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13:30 - 17:00

Sustainable Biomass Markets & Supply Chains

12:30

Registration & Networking Lunch

Lunch @ Copenhagen Pier Table, 1st Floor

13:30

Welcome Remarks by CMT & Afternoon Chair

13:40

Europe’s Decarbonisation Crossroads – Biomass in the Energy Transition

Mr. Nicholas Dottino, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman

AS Graanul Invest

14:00

Outlook of EU Biomass (Wood Pellets) Demand to 2030

  • Declining demand in the UK and Netherlands due to expiring subsidies
  • Rising demand forecast in Poland & Eastern Europe
  • Harmonization requirement on biomass usage & sustainability across sectors in the UK
  • Regulatory compliance challenges

Ms. Fiona Matthews, Director, Bioenergy

Hawkins Wright Ltd.

14:25

Utilities Panel - European Biomass Demand & Policy Transitions: What Lies Ahead for Utilities & District Heating Operators

  • European Demand Under Pressure
  • Navigating Regulatory Headwinds
  • Market Confidence & Investment Outlook
  • District Heating & System Flexibility
Moderator & Panel:

Mr. Brodie Govan, Biomass Broker

Voyage Power Ltd

Mr. Michael Schytz, VP, Biomass Sourcing

Hofor A/S

Mr. Soren Alsing, Director, Head of Fuel

Orsted ( Ørsted )

Mr. Martin de Wolff, Head of Biofuels Trading

RWE Supply & Trading

15:10

Networking Coffee Break

15:40

16:00

(Panel) Global Wood Pellet Markets in Transition: Supply Reconfiguration, Trade Flows & Asia’s Influence

  • Global Supply Reconfiguration
  • Meeting Europe’s Tightening Requirements
  • Logistics, Shipping & Port Infrastructure
  • Asia as a Major Balancing Market
  • Price Outlook & Contracting Models
Moderator & Panel

Ms. Fiona Matthews, Director, Bioenergy

Hawkins Wright Ltd.

Mr. Henry Pease, Biofuels Trader

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

Mr. Fabien Mehu, Head of Biomass & Freight Trading

ENGIE

Mr. Tiago Andrade, Executive Director

Wood Pellet Services

Mr. Tom Halstead, Head of Trading

CM Biomass Partners AS

16:40

(Panel) Wood Chip Markets in Transition – Electrification vs BioEnergy

  • Impact of large-scale heat pumps and electric boilers
  • Shifting economics of wood chips in district heating
  • Supply-chain consolidation trends

Mr. Michael Schytz, VP, Biomass Sourcing

Hofor A/S

Mr. Daniel Madrid Garcia, Trading Manager

Generandi Trading Ltd

Mr. Janis Krastins, Lead biomass trader

Orsted ( Ørsted )

17:15

End of Day 1 & Welcome Drinks Reception

09:00 - 17:00 

Sustainable Biomass Markets & Supply Chains

Combined Agenda (13:30 - 17:00)

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09:00

Chair’s Welcome

09:05

(Panel) Status Check – SAF from Biomass

  • Critical Pathways for Second-Generation SAF – key market and policy developments for 2026
  • Scaling Feedstock Supply Chains – leveraging existing supply chains
  • Global Market Outlook – compliance and voluntary markets
Moderator & Panel:

Mr. John-Paul Taylor, Founding Partner

KindlePoint Partners

Mr. Daniel Madrid Garcia, Trading Manager

Generandi Trading Ltd

Mr. Jonathan Wood, Chief Commercial Officer

Nova Pangaea Technologies (UK) Ltd.

