World’s Biofuels Markets 2010 has now passed into history, amidst memories of lessons learned, contacts made, and friendships renewed. The standing-room only crowds in many of the sessions showed that, after a trying 2009, the biofuels industry is very much on the move in 2010. Several trends were much in evidence during the three days of the conference.
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WBM 2010
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Rumors aplenty at “standing-room only” WBM
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Sapphire, DARPA, Joule, Akuo, SunFuel in the news as World Biofuels Markets convenes.
In the Netherlands, World Biofuels Markets, which officially opened yesterday with 10 keynote speakers including former Norwegian PM Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, BP Biofuels CEO Philip New, former Netherlands PM Ruud Lubbers and current Netherlands Environment Minister Bernard ter Haar, got off to a roaring start Monday with delegates crowding standing room-only workshops on algal fuels, energy crops, sustainability, and congresses on biopower and bio-based products. Overall attendance figures of up to 1500 have been reported for WBM, a sharp increase over 2009’s 900 attendees.
World Biofuels Conference – 40% increase in delegates
Thursday, March 11th, 2010World Biofuels Markets – the largest European conferences and exhibition for the bioenergy starts on Monday: more than 1400 attendees registered from around the world. 11 Focused Conferences provide unparalleled market insight and access to experts from across the whole biofuels value chain.
264 high level speakers, 65 sessions, 17 streams, 17 hours of networking breaks and functions including the 2nd Annual Sustainable Biofuels Awards, 100 exhibition stands and more. (more…)
Biofuels Awards, 16 Mar 2010 Amsterdam – Shortlist announced
Friday, March 5th, 2010The shortlist for the 2nd annual Sustainable Biofuels Awards have been announced ahead of the Awards ceremony on the 16th March.
The Sustainable Biofuels Awards are given in recognition of the tremendous wave of innovation and ingenuity that isoccurring across the biofuels world to develop truly sustainable and renewable fuels that reduce transport emissions in atransparent, measurable and sustainable way.
222 confirmed speakers including 61 CEO’s & 50+ Vice Presidents
Friday, December 18th, 2009WBM Congress Agenda confirms a stellar line up. “We are very pleased to have confirmed Jacqueline Cramer the Minister for the Environment of the Netherlands. Minister Cramer is incredibly qualified to give the welcoming address given her previous experience, a former Board Director at Shell she headed the Cramer Commission in setting the Dutch biofuels sustainability criteria and showing that sustainable bioenergy offered major chances for development in the South.” (more…)
Nominations open for the 2nd annual Sustainable Biofuels Awards
Thursday, November 19th, 2009These esteemed industry awards were so well received in 2009 that we are bringing them back – bigger and better – for 2010. With 6 new categories and a panel of elite judges, the Sustainable Biofuels Awards offer you the opportunity to demonstrate the considerable benefits your company has brought to the biofuels industry. (more…)
