Bioenergy Australia 2009 will be held at the Radisson Resort Gold Coast, Queensland from 9–10 December 2009 with a technical tour on 8 December 2009.
“The focus of the conference is on realising the huge potential of bioenergy. Availability of low cost biomass will be crucial and this is being addressed in the conference program by emphasis on energy crops, with a stream at the conference dedicated to algae, a technology particularly suited to Australian conditions.”
The conference program includes over 85 presentations covering policies and programs; bioenergy projects and project development case studies; and emerging opportunities.
The conference will consider many facets of bioenergy, including biomass sources and supply aspects; algae and other future feedstocks; heat and power ; energy-from-waste; anaerobic digestion and livestock wastes; gasification; pyrolysis bio-oil and sequestration via bio-char; first and second generation liquid biofuels; and overarching aspects of bioenergy, such as life cycle emissions and sustainability.
This year’s conference will also feature sessions provided by international speakers from the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy program’s Short Rotation Crops for Bioenergy task. The conference will include substantial coverage of micro-algae, along with an extended panel discussion, entitled Bioenergy: From Opportunity to Implementation to build on the conference presentations. There will be a poster session and a trade exhibition.
Keynote speakers include Dr Göran Berndes, Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers University, Sweden and Task Leader of IEA Bioenergy Task 30 Short Rotation Crops for Bioenergy; Professor Michael Borowitzka, Algae Research and Development Centre, Murdoch University, Western Australia; and well known bioenergy figure Professor Ralph Sims, who has been working at the IEA in Paris.
Last year the conference was attended by over 320 delegates, and a similarly strong turnout is expected again this year. The optional technical tour preceding the conference will visit five bioenergy facilities in the region.
