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Day One, Monday, 20 November 2006
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| 08.30 | Registration and welcome coffee
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| 09.00 | Opening remarks from the chair
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| CREATING COMPETITIVE BIOFUELS MARKETS |
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| 09.10 | Keynote address:
Opportunities in biofuels across the global energy supply chain
- Examine the fundamental drivers of world wide energy markets
- What is the potential for growth in supply capacity?
- Quantifying the role of biofuels in future energy markets
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| 09.40 | Biofuels in New Zealand
- About EECA
- Biofuels in New Zealand
- Proposed Biofuels Sales Obligation
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| | Leah Murphy, Biofuels Expert, New Zealand Ministry of Transport
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| EXAMINING THE ECONOMICS OF BIOFUELS |
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| 09.50 | Global executive think tank:
World experiences in biofuels development and marketing
- Impact of biofuel trade on traditional markets
- Meeting oil needs by spurring the development of a major domestic biofuels industry
- Finance and investment trends across the biofuels value chain
- Evaluating the biofuels investment outlook – beyond short term price trends
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| | Leah Murphy, Biofuels Expert, New Zealand Ministry of Transport
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| 10.30 | Australian Government policies to develop the biofuels industry
- Meeting oil needs by spurring the development of a major domestic biofuels industry
- Ensuring adequate investment
- Ethanol and biodiesel production grants
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| | Stephen Payne, General Manager Minerals and Fuels Branch, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
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| 10.50 | Morning coffee
Sponsored by
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| 11.20 | Missing link: the role of biofuels in our energy mix
- Biofuels as an alternative energy source
- Pipeline plans for using biofuels
- Roadmap for integration: timeline and quantities
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| | Sen. Rachel Seiwert, Chairperson, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
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| 11.30 | The Australian biodiesel story - growth, challenges and insights
- Immediate and long term opportunities
- Fiscal incentives and challenges
- Economical feedstock supply and sustainable practices
- Technology and geographical advantages
- Automotive sector acceptance and consumer demand
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| 11.50 | Executive panel discussion:
Biodiesel marketplace: examining the value chain and opportunities
- New trends in profitable, cost competitive production
- Quality management of biodiesel production
- Current production rundown and ROI
- New technology usage and expansion plans for the development of plants
- Channel distribution and integration of biofuels
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| 12.30 | Executive panel discussion:
Future growth projections and models for diversification
- Ethanol technology updates
- Overcoming marketing challenges in today’s challenging retail environment
- Higher levels of ethanol blend?
- Ethanol project funding
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| 13.00 | Lunch
Sponsored by
Luncheon address by:
Christopher Charles Morkane, Group Managing Director, Gardner Smith |
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| 14.00 | Featured motivational address:
Fuel for the future
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| | Ian Luff, Managing Director, Ian Luff Motivation Australia
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| DEMAND DYNAMICS AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS ON BIOFUELS PRICING |
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| 14.20 | Biofuels- their role in Auto manufacturers drive for a sustainable future
- Hyundai Motor Companies alternative fuels research and development.
The development of biofuel engine technology.
- The future of sustainable fuels from an auto manufacturer’s perspective.
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| 14.40 | Automotive sector- the future with biofuels
- Advanced technologies and how biofuels will impact.
- Vehicle manufacturers - taking a leadership role in biofuels
- How fleets will play a vital role in biofuels
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| 15.00 | Speed networking:
Bring 100+ business cards
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| 15.40 | Afternoon tea
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| 16.10 | Distribution dilemmas: taking the product to the market
- Examining the distribution chain
- Challenges in taking the product to the market
- Attractive commercial benefits?
