Day 1 Oral session, March 5

Registration and coffee: 9:00-10:00

Session 1 10:00-12:00
Overview of policies and biogas production in the Nordic countries

Biogas - Burden or business
Birte Holst Jørgensen, Managing Director, Nordic Energy Research

Swedish national biofuel policy
Henrik Kusar, Swedish Energy Agency

Biogas production in the Nordic countries
Bruno Sander Nielsen, Brancheforeningen for Biogas

Biogas production - from power point to reality
Mattias Hennius, E.ON Gas
The important role of biogas - in today's and tomorrow's energy system
Daniel Strömqvist, E.ON Gas

Fulfilling a vision of replacing natural gas with biogas
Eric Zinn, Göteborg Energi

Lunch 12:00-13:00

Session 2 13:00-14:30
Agricultural biogas production

Large scale agricultural bio-methane production
Peter Undén, Swedish Biogas International

Agricultural biogas in the future Danish energy supply
Søren Tafdrup, Danish Energy Authority

Biogas-optimized yields from energy crops - energy, economy and environment
Charlott Gissén, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Coffee 14:30-15:00

Session 3 15:00-17:00
Biogas production from waste

Voluntary system for control of emissions of methane
Magnus Holmgren, Vattenfall Power Consultant

(Sustainable hydrogen production: From waste to biogas to hydrogen)
(Janne Buhaug, Lindum Ressurs og Gjenvinning AS)
Replaced by:

New solution of producing biogas from waste
Wojtech Sargalski, Cambi

Biogas production from seaweed and waste
Åsa Davidsson, Detox

Odour management at biogas and composting plants
Katarina Jonerholm, SWECO VIAK

Conference Dinner at 19:00, sponsored by       

Day 2 Oral session, March 6

Registration: 8:00-8:30

Session 1 8:30-9:30
Environmental benefits of biogas use

Biogas as a resource efficent vehicle fuel
Pål Börjesson, Lund Institute of Technology

Biogas development and resource availability
Jørgen Ballermann, Xergi

Coffee 9:30-10:00

Session 2 10:00-12:00
Biogas upgrading and distribution

Improved water scrubber design for landfill gas
Gudmundur Olafsson, VGK-Honnun Consulting

New biogas upgrading techniques
Johan Benjaminsson, Biomil

Biogas Väst fueling the future / The clean fuel concept - Biogas Brålanda
Dejan Djurkovski, Business Region Göteborg

The LMG in ship experience. Can we bring in biogas?
Aksel Skjervheim, Gasnor

Biogas becomes more competitive!
Hans Kättström, Scandinavian Biogas Fuels AB

Lunch 12:00-13:00

Session 3 13:00-14:30
Biogas use as vehicle fuel

Vehicle gas utilization in Sweden – today and tomorrow
Anders Mathiasson, Swedish Gas Association

The role biomethane plays for the growing use of NG/biomethane as a vehicle fuel
Peter Boisen, Chairman of NGVA Europe

Carbon dioxide neutral heavy vehicles
Rolf Willkrans, Volvo

Coffee 14:30-15:00

Session 4 15:00-16:30
Combined heat and power production and other uses

Heat and power from biogas
Mikael Lantz, Lund Institute of Technology

Using biogas in the production of liquid transport fuels as hydrogen source
Markus Latvala, Bionova

Putting biogas into next generation of biodiesel production
Johannes Fjell Hojem, Zero

Conclusions
Anneli Petersson, Swedish Gas Centre

Day 3 Plant visit, March 7, 9:00-16:00
1. Helsingborg/Nordvästra Skånes Renhållning
2. Bjuv/Wrams Gunnarstorps Gods