producers with marketable RINs?
• Find out about the RIN Quality Assurance Program that Eco Engineers can provide?

• Discover how the experience of a senior waste management partner can provide a platform to solid commercial progress
• Look into the time scales for Waste Management’s strategic investments. When can they expect them to come to fruition
• Gain insight into why Waste Management Inc. is spreading its’ investment portfolio across various technologies

• Take advantage of Novozymes' R&D tools and experience in utilizing enzyme technology to ensure your process runs efficiently.
• Hear from the experts in process scale up
• Learn how to develop optimal enzymatic solutions and best-in-breed enzymes for your process

• Learn lessons from corn ethanol industry and apply them to advanced biofuels
• Make the most out of retail ethanol blending technology to gain greater margins
• Take advantage of locations near end-users and bypass the middle men (marketer, terminal and jobber)

• Prepare your biofuels business to take advantage of the immense and growing demand for sustainable drop in fuels for commercial aviation
• Find out why aviation biofuels is a secure option moving forward and why the airlines are taking an active interest in its’ development