Kelvin Lee is Head of Sustainability for the Asia-Pacific region at the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA is the trade association for the world’s airlines, representing some 340 airlines or 80% of total air traffic. IATA supports many areas of aviation activity and helps formulate industry policy on critical aviation issues. In his role, Kelvin looks after environment and sustainability matters for the region. He works with governments and the wider industry to support member airlines in the transition to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to achieve the industry goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Kelvin has extensive experience in the aviation industry and has served in both government and airline roles before joining IATA.

He worked for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and its subsidiaries for 36 years, mainly in the corporate sector, including finance, corporate planning, and as Head of Investor Relations. After serving as General Manager of Corporate Communications of MOL and Director of MOL Chemical Tankers, he joined Four Pride Group in 2023.

Yisung began his career as a fine chemical trader in 2011 and has been involved in biofuel business development and trading since 2019. He has pioneered UCO trading and studied the feasibility of HVO in Hyosung. 

In 2021, he moved to DS DANSUK (a Representative UCOME producer and exporter in Korea).  At DS , he has led and managed the HVO/SAF project through the Joint Venture with LG Chemical as Project Manager, in charge of planning feedstock procurement and the marketing of Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

He also led the sustainable marine fuel development in 2024 in KPIC, and now he is leading the biofuel business at STX Corporation as project manager.

Takehiro joined BloombergNEF in December 2012 and has since covered a range of topics, including Japan’s renewable energy sector and distributed energy solutions for off-grid areas in emerging markets. In April 2021, he joined the Commercial Transport Team, where he specializes in aviation decarbonization. His research focuses on airline sustainability strategies, electric and hydrogen aircraft propulsion, and advanced air mobility.

Takehiro holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science from Lund University, Sweden, and a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from Tohoku University, Japan.

Azusa Nakajima is a General Manager, Next-Generation Energy Development Team, Carbon Solution Development Unit of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL). She is responsible for overseeing the entire value chain of next-generation energy and upstream project investment. This Carbon Solution Development Unit was created in April 2024 to lead the forefront of the proactive movement towards realizing a decarbonized society with an aim to transform MOL from being a traditional shipping company to becoming a social infrastructure enterprise. Before being assigned for this position in May 2024, she was mainly involved in business development and project execution of LNG downstream projects, such as FSRU and LNG-to-Powership business.

Shunsuke Kawagishi specializes in climate change policy and system design, technology and market research in related fields, and business support. In recent years, he has conducted numerous surveys in the fields of biomass and biofuels.

After graduated from the School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 2006, he joined Mitsubishi Research Institute in 2006. He seconded to the Global Environment Office of the Industrial Technology and Environment Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry from 2009 to 2012.

He was nominated to Expert Reviewer of the IPCC WG3 Fifth Assessment Report (2012), IPCC WG3 Sixth Assessment Report (2020), RIETI Consulting Fellow (2013).

He has been an expert nominated by the Japan (since 2020) to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) where contributed to the Long-Term Aspirational Goal Task Group and currently is contributing to the Working Group on CORSIA.

Takanobu Aikawa has been in his current position in Tokyo, since July 2024.

As he has been working for deploying bioenergy with focusing on
sustainability issues, in April 2019, he was appointed as a member Biomass Sustainability Committee organized Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which aims to develop sustainability requirements under the FiT scheme in Japan. He frequently works as an independent advisor for other ministries and local governments, as well as private companies.

He was previously employed as a senior researcher for Renewable Energy Institute from 2016 to 2024 as a bioenergy expert while leading its flagship research project to develop long-term scenario based on renewable energy.

He obtained his master’s degree in forest ecology from the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. In March 2016, Taka completed his doctorate in agricultural studies on the theme of human resources development policy in the area of forest management.

Patrick Buergi is a sustainability entrepreneur and expert with 22 of experience in carbon markets, climate policy, corporate sustainability and impact investing. He is a co-founder of both the myclimate Foundation in 2002 and South Pole in 2006. 

In mid 2022, Patrick relocated to Tokyo to lead the establishment of South Pole’s presence in Japan. In addition, Patrick also acts as a Senior Innovation Advisor within South Pole working across a portfolio of innovation and R&D initiatives, including Net Zero strategies, carbon removals (CDR), regenerative agriculture, plastic stewardship and digital growth opportunities, for example.

Fiona is a bioenergy consultant and market analyst with fourteen years’ experience in the renewable energy industry. She joined Hawkins Wright in 2013 and is now responsible for overseeing the company's bioenergy activities. She is the co-author of Hawkins Wright’s market-leading Outlook for Wood Pellets service and Editor of the monthly Forest Energy Monitor. Fiona regularly undertakes consultancy projects for clients in Asia, Europe and North America on topics including wood pellet and biomass markets, sustainability, and energy policy. She has a degree in Physics from the University of York and is an APMP qualified Project Manager.