Dr. Simon Owens, Engineering & Technical Director

Alfanar

Dr. Peep Pitk, Chief Strategic Business Development Officer

Fibenol

09:45

Topical: Biocarbon in Steel, Cement & Hard-to-Abate Sectors – Reality Check for Industrial Decarbonisation

  • Commercial viability of biocarbon substitutes
  • Pilot results vs industrial realities
  • Cost and logistics challenges

Mr. Thomas Meth, Head of Biomass

Javelin Global Commodities

10:10

Networking Coffee Break

10:40

(Panel) BECCS in Europe – Policy Support & Real-World Deployment

  • Methodology development
  • MRV standards
  • Project updates
  • Contract-for-difference & subsidy models
Moderator & Panel:

Mr. Ennio Prizzi, Senior Policy Officer

BioEnergy Europe

Ms. Kaja Voss, Co-CEO & Founder

Inherit Carbon Solutions AS

Mr. Michael Schytz, VP, Biomass Sourcing

Hofor A/S

Mr. Taco Hiemstra, Commercial Manager BECCUS

RWE Generation SE

Mr. Johan Boerje, BECCS Development

Stockholm Exergi AB

11:20

Topical: Commercial Opportunities in Using Mineral Secondary Resources as Permanent Carbon Sinks

  • Mineral by-products like metallurgical slags or ashes can store significant amounts of CO2 & are a potential secondary resource for the construction industry
  • CO2 from biogenic sources that is stored in mineral materials has a significant commercial potential in regards to granted CO2 certificates
  • Technologies for mineralization of a broad spectrum of mineral by-products

Lukas Höber, Co-Founder & Co-CEO

sequestra

11:40

(Panel): Convergence of the EU Biomass & Carbon Markets – Enabling Negative Emissions

  • Market design, permanence, and integration with CRCF pathways

Mr. Michael Hjorth Christensen, CEO & Founder

Nordic Carbon

Mr. Ennio Prizzi, Senior Policy Officer

BioEnergy Europe

12:20

Joint Networking Lunch

13:25

Afternoon’s Chair

13:30

Topical: Navigating Decarbonisation Opportunities in Data Centres

  • Rise & outlook of data centres in Europe, & leading countries
  • Key challenges in interconnection & deployment
  • Opportunities for technological innovations in:
    - Low-Carbon Electricity (natural gas + CCS; bioenergy; energy storage, etc)
    - Demand side innovations (e.g. thermal interface materials)

Mr. Mukunda Kaushik, Senior Analyst

Lux Research Inc

13:55

Topical: From Offshore Wind to Data Centres: Building Integrated Energy Ecosystems at Port Scale (Details to be advised)

 

Ms. Ishita Sharma, Research Manager & Project Lead – Green Fuels, CCUS & Maritime Energy Systems

Port of Esbjerg

14:20

Topical: EU Data Centres & the Road to Carbon Compliance

  • Regulatory baseline (Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, how EN 50600 & ISO/IEC 30134 map to procurement);
  • Practical steps for operators to evidence compliance (energy metering, hourly matching, procurement constructs);
  • Roadmap: immediate actions (2026–2028), medium term (2028–2032).

Mr. John Booth, Technical Director

Carbon3IT Ltd.

14:45

Topical & Panel: Delivering Firm Low-Carbon Power for Europe’s AI Data Centres

  • AI-driven data centres require 24/7 baseload clean power, while wind & solar alone cannot deliver consistent, controllable supply
  • Large-scale energy storage is not yet available at the terawatt-hour scale needed to firm variable renewables in the near to medium term
  • Existing coal-fired plants & pellet fuel supply chains can be repurposed to provide immediate, dispatchable low-carbon baseload & load-following power
  • Baseload or flexible green power with BECCS

Dr. William Strauss, President & Founder

FutureMetrics, LLC

Mr. Taco Hiemstra, Commercial Manager BECCUS

RWE Generation SE

15:25

Networking Coffee Break

Special Integrated Session — District Heating in Transition: Heat Pumps, Biomass & Data-Centre Waste Heat in Europe’s Cities

16:00

Topical: Decarbonising Data Centres & Heat Reuse

  • Harnessing Data-Centre Waste Heat for Urban Networks
  • What is the challenges of heat reuse for data centre?
  • What is the challenges of data centre heat reuse for district heating operator?
  • Is there an opportunity to overcome that challenges today?

