2026 SUMMIT AGENDA
Day1 Morning — Biofuels & SAF Policy, Market Outlook & Strategy
08:00 - 09:20
80 mins
Registration & Coffee
09:20 - 09:30
10 mins
Conference Chair's Welcome Remarks
09:30 - 09:40
10 mins
[Opening Keynote] From the Fields to the Future: Spain’s Vision for a Biofuel-Powered Energy Transition
09:40 - 10:00
20 mins
Welcome Keynote from European Commission
European Vision: RED III, ReFuelEU & Fit-for-55 - Turning Regulation into Reality
Ditte Juul Jørgensen
Director-General of the Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER)
European Commission (*Virtual)
Science Powering EU's Policy for sustainable biofuels and SAF
Piotr Szymański
Director for Energy, Mobility, and Climate, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
European Commission
10:00 - 10:10
10 mins
[Ministry Address] From EU Targets to National Action: Biofuels & SAF Strategy and Implementation
Giorgio Centurelli
Director General NRRP Mission Unit
Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security
Morning Coffee & Networking Break
10:50 - 11:40
50 mins
[Opening Panel] Shaping Europe’s Biofuels & SAF Strategy for Competitiveness
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Boosting cross-border collaboration and investment
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Tackling cost, feedstock, and technology challenges
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How leading players deploy multi-pathway and multi-market strategies
Carlos Barrasa
Executive Vice President Commercial & Clean Energies
MOEVE
Sébastien Justum
SVP, Deputy Corporate Secretary and Head of Public and International Affairs
Air France-KLM
Volker Ratzmann
Executive Vice President Corporate Public Affairs
DHL Group
Valérie Goff
Senior Vice President for Renewable Fuels & Chemicals
TotalEnergies
Amir Mansouri
President Shell Low Carbon Fuels
Shell
Lucas Prat Bertrams
Executive Vice President SAF
Power2X
11:40 - 12:30
50 mins
[Executive Panel] Fueling Europe, Empowering Southern Europe: The Road to Become a Biofuels Powerhouse
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Current Situation of Biofuels in Southern Europe
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Leveraging Southern Europe's feedstock potential and industrial base to scale production
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Encouraging regional innovation, investment, and export opportunities
Shelley Wheeler
VP Biofuels Growth Portfolio
bp
Anabela Antunes
COO Prio Bio, Executive Board Member
Prio
David Perez
Renewable Fuels Project Senior Manager
Repsol
Mélanie Astruc
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project Director
Airbus
Yann Dumont
CEO and Vice-President
Reolum
Networking Lunch
Day1 Afternoon — The Importance of SAF in Decarbonisation
14:30 - 15:20
50 mins
[Panel] Driving SAF Market Uptake: Securing Offtake Agreements and End-User Partnerships
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Strategies to structure long-term offtake agreements for SAF
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Building strong partnerships with airlines, airports, and corporates
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Creating win-win models for buyers and producers across the SAF value chain
Moderator:
Senior Representative
SAF Investor
Panelists:
Simon Berkemeier
Senior Director Procurement | Fuel, SAF & Energy
Lufthansa Group
Jana Baschin
Senior Vice President Corporate Strategy and Sustainability
Fraport
Urszula Szalkowska
Managing Director of European Markets
EcoEngineers
Theye Veen
CCO and Co-founder
SkyNRG
Christel Vandenhouten
Group Head of Sustainable Development
Brussels Airport Company
Jiaen Du
Vice President
HydoTech
15:20 - 15:40
20 mins
[Keynote] Reserved for Platinum Sponsor
Senior Representative
N.C. Technologies S.r.l.
Afternoon Coffee & Networking Break
16:10 - 16:30
20 mins
[Keynote] Reserved for Platinum Sponsor
16:30 - 17:20
50 mins
[Panel] Scaling Up SAF Production: Breaking the Cost Barrier with Technology
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Evaluating emerging pathways: HEFA, ATJ, etc
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Aligning technology readiness with commercial-scale rollout
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Optimising project design, engineering, and integration to improve efficiency
Moderator:
David Doherty
Head of Natural Resources Research
BloombergNEF
Panelists:
Vincent Pena
Senior Process Engineer
Air Liquide Engineering & Technologies
Nacho Gimenez
COO
OXCCU Tech
Mathieu Villani
Sales & Marketing Director
Khimod
David Chijioke Arinze
Managing Director, Global Market
Shaphargroup
Senior Representative
Syntholene Energy
Senior Representative
Antora Energy
17:20 - 17:40
20 mins
[Keynote] Beyond Compliance: Turning Europe’s SAF Mandates into Market Momentum
17:40 - 18:30 50mins
[Panel] Securing Sustainable Feedstock: Certification Standards for Biofuels & SAF
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Role of certification schemes in enabling regulatory compliance and market access
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Feedstock Eligibility and Expansion Pathways
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Balancing feedstock availability, cost, and environmental impact
Dr. Norbert Schmitz
Managing Director
International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC)
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Amparo Arellano
Standards and Certification Director
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB)
Liisa Ranta
Director Sustainability and Market Development, Biofuels and Biochemicals
UPM Biofuels
André Paula Santos
Head of EU Policy, Bioenergy
Nufarm
Mahmoud abdelrahman
Senior EU Market Analyst
SGS INSPIRE
18:30 - 19:30
60 mins