Mads is the managing director for the world-leading value-adding biomass aggregator and producer, CM Biomass.

His role revolves around managing the global biomass portfolio (wood pellets in particular) together with the Deputy CEO of CM Biomass with a key focus on caretaking the company’s commercial activities in Europe and Asia. His activities strives towards balancing supply and demand through flexible and efficient logistics solutions in a market characterised by constant change and volatility, where adding value throughout the value chain from the suppliers to the end-users is considered vital. With a strong diversified portfolio along with a continued growth of own-production in the US, CM Biomass is positioned to expand its network further around the world.  

Before joining CM Biomass 5 years ago, he spent several years working within the shipping and commodity industry already back then focusing on energy commodities, in particular.

Carsten Huljus is Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP), a not-for-profit multi-stakeholder organisation that has developed an independent third-party certification system to provide assurance that woody biomass is sourced from legal and sustainable sources. Initially trained as a forester he has been working in the voluntary sustainability certification sector with schemes like FSC, PEFC and SBP in global forest industries for more than 21 years, in various management positions.

Brock Harrington has spent more than 35 years  in the Biomass and Waste Industry. He has been the Global Sales Director for Alternative Fuels and Industrial at CPM for 18 months. Brock was previously the President of Scotia Machinery in Indianapolis, USA where he sold CBI Grinders and chippers. Brock sits on the Board of the IBTC. He resides in Alberta Canada.

Dominique Kühner is an accomplished professional with over 25 years of experience delivering equipment, systems, and comprehensive solutions for various industrial applications in Mining/Minerals, Chemical, and Agriculture. After obtaining his Process Engineering degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, he began his career as a Project Manager and Commissioning specialist at W. Kunz dryTec AG in 1996.
 
Mr. Kühner quickly advanced to the role of Managing Director before moving to GEA Barr-Rosin in 2006, where he served as a Senior Business Development Manager. In 2012, he relocated to the UK, assuming the role of global Director of Sales Responsibility.
 
Subsequently, in 2016, Mr. Kühner joined the Moret Industries Group as Director of Sales and Technology, initially supporting Promill S.A.S in France before transitioning to VetterTec Ltd in the UK.
 
In 2021, Mr. Kühner became part of ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel as Industry Director for Biomass, Waste and Industrial Application. Leading a diverse global team spanning Denmark, The Netherlands, France, and Brazil, he is responsible for developing and executing the global strategy for Biomass, Waste, and other Industrial Applications within the ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel product portfolio. Additionally, he spearheads the development and implementation of a Plant Solution-based approach optimized to meet the evolving needs of the company’s customers worldwide.

Rachael has been working in the bioenergy sector since 2014, joining Hawkins Wright in August 2017 where she contributes to Hawkins Wright’s monthly Forest Energy Monitor report, the quarterly Outlook for Wood Pellets service and the Asia Pacific Biomass report.
Prior to joining Hawkins Wright, Rachael worked at commodity price reporting agency Argus Media on its biomass editorial team. Her previous role involved price reporting, news coverage and in-depth analysis of the market with a focus on international trade. Prior to her work in bioenergy, Rachael spent five years reporting on and analysing the fixed income markets. Rachael holds a biological sciences degree from the University of Leicester.

David is the Co-founcer of Dutch renewable energy company Maatschappij Wilhelmina NV - an innovative renewable energy company, turning agricultural waste streams into sustainable energy, while reducing coal consumption, CO2 and methane emissions.

The company is investing US$60 million (RM283 million) to build a TG2 black pellet plant, the first of its kind in the world, that uses empty fruit bunches (EFB) from oil palms as feedstock to produce drop-in coal replacement fuel in Malaysia.

Shutong has a master degree from VU University Amsterdam in Environment and Energy studies. He started biofuel career at SkyNRG- the world’s first Sustainable Aviation Fuel provider back in 2011. Shutong is one of the first to export Chinese UCO to Europe. Since then he has been working in developing sustainable alternative fuel supply chain. In 2015, Shutong moved back to China and founded MotionECO, a company building sustainable supply chain and promoting biofuels in China. MotionECO provides consultancy, brokerage, advisory and EU-RED, CORSIA, ISCC/RSB  certification services etc. MotionECO covers biofuel for all trasnportaion sectors including, biodiesel, SAF, bio marine fuel and green methanol/ethanol etc.

With 10 years of bunker trading expertise in the Asia market at CPN, KK currently excels as the Head of Alternative Energy.

Following the MEPC 75 in 2020, he led his team to pioneer alternative fuels, concentrating on the Hong Kong market. Under his leadership, CPN debuted Hong Kong's first B24 Marine Biofuel supply in 2023, establishing CPN as the sole provider capable of satisfying the growing demand at the port.  His commitment to innovation and market acumen propels CPN's role in offering sustainable fuel solutions.