- Maintaining the on-going viability
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| | Garth Symington, General Manager, Australian petroleum Agents and Distribution Association
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| 16.30 | Executive panel discussion:
Market entry constraints: selling from the bowser
- High infrastructure costs
- Supply reliability: getting guaranteed supply from an emerging market
- Establishing a proper price regime
- Comparing returns from biofuels as against conventional fuels
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| | Andy Fisher, Managing Director, Australian Farmers Fuel (SAFF) Guy Lane, General Manager Marketing, ReeFuel
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| 17.10 | Closing remarks from the chair and close of day one
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| 17.20 | Networking drinks
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Day Two, Tuesday, 21 November 2006
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| 08.30 | Welcome coffee
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| 09.00 | Opening remarks from the chair
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| BIOFUELS FINANCE AND INVESTMENT OUTLOOK |
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| 09.10 | Welcome ministerial address:
Government, industry and motorist - travelling together on the long road
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| | Ian Campbell, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Australian Federal Government
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| 09.30 | Potential risks and opportunities in biofuels across the global energy supply chain
- Examine the fundamental drivers of world wide energy markets
- What is the potential for growth in supply capacity?
- Demand projections for energy across western nations and developing countries
- Quantifying the role of biofuels in future energy markets
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| MARKET GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION |
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| 10.00 | Biofuels - their role in auto manufacturers’ drive for a sustainable future
- Hyundai Motor Companies alternative fuels research and development
- The development of biofuel engine technology
- The future of sustainable fuels from an auto manufacturer’s perspective
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| 10.20 | Morning coffee
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| 10.50 | Institutional investor panel:
Equity market perspective on biofuels companies
- The current investment landscape
- How equity markets assess biofuel companies
- Pipeline of future listings
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| 11.30 | Balancing diversification and returns with SRI
- Addressing socially responsible investment philosophies
- Exploring the role of soft commodities in the portfolio
- Diversifying risk across markets, processes, technologies and management
- Establishing a portfolio of assets that can be securitised
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| 11.50 | Why are institutional investors allocating funds to biofuels?
- What are the perceived risks and opportunities?
- Which vehicles are offering the most liquidity
- How is industry responding to their unique return profile and risk allocation requirements
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| 12.10 | Investment alternatives panel:
Analysis of biofuels capital market products and their performance
- ETFs, certificates, environmental hedge funds; environmental mutual funds; indices and equities
- Developments in biofuels derivatives, indices, ETFs and equities
- Analysis of investors’ preferences: who is buying and how are they doing it?
- Debating which of the products are most suitable for the market environment today to achieve ensure maximum returns and minimal risks
- Evaluating the returns from biofuels alternative products vs. equities in 2007 and beyond
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| MITIGATING RISKS OF FEEDSTOCK PRICE AND AVAILABILITY |
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| 12.40 | Biofuels in Australia – a growing sector
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| 13.00 | Lunch
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| 14.00 | Feedstock for biofuels – strategies for sustainable feedstock development for the biodiesel industry
- Overview of biodiesel production process
- Why feedstock is the key driver of the biodiesel business
- Feedstocks that can be used for biodiesel production
- Advantages and disadvantages of each major feedstock
- Is there enough? – facts and figures of current production, future demand
- is it cost effective?
- Strategies and measures for sustainable feedstock development
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| 14.20 | Balancing energy exposure with biofuels for diversified exposure to alternative assets
- Soft and agricultural commodities: a depressed sector in a world of inflated asset prices
- Sources of international feedstock and use in biofuels production
- Clarifying the role of the agriculture index and biofuels index in investment
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| 14.40 | Executive panel discussion: Bridging the feedstock supply gap
- Emerging feedstock: making sense of new sources of ethanol and biodiesel
- Will biofuels incite grain demand shift?
- Designing a sustainable future: fuels from vegetable oils
- Partnership strategies with feedstock suppliers to ensure project viability
- Mitigating upstream risks of feedstock price and availability
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| | Trent Potter, President, The Canola Association of Australia
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| 15.10 | Afternoon tea
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| 15.40 | Energy crops – food to energy
- Importance of energy crops in bridging the demand supply gap
- Short cycle energy crops
- Strategies to gain competitive advantage
- Opportunities and challenges
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| ENSURING SUPPLY MEETS FEEDSTOCK DEMAND |
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| 16.00 | Biofuels – part of the broader path to a bio-based economy
Stephen Schuck, Managing Director, Bioenergy Australia
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| 16.20 | Gathering OEM support and overcoming challenges of acceptance
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| | Adrian Lake, Manager, Biodiesel Association of Australia
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| 16.40 | Closing remarks from the chair
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| 16.50 | Close of the conference
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