Mr. David Gyulnazaryan, Director & Principal Consultant

Impleon

Mr. Karl Rabe, Founder & MD

WoodenDataCenter ( WOODEN DataCenter )

Henrik Borling

Huawei Technologies Denmark ApS

16:45

Topical: Natural Gas & Carbon Capture — The Transitional Backbone for Europe’s Digital Energy System

  • Role of carbon capture in supporting low carbon power for data centres
  • Cost of CCS versus other low-carbon power sources for data centres
  • Latest innovations & case studies in carbon capture & suitability to natural gas power plants
  • Updates on CO2 storage to support the ecosystem

Cansu Doganay, Analyst

Lux Research Inc

17:10

End of Day 2 & Networking Drinks Reception

09:00 - 17:00

CarbonSmart Digital Futures – Data Centre Decarbonization & Carbon Removal Convergence

09:00

Chair’s Welcome

09:05

Panel: Carbon Removal Meets Digital Infrastructure

  • CDR market snapshot & why data centres?
  • Hyperscaler procurement models for removals: portfolio approaches (DAC + nature-based + engineered), contract length & price signals
  • Siting and offtake: on-site vs off-site removals; co-location synergies with BECCS/industrial CDR
  • Emerging contract clauses (reversibility, permanence, liability) and how MRV/digital registries mitigate risk
  • Residual emissions strategies

Mr. Simon Bager, Co-Founder & Chief Impact Officer

Klimate.co

10:10

Topic: From the Valley of Death to Action: Scaling Nordic Carbon Removal Now

Mr. Valter Selen, Secretary-General

Nordic Carbon Removal Association (NCRA)

10:40

Networking Coffee Break

11:10

Buyer’s Clinic: Corporate Net-Zero Procurement & Carbon Credit Strategies

Provide a practical, real-world look at how large corporations — especially data centre operators, hyperscalers and industrial players — are structuring their net-zero strategies through renewable procurement, carbon removals, and high-integrity carbon credit portfolios.

12:15

Networking Lunch

13:30

Afternoon’s Chair

13:35

Fireside Chat: Policy & Collaboration for a Climate-Positive Europe

A high-level conversation focused on how European policy, industry coalitions & cross-sector collaboration can move from “net-zero” to “climate-positive” outcomes:
• What “climate-positive” means in practical policy and corporate terms
• Aligning EU policy (Fit for 55, RED III, ETS reforms) with corporate net-zero pathways
• The role of public-private partnerships in scaling clean infrastructure
• Cross-border collaboration: Nordic, Baltic and North Sea energy hubs
• Financing mechanisms: CfDs, blended finance and state-aid frameworks
• Carbon removal as a core infrastructure pillar (not a niche solution)

Mr. Valter Selen, Secretary-General

Nordic Carbon Removal Association (NCRA)

Mr. Johan Boerje, BECCS Development

Stockholm Exergi AB

14:10

Panel Discussion: Carbon Markets & MRV – Building Trust at Scale

  • State of digital MRV & registry interoperability (what exists vs gaps)
  • Tokenisation: merits/risks and legal considerations
  • Credit stacks: combining vintage, removal type, permanence guarantees
  • CRCF QU.A.L.ITY criteria & integrity critiques
  • Corporate procurement needs and the market offerings that meet them

Mr. Neil Hacker, Heat of Partnerships

Isometric

14:50

Panel: Scaling CDR — From Pilot Projects to Bankable Assets (Biochar, DAC, Mineralisation & Marine CDR)

  • Durability
  • Scalability
  • Infrastructure bottlnecks & etc

Mr. Patrick Kongsbak-Dahl, COO

Nordic Carbon

15:30

Final Remarks & Closing Drinks Reception

17:00

End of Conference.

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